Poll - Songs and Albums of 1975

Fred · Post by **Fred** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:27 am

Zorg wrote:
Fred wrote:Good to be back! Sorry to miss out on 1970-74 but I'm sure nothing important happened then musicwise

ALBUMS:

1. Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
2. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
3. David Bowie - Young Americans
4. Neil Young - Zuma
5. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
6. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
7. Herbie Hancock - Man-Child
8. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
9. Roy Buchanan - Live Stock
10. Joan Baez - Diamonds And Rust
11. Archie Shepp - Sea Of Faces
12. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
13. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
14. Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
15. Lee Hazlewood - a House Safe From Tigers
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16. Abba - Abba

Replace "Rumours" with "Born To Run" at no. 8 on the albums list, please!

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:30 am

Albums
1. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
2. Bob Dylan - Blod on the Tracks
3. Patti Smith - Horses
4. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
5. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
6. Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
7. Brian Eno - Another Green World
8. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
9. Queen - A Night at the Opera
10. Roxy Music - Siren
11. Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
12. Neil Young - Tonights the Night
13. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
14. David Bowie - Young American
15. Parliament - Mothership Connection
16. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
17. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic

Songs
1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
3. Bob Dylan - Hurricane
4. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
5. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
6. Bob Dylan - Tangled up in Blue
7. Patti Smith - Gloria
8. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
9. Roxy Music - Love Is the Drug
10. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland
11. 10cc - I'm Not In Love
12. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
13. Neil Young - Borrowed Tune
14. Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
15. Neil Young - Cortez The Killer
16. Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
17. David Bowie - Fame
18. Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
19. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
20. David Bowie - Young Americans
21. Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
22. Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
23. Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
24. Television - Little Johnny Jewel - Parts 1 & 2
25. Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
26. America - Sister Golden Hair
27. ZZ Top - Tush
28. David Bowie - Golden Years
29. Neil Young - Tired Eyes
30. Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
31. Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
32. Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
33. Brian Eno - St Elmo's Fire
34. Billy Thorpe - Its Almost Summer
35. Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
36. Bruce Springsteen - Meeting Across the River
37. Joni Mitchell - Shades Of Scarlett Conquering
38. Neil Young - Albuquerque
39. Roxy Music - Both Ends Burning
40. Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child)
41. Brian Eno - Golden Hours
42. Patti Smith - Free Money
43. Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets
44. Steely Dan - Doctor Wu
45. Eagles - One Of These Nights
46. Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot
47. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night - Part 1
48. AC/DC - It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Want to Rock And Roll)
49. Steve Harley - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
50. KC & The Sunshine Band - That's the Way I Like It
51. Billy Joel - The Entertainer
52. Richard Clapton - Girls On The Avenue
53. Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite
54. Sweet - Fox On the Run
55. Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
56. Steely Dan - Bad Sneakers
57. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
58. War - Low Rider
59. ABBA - S.O.S.
60. Bob Dylan - If You See Her, Say Hello
61. Queen - You're My Best Friend
62. Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown
63. Bee Gees - Jive Talkin'
64. Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine
65. Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom
66. Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me
67. Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star
68. War - Why Can't We Be Friends
69. Bob Dylan - Shelter from the Storm
70. John Cale - I Keep A Close Watch
71. Led Zeppelin - Black Country Woman
72. Janis Ian - At Seventeen
73. Rod Stewart - Sailing
74. Brian Eno - The Big Ship
75. Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman
76. Frank Zappa - Inca Roads

Romain · Post by **Romain** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:04 pm

The worst year in pop music for my taste. Unable to put a top 15 for albums and songs.

Album :
1. Brian Eno - Another Green World
2. Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity
3. Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares
4. Gérard Manset - Y'a une route
5. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
6. David Bowie - Young American
7. Neu! '75
8. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
9. Neil Young - Tonights the Night
10. Miles Davis - Agharta
11. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
12. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Song :
1. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
2. Jeanne Moreau - India Song
3. Brian Eno - Sky Saw
4. Gérard Manset - Il voyage en solitaire
5. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
6. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
7. David Bowie - Fame
8. Renaud - Hexagone
9. Brian Eno - I'll come running
10. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
11. Neil Young - Tonights the Night
12. Bernard Lavilliers - La Vérité

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:53 pm

Songs:

1. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
2. Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman
3. America - Sister Golden Hair
4. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
5. David Bowie - Young Americans
6. Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom
7. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
8. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
9. Bee Gees - Jive Talkin'
10. Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me (the 1997 live version would rank much higher)
11. Patti Smith - Gloria
12. Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star
13. Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
15. Kiss - Rock and Roll All Nite (why not?)

Nassim · Post by **Nassim** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:24 am

Albums :

1) Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
2) Brian Eno - Another Green World
3) Queen - A Night at the Opera
4) Patti Smith - Horses
5) Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
6) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
7) Parliament - Mothership Connection
8) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
9) Fela Kuti - Confusion
10) David Bowie - Young Americans

I also would have to add that listening to Blood on the Tracks a 2nd time was not quite as awful as I remembered the first time was.

Songs :

1) AC/DC - T.N.T.
2) Brian Eno - St Elmo's Fire
3) Bob Dylan - Hurricane
4) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
5) Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
6) AC/DC - It's A Long Way to the Top (if You Wanna Rock and Roll)
7) Patti Smith - Gloria
8) Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
9) Nino Ferrer - Le Sud
10) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
11) Led Zeppelin - The Rover
12) Il Etait Une Fois - J'ai Encore Rêvé d'Elle
13) David Bowie - Young Americans
14) Parliament - Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)
15) Brian Eno - The Big Ship
16) Patti Smith - Free Money
17) 10CC - I'm Not In Love
18) Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic

Miguel · Post by **Miguel** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:10 pm

Albums

1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (Canada)
2. Cecilia - Un ramito de violetas (Spain)
3. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma (Canada)
4. Neil Young - Tonight´s the Night (Canada)
5. Sisa - Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol (Spain)
6. Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basament Tapes (Canada / USA)
7. Paul Simon - Still Crazy after All These Years (USA)
8. Agamenón - Todos ríen de mí (Spain)
9. Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love with You (USA)
10. The Trammps - The Legendary Zing Album (USA)
11. Triana - El patio (Spain)
12. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (UK)
13. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (USA)
14. Mocedades - La otra España (Spain)
15. Gordon Lightfoot - Cold on the Shoulder (Canada)

16. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
17. ABBA - ABBA
18. Lluís Llach - Viatge a Ítaca
19. Nuevo Mester de Juglaría - Romance de El Pernales
20. Joan Manuel Serrat - Para piel de manzana
21. Wings - Venus and Mars
22. Art Garfunkel - Breakaway
23. Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust
24. Brian Eno - Another Green World
25. The Four Tops - Night Lights Harmony
26. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
27. Kraftwerk - Radio-Aktivität
28. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
29. The Who - The Who by Numbers
30. Richard & Linda Thompson - Hokey Pokey
31. David Bowie - Young Americans
32. Formula V - Carolina
33. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
34. Richard & Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver
35. Albert Hammond - 99 Miles From LA
36. The Walker Brothers - No Regrets
37. Elliot Murphy - Lost Generation
38. The Eagles - One of These Nights
39. Víctor Manuel - Cómicos
40. Rodrigo - Canciones de amor y sátira
41. Peggy Lee - Mirrors
42. Leon Redbone - On the Track
43. Helen Reddy - Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady
44. Hilario Camacho - De paso
45. Patti Smith - Horses

Miguel · Post by **Miguel** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:14 pm

