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I found some old 'best album' lists of mine laying around on my computer. A top 100 from 2008, and top 200s from 2010, 2011, and 2012. I thought it might be fun to merge them into one file and look over the trends in my music taste.

So, this is a thread to find old music lists of yours and see how they change over time.

Artist - Name: March 2008 -> April 2010 -> July 2011 -> August 2012

Top tens:

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced 2 -> 1 -> 1 -> 1
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs Off -> 39 -> 20 -> 2
Radiohead - Ok Computer 7 -> 9 -> 8 -> 3
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing Off -> 56 -> 43 -> 4
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde 1 -> 2 -> 2 -> 5
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush 93 -> 187 -> 33 -> 6
Tim Buckley - Starsailor Off -> 7 -> 4 -> 7
Portishead - Third Off -> 66 -> 44 -> 8
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 8 -> 11 -> 15 -> 9
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Off -> 67 -> 81 -> 10
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 19 -> 6 -> 6 -> 11
Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St 3 -> 14 -> 11 -> 13
Pixies - Surfer Rosa 6 -> 38 -> 51 -> 14
Patti Smith - Horses 5 -> 17 -> 12 -> 17
The White Stripes - Elephant 22 -> 13 -> 5 -> 25
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 4 -> 3 -> 3 -> 28
Radiohead - Kid A 23 -> 5 -> 7 -> 37
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited 14 -> 8 -> 9 -> 43
Led Zeppelin - IV 72 -> 4 -> 10 -> 66
Joni Mitchell - Blue 10 -> 44 -> 56 -> 136
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust 9 -> 79 -> 136 -> Off

Strong upward trends:
Flaming Lips - Yoshime Battles The Pink Robots 86 -> 43 -> 46 -> 12
The Doors - The Doors Off -> 162 -> 129 -> 18
The Watersons - Bright Phoebus Off -> Off -> 126 -> 22
Massive Attack - Blue Lines Off -> Off -> 144 -> 41
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat Off -> 94 -> 120 -> 49
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain Off -> 102 -> 86 -> 52
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure Off -> 95 -> 28 -> 38
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake Off -> Off -> 154 -> 48
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch Off -> Off -> 191 -> 50
David Bowie - Scary Monsters Off -> Off -> 186 -> 64

Strong downward trends:
Prince - Sign O The Times 20 -> 20 -> 34 -> 112
The Clash - London Calling 24 -> 24 -> 24 -> 77
The Beatles - Abbey Road 15 -> 27 -> 26 -> 104
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night 34 -> 30 -> 35 -> 106
Nirvana - In Utero 54 -> 32 -> 37 -> 166
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver Off -> 42 -> 62 -> 143
Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking 43 -> 48 -> 127 -> Off
Radiohead - In Rainbows Off -> 50 -> 61 -> 113
The Cure - Disintegration Off -> 51 -> 83 -> Off
Tom Waits - Real Gone Off -> 52 -> 82 -> 193
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction Off -> 53 -> 82 -> 134
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I love You Off -> 58 -> 63 -> Off
Otis Redding - Otis Blue Off -> 62 -> 128 -> Off
Elivs Costello - This Year's Model 67 -> 64 -> 106 -> Off
James Brown - Live At The Apollo Off -> 65 -> 58 -> 173
Beck - Odelay 87 -> 69 -> 96 -> Off
Happy Mondays - Pills N Thrills N Bellyahces Off -> 86 -> 138 -> 194
REM - Automatic For The People 71 -> 91 -> 135 -> 187
The Beatles - White Album 69 -> 101 -> 122 -> 153
Massive Attack - Mezzaine 90 -> 120 -> 119 -> 174
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper 39 -> 135 -> 185 -> Off
Janis Joplin - Cheap Thrills 25 -> 152 -> Off -> Off
Led Zeppelin - III 81 -> 200 -> 199 -> Off

Highest 2012 debuts:
Tim Buckley - Tim Buckely 20
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue 30
Kevin Coyne - Marjory Razorblade 31
Fela Kuti - Zombie 32
The Doors - LA Woman 33
Fennesz - Endless Summer 54
Arvo Part - Tablua Rasa 60
Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles 63
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years 66
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem 71

Biggest 2012 dropouts:
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion 54
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 55
Sonic Youth - Sister 60
Aretha Franklin - I've Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You 63
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 65
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me 69
Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark 70
The National - Boxer 80
The Cure - Disintegration 83
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 84

