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We're at the best 20 years now. Here is part 4a, positions 20 downto 16:
#20: 1995
Album rank: 20
Song rank: 26
Top albums:
78 - Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
85 - Radiohead - The Bends
121 - Tricky - Maxinquaye
136 - Pulp - Different Class
147 - P J Harvey - To Bring You My Love
254 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Top songs:
51 - Pulp - Common People
107 - Oasis - Wonderwall
112 - Underworld - Born Slippy (NUXX)
337 - Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
402 - Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
409 - The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
#19: 1986
Album rank: 19
Song rank: 31
Top albums:
30 - The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
67 - Paul Simon - Graceland
173 - Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
175 - Metallica - Master of Puppets
186 - Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
208 - Peter Gabriel - So
Top songs:
83 - Run-D.M.C. - Walk This Way
140 - Prince and The Revolution - Kiss
194 - The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
253 - Beastie Boys - Fight for Your Right (To Party)
366 - Cameo - Word Up
378 - Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
#18: 1980
Album rank: 18
Song rank: 24
Top albums:
40 - Talking Heads - Remain in Light
46 - Joy Division - Closer
107 - AC/DC - Back in Black
162 - Pretenders - Pretenders
242 - Bruce Springsteen - The River
309 - Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!!
Top songs:
19 - Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
129 - Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
221 - Motörhead - Ace of Spades
307 - The Jam - Going Underground
386 - AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
509 - George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today
#17: 1987
Album rank: 14
Song rank: 29
Top albums:
26 - Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
36 - U2 - The Joshua Tree
62 - Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
248 - Sonic Youth - Sister
302 - R.E.M. - Document
334 - Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
Top songs:
90 - Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
130 - Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
176 - Public Enemy - Bring the Noise
309 - M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume
312 - U2 - With or Without You
341 - R.E.M. - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
#16: 1982
Album rank: 25
Song rank: 11
Top albums:
33 - Michael Jackson - Thriller
126 - Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
183 - Prince and The Revolution - 1999
253 - Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
322 - Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
326 - Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Top songs:
14 - Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message
29 - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
88 - Prince and The Revolution - Little Red Corvette
133 - Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
168 - Michael Jackson - Beat It
252 - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
With 15 more years to go:
- The eighties are now out of competition. 1982, Michael Jackson's peak year, wins that decade.
- It's mainly sixties and seventies that's left now, with the Nirvana year as exception.
I will post part 4b, i.e. positions 11 to 15, tomorrow.
1967 on #1? Won't tell ya, of course, just wait and see in a few more days ...
What I can reveal is, that the best album year and best song year are not the same.
As promised, here's part 4b, years ranked 15 downto 11:
#15: 1963
Album rank: 33
Song rank: 6
Top albums:
39 - James Brown - Live at the Apollo
172 - Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
268 - The Beatles - With the Beatles/Meet the Beatles!
347 - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
394 - Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
465 - The Beatles - Please Please Me/Introducing…The Beatles
Top songs:
11 - The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
12 - The Ronettes - Be My Baby
21 - The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
99 - The Beatles - She Loves You
169 - The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
229 - Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
#14: 1973
Album rank: 12
Song rank: 42
Top albums:
20 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
42 - Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
94 - Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
99 - Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power
139 - New York Dolls - New York Dolls
142 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Top songs:
214 - Gladys Knight and The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
259 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
263 - Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
265 - Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
285 - The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up
313 - Stevie Wonder - Living for the City
#13: 1976
Album rank: 17
Song rank: 12
Top albums:
35 - Ramones - Ramones
41 - Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
86 - The Eagles - Hotel California
204 - The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
269 - David Bowie - Station to Station
343 - Aerosmith - Rocks
Top songs:
10 - Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K.
47 - The Eagles - Hotel California
117 - ABBA - Dancing Queen
150 - Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
255 - Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
315 - Boston - More Than a Feeling
#12: 1979
Album rank: 13
Song rank: 21
Top albums:
10 - The Clash - London Calling
71 - Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
114 - Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
125 - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
154 - Pink Floyd - The Wall
161 - Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Top songs:
35 - The Clash - London Calling
80 - Chic - Good Times
162 - The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
227 - Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
326 - Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
369 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
#11: 1970
Album rank: 11
Song rank: 20
Top albums:
43 - Neil Young - After the Goldrush
57 - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
69 - Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
81 - Van Morrison - Moondance
87 - The Stooges - Fun House
92 - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Top songs:
48 - Derek and The Dominos - Layla
69 - Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
141 - James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
183 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
261 - James Taylor - Fire and Rain
271 - John Lennon - Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
Still in competition are, in chronological order: 1965 - 1969, 1971 - 1972, 1975, 1977 and 1991.