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1989;

1 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
2 Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
3 The Cure - Disintegration
4 Philip Glass - Solo Piano
5 De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
6 Faith No More - The Real Thing
7 Pixies - Doolittle
8 Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature
9 John Lee Hooker - The Healer
10 Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One
11 Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
12 Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck - Djam Leelii
13 Galaxie 500 - On Fire
14 N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
15 Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon

1988;

1 Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
2 The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
3 Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
4 U2 - Rattle And Hum
5 Pixies - Surfer Rosa
6 Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
7 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
8 Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
9 EPMD - Strictly Business
10 Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
11 My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
12 INXS - Kick
13 Les Négresses Vertes - Mlah
14 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
15 Prince - Lovesexy

1987;

1 U2 - The Joshua Tree
2 Prince - Sign O' The Times
3 Salif Keita - Soro
4 R.E.M. - Document
5 The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
6 Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris - Trio
7 Boogy Down Productions - Criminal Minded
8 Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
9 Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
10 Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
11 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
12 Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories
13 Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu
14 Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
15 Sting - Nothing Like the Sun

1986;

1 Paul Simon - Graceland
2 The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
3 Metallica - Master of Puppets
4 Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
5 Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
6 Prince & The Revolution - Parade
7 Alpha Blondy - Jerusalem
8 Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring
9 New Model Army - The Ghost of Cain
10 Robert Cray Band - Strong Persuader
11 Peter Gabriel - So
12 XTC - Skylarking
13 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Your Funeral...My Trial
14 The The - Infected
15 Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock

1985;

1 The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
2 Simply Red - Picture Book
3 Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
4 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
5 Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
6 Prince & The Revolution - Around the World in a Day
7 Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
8 The Cure - The Head On The Door
9 David Byrne - The Knee Plays
10 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
11 The Dukes of Stratosphear - Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
12 Coil - Scatology
13 The Waterboys - This Is The Sea
14 The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
15 Madonna - Like a Virgin

1984;

1 Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
2 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
3 Sade - Diamond Life
4 David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
5 Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
6 Talk Talk - It's My Life
7 U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
8 Cocteau Twins - Treasure
9 Tina Turner - Private Dancer
10 Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
11 Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive
12 Everything but the Girl - Eden
13 Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
14 Nena - ? Fragezeichen
15 Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual

1983;

1 Michael Jackson - Thriller
2 Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
3 Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
4 ESG - Come Away With ESG
5 Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
6 The The - Soul Mining
7 ZZ Top - Elimanator
8 David Bowie - Let's Dance
9 Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
10 R.E.M. - Murmur
11 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
12 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
13 Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock
14 Culture Club - Colour by Numbers
15 The Fall - Perverted by Language

1982;

1 King Sunny Adé - Juju Music
2 Virgin Prunes - If I Die... I Die
3 Orchestra Baobab - Pirate's Choice
4 The Cure - Pornography
5 Eek-A-Mouse - Wa-Do-Dem
6 Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
7 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
8 Joe Jackson - Night & Day
9 Dexys Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay
10 Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
11 Fun Boy Three - The Fun Boy Three
12 The Gun Club - Miami
13 John Cale - Music for a New Society
14 Madness - Presents the Rise & Fall
15 Roxy Music - Avalon

1981;

1 Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
2 Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
3 UB40 - Signing Off
4 Japan - Tin Drum
5 The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
6 Black Uhuru - Red
7 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture And Morality
8 Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nassau
9 Bobby Womack - The Poet
10 Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
11 The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire
12 Bauhaus - Mask
13 Can - Delay...1968
14 New Order - Movement
15 The Human League - Dare!

1980;

1 Talking Heads - Remain in Light
2 The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
3 Joy Division - Closer
4 AC/DC - Back in Black
5 Suicide - Suicide II
6 Queen - The Game
7 Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla
8 John Lennon - Double Fantasy
9 Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
10 Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine
11 Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
12 Pretenders - Pretenders
13 The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
14 The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
15 Television Personalities - And Don't the Kids Just Love It

See also;
Best Albums of The Late Fifties;
http://www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2009/08/17/2y26bt_best_albums_of_the_late_fifties_%281956-1959%29

Best Albums of The Sixties;
http://www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2009/08/17/2y23k7_best_albums_of_the_sixties_%281960-1969%29

Best albums of The Seventies;
http://www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2009/08/17/2y22fg_best_albums_of_the_seventies_%281970-1979%29

