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My top 10 albums of each decade since the 1960s.

1960s

1. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
2. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates of Dawn
3. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
4. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
6. The Stooges - The Stooges
7. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
8. Love - Forever Changes
9. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
10. The United States of America - The United States of America

1970s

1. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
2. David Bowie - Low
3. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
4. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
5. The Clash - London Calling
6. Television - Marquee Moon
7. Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
8. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
9. Pink Floyd - Animals
10. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

1980s

1. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
2. Joy Division - Closer
3. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
4. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
6. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
7. Paul Simon - Graceland
8. Operation Ivy - Energy
9. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
10. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

1990s

1. Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
2. Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
3. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
4. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
5. Green Day - Dookie
6. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
7. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
8. Radiohead - OK Computer
9. At the Drive-In - Acrobatic Tenement
10. Reatards - Teenage Hate

2000s

1. M.I.A. - Kala
2. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
3. Radiohead - Kid A
4. Jay Reatard - Blood Visions
5. Portishead - Third
6. OutKast - Stankonia
7. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
8. Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World
9. Arcade Fire - Funeral
10. The Ergs! - Dorkrockcorkrod

I did the very difficult process of narrowing down my musical tastes down to just 50 artists, to represent the bands/musicians I simply could not live without. Of course, this list is is expected to change in some degree over time.

1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. Tori Amos
3. Tom Waits
4. Björk
5. Bauhaus
6. Metallica
7. Nirvana
8. Black Sabbath
9. The Beatles
10. Led Zeppelin
11. The Doors
12. Jefferson Airplane
13. The Sword
14. Pink Floyd
15. Devendra Banhart
16. The Incredible String Band
17. Witchcraft
18. Siouxsie and the Banshees
19. The Rolling Stones
20. Big Brother & The Holding Company
21. Bob Dylan
22. Larkin Grimm
23. Soft Machine
24. Portishead
25. 13th Floor Elevators
26. Nick Drake
27. Dethklok
28. Josephine Foster
29. The Velvet Underground
30. Neil Young
31. Utimate Spinach
32. Rasputina
33. Cocteau Twins
34. Ravi Shankar
35. Donovan
36. Babes in Toyland
37. Mariee Sioux
38. Rob Zombie
39. The Seeds
40. Joanna Newsom
41. Cream
42. Simon & Garfunkel
43. Joni Mitchell
44. Alela Diane
45. Hole
46. CocoRosie
47. PJ Harvey
48. Mazzy Star
49. Marissa Nadler
50. Johann Sebastian Bach

Songs by title:
First song: À Ceux Qui Sont Malades Par Mer Calme
Last song: 90101-5l-l

Songs by length:
Shortest song: Fantasy II (0:04)
Longest song: Surgical Specimens From The Museum Of Skin (1:14:17)

By artist:
First artist: Ad Rock
Last artist: 13th Floor Elevators

By album:
First album: Abattoir Blues
Last album: ( )

Top 10 most played songs:
1. Waves, Waves, Waves
2. Colouring The Void
3. By The Kiss
4. Peacock Tail
5. I Lied
6. Strong and Wasted
7. Skin Of The Night
8. Space Fertilizer
9. Sister (Part 1)
10. My own strange path

First 5 songs on shuffle:
1. I Have the Moon, You Have the Internet
2. East Hastings
3. Radio #1
4. 3.3 Degrees From the Pole
5. The Sicilian


Search for:
"Sex", how many songs come up? 54
"Love", how many songs come up? 367
"You", how many songs come up? 869
"Death", how many songs come up? 128
"Hate", how many songs come up? 35
"Wish", how many songs come up? 40
"Dream", how many songs come up? 128
"Leave", how many songs come up? 17
"Stay", how many songs come up? 12
"Heart", how many songs come up? 226
(and, just for fun)"Monkey", how many songs come up? 16

Final Stats:
11236 Songs, 34 days 22 hours, 70.3GB

1) 13th Floor Elevators – I Had to Tell You
2) Bob Dylan - I Want You
3) David Bowie - Heroes
4) T. Rex - Girl
5) Spiritualized - Soul On Fire
6) Johnny Thunders & the heartbrakers- I Love You
7) The Homosexuals - Hearts in Exile
8) The Jam - Fly
9) Dead Boys - All This And More
10) The Neon Boys - That's All I Know (Right Now)

1. How did you get into 29 La Pestilencia?:
The local radio, or the local television, or a tape borrowed for my brother, I can't say exactly.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22 Arcade Fire?:
Maybe '' Intervention ''.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 32 Paramore?:
For a pessimist I'm pretty optimistic.