Songs

1. Joni Mitchell - Shades of Scarlett Conquering (Canada)
2. Joni Mitchell - Edith and the Kingpin (Canada)
3. Mocedades - Secretaria (Spain)
4. Sisa - El sete cel (Spain)
5. Triana - En el lago (Spain)
6. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Don’t Cry No Tears (Canada)
7. Bob Dylan & The Band - Bessie Smith (Canada / USA)
8. Neil Young - Let’s Go Downtown (Canada)
9. Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (USA)
10. Cecilia - Mi querida España (Spain)
11. Patti Smith - Gloria (USA)
12. Sisa - Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol (Spain)
13. Joni Mitchell - Don't Interrupt the Sorrow (Canada)
14. Roberta Flack - Feelin' That Glow (USA)
15. David Bowie - Young Americans (UK)

16. Neil Young - Borrowed Tune
17. Joni Mitchell - Sweet Bird
18. Mocedades - La otra España
19. Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
20. Brian Eno - St. Elmo’s Fire
21. Bob Dylan - Hurricane
22. Cecilia - La primera comunión
23. Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
24. Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
25. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cortez The Killer
26. Cecilia - Decir adios
27. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
28. Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line
29. Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust
30. Neil Young - Lookin’ for a Love
31. Sisa - El fill del mestre
32. Roberta Flack - I Can See the Sun in Late December
33. Art Garfunkel - I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
34. Joan Manuel Serrat - La aristocracia del barrio
35. Joni Mitchell - Shadows and Light
36. Agamenón - Happy Marriage, Eleanor
37. The Trammps - Hold Back the Night
38. Gordon Lightfoot - All the Lovely Ladies
39. Mocedades - Marinero de agua dulce
40. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
41. ABBA - Mamma Mia
42. Bob Dylan & The Band - Apple Suckling Tree
43. Nuevo Mester de Juglaría - Romance de El Pernales
44. Bob Dylan & The Band - Goin’ to Acapulco
45. Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel - My Little Town
46. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Danger Bird
47. The Four Tops - Seven Lonely Nights
48. Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
49. Wings - You Gave Me the Answer
50. Formula V - Carolina

51. Agamenón - Cuko Go Fly
52. Lluis Llach - Abril 74
53. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
54. Wings - Love in Song
55. Gordon Lightfoot - Rainy Day People

Disappointment: The Kinks - Soap Opera

Album Covers:

Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
David Bowie - Young Americans
Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie - Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie
Tom Waits - Nighthawk at the Dinner
The Trammps - The Legendary Zing Album

Post by **Henrik** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:35 am

I only had time to do a top 50 for songs this month.

1. Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
2. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Brian Eno - Golden Hours
4. Curtis Mayfield - So In Love
5. Fleetwood Mac - I'm So Afraid
6. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
7. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
8. 10cc - I'm Not In Love
9. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert, Part I
10. The Eagles - One Of These Nights
11. Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
12. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Svatba
13. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Polegnala e Todora
14. Triana - En el lago
15. Stretch - Why Did You Do It
16. Bruce Springsteen - She's the One
17. Joan Baez - Diamonds And Rust
18. Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child)
19. Marvin Gaye - I Want You
20. John Williams -Theme From Jaws
21. AC-DC - It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)
22. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
23. Bruce Springsteen - Meeting Across The River
24. John Cale - I Keep A Close Watch
25. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Complainte Pour Ste Catherine
26. Ananda Shankar - Dancing Drums
27. Sisa - Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol
28. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
29. Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
30. Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love
31. Fela Kuti - Confusion
32. Erkin Koray - Estarabim
33. KC & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It
34. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
35. Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
36. Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate
37. Curtis Mayfield - Love To The People
38. Roxy Music - Love Is the Drug
39. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
40. Bee Gees - Jive Talkin'
41. Kraftwerk - Antenna
42. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
43. Neu! - ISI
44. Patti Smith - Free Money
45. Steely Dan - Everyone's Gone To The Movies
46. Brian Eno - St Elmo's Fire
47. Bob Dylan - Hurricane
48. Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
49. Curtis Mayfield - Hard Times
50. Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Kingoftonga · Post by **Kingoftonga** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:47 am

Best Albums of 1975:

1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
3. Brian Eno - Discreet Music
4. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
5. Klaus Schulze - Time Wind
6. Manuel Göttsching - Inventions for Electric Guitar
7. Neil Young - Zuma
8. Roxy Music - Siren
9. Neu - Neu 75
10. Kraftwerk - Radioaktivitat
11. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
12. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
13. Brian Eno - Another Green World
14. Harmonia - Deluxe
15. Guy Clark - Old No. 1

16. David Bowie - Young Americans
17. Brast Burn - Debon
18. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
19. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
20. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
21. Willie Nelson - Red-Headed Stranger
22. Queen - A Night at the Opera
23. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
24. Bob Marley - Live!
25. Patti Smith - Horses
26. Le Mystere de Voix Bulgares - Le Mystere de Voix Bulgares
27. Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes
28. Parliament - Mothership Connection
29. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
30. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of the Summer Lawns

Top Songs of 1975:

1. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
2. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
3. Kraftwerk - Radioaktivität
4. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
6. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
7. Brian Eno - The Big Ship
8. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
9. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
10. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
11. Electric Light Orchestra - Fire on High
12. Led Zeppelin - The Rover
13. Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
14. Pink Floyd - Welcome the the Machine
15. Neil Young - Cortez the Killer

16. David Bowie - Fame
17. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
18. The Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
19. Neil Young - Albuquerque
20. Patti Smith - Gloria
21. Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
22. Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate
23. Queen - The Prophet's Song
24. Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion

jamieW · Post by **jamieW** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:12 am

I was all set to finish this up on Sunday, then the wonderful update happened and my priorities quickly shifted. I was thrilled to see my favorite song of 1975 make the top 6000; a very pleasant surprise, since I know from experience that not very many are as emotionally affected by it as I am.

Albums:
1. Pink Floyd—Wish You Were Here
2. Ananda Shankar—Ananda Shankar and His Music
3. Mahmoud Ahmed--Erè Mèla Mèla
4. Bruce Springsteen—Born To Run
5. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares—Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
6. Fleetwood Mac—Fleetwood Mac
7. Eagles—One of These Nights
8. Brian Eno—Another Green World
9. Led Zeppelin—Physical Graffiti
10. Renaissance—Scheherazade & Other Stories
11. Parliament—Mothership Connection
12. Keith Jarrett—The Köln Concert
13. David Bowie—Young Americans
14. Fela Kuti—Confusion
15. Fela Kuti—Expensive Shit

Songs:
1. Jefferson Starship—Miracles
2. Fleetwood Mac—Rhiannon
3. Eagles—One of These Nights
4. Led Zeppelin—Kashmir
5. Roxy Music—Love Is the Drug
6. Pink Floyd—Welcome To the Machine
7. America—Sister Golden Hair
8. Bob Dylan—Hurricane
9. Mahmoud Ahmed— Erè Mèla Mèla / Mètché Nèw
10. Goblin—Profondo Rosso
11. Al Martino—To the Door of the Sun
12. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares—Pritouritze Planinata
13. Pink Floyd—Have a Cigar
14. Augustus Pablo—King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
15. Captain and Tennille—Love Will Keep Us Together