Best Albums of The Nineties;
http://www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2009/08/17/2y25kn_best_albums_of_the_nineties_%281990-1999%29

Best Albums of The Noughties;
http://www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2009/09/08/2zux3s_best_albums_of_the_noughties_%282000-2009%29

Adele
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/12/2009

African Head Charge
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1994

Mose Allison
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/09/2005


Antony and the Johnsons
Carré, Amsterdam 06/22/2009

Apparat
Parque do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo 11/25/2007

Arab Strap
Vredenburg, Utrecht 10/08/1999


Gnarls Barkley
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/13/2008

Beastie Boys
Statenhal, Den Haag 02/10/1995


Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Vredenburg, Utrecht 03/13/2007


Andrew Bird
Helling, Utrecht 05/23/2007
Paradiso, Amsterdam 05/07/2009

Björk
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/25/1994

The Black Angels
Helling, Utrecht 08/19/2009


Blind Melon
Ahoy, Rotterdam 11/11/1993
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1994

Blur
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/26/1994
Dour Festival, Dour 07/09/1994

Body Count/Ice-T
Belfort Festival, Belfort 07/08/1995

Dennis Brown
Tivoli, Utrecht 12/09/1994

Solomon Burke
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/09/2005


Burning Spear
Paradiso, Amsterdam 06/15/2007


David Byrne
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/08/1997
Pepsi Stage, Amsterdam 05/03/2004

Terry Callier
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/29/1998
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/08/2005


Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/29/1998
Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam 11/23/2004
World Forum Theater, Den Haag 09/19/2006

Chatham County Line
Ekko, Utrecht 08/29/2009


George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic
Tivoli, Utrecht 07/12/2002
Tivoli, Utrecht 07/13/2004
Paradiso, Amsterdam 09/03/2008

Cold War Kids
Melkweg, Amsterdam 05/05/2007

Bootsy Collins
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/11/2008

Consilidated
Dour Festival, Dour 07/09/1994

Robert Cray Band
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/08/2005


Jamie Cullum
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/09/2005
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/12/2009

The Cult
Goffertpark, Nijmegen 06/05/1993


The Cure
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/25/1995

D.A.A.U.
Tivoli, Utrecht 01/27/1996
Crossing Border, Den Haag 10/17/1998

De La Soul
Parkpop, Den Haag 06/29/2003

Dengue Fever
De Beschaving, Utrecht 08/30/2008

Delphic
Kitsuné Maison Party, London 10/31/2009


dEUS
Dour Festival, Dour 07/09/1994
Tivoli, Utrecht 10/07/1994
Paradiso, Amsterdam 02/23/1995
Torhout Werchter, Werchter 07/01/1995
Belfort Festival, Belfort 07/08/1995
Crossing Border, Den Haag 09/11/1996
Tivoli, Utrecht 10/11/1996

Alela Diane
Helling, Utrecht 04/12/2008
Paradiso, Amsterdam 04/08/2009
Helling, Utrecht 07/14/2009


Dr. John
Paradiso, Amsterdam 07/25/2007

Candy Dulfer
Beachpop, Renesse 06/28/1993
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/10/2005 with Sheila E.

De Dijk
Beachpop, Renesse 06/28/1993

Johnny Dowd
Tivoli, Utrecht 02/01/2001

Eek-A-Mouse
Tivoli, Utrecht 12/01/1997

Faith No More
De Kuip, Rotterdam 06/23/1992

Fanfare Ciocarlia
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/15/2007

Fat Freddy's Drop
Paradiso, Amsterdam 11/26/2009


Ibrahim Ferrer
North Sea jazz, Den Haag 07/08/2005

Fink
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/11/2008

Forguette Mi Note
Dour Festival, Dour 07/09/1994

Fun-Da-Mental
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/27/1997

G. Love and Special Sauce
Metropolis at Zuiderpark, Rotterdam 07/10/1994

Peter Gabriel
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/26/1994

Girls Against Boys
Hotel Arena, Amsterdam 10/29/1994

Gomez
Tivoli, Utrecht 07/04/2002

Gotcha!
Beachpop, Renesse 06/28/1993
Bevrijdingspop, Haarlem 05/05/1996


Al Green
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/08/2005

Guns N' Roses
De Kuip, Rotterdam 06/23/1992
Goffertpark, Nijmegen 06/05/1993

Buddy Guy
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/13/2008

Hallo Venray
Tivoli, Utrecht 12/17/1993

Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/29/1998


Roy Hargrove
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/12/2008

PJ Harvey
Torhout Werchter, Werchter 07/01/1995
Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam 06/10/2004