4. What is your favorite album by 49 Beirut?:
The Gulag Orkestar.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own Austin tv?:
All of them... but in MP3 XD

6. What is your favorite song by 50 13th Floor Elevators?:
Street Song.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad Belle and Sebastian?:
I fought in a War.

8. What is your favorite song by 15 Pennywise?:
Hard to decide... '' Perfect Day ''.

9. What is your favorite song by 5 Iron Maiden?:
OMG! I don't know, I can' tell

10. How did you get into 6 Interpol?:
TV

11. What is your favorite album by 40 Ladytron?:
Velocifero.

12. What is your favorite song by 10 Echo & The Bunnymen?:
It's alright.

13. What is your favorite album by 30 Tristeza?:
Dream signals in Full Circles.

14. What is your favorite song by 38 Emily Jane White?:
Hole in the middle.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy Blood Red Shoes?:
You Bring me Down.

16. How many times have you seen 25 live Squirrel Nut Zippers?:
0 :( buy maybe It'll be 1 if i get money before december.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? The Beatles:
Let it Be.

18. What is your favorite album by 11 In Flames?:
Clayman.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1 Cat Power?:
Chan Marshall.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live Emilie Simon?:
Nope.

21. What is a good memory involving 27 Nightwish?
I bought the '' From wishes to eternity '' DVD just my first day in University.

22. What is your favorite song by 16 Mogwai?:
Auto Rock

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47 Misfits?:
2004, maybe... in and old tape of my brother.

24. What is your favorite album by 18 Regina Spektor?:
Soviet Kitsch.

25. What is your favorite song by 21 Mägo de Oz?:
Jesús de Chamberí.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26 Joaquín Sabina?:
I can't remember... (that's not the title of the song, I actually can't remember)

27. What is your favorite album by 3 Bad Religion?:
Suffer.

28. What is you favorite song by 2 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club?:
Whatever happened to my Rock 'n' Roll.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 33 Jethro Tull?:
Some of '' Benefit ''

30. What is you favorite song by 8 The Kills?:
Black Balloon.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live The Cure?:
0.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy Tunng?:
Wind-up bird.

33. What is you favorite album by 12 Sonic Youth?:
Daydream Nation.

34. What is the worst song by 45 A Perfect Circle?:
I don't remmember a bad song from them.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34 God is an Astronaut?:
Damn... I can't rememnber.

36. What is you favorite album by 48 Yann Tiersen?:
Les Retrouvailles.

37. How many times have you seen 42 The Kooks?:
zero.

38. What is you favorite song by 36 Explosions in the Sky?:
Gilttering Blackness.

39. How did you get into 28 Arctic Monkeys?:
Someone, a friend of my brother, gave me the '' I Bet you look good on the dance floor '' EP in a DVD.

40. What is you favorite album by 7 The Offspring?:
Smash.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy Cansei de ser Sexy?:
A lot... '' Music is my girlfirend '' '' Off the Hook '' '' Superafim '' '' Rat is Dead ''....

42. What is your favorite album by 41 Porcupine Tree?:
In Absentia.

43. What is your favorite song by 24 The Duke Spirit?:
The Step and the Walk.

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46 Los Campesinos!?:
There's nothing.

45. What is your favorite song by 35 Fobia?:
No eres You.

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy Muse?:
Exo-Politics.

47. What is your favorite album by 4 David Bowie?:
David Bowie

48. Who is a favorite member of 37 Metric?:
Emily Haines.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43 Kap Bambino?:
Breath

50. How many albums do you own by 20 Bloc Party?:
Three... but ilegally.

frauausathen's top albums (overall)
1. Johnny Thunders - Hurt Me (284) 2. Dead Boys - Young Loud and Snotty (232) 3. The Clash - The Singles (230) 4. The Stooges - Fun House (225) 5. The Stooges - Raw Power (186) 6. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (179) 7. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (150) 8. The Clash - London Calling (148) 9. Joy Division - Substance (132) 10. Wire - On Returning (128) 11. Joy Division - Closer (127) 12. The Velvet Underground - Loaded (125) 13. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (121) 14. Various Artists - No New York (120) 15. Johnny Thunders - L.A.M.F. (117) 16. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (116) 17. Dead Boys - We'Ve Come for Your Children (115) 18. The Adicts - This is your life (108) 19. Sex Pistols - The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (107) 20. The Cramps - Psychedelic jungle (105) 21. Iggy Pop & David Bowie - Mantra (105) 22. Dead Boys - We Have Come For Your Children (104) 23. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (102) 24. Os Replicantes - O FUTURO É VORTEX (99) 25. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (99) 26. The Stooges - The Weirdness (97) 27. New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This (93) 28. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Destiny Street (92) 29. The Adicts - Rockers Into Orbit (88) 30. The Jam - All Mod Cons (85)



