I am currently uploading all the pages for the new update. It should be completed within an hour I think.

For this and all future updates, I will present all the albums and songs that have entered (or re-entered) the Acclaimed Music lists. I will also present the albums and songs that have dropped out.

Most of the new albums and songs have entered AM because of the critics lists that have been added in this update. However, a few recordings were added now because my source database wasn't complete before. A few records might also have entered because of changed algorithms.

New albums
463 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever They Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
788 Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies (2006)
866 Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (2006)
912 Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)
1170 Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown (1988)
1199 The Rolling Stones - 12x5 (1964)
1227 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)
1256 Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)
1292 Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (2006)
1319 Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
1408 The Original Broadway Cast - Hair (1968)
1415 Kaleidoscope (US) - A Beacon from Mars (1968)
1443 James Chance & The Contortions - Buy (1979)
1466 Charles Mingus - The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964)
1473 The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (1956)
1480 Can - Monster Movie (1969)
1485 Ornette Coleman - This Is Our Music (1961)
1511 Dizzy Gillespie - At Newport (1958)
1513 Peter Brötzmann - Machine Gun (1968)
1519 Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa '70 - Zombie (1977)
1536 The Rolling Stones - December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)
1542 Sonny Rollins - Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 2 (1957)
1551 The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics (2006)
1588 Lee Perry - Blackboard Jungle Dub (1973)
1594 The Original Motion Picture Cast - The Wizard of Oz (1956)
1599 John Coltrane - Coltrane Jazz (1960)
1628 Anita O'Day - Anita Sings the Most (1957)
1672 Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour (1986)
1707 Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge - Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge (1955)
1709 Virgin Prunes - …If I Die, I Die (1982)
1716 Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses (1986)
1719 The Lounge Lizards - The Lounge Lizards (1981)
1733 David Bowie - Lodger (1979)
1785 Carl Craig - More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art (1997)
1789 Jesse Winchester - Jesse Winchester (1970)
1802 Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis (1957)
1803 Charles Mingus - Town Hall Concert (1964)
1805 Willie Colón & Ruben Bladés - Siembra (1978)
1806 Digital Underground - Sex Packets (1990)
1808 Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon for Electric Music Synthesizer (1968)
1810 Lester Young - The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1953)
1832 Planxty - Planxty (1972)
1834 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte (1960)
1848 Shivkumar Sharma, Brijbushan Kabra & Hariprasad Chaurasia - Call of the Valley (1967)
1850 Silver Jews - American Water (1998)
1855 The Raincoats - Odyshape (1981)
1879 Art Blakey - Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958)
1881 John Coltrane - Impressions (1963)
1887 The Saints - Eternally Yours (1978)
1900 Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane (1988)
1903 Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Composer of Desafinado Plays (1963)
1910 John Coltrane - Live at Birdland (1963)
1913 Pat Metheny with Ornette Coleman - Song X (1986)
1921 John Cage - Indeterminacy (1959)
1922 Sly and Robbie - Rhythm Killers (1987)
1929 Funkadelic - Funkadelic (1970)
1932 John Coltrane - Crescent (1964)
1936 The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)
1945 George Russell - The Jazz Workshop (1956)
1980 Lee Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
1981 Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
1983 Fats Domino - The Fabulous Mr. D (1958)
1986 Orchestra Baobab - Ken Dou Werente/Pirates Choice (1982)
1997 Brand Nubian - One for All (1990)
2006 Keith Jarrett - Belonging (1974)
2007 Quincy Jones - The Birth of a Band! (1959)
2008 Pearls Before Swine - Balaklava (1968)
2031 George Russell - New York, N.Y. (1958)
2045 Freddie Hubbard - Ready for Freddie (1961)
2050 Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity (1977)
2062 The B-52's - Wild Planet (1980)
2069 Element of Crime - Damals Hinterm Mond (1991)
2082 The Dandy Warhols - The Dandy's Come Down (1997)
2094 Dizzy Gillespie - Birk's Works (1958)
2100 Robert Cray Band - Bad Influence (1983)
2117 The Maytals - Monkey Man (1971)
2121 Thelonious Monk - At Town Hall (1959)
2126 The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Fanfare for the Warriors (1973)
2139 John Coltrane - Coltrane Plays the Blues (1962)
2148 Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (1970)
2149 Megadeth - Peace Sells…But Who's Buying? (1986)
2154 Brainiac - Hissing Prigs in Static Couture (1996)
2155 Ben Webster - Ben Webster & Associates (1959)
2156 The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Your Hair When We're Gone? (2003)
2167 The Fall - Dragnet (1979)
2174 Laika - Sounds of the Satellites (1997)
2178 Archie Shepp - Four for Trane (1964)
2189 Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers (2006)
2193 Naked City - Torture Garden (1989)
2204 DumDum Boys - Splitter Pine (1989)
2206 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Jezebel (1976)
2210 Keith Hudson - Flesh of My Skin (1974)
2215 George Russell - Ezz-Thetics (1961)
2222 Rufus Wainwright - Want One (2003)
2230 Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)
2232 Yo La Tengo - Fakebook (1990)
2233 Kaleidoscope (UK) - Tangerine Dream (1967)
2238 Fats Domino - This Is Fats Domino! (1957)
2239 Calexico - Feast of Wire (2003)
2245 Evan Parker - Monoceros (1978)
2249 Youssou N'Dour - Nelson Mandela (1985)
2253 Fela Ransome Kuti - Roforofo Fight (1972)
2256 Oscar Peterson with Clark Terry - Oscar Peterson Trio + One (1964)
2260 The Chameleons - Strange Times (1986)
2262 Thelonious Monk - Misterioso (1958)
2272 The Thrills - So Much for the City (2003)
2273 The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
2279 Sonny Boy Williamsson (II) - Down and Out Blues (1959)
2284 Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness (1971)
2290 4 Hero - Parallel Universe (1994)
2303 Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002)
2304 Ash Ra Tempel - Schwingungen (1972)
2306 Hot Tuna - Hot Tuna (1970)
2308 Anthrax - Among the Living (1987)
2312 Le Tigre - Le Tigre (1999)
2314 Herbert - Around the House (1998)
2323 Thelonious Monk - Thelonius in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe, New York City (1958)
2326 Anita O'Day - Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day (1956)
2327 Public Image Ltd. - Public Image/First Issue (1978)
2329 Herbert - Bodily Functions (2001)
2331 Cecil Taylor - Looking Ahead! (1958)
2335 Master Musicians of Jajouka - Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka (1971)
2336 Mogwai - Mr. Beast (2006)
2339 Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones (1962)
2341 Boredoms - Soul Discharge/Soul Discharge 99 (1989)
2346 Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Delivery Man (2004)
2359 Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous (2004)
2360 Sun Ra - Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy (1963)
2361 Sonny Rollins - Newk's Time (1957)
2365 Leonard Cohen - The Future (1992)
2366 Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
2376 Jackie McLean - One Step Beyond (1963)
2382 Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (1973)
2385 Roscoe Mitchell Sextet - Sound (1966)
2391 Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes (1998)
2396 k.d. Lang - Shadowland (1988)
2402 Low - The Great Destroyer (2005)
2403 Getz, Stan and J.J. Johnson - Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (1958)
2405 Korn - Follow the Leader (1998)
2406 Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine (2005)
2408 Wanda Jackson - Wanda Jackson (1958)
2410 Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 (1984)
2414 Venom - Black Metal (1982)
2415 Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame (1960)
2418 Motorpsycho - Demon Box (1993)
2422 Otis Redding - Pain in My Heart (1964)
2425 Nits - Ting (1992)
2428 Modern Jazz Quartet - European Concert (1960)
2431 The Stray Cats - The Stray Cats/Built for Speed (1981)
2434 Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004)
2436 The Cables - What Kind of World (1970)
2437 Smith, Jimmy with Wes Mongomery - Dynamic Duo (1966)
2438 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Free for All (1964)
2439 The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go (1964)
2445 Roy Harper - Stormcock (1971)
2447 Abdullah Ibrahim - Water from an Ancient Well (1986)
2455 Gerry Mulligan - Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker (1953)
2456 Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman (1996)
2459 The Vines - Highly Evolved (2002)
2461 Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments (1973)
2464 The Shamen - En-Tact (1990)
2476 Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (1998)
2481 Holger Czukay - Movies (1980)
2483 Dizzy Gillespie - Gillespiana: The Carnegie Hall Concert (1960)
2489 The Pastels - Up for a Bit with The Pastels (1987)
2491 The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004)
2495 The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Les Stances a Sophie (1970)
2497 Oscar Peterson - At the Stratford Shakespearian (1957)
2498 Clifford Brown & Max Roach - At Basin Street (1956)

