Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Album-by-Album Thread

Thanks for updating my memories. Yeah I remember they found both Kate Bush and Bjork quite unusual!

 

I love B&B - I don't think that show gets enough credit for being great, especially for the lampooning of videos.

 

As we've reached the 200 mark, here is my Top 25 of what we've discussed so far. The second number is where I would rank the albums in my personal Top 500. Out of the 300 we've listed so far, I own an even 50 of them.


1 In Rainbows - Radiohead 2
2 The Bends - Radiohead 3
3 Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins 6
4 American Idiot - Green Day 22
5 Dookie - Green Day 24
6 Dirty Mind - Prince 33
7 Blue Album - Weezer 52
8 AM - Arctic Monkeys 59
9 Scary Monsters - David Bowie 92
10 So - Peter Grabriel 110
11 A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay 111
12 Funeral - Arcade Fire 135
13 Like a Prayer - Madonna 148
14 A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles 164
15 Low - David Bowie 168
16 Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins 179
17 Unplugged in New York - Nirvana 182
18 The Black Album - Metallica 203
19 Avalon - Roxy Music 206
20 Modern Vampires of the City - Vampire Weekend 220
21 Elephant - The White Stripes 222
22 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel 285
23 I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor 290
24 Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers 297
25 Help! - The Beatles 313

 

This could be the best album of the decade, although I'm not really admittedly an expert on the decade. But it certainly has to be considered one of the best just on merit alone. An utterly jaw-dropping accomplishment for these guys before Rostam left the band and they got all jammy.

 

So far I lay claim to these titles in my library...

494. Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time (1989) 4/5
490. Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel (1975) 5/5
486. John Mayer - Continuum 4/5
485. Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight 4/5
478. The Kinks - Something Else By the Kinks (1967) 3/5
477. Howlin’ Wolf - Moanin’ in the Moonlight (1959) 4/5
475. Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996) 3/5
471. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967) 5/5
468. Rolling Stones - Some Girls (1978) 5/5
466. The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! (1965) 3/5
463. Laura Nyro - Eli & the 13th Confession (1968) 3/5
462. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969) 4/5
457. Sinéad O’Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990) 3/5
456. Al Green - Greatest Hits (1975) 4/5
455. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley (1958) 3/5
450. Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971) 3/5
448. Otis Redding - Dictionary of Soul (1966) 4/5
445. Yes - Close to the Edge (1972) 4/5
443. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (1980) 3/5
431. Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984) 4/5
430. Elvis Costello - My Aim is True (1977) 4/5
426. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988) 5/5*
422. Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get it On (1973) 4/5
420. Earth, Wind, and Fire - That’s the Way of the World (1975) 3/5
418. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (1985) 5/5
417. Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) 3/5
413. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo’s Factory (1970) 5/5
411. Bob Dylan - “Love and Theft” (2001) 4/5
409. Grateful Dead - Workingman’s Dead (1970) 5/5*
407. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (1969) 5/5*
396. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? (1972) 5/5*
384. The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1969) 3/5
381. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973) 4/5
380. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (1959) 5/5
374. Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961) 4/5
373. Issac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969) 3/5
372. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills (1968) 4/5
368. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (1970) 5/5
366. Aerosmith - Rocks (1976) 3/5
364. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978) 4/5
357. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985) 3/5
356. Dr. John - Gris-Gris (1968) 4/5
353. The Cars - The Cars (1978) 4/5
350. Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1972) 4/5
348. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001) 5/5*
345. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973) 4/5
344. Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973) 4/5
343. Sly and the Family Stone - Greatest Hits (1970) 4/5
342. The Beatles - Let it Be (1970) 5/5
337. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1967) 4/5
336. Roxy Music - Avalon (1982) 4/5
335. Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975) 3/5
334. Santana - Abraxas (1970) 5/5*
333. Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972) 4/5
330. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (1966) 5/5*
327. The Who - Live at Leeds (1970) 3/5
323. The Clash - Sandinista! (1980) 3/5
317. Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin (1958) 4/5
316. The Who - The Who Sell Out (1967) 3/5
311. Neil Young - On the Beach (1974) 4/5
304. Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971) 4/5
302. Neil Young - Tonight’s the Night (1975) 4/5
299. B.B. King - Live at the Regal (1965) 4/5
298. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever (1989) 5/5
297. Peter Gabriel - So (1986) 5/5
296. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps (1979) 4/5
292. Van Halen - Van Halen (1978) 4/5
287. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) 4/5
282. Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours (1955) 5/5
281. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson (1971) 4/5
278. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (1973) 5/5*
275. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970) 4/5
274. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968) 4/5
268. Randy Newman - Sail Away (1972) 5/5
266. The Beatles - Help! (1965) 3/5
264. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975) 5/5*
263. The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night (1963) 3/5
259. Janis Joplin - Pearl (1971) 5/5*
258. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) 5/5*
256. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1988) 5/5
255. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963) 4/5
254. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973) 4/5
251. Elton John - Honky Château (1972) 5/5
242. The Velvet Underground - Loaded (1970) 4/5
237. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger (1975) 4/5
232. John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1960) 5/5*
231. Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes (1979) 5/5
227. Little Richard - Here’s Little Richard (1957) 3/5
226. Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) 5/5*
223. John Lennon - Imagine (1971) 4/5
220. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Déjà Vu (1970) 5/5
215. Grateful Dead - American Beauty (1970) 5/5*
214. Tom Petty - Wildflowers (1994) 4/5
212. Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966) 4/5
207. Eagles - Eagles (1972) 4/5 I do really like the new MoFi release
206. David Bowie - Low (1977) 3/5 never really been a fan of this period of Bowie
205. Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman (1970) 5/5* one of the all time favorites and greats for me
200. Sade - Diamond Life (1984) 5/5

 

Sorry for being so late yesterday. I am on vacation.
199. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Producer: Pavement

Slanted and Enchanted is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Pavement, released on April 20, 1992 by Matador Records. It is the only Pavement album to feature drummer Gary Young. The album received critical acclaim and is seen as a landmark for indie rock. As of 2007, the album had sold 150,000 copies.

