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08-22-2002, 11:59 PM | #1 |
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Scott Miller's TOP20 records since 1965
Scott Miller is a songwriter, best known in Game Theory and the Loud Family. He recently published a list of his top 20 records of every year since 1965. Even if it's nothing more than just another list, it'll provide a solid foundation in decent (and 'important', maybe 'influential') music for the last near-40 years.
1960s 1965 1 HELP! - The Beatles 2 RUBBER SOUL - The Beatles 3 OUT OF OUR HEADS - The Rolling Stones 4 GOING TO A GO-GO - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 5 HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED - Bob Dylan 6 THE WHO SING MY GENERATION - The Who 7 MR. TAMBOURINE MAN - The Byrds 8 THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE - Simon and Garfunkel 9 KINKS SIZE - The Kinks 10 THE TEMPTATIONS SING SMOKEY - The Temptations 11 TURN TURN TURN - The Byrds 12 BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME - Bob Dylan 13 THEM - Them 14 SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS) - The Beach Boys 15 OTIS BLUE - Otis Redding 16 DECEMBER'S CHILDREN (AND EVERYBODY'S) - The Rolling Stones 17 POPPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG - James Brown 18 OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN - The Yardbirds 19 FOUR TOPS' SECOND ALBUM - The Four Tops 20 I AIN'T A-MARCHIN' NO MORE - Phil Ochs 1966 1 REVOLVER - The Beatles 2 PET SOUNDS - The Beach Boys 3 BLONDE ON BLONDE - Bob Dylan 4 MORE OF THE MONKEES - The Monkees 5 AFTERMATH - The Rolling Stones 6 WALK AWAY RENEE/PRETTY BALLERINA - The Left Banke 7 5D - The Byrds 8 IF YOU CAN BELIEVE YOUR EYES AND EARS - The Mamas and the Papas 9 SHAPES OF THINGS - The Yardbirds 10 HAPPY JACK - The Who 11 PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME - Simon and Garfunkel 12 SOPHISTICATED BEGGAR - Roy Harper 13 BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD - Buffalo Springfield 14 THE EXCITING WILSON PICKETT - Wilson Pickett 15 I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD) - James Brown 16 SUNSHINE SUPERMAN - Donovan 17 I FOUGHT THE LAW - The Bobby Fuller Four 18 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE TAKES OFF - Jefferson Airplane 19 THE MONKEES - The Monkees 20 HUMS OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL - The Lovin' Spoonful 1967 1 SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - The Beatles 2 ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? - Jimi Hendrix Experience 3 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO - The Velvet Underground 4 THE DOORS - The Doors 5 THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN - Pink Floyd 6 NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU - Aretha Franklin 7 PISCES, AQUARIUS, CAPRICORN & JONES LTD. - The Monkees 8 THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST - The Rolling Stones 9 SOMETHING ELSE - The Kinks 10 SURREALISTIC PILLOW - Jefferson Airplane 11 SMILEY SMILE - The Beach Boys 12 MOBY GRAPE - Moby Grape 13 DISRAELI GEARS - Cream 14 THE WHO SELL OUT - The Who 15 A WHITER SHADE OF PALE - Procol Harum 16 STRANGE DAYS - The Doors 17 INSIGHT OUT - The Association 18 EVOLUTION - The Hollies 19 HEADQUARTERS - The Monkees 20 SIDE TRIPS - The Kaleidoscope 1968 1 THE BEATLES - The Beatles 2 BEGGARS BANQUET - The Rolling Stones 3 FOREVER CHANGES - Love 4 BOOKENDS - Simon and Garfunkel 5 WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT - The Velvet Underground 6 ODESSEY AND ORACLE - The Zombies 7 MUSIC FROM BIG PINK - The Band 8 ASTRAL WEEKS - Van Morrison 9 THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY - The Kinks 10 CROWN OF CREATION - Jefferson Airplane 11 THE BIRDS, THE BEES AND THE MONKEES - The Monkees 12 A SAUCERFULL OF SECRETS - Pink Floyd 13 WHEELS OF FIRE - Cream 14 AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE - Jimi Hendrix Experience 15 HURDY GURDY MAN - Donovan 16 NAZZ - The Nazz 17 THE FAMILY THAT PLAYS TOGETHER - Spirit 18 HEAD - The Monkees 19 THE DOCK OF THE BAY - Otis Redding 20 OGDEN'S NUT GONE FLAKE - The Small Faces 1969 1 ABBEY ROAD - The Beatles 2 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - The Velvet Underground 3 EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE - Neil Young 4 TOMMY - The Who 5 LET IT BLEED - The Rolling Stones 6 CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH - Crosby, Stills and Nash 7 LED ZEPPELIN II - Led Zeppelin 8 NAZZ NAZZ - The Nazz 9 ARTHUR - The Kinks 10 THE NOTORIOUS BYRD BROTHERS - The Byrds 11 STAND - Sly and the Family Stone 12 THE STOOGES - Iggy and the Stooges 13 WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS - Creedence Clearwater Revival 14 IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING - King Crimson 15 LED ZEPPELIN - Led Zeppelin 16 SHAZAM - The Move 17 MAGIC CHRISTIAN MUSIC - Badfinger 18 MAN OF WORDS, MAN OF MUSIC - David Bowie 19 HAIR - (Soundtrack) 20 UNCLE MEAT - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention 1970s 1970 1 LET IT BE - The Beatles 2 LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS - Derek and the Dominoes 3 ALL THINGS MUST PASS - George Harrison 4 LOLA VS. POWERMAN AND THE MONEYGOROUND - The Kinks 5 JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND - John Lennon 6 MONA BONE JAKON - Cat Stevens 7 AFTER THE GOLD RUSH - Neil Young 8 LOADED - The Velvet Underground 9 NO DICE - Badfinger 10 TWELVE DREAMS OF DR. SARDONICUS - Spirit 11 LED ZEPPELIN III - Led Zeppelin 12 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - Simon and Garfunkel 13 McCARTNEY - Paul McCartney 14 COSMO'S FACTORY - Creedence Clearwater Revival 15 THE MADCAP LAUGHS - Syd Barrett 16 ABC - The Jackson Five 17 KILN HOUSE - Fleetwood Mac 18 THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - David Bowie 19 SHAFT - Isaac Hayes 20 FUNHOUSE - Iggy and the Stooges 1971 1 WHO'S NEXT - The Who 2 ZOSO @ % $ - Led Zeppelin 3 EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY - Rod Stewart 4 STICKY FINGERS - The Rolling Stones 5 IMAGINE - John Lennon 6 HUNKY DORY - David Bowie 7 TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN - Cat Stevens 8 L.A. WOMAN - The Doors 9 STRAIGHT UP - Badfinger 10 RAM - Paul McCartney 11 THE YES ALBUM - Yes 12 ERIC CLAPTON - Eric Clapton 13 MEDDLE - Pink Floyd 14 BALLAD OF TODD RUNDGREN - Todd Rundgren 15 WHAT'S GOING ON - Marvin Gaye 16 AQUALUNG - Jethro Tull 17 200 MOTELS - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention 18 BLUE - Joni Mitchell 19 TEASER AND THE FIRECAT - Cat Stevens 20 EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER - Emerson, Lake and Palmer 1972 1 EXILE ON MAIN STREET - The Rolling Stones 2 THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS - David Bowie 3 SOMETHING/ANYTHING - Todd Rundgren 4 TALKING BOOK - Stevie Wonder 5 #1 RECORD - Big Star 6 ROXY MUSIC - Roxy Music 7 CLOSE TO THE EDGE - Yes 8 CAN'T BUY A THRILL - Steely Dan 9 FRAGILE - Yes 10 ALL THE YOUNG DUDES - Mott the Hoople 11 HENRY THE HUMAN FLY - Richard Thompson 12 HONKY CHATEAU - Elton John 13 LIVING IN THE PAST - Jethro Tull 14 GLITTER - Gary Glitter 15 HARVEST - Neil Young 16 SUPERFLY - Curtis Mayfield 17 RASPBERRIES - The Raspberries 18 PARANOID - Black Sabbath 19 STILL BILL - Bill Withers 20 THE SLIDER - T. Rex 1973 1 FOR YOUR PLEASURE - Roxy Music 2 HOUSES OF THE HOLY - Led Zeppelin 3 ALADDIN SANE - David Bowie 4 HERE COME THE WARM JETS - Eno 5 COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY - Steely Dan 6 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John 7 RAW POWER - Iggy and the Stooges 8 INNERVISIONS - Stevie Wonder 9 A WIZARD/A TRUE STAR - Todd Rundgren 10 QUADROPHENIA - The Who 11 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd 12 THE NEW YORK DOLLS - The New York Dolls 13 MOTT - Mott the Hoople 14 GOATS HEAD SOUP - The Rolling Stones 15 BERLIN - Lou Reed 16 BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney and Wings 17 FERGUSLIE PARK - Stealers Wheel 18 ABOUT US - The Stories 19 BRAIN SALAD SURGERY - Emerson, Lake and Palmer 20 EUPHRATES RIVER - The Main