Albums that have dropped out
10 CC - 10 CC (1973)
4 Hero - Two Pages (1998)
808 State - Newbuild (1988)
Ackles, David - David Ackles/The Road to Cairo (1968)
Adderley, Cannonball - In San Francisco (1959)
Air - 10,000 Hz Legend (2001)
Animals, The - The Animals (1964)
Apple, Fiona - When the Pawn... (1999)
Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle (1994)
Astaire, Fred - The Astaire Story (1953)
Ayers, Kevin - Joy of a Toy (1969)
Babes in Toyland - Fontanelle (1992)
Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Badfinger - Straight Up (1971)
Baez, Joan - 5 (1964)
Baez, Joan - In Concert (1962)
Baez, Joan - Diamonds and Rust (1975)
Bley, Carla - Social Studies (1980)
Blige, Mary J. - Mary (1999)
Blondie - Plastic Letters (1977)
Body Count - Body Count (1992)
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The - The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse (1968)
Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You (1972)
Brown, James - Cold Sweat (1967)
Buckley, Jeff - Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk) (1998)
Cale, J.J. - Naturally (1971)
Cale, John - Hobosapiens (2003)
Canned Heat - Boogie with Canned Heat (1968)
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
Cash, Johnny - Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar (1957)
Chi-Lites, The - (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People (1971)
Clapton, Eric - Journeyman (1989)
Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)
Collins, Shirley & Davy Graham - Folk Roots, New Routes (1964)
Cult, The - Love (1985)
Davis, Miles - Vol. 2 (1955)
Denny, Sandy - Sandy (1972)
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
Diddley, Bo - Bo Diddley's Beach Party (1963)
Doors, The - Absolutely Live (1970)
Earle, Steve - Transcendental Blues (2000)
Earle, Steve - Copperhead Road (1988)
Elbow - Cast of Thousands (2003)
Ellington, Duke - Jazz Party (1959)
Ellington, Duke - The Great Paris Concert (1973)
Evans, Gil - The Individualism of Gil Evans (1964)
Everything But the Girl - Amplified Heart (1994)
Fairport Convention - Full House (1970)
Fear Factory - Demanufacture (1995)
Fitzgerald, Ella - Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook, Vol. 1 (1960)
Fitzgerald, Ella - Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1963)
Foreigner - 4 (1981)
Franklin, Aretha - Aretha Arrives (1967)
Fugs, The - The Fugs (1966)
Fury, Billy - The Sound of Fury (1960)
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth (1998)
Gastr del Sol - Upgrade & Afterlife (1996)
Geils Band, The J. - Freeze Frame (1981)
Gentry, Bobbie - Ode to Billie Joe (1967)
Grandaddy - Under the Western Freeway (1997)
Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)
Grateful Dead - Europe '72 (1972)
Green, Adam - Friends of Mine (2003)
Green, Al - Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974)
Green, Al - Al Green Is Love (1975)
Guthrie, Arlo - Alice's Restaurant (1967)
Havens, Richie - Mixed Bag (1967)
Havens, Richie - Richie P. Havens 1983 (1969)
Hitchcock, Robyn - Element of Light (1986)
Holiday, Billie - Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)
Holy Modal Rounders, The - The Holy Modal Rounders (1964)
Hooker, John Lee - Mr. Lucky (1991)
Hothouse Flowers - People (1988)
House of Love, The - The House of Love (1988)
I-Roy - Presenting I-Roy (1973)
Jansch, Bert - Jack Orion (1966)
Jason & The Scorchers - Fervor EP (1983)
Jennings, Waylon - The Taker/Tulsa (1971)
Jett, Joan and The Blackhearts - I Love Rock'n'roll (1981)
John, Elton - Elton John (1970)
Johnson, Lonnie - Blues and Ballads (1960)
King, Albert - Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
King, B.B. - Completely Well (1969)
King, B.B. - Indianola Mississippi Seeds (1970)
King, B.B. - There Must Be a Better World Somewhere (1981)
Lindisfarne - Nicely out of Tune (1970)
Lindley, David - El Rayo-X (1981)
Los Lobos - The Neighborhood (1990)
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire (2001)
Mahal, Taj - Natch'l Blues (1968)
Marie, Teena - It Must Be Magic (1981)
Marsalis, Branford - Trio Jeepy (1989)
Marshall Tucker Band, The - Searchin' for a Rainbow (1975)
Metheny, Pat - Question & Answer (1989)
Morphine - Yes (1995)
Mouse on Mars - Autoditacker (1997)
Move, The - Message from the Country (1971)
New Order - Movement (1981)
Nilsson, Harry - Aerial Ballet (1968)
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (1995)
Ochs, Phil - I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)
Only Ones, The - Even Serpents Shine (1979)
Parker, Graham - The Mona Lisa's Sister (1988)
Peebles, Ann - Straight from the Heart (1972)
Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual (1996)
Phair, Liz - Whip-Smart (1994)
Pop, Iggy - New Values (1979)
Posies, The - Frosting on the Beater (1993)
Presley, Elvis - He Touched Me (1972)
Pretenders - II (1981)
Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves (1999)
Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (1968)
Redding, Otis - In Person at the Whiskey a Go Go (1968)
Robinson, Smokey - A Quiet Storm (1975)
Robinson, Smokey - Being with You (1981)
Royal Trux - Accelerator (1998)
Sainte-Marie, Buffy - It's My Way! (1964)
Sam and Dave - Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)
Sebadoh - Harmacy (1996)
Siberry, Jane - When I Was a Boy (1993)
Simon, Paul - The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
Sinatra, Frank - No One Cares (1959)
Sinatra, Frank - At the Sands (1966)
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (1969)
Slade - Slade Alive! (1972)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves (1998)
Sonic Youth - Washing Machine (1995)
Soundgarden - Louder Than Love (1989)
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - Reach Up and Touch the Sky: Live (1981)
Spain - The Blue Moods of Spain (1995)
St. John, Bridget - Songs for the Gentle Man (1971)
Staple Singers, The - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)
Starr, Ringo - Ringo (1973)
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
Stevens, Cat - Catch Bull at Four (1972)
Stewart, Rod - A Night on the Town (1976)
Strummer, Joe & The Mescaleros - Streetcore (2003)
Stylistics, The - The Stylistics (1971)
Sun Ra - The Magic City (1966)
Super Furry Animals - Guerilla (1999)
Temptations, The - Temptin' Temptations (1965)
They Might Be Giants - Lincoln (1989)
Tortoise - TNT (1998)
Tosh, Peter - Equal Rights (1977)
Travis - The Invisible Band (2001)
Travis, Randy - Always & Forever (1987)
U-Roy - Version Galore (1973)
Vaughan, Sarah - Sarah Sings Soulfully (1963)
Vaughan, Sarah - Sassy Swings the Tivoli (1963)
Vaughan, Sarah - Duke Ellington Songbooks, Vol. 1 (1979)
Vaughan, Sarah - Crazy and Mixed Up (1982)
Vaughn, Viktor - Vaudeville Villain (2003)
Vega, Alan - Saturn Strip (1983)
Waits, Tom - Blood Money (2002)
Walker, Junior & The All-Stars - Roadrunner (1966)
Washington, Dinah - In the Land of HiFi (1956)
Webster, Ben - Soulville (1957)
Whitley, Keith - I Wonder Do You Think of Me (1989)
Williams, Lucinda - Sweet Old World (1992)
Winter, Johnny - Johnny Winter (1969)
Winter, Johnny - Johnny Winter and (1970)
Winter, Paul - Icarus (1973)
Wonder, Stevie - Where I'm Coming From (1971)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)
Yardbirds, The - Five Live Yardbirds/
Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds (1964)
Young, Neil - Mirror Ball (1995)
Zappa, Frank/The Mothers of Invention - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2: The Helsinki Concert (1988)
dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea (1996)