Release
Slanted and Enchanted was distributed to critics as early as 1991, months before its official release; the original distribution did not feature the entire band, as several members joined during its production.[7]The recording sessions were split between South Makepeace Studios in Brooklyn, New York (recorded December 24, 1990) and Louder Than You Think Studios in Stockton, California (recorded January 13–20, 1991).

The first single (EP), "Summer Babe" appeared in August 1991.[3][4][5] It was the last release on Chicago's Drag City label before the band moved to Matador. It contained the B-sides "Mercy Snack (The Laundromat)" and "Baptist Blacktick" that were later included on the deluxe version of the album. A different mix of "Summer Babe," entitled "Summer Babe (Winter Version)," became the first track on the band's debut album. The song was also ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as number 286 in its 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time,[8][9]and as number 292 in the 2011 update of the list.[10]

"Trigger Cut" was first released in the UK by Big Cat Records on July 13, 1992, later released in the US by Matador the following month.[11]

The title Slanted and Enchanted is taken from the title of a cartoon made by the late Silver Jewsfrontman David Berman.[12] Its cover art was created by appropriating that of an existing album, Ferrante & Teicher's Keyboard Kapers. Slanted and Enchanted was officially released on 20 April 1992 to critical acclaim, originally reaching a peak of number 72 on the UK Albums Chart.[13] As of 2007, the album had sold 150,000 copies.[14]

In 2002, Matador released Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe, a compilation containing Slanted and Enchanted in its entirety, as well outtakes and other rarities from the same era.

Critical Reception
AllMusic 5/5
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5/5
Entertainment Weekly A−
NME 8/10
Q 4/5
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 5/5
Select 4/5
Spin 5/5
Spin Alternative Record Guide 10/10
The Village Voice A

Audience Reception
84/100 from 658 users, #25 for 1992, #809 overall - AlbumOfTheYear.org
8.9/10 from 2,802 users - AllMusic
4/5 from 243 users - Musicboard
3.84/5 from 18,527 users, #14 for 1992, #670 overall - RateYourMusic.com

 

I used ot own Slanted And Enchanted and some of my friends back in the 90s really swore by it. But for some reason it never connected to me. I have recently bought Diamond Life but have not had time to listen to it yet, so no thoughts on that except, man, was she beautiful or what?

2.5 for Slanted And Enchanted.

1. In the Aeroplane Over The Sea
2. Third/Sister Lovers
3. Pink Moon
4. All Things Must Pass
5. Odyssey And Oracle
6. #1 Record
7. Modern Lovers
8. I Do Not Want What I haven't Got
9. Either/Or
10. Weezer
11. If You're Feeling Sinister
12. Brian Wilson Presents "SMiLE"
13. Homogenic
14. Nirvana MTV Unplugged In New York
15. Radio City
16. Tea For The Tillerman
17. Post
18. Dirty Mind
19. Paul Simon
20. My Aim Is True
21. Mr. Tambourine Man
22. Ram
23. Wild Honey
24. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
25. Wish You Were Here
26. The Wild The Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle
27. Pink Flag
28. Imagine
29. So
30. Loaded
31. The Basement Tapes
32. John Wesley Harding
33. Surfer Rosa
34. Aftermath
35. Everyone Thinks This Is Nowhere
36. Full Moon Fever
37. Village Green Preservation Society
38. Something Else
39. Gilded Palace Of Sin
40. The Bends
41. Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
42. Deja Vu
43. Today!
44. Let It Be
45. Siamese Dream
46. Parklife
47. Village Green Preservation Society
48. Houses of the Holy
49. A Hard Day's Night
50. Golden Hour
51. Dookie
52. Odelay!
53. Help!
54. Music Of My Mind
55. Sheryl Crow
56. White Light/White Heat
57. Sandinista!
58. Goo
59. Let's Get It On
60. Slanted And Enchanted

 

Slanted & Enchanted
A
The first of the three great Pavement albums, IMO, though I actually like the next two (Crooked Rain, Wowee Zowee) a bit more. I guess this was the most influential, though.

 

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was my first real a-ha! moment with Pavement. I like Slanted and Enchanted, but not as much as Crooked.

And as far as colors go, the pinks seem to have it in this countdown. Wire's Pink Flag might be the best punk rock album this side of the Ramones and Sex Pistols, and Nick Drake's Pink Moon might be the best of the singer/songwriter genre, although Leonard Cohen might have something to say about that.

Actually, Leonard would probably say something classy. (Or not, considering some of his songs.)