And finally, any not mentioned that have been consistently in the top 50:
Neil Young - On The Beach 31 -> 19 -> 29 -> 15
The Smiths - Queen Is Dead 12 -> 15 -> 22 -> 19
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells 28 -> 31 -> 30 -> 32
Primal Scream - Screamadelica 32 -> 34 -> 40 -> 23
Nirvana - Nevermind 17 -> 23 -> 21 -> 26
Pixies - Doolittle 26 -> 25 -> 23 -> 35
The Beatles - Revolver 40 -> 12 -> 14 -> 46
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This is a very cool post! I have similar historical lists at my fingertips, but I've recently wiped the slate clean with my album and song lists and am in the process of building them up again. I'll post once I'm happy with my list, as the last list I made was in 2010.
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I have a list of my top 100 albums from the 2000's that I finished on October 2nd 2009. I also have my current list of my top 100 albums from the 2000's.

These are the 14 albums that were on my 2009 list, but were dropped from my current list (with their 2009 positions on the left):

100. The Warning- Hot Chip
99. Rather Ripped- Sonic Youth
98. De-Loused in the Comatorium- The Mars Volta
93. The Greatest- Cat Power
92. Source Tags & Codes- …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
91. Get Behind Me Satan- The White Stripes
90. Sea Change- Beck
88. The Reminder- Feist
87. Hospice- The Antlers
85. From a Basement on the Hill- Elliott Smith
81. Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus- Nick Cave
80. Voodoo- D’Angelo
79. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out- Yo La Tengo
58. Van Lear Rose- Loretta Lynn

And these are the 14 albums that are on my current list but weren't on my 2009 list (with their current positions on the left):

91. Microcastle- Deerhunter
90. It's Blitz!- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
89. I Get Wet- Andrew W.K.
83. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
75. The Black Album- Jay-Z
72. Silent Shout- The Knife
70. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning- Bright Eyes
68. Relationship of Command- At the Drive-In
64. Back to Black- Amy Winehouse
62. Album- Girls
55. FutureSex/LoveSounds- Justin Timberlake
53. In Ghost Colours- Cut Copy
52. XX- The XX
35. American Idiot- Green Day

Here's my top ten albums of the 2000's from 2009:

10. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots- The Flaming Lips
9. In Rainbows- Radiohead
8. Illinois- Sufjan Stevens
7. White Blood Cells- The White Stripes
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco
5. Funeral- Arcade Fire
4. Kid A- Radiohead
3. Elephant- The White Stripes
2. Is This It- The Strokes
1. Sound of Silver- LCD Soundsystem

And here's my current top ten albums of the 2000's:

10. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots- The Flaming Lips
9. Illinois- Sufjan Stevens
8. White Blood Cells- The White Stripes
7. Since I Left You- The Avalanches
6. Elephant- The White Stripes
5. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco
4. Funeral- Arcade Fire
3. Kid A- Radiohead
2. Is This It- The Strokes
1. Sound of Silver- LCD Soundsystem

My number 9 album from 2009, "In Rainbows", is now number 13 on my current list.
My number 7 album on my current list, "Since I Left You" was number 11 on my 2009 list.

The album that rose the most from my 2009 list to my current list is "Discovery" by Daft Punk. In 2009, "Discovery" was my number 74 album of the 2000's. On my current list it ranks number 22.

The album that fell the most from my 2009 list to my current list is "Vespertine" by Bjork. In 2009, "Vespertine" was my number 33 album of the 2000's. On my current list it ranks number 85.

As you can see, my taste hasn't changed much in the past 3 years.
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For this last year, thanks to Moonbeam's program, I've been able to keep tabs on my trends. I take monthly snapshots of my Moonbeam list and post them to excel, so it's sadly not as extensive as Jirin's quite yet.

(edit: I just looked back at this post and realised what a data-stuff it was. It verges on unreadable.)

