At long last (and two months late, sadly) I present the results of the 2010 AMF Artist poll! In total, there were 39 ballots, topping the participation of the 2008 poll. I sincerely apologize for the delay, but having lost the master list when my laptop died, it was a big chore to get it all up and running again! Nonetheless, the list is now ready to be unveiled!

A special thank you to all of those who participated- you are what makes the poll tick and what makes it interesting.

So here are your 39 participants for the 2010 poll!

Beef Supreme
BillAdama
Brad
Brose
Daniel
Depeche Mode
Frank
Georgie
Gillingham
Henrik
Henry
Honorio
Jackson
John
Kinch
Larry
listyguy
long5
Michel
Midaso
Miguel
Mindrocker
Moonbeam
Nassim
Nick
nicolas
Octopus
Penguin
Petri
Romain
Schleuse
Slick
SR
Stephan
Stone
Sven
Tim E
Toni
Zorg

I'll now present the artists that didn't quite make the top 100.

Here are artists 403-500:

495 Bat for Lashes
495 Devo
495 Grizzly Bear
495 Karkkiautomaatti
495 Kenny Loggins
495 The Hives
494 Jerry Lee Lewis
493 The Damned
492 Steve Miller Band
491 At the Drive-in
490 Billy Bragg
489 The Style Council
488 Dionne Warwick
487 Joan Jett
481 Jacek Kaczmarski
481 M. Ward
481 MC5
481 T.I.
481 The Human League
481 Camarón de la Isla
480 Pete Townshend
479 Liz Phair
478 Jackie Wilson
477 Public Image Ltd.

472 Brian Wilson
472 Dressy Bessy
472 John Lee Hooker
472 Kim Wilde
472 Christina Aguilera
471 Huey Lewis and the News
470 War
464 Doc Watson
464 Harry Nilsson
464 N.W.A.
464 Switchfoot
464 Tarwater
464 The Free Design
463 Iron Maiden
462 The Psychedelic Furs
461 Lil Wayne
460 Gnarls Barkley
456 Cara Dillon
456 Charlie Parker
456 Lenny Kravitz
456 Underground Resistance
455 ZZ Top
454 Donna Summer
453 Bo Diddley
452 Caetano Veloso

448 Millencolin
448 Nelly Furtado
448 Wilson Pickett
448 José José
447 The B-52's
446 Kaiser Chiefs
445 !!!
444 Boudewijn de Groot
442 Los Lonely Boys
442 Weird Al Yankovic
441 Tim Buckley
440 Spoon
439 Robert Johnson
438 Randy Newman
437 INXS
429 Jimmie Rodgers
429 Lady GaGa
429 Leevi and the Leavings
429 M
429 Red Box
429 The Chills
429 The Meat Puppets
429 The Crusaders
428 Herbie Hancock
427 Motörhead
426 Joanna Newsom

425 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
424 MGMT
418 13th Floor Elevators
418 CMX
418 Roxette
418 The Catherine Wheel
418 The Fray
418 Manoella Torres
417 Gang of Four
416 Chicago
415 Neil Diamond
414 Low
413 N.E.R.D.
412 Kyuss
407 Crowded House
407 Mull Historical Society
407 Swan Silvertones
407 Tegan and Sara
407 The Fratellis
406 Journey
405 Dizzy Gillespie
404 Janis Joplin
403 M83

Artists 301-402:

396 Aaliyah
396 Brian Jonestown Massacre
396 Richard Hawley
396 Rusted Rot
396 Shawn Lane
396 Tool
396 Sun Ra
395 Jethro Tull
394 The Walkmen
393 Squeeze
392 Dinosaur Jr.
391 Mercury Rev
390 Pere Ubu
389 Fever Ray
388 Duran Duran
387 Apples in Stereo
386 Rufus Wainwright
385 Cyndi Lauper
384 Edith Piaf
383 Muse
382 Slayer
381 The Pogues
380 They Might Be Giants
379 Bon Iver

375 Dick Annegarn
375 Jennifer Knapp
375 Keith Jarrett
375 Liars
374 Sam & Dave
373 Muddy Waters
372 Iggy Pop
371 Earth, Wind & Fire
370 The Specials
369 Violent Femmes
368 Elis Regina
364 Grace Jones
364 Of Montreal
364 Tom McRae
364 Trashcan Sinatras
363 Band Of Horses
362 Mew
356 Absoluuttinen Nollapiste
356 Kula Shaker
356 Ol' Dirty Bastard
356 Streetlight Manifesto
356 Vigilantes of Love
356 Roy Ayers
355 Alan Parsons Project
354 Miossec
353 Boston
352 Thelonious Monk
351 The Lilys

350 Dizzee Rascal
349 Patrick Wolf
348 Missy Elliott
347 Phil Collins
346 Kasabian
345 The Jesus Lizard
344 The Modern Lovers
343 Elbow
342 Def Leppard
341 Run-D.M.C.
339 Mojave 3
339 Steven Curtis Chapman
338 The Jackson 5/The Jacksons
337 Bright Eyes
336 Fugazi
335 Ghostface Killah
330 Brand New
330 IAM
330 Justin Timberlake
330 Swell
330 Bob James
329 The New Pornographers
328 Allman Brothers
327 Townes Van Zandt
326 The Prodigy

325 John Mellencamp
324 Nine Inch Nails
323 The Verve
315 Annie Lennox
315 Arvö Pärt
315 DJ Shadow
315 Leadbelly
315 Les Rita Mitsouko
315 Matthew Sweet
315 Royksopp
315 Tori Amos
314 Ry Cooder
313 Gram Parsons
312 Death Cab For Cutie
311 Snow Patrol
310 Four Tet
304 Annie
304 Boo Radleys
304 Burlap to Cashmere
304 Damien Rice
304 The Ronettes
304 Gustavo Cesar Carrion
303 Lynyrd Skynyrd
302 New York Dolls
301 The Dandy Warhols

Artists 201-300:

300 Richard & Linda Thompson
299 Marillion
298 Slint
297 Architecture in Helsinki
296 Bon Jovi
295 The High Llamas
294 Billie Holiday
293 Neu!
292 Fleet Foxes
291 The Beta Band
290 Prefab Sprout
289 The Cramps
288 The Mamas and the Papas
287 Carole King
286 Manic Street Preachers
285 Donovan
284 The Magnetic Fields
283 Waglewski Fisz Emade
282 Fela Kuti
281 Phoenix
280 Louis Armstrong
276 Antonio Carlos Jobim
276 The Coors
276 The Verlaines
276 David Axelrod

275 The Avalanches
274 Can
273 Spiritualized
272 Jefferson Airplane
271 The Carpenters
266 Foreigner
266 Kylie Minogue
266 Mark Knopfler
266 Soul Coughing
266 Madlib
265 Deep Purple
264 The Housemartins
263 Supergrass
262 Bangles
261 Ride
260 Rage Against the Machine
259 Marcos Valle
258 Hot Chip
257 Foo Fighters
256 Graham Coxon
255 The Killers
254 Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)
253 Jeff Buckley

248 Bobby Bland
248 Puppetmastaz
248 The Hold Steady
248 The Primitives
248 Juan Gabriel
247 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
246 Joe Jackson
245 Modest Mouse
244 Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
243 Arctic Monkeys
242 Boards of Canada
241 Suede
240 Talk Talk
239 Siouxsie and the Banshees
238 Mogwai
237 Franz Ferdinand
236 Santana
235 Jorge Ben
234 The Cars
232 Idlewild
232 Kings of Leon
231 Barenaked Ladies
230 T. Rex/Tyrannosaurus Rex
229 The Chemical Brothers
228 Rush
227 Hall and Oates
226 The Fall