 

SLANTED AND ENCHANTED (Pavement)
This is OK, but CROOKED RAIN CROOKED RAIN is the best Pavement album.
GRADE: B-

My Current Top 90 Albums:
1. THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY (The Kinks)
2. ODYSSEY AND ORACLE (The Zombies)
3. PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (Pink Floyd)
4. SOMETHING ELSE (The Kinks)
5. ALL THINGS MUST PASS (George Harrison)
6. NUGGETS (Various Artists)
7. DEJA VU (Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young)
8. MODERN LOVERS (Modern Lovers)
9. RAM (Paul & Linda McCartney)
10. BETWEEN THE BUTTONS (Rolling Stones)
11. A HARD DAYS NIGHT (The Beatles)
12. THE WHO SELL OUT (The Who)
13. DAMN THE TORPEDOES (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
14. GREATEST HITS (Sly & the Family Stone)
15. THE CARS (The Cars)
16. FULL MOON FEVER (Tom Petty)
17. RADIO CITY (Big Star)
18. #1 RECORD (Big Star)
19. ODELAY (Beck)
20. COSMO'S FACTORY (CCR)
21. WISH YOU WERE HERE (Pink Floyd)
22. ROCKET TO RUSSIA (Ramones)
23. DOOKIE (Green Day)
24. HELP )The Beatles)
25. AMERICAN BEAUTY (Grateful Dead)
26. LET IT BE (The Beatles)
27. WEEZER (Weezer)
28. ANTHOLOGY (The Temptations)
29. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE (Neil Young)
30. ANTHOLOGY (Diana Ross & the Supremes)
31. YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK (Aretha Franklin)
32. HERES LITTLE RICHARD (Little Richard)
33. THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (Abba)
34. HOUSES OF THE HOLY (Led Zeppelin)
35. AMERICAN IDIOT (Green Day)
36. THE STOOGES (The Stooges)
37. SURREALISTIC PILLOW (Jefferson Airplane)
38. MY AIM IS TRUE (Elvis Costello)
39. SOMETHING/ANYTHING (Todd Rundgren)
40. BROTHERS IN ARMS (Dire Straits)
41. CLOSE TO THE EDGE (Yes)
42. IMAGINE (John Lennon)
43. PINK MOON (Nick Drake)
44. PROUNCED LENHERD SKINNERD (Lynryd Skynryd)
45. ELEPHANT (The White Stripes)
46. UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK CITY (Nirvana)
47. ABRAXAS (Santana)
48. PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND (Sam Cooke)
49. STORIES FROM THE CITY (PJ Harvey)
50. MOVING PICTURES (Rush)
51. KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS (Robert Johnson)
52. DICTIONARY OF SOUL (Otis Redding)
53. SOME GIRLS (Rolling Stones)
54. LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS (Derek & the Dominoes)
55. CURRENTS (Tame Impala)
56. BEACH BOYS TODAY (The Beach Boys)
57. ELVIS PRESLEY (Elvis Presley)
58. BO DIDDLEY/GO BO DIDDLEY (Bo Diddley)
59. PARKLIFE (Blur)
60. WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT (Velvet Underground)
61. SIAMESE DREAM (Smashing Pumpkins)
62. LIVE AT LEEDS (The Who)
63. RUST NEVER SLEEPS (Neil Young)
64. CALIFORNICATION (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
65. NORMAN R ROCKWELL (Lana Del Rey)
66. 19 LOVE SONGS (Magnetic Fields)
67, LUCINDA WILLIAMS (Lucinda Williams)
68. HEART LIKE A WHEEL (Linda Rondstadt)
69. MR TAMBOURINE MAN (The Byrds)
70. PAUL SIMON (Paul Simon)
71. SO (Peter Gabriel)
72. LIKE A PRAYER (Madonna)
73. HONKY CHATEAU (Elton John)
74. SHERYL CROW (Sheryl Crow)
75. BACK TO MONO (Phil Spector w/various artists)
76. NICK OF TIME (Bonnie Raitt)
77. THE ANTHOLOGY (Muddy Waters)
78. PRESENTING THE FABULOUS RONETTES (Ronettes)
79. HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS (Cocteau Twins)
80. THE BIRTH OF SOUL (Ray Charles)
81. MOANING IN THE MOONLIGHT (Howlin Wolf)
82. MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDING AND FOOD (Talking Heads)
83. ANOTHER GREEN WORLD (Brian Eno)
84. HEADHUNTERS (Herbie Hancock)
85. FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN (Bob Dylan)
86. METALLICA (Metallica)
87. DEFINITELY MAYBE (Oasis)
88. TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN (Cat Stevens)
89. COAT OF MANY COLORS (Dolly Parton)
90. EITHER/OR (Elliot Smith)

 

198. The B-52’s - The B-52’s (1979)
Producer: Chris Blackwell

The B-52's is the debut album by the Athens, Georgia-based new wave band the B-52's. The kitschy lyrics and mood, and the hook-laden harmonies helped establish a fanbase for the band, who went on to release several chart-topping singles. The album cover was designed by Tony Wright (credited as Sue Ab Surd).

The B-52's peaked at number 59 on the Billboard200,[3] and "Rock Lobster" reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] In 2003, the television network VH1 named The B-52's the 99th greatest album of all time. Shortly before his death, John Lennon said he enjoyed the album.[5] In his 1995 book, The Alternative Music Almanac, Alan Crossplaced the album ninth on the list of 10 Classic Alternative Albums.

Critical Reception
AllMusic 5/5
Christgau's Record Guide A
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5
Music Story 5/5
Pitchfork 9.0/10
Rolling Stone 5/5
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3.5/5
Select 4/5
Slant Magazine 4/5
Spin Alternative Record Guide 10/10

Audience Reception
79/100 from 171 users, #48 for 1979 - AlbumOfTheYear.org
8.8/10 from 1,272 users - AllMusic
4/5 from 94 users - Musicboard
3.75/5 from 6,837 users, #34 for 1979, #2,267 overall - RateYourMusic.com

 

B-52s
A
This is an album that has grown in stature with me over time. For awhile I merely regarded it as the most consistent release in the catalog of a kitschy band who singles I had always enjoyed, but which didn't take particularly seriously. The band's whole vibe, though, is fun and not seriousness, and my appreciation for this album as being important insofar as US New Wave grew as I heard more music of that style from that era. Now I regard it as highly as any punk or garage album - IMO it's of the same general family.

