MusicMax is an australian music TV channel. It made a number of best-of lists, which were aired during special Escape Weekends. Some odd remarks in various forums would suggest they were compiled by MusicMax's staff, but I'm not sure. If there any Australians here maybe they help?. These lists can be found here:

http://www.maxtv.com.au/page.asp?partID=1

In addition to the two lists I posted below there are more:
* top 300 songs of the 80's
* top 200 songs of the 90's
* top 100 songs from 1992-1993
* top 100 songs from 1994-1995
* top 200 rock songs
* top 200 pop songs
* top 300 dico/dance songs
* top 200 pub songs
* top 200 love songs
* top 200 Australian songs
* top 200 Mardi Gras anthems

Top 200 albums of all time
1 The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2 Marvin Gaye - What's going on
3 John Farnham - Whispering Jack
4 Nirvana - Nevermind
5 The Clash - London calling
6 The Sex Pistols - Never mind the Bollocks
7 AC/DC - Back in Black
8 David Bowie - The Rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders of Mars
9 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are you experienced?
10 The Doors - The Doors
11 Bruce Springsteen - Born to run
12 The Beatles - The Beatles Revolution 1968
13 Prince - Sign 'O' the times
14 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
15 Coldplay - Parachutes
16 The Rolling Stones - Beggars banquet
17 Massive Attack - Blue Lines
18 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
19 Cold Chisel - East
20 Pink Floyd - The dark side of the moon
21 Meatloaf - Bat out of hell
22 Public Enemy - It takes a nation of millions to hold to hold us back
23 R.E.M. - Automatic for the people
24 The Rolling Stones - Sticky fingers
25 Bob Dylan - Blood on the tracks
26 Talking Heads - Remain in light
27 Michael Jackson - Thriller
28 Radiohead - OK Computer
29 Joy Division - Closer
30 The Rolling Stones - Let it bleed
31 Prince & the Revolution - Purple rain
32 Led Zeppelin - IV
33 U2 - The Joshua Tree
34 David Bowie - Hunky Dory
35 Crowded House - Crowded House
36 The Who - Who's next
37 Men At Work - Business as usual
38 Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
39 Portishead - Dummy
40 Elvis Costello - This year's model
41 Midnight Oil - 10 to 1
42 Primal Scream - Screamadelica
43 Carole King - Tapestry
44 Norah Jones - Come away with me
45 Inxs - Kick
46 The Eagles - Hotel California
47 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
48 Beck - Odelay
49 The Clash - The Clash
50 The Strokes - Is this it
51 Cold Chisel - Twentieth Century
52 Oasis - (What's the story) Morning glory?
53 John Lennon - Imagine
54 Dire Straits - Brothers in arms
55 AC/DC - T.N.T.
56 P J Harvey - To bring you my love
57 R.E.M. - Out of time
58 Bob Dylan - Bringing it all back home
59 Pearl Jam - Ten
60 Elton John - Goodbye yellow brick road
61 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
62 Peter Gabriel - So
63 Def Leppard - Hysteria
64 U2 - Achtung baby
65 Savage Garden - Savage Garden
66 The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
67 Midnight Oil - Diesel and dust
68 Bon Jovi - Slippery when wet
69 Madonna - Erotica
70 Elton John - Elton John
71 Bjork - Debut
72 Elvis Costello - My aim is true
73 Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite for destruction
74 Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
75 The Church - Of skins and heart
76 Bruce Springsteen - The River
77 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
78 Paul Simon - Graceland
79 Queen - A night at the opera
80 The Smiths - The Smiths
81 Coldplay - Rush of blood to the head
82 Pink Floyd - The Wall
83 Delta Goodrem - Innocent eyes
84 David Bowie - Heroes
85 Led Zeppelin - II
86 Van Morrison - Moondance
87 Prince & the Revolution - 1999
88 Creedance Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's factory
89 Bob Dylan - Time out of mind Love sick 1997
90 Australian Crawl - Sirocca
91 Air - Moon safari
92 Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