Kristin Hersh
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/27/1998

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/26/1994

Gregory Isaacs
Tivoli, Utrecht 12/09/1994

Joe Jackson
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/13/2008

Jose James
Tivoli, Utrecht 05/08/2008


Jamiroquai
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1995

Molly Johnson
Paradiso, Amsterdam 10/18/2009

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/12/2008

Junkhouse
Knoninginnenach Spui, Den Haag 04/28/1995
Paard, Den Haag 04/28/1995
Gigant, Apeldoorn 04/29/1995

Jurassic 5
Metropolis, Rotterdam 07/04/1999


Kaizers Orchestra
De Beschaving, Utrecht 08/30/2008

Kelis
Gelredome, Arnhem 08/01/2001

Alicia Keys
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/13/2008

Killing Joke
Paradiso, Amsterdam 05/18/1996

King Sunny Ade
Parkpop, Den Haag 08/21/1994

Kiss My Jazz
Patronaat, Haarlem 04/27/1996

Kosheen
Crossing Border, Amsterdam 11/21/2000

Lenny Kravitz
Ahoy, Rotterdam 11/15/1991
Ahoy, Rotterdam 11/11/1993
Westerpark, Amsterdam 07/04/2009

Kyuss
Tivoli, Utrecht 02/09/1995

The Levellers
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1994

Live
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1995


Los Lobos
Paradiso, Amsterdam 09/21/1999

Luciano
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/29/1997


Massive Attack
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/27/1997
Vredenburg, Utrecht 06/03/1998
Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam 04/28/2003
Westerpark, Amsterdam 07/03/2008

Marcus Miller
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/11/2008

Moondog Jr.
Tivoli, Utrecht 01/27/1996

Van Morrison
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/29/1997

Morphine
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/25/1995
Crossing Border, Den Haag 09/11/1996


Róisin Murphy
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/10/2005
Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam 11/21/2008

Me'shell N'degéocello
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/25/1994


Youssou N'Dour
Glatonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/29/1997
Parkpop, Den Haag 06/29/2003
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/13/2008

Nits
Helling, Utrecht 11/22/2009

Nneka
De Beschaving, Utrecht 08/30/2008

Oasis
Paradiso, Amsterdam 11/25/1994

The Offspring
Metropolis at Zuiderpark, Rotterdam 07/10/1994

Orbital
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/25/1994

Ozric Tentacles
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/28/1998


Page & Plant
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/25/1995
Belfort Festival, Belfort 07/08/1995

Maceo Parker
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/10/2005
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/15/2007

Pere Ubu
Tivoli, Utrecht 11/28/1998
Helling, Utrecht 10/01/2009


Lee "Scratch" Perry
Tivoli, Utrecht 05/22/2008

Pete Philly & Perquisite
De Beschaving, Utrecht 08/30/2008

Phosphorescent
Paradiso, Amsterdam 05/07/2009

Pink Floyd
De Kuip, Rotterdam 09/05/1994

A Place to Bury Strangers
Helling, Utrecht 08/19/2009

Iggy Pop
Finsbury Park, London 06/23/1996


Portishead
Vredenburg, Utrecht 02/13/1998
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/27/1998

Primal Scream
Metropolis at Zuiderpark, Rotterdam 07/10/1994


Prince
De Kuip, Rotterdam 08/18/1988
De Kuip, Rotterdam 06/02/1990
Thialf, Heerenveen 08/05/1990
Ahoy, Rotterdam 07/05/1992
Brabanthallen, Den Bosch 08/09/1993

The Prodigy
Metropolis at Zuiderpark, Rotterdam 07/10/1994
Glatonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/23/1995

Public Enemy
Belfort Festival, Belfort 07/08/1995

Pulp
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/26/1994

Q-Tip
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/12/2009


Radiohead
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/26/1994
Paradiso, Amsterdam 12/04/1995
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/28/1997

Rage Against the Machine
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1994

Rahzel
Crossing Border, Den Haag 11/22/1997


Red Snapper
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/25/1995
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/27/1997
North Sea Jazz, den Haag 07/11/1997

R.E.M.
Torhout Werchter, Werchter 07/01/1995


Rollins Band
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1994
Dour Festival, Dour 07/09/1994