 

Apart from, perhaps, Devo, the B-52's probably defined the sound of late-70's/early 80's new wave radio more than any other band. Not saying they were the best or most important, but "Rock Lobster" and "Planet Claire" were everywhere at the time. Even music fans that turned their nose up at this sort of music were still talking about them. A lot was changing in music during this period, but the B-52's were one of the clearest indicators that much was now different in pop/rock.

Oh yeah, the album is fantastic. 5/5

 

B 52'S (The B 52's)

I love this album! The best B 52's album as there are more standout songs than on any other album of theirs. "Rock Lobster" is of course a classic, but "Planet Claire", "Hot Lava", "Party Out Of Bounds", and "Dance This Mess Around" are also great, catchy fun.
They would do other great songs, but nothing else could capture the energy, imagination, and creativity of the debut!
GRADE: A

My Current Top 90+ Albums:
1. THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY (The Kinks)
2. ODYSSEY AND ORACLE (The Zombies)
3. PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (Pink Floyd)
4. SOMETHING ELSE (The Kinks)
5. ALL THINGS MUST PASS (George Harrison)
6. NUGGETS (Various Artists)
7. DEJA VU (Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young)
8. MODERN LOVERS (Modern Lovers)
9. RAM (Paul & Linda McCartney)
10. BETWEEN THE BUTTONS (Rolling Stones)
11. A HARD DAYS NIGHT (The Beatles)
12. THE WHO SELL OUT (The Who)
13. DAMN THE TORPEDOES (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
14. GREATEST HITS (Sly & the Family Stone)
15. THE CARS (The Cars)
16. FULL MOON FEVER (Tom Petty)
17. RADIO CITY (Big Star)
18. #1 RECORD (Big Star)
19. ODELAY (Beck)
20. COSMO'S FACTORY (CCR)
21. WISH YOU WERE HERE (Pink Floyd)
22. ROCKET TO RUSSIA (Ramones)
23. DOOKIE (Green Day)
24. THE B 52'S (The B 52's)
25. HELP )The Beatles)
26. AMERICAN BEAUTY (Grateful Dead)
27. LET IT BE (The Beatles)
28. WEEZER (Weezer)
29. ANTHOLOGY (The Temptations)
30. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE (Neil Young)
31. ANTHOLOGY (Diana Ross & the Supremes)
32. YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK (Aretha Franklin)
33. HERES LITTLE RICHARD (Little Richard)
34. THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (Abba)
35. HOUSES OF THE HOLY (Led Zeppelin)
36. AMERICAN IDIOT (Green Day)
37. THE STOOGES (The Stooges)
38. SURREALISTIC PILLOW (Jefferson Airplane)
39. MY AIM IS TRUE (Elvis Costello)
40. SOMETHING/ANYTHING (Todd Rundgren)
41. BROTHERS IN ARMS (Dire Straits)
42. CLOSE TO THE EDGE (Yes)
43. IMAGINE (John Lennon)
44. PINK MOON (Nick Drake)
45. PROUNCED LENHERD SKINNERD (Lynryd Skynryd)
46. ELEPHANT (The White Stripes)
47. UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK CITY (Nirvana)
48. ABRAXAS (Santana)
49. PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND (Sam Cooke)
50. STORIES FROM THE CITY (PJ Harvey)
51. MOVING PICTURES (Rush)
52. KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS (Robert Johnson)
53. DICTIONARY OF SOUL (Otis Redding)
54. SOME GIRLS (Rolling Stones)
55. LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS (Derek & the Dominoes)
56. CURRENTS (Tame Impala)
57. BEACH BOYS TODAY (The Beach Boys)
58. ELVIS PRESLEY (Elvis Presley)
59. BO DIDDLEY/GO BO DIDDLEY (Bo Diddley)
60. PARKLIFE (Blur)
61. WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT (Velvet Underground)
62. SIAMESE DREAM (Smashing Pumpkins)
63. LIVE AT LEEDS (The Who)
64. RUST NEVER SLEEPS (Neil Young)
65. CALIFORNICATION (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
66. NORMAN R ROCKWELL (Lana Del Rey)
67. 19 LOVE SONGS (Magnetic Fields)
68, LUCINDA WILLIAMS (Lucinda Williams)
69. HEART LIKE A WHEEL (Linda Rondstadt)
70. MR TAMBOURINE MAN (The Byrds)
71. PAUL SIMON (Paul Simon)
72. SO (Peter Gabriel)
73. LIKE A PRAYER (Madonna)
74. HONKY CHATEAU (Elton John)
75. SHERYL CROW (Sheryl Crow)
76. BACK TO MONO (Phil Spector w/various artists)
77. NICK OF TIME (Bonnie Raitt)
78. THE ANTHOLOGY (Muddy Waters)
79. PRESENTING THE FABULOUS RONETTES (Ronettes)
80. HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS (Cocteau Twins)
81. THE BIRTH OF SOUL (Ray Charles)
82. MOANING IN THE MOONLIGHT (Howlin Wolf)
83. MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDING AND FOOD (Talking Heads)
84. ANOTHER GREEN WORLD (Brian Eno)
85. HEADHUNTERS (Herbie Hancock)
86. FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN (Bob Dylan)
87. METALLICA (Metallica)
88. DEFINITELY MAYBE (Oasis)
89. TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN (Cat Stevens)
90. COAT OF MANY COLORS (Dolly Parton)
91. EITHER/OR (Elliot Smith)

 

The B-52s is a great album, and I'm sort of surprised ot see it on this list, as it's too New Wave, not "serious"-- but underneath the surface...it is serious.