16. Michael Murphey—Wildfire
17. Ananda Shankar—Dancing Drums
18. Queen—Bohemian Rhapsody
19. Bruce Springsteen—Born To Run
20. Neil Young—Cortez the Killer
21. Joan Baez—Diamonds and Rust
22. Bruce Springsteen—Jungleland
23. Elvis Presley—Pieces of My Life
24. 10cc—I’m Not In Love
25. Brian Eno—In Dark Trees
26. Pink Floyd—Shine On You Crazy Diamond
27. Patti Smith—Elegie
28. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares—Polegnala e Pschenitza
29. Triana—En el lago
30. Fela Kuti—Confusion
31. Bob Dylan—Tangled Up In Blue
32. Fleetwood Mac—I’m So Afraid
33. Ananda Shankar—Cyrus
34. Paul Simon—50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
35. Olivia Newton-John—Have You Never Been Mellow
36. Donna Summer—Love To Love You Baby
37. Electric Light Orchestra—Fire On High
38. KC & the Sunshine Band—That’s the Way (I Like It)
39. Parliament—Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)
40. Rhythm Heritage—Theme From S.W.A.T.
41. Jeanne Moreau—India Song
42. Patti Smith—Free Money
43. Ananda Shankar—Streets of Calcutta
44. Peter Frampton—Show Me the Way
45. Television—Little Johnny Jewel
46. Keith Jarrett—The Köln Concert, Part IIb
47. Keith Jarrett—The Köln Concert, Part IIc
48. Glen Campbell—Rhinestone Cowboy
49. Diana Ross—Theme From Mahogany
50. Aerosmith—Walk This Way
51. Leon Haywood—I Want’a Do Something Freaky To You
52. Carpenters—Solitaire
53. KC & the Sunshine Band—Get Down Tonight
54. Earth, Wind & Fire—Shining Star
55. Led Zeppelin—Trampled Under Foot
56. Eagles—Lyin’ Eyes
57. Pink Floyd—Wish You Were Here
58. Camel—Dunkirk
59. Kraftwerk— Radioaktivität
60. Renaissance—Trip To the Fair
61. Renaissance—Ocean Gypsy
62. Fela Kuti—Water No Get Enemy
63. Renaud—Hexagone
64. Ananda Shankar—Renunciation
65. C.W. McCall—Convoy
66. Ohio Players—Love Rollercoaster
67. Ambrosia—Holdin’ On To Yesterday
68. Styx—Suite Madame Blue
69. Keith Carradine—I’m Easy
70. Alice Cooper—Welcome To My Nightmare
71. America—Daisy Jane
72. Frank Zappa—Inca Roads
73. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares—Messetschinko lio Greilivko
74. Bob Dylan—Idiot Wind
75. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel—Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
76. Rod Stewart—Sailing
77. Burning Spear—Marcus Garvey
78. Gladys Knight & the Pips—Part Time Love
79. Electric Light Orchestra—Evil Woman
80. Albert Hammond—99 Miles From L.A.
81. Joni Mitchell—Shades of Scarlett Conquering
82. Sisa—Qualsevol nit pot sortier el sol
83. Elton John—Someone Saved My Life Tonight
84. Mahmoud Ahmed— Ohoho Gédama
85. Pere Ubu—30 Seconds Over Tokyo
86. Mahmoud Ahmed— Atawurulegn Léla
87. Muluqen Mellesse—Tenesh Kelbe Lay
88. Ananda Shankar—Dawn
89. Manfred Mann—Spirit In the Night
90. David Bowie—Fame
91. The Isley Brothers—Fight the Power
92. Mahmoud Ahmed— Abbay Mado / Embwa Bèlèw
93. David Bowie—Fascination
94. Bruce Springsteen—Thunder Road
95. Neil Sedaka—Bad Blood
96. Elton John—Philadelphia Freedom
97. Mocedadas—Secretaria
98. Augustus Pablo—Thunder Clap
99. Parliament—Mothership Connection (Star Child)
100. Fela Kuti—Expensive Shit

digifuwill · Post by **digifuwill** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:13 am

Hmmm, if I'm gonna submit my list I guess I better do it now.

Albums
1. Wish You Were Here
2. Horses
3. Fleetwood Mac
4. Mothership Connection
5. Born To Run
6. Blood On The Tracks
7. Physical Graffiti
8. Katy Lied
9. Marcus Garvey
10. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
11. Another Green World
12. Toys In The Attic
13. A Night At The Opera
14. Tonight's The Night
15. Old #1

Songs
1. Born To Run
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
4. Mothership Connection (Star Child)
5. Wish You Were Here
6. Land
7. I Love Music
8. Hurricane
9. December 1963 (Oh What A Night)
10. Thunder Road
11. The Big Ship
12. That's The Way Of The World
13. One Of These Nights
14. You're My Best Friend
15. Love To Love You Baby

Yikes. This has to be the greatest year for individual songs that there has ever been. I prefer the songs I left off my list to the top songs of most other years.

Post by **Honorio** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:48 am

ALBUMS:

1. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Born to Run" (#18 in my all-time list)
2. PINK FLOYD "Wish You Were Here" (#59)
3. NEIL YOUNG "Tonight's the Night"
4. BOB DYLAN "Blood on the Tracks"
5. PATTI SMITH "Horses"
6. CAMEL "The Snow Goose"
7. BRIAN ENO "Another Green World"
8. QUEEN "A Night at the Opera"
9. LED ZEPPELIN "Physical Graffiti"
10. THE ROLLING STONES "Metamorphosis"
11. LLUÍS LLACH "Viatge a Itaca"
12. SISA "Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol"
13. LE MYSTÈRE DES VOIX BULGARES "Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares"
14. BOB DYLAN & THE BAND "The Basement Tapes"
15. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "Zuma"
16. THE WHO "The Who by Numbers"
17. PAUL SIMON "Still Crazy After All These Years"
18. JONI MITCHELL "The Hissing of Summer Lawns"
19. PARLIAMENT "Mothership Connection"
20. EARTH, WIND & FIRE "That’s the Way of the World"
21. DAVID BOWIE "Young Americans"
22. TRIANA "El patio"
23. LOLE Y MANUEL "Nuevo día"
24. EMMYLOU HARRIS "Pieces of the Sky"
25. BRIAN ENO "Discreet Music"

SONGS:

1. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Born to Run" (#5 in my all-time list)
2. SISA "Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol" (#76)
3. NEIL YOUNG "Tired Eyes" (#89)
4. PINK FLOYD "Wish You Were Here" (#119)
5. DAVID BOWIE "Golden Years" (#163)
6. LLUÍS LLACH "Abril 74" (#216)
7. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Thunder Road"
8. PATTI SMITH "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo/Gloria (Van Morrison Version)"
9. BOB DYLAN "Hurricane"
10. THE WHO "Blue, Red and Grey"
11. DAVID BOWIE "Young Americans"
12. 10CC "I’m Not in Love"
13. PINK FLOYD "Shine on Your Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5"
14. QUEEN "Bohemian Rhapsody"
15. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Jungleland"
16. BOB DYLAN "Tangled Up in Blue"
17. PAUL SIMON "Still Crazy After All These Years"
18. THE ROLLING STONES "Family"
19. BOB DYLAN "Simple Twist of Fate"
20. NEIL YOUNG "Albuquerque"
21. FLEETWOOD MAC "Rhiannon"
22. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA "Strange Magic"
23. BRIAN ENO "St. Elmo's Fire"
24. LE MYSTÈRE DES VOIX BULGARES "Pritouritze Planinata"
25. STEELY DAN "Doctor Wu"
26. DAVID BOWIE "Fame"
27. EARTH, WIND & FIRE "Shining Star"
28. THE BEE GEES "Nights on Broadway"
29. PARLIAMENT "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)"
30. LED ZEPPELIN "Trampled Under Foot"
31. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "Cortez the Killer"
32. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Backstreets"
33. THE KINKS "I'm in Disgrace"
34. PATTI SMITH "Free Money"
35. NEIL YOUNG "Mellow My Mind"
36. EMMYLOU HARRIS "Boulder to Birmingham"
37. WILLIE NELSON "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
38. AUGUSTUS PABLO "King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown"
39. BURNING SPEAR "Marcus Garvey"
40. MAHMOUD AHMED "Erè mèla mèla"
41. LED ZEPPELIN "Kashmir"
42. QUEEN "The Prophet's Song"
43. TRIANA "Sé de un lugar"
44. LOLE Y MANUEL "Todo es de color"
45. JOAN MANUEL SERRAT "Caminito de la obra (historia por rumbas)"
46. SISA "El setè cel"
47. CAMEL "Rhayader"
48. BOB DYLAN "If You See Her, Say Hello"
49. PAUL SIMON "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
50. QUEEN "Seaside Rendezvous"