225 Green Day
224 XTC
223 Grateful Dead
222 System of a Down
221 The Residents
220 Heart
219 Sting
218 Four Tops
217 Peter Gabriel
216 Seal
215 Electric Light Orchestra
214 Frank Sinatra
213 Burt Bacharach
212 Vampire Weekend
211 Pet Shop Boys
209 Lee Perry
209 Rich Mullins
208 Dusty Springfield
207 Jars of Clay
206 Buzzcocks
205 Cat Stevens
204 Interpol
203 AC/DC
202 The Minutemen
201 Pretenders

Artists 101-200:

200 Howlin' Wolf
199 Counting Crows
198 The Supremes
197 Super Furry Animals
196 A Tribe Called Quest
195 The Divine Comedy
194 Love
193 Roy Orbison
191 Amy Grant
191 Curt Boettcher
190 Weezer
189 Cream
188 Ella Fitzgerald
187 Robert Wyatt
186 Janet Jackson
185 Alain Bashung
184 DC Talk
183 George Michael
182 Ryan Adams
180 Geoff Moore & the Distance
180 The Mizell Brothers
179 The Jayhawks
178 Morrissey
177 Stereolab
176 Camera Obscura

175 Echo and the Bunnymen
174 Yo La Tengo
173 Bee Gees
172 Built to Spill
171 Tom Petty
170 The Shins
169 Lush
168 Jay-Z
167 The Eagles
166 Eels
165 Charles Mingus
164 Scott Walker
163 Eminem
162 Antony and the Johnsons
161 M.I.A.
160 Dave Matthews Band
159 Tindersticks
158 Teenage Fanclub
157 The Monkees
156 Yes
155 Little Richard
154 Patti Smith
153 Frank Zappa
152 Van Halen
151 Blondie

150 Eurythmics
149 The Jam
148 Cocteau Twins
147 Moby
146 Ennio Morricone
145 Primal Scream
144 The Temptations
143 Nick Cave
142 Ray Charles
141 Voo Voo
140 Husker Du
139 Genesis
138 Queens of the Stone Age
137 Buddy Holly
136 George Harrison
135 X
134 Television
133 The Knife
132 Sam Cooke
131 Hank Williams
130 Newsboys
129 Kate Bush
128 Sleater-Kinney
127 Bill Evans
126 ABBA

125 Roxy Music
124 Neutral Milk Hotel
123 Al Green
122 Daft Punk
121 Todd Rundgren
120 Red Hot Chili Peppers
119 Sex Pistols
118 Kanye West
117 The Jesus and Mary Chain
116 Georges Brassens
115 Pearl Jam
114 Fleetwood Mac
113 Aerosmith
112 The Zombies
111 Guided By Voices
110 Dire Straits
109 Jacques Brel
108 King Crimson
107 Wu-Tang Clan
106 The Stone Roses
105 Sigur Rós
104 Duke Ellington
103 Curtis Mayfield
102 Serge Gainsbourg
101 Black Sabbath

And now for the format for the top 100!

Among other things, I will include:

*AM Rank
*Rank in the 2008 Poll
*Number of Votes
*Total Points
*All Nominees and Places
*Top Albums in 2010 Poll
*Top Songs in 2010 Poll

The top albums/songs will proceed as follows:

If the artist has fewer than 5 entries, all will be listed.

If the artist has 5 or more entries, I'll list all of them that made the overall top 1000, up to 10 each.

100. The Strokes



AM Rank: 117

2008 Poll Rank: 94

Votes: 11

Points: 196.06

Nominated by:

Brose (14)
Kinch (16)
Moonbeam (20)
Romain (49)
Nick (53)
SR (62)
Nassim (71)
Georgie (88)
Frank (90)
Honorio (97)
BillAdama (99)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Is this It (42)
Room on Fire (466)
First Impression of Earth (1826)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Last Nite (113)
Someday (382)
The Modern Age (609)
Hard to Explain (739)
12:51 (921)
Reptilia (926)

99. Animal Collective



AM Rank: 389

2008 Poll Rank: 233

Votes: 6

Points: 200.28

Nominated by:

Petri (5)
Nassim (8)
Brose (30)
SR (35)
Depeche Mode (60)
Romain (91)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Merriweather Post Pavillion (105)
Strawberry Jam (336)
Feels (406)
Sung Tongs (1384)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

My Girls (142)
Leaf House (384)
For Reverend Green (581)
Who Could Win a Rabbit (588)
Fireworks (702)

98. Parliament/Funkadelic



AM Rank: 74

2008 Poll Rank: 162

Votes: 8

Points: 203.64

Nominated by:

Mindrocker (8)
Beef Supreme (13)
Moonbeam (29)
John (41)
SR (46)
Schleuse (63)
Slick (64)
Nick (70)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Maggot Brain (204)
One Nation Under A Groove (460)
Mothership Connection (478)
Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow (971)
Live: P-Funk Earth Tour (2595)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Maggot Brain (149)
Flash Light (595)
One Nation Under a Groove (1613)
Cosmic Slop (3385)
Can You Get To That (3706)

97. The Flaming Lips



AM Rank: 139

2008 Poll Rank: 49

Votes: 12

Points: 207.33

Nominated by:

Penguin (19)
Schleuse (29)
Petri (30)
Honorio (38)
Beef Supreme (47)
SR (47)
nicolas (55)
Romain (56)
BillAdama (59)
Nick (59)
Mindrocker (91)
Sven (97)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

The Soft Bulletin (48)
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (127)
Clouds Taste Metallic (457)
Transmissions from the satellite heart (559)
Zaireeka (705)
At War with the Mystics (796)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Race for the Prize (376)
Do You Realize?? (566)
Fight Test (594)
The Spark That Bled (1636)
Watching the Planets (2647)

96. My Bloody Valentine



AM Rank: 127

2008 Poll Rank: 115

Votes: 9

Points: 209.63

Nominated by:

Jackson (11)
Sven (17)
Brad (36)
SR (39)
Octopus (42)
Schleuse (44)
Petri (46)
Beef Supreme (62)
BillAdama (69)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Loveless (45)
Isn't Anything (324)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Soon (191)
When You Sleep (373)
Only Shallow (396)
Sometimes (784)
Feed Me With Your Kiss (1978)

95. Eric Clapton



AM Rank: 292

2008 Poll Rank: 397

Votes: 8

Points: 210.5

Nominated by:

long5 (8)
Larry (15)
Gillingham (27)
listyguy (30)
Kinch (41)
Daniel (50)
Henry (61)
Stone (92)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

461 Ocean Blvd (1163)
Unplugged (3115)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Promises (834)
Let it Rain (1398)
Wonderful Tonight (1470)
Tears in Heaven (3248)
My Father’s Eyes (7750)

94. Paul Simon



AM Rank: 105

2008 Poll Rank: 143

Votes: 9

Points: 211.06

Nominated by:

Miguel (11)
John (19)
Larry (31)
Stone (33)
Stephan (35)
Henry (39)
Gillingham (47)
Michel (82)
Schleuse (86)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Graceland (69)
The Rhythm of the Saints (490)
There Goes Rhymin' Simon (578)
Paul Simon (816)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Graceland (390)
You Can Call Me Al (459)
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (590)
Diamonds on the Sole of Her Shoes (819)
Mother and Child Reunion (1195)