They sounded like no one else, and their mix of surf instrumental music, disco, Yoko Ono and trashy bubblegum somehow added up to a technicolor soul that seemed shallow, felt good, but ultimately had deep depths of the freaky Americana that exists in the South, like a hidden culture between the cracks of things but so seldom gets spotlight. A culture that's part criminal, part art, part trash.

They were pretty much singlehandedly responsible for the Athens Georgia scene that so dominated the mid-80s underground.

5/5

1. 
   
   
   • In the Aeroplane Over The Sea
   • Third/Sister Lovers
   • Pink Moon
   • The B-52's
   • All Things Must Pass
   • Odyssey And Oracle
   • #1 Record
   • Modern Lovers
   • I Do Not Want What I haven't Got
   • Either/Or
   • Weezer
   • If You're Feeling Sinister
   • Brian Wilson Presents "SMiLE"
   • Homogenic
   • Nirvana MTV Unplugged In New York
   • Radio City
   • Tea For The Tillerman
   • Post
   • Dirty Mind
   • Paul Simon
   • My Aim Is True
   • Mr. Tambourine Man
   • Ram
   • Wild Honey
   • The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
   • Wish You Were Here
   • The Wild The Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle
   • Pink Flag
   • Imagine
   • So
   • Loaded
   • The Basement Tapes
   • John Wesley Harding
   • Surfer Rosa
   • Aftermath
   • Everyone Thinks This Is Nowhere
   • Full Moon Fever
   • Village Green Preservation Society
   • Something Else
   • Gilded Palace Of Sin
   • The Bends
   • Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
   • Deja Vu
   • Today!
   • Let It Be
   • Siamese Dream
   • Parklife
   • Village Green Preservation Society
   • Houses of the Holy
   • A Hard Day's Night
   • Golden Hour
   • Dookie
   • Odelay!
   • Help!
   • Music Of My Mind
   • Sheryl Crow
   • White Light/White Heat
   • Sandinista!
   • Goo
   • Let's Get It On
   • Slanted And Enchanted

 

197. The Beatles - Meet the Beatles! (1964)
Producer: George Martin

Meet the Beatles! is a studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released as their second album in the United States. It was the group's first American album to be issued by Capitol Records, on 20 January 1964 in both mono and stereo formats. It topped the popular album chart on 15 February 1964 and remained at number one for eleven weeks before being replaced by The Beatles' Second Album. The cover featured Robert Freeman's iconic portrait of the Beatles used in the United Kingdom for With the Beatles, with a blue tint added to the original stark black-and-white photograph.

Background
After EMI's subsidiary Capitol Records constantly rejected requests by both Brian Epstein and George Martin to release Beatles records in the United States, EMI label head Sir Joseph Lockwood sent a deputy to Los Angeles in November 1963 ordering Capitol Records to commence promoting and releasing Beatles records in the United States. Despite the "first album" claim on the Meet the Beatles! cover, ten days prior to its release, Vee-Jay Records of Chicago beat Capitol to the punch with the release on 10 January 1964 of the Beatles' American debut album Introducing... The Beatles,which had been delayed for release for various reasons since the previous summer. Perhaps as a result of the Vee-Jay release, Liberty Music Shops advertised in the New York Times of 12 January 1964 that Meet the Beatles! was available for purchase, an ad not authorised by Capitol.[2]

In 2004, the album was released for the first time on compact disc in both stereo and mono as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 box set, containing the original US stereo and mono mixes. In 2014, Meet the Beatles! was reissued on CD, individually and included in the Beatles boxed set The U.S. Albums, wherein, although following the running order for Meet the Beatles!, are featured the UK mono and stereo mixes.

Music
By November 1963, the Beatles had already recorded over 35 songs for EMI's UK Parlophonelabel, while Capitol Records in the US planned to release an album and a single, and more at a later date. The US rights to the Beatles' first 14 tracks were held by Vee Jay Records along with a few others. "She Loves You" had been issued in America on the Swan label and also sold poorly. In Britain, Parlophone was already releasing their second Beatles album With the Beatles and had issued several singles which were not included on any UK albums with the exception of the first two ("Please Please Me"/"Ask Me Why" and "Love Me Do"/"PS I Love You"). While the Beatles' first two British albums each contained 14 tracks, in the American market albums were typically limited to 12 tracks and it was expected for albums to include the current hit single.

The first three tracks on the album include the December 1963 Capitol single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" along with the record's B-sides both in the United States, "I Saw Her Standing There," and in the UK with "This Boy" from the original November 1963 release. Neither "I Want to Hold Your Hand" nor "This Boy" had appeared on album at the time in the UK, while "I Saw Her Standing There" had been the lead-off track to the band's debut album. The other nine tracks on Meet the Beatles! are duplicated from its nearest UK counterpart album With the Beatles. Those were Beatles original songs and not cover versions of songs done by other artists with exception of "Till There Was You". The remaining five tracks from With the Beatles were songs originally recorded by other artists. Capitol determined that for their first album they would only include original and fresh material. There was fear that the remakes would turn Americans off of the Beatles. The other five songs would appear on Capitol's next American LP, The Beatles' Second Album, released in April 1964.[3] The songs "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "This Boy" are in a duophonic [fake] stereo, as Capitol had not been provided proper stereo mixes.