Mark Ronson
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/13/2008

Nitin Sawhney
Paradiso, Amsterdam 06/04/2005

The Scene
Torhout Werchter, Werchter 06/30/1995
Patronaat, Haarlem 04/20/1996


Jill Scott
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/11/2008

Seal
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/12/2009

Senser
Glatonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/23/1995


Sex Pistols
Finsbury Park, London 06/23/1996

Ian Siegal
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/08/2005

Paul Simon
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/12/2008

Mariee Sioux
Helling, Utrecht 04/12/2008


16 Horsepower
Crossing Border, Den Haag 09/11/1996
Crossing Border, Den Haag 10/17/1998

Skunk Anansie
Finsbury Park, London 06/23/1996

Sly & The Family Stone
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/15/2007


Patti Smith
Paradiso, Amsterdam 08/18/2005

Snoop Dogg
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/15/2007


Sonic Youth
Vredenburg, Utrecht 04/17/1996

Soul Asylum
Goffertpark, Nijmegen 06/05/1993

Soul Coughing
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1995
North Sea Jazz, den Haag 07/11/1997

Soundgarden
De Kuip, Rotterdam 06/23/1992
Vredenburg, Utrecht 04/09/1994


Spearhead/Michael Franti
Glatonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/23/1995
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/27/1997
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/09/2004

Spin Doctors
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1994

Angie Stone
North Sea Jazz, Den Haag 07/09/2004
Paradiso, Amsterdam 08/15/2006

Swell
Tivoli, Utrecht 06/07/1994

Third World
Bevrijdingspop, Haarlem 05/05/1996

13 (feat. Lester Butler)
Crossing Border, Den Haag 11/22/1997

3-11
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1995


Tindersticks
Crossing Border, Den Haag 10/07/1999
Vredenburg, Utrecht 10/08/1999
Crossing Border, Amsterdam 11/21/2000
Oosterpoort, Groningen 03/24/2002
Vredenburg, Utrecht 05/01/2008


Tool
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1994
Dour Festival, Dour 07/09/1994

Toots And The Maytels
De Helling, Utrecht 06/24/2004

The Tragically Hip
Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum 05/07/1997

Transglobal Underground
Dunya Festival, Rotterdam 05/31/2009

Tricky
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/25/1995

Urban Dance Squad
Statenhal, Den Haag 02/10/1995
Tivoli, Utrecht 12/22/1996


U2
Stadion Strahov, Prague 08/14/1997
Gelredome, Arnhem 08/01/2001

Herman van Veen
Luxor, Rotterdam 03/14/2009

Steve Winwood
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam 07/12/2009

Zion Train
Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury 06/24/1995

Zita Swoon
Crossing Border, Den Haag 10/17/1998
Paard, Den Haag 12/19/1998

Zuco 103
Wilhelminapark, Utrecht 05/25/2008
Dunya Festival, Rotterdam 05/31/2009

One of them survey things. I had time to kill.

1. The Who
First heard: Who Are You
Fell in love with: Pinball Wizard
Current favourite: Behind Blue Eyes

2. The Tubes
First heard: Arms Of The Enemy
Fell in love with: Arms Of The Enemy
Current favourite: What Do You Want From Life?

3. Tenacious D
First heard: Kickapoo
Fell in love with: Kickapoo
Current favourite: Double Team (Live)

4. The Beatles
First heard: All You Need Is Love
Fell in love with: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Current favourite: A Day in the Life

5. AC/DC
First heard: Highway to Hell
Fell in love with: Highway to Hell
Current favourite: War Machine

6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience/Jimi Hendrix
First heard: All Along the Watchtower
Fell in love with: Castles Made Of Sand
Current favourite: Hey Joe

7. Eagles
First heard: Hotel California
Fell in love with: Hotel California
Current favourite: Desperado

8. Metallica
First heard: Enter Sandman
Fell in love with: Whiskey in the Jar
Current favourite: That Was Just Your Life

9. The Doors
First heard: Riders on the Storm
Fell in love with: Love Her Madly
Current favourite: Ships w/ Sails

10. Red Hot Chili Peppers
First heard: Dani California
Fell in love with: Otherside
Current favourite: I Could Die for You

11. Michael Jackson
First heard: Billie Jean
Fell in love with: Billie Jean
Current favourite: Man In The Mirror / Rock With You

12. Iron Maiden
First heard: 2 Minutes to Midnight
Fell in love with: The Number of the Beast
Current favourite: Judas Be My Guide