93. Wire



AM Rank: 189

2008 Poll Rank: 120

Votes: 10

Points: 211.22

Nominated by:

Jackson (12)
Schleuse (19)
Frank (21)
Brad (27)
Beef Supreme (46)
Michel (47)
SR (67)
BillAdama (90)
Moonbeam (90)
Sven (90)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Pink Flag (179)
Chairs Missing (499)
154 (678)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Outdoor Miner (316)
Mannequin (531)
The 15th (932)
Ex Lion Tamer (1354)
Three Girl Rhumba (2587)

92. Metallica



AM Rank: 73

2008 Poll Rank: 119

Votes: 7

Points: 213.45

Nominated by:

long5 (6)
Depeche Mode (12)
Petri (23)
Nassim (36)
Henrik (51)
Slick (55)
listyguy (59)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Master of Puppets (298)
Metallica (363)
Ride the Lightning (375)
...And Justice for All (1504)
S&M (2585)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

One (363)
Master of Puppets (817)
Enter Sandman (1404)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1698)
Blackened (2635)

91. The Police



AM Rank: 56

2008 Poll Rank: 122

Votes: 15

Points: 216.06

Nominated by:

Toni (28)
listyguy (32)
Stephan (32)
long5 (39)
Michel (39)
Henry (43)
Honorio (55)
Stone (66)
Sven (67)
Brose (68)
Romain (77)
Schleuse (77)
Nick (80)
Daniel (95)
Larry (97)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Synchronicity (424)
Reggatta De Blanc (803)
Outlandos d'Amour (825)
Ghost in the Machine (2257)
Zenyatta Mondatta (2990)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Every Breath You Take (118)
Roxanne (269)
Message in a Bottle (328)
Miss Gradenko (1425)
So Lonely (1747)

Excellent job, like usual.
Perfect presentation ! Normal résults yet !
Just one question : how many artists are citated in all ?

The solo careers of Paul Simon and (especially) Eric Clapton on the Top 100 are really surprising. I suppose that some voted thinking on their whole career.

Surprisingly nobody voted for both Wire and Clapton ^^

Wire was my #104, so no points from me, but I'm glad they could crack the top 100 this time. On the other hand, Clapton...

Numbers 100-96 are absolutely masterful. Shame Clapton is ahead of them, but Wire at 93 is so cool that it doesn't matter. Great presentation Moonbeam!

Haha, what a typically Animal Collectivey picture.

Super Furry Animals at 197 must be one of the biggest drop compared with the previous poll. I remember SFA and Guided by Voices being the most surprising artists in the top 100 for me.

Spectacular presentation Moonbeam; it was worth the wait!

I'm guessing you lost the comments when your hard drive died Moonbeam?

I still have my comments so I'll just list them as artists are revealed.

41. Parliament/Funkadelic- I have to put both into one although it might be cheating. Both had their ups and downs but they always had that groove.

19. Paul Simon- Where Simon and Garfunkel portrayed youthful idealism, Simon went off alone to share the stories of being an adult and it worked beautifully.

Nice presentation.

Looking forward to the rest of the list.

90. Aretha Franklin



AM Rank: 25

2008 Poll Rank: 113

Votes: 13

Points: 218.09

Nominated by:

Stone (22)
Miguel (29)
BillAdama (30)
Romain (38)
Mindrocker (39)
Henry (40)
Henrik (57)
listyguy (57)
SR (59)
Nick (65)
Stephan (77)
Slick (83)
Sven (94)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (203)
Lady Soul (296)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Respect (84)
I Never Loved Another Man the Way I Love You (452)
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (712)
I Will Survive (1006)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1096)

89. Gorillaz



AM Rank: 253

2008 Poll Rank: 130

Votes: 10

Points: 218.75

Nominated by:

Toni (17)
Nassim (25)
Romain (26)
Moonbeam (32)
Slick (32)
long5 (37)
SR (45)
Beef Supreme (50)
Daniel (63)
Stephan (96)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Demon Days (202)
Gorillaz (1082)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Feel Good Inc. (473)
Clint Eastwood (485)
19-2000 (1952)
El Mañana (2114)
DARE (2493)

88. Guns N' Roses



AM Rank: 88

2008 Poll Rank: 223

Votes: 12

Points: 219.04

Nominated by:

Brose (18)
listyguy (23)
Frank (28)
Depeche Mode (33)
Petri (44)
Kinch (49)
BillAdama (50)
Slick (51)
Stephan (64)
Beef Supreme (75)
Stone (86)
Henry (91)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Appetite For Destruction (161)
Use Your Illusion I (1275)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Sweet Child 'O Mine (42)
Welcome to the Jungle (443)
Paradise City (703)
November Rain (1460)
Out ta Get Me (1994)

87. John Coltrane



AM Rank: 59

2008 Poll Rank: 59

Votes: 10

Points: 222.17

Nominated by:

Michel (12)
Mindrocker (18)
Jackson (19)
Georgie (31)
Brad (53)
Nick (56)
nicolas (59)
Sven (63)
Stephan (66)
Henry (73)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

A Love Supreme (109)
Giant Steps (683)
My Favorite Things (741)
Ascension (937)
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1023)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

My Favorite Things (250)
Acknowledgement (890)
Ole (1071)
Naima (1446)
Pursuance (1528)

86. Pulp



AM Rank: 94

2008 Poll Rank: 80

Votes: 11

Points: 222.96

Nominated by:

Midaso (15)
Tim E (16)
Octopus (20)
Penguin (30)
Slick (46)
Brose (50)
Brad (66)
Schleuse (68)
Nick (71)
Stephan (76)
BillAdama (98)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Different Class (67)
This Is Hardcore (266)
His ‘N’ Hers (893)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Common People (16)
This is Hardcore (462)
Disco 2000 (1188)
Underwear (2276)
Babies (2476)

85. Billy Joel



AM Rank: 386

2008 Poll Rank: 465

Votes: 6

Points: 228.2

Nominated by:

Larry (1)
listyguy (11)
Daniel (29)
Stone (32)
Midaso (50)
Henry (70)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

The Stranger (923)
52nd Street (1553)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Piano Man (395)
The Longest Time (745)
Honesty (922)
Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) (1301)
A Matter of Trust (2254)

84. New Order



AM Rank: 57

2008 Poll Rank: 78

Votes: 11

Points: 230.74

Nominated by:

Midaso (11)
Moonbeam (11)
Brose (28)
Depeche Mode (40)
Frank (44)
Nick (46)
Honorio (60)
Romain (67)
Slick (76)
Schleuse (79)
Henry (95)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Power, Corruption and Lies (443)
Technique (588)
Low Life (1143)
Brotherhood (1569)
Get Ready (3001)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Blue Monday (60)
Bizarre Love Triangle (95)
Temptation (408)
Ceremony (426)
Crystal (534)

83. Sly and the Family Stone



AM Rank: 39

2008 Poll Rank: 64

Votes: 12

Points: 236.44

Nominated by:

Henrik (13)
Sven (19)
Stone (20)
John (21)
SR (54)
Frank (61)
Nick (62)
Stephan (68)
nicolas (71)
Henry (72)
Mindrocker (82)
Schleuse (83)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

There's a Riot Goin' On (126)
Stand! (167)
Life (1586)
Fresh (3212)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Family Affair (90)
Everyday People (311)
Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (449)
Runnin' Away (652)
Dance To The Music (754)
Stand! (789)