93 Radiohead - Kid A
94 Elton John - Don't shoot the piano player
95 De La Soul - 3 Feet high and rising
96 Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
97 Stevie Wonder - Talking book
98 Jeff Buckley - Grace
99 Madonna - True Blue
100 Santana - Abraxas
101 Alanis Morissette - Jagged little pill
102 John Travolta/ONJ - Grease Movie Soundtrack
103 Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
104 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Exodus
105 Pat Benatar - Love From Earth
106 Beck - Mellow gold
107 Van Halen - 51/50
108 Blondie - Parallel lines
109 Oasis - Definitely maybe
110 Little River Band - Diamantina cocktail
111 Hoodoo Gurus - Mars needs guitars
112 Deep Purple - Machine Head
113 The Human League - Dare!
114 Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells
115 The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness
116 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Live
117 Metallica - Metallica
118 Split Enz - True Colours
119 The White Strips - Elephant
120 John Lennon - Double fantasy
121 Iggy Pop - TV Eye
122 Inxs - The Swing
123 The Police - Regatta De Blanc
124 The Pretenders - Pretenders
125 Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
126 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the run
127 The Church Gold Afternoon
128 The Wailers - Catch a fire
129 Silverchair - Frog stomp
130 Dire Straits - Alchemy
131 Madonna - Ray of light
132 Hunters & Collectors - Human Frailty
133 Dido - No Angel
134 Blur - Parklife
135 The Police - Synchronicity
136 Live - Throwing copper
137 Phil Collins - Face value
138 Santana - Supernatural
139 Jimmy Barnes - Bodyswerve
140 Counting Crows - August and everything after
141 Australian Crawl - The Boys light up
142 The Cruel Sea - The honeymoon is over
143 Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked rear view
144 World Party - Private Revolution
145 Daft Punk - Homework
146 Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos
147 The Verve - Urban Hymns
148 Madonna - Like a virgin
149 Matchbox 20 - Yourself or somone like you
150 Guns 'n' Roses - Use your Illusion I
151 Eric Clapton - Unplugged
152 The Cranberries - Everybody else is doing it why can't we
153 Paul Kelly - Gossip
154 ABBA - Arrival
155 Arrested Development - 3 years, 5 months & 2 days in the life of Mr Wendal 1993
156 Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
157 Nick Cave - Murder Ballads
158 George Michael - Faith
159 Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
160 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood sugar sex magik
161 U2 - War
162 Jewel - Pieces of you
163 ZZ Top - Eliminator
164 Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
165 John Cougar - American Fool
166 Beach Boys - Smiley smile
167 Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling towards ecstacty
168 Lenny Kravitz - Mama said
169 Devo - Freedom of choice
170 The Eagles - The Long Rung
171 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
172 The Doors - Morrison Hotel
173 Jimmy Barnes - Freight train heart
174 Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
175 Creed - Human Clay
176 Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
177 Travis - The Man Who
178 The Whitlams - Eternal nightcap
179 Chicago - X
180 Beyonce - Dangerously In Love
181 Richard Clapton - The Great Escape
182 Soundgarden - Superunknown
183 Crowded House - Temple of Low Men
184 Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
185 Cream - Disreali gears
186 Bob Marley - Legend
187 Powderfinger - Double alergic
188 Joan Armatrading - The Key
189 Kiss - Dynasty
190 Mental As Anything - Creatures of leisure
191 Madness - The rise and fall
192 Bush - Sixteen Stone
193 The B 52's - Cosmic Thing
194 You Am I - Hi Fi Way
195 The Cure - Japanese Whispers
196 The Waifs - Up All Night
197 Duran Duran - Rio
198 Culture Club - Colour by numbers
199 Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the hardline
200 Echo & the Bunnymen - Songs to learn to sing