13. Joe Jackson
First heard: I'm The Man
Fell in love with: Happy Ending
Current favourite: Happy Ending

14. Joe Satriani
First heard: Satch Boogie
Fell in love with: If I Could Fly
Current favourite: Always With Me, Always With You

15. Eric Clapton
First heard: Tears In Heaven
Fell in love with: Tears In Heaven / Wonderful Tonight
Current favourite: Layla (unplugged)

Do., 16. Jul. – Jazzopen
After some days of really bad weather, this was the first warm and sunny evening. Bad for AaRON, they had to look directly into the low sun, good for me. AaRON came really as big surprise to me - I had missed the support group completely.

The sound was astonishing, but really dark, it seems, that AaRON left the major keys completely at home ;). No problem, I have a lot of fun with dark music and pessimistic text.

Joe Jackson began with his trio (piano, bass, drums) at 21:00, when the sun was still up. Jackson: I'm not used to perform when the sun is still up. I should lie in my coffin. This should improve, when the night goes on. and later: Thank god, this bleeding sun has gone away!.

Apart from that, we, and apparently Jackson too, had a lot of fun with ingenious music from three decades. End at 23:00. Phew!

1. What's your favorite song by 15?
I really like The Ghost Of Smokey Joe.

2. How did you get into 20?
Being nominally conscious during the 90s contributed to me being aware of Neutral Milk Hotel. Also, my sister liked them.

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
I like John Entwistle's bass playing (like every other fan of The Who), but that seems like too narrow a basis for the decision when Pete's songwriting is such an important part of their music. Really, my favorites are probably Pete and Roger, because I enjoy experiencing cognitive dissonance.

4. What’s your favorite lyric bit by 29?
Actually, I'm not particularly into the lyrics of Elvis Costello & The Attractions.

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
I have not seen The Weakerthans live.

6. What's your favorite album from 10?
My favorite Talking Heads albums are probably Remain in Light (more for a few great tracks than the album as a whole) and More Songs About Buildings and Food.

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
No. One does not often encounter Joe Jackson merchandise.

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
Most of my Genesis memories are neutral, or slightly painful (like having to pee but not wanting to pause Supper's Ready).

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
No. Queen are pretty old.

10. When did you first get into 8?
High school, through Black Sails in the Sunset.

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
Lots of people like OutKast.

12. Which song did you first hear from 16?
I can't remember which song by The Smiths I heard first, but I'd guess it was How Soon Is Now?

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
Like a zillion other people, I was acquainted with The Beatles fresh out of the womb. One of my first musical memories involves my dad playing I Will on his guitar.

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
I haven't heard a song by The Kinks that I dislike. On the same token, I haven't been able to fall rabidly in love with them, although I believe they're very good and probably better than most of the other British Invasion bands.

15. Why do you like 14's songs?
I'm partial to piano and sometimes Regina Spektor's songwriting is enjoyable. But I really disliked Begin to Hope and frankly she gets on my nerves pretty quickly.

16. Where did you first hear 6?
Who in my generation didn't grow up hearing Let My Love Open the Door in such charming contexts as the much-appreciated (but sadly impermanent) conclusion to Look Who's Talking? I also remember my dad playing Rough Mix. Oh, and there was also some band I heard about once.

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
I certainly don't like Tori Amos enough to start doing math equations.

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
Most of my David Bowie memories have been pretty good ones!

19. When did you get into 17?
As a terrified toddler watching the Sledgehammer video.

20. How long have you been into 9?
For twelve years. The Smashing Pumpkins were the first band I was really a fan of.

21. If 11 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
I'm not sure I'd even go to a closer one. I love Stevie Wonder, but I don't feel the urge to see him live.

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
None, technically; my Janelle Monáe songs came from iTunes.

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
I can't imagine Murray Head reducing me to tears.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
N/A. A tie of 26s means I don't actually have a 27th artist.

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
(Fugees) No.

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
N/A.

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
LOL, listening to that stupid "Schizophrenalize" song a bunch of times in one sitting is basically the reason Strangers With Candy Movie appears on my charts.

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
Last.fm says Never Die, but I know I've heard it more than once.

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
I am not sick of any Buzzcocks song.

30. What song got you into 40?
Someone got me the Steve Burns album before I'd heard any tracks.

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
Does Birthday Cake count as a single?

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
The artist (and, thus, the answer to the question) is [unknown].