New songs
869 Social Distortion - Ball and Chain (1990)
1481 Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (2005)
1586 Heart - Crazy On You (1976)
1600 Le Tigre - Deceptacon (1999)
1662 Bob Dylan - Mississippi (2001)
1680 The Shins - New Slang (2001)
1692 The Godfathers - Birth School Work Death (1987)
1719 The Knife - Heartbeats (2003)
1723 Big Star - Thirteen (1972)
1726 Biz Markie - Nobody Beats the Biz (1987)
1751 The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket (1979)
1772 Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (1965)
1814 Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night (1963)
1819 Norah Jones - Don't Know Why (2002)
1836 The Cure - Love Song (1989)
1859 The Dovells - Bristol Stomp (1961)
1862 Interpol - Obstacle 1 (2002)
1891 Wilco - Jesus, Etc. (2002)
1893 The Knickerbockers - Lies (1965)
1897 Shep and The Limelites - Daddy's Home (1961)
1915 Clarence Carter - Patches (1970)
1927 Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy (1988)
1937 Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters - Cry Baby (1963)
1939 Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me (1963)
1949 Interpol - Evil (2004)
1950 Bad Brains - Sailin' On (1982)
1957 The Elegants - Little Star (1958)
1964 Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2004)
1970 Tool - Stinkfist (1996)
1971 Keane - Everybody's Changing (2003)
1979 Bobby Freeman - Do You Want to Dance (1958)
2032 Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (2004)
2042 Claudine Clark - Party Lights (1962)
2097 Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (1935)
2098 Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (1941)
2117 Adeva - Respect (1989)
2130 Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach - God Give Me Strength (1998)
2132 Radiohead - There There (2003)
2146 Björk - Pagan Poetry (2001)
2147 Neneh Cherry - Manchild (1989)
2151 R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend (1988)
2154 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (1970)
2175 Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl (2003)
2193 The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird (1963)
2211 The House of Love - Christine (1988)
2257 Black Eyed Peas - Where Is the Love (2003)
2261 The Rivingtons - Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow (1962)
2263 The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You (1959)
2290 Queen - Killer Queen (1974)
2298 Darlene Love - A Fine Fine Boy (1963)
2318 The Strokes - Someday (2001)
2321 Sly and Robbie - Boops (Here to Go) (1987)
2367 The Jewels - Hearts of Stone (1954)
2383 Muse - Plug-In Baby (2001)
2389 James Brown - Rapp Payback (1980)
2410 The Sundays - Can't Be Sure (1989)
2414 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good (1978)
2434 Antonio Carlos Jobim - Desafinado (1958)
2435 Vicky Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around (1976)
2437 Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan (1988)
2442 The Rockin' Rebels - Wild Weekend (1962)
2451 Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go! (1980)
2465 Radiohead - Idioteque (2000)
2474 Prince - Batdance (1989)
2483 Black Box Recorder - The Facts of Life (2000)
2486 Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock 'n' Roll (1988)
2487 Spoon - I Turn My Camera On (2005)
2493 Mylo - Drop the Pressure (2004)
2499 James Brown - Night Train (1962)