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:23 am

Songs:

1. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
2. Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond
3. Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
4. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
5. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
6. Janis Ian - At Seventeen
7. Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
8. Patti Smith - Gloria
9. Pink Floyd - Wish You Where Here
10. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
11. Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
12. David Bowie - Young Americans
13. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
14. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
15. Bob Dylan & the Band - This Wheel's On Fire

Surely the best song list of the decade for me and that doesn't even include these gems:

- Bob Dylan - Shelter from the Storm (most of Blood on the Tracks, really)
- Bob Dylan & the Band - You Ain't Going Nowhere (a lot of The Basement Tapes, really)
- Neil Young - Cortez the Killer
- Simon & Garfunkel - My Little Town
- Roxy Music - Love Is the Drug
- Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody
- 10cc - I'm Not in Love

Listyguy · Post by **Listyguy** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:50 pm

I have a number of regrets with this list, mainly that I didn't get to listen to a lot of the stuff I wanted to and that so many great albums and songs got very few points from me because this year is very stacked.

Albums:
1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2. Queen - A Night at the Opera
3. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
4. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
5. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
6. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
7. Brian Eno - Another Green World
8. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
9. Neil Young - Zuma
10. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
11. Patti Smith - Horses
12. Gentle Giant - Free Hand
13. Parliament - Mothership Connection

Songs:
1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
3. Bob Dylan - Shelter From the Storm
4. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland
5. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue
6. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Yr-Aur
7. Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine
8. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
9. Bob Dylan - Buckets of Rain
10. Brian Eno - St. Elmo's Fire
11. Led Zeppelin - In My Time of Dying
12. Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate
13. Aerosmith - Uncle Salty
14. Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar
15. Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
16. Bruce Springsteen - Night
17. Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
18. Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets
19. Queen - '39
20. Queen - Sweet Lady
21. Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
22. Queen - The Prophet's Song
23. Queen - You're My Best Friend
24. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
25. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:15 pm

My favorite album of 1975 is The Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis, but I can't see swaying anyone into not counting it as anything but a compilation, so I'll ignore it for the task at hand...

Favorite Albums of 1975:
1. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
2. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
3. Black Sabbath - Sabotage
4. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
5. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
6. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
7. Patti Smith - Horses
8. Rush - Fly By Night
9. Queen - A Night At The Opera
10. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
11. Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
12. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
13. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma
14. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
15. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

16. Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
17. Parliament - Mothership Connection
18. Fela Kuti - Confusion
19. Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music
20. Guy Clark - Old No. 1

Thanks!

(Edited below to include Metamorphosis!)

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:39 pm

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Albums:

01 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares: Volume 1
02 Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
03 Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
04 Bob Marley and The Wailers - Live!
05 Fela Kuti - Confusion
06 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
07 Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar and His Music
08 Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit
09 Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison
10 Brian Eno - Another Green World
11 Doc Watson - Memories
12 Queen - A Night at the Opera
13 Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
14 ABBA - ABBA
15 Sisa - Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol
16 Gérard Manset - Y'a une route
17 Pablo Milanés - Canta a Nicolás Guillén
18 Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
19 Mahmoud Ahmed - Erè Mèla Mèla
20 Neil Young - Tonight's the Night

Songs:

As usual, there are links to the songs not on Spotify.

01 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
02 Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares - Prïtourïtze Planinata
03 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
04 Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares - Mir Stanke Le
05 ABBA - S.O.S.
06 Ananda Shankar - Streets of Calcutta
07 ABBA - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
08 Natalie Cole - This Will Be
09 Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
10 Bob Dylan - Hurricane
11 Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate
12 Captain and Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
13 Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares - Polegnala e Todora
14 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
15 Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
16 Mahmoud Ahmed - Erè Mèla Mèla
17 Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares - Erghen Diado
18 KC and the Sunshine Band - That's the Way (I Like It)
19 David Bowie - Fame
20 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
21 Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue
22 Diana Ross - Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
23 Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby
24 Bee Gees - Jive Talkin'
25 Janis Ian - At Seventeen
26 Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
27 Jeanne Moreau - India Song
28 Bob Dylan - Shelter from the Storm
29 Gérard Manset - Il voyage en solitaire
30 Brian Eno - Golden Hours
31 Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
32 Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (Once)
33 Sisa - Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol
34 Van McCoy - The Hustle
35 Amanaz - History of Man

JimmyJazz · Post by **JimmyJazz** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:11 am

Just albums this time once again. Man, this is one of the all-time great years in pop!

1I Bob Dylan / Blood on the Tracks
2I Bruce Springsteen / Born to Run
3I The Hissing of Summer Lawns / Joni Mitchell
4I Neil Young / Tonight's the Night
5I Patti Smith / Horses
6I Fela Kuti / Expensive Shit
7I Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here
8I Led Zeppelin / Physical Graffiti
9I Bob Marley / Live!
10I Parliament / Mothership Connection
11I Kraftwerk / Radio-Aktivat
12I Brian Eno / Another Green World
13I Willie Nelson / Red-Headed Stranger
14I Steely Dan / Katy Lied
15I Aerosmith / Toys in the Attic

Moonbeam · Post by **Moonbeam** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:32 am

I'll post my list within the next few hours.

Post by **Honorio** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:16 am

Brad wrote:My favorite album of 1975 is The Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis, but I can't see swaying anyone into not counting it as anything but a compilation, so I'll ignore it for the task at hand...

"Metamorphosis" is not a compilation. Only three songs were previously released ("Out of Time," "Heart of Stone" and "Memo From Turner") in different versions. It's one of the very first (officially released) albums made up of outtakes and demos, just like "The Basement Tapes" released the same year.

Moonbeam · Post by **Moonbeam** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:24 am

Albums:

[1] Patti Smith - Horses
[2] Parliament - Mothership Connection
[3] Brian Eno - Another Green World
[4] Roxy Music - Siren
[5] Parliament - Chocolate City
[6] David Bowie - Young Americans
[7] Neu! - NEU! '75
[8] Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
[9] Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
[10] Sparks - Indiscreet

Songs:

[1] Patti Smith - "Land"
[2] David Bowie - "Fascination"
[3] Brian Eno - "Golden Hours"
[4] Roxy Music - "Both Ends Burning"
[5] Patti Smith - "Birdland"
[6] Fleetwood Mac - "Rhiannon"
[7] Parliament - "Mothership Connection (Star Child)"
[8] Brian Eno - "Sky Saw"
[9] Parliament - "I Misjudged You"
[10] Patti Smith - "Gloria"
[11] Donna Summer - "Love to Love You Baby"
[12] Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
[13] Roxy Music - "Love Is the Drug"
[14] Patti Smith - "Free Money"
[15] Parliament - "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)"
[16] Brian Eno - "Everything Merges With the Night"
[17] David Bowie - "Fame"
[18] Parliament - "Unfunky UFO"
[19] David Bowie - "Golden Years"
[20] Aerosmith - "Sweet Emotion"
[21] Parliament - "Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication"
[22] David Bowie - "Win"
[23] Roxy Music - "Sentimental Fool"
[24] Joan Armatrading - "Cool Blue Stole My Heart"
[25] Parliament - "Ride On"
[26] Brian Eno - "I'll Come Running"
[27] Parliament - "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)"
[28] Patti Smith - "Kimberly"
[29] David Bowie - "Right"
[30] Brian Eno - "St. Elmo's Fire"
[31] Patti Smith - "Elegie"
[32] Kraftwerk - "Radioactivity"
[33] Donna Summer - "Need-a-Man Blues"
[34] Parliament - "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples"
[35] Neu! - "Isi"
[36] Neu! - "Hero"
[37] Brian Eno - "In Dark Trees"
[38] Roxy Music - "She Sells"
[39] Brian Eno - "Spirits Drifting"
[40] Fleetwood Mac - "Landslide"
[41] Brian Eno - "The Big Ship"
[42] Parliament - "Together"
[43] Parliament - "Let Me Be"
[44] Kraftwerk - "Airwaves"
[45] Neu! - "After Eight"
[46] Kraftwerk - "Ohm Sweet Ohm"
[47] Sparks - "Happy Hunting Ground"
[48] Kraftwerk - "Antenna"
[49] Brian Eno - "Zawinul / Lava"
[50] David Bowie - "Somebody Up There Likes Me"
[51] Sparks - "Miss the Start, Miss the End"
[52] Aerosmith - "Toys in the Attic"

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:38 pm

Honorio wrote:
Brad wrote:My favorite album of 1975 is The Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis, but I can't see swaying anyone into not counting it as anything but a compilation, so I'll ignore it for the task at hand...
"Metamorphosis" is not a compilation. Only three songs were previously released ("Out of Time," "Heart of Stone" and "Memo From Turner") in different versions. It's one of the very first (officially released) albums made up of outtakes and demos, just like "The Basement Tapes" released the same year.

Damn It, Honorio! You're absolutely right... I was hung up thinking it was a comp on RYM so wouldn't get approval, but it is not. If it's not too late to change my list (no biggie if it is), here is the updated version:

Favorite Albums of 1975:
1. The Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis
2. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
3. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
4. Black Sabbath - Sabotage
5. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
6. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
7. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
8. Patti Smith - Horses
9. Rush - Fly By Night
10. Queen - A Night At The Opera
11. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
12. Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
13. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
14. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma
15. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
16. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Sorry for any confusion!

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:06 pm

sorry for the late submission

Albums

1. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
2. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
3. Fleetwood Mac - s/t
4. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
5. Eno - Another Green World
6. Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
7. Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert
8. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
9. Outlaws - s/t
10. Fairport Convention - Rising for the Moon
11. The Band - Northern Lights - Southern Cross
12. Thin Lizzy - Fighting
13. Dion - Born to Be with You
14. Nils Lofgren - s/t
15. Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Zuma
16. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
17. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
18. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
19. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Nuthin' Fancy
20. Duke Ellington - The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
21. Tony Bennett & Bill Evans - The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album
22. Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
23. Phil Manzanera - Diamond Head
24. Doc Watson – Memories
25. Keith Hudson – Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood
26. Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
27. Old and in the Way - s/t
28. Richard & Linda Thompson - Hokey Pokey
29. The Who – The Who by Numbers
30. Mahmoud Ahmed - Ere Mela Mela
31. The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band - Volume 1
32. Richard & Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver
33. Gary Stewart - Out of Hand
34. Parliament - Mothership Connection
35. Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights
36. John Prine - Common Sense
37. Sonny Boy Williamson - One Way Out
38. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Live!
39. 10cc - The Original Soundtrack
40. Don Cherry - s/t (Brown Rice)
41. Camel - The Snow Goose
42. King Crimson - USA
43. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit
44. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
45. Fela Kuti - Confusion
46. Greg Perry - One for the Road
47. Wayne Shorter featuring Milton Nascimento - Native Dancer
48. Renaissance – Scheherazade and Other Stories
49. Gentle Giant - Free Hand
50. Sam Dees - The Show Must Go On
51. The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy!
52. John Cale - Slow Dazzle
53. Black Sabbath - Sabotage
54. John Cale - Helen of Troy
55. Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World
56. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
57. Bee Gees - Main Course
58. Jorge Ben - Solva o pavao
59. The Isley Brothers - The Heat is On
60. Little Feat - The Last Record Album
61. David Bowie - Young Americans
62. Roxy Music - Siren
63. Todd Rundgren - Initiation
64. ZZ Top - Fandango!
65. Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing
66. Hank Williams, Jr. - Hank Williams, Jr. and Friends
67. Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band
68. Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
69. Lou Reed - Lou Reed Live
70. James Talley - Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love
71. Guy Clark - Old No. 1
72. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
73. Ian Hunter - s/t
74. Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
75. Peter Hammill - Nadir's Big Chance
76. Eagles - One of These Nights
77. Rush - Caress of Steel
78. Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude
79. Funkadelic - Let's Take It to the Stage
80. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
81. Miles Davis - Agharta
82. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
83. Magma - Hhai (Live)
84. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody
85. Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
86. Emmylou Harris - Pieces of the Sky
87. John Martyn - Sunday's Child
88. Tom Ze - Estudando o Samba
89. Al Green - Al Green is Love
90. Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis?
91. Neu - Neu! 75
92. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Urubu
93. The Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis
94. Utopia - Another Live
95. Justin Hayward & John Lodge - Blue Jays
96. The Undisputed Truth - The Cosmic Truth
97. AC/DC - High Voltage
98. Betty Davis - Nasty Gal
99. The Spinners - Pick of the Litter
100. Dr. Feelgood - Malpractice