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out
Evidently Franz Liszt was quite the ladies' man, so only his undead status would surprise me.

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
I hope Blanche Calloway had a wonderful boyfriend/girlfriend.

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
I guess it would have to be Poe.

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
Donovan's not my type.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
N/A.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
I'm pretty awful; I just listen to Purple Rain a lot!

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
Two-way artist tie!
Robert Rodriguez is another person only on there for a stupid movie track.
Cyndi Lauper is lovely! But if I had to choose something, I hate the phrase "make love," which problematizes I Drove All Night somewhat.

40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group?
The High Numbers are basically The Who. I like Pete's early solo music, but am violently uninterested in the others'.

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
The Four Tops tend to remind me of childhood summer barbecues in Brooklyn.

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
(Violent Femmes) No.

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
She does not listen to Weezer, but might've if we were friends during early adolescence (she has latched on to a lot of the stuff I listen to).

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
My mom LOVES Janis Joplin to the point that she wanted to run away from home to see her at Woodstock. My dad, like most men I know, can't stand Ms. Joplin's voice.

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
The stuff I dance to is more energetic than Joni Mitchell.

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
(Simon & Garfunkel) Nope.

47. Do you like 44's name?
I'm not about to write an angry letter to Billy Joel's parents.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
I have never considered chillaxing with anyone from Joe Jackson Band.

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
N/A. Wow, I have a lot of ties skewing my charts.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
Yet another two-way tie!
Cat Stevens is another guy my dad indoctrinated my infant self into enjoying, so probably.
As for Van Morrison, insert corny Moondance joke here.

TOP 180 MUSICIANS FROM ENGLAND (Part 2)

Click to see Part 1 (1 to 90)

91. Christopher Tye
92. Rainbow
93. The Small Faces
94. Talk Talk
95. Whitesnake
96. Tears for Fears
97. The Moody Blues
98. Siouxsie & The Banshees
99. Jeremiah Clarke
100. The Stranglers

101. Free
102. John Mayall
103. Petula Clark
104. XTC
105. Mike Oldfield
106. Pet Shop Boys
107. Sade Adu
108. Underworld
109. Badly Drawn Boy
110. The Troggs

111. Gary Numan
112. Duran Duran
113. Gorillaz
114. Stereolab
115. Procol Harum
116. Tricky
117. Built to Spill
118. Supergrass
119. Dido
120. Robert Wyatt

121. The Hollies
122. Anathema
123. John Martyn
124. Status Quo
125. Van der Graaf Generator
126. Uriah Heep
127. Vashti Bunyan
128. Morcheeba
129. Camel
130. Doves

131. Euryhtmics
132. Ten Years After
133. The Sisters of Mercy
134. Everything but the Girl
135. The Damned
136. Thom Yorke
137. Fatboy Slim
138. Blind Faith
139. The Human League
140. Goldfrapp

141. Elbow
142. Marillion
143. Jeff Beck
144. Jamiroquai
145. Soft Cell
146. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
147. Caravan
148. The Future Sound of London
149. Autechre
150. Orbital


151. Amy Winehouse
152. UNKLE
153. Tinderstick
154. George Michael
155. Gentle Giant
156. Bloc Party
157. Joe Jackson
158. Public Image Ltd.
159. Orlando Gibbons
160. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

161. Ultravox
162. Def Leppard
163. Traffic
164. The Pretty Things
165. Wishbone Ash
166. Mott The Hopple
167. Marianne Faithfull
168. Lamb
169. Soft Machine
170. Bauhaus

171. Fairport Convention
172. Squeeze
173. Sarah Brightman
174. Madness
175. The Psychedelic Furs
176. Penguin Cafe Orchestra
177. Faithless
178. Bruce Dickinson
179. Slowdive
180. UFO

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Release Date: 27 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 24 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 24 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 24 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 24 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 24 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 24 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 24 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 24 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 23 Feb 2009



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Release Date: 23 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 23 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 23 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 23 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 23 Feb 2009



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Release Date: 22 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Album: Alles was war - EP
Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Album: Wire to Wire (2-Track)
Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Album: S.U.N. Project - EP
Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Album: Paranormal
Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Album: Dance of the Witches - EP
Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Album: Guitar Trax - 1996-2001
Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Album: Black Album X
Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Album: Invaders Must die (Ltd.Deluxe Box Set)
Release Date: 20 Feb 2009