frauausathen's top albums (7 days)
1. Wire - On Returning (43) 2. The Cramps - Psychedelic jungle (33) 3. The Seeds - Travel With Your Mind (24) 4. The Flamin' Groovies - Groovies Greatest Grooves (24) 5. Buzzcocks - Demos and Outtakes (22) 6. Oblivians - static party in costa mesa (22) 7. Wire - Pink Flag (20) 8. The Jam - Direction Reaction Creation (1 of 5) (19) 9. Gang of Four - Solid Gold (18) 10. Joy Division - Substance (17) 11. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (16) 12. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - R.I.P. (16) 13. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising (15) 14. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear (15) 15. Sonics, The - Boom (15) 16. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (15) 17. Spacemen 3 - Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To (Space Age 2000) (14) 18. The Fall - Perverted by Language (13) 19. James Chance & The Contortions - Buy (12) 20. Dead Boys - Young, Loud, and Snotty (11) 21. 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (11) 22. Joy Division - Still (11) 23. The Cramps - Bad Music for Bad People (11) 24. 13th Floor Elevators - Bull of the Woods (11) 25. MC5 - Back In The U.S.A. (11) 26. 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (10) 27. The Jam - Setting Sons (10) 28. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (10) 29. Nico - Chelsea Girl (10) 30. Lou Reed - Transformer (10)

I will continue with a larger amount of artists later...


United States: /14/ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bad Religion, Cat Power, Interpol, The Offspring, Sonic Youth, Regina Spektor, Pennywise, Explosions in the Sky, Tristeza, Emily Jane White, 13th Floor Elevators, Misfits, Tunng

England: /13/ David Bowie, Iron Maiden, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Kills, The Cure, Bloc Party, The Beatles, Blood Red Shoes, The Duke Spirit, Arctic Monkeys, Jethro Tull, The Kooks, Porcupine Tree

Spain: /2/ Mägo de Oz, Joaquín Sabina
Scotland: /2/ Mogwai, Belle and Sebastian
Sweden: /1/In Flames
Mexico: /1/ Austin tv
France: /1/Emilie Simon
Canada: /1/ Arcade Fire
Finland: 1/ Nightwish
Brazil: /1/ Cansei de ser Sexy
Colombia: /1/ La Pestilencia
Ireland: /1/ God Is an Astronaut

