If you missed 80-06, or didn't finish, you can add it here. If you missed it http://www.prince.org/msg/8/219196
1958
2.The Coasters – Yakety Yak
1.The Champs - Tequila

1962
4.Elvis Prseley – Return the Sender
3.James Brown – Night Train
2.Gene Chandler – Duke of Earl
1.Booker T. & The MG's – Green Onions

1963
7.The Surfari’s – Wipe Out
6.Charles Mingus – Solo Dancer
5.Stevie Wonder – Finger Tips
4.Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
3.Bob Dylan – Masters of War
2.Bob Dylan – Blowin' in the Wind
1.Kingsmen – Louie Louie

1964
9.Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
8.Them – Baby, Please Don’t Go
7.Bob Dylan - With God on Our Side
6.Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin'
5.Bob Dylan – Ballad of Hollis Brown
4.Kinks – All Day and All of the Night
3.Kinks – You Really Got Me
2.Them – Gloria
1.JR.Walker and the All-Stars - Shotgun

1965
26.John Coltrane - Resolution
25.John Coltrane – Acknowledgement
24.Lovin Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic
23.Otis Redding – My Girl
22.Rolling Stones – Time Is on My Side
21.Martha and The Vandellas - Nowhere to Run
20.Who – My Generation
19.Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears
18.Beatles – Norwegian Wood
17.Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man
16.Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
15.Zombies – Tell Her No
14.Zombies – She's Not There
13.Bob Dylan – Maggie's Farm
12.Otis Redding - A Change Is Gonna Come
11.Dixie Cups – Iko Iko
10.John Coltrane –Pursuance
9.Rolling Stones – Get Off of My Cloud
8.Mamas and The Papas - California Dreamin'
7.Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
6.Nico – I’m Not Sayin’
5.Rolling Stones – Satisfaction
4.James Brown – I feel good
3.Kinks - Tired of Waiting for You
2.James Brown – Papa’s got a Brand New Bag
1.The Marvelettes – Don’t Mess With Bill

1966
26.The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City
25.The Monkees - I'm a Believer
24.Searchers - Georgy Girl
23.Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
22.The Byrds- Eight Miles High
21.Simon and Garfunkel – Scarborough Fair / Canticle
20.Rolling Stones - Stupid Girl
19.Bob Dylan – Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
18.Donovan – The Trip
17.Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
16.Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
15.The Supremes – You Can’t Hurry Love
14.Bob Dylan – Visions of Johanna
13.Donovan - Bert's Blues
12.Francis Lai – Homme et une Femme
11.Beach Boys –Wouldn't It Be Nice
10.13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
9.Rolling Stones – Mothers Little Helper
8.Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb
7.Donovan – Season Of The Witch
6.Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
5.Simon and Garfunkel – The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
4.The Troggs – Wild Thing
3.Beach Boys - God Only Knows
2.Hollies – Bus Stop
1.Question Mark and the Mysterians – 96 Tears

1967
26.Aretha Franklin - Respect
25.Doors – The End
24.Cream – Sunshine of Your Love
23.Cream – Strange Brew
22.Bob Dylan – All Along The Watchtower
21.Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
20.Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
19.Buffalo Springfield – For What’s It’s Worth
18.Jimi Hendrix - Manic Depression
17.Jimi Hendrix – Foxy Lady
16.Pink Floyd – See Emily Play
15.Nico – Winter Song
14.The Velvet Underground and Nico – All Tomorrow's Parties
13.Nico – Little Sister
12.The Velvety Underground and Nico– I'll Be Your Mirror
11.The Velvet Underground and Nico – I'm Waiting for the Man
10.Nico – Somewhere There's a Feather
9.Nico - The Fairest of the Seasons
8.Doors – Light My Fire
7.Nico - Chelsea Girls
6.Pink Floyd - Bike
4.Doors – Break on Through (To the Other Side)
3.Pink Floyd – Arnold Layne
2.Nico - These Days
1.Beatles - A Day in the Life