Songs that have dropped out
Adams, Ryan - New York, New York (2001)
Basil, Toni - Mickey (1982)
Beastie Boys - She's On It (1985)
Bee Gees, The - To Love Somebody (1967)
Blondie - Denis (1978)
Byrds, The - Goin' Back (1967)
Campbell, Glen - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)
Carpenters, The - Goodbye to Love (1972)
Charles, Ray - I Believe to My Soul (1959)
Clark Five, Dave - Glad All Over (1963)
Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up (1991)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through the Jungle (1970)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band (1970)
Crows, The - Gee (1953)
Dells, The - Stay in My Corner (1965)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity, Julie - This Wheel's on Fire (1968)
Dylan, Bob - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Fleetwood Mac - Man of the World (1969)
Floyd, Eddie - Big Bird (1968)
Four Tops, The - Bernadette (1967)
Franz Ferdinand - Darts of Pleasure (2003)
Gaye, Marvin - Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (1968)
Glitter, Gary - Rock and Roll Part 2 (1972)
Green, Al - Look What You Done for Me (1972)
Heptones, The - Book of Rules (1976)
International Pony - Leaving Home (2002)
John, Elton - Crocodile Rock (1972)
Kongos, John - He's Gonna Step on You Again (1971)
Lang, k.d. - Constant Craving (1992)
Lavigne, Avril - Complicated (2002)
Lennon, John - Give Peace a Chance (1969)
Little Richard - Slippin' and Slidin' (1956)
Lovin' Spoonful, The - Darling Be Home Soon (1967)
Lynn, Loretta - Portland, Oregon (2004)
Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo (1966)
Manhattans, The - Kiss and Say Goodbye (1976)
Miller Band, Steve - Take the Money and Run (1976)
Moby Grape - Omaha (1967)
Monkees, The - Pleasant Valley Sunday (1967)
Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea (1993)
Parliament/Funkadelic - (I Wanna) Testify (1967)
Perry, Lee - The Upsetter (1968)
Phair, Liz - Supernova (1994)
Pink Floyd - Time (1973)
Primal Scream - If They Move, Kill 'Em (1997)
Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand (1996)
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (1980)
Scott-Heron, Gil - The Bottle (1976)
Sedaka, Neil - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1962)
Simon, Paul - You Can Call Me Al (1986)
Slits, The - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1978)
Smith, Patti - Piss Factory (1974)
Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (1981)
Sonics, The - Psycho (1965)
Spandau Ballet - To Cut a Long Story Short (1980)
Springfield, Dusty - I Only Want to Be with You (1963)
Springsteen, Bruce - Streets of Philadelphia (1994)
Starr, Kay - Wheel of Fortune (1952)
Supremes, The - Someday We'll Be Together (1969)
Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (1976)
Time Zone - World Destruction (1984)
Walker, Junior & The All-Stars - Way Back Home (1971)
Wham! - Careless Whisper (1984)
Who, The - 5:15 (1973)
Winter Group, Edgar - Free Ride (1973)
Wonder, Stevie - Boogie-On Reggae Woman (1974)
X-Ray Spex - Identity (1978)
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart (1983)

Awesome! Thanks for this! I like this new policy very much, even if I love many more albums that are exiting the ranks than are entering.

Thanks a lot for this lists of entry and drop-outs. It help a lot those who try to keep up with how the world's tastes are evolving. Really awesome. Congratulations!!!!

Great update! You've added a LOT of those lists that were on the backburner. With each new update this site gets better and better.

Awesome! I'm glad to finally see ‘Don’t Know Why’ making the list, and I'm pleasantly surprised to see ‘Patches’ pop up on the list. I’m surprised to see ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’ make the list because it recently made the list of the worst songs of all time, but I am glad, because I thought I was the only one who actually liked the song. Very happy to see ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ on the list now, as well as two Keane songs. I’m also glad to see ‘If You Could Read My Mind,’ ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl,’ ‘Where Is the Love,’ ‘Killer Queen,’ and ‘Life’s Been Good’ now on the list.

I’m sad to see ‘To Love Somebody’ leave the list (it wasn’t too long ago that we had to say goodbye to ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ as well). I’m also sad that ‘Sunshine Superman,’ ‘Crocodile Rock,’ ‘Constant Craving,’ ‘Give Peace a Chance,’ ‘Take the Money and Run,’ ‘Pleasant Valley Sunday,’ ‘Time,’ ‘Another One Bites the Dust,’ ‘I Only Want to Be with You,’ ‘Streets of Philadelphia,’ ‘Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel,’ ‘Careless Whisper,’ ‘5:15,’ ‘Free Ride,’ and ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ are no longer on the list.

Keep up the great work!

Very much worth the wait, Henrik. Nice to see those two U.S.-only early Rolling Stones albums (12 x 5 and DECEMBER'S CHILDREN) finally added to the list - I'd been wondering if you would ever include them. Good to see LODGER finally take its place alongside the rest of Bowie's stellar '70s output as well. I can't wait until I have more time to fully absorb all the changes.