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Release Date: 20 Feb 2009



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Release Date: 18 Feb 2009




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Album: The Century of Self
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Bobby Womack
Album: The Poet I/The Poet II
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Cheeseburger
Album: Commin' Home - Single
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Client
Album: Command
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Faunts
Album: Feel. Love. Thinking. Of.
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Henry Threadgill + Fred Hopkins + Steve McCall
Album: Air Song
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: John Lee Hooker
Album: Anthology-50 Years
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Lily Allen
Album: The Fear (Wideboys Prime Time Radio Edit) - Single
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Lily Allen
Album: The Fear (StoneBridge Radio Edit) - Single
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Lily Allen
Album: The Fear (Dresden & Johnston Radio Edit) - Single
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Seal
Album: Killer 2005
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Seal
Album: Killer 2005 (Deluxe)
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Sumone
Album: Oblivion
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Various Artists + Beck + Lily Allen + Duffy + Rufus Wainwright + The Hold Steady + Franz Ferdinand + Elbow
Album: War Child - Heroes Vol.1
Release Date: 17 Feb 2009




Artist: Beirut
Album: March of the Zapotec and Realpeople Holland
Release Date: 16 Feb 2009




Artist: David E. Sugar
Album: Double 89 - Single
Release Date: 16 Feb 2009



Artist: Joe Jackson
Album: Classic... The Masters Collection
Release Date: 16 Feb 2009




Artist: Passion Pit
Album: Chunk of Change EP
Release Date: 16 Feb 2009




Artist: Prodigy
Album: Omen
Release Date: 16 Feb 2009




Artist: The Prodigy
Album: Omen
Release Date: 16 Feb 2009




Artist: Asobi Seksu
Album: Hush
Release Date: 13 Feb 2009




Artist: Babamars
Album: Surprising Twists
Release Date: 13 Feb 2009




Artist: Beirut
Album: March of the Zapotec/Realpeople:Holland
Release Date: 13 Feb 2009




Artist: Don Cash
Album: Star Dust - Single
Release Date: 13 Feb 2009




Artist: Prodigy
Album: O (2-Track)
Release Date: 13 Feb 2009




Artist: The Prodigy
Album: O (2-Track)
Release Date: 13 Feb 2009




Artist: Bob Dylan + Blue October + Dashboard Confessional + Oasis + John Mellencamp + Jakob Dylan + Sharon Little + Will Dailey + Seether + Saving Abel
Album: NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack
Release Date: 10 Feb 2009




Artist: Cazals
Album: Life Is Boring - EP
Release Date: 10 Feb 2009




Artist: David Bowie
Album: The Best of 1980-1987 (Remastered)
Release Date: 10 Feb 2009




Artist: Estelle
Album: Star - Single
Release Date: 10 Feb 2009



Artist: Lily Allen
Album: It's Not Me It's You (Clean)
Release Date: 10 Feb 2009




Artist: Lily Allen
Album: It's Not Me, It's You [CLEAN]
Release Date: 10 Feb 2009




Artist: Lionel Richie
Album: Just Go - Single
Release Date: 10 Feb 2009




Artist: Ludwig van Beethoven + Dimitry Bortnyansky + Johannes Gelbke + Joseph Haas + Conradin Kreutzer + Kurt Lissmann + Felix Mendelssohn + Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart + Franz Schubert + Robert Schumann + Friedrich Silcher + Carl Maria von Weber + Klaus Breuninger
Album: Hab Oft Im Kreise Der Lieben
Release Date: 10 Feb 2009




Artist: Metallica
Album: The Document
Release Date: 10 Feb 2009




Artist: Seal
Album: Seal: The Rare Collection
Release Date: 10 Feb 2009




Artist: Ba Cissoko
Album: Séno
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009




Artist: David E. Sugar
Album: Travel Light - Single
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009




Artist: Franz Ferdinand
Album: Ulysses (Australian 5-Track EP)
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009




Artist: Lily Allen
Album: It's Not Me It's You (Picture Disc) (Pict)
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009




Artist: Lily Allen
Album: It's Not Me, It's You (Picture Disc)
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009




Artist: Littau + Smith + Saxon + Horne
Album: Carmen Jones
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009




Artist: Ludwig van Beethoven + Idil Biret
Album: Idil Biret Beethoven Edition, Vol. 5
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009




Artist: Ludwig van Beethoven + Idil Biret
Album: Idil Biret Beethoven Edition, Vol. 6
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009