1968
26.The Turtles - Elenore
25.Françoise Hardy - Comment te dire adieu
24.Box Tops - Letter
23.Cream -White Room
22.Doors - Hello, I Love You
21.Joe Cocker – With a little help from my friends
20.Otis Redding - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
19.Jackson 5 – Big Boy
18.Kinks - Picture Book
17.Simon and Garfunkel – America
16.Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
15.Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
14.Zombies - Time of the Season
13.Beatles - Happiness Is a Warm Gun
12.Beatles - Glass Onion
11.Beatles – Revolution 9
10.Nico – No one is there
9.Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
8.Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
7.Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
6.Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
5.Van Morrison – The Way Young Lovers Do
4.Kinks – Do You Remember Walter?
3.Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
2.Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
1.Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man

1969
26.Jackson 5 – Who’s Lovin’ You
25.Beatles – Come Together
24.David Bowie – Space Oddity
23.James Brown – Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud
22.Pink Floyd – The Nile Song
21.Doors – Wild Child
20.Led Zeppelin – Ramble On
19.Led Zeppelin - Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)
18.The Stooges – No Fun
17.Sly and the Family Stone - I Want to Take You Higher
16.Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You want
15.Neil Young – The Loner
14.Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
13.Neil Young – Cowgirl in the Sand
12.Rolling Stones – Monkey Man
11.Jackson 5 – I want you back
10.Led Zeppelin -Whole Lotta Love
9.King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King
8.Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
7.Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
6.MC5 – Kick out the Jams
5.King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
4.Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3.Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
2.The Stooges – I wanna be your dog
1.The Stooges - 1969

1970
26.Kinks - Lola
25.Joni Mitchell - Woodstock
24.Kinks - Apeman
23.Jackson 5 - Reach In
22.James Brown - Licking Stick
21.CSNY -Ohio
20.Neil Young – I Believe in You
19.The Last Poets – Run Nigger
18.The Stooges – 1970
17.Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots
16.The Stooges – Fun House
15.Jackson 5 - The Love You Save
14.Jackson 5- La La (Means I Love You)
13.The Guess Who - American Woman
12.Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto
11.James Brown – Sex Machine
10.The Beatles – Across The Universe
9.Neil Young - Southern Man
8.Jimi Hendrix – Machine Gun
7.Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer
6.Derek & the Dominos - Layla
5.Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
4.John Lennon - Working Class Hero
3.The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
2.John Lennon – Mother
1.The Last Poets - Niggers Are Scared of Revolution

1971
26.Stylistics - Bectha By Golly Wow
25.Mountain - Mississippi Queen
24.Carole King - I Feel the Earth Move
23.James Brown – Super Bad
22.The Last Poets – This is Madness
21.Led Zeppelin – Rock N Roll
20.The Last Poets - White Man's Got a God Complex
19.T.Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It On)
18.The Last Poets – Black Is
17.Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
16.Davie Bowie – Changes
15.Jethro Tull – Aqua Lung
14.Doors – Riders of the Storm
13.Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop
12.Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
11.Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
10.Cat Stevens – The Wind
9.Shuggie Otis – Strawberry Letter 23
8.Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
7.Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
6.David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Things
5.John Lennon – Imagine
4.Doors – LA Woman
3.Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
2.Davie Bowie - Life on Mars
1.Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye

1972
26.Black Sabbath – Snow Blind
25.Carly Simon – You’re So Vain
24.Michael Jackson - Maria
23.Carly Simon - The Right Thing to Do
22.Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
21.Curtis Mayfield - Little Child Runnin' Wild
20.Curtis Mayfield – Think
19.Black Sabbath – Changes
18.Michael Jackson – Ain’t No Sunshine
17.David Bowie - Suffragette City
16.Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes
15.David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
14.Deep Purple - Pictures of Home
13.Stevie Wonder - Blame It on the Sun
12.Al Green - Let's Stay Together
11.Michael Jackson - I Wanna Be Where You Are
10.Jackson 5 - Lookin' Through the Windows
9.Neil Young – A Man Needs A Maid
8.Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
7.Deep Purple - Space Truckin'
6.The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly Wow
5.Paul Simon - Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard
4.Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
3.Ojay’s – Backstabbers
2.Stevie Wonder - Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
1.Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side