Great update, Henrik. I'm expecially glad to see an italian artist album in the AM list: Giorgio Moroder's "From Here to Eternity". I hope to find sooner Ennio Morricone.

kudos for the new update. I wouldn't have known it had I not come to theforum, as the main page on my computer still says the last update was Feb. 7, even after refreshing it.

Good update! Except, why did Definitely Maybe fall?? And Blur pass Oasis??

I'll take this one more time...

To delete all old pages: Go to Tools / Internet Options / Delete Files

To delete a particular page: Hold the mouse over the frame with the page you want to delete, right-click the mouse and choose refresh.

different for Netscape Navigator/ it doesn't thave that option to delete files (unless it's under something else). Odd, becasue it still lists "Constant Craving" on kd lang's page, yet it's not in the top 2,500 list. My cooky system!

In utero up 16 places....

Not long to top 100!

Shouldn't Jay-Z be credited with "Crazy In Love?"

And it's cool the Grammy winners are included now, but are you going to include Record/Album nominees now as well? They would be like top 5 of the year but unranked, no?

Jess, your question about Jay-Z has been discussed in two other forum threads, but the people who have brought up the issue before have been pleased with my answer below.

"I don't think Jay-Z is credited for 'Crazy in Love' on the record's outer sleeve (there's probably a note somewhere though where he is mentioned). This is why I haven't given Jay-Z credit for 'Crazy in Love'."

The GRAMMY nominees could be added too, but I could only find the 2005 nominees at grammy.com, do you have more info?

I can post as many Record/Albums nominees as you want. Do you want me to post them or mail them?

Here are some of my favorite line-ups:

1972 - Record of the Year
Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Alone Again (Naturally)"
Don McLean - "American Pie"
Roberta Flack - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Neil Diamond - "Song Sung Blue"
Nilsson - "Without You"

1984 - Album of the Year
Bruce Springsteen - BORN IN THE U.S.A.
Lionel Richie - CAN'T SLOW DOWN
Tina Turner - PRIVATE DANCER
Prince - PURPLE RAIN
Cyndi Lauper - SHE'S SO UNUSUAL

1995 - Record of the Year
Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise"
Seal - "Kiss From A Rose"
Joan Osborne - "One Of Us"
Mariah Carey/Boyz II Men - "One Sweet Day"
TLC - "Waterfalls"

1998 - Album of the Year
Sheryl Crow - THE GLOBE SESSIONS
Garbage - VERSION 2.0
Lauryn Hill - MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL
Madonna - RAY OF LIGHT
Shania Twain - COME ON OVER

Here are all of the Album and Record of the Year nominees from all time. Winners are marked with an asterisk (*)

2005 Record of the Year

We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz & De La Soul
* Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
Gold Digger - Kanye West

2005 Album of the Year

The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. - Gwen Stefani
* How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2
Late Registration - Kanye West

2004 Record of the Year

Let's Get It Started - The Black Eyed Peas
* Here We Go Again - Ray Charles, Norah Jones
American Idiot - Green Day
Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
Yeah! - Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris

2004 Album of the Year

* Genius Loves Company - Ray Charles & various artists
American Idiot - Green Day
The Diary of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys
Confessions - Usher
The College Dropout - Kanye West

2003 Record of the Year

Crazy In Love - Beyonce featuring Jay-Z
Where Is the Love - The Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake
* Clocks - Coldplay
Lose Yourself - Eminem
Hey Ya! - Outkast

2003 Album of the Year

Under Construction - Missy Elliott
Fallen - Evanescence
* Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast
Justified - Justin Timberlake
Elephant - The White Stripes

2002 Record of the Year

"A Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton
"Without Me" - Eminem
* "Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones
"Dilemma" - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
"How You Remind Me" - Nickelback

2002 Album of the Year

Home - Dixie Chicks
The Eminem Show - Eminem
* Come Away with Me - Norah Jones
Nellyville - Nelly
The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

2001 Record of the Year

Video - India.Arie
Fallin' - Alicia Keys
Ms. Jeackson - Outkast
Drops of Jupiter - Train
* Walk On - U2

2001 Album of the Year

Acoustic Soul - India.Arie
Love and Theft - Bob Dylan
Stankonia - Outkast
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
* O Brother, Where Art Thou? - soundtrack

2000 Record of the Year

Say My Name - Destiny's Child
I Try - Macy Gray
Music - Madonna
Bye Bye Bye - 'N Sync
* Beautiful Day - U2

2000 Album of the Year

Midnite Vultures - Beck
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
Kid A - Radiohead
You're the One - Paul Simon
* Two Against Nature - Steely Dan

1999 Record of the Year

"I Want It That Way" - Backstreet Boys
"Believe" - Cher
"Livin' La Vida Loca" - Ricky Martin
* "Smooth" - Santana featuring Rob Thomas
"No Scrubs" - TLC

1999 Album of the Year

Millennium - Backstreet Boys
Fly - Dixie Chicks
When I Look in Your Eyes - Diana Krall
* Supernatural - Santana
Fanmail - TLC

1998 Record of the Year

"The Boy Is Mine" - Brandy & Monica
* "My Heart Will Go On" - Celine Dion
"Iris" - Goo Goo Girls
"Ray of Light" - Madonna
"You're Still the One" - Shania Twain

1998 Album of the Year

The Globe Sessions - Sheryl Crow
Version 2.0 - Garbage
* The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
Ray of Light - Madonna
Come on Over - Shania Twain

1997 Record of the Year

"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" - Paula Cole
* "Sunny Came Home" - Shawn Colvin
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" - Sheryl Crow
"MMMBop" - Hanson
"I Believe I Can Fly" - R. Kelly

1997 Album of the Year

The Day - Babyface
This Fire - Paula Cole
* Time out of Mind - Bob Dylan
Flaming Pie - Paul McCartney
OK Computer - Radiohead

1996 Record of the Year

"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
* "Change the World" - Eric Clapton
"Give Me One Reason" - Tracy Chapman
"Ironic" - Alanis Morissette
"1979" - The Smashing Pumpkins

1996 Album of the Year

* Falling Into You - Celine Dion
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
Odelay - Beck
The Score - The Fugees
Waiting to Exhale - Original Soundtrack

