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Artrocker magazine - The 100 Greatest Art Rock Tracks

In the current May, 100th anniversary, issue

100. The Stooges - No Fun
99. Late of the pier - Space of the woods
98. The Hells - He's the devil (but I love him so)
97. Tiny masters of today - Stickin it to the man
96. Acoustic ladyland - Iggy
95. Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero
94. Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
93. Brian Eno - Needles in the camel's eyes
92. Wire - Outdoor Manor
91. Hatcham Social - Crocodiles
90. James chance & the contortions - Contort Yourself
89. Tom Vek - I ain't saying my goodbye
88. Von Bondies - It came from Japan
87. The Chap - I am oozing emotion
86. Pavement - Shady Lane
85. Bromheads Jacket - Wooley Bridge
84. The Macabees - Toothpaste Kisses
83. PIL - Death Disco
82. Devo - Joko Homo
81. The Velvet Underground - I heard her calling my name
80. The Normal - Warm Leatherette
79. Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales From San Francisco
78. Jonathan Rickman & the modern lovers - Roadrunner
77. Erase Eratta - Tongue Tied
76. The Ramones - Blitzrieg Pop
75. Souxsie & The Banshees - Metal Postcard
74. The Yell - My Baby's into Witchcraft
73. The Cure - 10.15 Saturday Night
72. Patti Smith - Gloria
71. Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?
70. Orange Juice - Rip It Up
69. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
68. Cabarat Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag
67. Wire - Three Girl Rumba
66. Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90, Go!
65. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
64. Liars - My your on fire Mr
63. X-Ray Specs - Germ Free Adolescents
62. Kaito - Should I
61. Gary Numan - Cars
60. Pere Ubu - Non Allignment Pact
59. The Fall - Totally Wired
58. The Slits - Typical Girls
57. Gang of Four - At home he's a tourist
56. Liars - Plastic Casts of Everything
55. XTC - This is Pop
54. Pulp - Disco 2000
53. The Damned - New Rose
52. The Smiths - This Charmng Man
51. The Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
50. Clinic - Monkey on your back
49. Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
48. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
47. The Young Knives - Weekends & Bleak Summer (Hot Summer)
46. Delta 5 - Mind your own business
45. Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
44. Joy Division - She's Lost Control
43. Kings of Leon - Molly's Chambers
42. Pulp - Common People
41. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
40. Hot Club de Paris - Sometimesitsbettertostickbitsofeachotherineachotherforeachother
39. The Grates - 19-10-20
38. The Futureheads - Hounds of Love
37. Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
36. The Cribs - Hey Scensters
35. The Black Keys - I'll be your man
34. Clor - Love & Pain
33. XXTeens (formely Xerox Twins) - Darlin'
32. Lou Read - Walk on the Wildside
31. Magazine - Shot by both sides
30. Goodshoes - Small Town Girl
29. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
28. The Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow
27. Roxy Music - Do the Strand
26. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
25. Mclusky - Lightsabre cocksucking blues
24. The Horrors - Sheena is a parasite
23. The Birthday Party - Release the bats
22. The Hives - Hate to say I told you so
21. Hot Hot Heat - Bandages
20. The Cure - Killing an Arab
19. The White Stripes - Dead leaves & the dirty ground
18. Elastica - Connection
17. Throbbing Gristle - United
16. Bauthaus - Bela Lugosi's
15. The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
14. Wire - Ex Lion Tamer
13. Talking Heads - Pyscho Killer
12. Art Brut - Formed a band
11. Joy Division - Transmission
10. Talking Heads - Love goes to buidings on fire
9. Television - Marquee Moon
8. Gang of Four - Love like Anthrax
7. Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
6. David Bowie - Starman
5. The Stooges - No Fun
4. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Bang
3. The Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll
2. Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
1. The Strokes - Last Nite

The list was compiled by their staff & there's also 54 (i think i counted) honouroble mentions, in no order, which i'm sorry I don't have on me right now.

Re: Artrocker magazine - The 100 Greatest Art Rock Tracks

thank you. I was too lazy to post this one but I have the issue and thought it deserved to be included. You rock.

Re: Artrocker magazine - The 100 Greatest Art Rock Tracks

No fun is listed twice

Re: Artrocker magazine - The 100 Greatest Art Rock Tracks

I expected something different based on the title of the list; I guess the voters confused 'art rock' with 'alternative rock.' Most of these songs are good though.

Re: Artrocker magazine - The 100 Greatest Art Rock Tracks

It was actually compiled by the writers, advisors & readers. The #100 Stooges track is '1969'. The 54 Honourable Mentions are :

Mink Seville - Spanish Stroll
The Runways - Queens of noise
Blondie - Heart of glass
OMD - Electricity
Scritti Politti - Skank bloc Bologna
Ultravox - RockWrok
Fad Gadget - Ricky's Hand
The Stranglers - Grip/London Lady
The Dirty - Cinnamon
Elle Milano - Believe your own hype, always
...and The Native Hipsters - There goes Concorde again
Teardrop Explodes - Reward
The Pop Group - She's beyond good & evil
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks
Japan - Ghosts
Supa Doopa - Les Georges Leningrad
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
HTRK - Look at her
S.C.U.M.- Vision Arise
Pixies - Debaser
Twisted Charm - London Scene
Ladyfuzz - Hold Up
White Denim - Mess your hair up
HTRK - Ha
Chapman Family - Sound of the radio/The kids are not alright
Mit - Good Book
The Long Blondes - Lust in the Movies
We are the Physics - Less than three
Popular Workshop - Channels
Danananananaykroyd - Totally Bone
Popup - Chinese Burn
Love is All - Talk Talk Talk Talk
Die Die Die - Ashtray Ashtray
Untitled Musical Project - I don't need you honey, All I need is rock 'n' roll
Blood Red Shoes - Try Harder
Mark E Smith - Shrag
Official Secrets Act - Art of being sure
Ice Sea Dead People - Hence Elvis
Factory Floor - Lying
Answering Machine - Silent Hotels
Shit Disco - Disco Blood
Theoretical Girl - Red Mist
Neils Children - I Hate Models
Bombay Bicicle Club - Ghost
Fury of the Headteachers - Fables
William - Five Minute Wonder
Pulled Apart By Horses - I punched a lion in the Throat
Black Wire - Hard to love, easy to lay
Help she can't Swim - Bunty vs Beano
Pete & the Pirates - Knots
Ipso Facto - Six & three quarters/Circle of Fifths
An Experiment on a Bird in the Airpump - Lights Out
Fight Like Apes - Fight Like Apes

Re: Artrocker magazine - The 100 Greatest Art Rock Tracks

RollingBob
It was actually compiled by the writers, advisors & readers.
I wonder how much input there was from readers in this poll. It surely doesn't look very "readerish". Maybe it was only suggestions from readers and not a poll that included readers.

Moreover, I found this page
http://www.artrocker.tv/features/article/the-100-greatest-ever-artrocker-tracks-spotify-playlist
where they write about the list as if it is truly the staff's own:
"Our 100th Issue special 'The 100 Greatest Ever Artrock Tracks' caused a few arguments in the office and have since caused a few amongst yourselves. While we can of course claim that nobody outside Artrocker Towers can truly know what an "Artrock" track is, since we have our own definition for a word we feel we had a lot to do with the popularisation of, we of course respect your opinions and appreciate your outrage. Maybe in hindsight we'd have looked at things a little differently, but probably not because that's kinda not how we do things."

Re: Artrocker magazine - The 100 Greatest Art Rock Tracks

So, no Marshal Mathers and no College Dropout, but Madvillainy and LCD Soundsystem. And Boxer, yay.


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