82. Elton John



AM Rank: 90

2008 Poll Rank: 175

Votes: 11

Points: 240.87

Nominated by:

listyguy (12)
Stone (17)
Henry (25)
Daniel (28)
Midaso (35)
Frank (45)
Larry (57)
Nick (60)
Slick (63)
Tim E (70)
Brose (84)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (313)
Tumbleweed Connection (960)
Honky Chateau (1582)
Madman Across the Water (1853)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Your Song (235)
Tiny Dancer (517)
Levon (1752)
Funeral for a Friend (2272)
Someone Saved My Life Tonight (2354)

81. Brian Eno



AM Rank: 75

2008 Poll Rank: 66

Votes: 9

Points: 242.84

Nominated by:

Petri (3)
Jackson (8)
Georgie (23)
Henrik (46)
Sven (54)
Schleuse (66)
Honorio (72)
Mindrocker (72)
Nick (100)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Another Green World (180)
Here Come The Warm Jets (342)
Ambient 1: Music for Airports (526)
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (550)
Before and After Science (608)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Spider and I (556)
By This River (769)
St. Elmo's Fire (816)
The Big Ship (881)
Needle in the Camel's Eye (2121)

Billy Joel ??? It's rare to find him in any tops !
First surprise in this top for me.
With only 6 votes.

I can't believe I forgot to vote for Sly!

This was really worth the wait. Fantastic job on the presentation so far, Moonbeam!

There's so much for me to process at this point that it's hard to comment on anything. I'm both happy and sad to see myself as the top voter for somewhat underrated artists like Wire and My Bloody Valentine, and it's even weirder to see Billy Joel outpace both of them. Brian Eno--who would probably be up at number 4 on my list if we did this poll today--deserves higher as well.

It feels strange to complain about band i did not vote for, but Spoon at 440 confirm that their critical success when albums are released is never reflected in the polls or lists.
It seems that they always make good albums, but fail in doing something "more" than good. You can't dislike Spoon, but does lot of people really adore them ? (which was kind of the idea reflected in Metacritic end of decade thread)

Run DMC at 341 is a shame too (they are the worst ranked AM top 100 artist, more than 100 places above T.Rex, the 2nd one), but well, I did not vote for them either... hum...

On the other hand, even though it might have been weighted mostly by my vote, I'm glad to see Built to Spill in the top 200 !
Lots of personal favorites between 101 and 150... so close !

I didn't vote for Brian Eno? Oops.

I own every Billy Joel album on vinyl that was released in that format. But, that's only because you can always find near mint condition copies for 50 cents at used stores. But, if I didn't like the songs I wouldn't even have bothered paying 6 or 7 bucks for the discography. He didn't make my list but he'd probably be in the next hundred.

Moonbeam:

Excellent job and format.

Jackson:

Underrated by whom? Loveless is in the AM top 100. Eno and Wire are critical darlings. AM voters seem to like them as well.

To me the most underrated group of artists on this list are R&B and soul acts from the 1960s and early 1970s, especially Smokey Robinson, War, the Supremes, the Temptations, and Al Green.

To several posters, I woould say that Billy Joel is underrated by critics and hipsters alike. I am reminded of Chuck Klosterman's great essay on Joel. As he notes, many groups that he and other deem "great," are not really that exceptional, they are just really, really cool (which makes their admirers feel really cool by extension). Billy Joel is the antithesis of cool. But if you look past that, he wrote good melodies and from Turnstiles (1976) to An Innocent Man (1983) had a really nice run (those albums are full of great tracks). While he had hits after An Innocent Man, these albums were pretty pedestrian. I think even Joel would admit he was running dry.

I would've voted for MBV but I made a personal decision to only allow bands who I've heard at least two albums by (except Television). In the end I only voted for about 15 artists, because it turns out I know shockingly little music.

XTC and The Fall are 2 that stand out as bands I thought would be much higher. Both bands have put out many great albums,with very few poor ones. I guess I can understand The Fall,people either love or hate them. But XTC as low as that is a big surprise...

Mmm, Larry, probably the fact that half of the songs you mention are cover doesn't help that much. The first decade of Clapton career (1965-1974) was in my opinion his best (like any other artist by the way). Anyway my favorite Clapton song is Please Be With Me from 1974's "461 Ocean Boulevard" with its lazy tempo and a superb dobro part.

80. TV on the Radio



AM Rank: 138

2008 Poll Rank: 170

Votes: 12

Points: 247.28

Nominated by:

Nassim (11)
Petri (13)
Octopus (18)
Toni (32)
Jackson (42)
Michel (46)
Depeche Mode (49)
BillAdama (62)
SR (83)
Nick (94)
Brose (97)
Sven (100)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Dear Science (175)
Return to Cookie Mountain (176)
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (1202)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Staring at the Sun (205)
Wolf Like Me (206)
Halfway Home (677)
DLZ (955)
Dreams (1263)

79. The National



AM Rank: 401

2008 Poll Rank: 131

Votes: 6

Points: 253.33

Nominated by:

Penguin (4)
Octopus (10)
Zorg (10)
Stephan (12)
Petri (72)
SR (82)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Boxer (196)
Alligator (299)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Fake Empire (204)
Mr. November (893)
About Today (1075)
Slow Show (2275)
Ashamed of the Story I Told (2397)

78. Chuck Berry



AM Rank: 67

2008 Poll Rank: 74

Votes: 14

Points: 253.53

Nominated by:

nicolas (16)
Henry (31)
Kinch (34)
Schleuse (34)
Frank (42)
Romain (42)
Sven (44)
Stephan (47)
Henrik (53)
Slick (53)
Stone (56)
listyguy (69)
BillAdama (80)
Daniel (81)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Chuck Berry Is On Top (633)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Johnny B. Goode (47)
Maybellene (346)
Roll Over Beethoveen (880)
Memphis, Tennessee (990)
Rock and Roll Music (1202)

77. Coldplay



AM Rank: 159

2008 Poll Rank: 83

Votes: 9

Points: 254.65

Nominated by:

Depeche Mode (7)
Toni (11)
Daniel (16)
Stephan (26)
long5 (29)
Gillingham (43)
Nick (74)
Brose (81)
Slick (87)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

A Rush of Blood to the Head (198)
Parachutes (558)
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (1236)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

The Scientist (323)
Yellow (342)
Clocks (602)
Viva La Vida (720)
Everything's Not Lost (896)

76. The Band



AM Rank: 53

2008 Poll Rank: 60

Votes: 10

Points: 256.36

Nominated by:

Sven (4)
Kinch (19)
Toni (22)
Frank (31)
BillAdama (37)
Stone (37)
Stephan (43)
Henry (68)
Nick (85)
Georgie (99)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

The Band (90)
Music From Big Pink (129)
The Basement Tapes (444)
The Last Waltz (853)
Northern light, southern cross (2758)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

The Weight (93)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (111)
Whispering Pines (262)
Unfaithful Servant (772)
Tears of Rage (815)
Goin' To Acapulco (908)
This Wheel's on Fire (961)

75. Otis Redding



AM Rank: 38

2008 Poll Rank: 72

Votes: 18

Points: 257.39

Nominated by:

Miguel (19)
Stone (27)
Romain (33)
BillAdama (34)
Henry (41)
Honorio (45)
Brose (47)
Frank (57)
nicolas (62)
Larry (65)
SR (73)
Moonbeam (75)
Schleuse (80)
Sven (84)
Nick (88)
Slick (89)
Brad (95)
Stephan (100)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (103)
The Immortal Otis Redding (1239)
The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (1579)
Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1587)
The Dock Of The Bay (1771)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay (22)
Try a Little Tenderness (282)
I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (610)
Shake (2896)
These Arms of Mine (3189)

74. Portishead



AM Rank: 98

2008 Poll Rank: 97

Votes: 10

Points: 258.77

Nominated by:

Gillingham (10)
Nassim (17)
Henrik (24)
Michel (24)
Jackson (33)
BillAdama (39)
Petri (48)
SR (48)
Nick (57)
Romain (59)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Dummy (60)
Third (286)
Portishead (561)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Glory Box (202)
The Rip (464)
Roads (492)
All Mine (914)
Sour Times (1111)

73. Kraftwerk



AM Rank: 48

2008 Poll Rank: 87

Votes: 10

Points: 260.37

Nominated by:

Henrik (3)
Zorg (19)
Moonbeam (21)
Petri (27)
Romain (29)
Mindrocker (51)
Honorio (54)
Miguel (70)
Nick (93)
Michel (96)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Trans-Europa Express (141)
The Man-Machine (235)
Computer Welt (532)
Autobahn (1011)
Radio-Activity (1921)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

The Model (345)
Trans-Europe Express (404)
Computer Love (2274)
Schaufensterpuppen (2673)
Die Roboter (2967)

72. Madonna



AM Rank: 42

2008 Poll Rank: 113

Votes: 13

Points: 265.46

Nominated by:

Moonbeam (6)
Stone (18)
John (30)
Nick (35)
BillAdama (41)
Henrik (44)
Slick (44)
Larry (48)
Henry (49)
Daniel (78)
Petri (95)
Brose (98)
Honorio (98)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Like a Prayer (292)
Ray of Light (390)
Madonna (804)
Erotica (1668)
True Blue (1866)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Like a Prayer (344)
Borderline (865)
Oh Father (933)
Burning Up (1074)
Live To Tell (1219)

71. The Replacements



AM Rank: 144

2008 Poll Rank: 58

Votes: 9

Points: 267.81

Nominated by:

Beef Supreme (2)
Frank (11)
Brad (23)
John (39)
Schleuse (41)
Jackson (43)
BillAdama (51)
Tim E (68)
SR (75)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Let It Be (110)
Tim (275)
Pleased To Meet Me (698)
Stink (1671)
Hootenanny (1823)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

I Will Dare (306)
Unsatisfied (397)
Alex Chilton (487)
Answering Machine (627)
Can't Hardly Wait (868)

It might not have changed the ranking much but my biggest regret is not to have voted for the Replacements. I don't know how in the world I can not have liked Let it Be at first listen ; this album is a wonder and I now regard Unsatisfied, I Will Dare, Favorite Thing and Bastards of Young as part of the best songs ever. I guess those songs kinda reflect my current state of mind, that might be why I stick to them now more than before.

Glad you stuck with the 'Mats, Nassim. I believe the intro to Unsatisfied may be the greatest ever.

21. Sly and the Family Stone- Of all the bands that ever existed including the Beatles, this is the band I wish I could travel back to see live. Hopefully when Sly showed up.

30. Madonna- If you don’t like Madonna you just don’t like pop music as we know it today. It’s that simple. No big deal if you don’t, but there is nobody more important to pop than her.

39. Replacements- Did they shape my view of Minneapolis or did they just embody it? I can’t tell.

Hold Who voted for Lady Gaga?!

I just realized I missed The Replacements in my list, they would have been in the 30's or 40's...

The presentation is awesome...

Is anyone listening to the links?

I had Lady Gaga at 25. If I was doing this now I would have her around 40 though.

These last few have been great. TV On the Radio and The National back-to-back were moderately surprising.

Every single one I've listened to is working fine.

They work for me, and may I make a comment about "the rip"'s video. I can't believe I forgot to vote for them.

It's a tragedy to see Coldplay above The National, on a side note. My comment for the National:

One of my finds of the last decade, the National have released 3 perfect albums in a row. Alligator may be my personal favourite, because it's so complete. The baritone voice of Matt Berninger is
always nice sober relief compared to say Kevin Barnes of Of Montreal, and those duelling guitars always sound so beautiful. Then came Boxer,
another more sombre masterpiece, and now High Violet, which I think
history (i.e. AM) will place below both of those.

Great show Moonbeam. The links are working fine (Reptilia by The Strokes didn't but the rest I have tried did work.)
So many artist I wished to see way more higher. Especially Eno and Scott Walker (nj & sonofsamiam why didn't you vote).
Last time I was very disappointed of the bad rank of Animal Collective but now they are in top 100.
But I can't believe I was the only one who voted Liars one of the most important band of the last decade.
There might be a tiny shortage in the list (or we'll have the biggest surprise in history of amf history.
Pekka Streng was #22 in my list so I guess it should be #396 with Rotten Root and others.

70. The Byrds



AM Rank: 28

2008 Poll Rank: 52

Votes: 14

Points: 275.7

Nominated by:

Miguel (10)
Midaso (18)
Mindrocker (25)
Stephan (31)
Frank (41)
Stone (44)
John (45)
nicolas (47)
Nick (52)
SR (60)
Romain (61)
Honorio (86)
Henry (93)
Tim E (99)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Mr. Tambourine Man (254)
Sweetheart of the Rodeo (273)
The Notorious Byrd Brothers (361)
Younger Than Yesterday (413)
Turn, Turn, Turn (1019)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Mr. Tambourine Man (297)
Eight Miles High (561)
My Back Pages (1424)
Change Is Now (2600)
Hickory Wind (3480)

69. Sufjan Stevens



AM Rank: 229

2008 Poll Rank: 68

Votes: 13

Points: 277.2

Nominated by:

Nassim (9)
Michel (19)
Henrik (25)
Octopus (34)
Toni (37)
SR (40)
Brose (41)
BillAdama (49)
Mindrocker (55)
Romain (55)
Miguel (56)
Stephan (83)
Moonbeam (98)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Illinois (43)
Seven Swans (780)
Michigan (1182)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (167)
Chicago (244)
Casimir Pulaski Day (314)
Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (489)
The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us (1504)

68. Smashing Pumpkins



AM Rank: 110

2008 Poll Rank: 37

Votes: 14

Points: 279.86

Nominated by:

Penguin (3)
Petri (10)
Nick (37)
Slick (45)
Henry (59)
BillAdama (60)
Henrik (60)
Romain (63)
Stone (65)
Frank (67)
Beef Supreme (68)
Nassim (69)
Schleuse (95)
Daniel (96)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (138)
Siamese Dream (158)
Adore (1945)
MACHINA/The Machines of God (2750)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

1979 (110)
Tonight, Tonight (289)
Today (529)
Disarm (836)
To Forgive (1256)

67. Wilco



AM Rank: 92

2008 Poll Rank: 35

Votes: 11

Points: 283.05

Nominated by:

Penguin (11)
Toni (13)
Frank (17)
SR (27)
Nick (30)
BillAdama (38)
nicolas (49)
Nassim (50)
Schleuse (57)
Honorio (59)
Brose (61)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (70)
Summer Teeth (300)
Being there (653)
Wilco (The Album) (676)
Sky Blue Sky (946)
Mermaid Avenue (989)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Jesus, Etc. (299)
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (755)
Heavy Metal Drummer (1590)
Sunken Treasure (2358)
Impossible Germany (2640)