1995 Record of the Year

"Gangsta's Paradise" - Coolio
* "Kiss from a Rose" - Seal
"One of Us" - Joan Osborne
"One Sweet Day" - Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men
"Waterfalls" - TLC

1995 Album of the Year

Daydream - Mariah Carey
HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I - Michael Jackson
* Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
Relish - Joan Osborne
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam

1994 Record of the Year

* "All I Wanna Do" - Sheryl Crow
"He Thinks He'll Keep Her" - Mary-Chapin Carpenter
"I'll Make Love to You" - Boyz II Men
"Love Sneaken' Up on You" - Bonnie Raitt
"Streets of Philadelphia" - Bruce Springsteen

1994 Album of the Year

From the Cradle - Eric Clapton
Longing in Their Hearts - Bonnie Raitt
* MTV Unplugged - Tony Bennett
Seal - Seal
The 3 Tenors in Concert, 1994 - Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta

1993 Record of the Year

"Harvest Moon" - Neil Young
* "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston
"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" - Sting
"The River of Dreams" - Billy Joel
"A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" - Peabo Bryson, Regina Belle

1993 Album of the Year

* The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack
For the People - REM
Kamakiriad - Donald Fagen
River of Dreams - Billy Joel
Ten Summoner's Tales - Sting

1992 Record of the Year

"Achy Breaky Heart" - Billy Ray Cyrus
"Beauty and the Beast" - Celine Dion, Peabo Bryson
"Constant Craving" - k.d. lang
"Save the Best for Last" - Vanessa Williams
* "Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton

1992 Album of the Year

Achtung Baby - U2
Beauty and the Beast - Original Soundtrack
Diva - Annie Lennox
Ingenue - k.d. lang
* Unplugged - Eric Clapton

1991 Record of the Year

"Baby Baby" - Amy Grant
"(Everythig I Do) I Do It for You" - Bryan Adams
"Losing My Religion" - REM
"Something to Talk About" - Bonnie Raitt
* "Unforgettable" - Natalie Cole, Nat King Cole

1991 Album of the Year

Heart in Motion - Amy Grant
Luck of the Draw - Bonnie Raitt
Out of Time - REM
The Rhythm of the Saints - Paul Simon
* Unforgettable - Natalie Cole

1990 Record of the Year

* "Another Day in Paradise" - Phil Collins
"From a Distance" - Bette Midler
"Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O'Connor
"U Can't Touch This" - MC Hammer
"Vision of Love" - Mariah Carey

1990 Album of the Year

* Back on the Block - Quincy Jones
...But Seriously - Phil Collins
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - MC Hammer
Wilson Philips - Wilson Philips

1989 Record of the Year

"The End of Innocence" - Don Henley
"The Living Years" - Mike and the Mechanics
"She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals
"We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel
* "Wind Beneath My Wings" - Bette Midler

1989 Album of the Year

The End of Innocence - Don Henley
Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty
* Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
The Raw and the Cooked - Fine Young Cannibals
The Traveling Wilburys, Volume I - The Traveling Wilburys

1988 Record of the Year

* "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin
"Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman
"Giving You the Best That I Got" - Anita Baker
"Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson
"Roll with It" - Steve Winwood

1988 Album of the Year

* Faith - George Michael
...Nothing Like the Sun - Sting
Roll with It - Steve Winwood
Simple Pleasures - Bobby McFerrin
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

1987 Record of the Year

"Back in the High Life Again" - Steve Winwood
* "Graceland" - Paul Simon
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - U2
"La Bamba" - Los Lobos
"Luka" - Suzanne Vega

1987 Album of the Year

Bad - Michael Jackson
* The Joshua Tree - U2
Sing O' the Times - Prince
Trio - Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
Whitney - Whitney Houston

1986 Record of the Year

"Addicted to Love" - Robert Palmer
"The Greatest Love of All" - Whitney Houston
* "Higher Love" - Steve Winwood
"Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel
"That's What Friends Are For" - Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder

1986 Album of the Year

Back in the High Life - Steve Winwood
The Broadway Album - Barbra Streisand
Control - Janet Jackson
* Graceland - Paul Simon
So - Peter Gabriel

1985 Record of the Year

"Born in the USA" - Bruce Springsteen
"The Boys of Summer" - Don Henley
"Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits
"The Power of Love" - Huey Lewis and the News
* We Are the World - USA for Africa

1985 Album of the Year

Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
* No Jacket Required - Phil Collins
We Are the World - USA for Africa
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

1984 Record of the Year

"Dancing in the Dark" - Bruce Springsteen
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper
"Hard Habit to Break" - Chicago
"The Heart of Rock and Roll" - Huey Lewis and the News
* "What's Love Got To Do with It" - Tina Turner

1984 Album of the Year

Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
* Can't Slow Down - Lionel Richie
Private Dancer - Tina Turner
Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution
She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

1983 Record of the Year

"All Night Long" - Lionel Richie
* "Beat It" - Michael Jackson
"Every Breath You Take" - The Police
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" - Irene Cara
"Maniac" - Michael Sembello

1983 Album of the Year

Flashdance - Original Soundtrack
An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
Let's Dance - David Bowie
Sychronicity - The Police
* Thriller - Michael Jackson

1982 Record of the Year

"Always on My Mind" - Willie Nelson
"Ebony and Ivory" - Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder
* "Rosanna" - Toto
"Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson
"Theme from Chariots of Fire" - Vangelis

1982 Album of the Year

American Fool - John Cougar
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
The Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel
Tug of War - Paul McCartney
* Toto IV - Toto

1981 Record of the Year

"Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)" - Christopher Cross
* "Bette Davis Eyes" - Kim Carnes
"Endless Love" - Diana Ross, Lionel Richie
"(Just Like) Starting Over" - John Lennon
"Just the Two of Us" - Bill Withers, Grover Washington Jr.

