LR: List Related: Rock List: A List of Lists: From magazines. Music magazine lists

[Ian Townsend]

There....that should make it easy to find in the future, and thanks to Eruditio for the heads-up.

Click around to find end of year 'Best Of' lists from magazines you know and magazines you don't. Not just UK either. Instant 'musical flavours of the year' in a few clicks and some debatable lists too.

NME / Uncut Magazine: 501 Lost Songs (http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/NME_LostSongs.htm)

Lists By Publication (http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/publications.htm) Click on any of them to find ...erm...lists.

Uncut: 50 Greatest Bootlegs (http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/uncut.htm#bootlegs) Note the absence of any 90s boots. :rolleyes:

NME: 100 Albums You've Never Herd (http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_soundtrk.html#lostalbums_2)(sic) Scroll down halfway to find Selda! Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left! Actually I'm being a tw*t. There's dozens of lps on the list I've never heard of.

Elvis Costello's: 500 Albums You Need (http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/elvis_costello.htm) Author on here needs to seriously sort out his spelling of 'heard.'

And on and on....

Fun.

[eruditio]

I like the idea of the NME's Near As Dam Perfect First Albums (http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_d&d.html)list.
There must be a lot of other first lps that are great though surely?
Jorge Ben? Tom Petty?

And it's not hard to see there are hardly any lps from the 50s / 60s or early 70s in there. A list compiled from people whose favorite period / halcyon days were 75 to 85?

1. Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
2. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
3. The MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (1968)
4. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy (1985)
5. Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
6. Billy Bragg - Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs Spy (1984)
7. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
8. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising (1990)
9. The Clash - The Clash (1977)
10. The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)
11. ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982)
12. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels (1980)
13. The Wedding Present - George Best (1987)
14. The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops (1984)
15. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico & Andy Warhol (1967)
16. Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen (1978)
17. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978)
18. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
19. Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - 101 Damnations (1990)
20. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (1977)

[stringer]

Jorge Ben? Tom Petty?

And it's not hard to see there are hardly any lps from the 50s / 60s or early 70s in there. A list compiled from people whose favorite period / halcyon days were 75 to 85?

NME innit? And it was compiled in 1992, which cancels out the last 20 years. I would have thought Talking Heads 77 would have been a cert though!

[Runswick]

I recognise and can hum a few tracks from most of the NME list for 1981.

I dont recognise many from the NME list for 2011.

What a difference thirty years, a full-time job, a family and dogs makes.

I'm tempted to write a song with that title.



1981
1. Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
2. Computer World - Kraftwerk
3. Red - Black Uhuru
4. Wha'ppen - The Beat
5. Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17
6. Dare - Human League
7. Trust - Elvis Costello
8. Alles Ist Gut - Daf
9. Red Mecca - Cabaret Voltaire
10. Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places - Kid Creole And The Coconuts
11. Gold Und Liebe - Daf
12. Mutant Disco - Various Artists
13. Slates - The Fall
14. Black President - Fela Kuti
15. Flowers Of Romance - Pil
16. Raise! - Earth Wind And Fire
17. Playing With A Different Sex - Au Pairs
18. Rock 'N' Groove - Bunny Wailer
19. East Side Story - Squeeze
20. Almost Blue - Elvis Costello
21. Being With You - Smokey Robinson
22. Heaven Up Here - Echo And The Bunnymen
23. See Jungle! Etc..... - Bow Wow Wow
24. The Electric Spanking ..... - Funkadelic
25. Odyshape - The Raincoats
26. Gang War - Prince Charles & The City Beat Band
27. Sings The Wailers - Bunny Wailer
28. Positive Touch - The Undertones
29. Get Down Attack - General Caine Ii
30. Blythe Spirit - Arther Blythe
31. Tin Drum - Japan
32. 7 - Madness
33. Defunkt - Defunkt
34. Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones
35. Alan Vega - Alan Vega
36. Intuition - Linx
37. Dreamtime - Tom Verlaine
38. In Our Lifetime - Marvin Gaye
39. New Chapter - Aswad
40. Greatest Hits - Throbbing Gristle
41. Something Special - Kool And The Gang
42. Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk
43. Miracles - Change
44. Wild Gift - X
45. The Man With The Horn - Miles Davis
46. Pleasant Dreams - The Ramones
47. Psychedelic Jungle - The Cramps
48. It Must Be Magic - Teena Marie
49. Sleep No More - The Comsat Angels
50. The Many Faces Of Roger - Roger


2011
1. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
2. Metronomy – The English Riviera
3. The Horrors – Skying
4. Wild Beasts – Smother
5. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
6. Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
7. St Vincent – Strange Mercy
8. Katy B – On A Mission
9. Tune-Yards – Whokill
10. Wu Lyf – Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
11. Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
12. Scum – Again Into Eyes
13. Suns – Zeroes Qc
14. The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines
15. Wild Flag – Wild Flag
16. Bombay Bicycle Club
17. Battles – Gloss Drop
18. Car’s Eyes – Cat’s Eyes
19. Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
20. Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
21. Kasabian – ‘Velociraptor’
22. Noah And The Whale – Last Night On Earth
23. Yuck – Yuck
24. Big Talk – Big Talk
25. Planningtorock – W
26. Girls – Farther, Son, Holy Ghost
27. Black Lips – Arabia Mountain
28. The Field – Looping State Of Mind
29. Smith Westerns – Dye It Blond
30. Friendly Fires – Pala
31. Florence & The Machine – Ceremonials
32. Alex Turner – Submarine Soundtrack
33. Justice – Audio, Video, Disco
34. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
35. TV On The Radio – Nine Types Of Light
36. Iceage – New Brigade
37. White Denim – D
38. Bjork – Biophilia
39. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
40. Cold Cave – Cherish The Light
41. Death Grips – Exmilitary
42. Patrick Wolf – Lupercalla
43. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
44. Destroyer – Kaput
45. Austra – Feel It Break
46. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
47. Real Estate – Days
48. Slow Club – Paradise
49. SBTRKT – SBTRKT
50. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne

[Ian Townsend]

I knew having the words 'list' and 'lists' would make this thread easy to find. Apologies if you've seen this before:

20 Best: UK Psych Records Ever Made (http://www.factmag.com/2012/03/11/20-best-uk-psych/)

[treeboy]

I knew having the words 'list' and 'lists' would make this thread easy to find. Apologies if you've seen this before:

20 Best: UK Psych Records Ever Made (http://www.factmag.com/2012/03/11/20-best-uk-psych/)

LOVE everything on that list. Not necessarily agreeing with Mr Norris in terms of the top 20, mine probably changes every few years....months.....don't know if I'm brave enough to do it actually, too much to leave out.

Incidentally, does anyone remember a fanzine called 117? They had a great series on UK psych 45s running through the issues. I've got the last 4 (out of 9 I think) issues, and they are a real hoot.
If anyone has earlier issues, I'm interested.

[Ian Townsend]

Incidentally, does anyone remember a fanzine called 117? They had a great series on UK psych 45s running through the issues. I've got the last 4 (out of 9 I think) issues, and they are a real hoot.
If anyone has earlier issues, I'm interested.
I Googled 117 fanzine to find out more about it. Not much luck but found this good thread from VG+ on Fake Bands (http://www.verygoodplus.co.uk/showthread.php/27189-do-these-records-really-exist).

Not helpful in your quest I know but I suspect you'll find it an interesting read.

[treeboy]

These are the ones I've got
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8266/8637705563_60265b44a4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24911767@N04/8637705563/)