Artist | Album | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep
Slint | Spiderland | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1
Television | Marquee Moon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2
The Clash | London Calling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3
Bruce Springsteen | Darkness On The Edge Of Town | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4
Modest Mouse | The Lonesome Crowded West | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 5
Sonic Youth | Daydream Nation | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 6
David Bowie | Station To Station | 33 | 36 | 32 | 23 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 7
Pavement | Crooked Rain Crooked Rain | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8
The Wrens | The Meadowlands | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 9
The Kinks | Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) | 65 | 56 | 50 | 42 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 4 | 10
The Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers | | - | 78 | 66 | 59 | 58 | 59 | 22 | 11
The Zombies | Odessey And Oracle | 34 | 31 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 12
Arcade Fire | Funeral | 31 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 13
Pavement | Wowee Zowee | 36 | 39 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14
King Crimson | In The Court Of The Crimson King | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 26 | 15
Bob Dylan | Blonde On Blonde | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 16
Love | Forever Changes | 14 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 17
Kraftwerk | Trans Europa Express | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 18
The Knife | Silent Shout | 54 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 44 | 41 | 44 | 23 | 19
Kraftwerk | The Man Machine | 47 | 47 | 39 | 35 | 38 | 32 | 33 | 6 | 20
The Rolling Stones | Beggars Banquet | 15 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 21
Lou Reed | Berlin | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 22
The Kinks | The Village Green Preservation Society | 30 | 33 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 23
Pixies | Doolittle | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 24
Frank Zappa/The Mothers Of Invention | Hot Rats | | 7 | 81 | 63 | 68 | 61 | 62 | 34 | 25
Kanye West | The College Dropout | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 26
David Bowie | The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 27
Prince | Sign O The Times | 46 | 49 | 44 | 45 | 43 | 38 | 36 | 13 | 28
Bruce Springsteen | The Wild The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle | 45 | 42 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 29
Sigur Ros | Agaetis Byrjun | 43 | 40 | 45 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 31 | 18 | 30
Ween | Chocolate and Cheese | | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 21 | 31
Bob Dylan | Desire | 61 | 66 | 65 | 61 | 49 | 45 | 47 | 15 | 32
Talking Heads | Remain In Light | 37 | 41 | 36 | 33 | 28 | 37 | 40 | 32 | 33
Mercury Rev | Deserters' Songs | 28 | 34 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 33 | 37 | 35 | 34
The Smiths | The Queen Is Dead | 59 | 50 | 41 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 36 | 35
Creedence Clearwater Revival | Cosmo's Factory | 69 | 63 | 55 | 56 | 60 | 55 | 54 | 27 | 36
Joanna Newsom | Ys | 27 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 44 | 37
Sleater-Kinney | One Beat | 210 | 114 | 109 | 109 | 102 | 115 | 113 | 37 | 38
Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | 55 | 65 | 63 | 81 | 85 | 87 | 92 | 41 | 39
Frank Zappa/The Mothers Of Invention | Freak Out! | | - | - | 59 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 43 | 40
Sleigh Bells | Treats | 18 | 19 | 35 | 43 | 48 | 49 | 51 | 40 | 41
The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground & Nico | 19 | 29 | 33 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 42 | 42
Neil Young | After The Gold Rush | 22 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 49 | 43
Led Zeppelin | IV | 26 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 39 | 44
Pharaoh Sanders | Karma | | - | - | - | 121 | 121 | 120 | 54 | 45
Janelle Monae | The Archandroid | 60 | 69 | 69 | 58 | 64 | 64 | 67 | 46 | 46
Frank Zappa/The Mothers Of Invention | We're Only In It For The Money | 32 | 43 | 31 | 37 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 50 | 47
Frank Zappa/The Mothers Of Invention | Absolutely Free | | - | - | 201 | 111 | 118 | 122 | 61 | 48
Frank Zappa/The Mothers Of Invention | Burnt Weeny Sandwich | | - | - | - | 75 | 71 | 73 | 52 | 49
Charles Mingus | The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady | 100 | 109 | 88 | 88 | 74 | 66 | 70 | 57 | 50
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Since it's been over a year since I've last marked up my list I thought I'd do this again.

