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Another quick post to cover two things; a month ago (11/08/2009), Jerry Fuchs from Maserati, !!!, and MSTRKRFT died in a horrible accident. Damn good drummer! RIP.

And, it was the 'anniversary' of John Lennon's death. Nobody was more in tune with people and issues. More peace!

John Lennon
October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980

Come together, right now, over me.

The 70's killed me! Sorry about that... I really just couldn't choose for a lot of these, sorry...

2009 - Still undecided... ( Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind, maudlin of the Well - Part the Second, Mastodon - Crack the Skye... ?)

2008 - Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale / Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli in Manet Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon EP

2007 - Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum <- This year was about as good as the 70's but DSO came out on top. Special mention for Ulver...

2006 - Negură Bunget - Om / Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain / [artistThe Ruins of Beverast - Rain Upon the Impure

2005 - Opeth - Ghost Reveries / Deathspell Omega - Kenose EP

2004 - Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice

2003 - Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye / Opeth - Damnation

2002 - Sigur Rós - ( ) / Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors / Agalloch - The Mantle / Porcupine Tree - In Absentia <- Another great year!

2001 - Opeth - Blackwater Park / maudlin of the Well - Leaving your Bodymap / Bath

2000 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven! / Weakling - Dead As Dreams / Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun / Ulver - Perdition City

1999 - Opeth - Still Life

1998 - Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

1997 - Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk / Radiohead - OK Computer / Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞

1996 - Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood / Burzum - Filosofem / Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

1995 - Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways / Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve / Ulver - Kelvdssanger

1994 - Ulver - Bergatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler / Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse / Jeff Buckley - Grace / Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

1993 - Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss / Cynic - Focus / Slowdive - Souvlaki

1992 - Alice in Chains - Dirt / Änglagård - Hybris

1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless / Atheist - Unquestionable Presence / Death - Human

1990 - Naked City - Naked City / Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace / Atheist - A Piece of Time / Lustmord - Heresy

1989 - The Cure - Disintegration / Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness / Voivod - Nothingface

1988 - Metallica - ...And Justice for All

1987 - Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun

1986 - Metallica - Master of Puppets

1985 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

1984 - Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa / Metallica - Ride the Lightning

1983 - Bacamarte - Depois Do Fim

1982 - King Crimson - Beat / Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast / Rush - Signals <- Pretty freaking bad year.

1981 - King Crimson - Discipline

1980 - Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

1979 - Pink Floyd - The Wall

1978 - Rush - Hemispheres (I can't believe I had to give Rush that year... Shows how mediocre the year was)

1977 - Pink Floyd - Animals

1976 - Rainbow - Rising / Camel - Moonmadness / Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life

1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

1974 - King Crimson - Red

1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge

1971 - To hard to choose just 1... see below.

1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid / Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road

1968 - The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle

1967 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (but also Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, The Doors, The Velvet Underground, etc.)

1966 - The Beatles - Revolver (special mention to Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa)

1965 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul / John Coltrane - A Love Supreme / Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

1964 - The Beatles - Hard Day's Night (only because it's the only album I've ever heard from this year. It's a pretty mediocre album...)

1963 - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

1962 - John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane

1961 - Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds

1960 - Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain

1959 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue


So hard to choose for some of those!!! Look at the amazingness the 70's produced!

1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here / Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti / Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks / Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff / Queen - A Night at the Opera / Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All / Camel - The Snow Goose / Black Sabbath - Sabotage / Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte ... And more.

1974 - King Crimson - Red / Yes - Relayer / Camel - Mirage / Magma - Köhntarkösz / Focus - Hamburger Concerto ... and way more!

1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon / King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic / Genesis - Selling England by the Pound / The Who - Quadrophenia / Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire / Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh ... and so many more!!!

1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge / Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick / David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars / Nick Drake - Pink Moon / Deep Purple - Machine Head / Genesis - Foxtrot / Wishbone Ash - Argus / Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un Amico / etc ... Ugh, another insanely amazing year!!!

1971 - Led Zeppelin - IV / Pink Floyd - Meddle / Yes - Fragile / Jethro Tull - Aqualung / John Lennon - Imagine / Comus - First Utterance / Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts / The Who - Who's Next / Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink / Yes - The Yes Album / Genesis - Nursery Crime ... AMAZING YEAR!!!

1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road / Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left / Led Zeppelin - I & II / Frank Zappa - Hot Rats ... etc.