Ingredient 1974 1 RADIO CITY - Big Star 2 DIAMOND DOGS - David Bowie 3 SHEER HEART ATTACK - Queen 4 PRETZEL LOGIC - Steely Dan 5 KIMONO MY HOUSE - Sparks 6 WISH YOU WERE HERE - Badfinger 7 STRANDED - Roxy Music 8 COUNTRY LIFE - Roxy Music 9 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS - Bob Dylan 10 FEAR - John Cale 11 ELDORADO - Electric Light Orchestra 12 RAGS TO RUFUS - Rufus 13 COURT AND SPARK - Joni Mitchell 14 WALLS AND BRIDGES - John Lennon 15 MOONTAN - Golden Earring 16 BADFINGER - Badfinger 17 MUSCLE OF LOVE - Alice Cooper 18 ODDS AND SODS - The Who 19 TOYS IN THE ATTIC - Aerosmith 20 TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN (BY STRATEGY) - Eno 1975 1 THIRD (SISTER LOVERS) - Big Star 2 HORSES - Patti Smith Group 3 PHYSICAL GRAFFITI - Led Zeppelin 4 SCHOOLBOYS IN DISGRACE - The Kinks 5 SIREN - Roxy Music 6 THE WHO BY NUMBERS - The Who 7 WISH YOU WERE HERE - Pink Floyd 8 I AM THE COSMOS - Chris Bell 9 THE TUBES - The Tubes 10 BORN TO RUN - Bruce Springsteen 11 CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY - Elton John 12 KILL CITY - Iggy Pop and James Williamson 13 ANOTHER GREEN WORLD - Eno 14 YOUNG AMERICANS - David Bowie 15 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA - Queen 16 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - Neil Young 17 FACE THE MUSIC - Electric Light Orchestra 18 KATE & ANNA McGARRIGLE - Kate and Anna McGarrigle 19 NIGHTBIRDS - Labelle 20 RED OCTOPUS - Jefferson Starship 1976 1 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2 RAMONES - Ramones 3 THE MODERN LOVERS - The Modern Lovers 4 STATION TO STATION - David Bowie 5 AGENTS OF FORTUNE - Blue Oyster Cult 6 SINCERELY - Dwight Twilley Band 7 THE SNEAKERS e.p. - Sneakers 8 SAY IT AIN'T SO - Murray Head 9 DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED - The Damned 10 SHAKE SOME ACTION - The Flamin' Groovies 11 SMALL CHANGE - Tom Waits 12 FAITHFUL - Todd Rundgren 13 DREAMBOAT ANNIE - Heart 14 ARRIVAL - Abba 15 PRESENCE - Led Zeppelin 16 BLACK AND BLUE - The Rolling Stones 17 NEW WORLD RECORD - Electric Light Orchestra 18 BOSTON - Boston 19 FLEETWOOD MAC - Fleetwood Mac 20 POSITIVE VIBRATION - Bob Marley and the Wailers 1977 1 LUST FOR LIFE - Iggy Pop 2 NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS - Sex Pistols 3 MY AIM IS TRUE - Elvis Costello 4 HEROES - David Bowie 5 MARQUEE MOON - Television 6 LOW - David Bowie 7 THE IDIOT - Iggy Pop 8 TALKING HEADS '77 - Talking Heads 9 ANIMALS - Pink Floyd 10 BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE - Brian Eno 11 THE KICK INSIDE - Kate Bush 12 THE CLASH - The Clash 13 CHEAP TRICK - Cheap Trick 14 ARE YOU SERIOUS? - Van Duren 15 I REMEMBER YESTERDAY - Donna Summer 16 PINK FLAG - Wire 17 IV RATTUS NORVEGICUS - The Stranglers 18 RUMOURS - Fleetwood Mac 19 IN YOUR MIND - Bryan Ferry 20 SINGER NOT THE SONG e.p. - Alex Chilton 1978 1 THIS YEAR'S MODEL - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 2 MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD - Talking Heads 3 Q: ARE WE NOT MEN? A: WE ARE DEVO - Devo 4 THE CARS - The Cars 5 THE MODERN DANCE - Pere Ubu 6 PARALLEL LINES - Blondie 7 WILLIE ALEXANDER AND THE BOOM BOOM BAND - Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band 8 SOME GIRLS - The Rolling Stones 9 SO ALONE - Johnny Thunders 10 HERMIT OF MINK HOLLOW - Todd Rundgren 11 DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN - Bruce Springsteen 12 PUBLIC IMAGE - Public Image Ltd. 13 HEAVEN TONIGHT - Cheap Trick 14 YOU'RE GONNA GET IT - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 15 JESUS OF COOL (PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE) - Nick Lowe 16 ADVENTURE - Television 17 EXCITABLE BOY - Warren Zevon 18 PETER GABRIEL (SECOND ALBUM, 1978) - Peter Gabriel 19 DAVID GILMOUR - David Gilmour 20 LISTEN NOW - 801 1979 1 THE B-52'S - The B-52's 2 154 - Wire 3 GET THE KNACK - The Knack 4 DRUMS AND WIRES - XTC 5 FEAR OF MUSIC - Talking Heads 6 SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS - Graham Parker and the Rumour 7 ENTERTAINMENT! - Gang of Four 8 I'M THE MAN - Joe Jackson 9 RUST NEVER SLEEPS - Neil Young 10 OUTLANDOS D'AMORE - The Police 11 THE AVENGERS e.p. - The Avengers 12 ARMED FORCES - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 13 CAN OF BEES - The Soft Boys 14 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR - Led Zeppelin 15 CANDY-O - The Cars 16 NEW VALUES - Iggy Pop 17 DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE - Devo 18 UNKNOWN PLEASURES - Joy Division 19 WAVE - Patti Smith Group 20 LABOUR OF LUST - Nick Lowe (Cut up into two segments, as the board won't allow postings over 20k characters) ... 