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Friday, June 12, 2026

The Top 50 Punk Songs of All Time

Punk Rock:

Top 50 Songs

Punk rock grew out of the garage rock of the ‘60s and the rejection of more commercialized, mainstream rock in the ‘70s. Its creators often embraced a rebellious, confrontational, and anti-establishment ethos which resonated with their disenfranchised listeners. While the movement was short-lasting and reached a limited audience, its influence extended into the alternative rock of the ‘80s and ‘90s, most clearly in the grunge movement. This list was created by aggregating 29 lists (sources listed below).

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1. Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” (1976)
2. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)
3. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)
4. The Clash “London Calling” (1979)
5. Dead Kennedys “Holiday in Cambodia” (1980)
6. Black Flag “Rise Above” (1981)
7. Dead Boys “Sonic Reducer” (1977)
8. The Stooges “Search and Destroy” (1973)
9. Ramones “I Wanna Be Sedated” (1978)
10. Dead Kennedys “California Uber Alles” (1980)

11. Patti Smith “Gloria” (1975)
12. MC5 “Kick Out the Jams” (1969)
13. Buzzcocks “Ever Fallen in Love” (1978)
14. The Clash “White Riot” (1977)
15. New York Dolls “Personality Crisis” (1973)
16. Richard Hell & the Voidoids “Blank Generation” (1977)
17. Talking Heads “Psycho Killer” (1977)
18. Wire “12 X U” (1977)
19. Ramones “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker” (1977)
20. The Damned “New Rose” (1976)

21. Green Day “Longview” (1994)
22. The Clash “Complete Control” (1977)
23. The Stooges “I Wanna Be Your Dog” (1969)
24. Fugazi “Waiting Room” (1989)
25. Green Day “Welcome to Paradise” (1994)
26. Bad Brains “Pay to Cum” (1980)
27. Suicidal Tendencies “Institutionalized” (1983)
28. The Heartbreakers “Chinese Rocks” (1977)
29. The Misfits “Where Eagles Dare” (1979)
30. X-Ray Spex “Oh Bondage! Up Yours” (1977)

31. The Jam “In the City” (1977)
32. Stiff Little Fingers “Alternative Ulster” (1978)
33. Buzzcocks “Orgasm Addict” (1977)
34. Bad Religion “American Jesus” (1993)
35. Bad Brains “I Against I” (1986)
36. Green Day “American Idiot” (2004)
37. Minor Threat “Straight Edge” (1981)
38. The Clash “White Man in Hammersmith Palais” (1978)
39. The Replacements “Bastards of Young” (1985)
40. Hüsker Dü “Celebrated Summer” (1985)

41. Rancid “Ruby Soho” (1995)
42. X “Johnny Hit and Run Paulene” (1980)
43. Bad Brains “Banned in D.C.” (1982)
44. Blondie “X-Offender” (1976)
45. The Modern Lovers “Roadrunner” (1975)
46. Green Day “Basket Case” (1994)
47. Elvis Costello “Radio, Radio” (1978)
48. Dead Kennedys “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” (1981)
49. Television “See No Evil” (1977)
50. Black Flag “TV Party” (1981)

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Sunday, December 6, 2020

Spin’s 100 Greatest Albums

First posted 4/30/2010; updated 12/10/2020.

Spin:

Top 100 Albums

This is an aggregate of eight best-of lists from Spin magazine (details at bottom of page). The magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr. It stopped producing print issues in 2012, but continues to run as an online magazine. The focus is on less mainstream fare, including alternative rock, alternative country, college rock, electronica, grunge, hip-hop, new wave, punk, reggae, and world music.

Also, check out Spin’s annual picks for album of the year. You can also see other publications’ picks for best albums of all time here.

1. Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
2. Ramones Ramones (1976)
3. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
4. Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
5. OutKast Stankonia (2000)
6. N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton (1989)
7. Hüsker Dü New Day Rising (1985)
8. Nirvana In Utero (1993)
9. Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream (1993)
10. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)

11. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
12. Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
13. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
14. Pavement Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
15. Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (1988)
16. PJ Harvey Rid of Me (1993)
17. Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987)
18. De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
19. Radiohead Kid A (2000)
20. My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991)

21. Black Flag Damaged (1981)
22. Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
23. Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full (1987)
24. U2 Achtung Baby (1991)
25. Hole Live Through This (1994)
26. Pixies Surfer Rosa (1988)
27. Liz Phair Exile in Guyville (1993)
28. Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
29. Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out (1997)
30. Fugazi 13 Songs (1990)

31. Green Day Dookie (1994)
32. Dr. Dre The Chronic (1992)
33. Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams (1988)
34. Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill (1986)
35. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
36. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
37. Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles (1999)
38. Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy (1985)
39. A Tribe Called Quest The Low-End Theory (1991)
40. Boogie Down Productions Criminal Minded (1987)

41. Soundgarden Superunknown (1994)
42. Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)
43. The Pogues Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash (1985)
44. The Breeders Last Splash (1993)
45. Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade (1984)
46. R.E.M. Murmur (1983)
47. Wire Pink Flag (1977)
48. Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. (1984)
49. Gang of Four Entertainment! (1979)
50. Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady (compilation: 1977-79, released 1979)

51. X-Ray Spex Germ-Free Adolescents (1978)
52. Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique (1989)
53. Sinéad O’Connor The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
54. The Clash The Clash (1977)
55. The Stooges Fun House (1970)
56. Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral (1994)
57. Television Marquee Moon (1977)
58. Nas Illmatic (1994)
59. The Replacements Let It Be (1984)
60. The Replacements Tim (1985)

61. Beck Odelay (1996)
62. Public Image Ltd. Metal Box (aka “Second Edition”) (1979)
63. The Pixies Doolittle (1989)
64. Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
65. The Feelies Crazy Rhythms (1980)
66. Meat Puppets Meat Puppets II (1984)
67. New Order Low-Life (1985)
68. Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
69. Guided by Voices Bee Thousand (1994)
70. Pere Ubu The Modern Dance (1978)

71. U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
72. The Stooges The Stooges (1969)
73. The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die (1994)
74. The Mekons Fear and Whiskey (1985)
75. Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell (1986)
76. The Cure The Head on the Door (1985)
77. Metallica Master of Puppets (1986)
78. Elliott Smith Either/Or (1997)
79. Dinosaur Jr. You’re Living All Over Me (1987)
80. Jay-Z The Blueprint (2001)

81. Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
82. Arcade Fire Funeral (2004)
83. The Descendents Milo Goes to College (1982)
84. Kanye West The College Dropout (2004)
85. Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (1978)
86. Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)
87. Flipper Album Generic (1982)
88. Björk Post (1995)
89. PJ Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
90. Tricky Maxinquaye (1995)

91. Pulp Different Class (1995)
92. The Strokes Is This It (2001)
93. Portishead Dummy (1994)
94. The Fall This Nation’s Saving Grace (1985)
95. DJ Shadow Endtroducing… (1996)
96. Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
97. D’Angelo Voodoo (2000)
98. Belle & Sebastian If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996)
99. Beck Mellow Gold (1993)
100. Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)

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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Top 100 Alternative Rock Songs

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Alternative Rock:

Top 100 Songs

More than 30 different lists were aggregated to create this list. Alternative is a widely defined collection of rock music which stretches from the garage bands of the 1960s to the indie scene of today. It generally is used to describe groups which are more left of center, but often these bands– such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, U2, and R.E.M. – move to the forefront of mainstream rock.

A brief history of the genre shows its origins to come out of the D.I.Y. aesthetic that accompanied rougher sounding, experimental bands who came out of the 1960s. Groups like the Velvet Underground and The Stooges provided a raunchier and rawer alternative to mainstream rock like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

By the mid-1970s, groups like the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Ramones spearheaded the punk scene, which grew out of angry working class kids looking for a musical outlet. By the close of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s, new wave groups like The Cure, Depeche Mode, and New Order emerged at the forefront of a more accessible, electronically-driven, and ready-for-video format. The college rock scene quickly grew out of that, also lending audiences to groups like U2, R.E.M., and The Smiths.

By the end of the 1990s, grunge became the dominant form of rock music with bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam at the helm. They revived some of the punk and D.I.Y. ethos of the 1960s and 1970s, while also crafting big songs which echoed some of the big-anthem classic rock of those decades.

Since grunge, there hasn’t been one dominant form of alternative – or what became known as “modern rock.” Groups like Green Day and Blink-182 created punk-pop while The White Stripes and The Strokes reminded listeners of the garage rock of the 1960s. Artists like Radiohead and Beck reminded listeners of the experimental nature of the genre.