Critical Reception

With the Beatles
AllMusic 5/5
The A.V. Club A
Blender 4/5
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5
MusicHound 3/5
Pitchfork 8.8/10
Paste 87/100
Record Collector 4/5
Rolling Stone 5/5
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4.5/5

Meet the Beatles
AllMusic 4.5/5
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3/5
The Rolling Stone Record Guide 5/5

Audience Reception
70/100 from 1,115 users, #40 for 1963 - AlbumOfTheYear.org
8.5/10 from 4,486 users - AllMusic
3.3/5 from 1,254 users, #4 for 1963 - Musicboard
3.28/5 from 18,597 users, #102 for 1963 - RateYourMusic.com

 

haha! Meet The Beatles!...how to trigger UK Beatles fans: a masterclass.

Well, Meet The Beatles Is an improvement on With The Beatles even if it's Frankensteined from two different sub-eras.
I believe it was the third Beatles album I owned, the first two being 20 Greatest Hits and...that 1962-1966 compilation. And I loved it. I think I was 17. and I spent the next few months acquiring all of the Beatles albums with what was left over from my money after I paid for gas in my enormous car.

5/5, for sentimental reasons and also because the songs are great.

1. 1. In the Aeroplane Over The Sea
   2. Third/Sister Lovers
   3. Pink Moon
   4. The B-52's
   5. All Things Must Pass
   6. Odyssey And Oracle
   7. #1 Record
   8. Modern Lovers
   9. I Do Not Want What I haven't Got
   10. Either/Or
   11. Weezer
   12. If You're Feeling Sinister
   13. Brian Wilson Presents "SMiLE"
   14. Homogenic
   15. Nirvana MTV Unplugged In New York
   16. Radio City
   17. Tea For The Tillerman
   18. Post
   19. Paul Simon
   20. My Aim Is True
   21. Meet The Beatles
   22. Mr. Tambourine Man
   23. Ram
   24. Dirty Mind
   25. Wild Honey
   26. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
   27. Wish You Were Here
   28. The Wild The Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle
   29. Pink Flag
   30. Imagine
   31. So
   32. Loaded
   33. The Basement Tapes
   34. John Wesley Harding
   35. Surfer Rosa
   36. Aftermath
   37. Everyone Thinks This Is Nowhere
   38. Full Moon Fever
   39. Village Green Preservation Society
   40. Something Else
   41. Gilded Palace Of Sin
   42. The Bends
   43. Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
   44. Deja Vu
   45. Today!
   46. Let It Be
   47. Siamese Dream
   48. Parklife
   49. Village Green Preservation Society
   50. Houses of the Holy
   51. A Hard Day's Night
   52. Golden Hour
   53. Dookie
   54. Odelay!
   55. Help!
   56. Music Of My Mind
   57. Sheryl Crow
   58. White Light/White Heat
   59. Sandinista!
   60. Goo
   61. Let's Get It On
   62. Slanted And Enchanted

 

MEET THE BEATLES (The Beatles)
I'm psyched to see this album in the countdown! Most of the times the US albums were weaker than the UK equivalent, but in this case, MEET THE BEATLES is superior to WITH THE BEATLES as it adds 3 key Lennon/McCartney songs (I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Saw Her Standing There, and This Boy) to the mix and only cuts out a few covers, which all ended up on THE BEATLES 2ND ALBUM. The group did have a better album than this in the US until RUBBER SOUL and only A HARD DAYS NIGHT was better than MEET THE BEATLES from the UK albums released in that time.
This is simply the best rock album released in the US in 1964!
GRADE: A

