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by Red Ant
Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:29 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!
Replies: 70
Views: 59804

Re: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!

Thanks! Something happened to your 2000-4000 batch though, it's quite truncated. Thanks for pointing that out - here is that section in full. 2000 | Alice Cooper | Poison | 1989 2001 | Gabrielle | Dreams | 1993 2002 | Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne | Changes | 2002 2003 | Ronan Keating | If Tomorrow Nev...
by Red Ant
Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:35 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!
Replies: 70
Views: 59804

Re: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!

Final Few 8001 | Faith Hill & Tim McGraw | I Need You | 2007 8002 | The Beatles | Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey | 1968 8003 | Blue | All Rise | 2001 8004 | Supergrass | Alright | 1995 8005 | Chris De Burgh | Satin Green Shutters | 1974 8006 | Oasis | The Masterplan | ...
by Red Ant
Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:32 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!
Replies: 70
Views: 59804

Re: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!

Next batch 6001-8000 (the dates on these might be getting increasingly dodgy). 6001 | Scorpions | We'll Burn The Sky | 1977 6002 | Arctic Monkeys | Fluorescent Adolescent | 2007 6003 | Billy Swan | I Can Help | 1974 6004 | Kiss | Heaven's On Fire | 1984 6005 | Department S | Is Vic There? | 1980 600...
by Red Ant
Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:31 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!
Replies: 70
Views: 59804

Re: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!

Third Batch 4001-6000 4001 | The New Seekers | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | 1973 4002 | The Photos | Irene | 1998 4003 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | You Wreck Me | 1994 4004 | Styx | The Best of Times | 1981 4005 | Eric Clapton | She's Waiting | 1985 4006 | Thin Lizzy | Black Rose |...
by Red Ant
Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:30 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!
Replies: 70
Views: 59804

Re: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!

Second batch 2001-4000 3949 | Meat Loaf | Objects in the rear view mirror | 1993 3950 | The Who | Athena | 1982 3951 | Little Richard | Long Tall Sally | 1956 3952 | John Fred & His Playboy Band | Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) | 1968 3953 | Christina Aguilera | Blessed | 1999 3954 | Kenny Logg...
by Red Ant
Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:29 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!
Replies: 70
Views: 59804

Re: AM Favorite Songs of All Time, 2021 Edition, Extended Lists!

Unfortunately I've been away from things for quite a while, so completely missed the whole voting process. I'll post my extended list on here nevertheless in case its of interest. (I know I like looking at lists from people with similar musical tastes to me as much as the overall list. First batch 1...
by Red Ant
Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:46 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Discussions on Music Services For AMF Users?
Replies: 2
Views: 1964

Re: Discussions on Music Services For AMF Users?

That's really useful - thanks.
by Red Ant
Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:34 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Discussions on Music Services For AMF Users?
Replies: 2
Views: 1964

Discussions on Music Services For AMF Users?

I wondered if there is an existing discussion thread about the merits of various music services on here? In particular I’m looking at services that cope with the sort of music collections that some users on here will have – namely large collections, collections with “hard to find” music, those seein...
by Red Ant
Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:24 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The AMF Top Artists of All Time 2019 Edition
Replies: 134
Views: 174642

Re: The AMF Top Artists of All Time 2019 Edition

No. Artist 1. Bruce Springsteen 2. The Beatles 3. Led Zeppelin 4. Queen 5. The Who 6. Jackson Browne 7. The Rolling Stones 8. Elvis Presley 9. Elton John 10. David Bowie 11. Fleetwood Mac 12. Eric Clapton 13. The Eagles 14. Billy Joel 15. Bryan Adams 16. Lynyrd Skynyrd 17. Bon Jovi 18. Bob Dylan 19....
by Red Ant
Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:05 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The AMF Top Artists of All Time 2019 Edition
Replies: 134
Views: 174642

Re: The AMF Top Artists of All Time 2019 Edition

Having a look at a draft list, one of the questions will be how to group composite acts - perhaps distinct from a solo career. You might lump the Supremes along with "Diana Ross & the Supremes", then treat Diana Ross separately as a solo artist. Similarly Smokey Robinson with respect t...
by Red Ant
Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:42 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Survey - Top Instrumental Songs of All Time (dealine: June 30, 2019)
Replies: 94
Views: 126927

