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Since tomorrow's gonna be a hard day's work for me, here's part 2 of the countdown already for you.
Behold positions 40 down to 31:
#40: 2000
Album rank: 37
Song rank: 45
Top albums:
128 - Radiohead - Kid A
137 - Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
189 - OutKast - Stankonia
335 - P J Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
381 - Coldplay - Parachutes
466 - Primal Scream - Xtrmntr
Top songs:
193 - OutKast - Ms. Jackson
222 - Eminem Feat. Dido - Stan
319 - OutKast - B. O. B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)
340 - Coldplay - Yellow
358 - The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So
489 - Madonna - Music
#39: 2005
Album rank: 36
Song rank: 48
Top albums:
105 - Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
157 - M.I.A. - Arular
170 - Antony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
339 - Kanye West - Late Registration
360 - Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
404 - LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Top songs:
178 - Kanye West - Gold Digger
182 - Amerie - 1 Thing
397 - Madonna - Hung Up
454 - Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
491 - Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
507 - Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
#38: 2004
Album rank: 32
Song rank: 51
Top albums:
101 - The Arcade Fire - Funeral
112 - Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
197 - Brian Wilson - SMiLE
241 - Kanye West - College Dropout
366 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
411 - The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
Top songs:
70 - Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
333 - Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
485 - M.I.A. - Galang
601 - Usher Feat. Ludacris - Yeah!
684 - Morrissey - First of the Gang to Die
685 - Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
#37: 2006
Album rank: 40
Song rank: 37
Top albums:
106 - TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
190 - Joanna Newsom - Ys
245 - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
276 - Bob Dylan - Modern Times
401 - Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
441 - Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Top songs:
32 - Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
268 - Justin Timberlake - My Love
332 - T.I. - What You Know
412 - The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
451 - Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
501 - TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
#36: 2001
Album rank: 35
Song rank: 40
Top albums:
60 - The Strokes - Is This It
150 - The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
239 - Jay-Z - The Blueprint
299 - Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
454 - Radiohead - Amnesiac
475 - Björk - Vespertine
Top songs:
59 - Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
173 - Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
287 - The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl
363 - Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
526 - The Strokes - Last Nite
666 - New Order - Crystal
#35: 1998
Album rank: 34
Song rank: 41
Top albums:
127 - Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
129 - Air - Moon Safari
238 - Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
244 - Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
316 - Massive Attack - Mezzanine
356 - Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Top songs:
136 - Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank
220 - Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
244 - Stardust - Music Sounds Better with You
281 - Madonna - Ray of Light
323 - Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
476 - New Radicals - You Get What You Give
#34: 1959
Album rank: 38
Song rank: 28
Top albums:
37 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
305 - John Coltrane - Giant Steps
315 - Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
324 - Dave Brubeck - Time Out
384 - Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
551 - Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight
Top songs:
27 - Ray Charles - What'd I Say
230 - The Isley Brothers - Shout (Parts 1 and 2)
233 - The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You
269 - The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
391 - Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
410 - Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife
#33: 1974
Album rank: 27
Song rank: 43
Top albums:
119 - Bob Marley and The Wailers - Natty Dread
134 - Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
140 - Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
237 - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
277 - Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
294 - Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Top songs:
74 - Bob Marley and The Wailers - No Woman No Cry
195 - Kraftwerk - Autobahn
376 - Big Star - September Gurls
419 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
488 - The Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us
569 - Robert Wyatt - Sea Song
#32: 1992
Album rank: 26
Song rank: 46
Top albums:
44 - R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
122 - Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
143 - Dr. Dre - The Chronic
255 - Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
350 - Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
387 - P J Harvey - Dry
Top songs:
131 - Dr. Dre Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang
134 - Radiohead - Creep
372 - Arrested Development - Tennesee
486 - House of Pain - Jump Around
628 - R.E.M. - Man on the Moon
716 - Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
#31: 1993
Album rank: 29
Song rank: 38
Top albums:
135 - Nirvana - In Utero
144 - Björk - Debut
156 - Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
201 - Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
250 - Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
345 - P J Harvey - Rid of Me
Top songs:
60 - Beck - Loser
172 - The Breeders - Cannonball
284 - Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
374 - P J Harvey - Rid of Me
497 - Nirvana - All Apologies
544 - Blur - For Tomorrow
Some additional facts, up to here:
- All decades, from fifties till noughties, are still in competition, but 1956 and 2003 are the last 'Mohicans' of their decades.
- All remaining years have at least an album or song ranked in the top 100. Best year without any entry in album or song top 100, is 1998 at spot 35.
- So far, 1992 has the best album ranking (26) and 1958 the best song ranking (13).