With the groups which were above them headed to the Hall, the Eagles are back atop the eligibles list for 1990.


You should check out the 1989 results on the results thread if you haven't done so yet.

Post your ballots on the 1990 voting thread.


HALL OF ACCLAIM: TOP 100 CANDIDATES FOR 1990 ELECTION

Only releases through December 31, 1989 included.

1989 releases indicated with an asterisk.

1. THE EAGLES
ALBUMS: The Eagles (2837); Desperado (1004); One of These Nights (2218); Hotel California (86).
SONGS: Take It Easy (2176); Desperado (1176); One of These Nights (1039); Take It to the Limit (2740); New Kid in Town (2513); Hotel California (43).

2. GRATEFUL DEAD
ALBUMS: Anthem of the Sun (2397); Live/Dead (347); Aoxomoxoa (1818); Workingman's Dead (357); American Beauty (305).
SONGS: Dark Star (684); Uncle John's Band (1217); Box of Rain (651); Touch of Grey (2360).

3. BEASTIE BOYS
ALBUMS: Licensed to Ill (173); Paul's Boutique (116).
SONGS: Rock Hard (2944); It's the New Style (2526); Paul Revere (2884); Fight for Your Right (To Party) (242); Hey Ladies (1309); Shake Your Rump (2143).

4. AEROSMITH
ALBUMS: Toys in the Attic (337); Rocks (349); Permanent Vacation (2426); Pump (870)*.
SONGS: Dream On (443); Sweet Emotion (2060); Walk This Way (340); Janie's Got a Gun (1673)*.

5. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
ALBUMS: Psychocandy (80); Darklands (941).
SONGS: Never Understand (526); You Trip Me Up (1169); Just Like Honey (546); Some Candy Talking (1315), April Skies (2074); Sidewalking (1640).

6. ROD STEWART
ALBUMS: The Rod Stewart Album (2085); Gasoline Alley (816); Every Picture Tells a Story (154); Never a Dull Moment (1621); Atlantic Crossing (2621); A Night on the Town (2819).
SONGS: Maggie May (107); You Wear It Well (1867); Tonight's the Night (1520); Da Ya Think I'm Sexy (2284).

7. THE STONE ROSES
ALBUM: The Stone Roses (47)*.
SONGS: Made of Stone (1792)*; She Bangs the Drum (1822)*; Fools Gold (710)*; I Am the Resurrection (1547)*.

8. CREAM
ALBUMS: Fresh Cream (1129); Disraeli Gears (183); Wheels of Fire (428).
SONGS: I Feel Free (1560); Sunshine of Your Love (461); White Room (2395); Crossroads (1296); Badge (1711).

9. PETER GABRIEL
ALBUMS: Peter Gabriel (I) (2584); Peter Gabriel (III) (451); Peter Gabriel (IV)/Security (1352); So (204); Passion (2162)*.
SONGS: Solsbury Hill (1676); Games Without Frontiers (1183); Biko (1486); Sledgehammer (897); In Your Eyes (1889).

10. CROSBY, STILLS, NASH (& YOUNG)
ALBUMS: Crosby, Stills and Nash (315); Dèjá Vu (151); Four-Way Street (1287).
SONGS: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (1331); Helpless (1552); Ohio (547).

11. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
ALBUMS: Surrealistic Pillow (164); After Bathing at Baxter's (1277); Crown of Creation (2083); Volunteers (926).
SONGS: Somebody to Love (476); White Rabbit (223).

12. DEEP PURPLE
ALBUMS: In Rock (348); Machine Head (242); Made in Japan (407).
SONGS: Highway Star (2098); Smoke on the Water (509).

13. KATE BUSH
ALBUMS: The Kick Inside (539); The Dreaming (1517); Hounds of Love (224); The Sensual World (1617)*.
SONGS: Wuthering Heights (550); Running Up That Hill (433); Hounds of Love (2509).

14. GRANDMASTER FLASH
ALBUM: The Message (915).
SONGS: The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel (257); The Message (15); White Lines (Don't Do It) (309).

15. JANIS JOPLIN/BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY
ALBUMS: Cheap Thrills (227); Pearl (193).
SONGS: Piece of My Heart (753); Me and Bobby McGee (372).

16. SONNY ROLLINS
ALBUMS: Tenor Madness (1049); Saxophone Colossus (332); Way Out West (904); Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (965); Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 2 (1088); The Bridge (1133).
SONG: St. Thomas (2627).