Re: AMF Survey - Top Instrumental Songs of All Time

Here's my input - the odd number is due to selecting the instrumental tracks from my overall list. The overall list rankings are shown at the end of each line - the likes of Funeral For a Friend ranks lower when divorced from Love Lies Bleeding. 1. The Allman Brothers Band | Jessica (86) 2. Focus | ...
by Red Ant
Sat Jan 12, 2019 10:03 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results
Replies: 613
Views: 478192

Re: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results

I don't suppose it would be possible to categorise the results based on the age groups of those voting. Clearly the younger forum members haven't had the benefit of growing up when the artists of days gone by were being played all the time - whereas they get much more exposure to more recent artists...
by Red Ant
Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:47 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: How to Sort Data
Replies: 1
Views: 4398

Re: How to Sort Data

I guess I’m doing something similar to what you are looking to do – I’ve been running a music database that includes my collection alongside inputs from various polls and lists for many years. It rather depends how confident you are with IT, as the route I use relies on Microsoft Access at its heart...
by Red Ant
Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:39 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums that were really great in your opinion but didn't make it in AM?
Replies: 55
Views: 46735

Re: Albums that were really great in your opinion but didn't make it in AM?

Apologies - my spelling error meant I didn't find it on an Excel search.
by Red Ant
Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:26 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums that were really great in your opinion but didn't make it in AM?
Replies: 55
Views: 46735

Re: Albums that were really great in your opinion but didn't make it in AM?

I'd add a vote for "Fly" by the Dixie Chicks, then perhaps suggest the following that are all in my Top 100 albums but seem to have been overlooked by recent critical reviews Bad Company – Straight Shooter Nils Lofgren – Night After Night Steve Miller Band – Book Of Dreams Queen – Queen Mo...
by Red Ant
Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:29 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Extended All-Time Songs Lists (2018 Edition)
Replies: 47
Views: 76429

Re: Extended All-Time Songs Lists (2018 Edition)

Last Part No ¦ Artist ¦ Track ¦ Year ¦ AM Ranking 6801 ¦ JLS ¦ Everybody In Love ¦ 2009 ¦ 0 6802 ¦ Patti Page ¦ Tennessee Waltz ¦ 1950 ¦ 2297 6803 ¦ Carly Simon ¦ Anticipation ¦ 1971 ¦ 10587 6804 ¦ Blackfoot ¦ Train, Train ¦ 1979 ¦ 14597 6805 ¦ Rick Nelson ¦ Garden Party ¦ 1972 ¦ 3560 6806 ¦ The Cur...
by Red Ant
Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:27 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Extended All-Time Songs Lists (2018 Edition)
Replies: 47
Views: 76429

Re: Extended All-Time Songs Lists (2018 Edition)

Part 4 No ¦ Artist ¦ Track ¦ Year ¦ AM Ranking 5101 ¦ Stevie Wonder ¦ Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday ¦ 1969 ¦ 10250 5102 ¦ The Bellamy Brothers ¦ If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body (Would You Hold Against Me) ¦ 1978 ¦ 0 5103 ¦ The Who ¦ Helpless Dancer ¦ 1973 ¦ 0 5104 ¦ Boston ¦ Don't Look Back ¦ 19...
by Red Ant
Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:26 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Extended All-Time Songs Lists (2018 Edition)
Replies: 47
Views: 76429

Re: Extended All-Time Songs Lists (2018 Edition)

Part 3 No ¦ Artist ¦ Track ¦ Year ¦ AM Ranking 3401 ¦ Robert Palmer ¦ Simply Irresistible ¦ 1988 ¦ 13516 3402 ¦ Dionne Warwick ¦ (They Long To Be) Close To You ¦ 1964 ¦ 0 3403 ¦ The Detroit Spinners ¦ Ghetto Child ¦ 1973 ¦ 0 3404 ¦ Beth Nielsen Chapman ¦ Say Goodnight ¦ 1999 ¦ 0 3405 ¦ John Leyton ¦...
by Red Ant
Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:24 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Extended All-Time Songs Lists (2018 Edition)
Replies: 47
Views: 76429