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08-23-2002, 12:01 AM | #2 |
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1980s 1980 1 PRETENDERS - Pretenders 2 GET HAPPY!! - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 3 UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT - The Soft Boys 4 I JUST CAN'T STOP IT - The English Beat 5 REMAIN IN LIGHT - Talking Heads 6 CROCODILES - Echo and the Bunnymen 7 SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS - Dexy's Midnight Runners 8 THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS - The Psychedelic Furs 9 WALL OF VOODOO e.p. - Wall of Voodoo 10 BLACK SEA - XTC 11 CRAZY RHYTHMS - The Feelies 12 FREEDOM OF CHOICE - Devo 13 SCARY MONSTERS - David Bowie 14 LOS ANGELES - X 15 LIKE FLIES ON SHERBERT - Alex Chilton 16 METAL BOX (SECOND EDITION) - Public Image Ltd. 17 LONDON CALLING - The Clash 18 DOUBLE FANTASY - John Lennon 19 CATHOLIC BOY - Jim Carroll Band 20 CLOSER - Joy Division 1981 1 STANDS FOR DECIBELS - The dB's 2 TRUST - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 3 PRETENDERS II - Pretenders 4 IT'S A CONDITION - Romeo Void 5 SIGNALS, CALLS AND MARCHES - Mission of Burma 6 NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET - Soft Cell 7 WILD GIFT - X 8 TATTOO YOU - The Rolling Stones 9 THE ADVENTURES OF GRANDMASTER FLASH ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL - Grandmaster Flash 10 BEAUTY AND THE BEAT - The Go-Go's 11 TOM TOM CLUB - Tom Tom Club 12 NO REGRETS - SVT 13 HARD PROMISES - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 14 OF SKINS AND HEART - The Church 15 DANGEROUS ACQUAINTANCES - Marianne Faithfull 16 HONI SOIT - John Cale 17 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER - Adam and the Ants 18 STREET SONGS - Rick James 19 DAMAGED - Black Flag 20 BLACK SNAKE DIAMOND ROLE - Robyn Hitchcock 1982 1 IMPERIAL BEDROOM - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 2 THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES - The Dream Syndicate 3 REPERCUSSION - The dB's 4 CHRONIC TOWN e.p. - REM 5 THE DREAMING - Kate Bush 6 ENGLISH SETTLEMENT - XTC 7 BIG SCIENCE - Laurie Anderson 8 AVALON - Roxy Music 9 GOOD CLEAN FUN - Bonnie Hayes and the Wild Combo 10 1999 - Prince 11 THRILLER - Michael Jackson 12 HEARTBEATS AND TRIGGERS - Translator 13 SPECIAL BEAT SERVICE - The English Beat 14 SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS - Richard and Linda Thompson 15 GREEN ON RED e.p. - Green On Red 16 LIFE IN A DAY - Simple Minds 17 THE SALVATION ARMY - The Salvation Army 18 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - Chris Stamey 19 NEVER SAY NEVER e.p. - Romeo Void 20 COMBAT ROCK - The Clash 1983 1 MURMUR - REM 2 SIXTEEN TAMBOURINES - The Three O'Clock 3 AFOOT e.p. - Let's Active 4 BANGLES e.p. - Bangles 5 LEARNING TO CRAWL - Pretenders 6 EMERGENCY THIRD RAIL POWER TRIP - The Rain Parade 7 METAL CIRCUS - Husker Du 8 THE VIOLENT FEMMES - The Violent Femmes 9 SHOCK WAVES - Katrina and the Waves 10 THE CROSSING - Big Country 11 LET'S DANCE - David Bowie 12 POWER, CORRUPTION AND LIES - New Order 13 SPEAKING IN TONGUES - Talking Heads 14 SYNCHRONICITY - The Police 15 EVERYTHING AT ONCE - Plimsouls 16 SHE'S SO UNUSUAL - Cyndi Lauper 17 BEAUTY AND SADNESS e.p. - The Smithereens 18 TRUE WEST e.p. - True West 19 HOOTENANNY - The Replacements 20 THE MEDICINE SHOW - The Dream Syndicate 1984 1 PURPLE RAIN - Prince 2 LET IT BE - The Replacements 3 ALL OVER THE PLACE - Bangles 4 THE SMITHS - The Smiths 5 