Artist: Ludwig van Beethoven + Idil Biret
Album: Idil Biret Beethoven Edition, Vol. 7
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009




Artist: Magazine
Album: Touch and Go: Anthology
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009



Artist: Magazine
Album: Touch and Go
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009




Artist: The Cure
Album: Trilogy Live In Berlin [1996]
Release Date: 09 Feb 2009




Artist: Coldplay
Album: Lost+ (with Jay-Z) / Viva la Vida (Live At the 51st Grammy Awards) - Single
Release Date: 08 Feb 2009




Artist: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Album: Advance Base Battery Life
Release Date: 06 Feb 2009




Artist: Lily Allen
Album: It's Not Me, It's You
Release Date: 06 Feb 2009




Artist: The Banshee
Album: Your Nice Habits
Release Date: 06 Feb 2009




Artist: Kate Havnevik
Album: Halo - Single
Release Date: 05 Feb 2009




Artist: Ludwig van Beethoven + Christian Zacharias & Orchestre De La Suisse Romande & Armin Jordan
Album: Beethoven: Les 5 Concertos Pour Piano
Release Date: 05 Feb 2009




Artist: Ludwig van Beethoven + Rudolf Serkin & Orchestre De La Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet
Album: Beethoven: Symphonie N°5 - Concerto N°5
Release Date: 05 Feb 2009




Artist: WOW
Album: In the Vicinity of 317 East 32nd St.
Release Date: 04 Feb 2009




Artist: Bpa
Album: I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
Release Date: 03 Feb 2009




Artist: De-Phazz
Album: Big
Release Date: 03 Feb 2009




Artist: Deerhoof
Album: Live Session - EP
Release Date: 03 Feb 2009




Artist: Duffy
Album: Rockferry (Deluxe) - EP
Release Date: 03 Feb 2009




Artist: MGMT
Album: Time To Pretend EP
Release Date: 03 Feb 2009




Artist: Ratatat
Album: Mirando - Single
Release Date: 03 Feb 2009




Artist: Robyn
Album: Robyn: The Cherrytree Sessions (Live) - EP
Release Date: 03 Feb 2009




Artist: Robyn
Album: The Cherrytree Sessions (Live) - EP
Release Date: 03 Feb 2009




Artist: The BPA
Album: I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
Release Date: 03 Feb 2009

Who will survive - in the greatest adventure of our time?

Okay, maybe it's not that big a deal - but whoever can identify which adventure film had the above line plastered across its poster gets six (6) Faust Bonus Points, good for nothing whatsoever, outside of, perhaps, bragging rights.

And now, on to the final battle:

Only the Future - Joe Jackson
I Am the Mercury - Jimmie Spheeris

Difficulty: *****

Commentary: So it's down to my most listened-to artist and an artist from whom I only have one song. Both songs are similar in their construction in that they start simple and slowly build to a big crescendo, a technique that I really admire. But one song has something the other does not.

Back in 1979, some of my college friends came into my room and said that they'd gotten 11th row center tickets to see the Moody Blues show that started in three hours (it was the Octave tour - with a post-Yes Patrick Moraz on keys). I called the car stereo store that was selling them and bagged the last two - and while the guy was on the phone I heard him say to someone in the store, "Sorry, I just sold the last two." So four of us went to see the Moodies.

The scheduled opener was a no-show, so they pulled a local boy in at the last minute, a guy whose first album had just come out. He showed up armed with just his acoustic guitar and played a great set. He had a song that was all over local radio, and my buddies and I kept screaming the key word from the title over and over, trying to get him to sing it. And he did, as his closing number. It was a wonderful moment, and when the Moodies came on a half-hour later, they seemed tired and mechanical and like they were counting notes by comparison. It was one of the few times that I saw an opening act blow away the headliner.

The word we kept yelling was "Mercury... Mercury... Mercury."

Jimmie Spheris is long gone, but I've got this great memory of seeing him at the dawn of his cut-short career. And for better or worse, I've got no such memory of Joe Jackson - but I've got a lot more great music by JJ to listen to. I'm glad that Only The Future was in the running. It's one of the better songs off of Night Music. But I Am The Mercury has a little bit of magic attached to it.

Winner: Jimmie Spheeris

Thanks for tuning in, folks! We'll do this again next year, maybe.

Round One (64).

Round 2 (32)

Round 3 - Sweet Sixteen

Round 4 - Elite Eight

Round 5 - Final Four