So what is alternative rock exactly? It’s hard to say. This list taps into all the forms referenced above and more. I’ll just let these songs tell you what alternative is.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

1. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
2. Radiohead “Creep” (1993)
3. Beck “Loser” (1993)
4. Nirvana “Come As You Are” (1992)
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge” (1992)
6. Pearl Jam “Alive” (1991)
7. Violent Femmes “Blister in the Sun” (1983)
8. Jane’s Addiction “Been Caught Stealing” (1990)
9. The Smiths “How Soon Is Now?” (1984)
10. Sublime “What I Got” (1996)

11. Smashing Pumpkins “Today” (1993)
12. Blur “Song 2” (1997)
13. Nine Inch Nails “Closer” (1994)
14. Ramones “I Wanna Be Sedated” (1978)
15. Beastie Boys “You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party” (1986)
16. Pearl Jam “Jeremy” (1992)
17. Smashing Pumpkins “1979” (1995)
18. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)
19. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)
20. Jane’s Addiction “Jane Says” (1988)

21. Beastie Boys “Sabotage” (1994)
22. The Cure “Just Like Heaven” (1987)
23. Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun” (1994)
24. Green Day “Longview” (1994)
25. U2 “Sunday Bloody Sunday” (1983)
26. Pearl Jam “Black” (1991)
27. New Order “Bizarre Love Triangle” (1986)
28. Linkin Park “In the End” (2001)
29. The Offspring “Come Out and Play” (1994)
30. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Give It Away” (1991)

31. R.E.M. “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” (1987)
32. Depeche Mode “Personal Jesus” (1989)
33. The Clash “Rock the Casbah” (1982)
34. Live “Lightning Crashes” (1994)
35. U2 “With or Without You” (1987)
36. Stone Temple Pilots “Plush” (1992)
37. Rage Against the Machine “Killing in the Name” (1993)
38. The Clash “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” (1982)
39. New Order “Blue Monday” (1983)
40. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)

41. U2 “One” (1992)
42. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (1997)
43. Weezer “Buddy Holly” (1994)
44. Green Day “When I Come Around” (1994)
45. The Clash “London Calling” (1979)
46. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (1997)
47. Green Day “Brain Stew/Jaded” (1995)
48. Foo Fighters “Everlong” (1997)
49. Metallica “Enter Sandman” (1991)
50. Green Day “Basket Case” (1994)

51. Pearl Jam “Even Flow” (1991)
52. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” (2003)
53. The Offspring “Self Esteem” (1994)
54. Nine Inch Nails “Head Like a Hole” (1989)
55. Depeche Mode “Enjoy the Silence” (1990)
56. Nirvana “All Apologies” (1993)
57. The Pixies “Here Comes Your Man” (1989)
58. U2 “Pride (In the Name of Love)” (1984)
59. Stone Temple Pilots “Interstate Love Song” (1994)
60. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)

61. Soft Cell “Tainted Love” (1981)
62. Nirvana “Lithium” (1991)
63. Sublime “Wrong Way” (1996)
64. Faith No More “Epic” (1990)
65. Smashing Pumpkins “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” (1995)
66. Blink-182 “Dammit (Growing Up)” (1997)
67. Weezer “Undone (The Sweater Song)” (1994)
68. Iggy Pop “Lust for Life” (1977)
69. Smashing Pumpkins “Disarm” (1993)
70. Papa Roach “Last Resort” (2000)

71. Nirvana “In Bloom” (1991)
72. Rage Against the Machine “Bulls on Parade” (1996)
73. Devo “Whip It” (1980)
74. Blind Melon “No Rain” (1993)
75. R.E.M. “Radio Free Europe” (1983)
76. Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” (1976)
77. The Cure “Love Song” (1989)
78. Beastie Boys “Intergalactic” (1998)
79. The B-52’s “Rock Lobster” (1979)
80. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)

81. Alice in Chains “Man in the Box” (1991)
82. Radiohead “Karma Police” (1997)
83. Modern English “I Melt with You” (1982)
84. R.E.M. “The One I Love” (1987)
85. Blink-182 “All the Small Things” (1999)
86. Pearl Jam “Better Man” (1994)
87. The Pixies “Monkey Gone to Heaven” (1989)
88. Lit “My Own Worst Enemy” (1999)
89. Violent Femmes “Add It Up” (1983)
90. Elvis Costello “Alison” (1977)