CYPRESS - Let's Active 6 LIKE THIS - The dB's 7 RECKONING - REM 8 I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS - Robyn Hitchcock 9 MEAT PUPPETS II - Meat Puppets 10 KENDRA SMITH, DAVID ROBACK, KEITH MITCHELL e.p. - Kendra Smith, David Roback, Keith Mitchell 11 BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST - Don Henley 12 INSTANT EXCITEMENT e.p. - Chris Stamey 13 OCEAN RAIN - Echo and the Bunnymen 14 PRIVATE DANCER - Tina Turner 15 ZEN ARCADE - Husker Du 16 LOVE AND POLITICS - The X-Teens 17 PLACES THAT ARE GONE e.p. - Tommy Keene 18 THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE - U2 19 BORN IN THE U.S.A - Bruce Springsteen 20 SLUGBUCKETHAIRYMONSTERBREATH - Tall Dwarfs 1985 1 WALKING IN THE SHADOW OF THE BIG MAN - Guadalcanal Diary 2 EXPLORING THE AXIS - Thin White Rope 3 ARRIVE WITHOUT TRAVELING - The Three O'Clock 4 MEAT IS MURDER - The Smiths 5 FEGMANIA - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians 6 CINEMA VERITE - Dramarama 7 FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION - REM 8 UP ON THE SUN - Meat Puppets 9 TRANSLATE SLOWLY - Zeitgeist 10 THIS NATION'S SAVING GRACE - The Fall 11 OIL AND GOLD - Shriekback 12 PSYCHOCANDY - The Jesus and Mary Chain 13 LITTLE CREATURES - Talking Heads 14 FLIP YOUR WIG - Husker Du 15 SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR - Tears For Fears 16 TELEPHONE FREE LANDSLIDE VICTORY - Camper Van Beethoven 17 ROCKIN' AND ROMANCE - Jonathan Richman 18 RAIN DOGS - Tom Waits 19 STEVE McQUEEN (TWO WHEELS GOOD) - Prefab Sprout 20 DIFFERENT LIGHT - Bangles 1986 1 BIG PLANS FOR EVERYBODY - Let's Active 2 IN EXCELSIOR DAYGLO - Christmas 3 FREE DIRT - Died Pretty 4 LIFES RICH PAGEANT - REM 5 BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 6 SKYLARKING - XTC 7 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU - The Smithereens 8 THE QUEEN IS DEAD - The Smiths 9 KING OF AMERICA - Elvis Costello 10 CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN - Camper Van Beethoven 11 ALL NIGHT LOTUS PARTY - Volcano Suns 12 BROTHERHOOD - New Order 13 ALBUM - Public Image Ltd. 14 RUN - The Windbreakers 15 JAMBOREE - Guadalcanal Diary 16 HEYDAY - The Church 17 ELEMEN OPEE ELPEE - LMNOP 18 GRACELAND - Paul Simon 19 ELEMENT OF LIGHT - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians 20 PARADE - Prince 1987 1 DOCUMENT - REM 2 THE OPHELIAS - The Ophelias 3 MOONHEAD - Thin White Rope 4 IT'S ALRIGHT - Chris Stamey 5 STRANGEWAYS, HERE WE COME - The Smiths 6 BRAVE WORDS - The Chills 7 PLEASED TO MEET ME - The Replacements 8 BOYLAN HEIGHTS - The Connells 9 SIGN "O" THE TIMES - Prince 10 ALONE WITH DADDY - Daddy In His Deep Sleep 11 THE SOUND OF MUSIC - The dB's 12 KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME - The Cure 13 COME ON PILGRIM e.p. - Pixies 14 EARTH, SUN, MOON - Love and Rockets 15 HAPPY? - Public Image Ltd. 16 CLOUD NINE - George Harrison 17 THE JOSHUA TREE - U2 18 THE TURNING - Leslie Phillips 19 IN THE DARK - The Grateful Dead 20 THE IDEAL COPY - Wire 1988 1 NOTHING'S SHOCKING - Jane's Addiction 2 THE INDESCRIBABLE WOW - Sam Phillips 3 DIESEL AND DUST - Midnight Oil 4 LINCOLN - They Might Be Giants 5 EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY - Let's Active 6 DAYDREAM NATION - Sonic Youth 7 A BELL IS A CUP UNTIL IT IS STRUCK - Wire 8 SURFER ROSA - Pixies 9 BLUE BELL KNOLL - Cocteau Twins 10 STORYTELLING - Jonathan Segel 11 THE LION AND THE COBRA - Sinead O'Connor 12 OUR BELOVED REVOLUTIONARY SWEETHEART - Camper Van Beethoven 13 SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS - Sister Double Happiness 14 GREEN - REM 15 MY NATION UNDERGROUND - Julian Cope 16 VIVID - Living Color 17 GLOBE OF FROGS - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians 18 THE REAL THING - Faith No More 19 TRACY CHAPMAN - Tracy Chapman 20 LET IT BEE - Voice of the Beehive 1989 1 DOOLITTLE - Pixies 2 CLOUDLAND - Pere Ubu 3 KITE - Kirsty MacColl 4 ORANGES AND LEMONS - XTC 5 COSMIC THING - The B-52's 6 THREE FEET HIGH AND RISING - De La Soul 7 QUEEN ELVIS - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians 8 SPIKE - Elvis Costello 9 THE RAW AND THE COOKED - Fine Young Cannibals 10 THE BIG O - The Ophelias 11 BONA DRAG - Morrissey 12 13 SONGS - Fugazi 13 THE STONE ROSES - The Stone Roses 14 ULTRAPROPHETS OF THEE PSYKICK REVOLUTION - Christmas 15 MOTHER'S MILK - Red Hot Chili Peppers 16 WORKBOOK - Bob Mould 17 BLEACH - Nirvana 18 TIN MACHINE - Tin Machine 19 FREEDOM - Neil Young 20 HEAD - The Jesus Lizard 1990s 1990 1 SUBMARINE BELLS - The Chills 2 THE LA'S - The La's 3 BOSSA NOVA - Pixies 4 CHANCE - The Rave-Ups 5 DEAR 23 - The Posies 6 PERFECT SOUND FOREVER e.p. - Pavement 7 FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET - Public Enemy 8 A CATHOLIC EDUCATION - Teenage Fanclub 9 BELLYBUTTON - Jellyfish 10 SLOW - The Sneetches 11 RITUAL DE LO HABITUAL - Jane's Addiction 12 SACK FULL OF SILVER - Thin White Rope 13 RAGGED GLORY - Neil Young and Crazy Horse 14 HERE COMES THE GROOM - John Wesley Harding 15 BRICK BY BRICK - Iggy Pop 16 SOME FRIENDLY - Charlatans U.K. 17 FLOOD - They Might Be Giants 18 MEET THE BUNNY KING e.p. - The Billy Nayer Show 19 GOO - Sonic Youth 20 SEIZURE - Chris Knox 1991 1 NEVERMIND - Nirvana 2 BANDWAGONESQUE - Teenage Fanclub 3 LOVELESS - My Bloody Valentine 4 TROMPE LE MONDE - Pixies 5 BEYOND THE JAVA SEA - Metal Flake Mother 6 PEGGY SUICIDE - Julian Cope 7 GIRLFRIEND - Matthew Sweet 8 WORLDS IN COLLISION - Pere Ubu 9 OUT OF TIME - REM 10 SPOOKY - Lush 11 LEISURE - Blur 12 SEBADOH III - Sebadoh 13 DOUBT - Jesus Jones 14 JUNGLE FEVER (Soundtrack) - Stevie Wonder 15 EVERCLEAR - American Music Club 16 GENTLE - Anton Barbeau and the Joy Boys 17 SPIDERLAND - Slint 18 TEN - Pearl Jam 19 RUMOUR AND SIGH - Richard Thompson 20 DE LA SOUL IS DEAD - De La Soul 1992 1 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE - REM 2 COPPER BLUE - Sugar 3 SLANTED AND ENCHANTED - Pavement 4 DRY - P.J. Harvey 5 RACKET - Sneakers 6 STULL e.p. - Urge Overkill 7 SWEET OBLIVION - The Screaming Trees 8 SWITCHED ON - Stereolab 9 POND - Pond 10 HORSESHOES AND HAND GRENADES - Chris Mars 11 APOLLO 18 - They Might Be Giants 12 PALOMINE - Bettie Serveert 13 LITTLE EARTHQUAKES - Tori Amos 14 IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY - Lemonheads 15 THE CHRONIC - Dr. Dre 16 & THE FALL OF THE MOPSQUEEZER! - Flop 17 WATERY, DOMESTIC e.p. - Pavement 18 HEY BABE - Juliana Hatfield 19 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - Arrested Development 20 TELEVISION - Television 1993 1 EXILE IN GUYVILLE - Liz Phair 2 WHATEVER - Aimee Mann 3 FROSTING ON THE BEATER - The Posies 4 SATURATION - Urge Overkill 5 IN UTERO - Nirvana 6 FRANK BLACK - Frank Black 7 WHENEVER YOU'RE READY - Flop 8 STAR - Belly 9 BRING IT DOWN - Madder Rose 10 VORTEX - Christmas 11 SPILT MILK - Jellyfish 12 TELL IT TO YOURSELF - Matt Keating 13 SIAMESE DREAM - Smashing Pumpkins 14 LAST SPLASH - The Breeders 15 SUEDE - Suede 16 THIRTEEN - Teenage Fanclub 17 TOREADOR OF LOVE - Hazel 18 ICKY METTLE - Archers of Loaf 19 IN THRALL - Murray Attaway 20 MILLION SELLER - The Pooh Sticks 1994 1 BEE THOUSAND - Guided By Voices 2 BRUTAL YOUTH - Elvis Costello 3 WHIP-SMART - Liz Phair 4 WEEZER - Weezer 5 CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN - Pavement 6 TEENAGER OF THE YEAR - Frank Black 7 CARDINAL - Cardinal 8 AMERICAN THIGHS - Veruca Salt 9 MONSTER - REM 10 DEFINITELY MAYBE - Oasis 11 MELLOW GOLD - Beck 12 UNDER THE PINK - Tori Amos 13 INCONSIDERATE BITCH e.p. - Lisa Germano 14 SUPERUNKNOWN - Soundgarden 15 EVERYBODY'S GOT ONE - Echobelly 16 LIVE THROUGH THIS - Hole 17 TEENAGE SYMPHONIES TO GOD - Velvet Crush 18 BAKESALE - Sebadoh 19 ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY - Lenny Kravitz 20 MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS - Eugenius 1995 1 I'M WITH STUPID - Aimee Mann 2 BEN FOLDS FIVE - Ben Folds Five 3 WOWEE ZOWEE - Pavement 4 FOO FIGHTERS - Foo Fighters 5 (WHAT'S THE STORY?) MORNING GLORY - Oasis 6 ELASTICA - Elastica 7 ON - Echobelly 8 SPARKLE AND FADE - Everclear 9 WATERBUGS AND BEETLES - Anton Barbeau 10 MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS - Smashing Pumpkins 11 