Jake

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1. Muse (9)
// Franz Ferdinand
// Placebo
// Kasabian
// Radiohead
// The Killers
// Arctic Monkeys
// Kaiser Chiefs
// Keane

2. The Strokes (17)
// Julian Casablancas
// Albert Hammond, Jr.
// Little Joy
// The Libertines
// Kings of Leon
// The Last Shadow Puppets
// Moptop

3. Arctic Monkeys (20)
// The Rascals
// The Kooks
// Milburn

4. Radiohead (26)
// Thom Yorke
// Jonny Greenwood
// Coldplay
// Interpol
// Blur
// Beck

5. The Beatles (35)
// John Lennon
// George Harrison
// Paul McCartney
// Ringo Starr
// Paul McCartney & Wings
// Wings
// The Who
// The Rolling Stones

6. Oasis (43)
// Noel Gallagher
// The Stone Roses
// The Verve
// Stereophonics
// Richard Ashcroft
// The La's
// Ian Brown

7. Franz Ferdinand (45)
// The Fratellis
// The Rakes

8. The Cribs (53)
// The Maccabees
// Jamie T
// Bombay Bicycle Club
// Good Shoes
// The Paddingtons
// The Courteeners
// Johnny Foreigner

9. M83 (62)
// School of Seven Bells
// The Radio Dept.
// Slowdive
// Maps
// The Album Leaf
// Air France
// Hammock
// Eluvium

10. We Are Scientists (69)
// The Futureheads
// Maxïmo Park
// Boy Kill Boy
// The Automatic
// Bloc Party
// Mystery Jets

11. Nine Inch Nails (78)
// Modwheelmood
// Trent Reznor
// Marilyn Manson
// Tweaker
// Halo33
// Black Light Burns
// Puscifer
// KMFDM

12. The Presets (87)
// Pnau
// Midnight Juggernauts
// Grafton Primary
// Van She
// Cut Copy
// Muscles
// Bag Raiders
// Simian Mobile Disco

13. Foals (93)
// Maths Class
// Late of the Pier
// These New Puritans
// Friendly Fires
// Youthmovies

14. Hot Chip (100)
// LCD Soundsystem
// Junior Boys
// Metronomy
// Fujiya & Miyagi
// Lo-Fi-Fnk
// Grovesnor

15. Howling Bells (109)
// The Duke Spirit
// The Joy Formidable
// Giant Drag
// The Long Blondes
// Waikiki
// The Grates
// Little Birdy
// Sky Larkin

16. Friendly Fires (114)
// Passion Pit
// Jack Peñate
// The Temper Trap
// Frankmusik
// Delphic

17. The Last Shadow Puppets (115)
// The Little Flames

18. Glasvegas (123)
// White Lies
// Broder Daniel
// The View
// Timo Räisänen
// Kent
// The Twilight Sad
// Laakso

19. Rage Against the Machine (132)
// One Day as a Lion
// Audioslave
// Zack De La Rocha
// Street Sweeper Social Club
// The Nightwatchman
// Limp Bizkit
// Red Hot Chili Peppers
// Incubus

20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (140)
// Metric
// The Kills
// Be Your Own Pet
// Arcade Fire
// Florence + The Machine
// The Gossip
// Bat for Lashes

Monthly Top Tracks

Dec-2007
Rainbow : Since You Been Gone (11 plays)
Jan-2008
Emerson, Lake &amp; Palmer : Romeo and Juliet (10 plays)
Feb-2008
Queen : The Show Must Go On (15 plays)
Mar-2008
John Lennon : Jealous Guy (10 plays)
Apr-2008
Ben E. King : Stand By Me (17 plays)
May-2008
Queen : Love Of My Life (17 plays)
Jun-2008
Three Dog Night : Joy To The World (15 plays)
Jul-2008
Emerson, Lake &amp; Palmer : C'Est La Vie (20 plays)
Aug-2008
Derek and the Dominos : Layla (22 plays)
Sep-2008
The Beatles : The Night Before (21 plays)
Oct-2008
The Beatles : Don't Let Me Down (31 plays)
Nov-2008
Big Brother &amp; The Holding Company : Summertime (20 plays)
Dec-2008
Black : Wonderful Life (11 plays)
Jan-2009
a-ha : Crying in the Rain (33 plays)
Feb-2009
Joy Division : Love Will Tear Us Apart (17 plays)
Mar-2009
R.E.M. : The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (20 plays)
Apr-2009
Deep Purple : Black Night (11 plays)
May-2009
Suzi Quatro : 48 Crash (12 plays)
Jun-2009
Aneka : Japanese Boy (8 plays)
Jul-2009
Cream : Sunshine Of Your Love (8 plays)
Aug-2009
The White Stripes : I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself (21 plays)
Sep-2009
Boyzone : Love Me For A Reason (20 plays)
Oct-2009
Funky Polak : pamiętaj (45 plays)
Nov-2009
Brian Hyland : Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (36 plays)