91. Pearl Jam “Yellow Ledbetter” (1992)
92. Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime” (1981)
93. Talking Heads “Burning Down the House” (1983)
94. Echo & the Bunnymen “Lips Like Sugar” (1987)
95. The Cure “Boys Don’t Cry” (1979)
96. Blink-182 “What’s My Age Again?” (1999)
97. The Police “Roxanne” (1978)
98. Linkin Park “Numb” (2003)
99. Linkin Park “One Step Closer” (2000)
100. U2 “New Year’s Day” (1983)

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Friday, January 10, 2014

Mojo Magazine’s 100 Greatest Albums

Mojo Magazine:

The Top 100 Albums

Mojo is a British music magazine. Over the years, they’ve put out a number of best-of-all-time album lists. This DMDB exclusive list aggregates 13 of Mojo’s lists together (see resources for all the lists at the bottom of the page).

Also, check out Mojo’s annual picks for album of the year from 1950 on.

Check out other publications and organizations’ best-of album lists here.

1. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
2. The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
3. The Beatles Revolver (1966)
4. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (1967)
5. The Clash London Calling (1979)
6. Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (1971)
7. Stevie Wonder Innervisions (1973)
8. Radiohead The Bends (1995)
9. The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972)
10. Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)

11. David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
12. Patti Smith Horses (1975)
13. Ramones Ramones (1976)
14. The Doors The Doors (1967)
15. Pulp Different Class (1995)
16. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989)
17. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (1969)
18. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
19. Television Marquee Moon (1977)
20. Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)

21. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (1975)
22. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
23. Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
24. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
25. Joni Mitchell Blue (1971)
26. Fairport Convention Liege and Lief (1969)
27. Richard & Linda Thompson I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
28. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
29. Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind (1997)
30. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

31. Love Forever Changes (1967)

32. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland (1968)
33. Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1975)
34. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (1971)
35. New York Dolls New York Dolls (1973)
36. Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
37. Lou Reed Transformer (1972)
38. Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
39. Steely Dan Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972)
40. U2 Achtung Baby (1991)

41. Neil Young Tonight’s the Night (1975)
42. The Band Music from Big Pink (1968)
43. Frank Zappa Hot Rats (1969)
44. Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
45. The Strokes Is This It (2001)
46. The Libertines Up the Bracket (2002)
47. Tricky Maxinquaye (1995)
48. The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969)
49. Nirvana In Utero (1993)
50. The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (1968)

51. The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground (1969)
52. Blur Blur (1997)
53. Nick Drake Five Leaves Left (1969)
54. Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
55. The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin (1999)
56. The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
57. The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
58. DJ Shadow Endtroducing… (1996)
59. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
60. Black Sabbath Black Sabbath (1970)

61. James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 (live, 1962)
62. The Band The Band (1969)
63. Miles Davis Kind of Blue (1959)
64. David Bowie Hunky Dory (1971)
65. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
66. Portishead Dummy (1994)
67. The Stooges Fun House (1970)
68. Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
69. Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
70. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977)

71. Air Moon Safari (1998)
72. Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
73. The Byrds The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
74. Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy (1985)
75. Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
76. John Lennon Plastic Ono Band (1970)
77. Various Artists Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
78. The Clash The Clash (1977)
79. Roxy Music For Your Pleasure (1973)
80. Blur Parklife (1994)

81. Otis Redding Otis Blue (1965)
82. Donald Fagen The Nightfly (1982)
83. Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
84. Gram Parsons Grievous Angel (1974)
85. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
86. The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night (soundtrack, 1964)
87. Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones (1983)
88. Carole King Tapestry (1971)
89. Kate Bush Hounds of Love (1985)
90. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti (1975)

91. R.E.M. Murmur (1983)
92. Underworld Second Toughest in the Infants (1996)
93. Johnny Burnette & the Rock ‘N’ Roll Trio Johnny Burnette and the Rock ‘N’ Roll Trio (1956)
94. PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love (1995)
95. Derek and the Dominos Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
96. King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
97. Free Fire and Water (1970)
98. The Slits Cut (1979)
99. Jethro Tull Stand Up (1969)
100. John Cale Music for a New Society (1982)

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Saturday, July 13, 2013

The Top 50 Punk Rock Albums of All Time

Punk:

The Top 50 Albums

Thanks to seeing a couple different posts on Facebook of L.A. Weekly’s recent list of the top 20 punk albums of all time, I decided it was time for the Dave’s Music Database version of the list. As with all DMDB lists, this is an aggegrate of multiple best-of lists, 43 in this case. See sources at the bottom of the page.