BLONDER AND BLONDER - The Muffs 12 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Presidents of the United States of America 13 IT'S HEAVY IN HERE - Eric Matthews 14 RADIO JEJUNE - The Sugarplastic 15 PLEASURE e.p. - Semisonic 16 WHAT FUN LIFE WAS - Bedhead 17 ONLY EVERYTHING - Juliana Hatfield 18 VEE VEE - Archers of Loaf 19 ALIEN LANES - Guided By Voices 20 JESUS WEPT - P.M. Dawn 1996 1 FIRST BAND ON THE MOON - The Cardigans 2 ONE MISSISSIPPI - Brendan Benson 3 AMAZING DISGRACE - The Posies 4 AIN'T MY LOOKOUT - Grifters 5 UNDER THE BUSHES UNDER THE STARS - Guided By Voices 6 HARMACY - Sebadoh 7 ON AVERY ISLAND - Neutral Milk Hotel 8 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - Fountains of Wayne 9 COLOR OUT OF SPACE - The Favorite Color 10 MOSS ELIXIR - Robyn Hitchcock 11 NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI - REM 12 JASON FALKNER PRESENTS AUTHOR UNKNOWN - Jason Falkner 13 MUSIC FOR THE UNREALIZED FILM SCRIPT 'DUSK AT CUBIST CASTLE' - The Olivia Tremor Control 14 THE FUN OF WATCHING FIREWORKS - American Analog Set 15 THE BURDENS OF BEING UPRIGHT - Tracy Bonham 16 BANG, THE EARTH IS ROUND - The Sugarplastic 17 BOB MOULD - Bob Mould 18 NOT IN MY AIRFORCE - Robert Pollard 19 THE GREAT DIVIDE - Semisonic 20 UPGRADE AND AFTERLIFE - Gastr del Sol 1997 1 EITHER/OR - Elliott Smith 2 IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER - Belle and Sebastian 3 POST MINSTREL SYNDROME - The Negro Problem 4 O.K. COMPUTER - Radiohead 5 SLUGGO! - Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins 6 FLAMING PIE - Paul McCartney 7 TONE SOUL EVOLUTION - The Apples In Stereo 8 BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS - Pavement 9 MAG EARWHIG! - Guided By Voices 10 STANDING STONE - Paul McCartney 11 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE - Spiritualized 12 I CAN HEAR THE HEART BEATING AS ONE - Yo La Tengo 13 THIS SOUNDS LIKE GOODBYE - Ken Stringfellow 14 RETREAT FROM THE SUN - That Dog 15 SONGS FROM NORTHERN BRITAIN - Teenage Fanclub 16 THE COLOR AND THE SHAPE - Foo Fighters 17 YOUNG TEAM - Mogwai 18 KON TIKI - Cotton Mather 19 TIME OUT OF MIND - Bob Dylan 20 IN IT FOR THE MONEY - Supergrass 1998 1 WHITECHOCOLATESPACEEGG - Liz Phair 2 XO - Elliott Smith 3 ACCELERATOR - Royal Trux 4 UP - REM 5 MUTATIONS - Beck 6 FEELING STRANGELY FINE - Semisonic 7 HOW IT FEELS TO BE SOMETHING ON - Sunny Day Real Estate 8 BRIGHT SIDE - John Easdale 9 GIRL BROS. - Girl Bros. 10 CORNERSTONE - Richard X. Heyman 11 MEZZANINE - Massive Attack 12 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - Rufus Wainwright 13 IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA - Neutral Milk Hotel 14 SUCCESS - The Posies 15 CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD - Lucinda Williams 16 APARTMENT LIFE - Ivy 17 OVERCOME BY HAPPINESS - Pernice Brothers 18 THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP - Belle and Sebastian 19 EL OSO - Soul Coughing 20 THE LAST DOG AND PONY SHOW - Bob Mould 1999 1 69 LOVE SONGS - Magnetic Fields 2 JOYS AND CONCERNS - The Negro Problem 3 THE SOFT BULLETIN - The Flaming Lips 4 HOURS... - David Bowie 5 MAGNOLIA SOUNDTRACK - Aimee Mann 6 THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF REINHOLD MESSNER - Ben Folds Five 7 ANOMIE & BONHOMIE - Scritti Politti 8 BLACK FOLIAGE - The Olivia Tremor Control 9 CAN YOU STILL FEEL - Jason Falkner 10 A SPLENDID TRAY - Anton Barbeau 11 TERROR TWILIGHT - Pavement 12 THE 3-WAY - Lilys 13 DO THE COLLAPSE! - Guided By Voices 14 APPLE VENUS - XTC 15 UTOPIA PARKWAY - Fountains of Wayne 16 APPLESAUCER - Applesaucer 17 THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE - Foo Fighters 18 MULE VARIATIONS - Tom Waits 19 CAREFUL HOW YOU GO - The Solipsistics 20 CALIFORNICATION - Red Hot Chili Peppers If you have too much cash, or too much bandwidth (and no remorse ), you could do worse than to use that list as a rough guideline to 'things to own'. 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Scott Miller has been a hero of mine since the Game Theory days, and my buddy in San Fran is a friend of his.