1981 Album of the Year

Breakin' Away - Al Jarreau
* Double Fantasy - John Lennon, Yoko Ono
The Dude - Quincy Jones
Gaucho - Steely Dan
Mistaken Identity - Kim Carnes

1980 Record of the Year

"Lady" - Kenny Rogers
"The Rose" - Bette Midler
* "Sailing" - Christopher Cross
"Theme from New York, New York" - Frank Sinatra
"Woman in Love" - Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb

1980 Album of the Year

* Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross
Glass Houses - Billy Joel
Guilty - Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb
Trilogy: Past, Present, Future - Frank Sinatra
The Wall - Pink Floyd

1979 Record of the Year

"After the Love Has Gone" - Earth, Wind and Fire
"The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers
"I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
* "What a Fool Believes" - The Doobie Brothers
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond

1979 Album of the Year

Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Breakfast in America - Supertramp
* 52nd Street - Billy Joel
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
Minute by Minute - The Doobie Brothers

1978 Record of the Year

"Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty
"Feels So Good" - Chuck Mangione
* "Just the Way You Are" - Billy Joel
"Stayin' Alive" - The Bee Gees
"You Needed Me" - Anne Murray

1978 Album of the Year

Even Now - Barry Manilow
Grease - Original Soundtrack Album
Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
* Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack Album
Some Girls - The Rolling Stones

1977 Record of the Year

"Blue Bayou" - Linda Ronstadt
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" - Crystal Gayle
* "Hotel California" - The Eagles
"Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" - Barbra Streisand
"You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone

1977 Album of the Year

Aja - Steely Dan
Hotel California - The Eagles
J.T. - James Taylor
* Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Star Wars - John Williams conducting the London Symphony

1976 Record of the Year

"Afternoon Delight" - The Starland Vocal Band
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
"I Write the Songs" - Barry Manilow
"If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
* "This Masquerade" - George Benson

1976 Album of the Year

Breezin' - George Benson
Chicago X - Chicago
Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
* Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder

1975 Record of the Year

"At Seventeen" - Janis Ian
* "Love Will Keep Us Together" - The Captain and Tenille
"Lyin' Eyes" - The Eagles
"Mandy" - Barry Manilow
"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell

1975 Album of the Year

Between the Lines - Janis Ian
Captain Fantastic and the Dirt Brown Cowboy - Elton John
Heart Like a Wheel - Linda Ronstadt
One of These Nights - The Eagles
* Still Crazy after All These Years - Paul Simon

1974 Record of the Year

"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" - Elton John
"Feel Like Makin' Love" - Roberta Flack
"Help Me" - Joni Mitchell
* "I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John
"Midnight at the Oasis" - Maria Muldaur

1974 Album of the Year

Back Home Again - John Denver
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
Caribou - Elton John
Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
* Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

1973 Record of the Year

"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce
"Behind Closed Doors" - Charlie Rich
* "Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Roberta Flack
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" - Stevie Wonder
"You're So Vain" - Carly Simon

1973 Album of the Year

Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
The Divine Miss M - Bette Midler
* Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon

1972 Record of the Year

"Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan
"American Pie" - Don McLean
* "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack
"Song Sung Blue" - Neil Diamond
"Without You" - Nilsson

1972 Album of the Year

American Pie - Don McLean
* The Concert for Bangladesh - George Harrison and Friends
Jesus Christ Superstar - Original Broadway Cast
Moods - Neil Diamond
Nilsson Schmilsson - Nilsson

1971 Record of the Year

* "It's Too Late" - Carole King
"Joy to the World" - Three Dog Night
"My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison
"Theme from Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
"You've Got a Friend" - James Taylor

1971 Album of the Year

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
The Carpenters - The Carpenters
Jesus Christ Superstar
Shaft - Isaac Hayes
* Tapestry - Carole King

1970 Record of the Year

* "Bridge over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Close to You" - The Carpenters
"Everything is Beautiful" - Ray Stevens
"Fire and Rain" - James Taylor
"Let It Be" - The Beatles

1970 Album of the Year

* Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Chicago - Chicago
Close to You - The Carpenters
Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Elton John - Elton John
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

1969 Record of the Year

* "Aquarus/Let the Sunshine In" - The 5th Dimension
"A Boy Named Sue" - Johnny Cash
"Is That All There Is" - Peggy Lee
"A Time for Us" - Henry Mancini
"Spinning Wheel" - Blood, Sweat and Tears

1969 Album of the Year

Abbey Road - The Beatles
The Age of Aquarius - The 5th Dimension
* Blood, Sweat and Tears - Blood, Sweat and Tears
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Crosby, Stills and Nash
Johnny Cash at San Quentin - Johnny Cash

1968 Record of the Year

"Harper Valley PTA" - Jeannie C. Riley
"Hey Jude" - The Beatles
"Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro
* "Mrs. Robinson" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Wichita Lineman" - Glen Campbell

1968 Album of the Year

Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel
* By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell
Felicano! - Jose Felicano
Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
A Tramp Shining - Richard Harris

1967 Record of the Year

"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" - Glen Campbell
"My Cup Runneth Over" - Ed Ames
"Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
"Somethin' Stupid" - Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra
* "Up, Up, and Away" - The 5th Dimension

1967 Album of the Year

Francis Albert Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim - Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim
It Must Be Him - Vikki Carr
My Cup Runneth Over - Ed Ames
Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

1966 Record of the Year

"Almost Persuaded" - David Houston
"Monday, Monday" - Mamas and the Papas
* "Strangers in the Night" - Frank Sinatra
"What Now My Love" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
"Winchester Cathedral" - The New Vaudeville

1966 Album of the Year

Color Me Barbra - Barbra Streisand
Dr. Zhivago - Maurice Jarre
Revolver - The Beatles
* Sinatra: A Man and His Music - Frank Sinatra
What Now My Love - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

1965 Record of the Year

"The 'In' Crowd" - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
"King of the Road" - Roger Miller
"The Shadow of Your Smile" - Tony Bennett
* "A Taste of Honey" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
"Yesterday" - Paul McCartney [rather than the Beatles, McCartney was the one who was nominated, possibly because he was the only one who actually appeared on the recording]

1965 Album of the Year

Help! - The Beatles
My Name Is Barbra - Barbra Streisand
My World - Eddy Arnold
* September of My Years - Frank Sinatra
The Sound of Music - Julie Andrews and cast