My Current Top 90+ Albums:
1. THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY (The Kinks)
2. ODYSSEY AND ORACLE (The Zombies)
3. PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (Pink Floyd)
4. SOMETHING ELSE (The Kinks)
5. ALL THINGS MUST PASS (George Harrison)
6. NUGGETS (Various Artists)
7. DEJA VU (Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young)
8. MODERN LOVERS (Modern Lovers)
9. RAM (Paul & Linda McCartney)
10. BETWEEN THE BUTTONS (Rolling Stones)
11. A HARD DAYS NIGHT (The Beatles)
12. THE WHO SELL OUT (The Who)
13. DAMN THE TORPEDOES (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
14. GREATEST HITS (Sly & the Family Stone)
15. THE CARS (The Cars)
16. FULL MOON FEVER (Tom Petty)
17. RADIO CITY (Big Star)
18. #1 RECORD (Big Star)
19. ODELAY (Beck)
20. COSMO'S FACTORY (CCR)
21. WISH YOU WERE HERE (Pink Floyd)
22. MEET THE BEATLES (The Beatles)
23. ROCKET TO RUSSIA (Ramones)
24. DOOKIE (Green Day)
25. THE B 52'S (The B 52's)
26. HELP )The Beatles)
27. AMERICAN BEAUTY (Grateful Dead)
28. LET IT BE (The Beatles)
29. WEEZER (Weezer)
30. ANTHOLOGY (The Temptations)
31. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE (Neil Young)
32. ANTHOLOGY (Diana Ross & the Supremes)
33. YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK (Aretha Franklin)
34. HERES LITTLE RICHARD (Little Richard)
35. THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (Abba)
36. HOUSES OF THE HOLY (Led Zeppelin)
37. AMERICAN IDIOT (Green Day)
38. THE STOOGES (The Stooges)
39. SURREALISTIC PILLOW (Jefferson Airplane)
40. MY AIM IS TRUE (Elvis Costello)
41. SOMETHING/ANYTHING (Todd Rundgren)
42. BROTHERS IN ARMS (Dire Straits)
43. CLOSE TO THE EDGE (Yes)
44. IMAGINE (John Lennon)
45. PINK MOON (Nick Drake)
46. PROUNCED LENHERD SKINNERD (Lynryd Skynryd)
47. ELEPHANT (The White Stripes)
48. UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK CITY (Nirvana)
49. ABRAXAS (Santana)
50. PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND (Sam Cooke)
51. STORIES FROM THE CITY (PJ Harvey)
52. MOVING PICTURES (Rush)
53. KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS (Robert Johnson)
54. DICTIONARY OF SOUL (Otis Redding)
55. SOME GIRLS (Rolling Stones)
56. LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS (Derek & the Dominoes)
57. CURRENTS (Tame Impala)
58. BEACH BOYS TODAY (The Beach Boys)
59. ELVIS PRESLEY (Elvis Presley)
60. BO DIDDLEY/GO BO DIDDLEY (Bo Diddley)
61. PARKLIFE (Blur)
62. WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT (Velvet Underground)
63. SIAMESE DREAM (Smashing Pumpkins)
64. LIVE AT LEEDS (The Who)
65. RUST NEVER SLEEPS (Neil Young)
66. CALIFORNICATION (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
67. NORMAN R ROCKWELL (Lana Del Rey)
68. 19 LOVE SONGS (Magnetic Fields)
69, LUCINDA WILLIAMS (Lucinda Williams)
70. HEART LIKE A WHEEL (Linda Rondstadt)
71. MR TAMBOURINE MAN (The Byrds)
72. PAUL SIMON (Paul Simon)
73. SO (Peter Gabriel)
74. LIKE A PRAYER (Madonna)
75. HONKY CHATEAU (Elton John)
76. SHERYL CROW (Sheryl Crow)
77. BACK TO MONO (Phil Spector w/various artists)
78. NICK OF TIME (Bonnie Raitt)
79. THE ANTHOLOGY (Muddy Waters)
80. PRESENTING THE FABULOUS RONETTES (Ronettes)
81. HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS (Cocteau Twins)
82. THE BIRTH OF SOUL (Ray Charles)
83. MOANING IN THE MOONLIGHT (Howlin Wolf)
84. MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDING AND FOOD (Talking Heads)
85. ANOTHER GREEN WORLD (Brian Eno)
86. HEADHUNTERS (Herbie Hancock)
87. FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN (Bob Dylan)
88. METALLICA (Metallica)
89. DEFINITELY MAYBE (Oasis)
90. TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN (Cat Stevens)
91. COAT OF MANY COLORS (Dolly Parton)
92. EITHER/OR (Elliot Smith)

 

Meet the Beatles
N/A
I don't recognize the existence of US Beatles albums, so I must pass. I was too young to experience the Beatles in real time, and just bought the UK albums when I got older and dipped my toe into the Beatles. Yeah, I know I've heard every song on this, but I'm still passing out of principle

 

How can anyone not love "Meet the Beatles"?

 

It's interesting how they went with the US Meet The Beatles (which I agree is better than With The Beatles) but the UK A Hard Day's Night (which, in turn, is far, far, far better than its US counterpart.) Of course, I just listen to my own custom playlists of all the Beatles albums pre-Revolver. Lifes too short to listen to "Hold Me Tight."

 

196. Robyn - Body Talk (2010)
Producers:

• Jocke Åhlund
• Klas Åhlund
• Patrik Berger
• Diplo
• Douster
• Kleerup
• Max Martin
• Niggaracci[f]
• Röyksopp
• Savage Skulls
• Shellback

Body Talk is the seventh studio album by Swedish singer Robyn, released on 22 November 2010 by Konichiwa Records. Robyn first announced in early 2010 that she would release three mini-albums throughout the course of 2010. However, it was later announced that a full-length album would be released instead of a third mini-album. The first two mini-albums of what was dubbed the Body Talkseries, Body Talk Pt. 1 and Body Talk Pt. 2, were released in June and September 2010. While being a separate studio album in its own right, the full-length release also serves as a compilation album, containing the "best songs" from the first two entries in the Body Talk series in addition to five new songs. In certain territories, the new songs were also available separately as an extended play released the same day, titled Body Talk Pt. 3. The four songs and two acoustic versions from the project that were excluded from the original track listing were later included on the German iTunes and 2019 Record Store Day vinyl versions of the album.

Background and Development
In an interview with Swedish magazine Bon, Robyn announced that she had plans to release three new albums in 2010.[6] She said, "I got all these great songs so why not? [...] It's been 5 years since Robynand I didn't want to wait with a release until they are all recorded, so I decided to start putting them out right away."[7] Robyn told Popjustice journalist Peter Robinson, "It's been a long time since I actually made a record! And I was thinking of how to shorten that time down and Eric, my manager, came up with the idea of what if I just start releasing songs, then I can tour them, then I can make some more songs. We started working like that. I think once it starts it will make more sense – you can just keep releasing stuff without the long breaks."[8] Robyn collaborated with Swedish producer Max Martin on the song "Time Machine".[9] Martin was responsible for producing Robyn's US breakthrough hits "Do You Know (What It Takes)" and "Show Me Love", which both charted inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1996 and 1997. She said of the collaboration: "It was nostalgic to go back into the studio together. For me, it's perfect timing – I've come full circle. It's a way for me to show that I'm not trying to distance myself from where I come from. It's still all about the songs."