17. ORNETTE COLEMAN
ALBUMS: Something Else!!! (1843); The Shape of Jazz to Come (293); Change of the Century (763); Free Jazz (473); This Is Our Music (1674); At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 (1586).
SONGS: none.

18. KING CRIMSON
ALBUMS: In the Court of the Crimson King (135); Islands (2717); Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1579); Red (562); Discipline (1224).
SONG: 21st Century Schizoid Man (1102).

19. DEREK AND THE DOMINOS
ALBUM: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (69).
SONG: Layla (47).

20. LOVE
ALBUMS: Love (2529); Da Capo (1700); Forever Changes (50).
SONG: Alone Again Or (221).

21. CAROLE KING
ALBUM: Tapestry (59).
SONGS: Home Again (2507); It's Too Late (349); I Feel the Earth Move (1344); You've Got a Friend (997).

22. JACKSON BROWNE
ALBUMS: Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using) (1509); For Everyman (1763); Late for the Sky (333); The Pretender (724); Running on Empty (736).
SONGS: Late for the Sky (1659); Running on Empty (1639).

23. CAN
ALBUMS: Monster Movie (1529); Tago Mago (258); Ege Bamyasi (684); Future Days (631); Soon Over Babaluma (1661).
SONGS: none.

24. LYNYRD SKYNYRD
ALBUMS: (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd) (576); Second Helping (626), Street Survivors (1272).
SONGS: Free Bird (258); Sweet Home Alabama (418).

25. PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.
ALBUMS: Public Image (1664); Metal Box/Second Edition (188); Album (2418).
SONGS: Public Image (369); Death Disco (1647); This Is Not a Love Song (1517); Rise (841).

26. HERBIE HANCOCK
ALBUMS: Takin' Off (1503); Empyrean Isles (1500); Maiden Voyage (459); Mwandishi (1748); Sextant (2238); Head Hunters (524).
SONG: Rockit (868).

27. THE BEE GEES
ALBUM: Saturday Night Fever (121).
SONGS: To Love Somebody (1718); Jive Talkin' (2521); Stayin' Alive (98); Night Fever (2065).

28. ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
ALBUMS: Crocodiles (728); Heaven Up Here (1182); Porcupine (1991); Ocean Rain (527).
SONGS: Rescue (2177); The Cutter (1066); The Killing Moon (758); Bring On the Dancing Horses (2293); Lips Like Sugar (1861).

29. TIM BUCKLEY
ALBUMS: Goodbye and Hello (1171); Happy Sad (440); Blue Afternoon (2172); Starsailor (557); Greetings from L.A. (1202).
SONG: Song to the Siren (869).

30. XTC
ALBUMS: Drums and Wires (952); Black Sea (1764); English Settlement (987); Skylarking (412); Oranges & Lemons (2129)*.
SONGS: Making Plans for Nigel (1032); Senses Working Overtime (1539); Dear God (1561).

31. ERIC B. & RAKIM
ALBUMS: Paid in Full (331); Follow the Leader (880).
SONGS: Eric B. Is President (2548); I Know You Got Soul (572); Paid in Full (408); Follow the Leader (1013).

32. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
ALBUMS: A Girl Called Dusty (2878); Dusty in Memphis (95).
SONGS: I Only Want to Be with You (2959); You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (1103); Son of a Preacher Man (205); What Have I Done to Deserve This (2718).

33. SANTANA
ALBUMS: Santana (1256); Abraxas (168), III (2454); Caravanserai (1411); Lotus (2655).
SONGS: Black Magic Woman (722); Oye Como Va (1353).

34. IGGY POP
ALBUMS: The Idiot (600); Lust for Life (210).
SONGS: The Passenger (1199); Lust for Life (339).

35. VAN HALEN
ALBUMS: Van Halen (276); 1984 (803); 5150 (2423).
SONGS: Runnin' with the Devil (1953); Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (2424); Jump (161).

36. MOTÖRHEAD
ALBUMS: Overkill (968); Ace of Spades (558); No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (492).
SONG: Ace of Spades (215).

37. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
ALBUMS: Idlewild South (2941); At Fillmore East (101); Eat a Peach (1446); Brothers and Sisters (1852).
SONGS: Whipping Post (1384); Ramblin' Man (1374); Jessica (1567).