Check out other best-of-genre/category lists here.

1. The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
2. The Clash The Clash (1977)
3. Ramones Ramones (1976)
4. The Clash London Calling (1979)
5. Black Flag Damaged (1981)
6. Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
7. The Damned Damned Damned Damned (1977)
8. Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady (compilation: 1977-79, released 1979)
9. The Stooges Raw Power (1973)
10. Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)

11. The Misfits Walk Among Us (1982)
12. Bad Brains Bad Brains (1982)
13. Wire Pink Flag (1977)
14. The Descendents Milo Goes to College (1982)
15. Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade (1984)
16. X Los Angeles (1980)
17. The MC5 Kick Out the Jams (1968)
18. New York Dolls New York Dolls (1973)
19. Ramones Rocket to Russia (1977)
20. Green Day Dookie (1994)

21. The Stooges Fun House (1970)
22. Richard Hell & the Voidoids Blank Generation (1977)
23. Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material (1979)
24. Rancid And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
25. Minor Threat Complete Discography (1990)
26. The Dead Boys Young, Loud & Snotty (1977)
27. The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
28. Discharge Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing (1982)
29. Social Distortion Mommy’s Little Monster (1983)
30. Gang of Four Entertainment! (1979)

31. The Germs GI (1979)
32. The Misfits Static Age (1997)
33. Refused The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
34. Patti Smith Horses (1975)
35. Television Marquee Moon (1977)
36. X-Ray Spex Germ-Free Adolescents (1978)
37. Operation Ivy Energy (1990)
38. The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers (1973)
39. Suicide Suicide (1977)
40. Blink-182 Enema of the State (1999)

41. The Undertones The Undertones (1979)
42. Fugazi Repeater (1990)
43. Bad Religion Suffer (1988)
44. Hüsker Dü New Day Rising (1985)
45. The Dead Kennedys Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
46. Crass The Feeding of the 5000 (1978)
47. Fear The Record (1982)
48. Circle Jerks Group Sex (1981)
49. The Cramps Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
50. NOFX Punk in Drublic (1994)

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

National Recording Registry Adds 25 Recordings: March 21, 2013

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Each year, the Library of Congress announces 25 recordings (albums, songs, radio broadcasts, and other sound recordings) to be added to its National Recording Registry. This year’s entrants are:

  1. “After You've Gone” Marion Harris (1918)
  2. Bacon, Beans and Limousines by Will Rogers (Oct. 18, 1931)
  3. “Begin the Beguine” Artie Shaw (1938)

    Begin the Beguine

  4. “You Are My Sunshine” by Jimmie Davis (1940)
  5. D-Day Radio Broadcast, George Hicks (June 5-6, 1944)
  6. “Just Because” by Frank Yankovic & His Yanks (1947)
  7. South Pacific cast album (1949)

  8. Descargas: Cuban Jam Session in Miniature by Israel "Cachao" Lopez Y Su Ritmo Caliente (1957)
  9. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 performed by Van Cliburn (April 11, 1958)
  10. President's message relayed from Atlas satellite, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Dec. 19, 1958)
  11. A Program of Song by Leontyne Price (1959)
  12. The Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman (1959)
  13. “Crossing Chilly Jordan” by The Blackwood Brothers (1960)
  14. “The Twist” by Chubby Checker (1960)

    The Twist

  15. Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley’s by Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson, et al. (1960-1962)
  16. Hoodoo Man Blues by Junior Wells (1965)
  17. Sounds of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel (1966)
  18. Cheap Thrills by Big Brother and the Holding Company (1968)
  19. The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd (1973)

  20. Music Time in Africa by Leo Sarkisian (July 29, 1973)
  21. Wild Tchoupitoulas by The Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976)
  22. Ramones by The Ramones (1976)
  23. Saturday Night Fever soundtrack by The Bee Gees et al (1977)

  24. Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson (1979)
  25. The Audience with Betty Carter by Betty Carter (1980)

