ok, sometyhing like 1000 ppl got surveyed, blah, blah, yadda yadda yadda...Prince is in there somewhere.


Here is a summary of the overall winners:

Most Popular Albums:

1. Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
2. The Beatles, Abbey Road
3. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper
4. U2, The Joshua Tree
5. The Beatles, The White Album
6. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
7. Bruce Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town
8. The Beatles, Revolver
9. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
10. U2, Achtung Baby

Top 10 for Overall Quality:

1. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
2. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme
3. Aretha Franklin, Lady Soul
4. Patty Griffin, Living with Ghosts
5. Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
6. Howlin'Wolf, Moanin' in the Moonlight
7. Ella Fitzgerald, Best of the Songbooks
8. The Beatles, Abbey Road
9. The Who, Who's Next
10. Frank Sinatra, In the Wee Small Hours

Most Influential Musical Artists:

1. The Beatles
2. Elvis Presley
3. Bob Dylan
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Madonna
6. Led Zeppelin
7. U2
8. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
9. Frank Sinatra
10. Michael Jackson

Top-Rated Songwriters:

1. Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks
2. Patti Griffin, Living with Ghosts
3. Mozart, Don Giovanni*
4. Mozart, Piano Concertos 19-23
5. Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde
*Tied with album above it.

Among Top Work-Out Albums, with Surveyor's Favorite Tracks:

Hairspray, "You Can't Stop the Beat"
Vangelis, Chariots of Fire, "Titles"
ABBA, Gold/Greatest Hits, "Dancing Queen"
Rocky, "Gonna Fly Now"
Gloria Estefan, Greatest Hits, "Conga"

Among Top Breakup Albums, with Surveyor's Favorite Tracks:

Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks, "Tangled Up in Blue"
Joni Mitchell, Blue, "A Case of You"
Patsy Cline, Greatest Hits, "Crazy"
George Jones, Essential, "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, "Go Your Own Way"
The Rolling Stones, Some Girls, "Miss You"
Joy Division, Substance, "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Roseanne Cash, Interiors, "On the Surface"
k.d. Lang, Ingenue, "Constant Craving"
Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill, "You Oughta Know"

Among Top Make-Out Albums:

Marvin Gaye, Anthology
Prince, Purple Rain
Massive Attack, Blue Lines
Roxy Music, Avalon
U2, Achtung Baby


Hip-Hop Artists, Albums, Favorite Tracks

Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation, "Bring the Noise"
Run-D.M.C, Raising Hell, "Peter Piper"
Dr. Dre, The Chronic, "Nuthin' But a G-Thang"
Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory, "Scenario"
Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang Clan, "C.R.E.A.M."


Top By Genre:
Blues - Howlin' Wolf, Moanin' in the Moonlight
Classical - Vladimir Horowitz, Horowitz in Moscow
Country & Western - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Dance - Donna Summer, Dance Collection
Electronica - Massive Attack, Protection
Folk - John Prine, John Prine
Funk - The Meters, Funkify Your Life
Hip-Hop - Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Jazz - Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
Kids - Muppet Movie
Musicals - My Fair Lady (Lerner and Loewe)
New Age - Ottmar Liebert, Nouveau Flamenco
Pop Vocal (Contemporary) - Michael Jackson, Thriller
Pop Vocal (Traditional) - Ella Fitzgerald, Best of the Songbooks
R&B - Luther Vandross, The Best
Rock (Overall) - Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
Rock (Alternative) - U2, The Joshua Tree
Rock (Art/Experimental) - Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
Rock (Classic) - Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
Rock (Garage/Underground) - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts
Rock (Hard/Heavy Metal) - Metallica, Master of Puppets
Rock (New Wave) - Elvis Costello, This Year's Model
Rock (Oldies) - Elvis Presley, Elvis (TV Special)

Did Patti Griffin conduct this survey?

Seriously, I had no idea she was so influential. I barely even know what kind of music she does...

Anxiety said:

she's this folkie type. good actually. she wrote Wind Beneath My Wings...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

best make out album: purple rain?

these musta been the whitest of white people! LOL

Milty said:

I thought Diane Warren wrote that - at least, the song reeks of a Diane Warren creation.