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Part 3: Let's see what positions 30 downto 21 look like:
#30: 2003
Album rank: 41
Song rank: 23
Top albums:
88 - The White Stripes - Elephant
116 - OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
291 - Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
365 - Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
428 - The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
576 - Blur - Think Tank
Top songs:
42 - OutKast - Hey Ya!
86 - Beyoncé - Crazy in Love
159 - The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
224 - Britney Spears - Toxic
359 - Kelis - Milkshake
383 - Jay-Z - 99 Problems
#29: 1964
Album rank: 45
Song rank: 7
Top albums:
180 - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
300 - Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
398 - The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones/England's Newest Hitmakers
528 - Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
558 - Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
758 - Horace Silver - Song for My Father
Top songs:
17 - The Kinks - You Really Got Me
24 - The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
53 - Martha and The Vandellas - Dancing in the Street
62 - The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
106 - The Temptations - My Girl
109 - Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
#28: 1978
Album rank: 23
Song rank: 36
Top albums:
75 - Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
108 - Blondie - Parallel Lines
110 - Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
219 - The Jam - All Mod Cons
231 - Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
243 - Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
Top songs:
147 - The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
198 - Blondie - Heart of Glass
207 - The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love?
258 - The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
291 - The B-52's - Rock Lobster
330 - The Police - Roxanne
#27: 1997
Album rank: 22
Song rank: 32
Top albums:
14 - Radiohead - OK Computer
202 - Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
215 - The Verve - Urban Hymns
251 - The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
275 - Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
304 - Daft Punk - Homework
Top songs:
49 - The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
119 - Blur - Song 2
303 - Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
304 - The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats
339 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android
527 - Hanson - Mmmbop
#26: 1956
Album rank: 43
Song rank: 8
Top albums:
120 - Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
210 - Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers
370 - Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
385 - Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport
410 - Elvis Presley - Elvis
617 - Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, Vol. 1
Top songs:
15 - Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
57 - Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
75 - Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
92 - Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel
93 - Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
125 - Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps - Be Bop a Lula
#25: 1994
Album rank: 21
Song rank: 35
Top albums:
76 - Portishead - Dummy
83 - Oasis - Definitely Maybe
90 - Jeff Buckley - Grace
153 - Blur - Parklife
246 - Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
262 - Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Top songs:
71 - Oasis - Live Forever
206 - Blur - Girls and Boys
225 - Beastie Boys - Sabotage
275 - TLC - Waterfalls
364 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
437 - Pavement - Cut Your Hair
#24: 1988
Album rank: 15
Song rank: 49
Top albums:
18 - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
70 - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
77 - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
130 - N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
328 - Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
372 - Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Top songs:
232 - Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
327 - N.W.A. - F*** Tha Police
331 - Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene
357 - Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
373 - Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
465 - Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
#23: 1983
Album rank: 28
Song rank: 18
Top albums:
58 - R.E.M. - Murmur
104 - Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
217 - The Police - Synchronicity
278 - U2 - War
298 - Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
472 - New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies
Top songs:
50 - The Police - Every Breath You Take
54 - New Order - Blue Monday
105 - The Smiths - This Charming Man
201 - Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
217 - Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
223 - U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
#22: 1984
Album rank: 24
Song rank: 22
Top albums:
49 - Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain
148 - Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
179 - The Smiths - The Smiths
206 - Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
220 - The Replacements - Let It Be
273 - Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Top songs:
46 - Prince and The Revolution - When Doves Cry
157 - Van Halen - Jump
180 - Madonna - Like a Virgin
181 - The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
190 - Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
296 - Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
#21: 1989
Album rank: 16
Song rank: 34
Top albums:
47 - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
64 - Pixies - Doolittle
72 - De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
117 - Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
260 - New Order - Technique
319 - The Cure - Disintegration
Top songs:
84 - Public Enemy - Fight the Power
164 - The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
236 - Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
270 - Madonna - Like a Prayer
306 - Pixies - Debaser
466 - Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
And what do we learn from this:
- The fifties and noughties are now out of competition.
- Surprise for me: Due to a weak album ranking, the year 1964 is 'less good' as 1963! Even Elvis' year, 1956, beats '64.
- But 1964 does have the best song ranking so far (7) and 1988 is quite a strong album year (15).