anushamujumdar's top albums (overall) 1. Anoushka Shankar - Rise (159) 2. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (108) 3. Simon & Garfunkel - The Best of Simon & Garfunkel (48) 4. Richard Clayderman - Best Songs (46) 5. Dave Brubeck - Time Signatures - A Career Retrospective (Disc 1) (38) 6. Eva Cassidy - American Tune (29) 7. Eva Cassidy - Imagine (26) 8. Coldplay - X&Y (25) 9. hindi - Hindi (25) 10. Rang De Basanti - Rang de Basanti (22) 11. Coldplay - Parachutes (22) 12. U2 - Achtung Baby (21) 13. Shania Twain - Greatest Hits (21) 14. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella: Love Songs (21) 15. Eva Cassidy - Live At Blues Valley (20) 16. Don Williams - The Very Best of (19) 17. The Cranberries - Gold (19) 18. John Mayer - Heavier Things (18) 19. Jethro Tull - A Little Light Music (16) 20. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (15) 21. Dave Brubeck - Time Signatures - A Career Retrospective (Disc 2) (15) 22. Chuck Brown & Eva Cassidy - The Other Side (15) 23. Dave Brubeck - Time Signatures - A Career Retrospective (Disc 3) (14) 24. Eva Cassidy - Songbird (14) 25. The Doors - The Very Best of The Doors (14) 26. John Lennon - Imagine (13) 27. John Mayer - Room for Squares (12) 28. Eva Cassidy - Eva by Heart (12) 29. Uncle Kracker - Double Wide (12) 30. Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (12) 31. The Corrs - In Blue (11) 32. Anoushka Shankar - Concert for George (1 of 2) (11) 33. Om Shanti Om - Om Shanti Om (11) 34. Eva Cassidy - Time After Time (10) 35. Radiohead - OK Computer (10) 36. Eagles - Eagles (10) 37. Various Artists - Best Jazz 100 (10) 38. Richard Clayderman - Chansons d'amour (10) 39. Indian Ocean - Black Friday (10) 40. Diana Krall - All For You (10) 41. Eva Cassidy - Wonderful World (9) 42. Don Williams - The Definitive Don Williams - His Greatest Hits (9) 43. Richard Clayderman - Classical Passion (8) 44. Various Artists - City of Angels (8) 45. Ielts - Cambridge IELTS 4 (8) 46. Andrea Bocelli - Amore (8) 47. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (7) 48. Eva Cassidy - No Boundaries (7) 49. Billie Holiday - Billie's Best (7) 50. Billy Joel - Glass Houses (7)

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1. Tokio Hotel
Devilish
Cinema Bizarre
LaFee
Nevada Tan
Killerpilze
Panik
Aloha From Hell


2. Imogen Heap
Frou Frou
Kate Havnevik
A Fine Frenzy
Jem
Regina Spektor
Florence + The Machine
Sia
The Bird and the Bee

3. Lady GaGa
Britney Spears
The Pussycat Dolls
Space Cowboy
Ashley Tisdale
Katy Perry
Ke$ha
Little Boots
Madonna

4. Paramore
Hey Monday
VersaEmerge
Flyleaf
Boys Like Girls
Automatic Loveletter
All Time Low
Fake Number

5. Coldplay
Keane
Snow Patrol
Travis
The Killers
Radiohead
Oasis
The Fray
Thirteen Stones

6. Muse
Franz Ferdinand
Placebo
Kasabian
Arctic Monkeys
Kaiser Chiefs


7. The Beatles
John Lennon
George Harrison
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney & Wings
Wings
The Who
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks

8. MGMT
The Management
Klaxons
Vampire Weekend
Passion Pit
Black Kids
The Kooks
Empire of the Sun
Late of the Pier

9. Johan Palm
Kevin Borg
E.M.D.
John ME
Anna Bergendahl
Erik Hassle
Alice Svensson
Lasse Lindh
Simon Norrsveden

10. Los Campesinos!
Johnny Foreigner
Dananananaykroyd
Sky Larkin
Slow Club
Titus Andronicus
The Cribs
Ra Ra Riot
Matt & Kim


11. Panic at the Disco
Fall Out Boy
The Academy Is...
Cobra Starship
The Cab
Forgiven Durden
The Hush Sound
My Chemical Romance
This Providence

12.Mars Argo
The Golden Revelry
fun.
Mark Gardener and Andy Bell
The Soft Hills
Slowlands
Nelson Bragg
The Homophones
Eureka Brown

13.Hayley Williams
Low Shoulder
Zac Farro
Death in the Park

14.Owl City
Swimming With Dolphins
Lights
A Rocket To The Moon
Breathe Carolina
nevershoutnever!
The Secret Handshake
Breathe Electric
PlayRadioPlay!