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

She'd Rather Be With Me : The Turtles (Score = 63.59)
Under My Thumb : The Rolling Stones (Score = 55.7)
Time Between : The Byrds (Score = 54.01)
People Get Ready : The Impressions (Score = 51.6)
Die! : The Mummies (Score = 49.15)
Silly Kids Games : The Damned (Score = 47.46)
I'm Alive : The Hollies (Score = 46.02)
Cry To Me : Solomon Burke (Score = 41.57)
Electric Sweat : The Mooney Suzuki (Score = 40.79)
Mr. Soul : Buffalo Springfield (Score = 40.01)
Mo' Onions : Booker T. &Amp; The Mg's (Score = 39.21)
Money (That's What I Want) : Barrett Strong (Score = 38.73)
When a man loves a woman : Percy Sledge (Score = 37.54)
Space Junk : Devo (Score = 35.69)
Supersonic : Oasis (Score = 35.54)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough : Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Score = 35.53)
Rainy Day, Dream Away : The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Score = 35.51)
River Deep, Mountain High : Ike & Tina Turner (Score = 35.45)
You're All I Need to Get By : Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Score = 34.36)
Daydream : The Lovin' Spoonful (Score = 34.12)
Test Drive : The Mummies (Score = 33.45)
Proud Mary : Ike & Tina Turner (Score = 33.12)
Masculine Intuition : The Music Machine (Score = 33.06)
It's Raining : Irma Thomas (Score = 32.68)
Patches : Clarence Carter (Score = 32.65)
Standing in the Shadows of Love : The Four Tops (Score = 32.4)
Love Machine : The Miracles (Score = 32.29)
Paper Sun : Traffic (Score = 31.99)
I Can't Stand The Rain : Ann Peebles (Score = 31.72)
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing : Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Score = 31.64)
Build Me Up Buttercup : The Foundations (Score = 31.46)
Babelogue : Patti Smith (Score = 31.16)
Hey Grandma : Moby Grape (Score = 31.12)
We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place : The Animals (Score = 31.09)
Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody : Sam & Dave (Score = 31.05)
The Tracks of My Tears : Smokey Robinson (Score = 31.02)
Higher and Higher : Jackie Wilson (Score = 30.41)
Flowers in the Rain : The Move (Score = 29.75)
Octopus : Syd Barrett (Score = 29.02)
The Tracks of My Tears : Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Score = 29)
It's My Life : The Animals (Score = 27.64)
Last Night : The Mar-Keys (Score = 27.54)
Midnight train to Georgia : Gladys Knight & The Pips (Score = 26.69)
Wish Someone Would Care : Irma Thomas (Score = 26.38)
Fire : Arthur Brown (Score = 25.93)
Purple Haze : Jimi Hendrix (Score = 25.7)
I Found a True Love : Wilson Pickett (Score = 25.65)
She's A Rainbow : The Rolling Stones (Score = 25.58)
American Woman : The Guess Who (Score = 25.42)
Harry Hippie : Bobby Womack (Score = 25.36)
What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted : Jimmy Ruffin (Score = 25.08)
Keep On Running : The Spencer Davis Group (Score = 24.91)
Why Do I Cry : The Remains (Score = 24.75)
Suburban Knights : Hard-Fi (Score = 24.36)
Oh, Pretty Woman : Roy Orbison (Score = 24.31)
People Get Ready : Curtis Mayfield (Score = 24.08)
Volunteers : Jefferson Airplane (Score = 24.08)
Away From Here : The Enemy (Score = 24.04)
Naked, If I Want To : Moby Grape (Score = 24.04)
Baby Love : The Supremes (Score = 23.53)
Time To Operate : We the People (Score = 23.39)
Every Little Bit Hurts : Brenda Holloway (Score = 23.14)
Bennie And The Jets : Elton John (Score = 22.65)
Trouble : Oblivians (Score = 22.49)
See See Rider : The Music Machine (Score = 22.36)
Don't Stop : Fleetwood Mac (Score = 22.33)
Hold On, I'm Coming : Sam & Dave (Score = 22.33)
Baby, Baby Don't Cry : Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Score = 22.13)
I Can Understand It : Bobby Womack (Score = 21.91)
Kingdom Of Heaven : 13th Floor Elevators (Score = 21.34)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough : Diana Ross (Score = 21.26)
Teeny Bopper, Teeny Bopper : The Count Five (Score = 21.03)
Painted Doll : The Seeds (Score = 21)
Do You Love Me : The Contours (Score = 20.93)
Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) : Kim Weston (Score = 20.89)
Out Of Left Field : Percy Sledge (Score = 20.81)
I Get the Sweetest Feeling : Jackie Wilson (Score = 20.73)
Lean On Me : Bill Withers (Score = 20.66)
She Took a Long Cold Look : Syd Barrett (Score = 20.66)
Runaround Sue : Dion (Score = 20.58)
Mr Tambourine Man : The Byrds (Score = 20.33)
Go Now : The Moody Blues (Score = 20.32)
Happiness Stan : The Small Faces (Score = 20.29)
Baby Blue : Badfinger (Score = 20.13)
The Times They Are A-Changin' : Mason Jennings (Score = 20.12)
Bang Bang You're Dead : Dirty Pretty Things (Score = 20.11)
The Don : The View (Score = 19.91)
A Fool In Love : Ike & Tina Turner (Score = 19.87)
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get : The Dramatics (Score = 19.74)
With A Little Help From My Friends : Joe Cocker (Score = 19.71)
Can't Stand Me Now : The Libertines (Score = 19.48)
Hole in my Shoe : Traffic (Score = 19.47)
The Logical Song : Supertramp (Score = 19.42)
The Joker : Steve Miller Band (Score = 19.29)
Long Agos And Worlds Apart : The Small Faces (Score = 19.26)
Going to a Go-Go : Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Score = 19.22)
In The Rain : The Dramatics (Score = 19.22)
I'm Not Sorry : The Pigeon Detectives (Score = 19.07)
Sexy In Latin : Little Man Tate (Score = 19.07)
I Need a Man to Love : Big Brother & The Holding Company (Score = 19.06)