Re: Extended All-Time Songs Lists (2018 Edition)

Part 2 No ¦ Artist ¦ Track ¦ Year ¦ AM Ranking 1701 ¦ Bachman-Turner Overdrive ¦ Roll On Down The Highway ¦ 1974 ¦ 0 1702 ¦ Michael Jackson ¦ Heal The World ¦ 1991 ¦ 0 1703 ¦ Nilsson ¦ Everybody's Talkin' ¦ 1968 ¦ 796 1704 ¦ Wet Wet Wet ¦ Angel Eyes ¦ 1988 ¦ 0 1705 ¦ Wheatus ¦ Teenage Dirtbag ¦ 2000...
by Red Ant
Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:22 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Extended All-Time Songs Lists (2018 Edition)
Replies: 47
Views: 76429

Re: Extended All-Time Songs Lists (2018 Edition)

Here's the top 7500 list of my music collection, split into five parts as a single post is limited to 100k chars. I've missed one or two tracks I'd like to own but they seem to be deleted. I've shown the year, but don't hold me to all of those, as well as a cross-reference to Henrik's list, extended...
by Red Ant
Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:47 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition
Replies: 516
Views: 385061

Re: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition

I've tried to include a cross-reference to the AM List, giving a nominal ranking to those "bubbling under" in the AM list. I suspect I'll have missed a fair few references given the vaguaries of joining text fields in a database. No ¦ Artist ¦ Track ¦ Year ¦ AM Ranking 1 ¦ Queen ¦ Bohemian...
by Red Ant
Thu Mar 29, 2018 3:33 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Greatest Guilty Pleasure Songs of All Time (2018) Submissions Thread
Replies: 95
Views: 68456

Re: AMF Greatest Guilty Pleasure Songs of All Time (2018) Submissions Thread

I'd have to go with a list of songs that don't seem to have been "acclaimed" by the music industry, and thus don't seem to appear in the 10000 song list on this website (or indeed even the longer list including those primed for future inclusion). That means my list would be: 1 ¦ Labi Siffr...
by Red Ant
Tue Mar 13, 2018 4:36 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Planning for the all-time songs poll!
Replies: 42
Views: 20886

Re: Planning for the all-time songs poll!

A list of 1000 songs sounds fine for me too. It might be worth providing some guidance on the best format for the lists to be submitted - and maybe to encourage people to cross-reference to Henrik's master lists (where applicable) to help those consolidating all of the entries.
by Red Ant
Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:30 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF's Top 1000 Songs by Women
Replies: 282
Views: 159749

Re: AMF's Top 1000 Songs by Women

<snip> Throughout the poll, Red Ant and andyd2010 have had very similar placements. In case they haven't noticed yet, there might be some worthwhile recommendations between them, dunno. I can't see too much similarity myself, but its always interesting to look at the polls of others who seem to hav...
by Red Ant
Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:13 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Women in Music All-Time Lists - Submissions (Artist Deadline March 18)
Replies: 219
Views: 149853

Re: Women in Music All-Time Lists - Submissions (Until December 31)

Albums Rank|Artist|Album 1|Fleetwood Mac|Rumours 2|Carole King|Tapestry 3|Blondie|Parallel Lines 4|Anastacia|Anastacia 5|Mary Chapin Carpenter|Shooting Straight In The Dark 6|Beth Nielsen Chapman|Deeper Still 7|Alanis Morissette|Jagged Little Pill 8|T'pau|Bridge of Spies 9|Fleetwood Mac|Fleetwood Ma...
by Red Ant
Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:09 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Women in Music All-Time Lists - Submissions (Artist Deadline March 18)
Replies: 219
Views: 149853

Re: Women in Music All-Time Lists - Submissions (Until December 31)