Songs

1. Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Cortez the Killer
2. Neil Young - Albuquerque
3. The Band - Arcadian Driftwood
4. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
5. Fleetwood Mac - Warm Ways
6. Dion - Only You Know
7. Led Zeppelin - The Rover
8. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
9. Bob Dylan & The Band - Goin' to Acapulco
10. Eno - St. Elmo's Fire
11. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
12. Steely Dan - Doctor Wu
13. 10cc - I'm Not in Love
14. Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert, Part I
15. Thin Lizzy - Freedom Song
16. Richard & Linda Thompson - A Heart Needs a Home
17. Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights
18. Dwight Twilley Band - You Were So Warm
19. Outlaws - There Goes Another Love Song
20. Tony Bennett & Bill Evans - Some Other Time
21. Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
22. Curtis Mayfield - Billy Jack
23. Earth, Wind & Fire - Devotion (Live)
24. Grateful Dead - Help on the Way / Slipknot!
25. Ian Hunter - Once Bitten, Twice Shy
26. Wayne Shorter feat. Milton Nascimento - Ponta de Areia
27. John Cale - Bamboo Floor
28. Camel - Rhayader
29. Sam Dees - What's It Gonna Be
30. Nils Lofgren - Back It Up
31. Jorge Ben - Para ouvir no radio (Luciana)
32. Phil Manzanera - Frontera
33. Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate
34. Bob Marley & The Wailers - I Shot the Sheriff (Live)
35. Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman
36. The Marshall Tucker Band - Searchin' for a Rainbow
37. Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child)
38. Greg Perry - I'll Be Comin' Back
39. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Eternity's Breath Part 2
40. Duke Ellington - Acht O'Clock Rock
41. Don Cherry - Chenrezig
42. Hawkwind - Opa-Loka
43. Henry Cow - War
44. King Crimson - Asbury Park (Live)
45. Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy
46. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special
47. Deep Purple - Dealer
48. Fairport Convention - Dawn
49. Joni Mitchell - Edith and the Kingpin
50. Old & in the Way - The Hobo Song
51. James Talley - Big Taters in the Sandy Land
52. Vangelis feat. Jon Anderson - So Long Ago, So Clear
53. The Undisputed Truth - Earthquake Shake
54. Zappa / Beefheart / Mothers - Muffin Man
55. John Prine - Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
56. ZZ Top - Tush
57. Roxy Music - Love is the Drug
58. John Martyn - Spencer the Rover
59. Bee Gees - Edge of the Universe
60. Todd Rundgren - Real Man
61. Peter Hammill - Nadir's Big Chance
62. The Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
63. Black Sabbath - Megalomania
64. Van der Graaf Generator - Scorched Earth
65. The Dictators - Weekend
66. The Isley Brothers - Hope You Feel Better Love (Part 1 & 2)
67. Al Green - Love Ritual
68. Fela Kuti - Confusion
69. Parliament - Ride On
70. Earth, Wind & Fire - All About Love
71. Fripp & Eno - Evening Star
72. Emmylou Harris - Boulder to Birmingham
73. Waylon Jennings - Bob Wills is Still the King
74. The Who - Squeeze Box
75. Rush - The Necromancer
76. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Inca Roads
77. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Keep on Lovin' You
78. Nazareth - Beggar's Day / Rose in the Heather
79. The Allman Brothers Band - High Falls
80. Jeff Beck - Cause We've Ended as Lovers
81. Tom Ze - A felicidade
82. Aerosmith - No More No More
83. AC/DC - Love Song
84. Little Feat - All That You Dream
85. Ted Nugent - Snakeskin Cowboys
86. Renaissance - A Trip to the Fair
87. The Spinners - They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play)
88. Tom Waits - Big Joe and Phantom 309
89. Guy Clark - Instant Coffee Blues
90. Richard & Linda Thompson - Night Comes In
91. Steve Hackett - Star of Sirius
92. AC/DC - It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)
93. Goblin - Death Dies
94. Jimi Hendrix - Trash Man
95. Al Green - Full of Fire
96. Funkadelic - The Song is Familiar
97. Rod Stewart - Stone Cold Sober
98. Betty Davis - Gettin' Kicked Off, Havin' Fun
99. Dr. Feelgood - You Shouldn't Call the Doctor (If You Can't Afford the Bills)
100. Rush - By-Tor and the Snow Dog

Zorg · Post by **Zorg** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:20 am

Live in Phoenix · Post by **Live in Phoenix** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:16 pm

18 | Bob Dylan and the Band | The Basement Tapes | 109
19 | Neil Young | Zuma | 101

*sniff*

Moonbeam · Post by **Moonbeam** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:12 pm

No P-Funk?

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:09 am

Song results?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:11 am

Also surprised and frankly disappointed that The Basement Tapes and Mothership Connection missed the boat here, though on the other hand it's a nice surprise to get something like the Ahmed album in. Never heard of him or his album.

Henry · Post by **Henry** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:48 pm

Shout out to Zorg. Please let us know that you are doing okay. I am in no rush for the song results, but just want to be assured that you are alright.

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:39 pm

Henry wrote: I am in no rush for the song results,

I am.

Post by **Henrik** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:51 pm

Bruce wrote:
Henry wrote: I am in no rush for the song results,
I am.

Never care for other people than yourself?

I am very curious, but there's still no rush Zorg.

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:55 pm

Henrik wrote:
Bruce wrote:
Henry wrote: I am in no rush for the song results,
I am.
Never care for other people than yourself?

I am very curious, but there's still no rush Zorg.

Wanting the results quickly and caring for other people are not mutually exclusive.

Post by **Henrik** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:12 pm

Bruce wrote:Wanting the results quickly and caring for other people are not mutually exclusive.

Based on your post, it seems like it is. Or do you think we are unnecessarily friendly to each other in this forum?

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:27 pm

Henrik wrote:
Bruce wrote:Wanting the results quickly and caring for other people are not mutually exclusive.
Based on your post, it seems like it is. Or do you think we are unnecessarily friendly to each other in this forum?

No, it was supposed to be a funny remark but without the benefit of hearing the way it was said I guess you can take it wrong.

Zorg · Post by **Zorg** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:44 pm

Sorry!

They are on the way, just had a veeery busy couple of days.

stone37 · Post by **stone37** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:26 pm

Zorg,

Thanks for the update. Look forward to the results when your schedule permits. Thanks for running the poll.

Zorg · Post by **Zorg** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:37 pm

Thanks for all the kind words, and more importantly, sorry for the wait. But finally we have the...

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:40 pm

Zorg wrote:
Song results:

Rank | Artist | Song | Points

1 | Bruce Springsteen | Born to Run | 713
2 | Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody | 478
3 | Bruce Springsteen | Thunder Road | 425
4 | Bob Dylan | Hurricane | 282
5 | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | 234
6 | Bob Dylan | Tangled Up in Blue | 208
7 | Led Zeppelin | Kashmir | 196
8 | Bob Dylan | Idiot Wind | 191
9 | Patti Smith | Gloria: In Excelsis Deo/Gloria (Van Morrison Version) | 172
10 | Pink Floyd | Shine on Your Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5 | 147
11 | Neil Young | Cortez the Killer | 141
12 | Aerosmith | Walk This Way | 121
13 | Bruce Springsteen | Jungleland | 114
14 | Patti Smith | Land | 110
15 | Brian Eno | Golden Hours | 100
15 | Kraftwerk | Radioaktivität | 100

Disappointing that the top 15 is devoid of any black music.

Zorg · Post by **Zorg** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:02 pm

Bruce wrote:
Zorg wrote:
Song results:

Disappointing that the top 15 is devoid of any black music.

Agreed. On top of this, I think there is another larger problem which is that these songs lists gravitate towards more popular artists.

Basically, the songs lists are waaaaay more varied. With 40 voters we had 260 unique songs all getting voted for. Compare this to the albums, where 39 voters voted for only 142 unique albums. This essentially means that it takes far less for any one song out of 260 to reach the higher reaches of the final tally - indeed 2 #1 votes would get you into the top 15. Both Kraftwerk and Eno got only 3 votes to get to their 100 points, while there were some songs that got loads of "middling" votes that essentially count for nothing:

Parliament - Give Up The Funk - 7 votes
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug - 8 votes
10cc - I'm not in Love - 8 votes
David Bowie - Young Americans - 7 votes

Now I wouldn't want a points system that allowed for average songs by very popular artists (like Young Americans) that everyone will have heard to get into our top 15, but at the same time, it would be nice to be recognise that in a world where songs are merely 4 minutes long and albums 40, getting into a top 15 songs list is much more impressive than getting into a top 15 albums list.

stone37 · Post by **stone37** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:17 pm

I have not given much thought to the formula used before, but after reading Zorg's post, I do wonder if it makes sense to use the same formula for albums and songs. Each of us knows far more songs than albums (and for album lovers keep in mind for each album you add to your musical memory bank, you add a dozen or so songs). As such, it takes more to be the #15 song of the year on an individual's list than to be his/her #15 favorite album.

The current system ensures that any vote outside of the top 5 will barely move the needle. What if we used, in the future (should not switch horses in midstream) a system that awarded 75 points for a number one vote and then made each successive vote worth five points less (#2 is 70 points, #3 is 65, #15 is 5). Such a system would make the #1 song on a given list worth five times as much as the #15 song instead of fifty times (which seems to me a bit skewed to me).