Among this list are two songs which rank in the DMDB’s list of the Top 100 Songs of the Pre-Rock Era (“After You’ve Gone” and “Begin the Beguine”), one song which ranks in the DMDB’s list of the Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era (“The Twist”), and four albums which rank in the DMDB’s list of the Top 100 Albums of All Time (South Pacific, Dark Side of the Moon, Ramones, and Saturday Night Fever). For more information on these and other entrants in the National Recording Registry, check out the links below:

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Sunday, March 19, 2006

Jim DeRogatis “The Great Albums”

Jim DeRogatis:

The Great Albums

From the jimdero.com website: “As the never-ending parade of pantheonic lists by MTV, VH1, and Rolling Stone magazine attests, the five-decade history of rock ’n’ roll has produced a canon of classics just like any other art form, from literature, to theater, to film. Inspired by my Chicago Sun-Times colleague and critical hero Roger Ebert, I launched this bi-weekly column in ‘Sunday Showcase’…as an in-depth forum for delving deep into the grooves of rock’s bonafide masterpieces, as well as for shedding light on some lesser-known efforts that deserve to be acknowledged for their genius. In introducing his ‘Great Movies’ column, Roger wrote, "One of the gifts one movie lover can give another is the title of a wonderful film they have not yet discovered." The same is true of music and the Great Albums--so tune in, turn it up, and read on.”

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These are the articles from the series. Click on the dates before the album titles to see Jim’s original review. Click on the album title to see the DMDB page for the album.

  1. 9/23/2001: Derek and the Dominos Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
  2. 10/7/2001: James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 (live, 1962)
  3. 10/21/2001: Nirvana In Utero (1993)
  4. 11/4/2001: The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969)
  5. 11/18/2001: Jethro Tull Aqualung (1971)
  6. 12/2/2001: My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991)
  7. 12/16/2001: The Beatles Revolver (1966)
  8. 1/13/2002: Patti Smith Easter (1978)
  9. 1/27/2002: Rush 2112 (1976)

  10. 2/10/2002: Ramones Mania (1988)
  11. 2/24/2002: R.E.M. Murmur (1983)
  12. 3/24/2002: Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
  13. 4/21/2002: The 13th Floor Elevators The Psychedlic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966)
  14. 6/2/2002: David Bowie Heroes (1977)
  15. 6/16/2002: X-Ray Spex Germfree Adolscents (1978)
  16. 6/30/2002: Supertramp Breakfast in America (1979)
  17. 7/14/2002: Bob Marley & the Wailers Confrontation (1983)
  18. 8/11/2002: The MC5 Kick Out the Jams (live, 1969)
  19. 8/25/2002: Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
  20. 9/8/2002: Jane’s Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)

  21. 10/6/2002: Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
  22. 10/20/2002: Liz Phair Exile in Guyville (1993)
  23. 12/1/2002: Queen A Night at the Opera (1975)
  24. 12/1/2002: Queen A Day at the Races (1977)
  25. 2/9/2003: Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque (1991)
  26. 3/9/2003: Ride Carnival of Light (1994)
  27. 4/6/2003: De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
  28. 5/4/2003: Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
  29. 5/18/2003: Wire Pink Flag (1977)
  30. 6/1/2003: Love Forever Changes (1967)

  31. 6/15/2003: Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
  32. 6/29/2003: Tone-Loc Loc-ed After Dark (1989)
  33. 7/13/2003: Barry White The Ultimate Collection (1988)
  34. 9/21/2003: Tori Amos Little Earthquakes (1992)
  35. 10/5/2003: John Cale & Brian Eno Wrong Way Up (1991)
  36. 10/19/2003: Simon & Garfunkel Bookends (1968)
  37. 1/25/2004: Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months, & 2 Days in the Life of… (1992)
  38. 6/13/2004: PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love (1995)
  39. 2/5/2006: Common Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
  40. 3/19/2006: Queen Jazz (1979)

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Tuesday, December 31, 2002

Joe S. Harrington/Blastitude: Top 100 Albums

Joe S. Harrington/Blastitude:

A Loaded Proposition: Joe S. Harrington Picks the All-Time Top 100 Or…Who Pulled the Trigger?