1973
26.Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
25.Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
24.Led Zeppelin - Dyer Maker
23.Golden Earring - Radar Love
22.Budgie - Breadfan
21.New York Dolls - Jet Boy
20.Stooges - Raw Power
19.Stooges - Search and Destroy
18.Stooges - Gimme Danger
17.John Cale - Child's Christmas in Wales
16.Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
15.Pink Floyd - On The Run
14.New York Dolls – Trash
13.Jackson 5 - Hum Along and Dance
12.Willie Hutch - Brother's Gonna Work It Out
11.Montrose – Rock The Nation
10.Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man
9.John Cale - Paris 1919
8.Steve Wonder - Living For The City
7.James Brown - Payback
6.Willie Hutch – I Choose You
5.Isley Brothers - That Lady
4.Foster Sylvers - Misdemeanor
3.James Brown – The Boss
2.The Who - Love Reign O'er Me
1.Stooges - Penetration

1974
26.Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything
25.Kool and The Gang - Summer Madness
24.King Crimson – Red
23.Neil Young - On The Beach
22.ELO - Can't Get it Out of My Head
21.Labelle - Lady Marmalade
20.Sparks - Amateur Hour
19.Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine
18.Nico – The End
17.Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin'
16.Hall and Oates – She’s Gone
15.Rufus - Tell Me Something Good
14.David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
13.Isley Brothers - Live It Up (Part 1 & 2)
12.Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Us
11.Sparks – Reinforcements
10.Sparks – BC
9.Sparks - Falling in Love With Myself Again
8.Budgie – In For The Kill
7.Sparks - At Home, At Work, At Play
6.Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
5.Shuggie Otis- Inspiration Information
4.Jackson 5 - What You Don't Know
3.Brian Eno - Needle In The Camel's Eye
2.Patti Smith – Hey Joe
1.Patti Smith – Piss Factory

1975
26.Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
25.Ted Nugnet - Stranglehold
24.Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
23.Patti Smith - Redonodo Beach
22.Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby
21.Jackson 5 - Honey Love
20.Aerosmith - Walk This Way
19.Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
18.AC/DC - She's Got Balls
17.Rush - Fly By Night
16.David Bowie - Young Americans
15.Jackson 5 - (You Were Made) Especially for Me
14.Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
13.Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
12.Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond
11.Black Sabbath - Megalomania
10.David Bowie - Fame
9.Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
8.Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar
7.Led Zeppelin - Custard Pie
6.Patti Smith - Gloria
5.Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine
4.Patti Smith - Land
3.Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot
2.Patti Smith - Free Money
1.Rainbow - I'm the Man the Silver Mountain*

1976
26.Stevie Wonder - Village Ghetto Land
25.Hall and Oates – Rich Girl
24.Steve Miller - Fly Like an Eagle
23.Kiss - Detroit Rock City
22.Bob Dylan – Hurricane
21.Wings - Live and Let Die
20.George Benson - This Masquerade
19.Patti Smith – Ask The Angels
18.Heart - Magic Man
17.Heart - Crazy on You
16.AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
15.Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
14.Genesis - Squonk
13.Aerosmith - Back in the Saddle
12.David Bowie – Golden Years
11.Pere Ubu - Final Solution
10.Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise
9.Jackson’s - Blues Away
8.Judas Priest - Tyrant
7.Rainbow - Run With the Wolf
6.Jackson’s – Show You The Way To Go
5.Stevie Wonder – All Day Sucker
4.Rainbow - Light in the Black
3.Gil Scott Heron – The Bottle
2.Rainbow – Stargazer
1.Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper

1977
26.Bob Marley – Jamming
25.The Commodores - Brick House
24.ELO -Sweet Talkin' Woman
23.Richard Hell -Blank Generation
22.Ramones - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
21.Iggy Pop – Nightclubbing
20.Steely Dan - Peg
19.Iggy Pop - Sister Midnight
18.Ramones – Pinhead
17.Suicide – Ghost Rider
16.X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!
15.Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
14.The Wire - Three Girl Rumba
13.Blondie – Denis
12.Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
11.Heart - Barracuda
10.The Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
9.Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express
8.Iggy Pop - The Passenger
7.Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
6.Iggy Pop - China Girl
5.Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
4.Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives
3.UFO – Light’s Out
2.Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me
1.Iggy Pop - Mass Production

1978
26.Pere Ubu - Nonalignment Pact
25.Giorgio Moroder - The chase
24.Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes
23.Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation
22.The Jackson’s – Things I Do for You
21.Devo - Mongoloid
20.Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
19.Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
18.Public Image Limited. – Public Image
17.Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
16.Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
15.Patti Smith - Rock'n'Roll Nigger
14.Rainbow - Lady of the lake
13.Kate Bush – Moving
12.Jackson’s - Blame It on the Boogie (12”)
11.Jackson’s - That's What You Get (For Being Polite)
10.Blondie - Heart of Glass
9.Jackson’s - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
8.Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
7.Devo – Jocko Homo
6.Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
5.The Police – Roxanne
4.Rolling Stones – Miss You
3.Buzzcocks – What Do I Get
2.Van Halen - Little Dreamer
1.Cheap Trick - Surrender

1979
26.Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
25.The Fall - Rebellious Jukebox
24.Prince - I Wanna be Your Lover
23.Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven
22.Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
21.Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain
20.The Specials - A Message to You Rudy
19.The Crusaders - Street Life
18.Prince - Sexy Dancer
17.Joe Jackson – Got The Time
16.Ian Hunter - Life After Death
15.Kool and The Gang - Ladies' Night
14.Madness – One Step Beyond
13.Inmates – Dirty Water
12.Pink Floyd – Mother
11.Clash – Lost in the Supermarket
10.Rick James – Bustin’ Out
9.Patti Smith – Citizen Ship
8.Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
7.Michael Jackson - Rock With You
6.Michael Jackson – I Can’t Help It
5.Clash – London Calling
4.Jermaine Jackson – Let’s Get Serious
3.Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
2.Michael Jackson – Get on the Floor
1.Cheap Trick - Dream Police
[Edited 5/21/07 15:07pm]

sosgemini said:

Where's your list?

what's all this 26 business?

lilgish said:

i like totally have the worst memory on the face of the earth and can't even come up with a "best of" list for a year let alone an odd year span like 56 to 79.



thats what got me to busting a gut at this thread.

sosgemini said:

yeah, 26 songs from 1956-1979 seems like the most arbitrary list ever.

Dayspring said:

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/219196 The first list was 26 songs for the last 26 years, now I could make the list 24 songs from the last 26 years. So essentially, I would be your top songs from the last 50 years. My Thinking.

lilgish said:

yeah, i thought that one was pretty arbitrary too. what's with 26? why not a nice, round, even number like 25? or 50?

Dayspring said:

Is that what's preventing you from actually making a list?

lilgish said:

no, like sos, any such list for me would be very hard. i can't even tell you who my top 10 artists are on a given day. the top 4 are always the same (Prince, Madonna, Bowie, Beatles), but after that, it depends on who i'm into at the time. #5 might be James Brown or the Stones or U2 or Bjork or Meshell Ndegeocello or Paula Abdul or Janet Jackson or Elton John or Michael Jackson or George Michael or Elvis or Tina Turner or Johnny Cash or Cher or Rufus Wainwright or Mercury Rev or any number of people.

and it would probably be completely different the next time i tried to list them.

Dayspring said:

yea, I brute over a list, I just finished the last list today, and I started that one on February 2nd. The should go quicker, because this era is soo good. After I write a list, I let it go, though I amended that prior list nearly a hundred times.

Man, I only could finish 1980, 1981 and 1982 on the other thread. I need to catch up!

1977 Updated

Moonbeam said:

Oh, I couldn't honestly finish your 75 of 2000's list, but these are what I like so far, I write all these on a word document.