38. JIMMY CLIFF
ALBUM: The Harder They Come (194).
SONGS: Many Rivers to Cross (167); Vietnam (2105); The Harder They Come (429).

39. WIRE
ALBUMS: Pink Flag (235); Chairs Missing (479); 154 (702).
SONGS: Three Girl Rhumba (2672); Blessed State (2657).

40. ABBA
ALBUM: Arrival (629).
SONGS: Waterloo (697); S.O.S. (1346); Dancing Queen (116); Knowing Me Knowing You (1335); The Winner Takes It All (1332).

41. THE FOUR TOPS
ALBUMS: Second Album (2673); Reach Out (1462).
SONGS: Baby I Need Your Loving (845); I Can't Help Myself (1466); It's the Same Old Song (1642); Reach Out (I'll Be There) (36); Standing in the Shadows of Love (1626); Bernadette (2692).

42. DIRE STRAITS
ALBUMS: Dire Straits (431); Making Movies (1241); Brothers in Arms (549).
SONG: Sultans of Swing (413); Money for Nothing (2248).

43. TOM PETTY
ALBUMS: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1162); Damn the Torpedoes (470); Full Moon Fever (1145)*.
SONGS: Breakdown (2329); American Girl (1074); Refugee (1202); Free Fallin' (666)*.

44. BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
ALBUMS: Buffalo Springfield (1459); Buffalo Springfield Again (326).
SONGS: For What It's Worth (99); Expecting to Fly (1115).

45. NICK CAVE
ALBUMS: From Her to Eternity (1119); The Firstborn Is Dead (1234); Kicking Against the Pricks (1382); Your Funeral...My Trial (1228); Tender Prey (651).
SONG: The Mercy Seat (730).

46. NICO
ALBUMS: The Velvet Underground & Nico (4); Chelsea Girl (2511); The Marble Index (1402); Desertshore (2571).
SONGS: All Tomorrow's Parties (1305); Femme Fatale (2075); These Days (1145).

47. DE LA SOUL
ALBUM: 3 Feet High and Rising (75)*.
SONGS: Me Myself and I (612)*; Say No Go (2717)*; Eye Know (1670)*; Buddy (2209)*.

48. STAN GETZ
ALBUMS: Hamp & Getz (2194); Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (2742); Focus (1668); Jazz Samba (804); Getz/Gilberto (372); Stan Getz and Bill Evans (2501).
SONGS: The Girl from Ipanema (553); Corcovado (2516).

49. DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
ALBUMS: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (309); Too-Rye-Ay (1058); Don't Stand Me Down (1549).
SONGS: Geno (822); Come On Eileen (608).

50. THE HUMAN LEAGUE
ALBUM: Dare! (207)
SONGS: Being Boiled (1463); Love Action (1515); Don't You Want Me (181); Human (2121).

51. MC5
ALBUMS: Kick Out the Jams (212); Back in the USA (624).
SONG: Kick Out the Jams (368).

52. FAIRPORT CONVENTION
ALBUMS: Fairport Convention (2508); What We Did on Our Holidays (2391); Unhalfbricking (498); Liege and Lief (399).
SONGS: Who Knows Where the Time Goes (401); A Sailor's Life (2490).

53. NEW YORK DOLLS
ALBUMS: New York Dolls (139); Too Much Too Soon (844).
SONG: Personality Crisis (577).

54. BILL EVANS
ALBUMS: Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1659); Portrait in Jazz (1707); Explorations (2281); Sunday at the Village Vanguard (455); Waltz for Debby (475); Undercurrent (2208).
SONG: Waltz for Debby (2760).

55. COUNT BASIE
ALBUMS: Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1268); April in Paris (975); At Newport (1439); The Atomic Mr. Basie (594).
SONGS: One O'Clock Jump (911); Lester Leaps In (2346); April in Paris (1338).

56. BUZZCOCKS
ALBUMS: Another Music in a Different Kitchen (550); Love Bites (2667).
SONGS: Breakdown (987); Orgasm Addict (922); What Do I Get? (1125); Ever Fallen in Love? (193)

57. RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON
ALBUMS: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (313); Shoot Out the Lights (320).
SONGS: Calvary Cross (2782); I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1832); Wall of Death (1360).