Blastitude was created by Larry “Fuzz-O” Dolman. In its first issue in October 2000, it is described as “a web zine, focusing on but not limited to underground music.” In issue 10 (Oct/Nov 2001), writer Joe S. Harrington began a countdown of the top 100 albums of all time, finishing up the list in issue 14 (winter 2002/2003). He explained the genesis of the list in issue 10. In a nutshell, however, his criteria were that the albums were released before 1992, were restricted to singular works (in other words, no various artists compilations), and no greatest hits collections. Also, he offers up the weird rationalization that he didn’t include any works by the Beatles or Bob Dylan because he believes they’ve been surpassed by others. Huh???

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1. Steely Dan Katy Lied (1975)
2. Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the... (1977)
3. Dictators Go Girl Crazy! (1975)
4. Game Theory Lolita Nation (1987)
5. Minor Threat Minor Threat (EP) (1980)
6. Parliament Mothership Connection (1975)
7. AC/DC Highway to Hell (1979)
8. Buzzcocks A Different Kind of Tension (1980)
9. Ramones Leave Home (1977)
10. Charles Mingus Oh Yeah (1961)

11. John Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard (1961)
12. Game Theory Two Steps from the Middle Ages (1988)
13. Half Japanese Charmed Life (1988)
14. The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat (1967)
15. The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (1968)
16. The Who My Generation (1965)
17. Patti Smith Horses (1975)
18. Alice Cooper Killer (1971)
19. The Saints I'm Stranded (1977)
20. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (1967)

21. The Angry Samoans Back from Samoa (1982)
22. Motörhead Ace of Spades (1980)
23. John Coltrane Impressions (1963)
24. Ornette Coleman Something Else (1958)
25. Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
26. Frank Lowe Black Beings (1973)
27. Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
28. The Clash The Clash (1977)
29. Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material (1979)
30. The Saints Eternally Yours (1978)

31. Black Sabbath Master of Reality (1971)
32. Richard Hell & the Voidoids Blank Generation (1977)
33. Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane Theloniuous Monk and John Coltrane (1957)
34. Ornette Coleman Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1960)
35. Eric Colphy At the Five Spot (1961)
36. The Geto Boys The Geto Boys (1990)
37. The Dead Boys Young, Loud & Snotty (1977)
38. Pharaoh Sanders Black Unity (1971)
39. Miles Davis Collector's Items (1955)
40. Gangsta NIP South Park Psycho (1992)

41. Circle Jerks Group Sex (1980)
42. Charles Mingus Blues and Roots (1959)
43. Black Flag Damaged (1981)
44. The Red Crayola The Parable of Arable Land (1967)
45. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (1969)
46. The Germs GI (1979)
47. Joy Division Closer (1980)
48. Andrew Hill Point of Departure (1964)
49. Albert Ayler Spiritual Unity (1964)
50. Miles Davis Milestones (1958)

51. Elvis Presley Elvis Presley (aka "Rock 'N' Roll" in the UK) (1956)
52. The Thirteenth Floor Elevators Easter Everywhere (1967)
53. Barbara Manning Lately I Keep Scissors (1988)
54. Sonny Rollins Way Out West (1957)
55. Big Star Radio City (1974)
56. Miles Davis Get Up with It (1970-1974) (1974)
57. Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
58. Booker Ervin The Trance (1967)
59. The MC5 Back in the USA (1970)
60. Bad Religion How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1981)

61. Archie Shepp The Magic of Juju (1968)
62. The Stooges Fun House (1970)
63. Ramones Ramones (1976)
64. Moby Grape Moby Grape (1967)
65. Deep Purple Machine Head (1972)
66. Aerosmith Get Your Wings (1974)
67. Sparks Kimono My House (1974)
68. John Coltrane Interstellar Space (1967)
69. Love Forever Changes (1967)
70. The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers (1973)

71. X Wild Gift (1981)
72. Elvis Costello This Year's Model (1978)
73. Babtunde Olatunji Drums of Passion (1960)
74. Stiv Bators Disconnected (1980)
75. Tim Buckley Greetings from L.A. (1972)
76. Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead (1970)
77. Lightnin' Hopkins The Great Electric Show and Dance (1965)
78. Wire Pink Flag (1977)
79. Sweet Desolation Boulevard (1975)
80. Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman (1981)

81. Neil Young Zuma (1975)
82. The Byrds The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
83. Television Marquee Moon (1977)
84. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
85. Can Ege Bamyasi (1972)
86. The Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
87. Esra Mohawk Primordial Lovers (1970)
88. Incredible String Band The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1968)
89. The Flamin' Groovies Teenage Head (1971)
90. New York Dolls New York Dolls (1973)