Prince – The Rainbow Children
Radiohead – Kid A
Paris – Sonic Jihad
Nelly Furtado – Loose
Toadies – Hell Below, Stars Above
Kate Bush – Aerial
U2 – All that You Can Leave Behind
Danger Mouse – The Grey Album
Lewis Taylor - Stoned
Kanye West – College Dropout
Lewis Taylor – Stoned 1
Lewis Taylor – Stoned 2
R.Kelly – Chocolate Factory
Madonna – Confessions on the Dancefloor
Nelly Furtado –Loose
Fuel – Something Like Human
Pearl Jam – Riot Act
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
Arcade Fire – The Arcade Fire Ep
Annie - Anniemal
Joanna Newsome - The Milk-Eyed Mender
Fuel –Something Like Human
Paul Simon – Surprise

[Edited 5/3/07 0:03am]

lilgish said:

Moonbeam said:

your recommendation

1976 - I was 8 years old.

1. On Your Face - Earth, Wind & Fire
2. Positive Vibration - Bob Marley & the Wailers
3. Love Ballad - LTD
4. I Wanna Get Next to You - Rose Royce
5. I Love Music - The O'Jays
6. I Wish - Stevie Wonder
7. Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor
8. Dazz - Brick
9. I'd rather Be With You - Bootsy
10. You are My Starship - Norman Conners
11. Johnny Was - Bob Marley & the Wailers
12. Portrait of Tracy = Jaco Pastorius
13. War - Bob Marley & the Wailers
14. Who the cap Fit - Bob Marley & the Wailers
15. I'll Be Good to You - Brothers Johnson
16. Masquerade - George Benson
17. You're All I Need in Life - The Spinners
18. Boogie Fever - The Sylvers
19. Fancy Dancer - Commodores
20. Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind & Fire
21. Boogie Nights - Heatwave
22. Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
23. The Creator has a Masterplan = Norman Conners
24. Getaway - Earth, Wind & Fire
25. Hot Line - The Sylvers
26. Cry to Me - Bob Marley & the Wailers

1973

1. I'm Gonna Love You A Little More - White, Barry
2. Superstition - Wonder, Stevie
3. Jesus Children of America - Wonder, Stevie
4. Higher Ground - Wonder, Stevie
5. Don't You Worry Bout a Thing - Wonder, Stevie
6. Midnight Train to Georgia - Knight, Gladys & the Pips
7. Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic
8. Doin' It To Death - JB's
9. Nappy Dugout - Funkadelic
10. The Cisco Kid - War
11. You Make Me Feel Brand New - Stylistics, The
12. Hollywood Swingin' - Kool & the Gang
13. Someday We'll All Be Free - Hathaway, Donny
14. You Are Everything - Ross, Diana & Marvin Gaye
15. I've Got So Much To Give - White, Barry
16. Money - Pink Floyd
17. What is Hip? - Tower of Power
18. Just Can't Get You Out of My Mind - Spinners, The
19. Visions - Wonder, Stevie
20. Just Say, Just Say - Ross, Diana & Marvin Gaye
21. Include Me in Your Life - Ross, Diana & Marvin Gaye
22. Time - Pink Floyd
23. We Belong Together - Spinners, The
24. Keep Getting' It On - Gaye, Marvin
25. Come Get to This - Gaye, Marvin
26. Mama Feel Good - Female Preacher Lyn Collins

1979

1. I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
2. I call Your Name - Switch
3. Just a Touch of Love - Slave
4. (Not Just) Knee Deep - Funkadelic
5. Haven't You Heard - Patrice Rushen
6. You Can't Change That - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
7. I Just Want to Be - Cameo
8. Sexy Dancer - Prince
9. Message in a Bottle - The Police
10. Disco Nights - G.Q.
11. Aqua Boogie - Parliament
12. Call Me - Skyy
13. Turn off the Lights - Teddy Pendergrass
14. Good Times - Chic
15. Candy - ConFunkShun
16. Bustin' Out - Rick James
17. Love TKO - Teddy Pendergrass
18. Never Buy Texas From a Cowboy - Brides of Funkenstein
19. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? - Prince
20. Move Your Boogie Body - Bar Kays
21. Go On Doin' What You Feel - Switch
22. Radiation Level - Sun
23. Best of Friends - Twennynine featuring Lenny White
24. Firecracker - Mass Production
25. Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
26. Bustin Loose - Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers

bobsteezy said:

That's the jam right there!

lilgish said:

Did you ever hear 'Ys'? It's awesome.

sextonseven said:

No, I'm catching up on new releases, I like the album cover though.