66. PJ Harvey



AM Rank: 60

2008 Poll Rank: 40

Votes: 13

Points: 284.47

Nominated by:

Kinch (7)
Michel (26)
Henrik (27)
Tim E (36)
Moonbeam (37)
Petri (40)
Honorio (43)
Mindrocker (44)
BillAdama (48)
Beef Supreme (49)
Brose (51)
SR (64)
Stephan (99)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

To Bring You My Love (92)
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (192)
Rid Of Me (371)
Dry (485)
Is This Desire? (724)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Rid of Me (427)
Down By the Water (521)
One Line (1530)
Dress (1632)
C'mon Billy (2232)

65. Leonard Cohen



AM Rank: 84

2008 Poll Rank: 53

Votes: 10

Points: 287.4

Nominated by:

Miguel (4)
Gillingham (7)
Stephan (15)
Jackson (29)
Honorio (34)
Kinch (38)
Henrik (63)
Romain (71)
Brad (94)
nicolas (100)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Songs Of Leonard Cohen (102)
Songs of Love & Hate (213)
I'm Your Man (351)
Various Positions (879)
Songs from a Room (1089)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Suzanne (234)
So Long, Marianne (522)
Famous Blue Raincoat (1158)
Avalanche (1445)
Who By Fire (3342)

64. Lou Reed



AM Rank: 45

2008 Poll Rank: 84

Votes: 14

Points: 295.25

Nominated by:

Stephan (21)
Honorio (22)
Moonbeam (25)
Brad (28)
Romain (28)
BillAdama (33)
nicolas (36)
Mindrocker (38)
Octopus (47)
Brose (52)
Henrik (52)
Frank (60)
Miguel (72)
Nick (78)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Transformer (87)
Berlin (134)
New York (339)
Songs for Drella (1503)
The Blue Mask (1509)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Walk on the Wild Side (52)
Perfect Day (349)
Satellite of Love (1169)
Dirty Blvd. (1804)
Sad Song (3106)

63. The Stooges



AM Rank: 62

2008 Poll Rank: 93

Votes: 13

Points: 299.99

Nominated by:

Beef Supreme (8)
Schleuse (11)
SR (26)
Mindrocker (27)
Kinch (33)
Brad (38)
Jackson (48)
Nassim (49)
Frank (52)
Honorio (53)
BillAdama (66)
Moonbeam (84)
Nick (90)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Fun House (95)
Raw Power (216)
The Stooges (333)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Search and Destroy (184)
I Wanna Be Your Dog (238)
Dirt (1338)
TV Eye (1477)
1970 (1514)

62. Massive Attack



AM Rank: 61

2008 Poll Rank: 45

Votes: 11

Points: 304.52

Nominated by:

Henrik (5)
Gillingham (8)
Petri (9)
Depeche Mode (23)
Nick (39)
Nassim (40)
Stephan (60)
SR (76)
Romain (81)
BillAdama (87)
Honorio (90)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Blue Lines (121)
Mezzanine (236)
Protection (486)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Unfinished Sympathy (100)
Teardrop (200)
Protection (630)
Angel (651)
Karmacoma (1427)

61. Depeche Mode



AM Rank: 145

2008 Poll Rank: 63

Votes: 8

Points: 305.29

Nominated by:

Depeche Mode (1)
Henrik (9)
Moonbeam (12)
long5 (24)
Romain (37)
Slick (40)
Honorio (49)
Stephan (67)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Violator (291)
Black Celebration (770)
Some Great Reward (968)
Songs Of Faith And Devotion (1497)
Playing The Angel (1741)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Enjoy the Silence (547)
Personal Jesus (624)
Home (747)
Barrel of a Gun (939)
Everything Counts (1221)

My dad met Billy Joel.

What a ridiculously great run of artists there. I was reminded of my need to get something by The Byrds as well as another Wilco album besides YHF.

45. Byrds- In my mind they’re a singles band and I never really got into Sweetheart. But, the singles were great.

I'd be very surprised if McCartney made the list, but he didn't even make the top 500? Come on. For someone who is considered the greatest songwriter of all time, how can his solo career be so underrated? Is it consistent? No. But, his solo career has produced more great songs than a dozen artists who made the top 100 combined.

John,

What's wrong with being a singles band?

I also second John's thesis that Paul's solo career is underrated. Ram and Band on the Run are excellent records.

As much as I love Paul McCartney, and would love to see him make the list, I think it would be interesting to see George Harrison out-rank him (at #136), without Paul even making the top 500.

Notorious Byrd Brothers is definitely their best album but it still doesn't feel like a fully realized album to me. But, obviously there is nothing wrong with being a singles band, they made my top 50.

And the dozen artists remark is a personal opinion. But considered the greatest songwriter? I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who has that opinion.

John,

I honestly don't think I ever heard McCartney dubbed "the" greatest songwriter ever. I know Guiness named him the most successful songwriter ever (which based on sales and chart performance is justified).

I think there is general consensus that he is ONE of the greatest songwriters ever (like top 5).

Indeed, I have always felt that McCartney gets shortchanged in songwriter comparisons with Lennon. There is a tendency to reduce songwriting to lyrics, where John holds a sizeable advantage. But McCartney wrote better melodies and was a better arranger to boot.

I would say McCartney is definitely the best songwriter among the Beatles, even though I can't think of a single song in his solo career I love, but he wouldn't even make my top 25 songwriters in general.

60. Joni Mitchell



AM Rank: 47

2008 Poll Rank: 42

Votes: 12

Points: 311.26

Nominated by:

Miguel (7)
Georgie (12)
BillAdama (15)
Kinch (24)
Henry (28)
Stone (29)
Petri (41)
SR (53)
Henrik (64)
Brose (65)
Sven (85)
Stephan (88)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Blue (61)
Court and Spark (148)
The Hissing of Summer Lawns (293)
Hejira (432)
Ladies of the Canyon (1224)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

River (730)
Down to You (1021)
Free Man in Paris (1197)
Amelia (1433)
A Case of You (1499)

59. Ramones



AM Rank: 52

2008 Poll Rank: 75

Votes: 12

Points: 313.11

Nominated by:

Frank (9)
Beef Supreme (10)
Schleuse (13)
Mindrocker (26)
Midaso (29)
Slick (29)
Miguel (46)
Nick (55)
Honorio (58)
BillAdama (65)
Moonbeam (66)
listyguy (90)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Ramones (112)
Rocket To Russia (381)
It's Alive (573)
Road to Ruin (1649)
Leave Home (2833)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Blitzkreig Bop (334)
Sheena is a Punkrocker (746)
I Wanna Be Sedated (2096)
My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (2851)
Locket Love (3015)

58. Paul McCartney/Wings



AM Rank: 262

2008 Poll Rank: 144

Votes: 7

Points: 333.23

Nominated by:

John (3)
Daniel (4)
Sven (6)
Stone (11)
listyguy (34)
Brose (36)
Miguel (94)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Band On the Run (651)
Ram (1299)
McCartney (1465)
Wild Life (2775)
McCartney II (2923)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Maybe I'm Amazed (186)
Band on the Run (359)
Dear Boy (1013)
Live and Let Die (1080)
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (1140)

57. Steely Dan



AM Rank: 68

2008 Poll Rank: 38

Votes: 9

Points: 347.07

Nominated by:

Georgie (1)
Henry (8)
Henrik (11)
Zorg (18)
Miguel (28)
John (36)
Sven (36)
Honorio (48)
Stone (74)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Aja (146)
Pretzel Logic (230)
Countdown to Ecstasy (595)
Can't buy a Thrill (645)
Katy Lied (855)
The Royal Scam (880)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Deacon Blues (350)
Doctor Wu (432)
Reelin' in the Years (632)
Aja (725)
My Old School (976)

56. Big Star



AM Rank: 135

2008 Poll Rank: 65

Votes: 13

Points: 349.23

Nominated by:

Sven (11)
Brad (13)
Beef Supreme (15)
Frank (15)
Midaso (20)
John (23)
Jackson (26)
Honorio (47)
Nassim (47)
Schleuse (58)
Brose (76)
Nick (87)
Stephan (90)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

#1 Record (173)
Radio City (280)
Third (392)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

September Gurls (77)
Thirteen (158)
Ballad of El Goodo (1010)
O My Soul (2007)
Give Me Another Chance (2966)

I'm not a fan of McCartney as a songwriter. I really like a few of his Beatles songs, but his whole style is too bouncy and saccharine for me. I get the impression from what I know about the Beatles that Lennon wanted to do simple emotionally direct songs and McCartney wanted to do all these kitschy ambitious experiments. He's always trying to do something 'iconic', but more often than not it ends up cheesy. (O-Bla-Di, Rocky Racoon, Band On The Run, etc). And he always seems emotionally removed from them.

Edit: I started writing this post before Moonbeam made that post. I guess McCartney got in on a small amount of really high votes.

55. Nick Drake



AM Rank: 91

2008 Poll Rank: 28

Votes: 13

Points: 350.22

Nominated by:

Petri (4)
Penguin (16)
Henrik (17)
Midaso (23)
Nassim (24)
Jackson (31)
BillAdama (36)
Stephan (42)
Sven (47)
Georgie (49)
nicolas (58)
Romain (78)
Honorio (79)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Five Leaves Left (89)
Pink Moon (108)
Bryter Layter (154)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

River Man (133)
Northern Sky (341)
Pink Moon (617)
Things Behind the Sun (1186)
The Thoughts Of Mary Jane (1772)

54. Public Enemy



AM Rank: 29

2008 Poll Rank: 85

Votes: 12

Points: 355.64

Nominated by:

Jackson (10)
Mindrocker (10)
Slick (14)
Beef Supreme (17)
Kinch (23)
Schleuse (23)
SR (24)
BillAdama (31)
Nick (47)
Honorio (65)
Sven (74)
Henrik (95)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (54)
Fear of a Black Planet (274)
Apocalypse '91 (684)
Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1774)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Fight the Power (243)
Don't Believe the Hype (437)
Bring the Noise (593)
Welcome to the Terrordome (629)
She Watch Channel Zero?! (791)
Rebel Without a Pause (884)

53. Queen



AM Rank: 102

2008 Poll Rank: 96

Votes: 14

Points: 360.39

Nominated by:

listyguy (1)
Midaso (8)
Depeche Mode (17)
Daniel (21)
long5 (33)
Slick (49)
Nick (50)
Henry (52)
Stephan (57)
Brose (67)
Larry (69)
Romain (83)
Frank (84)
Tim E (85)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

A Night at the Opera (256)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Bohemian Rhapsody (41)
Don't Stop Me Now (607)
Under Pressure (715)
Too Much Love Will Kill You (1612)
We Will Rock You (2401)

52. The White Stripes



AM Rank: 71

2008 Poll Rank: 41

Votes: 14

Points: 365

Nominated by:

BillAdama (7)
Romain (8)
Nick (19)
Brose (21)
Kinch (21)
Beef Supreme (24)
Daniel (34)
SR (49)
Slick (52)
Depeche Mode (62)
Frank (64)
Henrik (70)
Honorio (73)
Nassim (83)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Elephant (80)
White Blood Cells (84)
Get Behind Me Satan  (454)
De Stijl (637)
Icky Thump (2754)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Seven Nation Army (59)
Fell in Love With a Girl (233)
Hotel Yorba (885)
My Doorbell (1714)
We’re Going to Be Friends (2100)

51. James Brown



AM Rank: 32

2008 Poll Rank: 91

Votes: 17

Points: 366.43

Nominated by:

Mindrocker (1)
Kinch (20)
Stone (28)
Georgie (33)
Henrik (36)
SR (37)
nicolas (39)
Nick (40)
Sven (40)
Romain (54)
Henry (56)
Frank (62)
Slick (70)
listyguy (75)
Stephan (86)
Brose (92)
Brad (93)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Live At The Apollo, Vol. 1 (249)
Sex Machine (1735)
Shout and Shimmy (3253)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

I Got You (I Feel Good) (280)
Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (340)
Give It Up, Turn It Loose (686)
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (795)
It's a Man's Man's Man's World (1353)

Paul Mccartney is far too high. Considering that we consider his best album to be 658 and his best song to be 186, it seems illogical that we'd put him at 58.

I think we might be overrating him because he's a Beatle. We have Harrison at #136 while he has one album at #271 and one song at #362. Lennon has albums at #75, #258 and #2896 and songs at #357, #245 and #33; more deserving to be in the top 50, but deserving enough?

Then again, James Brown didn't do much better. It would be interesting to apply Henrik's artist formula to the album and songs lists and compare the results to this poll.

Look at the distribution of votes for McCartney though. He only got 7 votes, but four of them were #11 or higher. Most of the other acts around the 50s and 60s have like 10-14 votes more evenly distributed.

I'm a bit surprised I did not vote for Queen around 60 or 70, but well, they might have reached the top 50 then which would have been way too high... so I'm glad I didn't !

Glad to see Big Star and Nick Drake receive the support they deserve !

And on a much more important note : yippiiiiiiie, my #1 remains in the top 50 and my #3 have reached it !

I'm glab to see Queen in the top 60.
If I had put them higher on my lisy maybe they would have cfacked 50!

I guess I should have known McCartney would be in since I put him at 3. His solo career is a lot like the Byrds, a good borderline great album (Ram), an album everybody knows (Band on the Run) and a ton of great singles. Of all of the Beatles, his solo career best carried over the spirit of the Beatles work.

Anyway... Here's the comments I gave Moonbeam for the artists recently revealed.

3. Paul McCartney- How can the most popular songwriter ever have his solo catalog so underrated?

36. Steely Dan- If the songs weren’t good I wouldn’t care, but when you look up production in the dictionary the first two words should be Steely Dan.

23. Big Star- Same as Matthew Sweet, they just did power pop at the wrong time. Luckily for both, people still find about great records.