Interestingly there is another list which is just like this one, only "Sgt. Pepper's" is at number 1 and all the other albums are one place lower. This one seems to be definitive though.

Top 200 songs of all time
1 John Lennon - Imagine
2 The Eagles - Hotel Calfiornia
3 American pie - Don McLean
4 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
5 Phil Collins - In the air tonight
6 Men at work - Down Under
7 Bee Gees - Stayin' alive
8 John Farnham - You're the voice
9 Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
10 Elton John - Crocodile rock
11 The Beatles - Yesterday
12 Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock
13 Joe Cocker - You are so beautiful
14 The Beatles - Twist and shout
15 AC/DC - It's a long way to the top
16 Van Morrision - Brown eyed girl
17 Elton John - Your song
18 Aretha - Franklin Respect
19 The Beatles - Let it be
20 The Rolling Stones - Start me up
21 Manfred Mann - Blinded by the light
22 Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
23 Blondie - Heart of glass
24 ABBA - Dancing queen
25 Elton John - Goodbye yellow brick road
26 Fleetwood mac - Dreams
27 David Bowie - Heroes
28 The Police - Every breath you take
29 Kiss - I was made for loving you
30 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama
31 U2 - With or without you
32 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
33 Dire Straits - The sultans of swing
34 The Rolling Stones - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
35 Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet child o mine
36 Gerry Rafferty - Baker street
37 Joe Cocker - Unchain my heart
38 Elton John - Daniel
39 Meatloaf - Two out of 3 ain't bad
40 Beach Boys - Good vibrations
41 Wings - Band on the run
42 David Bowie - Space oddity
43 The Kinks - Lola
44 The - Doors Break on through
45 Whitney Houston - I will always love you
46 UB40 - Red red wine
47 James Brown - I got you (I feel good)
48 Queen/George Michael - Somebody to love
49 Louis Armstrong - What a wonderful world
50 Split Enz - I got you
51 The Hollies - Long cool woman in a black dress
52 The Rolling Stones - Angie
53 Led Zeppelin - Whole lotta love
54 Fleetwood mac - Rhianon
55 Skyhooks - Horror movies
56 Blondie - The tide is high
57 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the dark
58 Sherbet - Howzat
59 Neil Diamonds - Cherry cherry
60 Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn
61 Split Enz - Message to my girl
62 The Four Seasons - December 63 (what a night)
63 REM - Losing my religion
64 The Knack - My sharona
65 Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up
66 Savage Garden - I knew I loved you
67 Fleetwood mac - Don't stop
68 ABBA - Mamma Mia
69 Coldplay - Yellow
70 Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
71 Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to rule the world
72 Don Henley - Boys of summer
73 Fleetwood mac - Seven wonders
74 Savage Garden - The Animal song
75 Crowded House - Don't dream it's over
76 Jeff Buckley - Last goodbye
77 Stealers wheel - Stuck in the middle with you
78 John Farnham - Two strong hearts
79 Uncle Kracker - Follow me
80 Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
81 Elvis Presley - Heatbreak hotel
82 Wet Wet Wet - Love is all around
83 Katrina & the waves - Walking on sunshine
84 The Temptations - My girl
85 Jimmy Barnes - Working class man
86 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
87 Skyhooks - Ego is not a dirty word
88 Outkast - Hey Ya
89 Boz Scaggs - Lido shuffle
90 Pearl Jam - Alive
91 ABBA - Knowing me, Knowing you
92 Phil Collins - You can't hurry love
93 Joe Cocker - You can leave your hat on
94 Fine Young Cannibals - She drives me crazy
95 Fleetwood mac - Gypsy
96 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing compares to you
97 John Lennon - Woman
98 Australian Crawl - The boys light up
99 Justin Timberlake - Rock your body (grrrrrrr!)
100 Shawn Mullins - Lullaby
101 Pink Floyd - Money
102 Village People - Macho man
103 Wham - Wake me up before you go go
104 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the bridge
105 Bruce Springsteen - Born to run
106 Steve Winwood - while you see a chance
107 Van Morrison - Have I told you lately
108 U2 - I still haven't found what I'm looking for
109 The Vapours - Turning Japanese
110 No Doubt - Just a girl
111 Michael Jackson - Beat It
112 Madonna - Like a prayer
113 Crowded House - Something so strong
114 Hot Chocolate - You sexy thing
115 Womack and Womack - Teardrops
116 George Harrison - My Sweet lord
117 Bob Seger - Night moves
118 Alex Lloyd - Amazing
119 Mike & the Mechanics - The living years
120 Bryan Ferry - Let's stick together
121 Bob Dylan - Knockin' on heavens door
122 Matchbox 20 - If you're gone
123 Billy Joel - The river of dreams
124 Foreigner - I want to know what love is
125 Dido - Thank U
126 George Michael/Wham - Careless whipser
127 Blur - Song 2
128 REM - Everybody hurts
129 Shania Twain - You're still the one
130 Eurogliders - Heaven (must be there)
131 The Doors - Light my fire
132 Inxs - Don't change
133 Eurythmics - Sisters are doing it for themselves
134 John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane
135 Eric Clapton - Tears in heaven
136 Madonna - Into the groove
137 Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu
138 The Cars - Drive
139 Prince - When doves cry
140 Paul McCartney/Wings - Band on the run
141 Phil Collins - Another day in paradise
142 Tina Turner - What's love got to do with it
143 Boomtown Rats - I don't like Mondays
144 Bon Jovi - Living on a prayer
145 Billy Joel - Uptown girl
146 Billy Ocean - Love really hurts without you
147 Robert Palmer - Addicted to love
148 The Beatles - Revolution
149 The Beatles - Help
150 Cold Chisel - Choir girl
151 Southern Sons - Hold me in your arms
152 Bachelor Girl - Buses and trains
153 Bee Gees - More than a woman
154 U2 - The sweetest thing
155 Stevie Wonder - Superstition
156 Bob Marley - Buffalo soldier
157 Icehouse - Hey little girl
158 Irene Cara - Flashdance
159 Gangajang - Sounds of then
160 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
161 The Police - Walking on the moon
162 Berlin - Take my breath away
163 Cher - Believe
164 The Jacksons - Can you feel it
165 Eric Clapton - My father's eyes
166 Billy Idol - Hot in the city
167 New Radicals - You get what you give
168 CCR - I heard it through the grapevine
169 John Mellencamp - Hurts so good
170 Billy Thorpe - Most people I know
171 Midnight Oil - Power and the passion
172 Hot Chocolate - Every 1's a winner
173 Bryan Ferry - The price of love
174 Santana - Smooth
175 Iggy Pop - Candy
176 Little Heroes - One perfect day
177 10CC - The things we do for love
178 Cold Chisel - Breakfast at Sweethearts
179 Kylie Minogue - Can't get you out of my head
180 Australian Crawl - Reckless
181 The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil
182 Train - Drops of jupiter
183 Queen - We will rock you
184 Billy Idol - To be a lover
185 Enrique Iglesias - Escape
186 Daddy Cool - Come back again
187 Band Aid - Do they know it's christmas
188 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush city limits
189 Breakfast Club - Right on track
190 Escape Club - Wild Wild west
191 Rod Stewart - Do ya think I'm sexy
192 B 52's - The love shack
193 Savage Garden - Affirmation
194 Michael Jackson - Thriller
195 Goanna - Solid Rock
196 John Mayer - Your body is a wonderland
197 Morcheeba - Rome Wasn't built in a day
198 Inxs - Devil inside
199 Thelma Houston - Don't leave me with way
200 Madness - Our house