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:25 pm

stone37 wrote:I have not given much thought to the formula used before, but after reading Zorg's post, I do wonder if it makes sense to use the same formula for albums and songs. Each of us knows far more songs than albums (and for album lovers keep in mind for each album you add to your musical memory bank, you add a dozen or so songs). As such, it takes more to be the #15 song of the year on an individual's list than to be his/her #15 favorite album.

The current system ensures that any vote outside of the top 5 will barely move the needle. What if we used, in the future (should not switch horses in midstream) a system that awarded 75 points for a number one vote and then made each successive vote worth five points less (#2 is 70 points, #3 is 65, #15 is 5). Such a system would make the #1 song on a given list worth five times as much as the #15 song instead of fifty times (which seems to me a bit skewed to me).

Yes, the point system is bad. Instead of this:

1. 50 points
2. 40
3. 30
4. 20
5. 15
6. 10
7. 9
8. 8
9. 7
10. 6
11. 5
12. 4
13. 3
14. 2
15. 1

I'd go with this:

1-35
2-28
3-26
4-24
5-22
6-20
7-19
8-18
9-17
10-16
11-15
12-14
12-13
14-12
15-11

There are thousands of songs in every year. Making the top 15 is very difficult. #15 should be rewarded with much more than just 10% of what making #6 gets.

Henry · Post by **Henry** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:01 am

Time permitting, I would be very interested in seeing an extended list of the songs, perhaps the top 100 or so.

digifuwill · Post by **digifuwill** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:22 am

Add me to the list of users who think the scoring system is absurd. Perhaps the best case in point is what happened with Brian Eno. Golden Hours made the final list despite being only the third most popular song he had that year. The Big Ship had more votes, but didn't even make the top 50.

I know that, personally, when it comes to determining what to rank at #3 or #4, for example, it's pretty much an eenie-meenie-minie-mo thing. What I choose to rank higher today could just as well be ranked a notch lower tomorrow or yesterday. The main thing is that I think the song is worthy of recognition. It's ridiculous to award that decision - #3 or #4 - the same point value as what the song would receive from an additional five (out of just 40) participants selecting it for their lists. Put another way, as it currently stands, if I give song A my #1 ranking, that's worth more than 8 other people naming song B as one of the year's ten best.

And it goes for albums, too, although I'll admit it's less of a concern there. I don't typically love fifteen albums a year. Sometimes, 15 is more than half of the albums I've even heard. But it is common for me to absolutely love 15 songs (or more) from a given year. I think Born To Run is the greatest rock song of all time. But five of the other 14 on my list were on the mix we played at our wedding - one of them was the song that played as my wife walked down the aisle. I love those songs. To me, they're pretty much perfect, and the difference between how much I appreciate one versus another is either microscopic, ever-changing, or altogether nonexistent.

I imagine these issues have been discussed before, but still....it's ridiculous.

And, in case you were wondering, no, the music played a few minutes before we exchanged our vows did NOT concern a black-masked clown doing a fandango (nor did it resemble an orgasm played over a proto-techno beat).

DaveC · Post by **DaveC** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 3:21 am

I like that a song/album especially admired by a few people can make the cut. I keeps the poll interesting and sometimes throws up really interesting musical choices. If Roxy Music/10cc/David Bowie were promoted into the top 15 we would be virtually duplicating the AM top 15 for 1975. That would get kind of boring. The 1980's decade poll included a number of unexpected and worthwhile songs (Hilly Fields, Struggle for Pleasure,...). I wouldn't like to see those folk who post really interesting and original lists decide that it isn't worth bothering because the result is always generic.

Also, I can't speak for others, but I often do feel that some songs/albums do particularly stand out in a given year. Of course my weightings wouldn't be the same from year to year, nor would they match the points system. However, overall, I'm happy with the results we get.

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 3:28 am

DaveC wrote:I like that a song/album especially admired by a few people can make the cut. I keeps the poll interesting and sometimes throws up really interesting musical choices. If Roxy Music/10cc/David Bowie were promoted into the top 15 we would be virtually duplicating the AM top 15 for 1975. That would get kind of boring. The 1980's decade poll included a number of unexpected and worthwhile songs (Hilly Fields, Struggle for Pleasure,...). I wouldn't like to see those folk who post really interesting and original lists decide that it isn't worth bothering because the result is always generic.

Also, I can't speak for others, but I often do feel that some songs/albums do particularly stand out in a given year. Of course my weightings wouldn't be the same from year to year, nor would they match the points system. However, overall, I'm happy with the results we get.

The object of forming the point system is to be fair and equitable, it's NOT to try and avoid boredom.

DaveC · Post by **DaveC** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 3:37 am

Bruce wrote: The object of forming the point system is to be fair and equitable, it's NOT to try and avoid boredom.

I think we're supposed to have the capitalism vs socialism argument on a different forum.

Romain · Post by **Romain** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:08 am

Henry wrote:Time permitting, I would be very interested in seeing an extended list of the songs, perhaps the top 100 or so.

I agree for the top 100... like always when we make these lists, the most performing song and albums are not the most interesting part of the game (in general, we know them by heart). Found some gems after the top 20 it what I like the most.

The interest of this game is , for me :
17 | Mahmoud Ahmed | Erè Mèla Mèla | 97
Not :
1 | Bruce Springsteen | Born to Run | 713

Whatever, thank you Zorg for the results.

Zorg · Post by **Zorg** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:56 am

I'm at work at the moment, but ill post the top 100 of both lists when I get home. Though beware, everything gets bogged down in ties (especially in the songs list).

You know how in athletics heats they have fastest losers? I.e. those that didn't win their race, but were the fastest of those that lost. We could do something similar here - "most popular non-points-getters". Lets say the top 12 get in by right, and then the three songs of those that remain that got the most votes (10cc, roxy etc) go through as fastest losers. Keeps the individual lists top heavy but makes sure that your #15 choice is still relevant. Anyway, this is a discussion for another time, as I do not propose that we change the rules halfway through the poll.

Zorg · Post by **Zorg** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 6:36 pm

Top 100 albums:

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1	Born to Run	818
2	Blood on the Tracks	760
3	Wish You Were Here	670
4	Horses	437
5	Another Green World	418
6	Tonight’s the Night	348
7	A Night At The Opera	271
8	Physical Graffiti	254
9	Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares	214
10	The Hissing Of Summer Lawns	199
11	Fleetwood Mac	179
12	Radioaktivität	174
13	The Koln Concert	173
14	Katy Lied	151
15	Ere Mela Mela	125
16	Mothership Connection	121
17	Live!	111
18	The Basement Tapes	109
19	Zuma	101
20	Still Crazy After All These Years	97
21	One Size Fits All	88
22	Snow Goose	84
23	Expensive Shit	82
24	Red Headed Stranger	79
25	Neu! '75	76
26	Confusion	74
27	THE WHO BY NUMBERS	69
28	Siren	67
29	Young Americans	61
29	Toys In The Attic	61
31	Ananda Shankar and His Music	57
32	Metamorphosis	56
33	Y a une route	50
34	Si On A Besoin D'Une Cinquieme Saison	47
35	De natura sonorum	46
36	Free Hand	43
37	Nasty Gal	41
38	Face The Music	40
38	Love to Love You Baby	40
38	The Sinking of the Titanic	40
38	Un Ramito de violetas	40
42	Crisis? What Crisis?	35
43	Places And Spaces	34
43	Brown Rice	34
45	ABBA	32
46	Rock Around the Bunker	30
46	Paêbirú	30
46	Discreet Music	30
46	There's No Place Like America Today	30
50	One of These Nights	29
51	Godbluff	25
52	The Last Record Album	24
53	Marcus Garvey	22
53	Fly By Night	22
55	Troupeau Bleu	20
55	Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol	20
55	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	20
55	Sabotage	20
59	The Original Soundtrack	19
60	Chase the Clouds Away	15
60	Metal Machine Music	15
60	Time Wind	15
60	Chocolate City	15
64	Fandango!	13
65	Coney Island Baby	11
66	Mustard	10
66	Wake Up Everybody	10
66	Southern Nights	10
66	Rubycon	10
66	Two	10
66	Memories	10
66	Inventions for Electic Guitar	10
73	Man-Child	9
73	The Art of Tea	9
73	In Praise of Learning	9
73	Gears	9
73	That’s the Way of the World	9
78	Venus And Mars	8
78	Helen Of Troy	8
78	Spirit of the Boogie	8
78	Atlantic Crossing	8
78	Slow Dazzle	8
78	Bongo Fury	8
78	Ghosts 	8
78	Hutson	8
78	Initiation	8
78	Estudando o samba	8
78	Todos Rien de mi	8
78	Old No. 1	8
90	Live Stock	7
90	Nadir's Big Chance	7
90	The Heat Is On	7
90	Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan	7
90	The Tubes	7
90	Fancy Dancer	7
90	Searchin' for a Rainbow	7
90	Kung Fu meets the dragon	7
90	Feel Like Making Love With You	7
100	Diamonds And Rust	6
100	Nuthin' Fancy	6
100	Main Course	6
100	Another Live	6
100	Agharta	6
100	The Legendary Zing Album	6
100	Scheherazade and Other Stories	6
100	Indiscreet	6

Top 100 songs:

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1	Bruce Springsteen	Born To Run	713
2	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody 	478
3	Bruce Springsteen	Thunder Road	425
4	Bob Dylan	Hurricane 	282
5	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	234
6	Bob Dylan	Tangled Up in Blue	208
7	Led Zeppelin	Kashmir	196
8	Bob Dylan	Idiot Wind	191
9	Patti Smith	Gloria: In Excelsis Deo/Gloria (Van Morrison Version)	172
10	Pink Floyd	Shine on Your Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5	147
11	Neil Young	Cortez the Killer	141
12	Aerosmith	Walk This Way	121
13	Bruce Springsteen	Jungleland 	114
14	Patti Smith	Land	110
15	Brian Eno	Golden Hours	100
15	Kraftwerk	Radioaktivität	100
17	Mahmoud Ahmed	Erè Mèla Mèla	97
18	Donna Summer	Love to Love You Baby	86
19	Brian Eno	St. Elmo's Fire	82
20	Steely Dan	Doctor Wu	80
21	Janis Ian	At Seventeen	75
22	Fleetwood Mac	Rhiannon	71
23	Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares	Prïtourïtze Planinata	70
23	Bob Dylan	Shelter from the Storm	70
25	Parliament	Tear The Roof Off The Sucker 	68
26	The Modern Lovers	Roadrunner	65
27	Joni Mitchell	Shades Of Scarlett Conquering	59
28	Bruce Springsteen	Backstreets	58
29	Roxy Music	Love is the Drug	56
30	Pink Floyd	Have a Cigar	54
31	Ananda Shankar	Dancing Drums	50
31	Frank Zappa	Inca Roads	50
31	Little Sonny	Is Everything Allright 	50
31	Jefferson Starship	Miracles 	50
31	Gentle Giant	On Reflection	50
31	AC/DC	T.N.T.	50
31	Herb Geller Octet	The Power of a Smile	50
38	Neil Young	Albuquerque	48
38	Eagles	One of These Nights	48
38	Sisa	Qualsevol nit por sortir el sol	48
38	America	Sister Golden Hair	48
42	Lou Reed	Coney Island Baby	47
43	10cc	I’m Not in Love	46
44	The Who	Blue, Red and Grey	41
44	Simon & Garfunkel	My Little Town	41
44	ABBA	S.O.S.	41
47	Roxy Music	Both Ends Burning	40
47	Joni Mitchell	Edith and the Kingpin	40
47	Michael Franks	Eggplant	40
47	Electric Light Orchestra	Evil Woman	40
47	David Bowie	Fascination	40
47	Pere Ubu	Heart of Darkness 	40
47	The Rolling Stones	If You Let Me	40
47	Jeanne Moreau	India Song	40
47	Gavin Bryars	Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet	40
47	Mac Curtis	Let's Go 	40
47	Todd Rundgren	Real Man	40
47	Funk Factory	Rien Ne Va Plus	40
47	Muluqen Mellesse	Tenesh Kelbe Lay	40
47	Donald Byrd	Wind Parade	40
47	David Bowie	Young Americans	40
62	Brian Eno	Sky Saw	38
63	Parliament	Mothership Connection (Star Child)	35
63	Led Zeppelin	Ten Years Gone	35
63	Loretta Lynn	The Pill	35
66	Augustus Pablo	King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown	32
67	Gérard Manset	Il voyage en solitaire	31
67	Burning Spear	Marcus Garvey	31
69	Abc Movie Of The Week	Abc Movie of the Week	30
69	The Band	Arcadian Driftwood	30
69	Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes 	Bad Luck	30
69	Fela Kuti	Confusion	30
69	Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel	Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)	30
69	Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares	Polegnala E Pschenitza	30
69	Wim De Craene	Rozanne	30
69	Mocedades	Secretaria	30
69		Someone Saved My Life Tonight	30
69	John Fogerty	The Wall 	30
69	Neil Young	Tired Eyes	30
80	David Bowie	Golden Years	27
81	Brian Eno	The Big Ship	26
82	Patti Smith	Birdland	24
82	Bob Marley	No Woman, No Cry (Live)	24
82	Neil Young	Tonight's The Night	24
85	Pere Ubu	30 Seconds Over Tokyo	23
85	Neil Young	Borrowed Tune	23
85	Aerosmith	Sweet Emotion	23
85	Bruce Springsteen	Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out	23
89	Pink Floyd	Welcome To the Machine	22
89	War	Why Can't We Be Friends	22
91	Black Sabbath	Symptom Of The Universe 	21
92	John Fogerty	Almost Saturday Night	20
92	Sisa	El sete cel	20
92	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	Falling In Love	20
92	Rush	Fly By Night	20
92	The Rolling Stones	I Don't Know Why	20
92	Utopia	Intro/Mister Triscuits	20
92	Witch	Lazy Bones	20
92	Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares	Mir Stanke Le	20
92	Curtis Mayfield	So In Love	20
92	David Bowie	Somebody’s Up There Likes Me	20
92	Carly Simon	That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be	20
92	Diana Ross	Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going to)	20
92	Paul Simon	50 Ways to Leave Your Lover	20

I've also attached the spreadsheets for your perusal.

Romain · Post by **Romain** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:12 pm

Thank you, it's very interesting.

Jirin · Post by **Jirin** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:30 am

Bruce, why do you always need to comment on the ethnicity of artists that end up on our lists? The ethnicity has nothing to do with anybody's appreciation of music, except insofar that it correlates with genre, so any race biases you observe are really just genre preferences.

And anyway if you want more nonwhite artists on the next year's list help me vote up Zombie and Africa Brasil.

Personally I'm in favor of scoring systems that slant down quickly. When I'm looking at the Best of 2014 thread for recommendations, I'm not looking at all of your 14th or 26th favorite album of the year, I'm looking at your favorite album of the year. And I think eclectic songs that a few people absolutely love deserve to be on the list more than songs that a lot of people just think are pretty good.