58. DONNA SUMMER
ALBUMS: Bad Girls (1099); The Wanderer (2884).
SONGS: Love to Love You Baby (830); I Feel Love (148); Hot Stuff (792); Bad Girls (1014); She Works Hard for the Money (2282).

59. THE POGUES
ALBUMS: Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (243); If I Should Fall from Grace with God (768).
SONGS: A Pair of Brown Eyes (2033); Dirty Old Town (2930); Fairytale of New York (493).

60. PET SHOP BOYS
ALBUMS: Please (1455); Actually (812); Introspective (1749).
SONGS: West End Girls (439); Suburbia (1289); It's a Sin (1599); What Have I Done to Deserve This (2718); Rent (1263); Left to My Own Devices (1969).

61. GANG OF FOUR
ALBUMS: Entertainment! (163); Solid Gold (1505).
SONGS: Damaged Goods (895); At Home He's a Tourist (1370); Anthrax (1928); To Hell with Poverty (2855); I Love a Man in Uniform (2948).

62. TODD RUNDGREN
ALBUMS: Something/Anything? (262); A Wizard, a True Star (658); Todd (2206).
SONG: I Saw the Light (704).

63. ALICE COOPER
ALBUMS: Love It to Death (1379); Killer (957); School's Out (1298); Billion Dollar Babies (1246).
SONGS: I'm Eighteen (1386); School's Out (396).

64. THIN LIZZY
ALBUMS: Jailbreak (725); Live and Dangerous (340).
SONGS: Whiskey in the Jar (1579); The Boys Are Back in Town (460).

65. JOHN CALE
ALBUMS: The Academy in Peril (2538); Paris 1919 (370); Fear (1513); Slow Dazzle (2567); Music for a New Society (687).
SONG: Andalucia (1245).

66. TRAFFIC
ALBUMS: Mr. Fantasy (488); Traffic (966); John Barleycorn Must Die (504); The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys (2557).
SONGS: Paper Sun (2926); Dear Mr. Fantasy (2225).

67. DIZZY GILLESPIE
ALBUMS: Bird & Diz (1548); Jazz at Massey Hall (494); Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge (1526); Groovin' High (1463); At Newport (2176); Gillespiana (2221).
SONGS: Groovin' High (2795); A Night in Tunisia (2603); Manteca (1219).

68. IKE AND TINA TURNER
ALBUM: River Deep Mountain High (893).
SONGS: A Fool in Love (2646); It's Gonna Work Out Fine (2085); River Deep Mountain High (22).

69. ISAAC HAYES
ALBUMS: Hot Buttered Soul (358); Shaft (1152).
SONGS: Walk On By (2664); By the Time I Get to Phoenix (1975); Theme from Shaft (247).

70. THE RONETTES
ALBUM: Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica (1414).
SONGS: Be My Baby (13); Baby, I Love You (2524); Walking in the Rain (2576).

71. THE ISLEY BROTHERS
ALBUM: 3+3 (903).
SONGS: Shout (Parts 1 and 2) (237); Twist and Shout (1038); This Old Heart of Mine (1502); It's Your Thing (999); That Lady (1302).

72. GENESIS
ALBUMS: Foxtrot (895); Selling England by the Pound (707); The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (406); A Trick of the Tail (2791).
SONG: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (2414).

73. YES
ALBUMS: The Yes Album (873); Fragile (544); Close to the Edge (615); Tales from Topographic Dreams (2769).
SONG: Owner of a Lonely Heart (1854).

74. LITTLE FEAT
ALBUMS: Sailin' Shoes (466); Dixie Chicken (517); Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1313); Waiting for Columbus (2310).
SONGS: Willin' (2547); Dixie Chicken (2974).

75. THE DRIFTERS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Money Honey (972); There Goes My Baby (277); Save the Last Dance for Me (694); Up on the Roof (896); On Broadway (938); Under the Boardwalk (1512).

76. DEPECHE MODE
ALBUMS: Speak & Spell (2636); Black Celebration (1120); Music for the Masses (929).
SONGS: Just Can't Get Enough (991); Get the Balance Right (2557); People Are People (2558); Never Let Me Down Again (1107); Personal Jesus (548)*.

77. MOTT THE HOOPLE
ALBUMS: All the Young Dudes (981); Mott (526); The Hoople (2818).
SONG: All the Young Dudes (203).

78. PAUL McCARTNEY
ALBUMS: Ram (1388); Band on the Run (386).
SONGS: Maybe I'm Amazed (840); Live and Let Die (1643); Band on the Run (2972); Jet (963).