Rank|Artist 1|Christine McVie (inc. Fleetwood Mac) 2|Stevie Nicks (inc. Fleetwood Mac) 3|Carole King 4|Tina Turner 5|Ann / Mary Wilson (Heart) 6|Linda Ronstadt 7|Joni Mitchell 8|Trisha Yearwood 9|Karen Carpenter 10|Bonnie Raitt 11|Annie Lennox (inc. Eurythmics) 12|Agnetha Fältskog / Anni-Frid Lyngst...
by Red Ant
Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:08 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Women in Music All-Time Lists - Submissions (Artist Deadline March 18)
Replies: 219
Views: 149853

Re: Women in Music All-Time Lists - Submissions (Until December 31)

Tracks Rank|Artist|Name 1|Heart|Alone 2|Bonnie Raitt|I Can't Make You Love Me 3|Heart|These Dreams 4|Mary Chapin Carpenter|The Moon and St. Christopher 5|DJ Sammy / Dominique van Hulst|Heaven 6|Mary Chapin Carpenter|Quittin' Time 7|ABBA|Slipping Through My Fingers 8|M People|Search For The Hero 9|Fl...
by Red Ant
Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:54 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Poll (closed) for top Steely Dan songs
Replies: 28
Views: 17053

Re: Poll (through 11/30) for top Steely Dan songs

Slightly late (sorry) - but here they are anyway 1|Reelin' In The Years 2|Things I Miss The Most 3|Rikki Don't Lose That Number 4|Do It Again 5|Fm 6|Any Major Dude Will Tell You 7|My Old School 8|Kid Charlemagne 9|Only A Fool Would Say That 10|Hey Nineteen 11|Parker's Band 12|Peg 13|Haitian Divorce ...
by Red Ant
Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:26 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- RESULTS
Replies: 764
Views: 955265

Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- RESULTS

Thanks to all of those who put the final list together - and supplied the spreadsheet so we can see where our favourites appeared. It's certainly interesting to re-sort the list based on your own selections and see which of your favourites weren't popular elsewhere. In my case there were some real s...
by Red Ant
Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:50 am
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Replies: 30
Views: 41471

Re: Rank the Tracks: Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

1 | Stairway To Heaven
2 | Rock 'n' Roll
3 | Black Dog
4 | When The Levee Breaks
5 | Going To California
6 | Four Sticks
7 | The Battle of Evermore
8 | Misty Mountain Hop
by Red Ant
Thu Jun 08, 2017 12:16 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Ranking albums is tough
Replies: 14
Views: 9075

Re: Ranking albums is tough

I'm a bit surprised that I'm the first to mention flow as an important factor, as I don't listen very often to albums nowadays. I mostly jump a lot between genres and artists in Spotify, or I listen to selfmade playlists of my favorite songs by artists. There's no point in listening to original alb...
by Red Ant
Thu Jun 08, 2017 7:37 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Ranking albums is tough
Replies: 14
Views: 9075

Re: Ranking albums is tough

The other question is how you handle albums that have some awful tracks that make the whole thing unlistenable. An obvious example is the Double Fantasy by Lennon / Ono, where some decent Lennon tracks are interspersed with some "input" from Yoko Oko. In the analogue days we couldn't easil...
by Red Ant
Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:43 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread
Replies: 361
Views: 265449

Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread

It was quite a challenge, but also a chance to digitize some of my old analogue albums I hadn’t listened to for a while. I’ve included a few extra beyond the 500 in case any of the 500 are deemed ineligible (discussed at the bottom) 1 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV 2 | The Eagles | Hotel Californi...
by Red Ant
Tue Nov 22, 2016 4:29 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Individual Artist Poll: Bruce Springsteen
Replies: 32
Views: 20286

Re: Individual Artist Poll: Bruce Springsteen

Albums 1|Born to Run 2|Darkness on the Edge of Town 3|Born in the USA 4|The River 5|Nebraska 6|Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ 7|The Wild, The Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle 8|Tunnel of Love 9|Lucky Town 10|The Rising Tracks 1|Jungleland 2|Born To Run 3|Thunder Road 4|Badlands 5|Backstreets 6|Atl...
by Red Ant
Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:28 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: ACCLAIMED MUSIC'S UNOFFICIAL UPDATE 2016
Replies: 109
Views: 90749