1979:

1 ) Undertones - Teenage Kicks
2 ) Donna Summer - Dim All the Lights
3 ) Michael Jackson - Rock With You
4 ) diodes - tired of waking up tired
5 ) Public Image - Poptones
6 ) Undertones - Get over You
7 ) chic - Good Times
8 ) Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
9 ) Wire - Map ref 41 deg north 93 deg west
10 ) Marianne Faithfull - The ballad of lucy jordan
11 ) Nick Lowe - Skin Deep
12 ) The Fall - Repetition
13 ) Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk
14 ) Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
15 ) Ian Dury - Reasons to be Cheerful
16 ) XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
17 ) Gang of Four - I found that essence rare
18 ) Graham Parker - Nobody Hurts You
19 ) Joe Jackson - Got the time
20 ) Cheap Trick - Surrender
21 ) Buzzcocks - I believe
22 ) magazine - rhythm of cruelty
23 ) ian hunter - cleveland rocks
24 ) diamond head - am I evil
25 ) cliff richard - we don't talk anymore
26 ) Specials - doesn't make it alright


This is the only time Cliff Richard will ever appear on one of my lists, unless I'm going to make a list of monstrous annoyances at some point.
[Edited 5/3/07 20:05pm]

1976 updated

1978

1 ) monks - love in stereo
2 ) walker brothers - the electrician
3 ) only ones - another girl, another planet
4 ) rainbow - kill the king
5 ) pere ubu - the modern dance
6 ) chic - le freak
7 ) magazine - shot by both sides
8 ) public image - public image
9 ) rolling stones - beast of burden
10 ) nick lowe - so it goes
11 ) wire - I am the fly
12 ) joe ely - honky tonk masquerade
13 ) television - the dream's dream
14 ) funkadelic - who says a funk band can't play rock music
15 ) buzzcocks - I don't mind
16 ) nick lowe - I love the sound of breaking glass
17 ) cheap trick - surrender
18 ) only ones - the whole of the law
19 ) tom robinson - 2-4-6-8 motorway
20 ) chic - I want your love
21 ) todd rundgren - determination
22 ) clash - safe european home
23 ) throbbing griste - ab/7a
24 ) boney m - rasputin
25 ) jacksons - shake your body
26 ) chris rea - fool if you think it’s over
[Edited 5/4/07 19:54pm]

lilgish said:

great lists - particular love seeing the pere ubu, Fall, Rainbow, ian hunter and Wire, to single a few out.

Have you ever heard Diamond Head? I think that would be right up your alley if you haven't.

damosuzuki said:

Yep. I got Lighting to the Nations awhile ago, and Am I Evil was considered, much of my metal knowledege came from a book called The Collectors Guide to HeavyMetal written by Martin Popoff, a Canadian writer who is a pretty good. Wire and The Fall entries are directly due to your influnce. I almost had Cheap Trick with three consecutive no.1 spots, which gives me the idea that I Want You to Want Me, Surrender and Dream Police might be the three best singles from 3 consecutive albums. if that makes any sense? I especially like my 1977 top Ten, I had a hard time ranking those; all no.1 songs.
[Edited 5/4/07 19:20pm]

damosuzuki said:

Good one.

lilgish said:

Makes perfect sense to me - I don't rank Dream Police quite that high, but I Want You... and Surrender are perfect pop, I think.

The late '70s was a tremendously exciting time for popular music, I think, '77 in particular. I'm working on that year right now and I'm having quite a difficult time paring it down.