79. CHEAP TRICK
ALBUMS: Cheap Trick (2305); In Color (1530); Heaven Tonight (1491); At Budokan (641).
SONGS: I Want You to Want Me (1284); Surrender (562).

80. ROBERT WYATT
ALBUM: Rock Bottom (231).
SONGS: Sea Song (557); Shipbuilding (718).

81. B.B. KING
ALBUMS: Singin' the Blues (2412); Live at the Regal (248); Live in Cook County Jail (1959).
SONGS: Sweet Little Angel (2833); The Thrill Is Gone (398).

82. JONATHAN RICHMAN/THE MODERN LOVERS
ALBUMS: The Modern Lovers (203); Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers (2792).
SONG: Roadrunner (248).

83. THE B-52'S
ALBUMS: The B-52's (484); Wild Planet (2480).
SONGS: Rock Lobster (284); Private Idaho (2549); Love Shack (711)*; Roam (2890)*.

84. DEVO
ALBUM: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (361).
SONGS: Jocko Homo (1334); (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (850); Whip It (537).

85. THE ANIMALS
ALBUMS: The Animals (2909); Animalisms (2330); Animalism (2549).
SONGS: House of the Rising Sun (61); Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (1380); We Gotta Get Out of This Place (846).

86. ERIC DOLPHY
ALBUMS: Outward Bound (1961); Out There (1792); Live at the Five Spot, Vol. 1 (1780); Far Cry (2438); Iron Man (2308); Out to Lunch (287).
SONGS: none.

87. THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Little Latin Lupe Lu (2713); You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (24); Unchained Melody (827).

88. THE O'JAYS
ALBUMS: Back Stabbers (708); Ship Ahoy (1822).
SONGS: Back Stabbers (519); Love Train (573); I Love Music (1628).

89. VIOLENT FEMMES
ALBUM: Violent Femmes (290).
SONGS: Blister in the Sun (183); Kiss Off (2924).

90. DINOSAUR JR.
ALBUMS: You're Living All Over Me (1987); Bug (920).
SONG: Freak Scene (303).

91. MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Heatwave (665); Dancing in the Street (58); Nowhere to Run (1063).

92. KISS
ALBUMS: Alive! (572); Destroyer (751).
SONGS: Rock 'n' Roll All Nite (805); Detroit Rock City (1431).

93. PERE UBU
ALBUMS: The Modern Dance (223); Dub Housing (762).
SONGS: Final Solution (2917); Non-Alignment Pact (2755).

94. DION
ALBUM: Born to Be with You (1868).
SONGS: I Wonder Why (833); A Teenager in Love (762); Runaround Sue (315); The Wanderer (1460); Abraham, Martin and John (1684).

95. SUICIDE
ALBUM: Suicide (225); Alan Vega/Martin Rev - Suicide (2033).
SONGS: Frankie Teardrop (990); Dream Baby Dream (1572).

96. THE JACKSON 5
ALBUMS: Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 (2365); ABC (2931); Destiny (2602); Triumph (2942).
SONGS: I Want You Back (32); The Love You Save (2036); I'll Be There (2306).

97. THE KINGSMEN
ALBUMS: none.
SONG: Louie Louie (11).

98. ART BLAKEY
ALBUMS: A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1203); A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (2254); A Night in Tunisia (1789); Moanin' (745); Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1475); Free for All (2070).
SONGS: none.

99. DEF LEPPARD
ALBUMS: Pyromania (647); Hysteria (570).
SONGS: Photograph (1156); Pour Some Sugar on Me (1771).

100. THE FALL
ALBUMS: Live at the Witch Trials (1933); Dragnet (2046); Grotesque (After the Gramme) (2553); Hex Enduction Hour (2018); The Wonderful and Frightening World of...The Fall (2245); This Nation's Saving Grace (468).
SONGS: Totally Wired (1979); Cruiser's Creek (1907).

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MOVING UP: Beastie Boys, Aerosmith, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, XTC, Tom Petty.

NEW TO THE LIST: The Stone Roses, De La Soul, Depeche Mode, The B-52's.

FELL OFF THE LIST: nobody.

ACTION IN THE NEXT 100: Soul II Soul, John Lee Hooker, The The, The Cult, Janet Jackson.