Critical Reception

Aggregate Scores
AnyDecentMusic? 8.1/10
Metacritic 86/100

Review Scores
AllMusic 5/5
The A.V. Club A
Entertainment Weekly A
Evening Standard 4/5
Financial Times 4/5
The Guardian 4/5
MSN Music (Expert Witness) A−
Pitchfork 8.7/10
Rolling Stone 4/5
Slant Magazine 4/5

Audience Reception
82/100 from 562 users, #19 for 2010 - AlbumOfTheYear.org
8.3/10 from 541 users - AllMusic
4.2/5 from 153 users - Musicboard
3.76/5 from 1,921 users, #13 for 2010 (compilations), #821 overall (compilations) - RateYourMusic.com

 

197. The Beatles - Meet the Beatles! (1964)

In my collection in the UK version, With The Beatles. When this came out, all I had heard were the couple of hit singles from the Meet The Beatles. When I began buying music in 1970 at some point I owned a Meet The Beatles LP but transitioned to With The Beatles when the CD was issued...

3/5

 

196. Robyn - Body Talk (2010)

DEFINITELY a better album than Meet the Beatles. Finally, someone sees this.

 

BODY TALK (Robyn)
Seriously? This is such a nondescript bit of dance music. I can possibly see "Do You Know What It Takes" or one of her other singles in the singles countdown, but I a full album of Robyn makes no sense. Even a "best of " is pushing it.
GRADE: C

My Current Top 90+ Albums:
1. THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY (The Kinks)
2. ODYSSEY AND ORACLE (The Zombies)
3. PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (Pink Floyd)
4. SOMETHING ELSE (The Kinks)
5. ALL THINGS MUST PASS (George Harrison)
6. NUGGETS (Various Artists)
7. DEJA VU (Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young)
8. MODERN LOVERS (Modern Lovers)
9. RAM (Paul & Linda McCartney)
10. BETWEEN THE BUTTONS (Rolling Stones)
11. A HARD DAYS NIGHT (The Beatles)
12. THE WHO SELL OUT (The Who)
13. DAMN THE TORPEDOES (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
14. GREATEST HITS (Sly & the Family Stone)
15. THE CARS (The Cars)
16. FULL MOON FEVER (Tom Petty)
17. RADIO CITY (Big Star)
18. #1 RECORD (Big Star)
19. ODELAY (Beck)
20. COSMO'S FACTORY (CCR)
21. WISH YOU WERE HERE (Pink Floyd)
22. MEET THE BEATLES (The Beatles)
23. ROCKET TO RUSSIA (Ramones)
24. DOOKIE (Green Day)
25. THE B 52'S (The B 52's)
26. HELP )The Beatles)
27. AMERICAN BEAUTY (Grateful Dead)
28. LET IT BE (The Beatles)
29. WEEZER (Weezer)
30. ANTHOLOGY (The Temptations)
31. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE (Neil Young)
32. ANTHOLOGY (Diana Ross & the Supremes)
33. YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK (Aretha Franklin)
34. HERES LITTLE RICHARD (Little Richard)
35. THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (Abba)
36. HOUSES OF THE HOLY (Led Zeppelin)
37. AMERICAN IDIOT (Green Day)
38. THE STOOGES (The Stooges)
39. SURREALISTIC PILLOW (Jefferson Airplane)
40. MY AIM IS TRUE (Elvis Costello)
41. SOMETHING/ANYTHING (Todd Rundgren)
42. BROTHERS IN ARMS (Dire Straits)
43. CLOSE TO THE EDGE (Yes)
44. IMAGINE (John Lennon)
45. PINK MOON (Nick Drake)
46. PROUNCED LENHERD SKINNERD (Lynryd Skynryd)
47. ELEPHANT (The White Stripes)
48. UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK CITY (Nirvana)
49. ABRAXAS (Santana)
50. PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND (Sam Cooke)
51. STORIES FROM THE CITY (PJ Harvey)
52. MOVING PICTURES (Rush)
53. KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS (Robert Johnson)
54. DICTIONARY OF SOUL (Otis Redding)
55. SOME GIRLS (Rolling Stones)
56. LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS (Derek & the Dominoes)
57. CURRENTS (Tame Impala)
58. BEACH BOYS TODAY (The Beach Boys)
59. ELVIS PRESLEY (Elvis Presley)
60. BO DIDDLEY/GO BO DIDDLEY (Bo Diddley)
61. PARKLIFE (Blur)
62. WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT (Velvet Underground)
63. SIAMESE DREAM (Smashing Pumpkins)
64. LIVE AT LEEDS (The Who)
65. RUST NEVER SLEEPS (Neil Young)
66. CALIFORNICATION (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
67. NORMAN R ROCKWELL (Lana Del Rey)
68. 19 LOVE SONGS (Magnetic Fields)
69, LUCINDA WILLIAMS (Lucinda Williams)
70. HEART LIKE A WHEEL (Linda Rondstadt)
71. MR TAMBOURINE MAN (The Byrds)
72. PAUL SIMON (Paul Simon)
73. SO (Peter Gabriel)
74. LIKE A PRAYER (Madonna)
75. HONKY CHATEAU (Elton John)
76. SHERYL CROW (Sheryl Crow)
77. BACK TO MONO (Phil Spector w/various artists)
78. NICK OF TIME (Bonnie Raitt)
79. THE ANTHOLOGY (Muddy Waters)
80. PRESENTING THE FABULOUS RONETTES (Ronettes)
81. HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS (Cocteau Twins)
82. THE BIRTH OF SOUL (Ray Charles)
83. MOANING IN THE MOONLIGHT (Howlin Wolf)
84. MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDING AND FOOD (Talking Heads)
85. ANOTHER GREEN WORLD (Brian Eno)
86. HEADHUNTERS (Herbie Hancock)
87. FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN (Bob Dylan)
88. METALLICA (Metallica)
89. DEFINITELY MAYBE (Oasis)
90. TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN (Cat Stevens)
91. COAT OF MANY COLORS (Dolly Parton)
92. EITHER/OR (Elliot Smith)