4 Madonna albums, and Like a Prayer isn't one of them? That makes it interesting- share the wealth, I guess! But... Erotica so high?!?

Pat Bantar;s album is *live* From Earth- suyrprised to see that included. These were compiled by the staff, and not a viewer vote?

in that some of those lists indeed would cause controversy! Some lean much towards the mainstream, as opposed to indie or alternative selections. But, nothin; wrong with that every now and then. But, Macarena as one of the top 10 90s songs?!?

And funny in that I was correcting a typo, and I managed one myself! Pat Benatar, it is.

There are some errors, either in years listed for some, or titles. I.e. for the Albums, it has Madonna at No. 99- but, is the album listed supposed to be True Blue or Like a Prayer? It has "Cherish" as the song listed (is that feature supposed to be a notable song from each album?), and the year as 1989- both applicable to Like a Prayer. I did find it fishy that hr most acclaimed album wasn't on the list, but it looks like it probably is! And for Ray of Light, it has 1999 (as opposed to 1998).

I sent an e-mail to Mx, and hopefully will get a reply (also in regards to how the lists were compiled).

If staff-generated, the all-time albums and songs lists look OK to use. Maybe the 300 80s songs and 200 90s songs, too. "Rock" songs is a genre, but what about pop songs? There are pop-songs lists included in AM (i.e. the MTV/Rolling Stone list), but Henrik would need to look at that.

rofl yeah 'Yellow' is such an incredible song right?

from my e-mail to Max. And, better chance of finding gold than getting an answer on the forum!

Also, the 90s list is no longer on the site...

Is Delta Goodrem on the list? I can't seem to find her but she has the most successful album in Australia ever, "Innocent Eyes".
12x platinum and was at no.1 for 29 weeks.

Her second album "Mistaken Identity" is 5x Platinum aswell.

Go Delta!

ok im the last person youed expect to be a Britney Spears fan, and im not, but my sister is and i usually let her liten to whatever she wants in the car so of course she choses the Britney album in the zone and i have to say i went out and bought a copy my self its pretty good not the happy goodey_good pop stuff you would expect. so im askin wheres the Brit

I suppose this isn't a critics list. Even Oz critics wouldn't rank "Whispering Jack" as the third best album ever :)

do you have the top 50 johnny cash songs?

I think a top 100 like pop/country would be great. Anyone have?

Yikes! Hootie, Matchbox 20 and Creed? These guys really like some of the most hated music from the 90s.

snore.

Oops! Really old thread.