1964 Record of the Year

"Downtown" - Petula Clark
* "The Girl from Ipanema" - Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto
"Hello, Dolly" - Louis Armstrong
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" - The Beatles
"People" - Barbra Streisand

1964 Album of the Year

Cotton Candy - Al Hirt
Funny Girl - Jule Styne, Robert Merrill
* Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto
People - Barbra Streisand
The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini

1963 Record of the Year

* "The Days of Wine and Roses" - Henry Mancini
"Dominique" - The Singing Nun
"Happy Days Are Here Again" - Barbra Streisand
"I Wanna Be Around" - Tony Bennett
"Wives and Lovers" - Jack Jones

1963 Album of the Year

Bach's Greatest Hits - Swingle Singers
* The Barbra Streisand Album - Barbra Streisand
The Days of Wine and Roses - Henry Mancini
Honey in the Horn - Al Hirt
The Singing Nun - The Singing Nun

1962 Record of the Year

"Desafinado" - Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd
"Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova" - Joe Harnell and His Orchestra
"I Can't Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles
* "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" - Tony Bennett
"What Kind of Fool Am I" - Sammy Davis Jr.

1962 Album of the Year

* The First Family - Vaughn Meader
I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett
Jazz Samba - Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles
My Son, the Folk Singer - Allan Sherman

1961 Record of the Year

"Big Bad John" - Jimmy Dean
* "Moon River" - Henry Mancini
"The Second Time Around" - Frank Sinatra
"Take Five" - Dave Brubeck
"Up a Lazy River" - Si Zentner

1961 Album of the Year

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Henry Mancini
Genius + Soul = Jazz - Ray Charles
Great Band with Great Voices - Si Zentner, Johnny Mann Singers
* Judy at Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland
The Nat King Cole Story - Nat King Cole
West Side Story - soundtrack, Johnny Green music director

1960 Record of the Year

"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" - Elvis Presley
"Georgia on My Mind" - Ray Charles
"Mack the Knife" - Ella Fitzgerald
"Nice 'n' Easy" - Frank Sinatra
* "Theme from A Summer Place" - Percy Faith

1960 Album of the Year

Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall - Harry Belafonte
Brahams: Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat - Sviatoslav Richter
* Button Down Mind - Bob Newhart
Nice 'n' Easy - Frank Sinatra
Puccini: Turandot - Erich Leinsdorf
Wild Is Love - Nat King Cole

1959 Best Record of the Year

"A Fool Such As I" - Elvis Presley
"High Hopes" - Frank Sinatra
"Like Young" - Andre Previn
* "Mack the Knife" - Bobby Darin
"The Three Bells" - The Browns

1959 Best Album of the Year

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall - Harry Belafonte
* Come Dance with Me - Frank Sinatra
More Music from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 - Van Cliburn
Victory at Sea, Vol. 1 - Robert Russell Bennett

1958 Best Record of the Year

"Catch a Falling Star" - Perry Como
"The Chipmunk Song" - David Seville
"Fever" - Peggy Lee
* "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" - Domenico Modugeno
"Witchcraft" - Frank Sinatra

1958 Best Album of the Year

Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
* The Music from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini
Only the Lonely - Frank Sinatra
Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23 - Van Cliburn

Thanks, Daniel!!!

Thus proving that the GRAMMYs are pure pish.

It's true that *most* of what ends up as nominees in the major categories (in the overall history of the NARAS) aren't among the most aclaimed of a given year or anything. But, every now and again, truly acclaimed worls sneak in. It's mostly been about safe, non-threatening mainstream nominees. Getting a little better, but there's too much history to make up for!

Are critics members of NARAS?

The Grammy Awards have always failed to represent any major musical movement or evolution...for 40 odd years it has been entirely unrepresentative of the music scene. I mean awarding Bob Dylan a heap of awards as an afterthought in 1998....what the hell!

They got it right only once - 1984 when Michael Jackson took home 8 awards!

The Grammys are voted on by actual producers, musicians, etc. Why would you expect them to line up with critics? Just because critics like a work doesn't automatically make it the best.

lookat some of the nominees/winners in some of the major categories over the years. There's no way some of them hold a candle next to some of the best works of a given year.

Problem is, many of the best are not big household names, so at times the nominees have been the big hits of a year, from those safe acts. In some cases, some of those actually were artistically relevant, but many times other, they haven't been.

you are defining best by critics or your own thoughts, though. obviously a lot of the grammy voters disagreed, which is their right to do. there is no actual 'best' because quality is subjective. to ridicule the grammys because they don't align with your opinion or with some critics is pretty arrogant.

but it doesn't make it any less a strong viewpoint.

There's a reson the organization has developed the reputation it has- Shammys, Grannies, etc. It's not for nothin'.

actually, it does make it a viewpoint with less strength. you are trying to force critics' opinions onto people who vote for the grammys even though they are separate bodies. and who started calling them the grannies? critics, even though the grammys aren't about the critics.

and while some choices lean older (like Natalie Cole and Tony Bennett), most of those were in the early 90s. over the years they have rewarded critical faves like stevie wonder, u2, coldplay, outkast, paul simon, and so on. you can find a lot of grammy winners on AM, so i don't know what the big deal is.

A lot of normal people call them grannies as well.

One question: Why aren't "12x5" and "December's Children" listed together with their English counterparts, which is the case otherwise when an album has a different title and a slightly different tracklisting in UK/US?

12 x 5 and DECEMBER'S CHILDREN don't really have U.K. counterparts (although the former does contain all the tracks from the British 5 x 5 EP), which is wny Henrik hadn't included them until now; they're basically hodgepodges of singles and leftover tracks from the first three British albums that weren't included on the U.S. versions. It's a testament to the consistency of the pre-AFTERMATH Stones recordings that they play as coherent, cohesive albums nonetheless -- which is not, I don't think, something that can be said of similar Capitol Beatles collections like YESTERDAY ... AND TODAY or HEY JUDE.

Grannies may be "different" from the taste of most critics, but given that they are selected by musicians and music biz people I would say they are picked by some kind of "experts", and as such it would be fair if Henrik found a way to include Grammy winners.

Obviously, just a Grammy without any critical acclaim wouldn't be enough to enter the top 2500 anyway.