50. John Lennon



AM Rank: 41

2008 Poll Rank: 81

Votes: 17

Points: 370.37

Nominated by:

Daniel (9)
Stone (14)
Gillingham (22)
Henry (27)
John (31)
Nick (32)
Frank (34)
Kinch (40)
Depeche Mode (42)
Henrik (43)
long5 (45)
Honorio (57)
SR (61)
Brose (69)
Sven (69)
nicolas (80)
BillAdama (91)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (75)
Imagine (258)
Double Fantasy (2896)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Imagine (33)
Jealous Guy (245)
Instant Karma! (357)
God (1066)
Mother (1884)

49. Miles Davis



AM Rank: 33

2008 Poll Rank: 27

Votes: 14

Points: 371.22

Nominated by:

Gillingham (9)
Mindrocker (9)
Romain (9)
Michel (13)
Schleuse (18)
Honorio (27)
Daniel (45)
Nick (51)
Brad (52)
Sven (52)
Henry (78)
nicolas (93)
Slick (98)
Henrik (99)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Kind of Blue (32)
Bitches Brew (234)
Sketches of Spain (350)
In A Silent Way (598)
Tutu (818)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

So What (319)
Shh/Peaceful (999)
Flamenco Sketches (1787)
What I Say (2547)
Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (2719)

48. OutKast



AM Rank: 63

2008 Poll Rank: 76

Votes: 16

Points: 372.28

Nominated by:

Beef Supreme (5)
Brose (8)
Nassim (16)
BillAdama (25)
SR (33)
Toni (34)
Mindrocker (36)
Nick (44)
Slick (50)
Stone (51)
Schleuse (52)
Sven (58)
Henrik (91)
nicolas (91)
Henry (94)
Honorio (99)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Stankonia (194)
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (255)
Aquemini (439)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Hey Ya! (21)
B.O.B. (32)
Ms. Jackson (115)
Roses (873)
International Player's Anthem (1450)

47. Beastie Boys



AM Rank: 34

2008 Poll Rank: 77

Votes: 10

Points: 374.52

Nominated by:

Nassim (3)
Toni (12)
Schleuse (15)
Beef Supreme (16)
SR (16)
Nick (25)
Kinch (27)
Slick (28)
Henrik (39)
Michel (73)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Paul's Boutique (133)
Licensed to Ill (451)
Ill Communication (489)
Hello Nasty (669)
Check Your Head (1087)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Sabotage (417)
Fight For Your Right (To Party) (618)
Intergalatic (1092)
High Plains Drifter (1485)
Shake Your Rump (1776)

46. Sonic Youth



AM Rank: 49

2008 Poll Rank: 50

Votes: 14

Points: 378.25

Nominated by:

Beef Supreme (1)
Zorg (11)
Tim E (15)
Brad (21)
SR (21)
BillAdama (28)
Henrik (49)
Nick (54)
Schleuse (59)
Petri (67)
Mindrocker (70)
Brose (72)
Frank (74)
nicolas (94)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Daydream Nation (59)
Sister (210)
Goo (403)
Dirty (591)
Evol (673)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Teen Age Riot (36)
The Diamond Sea (749)
Schizophrenia (785)
Hey Joni (937)
Kool Thing (1020)

31. John Lennon- Other than arguably the greatest icon music has ever known losing his life, I think the other tragedy when he was shot was that he was showing his human side, his entry into adulthood and letting go of his cynicism. We only got a glimpse of that journey and it’s something no other rock icon ever really gave us.

I'm surprised yet delighted that Television have, on the strength of one album, got this far

on this poll- will have to get in the next one. AM posters have good taste, from the looks of it.

45. Johnny Cash



AM Rank: 37

2008 Poll Rank: 34

Votes: 15

Points: 380.21

Nominated by:

Stephan (8)
nicolas (11)
Slick (12)
long5 (16)
Schleuse (26)
Nick (28)
Gillingham (34)
Daniel (37)
Midaso (43)
BillAdama (57)
Henrik (62)
Honorio (62)
Sven (68)
listyguy (94)
Henry (96)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

American Recordings (242)
At Folsom Prison (290)
At San Quentin (774)
American III: Solitary man (1077)
American IV: The Man Comes Around (1232)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Hurt (215)
I Walk the Line (255)
Folsom Prison Blues (468)
Ring of Fire (582)
The Mercy Seat (1545)

44. LCD Soundsystem



AM Rank: 85

2008 Poll Rank: 101

Votes: 11

Points: 389.16

Nominated by:

Nassim (4)
Brose (13)
Nick (15)
Moonbeam (16)
SR (18)
Mindrocker (19)
BillAdama (24)
Jackson (30)
Michel (38)
Schleuse (43)
Henry (77)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Sound of Silver (76)
LCD Soundsystem (441)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

All My Friends (18)
Someone Great (132)
Losing My Edge (586)
Tribulations (734)
New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down (843)
North American Scum (850)

43. Belle and Sebastian



AM Rank: 209

2008 Poll Rank: 31

Votes: 12

Points: 405.15

Nominated by:

Petri (2)
Tim E (2)
Miguel (13)
Brad (16)
Penguin (20)
Honorio (37)
John (38)
Octopus (49)
Daniel (60)
Romain (65)
BillAdama (67)
Frank (92)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

If You're Feeling Sinister (64)
Tigermilk (431)
The Boy with the Arab Strap (493)
The Life Pursuit (607)
Dear Catastrophe Waitress (1123)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Like Dylan in the Movies (366)
Expectations (599)
I'm Waking Up to Us (952)
The Boy With the Arab Strap (1057)
The State I Am In (1064)

42. Tom Waits



AM Rank: 64

2008 Poll Rank: 25

Votes: 14

Points: 412.89

Nominated by:

Honorio (7)
nicolas (7)
Gillingham (12)
Mindrocker (17)
Miguel (18)
Penguin (24)
BillAdama (29)
Stephan (39)
Henrik (40)
Nick (45)
Jackson (49)
Michel (70)
Stone (71)
Moonbeam (88)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Rain Dogs (78)
Swordfishtrombones (93)
Bone Machine (422)
Blue Valentine (479)
Closing time (715)
Nighthawks At The Dinner (752)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Downtown Train (410)
Jockey Full of Bourbon (670)
In the Neighborhood (1026)
Time (1250)
Tom Traubert's Blues (1705)

41. Björk



AM Rank: 65

2008 Poll Rank: 30

Votes: 12

Points: 412.92

Nominated by:

Moonbeam (4)
Petri (7)
Henrik (8)
Honorio (13)
BillAdama (23)
Michel (23)
nicolas (31)
Romain (31)
Tim E (37)
SR (57)
Nassim (76)
Brose (95)

Top Albums (2010 Poll):

Homogenic (101)
Debut (150)
Post (200)
Vespertine (262)

Top Songs (2010 Poll):

Bachelorette (237)
Hyper-Ballad (474)
Isobel (575)
Hunter (604)
Pagan Poetry (672)
Joga (740)
It's Oh So Quiet (826)

Johnny Cash should be ranked higher and I should have ranked Tom Waits higher. Still, great couple of artists. Gonna listen to some Waits now; Tom Traubert's Blues is one of the greatest songs ever written—no discussion.

I'm also quite intrigued by Tom Waits. I adore Swordfishtrombones, and that proved to be quite a revelation for me, as it would never have stood a chance to get through my annoying shortcomings not long before. Rain Dogs I enjoy OK, but not as much. But that's all I know! I'm sure there's plenty of great stuff out there of his, and I don't know where to continue.

Yeah, only nicolas had that song ranked really high. If we were to do another poll it would definitely be top 100 for me; I can't believe I didn't even include it in my top 500 songs.

As for other albums, I really enjoy the stuff he did after Rain Dogs as well. Frank's Wild Years, Mule Variations and Bone Machine in particular. Of the albums before Swordfishtrombones my favorite is Small Change, partially due to Tom Traubert's Blues.

The good thing is that I really like both his Asylum records and his Island records. And I am looking forward to digging further in his ANTI records as well.

Also, one very traditional album of Tom Waits is the soundtrack of the movie "One from the heart", on which Crystal Gayle sings with him in duets or solo. Excellent record! It's very romantic, and there isn't a rocker or uptempo song on it.