91. Hawkwind Quark, Strangeness and Charm (1977)
92. Sun Ra Atlantis (1969)
93. Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (1988)
94. Blue Öyster Cult Tyranny & Mutation (1973)
95. David Bowie Scary Monsters and Super Creeps (1980)
96. Roxy Music Roxy Music (1972)
97. Nirvana Bleach (1989)
98. Mott the Hoople Brain Capers (1971)
99. Frank Zappa One Size Fits All (1975)
100. The Heartbreakers L.A.M.F. (1977)

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Thursday, February 28, 2002

Spin – 50 Greatest Bands of All Time

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Like so many “all time” lists, American music magazine Spin makes a ludicrious claim to creating a list that celebrates the greatest bands of “all time” when the description already betrays their real intent of looking at 50 great bands from the 1960s forward. Spin’s editors determined the groups had to have “a roof-changing, history-changing, sound, presence or hairstyle,” had to “cearly influence today’s music,” and “they had to be bands that spawned a special emotional attachment to their fans.” 1. The Beatles
2. Ramones
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Bob Marley & The Wailers
5. Nirvana
6. Parliament/Funkadelic
7. The Clash
8. Public Enemy
9. The Rolling Stones
10. Beastie Boys

11. The Velvet Underground
12. Sly & the Family Stone
13. U2
14. Run-D.M.C.
15. Radiohead
16. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
17. Sonic Youth
18. AC/DC
19. The Stooges
20. Metallica

21. The Smiths
22. Patti Smith Group
23. N.W.A.
24. Kraftwerk
25. The Sex Pistols
26. Pearl Jam
27. Grateful Dead
28. R.E.M.
29. Black Sabbath
30. Pavement

31. Fugazi
32. Kiss
33. Pretenders
34. Rage Against The Machine
35. Fela Kuti & Afrika 70/Egypt 80
36. David Bowie And The Spiders From Mars
37. Blondie
38. Bad Brains
39. The Who
40. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

41. New Order
42. Husker Du
43. Guns N' Roses
44. Outkast
45. The Beach Boys
46. Massive Attack
47. Lynyrd Skynyrd
48. Korn
49. Pink Floyd
50. Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Friday, October 24, 1980

Bruce Springsteen “Hungry Heart” charted

Hungry Heart

Bruce Springsteen

Writer(s): Bruce Springsteen (see lyrics here)

Released: October 21, 1980

First Charted: October 24, 1980

Peak: 5 BB, 6 CB, 11 GR, 10 HR, 5 RR, 3 CL, 28 UK, 5 CN, 33 AU, 3 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, 0.2 UK, 0.77 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 26.0 video, 204.57 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

After two albums in 1973, Bruce Springsteen had earned a reputation as a fantastic live act but wasn’t doing much in the sales department. His third album, 1975’s Born to Run, was a make-or-break moment – and he delivered big. The anthemic title track became one of rock’s most important songs, capturing the restless spirit of the genre combined with a Wall of Sound even Phil Spector would envy.

1978’s follow-up album, Darkness on the Edge of Town, was another success but didn’t deliver a blockbuster single. It took “Springsteen five years after ‘Born to Run’ to figure out the mechanics of making a good single.” DM “Hungry Heart” managed to pull off what even “Born to Run” couldn’t – it reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100.

Springsteen originally wrote the song for the Ramones but decided to keep it. His songs “Blinded by the Light,” “Because the Night,” and “Fire” all became hits in others’ hands and Jon Landau, Springsteen’s producer and manager, didn’t want to see another hit slip away. The title of the song comes from the poem “Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. WK

The song is marked by “fevered brightness, all splashy drums and keyboards, underpinned by baritone sax and topped off by soaring…harmonies and a Springsteen vocal sped up to the limits of pitch control.” DM “The production is as kitchen-sink as ‘Born to Run,’ but that doesn’t make it gimmicky…just lush and elaboroate, less angular and hard, more resilient and pop.” DM

Lyrically, the song features “one of the more disruptive opening couplets of the eighties: ‘Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack / Went out for a ride and I never came back.’” DM It uses the familiar trope of a deadbeat dad who goes out for cigarettes and disappears for twenty years, but Springsteen also taps the protagonist’s “vulnerability and desire” for reconciliation with an “unsual frankness.” DM

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