15.Bat for Lashes
My Brightest Diamond
Patrick Wolf
St. Vincent
Lykke Li
Fever Ray
Cat Power
PJ Harvey

16.Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon
Cat Stevens
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Bob Dylan
Art Garfunkel
Peter, Paul & Mary
Donovan
The Mamas & The Papas

17.Jim Sturgess
Evan Rachel Wood
Dana Fuchs
Joe Anderson
T.V. Carpio
Dana Fuchs & Jim Sturgess
Martin Luther McCoy
Dana Fuchs & Martin Luther McCoy
Carol Woods & Timothy T. Mitchum

18.Fräulein Wunder
Debbie Rockt!
Eisblume
Jennifer Rostock
peilomat
Queensberry

19.Crystal Castles
You Love Her Coz She's Dead
HeartsRevolution
Kap Bambino
Bondage Fairies
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Metronomy

20.School of Seven Bells
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Lotus Plaza
Telepathe
Asobi Seksu
M83
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Maps
Beach House


147 :D

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1. Tokio Hotel
Devilish
Cinema Bizarre
LaFee
Nevada Tan
Killerpilze
Panik
Aloha From Hell


2. Imogen Heap
Frou Frou
Kate Havnevik
A Fine Frenzy
Jem
Regina Spektor
Florence + The Machine
Sia
The Bird and the Bee

3. Lady GaGa
Britney Spears
The Pussycat Dolls
Space Cowboy
Ashley Tisdale
Katy Perry
Ke$ha
Little Boots
Madonna

4. Paramore
Hey Monday
VersaEmerge
Flyleaf
Boys Like Girls
Automatic Loveletter
All Time Low
Fake Number

5. Coldplay
Keane
Snow Patrol
Travis
The Killers
Radiohead
Oasis
The Fray
Thirteen Stones

6. Muse
Franz Ferdinand
Placebo
Kasabian
Arctic Monkeys
Kaiser Chiefs


7. The Beatles
John Lennon
George Harrison
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney & Wings
Wings
The Who
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks

8. MGMT
The Management
Klaxons
Vampire Weekend
Passion Pit
Black Kids
The Kooks
Empire of the Sun
Late of the Pier

9. Johan Palm
Kevin Borg
E.M.D.
John ME
Anna Bergendahl
Erik Hassle
Alice Svensson
Lasse Lindh
Simon Norrsveden

10. Los Campesinos!
Johnny Foreigner
Dananananaykroyd
Sky Larkin
Slow Club
Titus Andronicus
The Cribs
Ra Ra Riot
Matt & Kim


11. Panic at the Disco
Fall Out Boy
The Academy Is...
Cobra Starship
The Cab
Forgiven Durden
The Hush Sound
My Chemical Romance
This Providence

12.Mars Argo
The Golden Revelry
fun.
Mark Gardener and Andy Bell
The Soft Hills
Slowlands
Nelson Bragg
The Homophones
Eureka Brown

13.Hayley Williams
Low Shoulder
Zac Farro
Death in the Park

14.Owl City
Swimming With Dolphins
Lights
A Rocket To The Moon
Breathe Carolina
nevershoutnever!
The Secret Handshake
Breathe Electric
PlayRadioPlay!

15.Bat for Lashes
My Brightest Diamond
Patrick Wolf
St. Vincent
Lykke Li
Fever Ray
Cat Power
PJ Harvey

16.Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon
Cat Stevens
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Bob Dylan
Art Garfunkel
Peter, Paul & Mary
Donovan
The Mamas & The Papas

17.Jim Sturgess
Evan Rachel Wood
Dana Fuchs
Joe Anderson
T.V. Carpio
Dana Fuchs & Jim Sturgess
Martin Luther McCoy
Dana Fuchs & Martin Luther McCoy
Carol Woods & Timothy T. Mitchum

18.Fräulein Wunder
Debbie Rockt!
Eisblume
Jennifer Rostock
peilomat
Queensberry

19.Crystal Castles
You Love Her Coz She's Dead
HeartsRevolution
Kap Bambino
Bondage Fairies
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Metronomy

20.School of Seven Bells
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Lotus Plaza
Telepathe
Asobi Seksu
M83
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Maps
Beach House


147 :D