Re: ACCLAIMED MUSIC'S INOFFICIAL UPDATE 2016

That's certainly an impressive list, and must be the result of much research and hard work. There are some esoteric looking artists in there, and I wondered how certain genres are embraced into the list whilst others seem rather bypassed, even where their artists get significant critical acclaim. Th...
by Red Ant
Sun Sep 11, 2016 1:53 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Individual Artist Poll: Bob Dylan
Replies: 41
Views: 28864

Re: Individual Artist Poll: Bob Dylan

Most of my Dylan awareness comes from hearing individual tracks, or from compilation albums, meaning I couldn't work out a top ten album list - so I'll just submit a song list. Songs 1 | Like A Rolling Stone 2 | Forever Young 3 | I Shall Be Released 4 | Knockin' On Heaven's Door 5 | Tangled Up In Bl...
by Red Ant
Wed Aug 24, 2016 1:36 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Individual Artist Poll: The Beatles
Replies: 64
Views: 37306

Re: Individual Artist Poll: The Beatles

Albums 1 The Beatles [White Album]  2 Abbey Road 3 Let It Be 4 Help 5 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band  6 Revolver 7 Rubber Soul 8 Magical Mystery Tour  9 A Hard Day's Night 10 Please Please Me Songs 1 Hey Jude 2 Let It Be 3 Yesterday 4 While My Guitar Gently Weeps 5 In My Life 6 Revolution 7 S...
by Red Ant
Thu Feb 04, 2016 6:14 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: TOP 10 Riffs
Replies: 21
Views: 11740

Re: TOP 10 Riffs

My top 10 - and a few more.... 1¦Cream¦Sunshine of your love 2¦Deep Purple¦Smoke on the Water 3¦Derek and The Dominos¦Layla 4¦The Who¦Won't Get Fooled Again 5¦David Bowie¦Ziggy Stardust 6¦Led Zeppelin¦Stairway To Heaven 7¦The Eagles¦Hotel California 8¦Free¦All Right Now 9¦The Rolling Stones¦Gimme Sh...
by Red Ant
Mon Jul 27, 2015 3:01 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AM Top Songs of All Time - Extended Lists
Replies: 25
Views: 22008

Re: AM Top Songs of All Time - Extended Lists

My extended list is at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LfGeKFOAhlG-rj3iD_N88WLBo7iEpreyXSg4C0SYHJs/edit?usp=sharing I enjoyed browsing through your list and look forward to examining it more closely soon. Likewise - your list has already reminded me of quite a few good songs that had slippe...
by Red Ant
Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:56 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Technology of List Management
Replies: 1
Views: 2114

Technology of List Management

With all the excellent personal lists we've seen on the recent threads I just wondered if you guys have ever had a discussion about good ways to maintain a personal list if you want to reconcile it with your music collection. Something like itunes only really seems to give you the ranking of 1 to 5 ...
by Red Ant
Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:33 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The AM Top Songs of All Time 2015 Edition
Replies: 224
Views: 183255

Re: The AM Top Songs of All Time 2015 Edition

Here are my top 750. I hope this fit with the approach taken on here, as I'm still learning about things on this forum. Rank | Track | Artist 1 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen 2 | Hotel California | The Eagles 3 | Stairway To Heaven | Led Zeppelin 4 | Jungleland | Bruce Springsteen 5 | Layla | Derek and...
by Red Ant
Wed Jun 17, 2015 11:42 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Old Polls Mystery
Replies: 2
Views: 2812

Re: Old Polls Mystery

That's excellent - thanks. I have quite a few polls from the early days of online communication, but can't remember if I got them from bulletin boards, Compuserve or even had to type them in. I was hoping I might find one or two of them have been updated in the years since but my poor labelling hasn...
by Red Ant
Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:06 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Old Polls Mystery
Replies: 2
Views: 2812

Old Polls Mystery

Hi guys, I've been logging and collating music polls for around 20 years, and was looking back at the origins of some of my data, and am struggling to work out where I got data from a couple of polls I recorded. The first labelled as "Areuous" back in 2006. Nothing of relevance seems to co...

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