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And, lemme see... how many of these do I own?
1999 - 1 (xtc, "Apple Venus Volume 1") 1992 - 1 (Chris Mars, "Horseshoes and Hand Grenades") 1989 - 2 (xtc, "Oranges and Lemons"; Bob Mould, "Workbook") 1987 - 1 (Replacements, "Pleased to Meet Me") 1986 - 1 (xtc, "Skylarking") 1982 - 1 (xtc, "English Settlement") 1979 - 1 (B-52, "The B-52s") 1977 - 1 (Pink Floyd, "Animals") 1975 - 1 (Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here") 1973 - 1 (Pink Floyd, "Dark Side of the Moon") 1971 - 1 (Led Zeppelin, "IV") 1970 - 1 (Led Zeppelin, "Led Zeppelin III") Heh. 13 albums over 40 years. Now, there's lots on there that I'd LIKE to have, and some albums I don't own by artists from whom I own other works, but... sheesh, take out the Floyd and Zeppelin from high school and my XTC collection, and I've got two Replacements tapes and a B-52's CD left. Miller certainly never met a Bob Mould project that he didn't like -- not that there's anything wrong with that. |
08-23-2002, 05:31 PM | #5 |
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I have 33 of them in various formats (3 of them on 8-track, 24 on CD). Those late 80s and 90s CDs...man oh man, good stuff.
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08-23-2002, 07:19 PM | #6 |
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I have
(drum roll) 117. Most of pre-1985 on vinyl. I said Scott Miller was a hero of mine, and I was not joking. And almost none of mine come from 60s classic rock except for the Led Zep. During the 70s we share Floyd, McCartney, Roxy Music, Yes, Brian Eno. During the 80s we share almost all the major acts AND the lesser-known ones like the dBs, Chris Stamey, Julian Cope. During the 90s we share the major power pop folks like Blur and the lesser-known ones like Ivy. |
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Heeeeeeeeeeeey. This list CAN'T be right! NO JIMMY BUFFETT!
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09-11-2014, 07:36 PM | #8 |
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Revisiting this thread.
When I said in 2002 "...my buddy in San Fran is a friend of his...", shortly thereafter my buddy went on to win $125,000 on (the original Regis-hosted) Millionaire; the funds with which he established 125 Records. Thereafter, he published several more of Mr. Miller's works, including a book based on the Top 20 Yearly lists posted here. Scott Miller died suddenly last Spring. |
09-11-2014, 07:58 PM | #9 |
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Lots of tambourines and elephants, are lurking in this thread.
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09-11-2014, 08:02 PM | #10 |
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This thread pre-dates me.
Going through it, I found myself nodding my head in approval until I got to the 1990's and then, while I recognized some of the bands, most of them I didn't know. I completely missed the 1990s music scene. I have about 30 of these on vinyl or CD. And I didn't even count the various greatest hits compilations I have for many of the other bands. Should I try to track down this 90s music and familiarize myself with it? |
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"top songs"
lists of his favorite songs to listen to, or lists of his most popular songs as a songwriter? these are lists of what music he likes, not what music he helped create, right?
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09-11-2014, 08:39 PM | #12 |
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Stuff he likes. He mines a certain vein of complicated pop, which is interesting. The way he writes about the songs is very interesting.
You can read chapters in his book, on Google Books for some of the years, and then buy it at 125 Records. |
09-11-2014, 09:47 PM | #13 |
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He omitted The Wall. How in the?
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Before 1980 - 76, after 1980 - 30
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Cool thread. RIP sir.
A lot of great stuff missing. I think there was also a dynamic shift in the 90's from creating albums to instead creating a "hit" song - singular. thoughts?
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