March 2008 - April 2010 - July 2011 - August 2012 - January 2014

Current top 20:
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? 2-1-1-1-1
Robert Johnson - King Of The Delta Blues Off-63-48-24-2
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs Off-39-20-2-3
The Doors - The Doors Off-162-129-18-4
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush 93-187-33-6-5
Tim Buckley - Starsailor Off-7-4-7-6
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night 34-30-35-106-7
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde 1-2-2-5-8 (Man I wish that third one was a 3.)
The Knife - Silent Shout Off-16-19-29-9
The White Stripes - Elephant 22-13-5-25-10
Radiohead - OK Computer 7-9-8-3-11
The Stooges - Raw Power Off-154-78-78-12
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance Off-Off-41-45-13
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited 14-8-9-43-14
Marquis de Sade - Rue De Siam Off-Off-Off-85-15
Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa Off-Off-Off-60-15
Nirvana - Nevermind 17-23-21-26-17
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver Off-42-62-143-18
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True 18-37-42-80-19
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Off-67-81-10-20

Highest entries/reentries:
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark 27-93-70-Off-29
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America New 35
Love - Forever Changes New 71
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion Off-72-54-Off-80
REM - Murmur Off-171-Off-Off-83

Greatest gainers:
Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 Off-Off-Off-129-21
Miossec - Boire Off-85-142-189-48
Bridgitte Fontaine - Comme a la Radio Off-76-173-120-38
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes Off-163-Off-178-46
Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief Off-174-Off-182-63

Farthest falls:

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 8-11-15-9-176
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book 33-119-123-39-158
Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime Off-75-102-95-Off
Wire - Chairs Missing Off-189-Off-100-Off
Yes - Close To The Edge 77-Off-Off-122-Off
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything Off-Off-Off-135-Off
Madonna - Like A Prayer Off-90-118-138-Off
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem Off-Off-Off-71-196
The Beatles - Rubber Soul Off-185-196-87-199
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom Off-108-68-74-191
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I would do this, but I only have two lists: A shitty one from 2011, and one that I made at the end of last year. I definitely plan on making a new one sometime soon though.
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I find it's incredible that your lists all change so much! My lists are so comparatively static!
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I'll try and post here after the next AMF Greatest Album poll.
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Gillingham wrote:I'll try and post here after the next AMF Greatest Album poll.
Are there actually any plans for an all time album poll to happen anytime soon? I probably won't participate, but it has ben more than 2 years...
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Sweepstakes Ron wrote:
Gillingham wrote:I'll try and post here after the next AMF Greatest Album poll.
Are there actually any plans for an all time album poll to happen anytime soon? I probably won't participate, but it has ben more than 2 years...
I am very curious about this also. I do have a Top 200 that I would like to submit if there is one being held. I'm guessing that the pattern is songs, artist, and albums, one of each per year in a cycle?
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Well, anybody interested in doing this at some point?
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I finished my listening tournament thingy so good time to update my records and revive this thread. (Technically I haven't finished, Led Zeppelin IV vs Tim Buckley Happy Sad in the final, but will be finished this weekend).

I always find it intriguing to look at my personal trends across years and really understand how my musical tastes have evolved. These rankings are my rankings from March 2008, April 2010, July 2011, August 2012, January 2014, and February 2016.

Current top 20:
Led Zeppelin - IV 72 - 4 - 10 - 66 - 24 - (1 or 2)
Tim Buckley - Happy Sad UR - 55 - 53 - 36 - 39 - (1 or 2)
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs UR - 39 - 20 - 2 - 3 - 4
Prince - Purple Rain 59 - 36 - 50 - 116 - 66 - 5
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush 93 - 187 - 33 - 6 - 5 - 6
The Beatles - Revolver 40 - 12 - 14 - 46 - 98 - 7
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years UR - UR - UR - 65 - 78 - 8
Robert Johnson - King Of the Delta Blues UR - 63 - 48 - 24 - 2 - 9
The White Stripes - Elephant 22 - 13 - 5 - 25 - 10 - 10
The Knife - Silent Shout UR - 16 - 19 - 29 - 9 - 11
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde 1 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 8 - 12
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 19 - 6 - 6 - 11 - 107 - 13
Michael Jackson - Thriller UR - 117 - 175 - 146 - 54 - 14
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back UR - 104 - 47 - 127 - 106 - 15
The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks and Other Things Debut 16
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 4 - 3 - 3 - 28 - 25 - 17
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue UR - UR - UR - 30 - 50 - 18
The Doors - The Doors UR - 162 - 129 - 18 - 4 - 19
Nirvana - In Utero 54 - 32 - 37 - 166 - UR - 20

Biggest interesting trend I've seen is that there's more rap represenTation in my top 100 than ever before. Nation of Millions is the first rap album to crack my top 20, but there's never really been more than two in the top 100. Other rap albums:

Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet UR - 157 - 98 - 133 - 113 - 63
Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords UR - UR - UR - UR - 163 - 75
Jay Z - The Blueprint Debut 91
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory Debut 100

Highest debuts not already listed:

The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers 31
Jacques Brel - Olympia 1964 41
Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt 55
Richard Buckner - Bloomed 62
Alain Bashung - Osez Josephine 66
Roy Harper - Stormcock 73
Julia Holter - Ekstasis 80
Slint - Spiderland 85
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 86
Zero Boys - Vicious Circle 96

Also lowest Rolling Stones have ever been ranked on my list:
Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St 3 - 14 - 11 - 13 - 36 - 46

Farthest drops out of the top 200:
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat UR - 94 - 120 - 49 - 37 - UR
Brigitte Fontaine - Comme A La Radio UR - 76 - 173 - 120 - 38 - UR
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes UR - 163 - UR - 178 - 46 - UR
Miossec - Boire UR - 85 - 142 - 189 - 48 - UR
Tom Waits - Bone Machine UR - UR - UR - 109 - 55 - UR
Love - Forever Changes UR - UR - UR - UR - 71 - UR
Outkast - Aquemini UR - UR - UR - UR - 88 - 77 - UR
Primal Scream XTRMNTR 50 - 41 - 87 - 115 - 82 - UR
REM - Murmur UR - 171 - UR - UR - 83 - UR
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska UR - 118 - 117 - UR - 88 - UR

Also, a few notable reentries:
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 29 - 29 - 55 - UR - UR - 51
Psychadelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk UR - 190 - UR - 180 - UR - 74
Led Zeppelin - III 81 - 200 - 199 - UR - UR - 76
Nick Drake - Pink Moon UR - 148 - 198 - 190 - UR - 78
Joanna Newsom - The Milk Eyed Mender UR - 123 - 105 - UR - UR - 92

And finally, just a couple more much higher than they've ever been before:

Nick Cave - Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus UR - 145 - 193 - UR - UR - 32
The Beatles - White Album 69 - 101 - 122 - 153 - 160 - 40
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water UR - 167 - 152 - UR - 134 - 56
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry UR - UR - UR - UR - 139 - 60
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact UR - UR - UR - 154 - 162 - 98


In the top 200, 148 are the same as they were two years ago with 52 new entries or reentries.

Anyone else have records like these they want to share?
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Sweepstakes Ron wrote:
Gillingham wrote:I'll try and post here after the next AMF Greatest Album poll.
Are there actually any plans for an all time album poll to happen anytime soon? I probably won't participate, but it has ben more than 2 years...
I think the current pattern suggests one happens next year.

This year, if it holds, would be artists.

Me personally, I've only completed ONE Top 500 albums list, that seems pretty static. My #1 is OK Computer, which it has been since I really got deep into music.

So...I don't really think I can do this. Most of my rankings in these polls are based on how I feel at that moment and are not a good reflector of my past. My tastes fluctuate and I don't really think any past trends would be a good indicator of my tastes.
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whuntva wrote:
Sweepstakes Ron wrote:Are there actually any plans for an all time album poll to happen anytime soon? I probably won't participate, but it has ben more than 2 years...
I think the current pattern suggests one happens next year.

This year, if it holds, would be artists.
Now that the 2015 polls are over and Jirin is presenting MAA15 soon, would it be a good time to start the artists poll? I'm not sure if we have any other big polls planned for the near future.
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GucciLittlePiggy wrote:
whuntva wrote:
Sweepstakes Ron wrote:Are there actually any plans for an all time album poll to happen anytime soon? I probably won't participate, but it has ben more than 2 years...
I think the current pattern suggests one happens next year.

This year, if it holds, would be artists.
Now that the 2015 polls are over and Jirin is presenting MAA15 soon, would it be a good time to start the artists poll? I'm not sure if we have any other big polls planned for the near future.

I think you can start this anytime. The key is to give folks a good amount of time to update/complete their pre-existing lists, or to start a whole new one. So the start date isn't as crucial as the length of the voting period.
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Do we have a host declared for the Artist poll?
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Jirin wrote: Anyone else have records like these they want to share?
I wish I could share something as interesting and complete as yours, my records only go back to 2013! I think your way of ranking albums is really interesting and lends itself to more movement than mine. I do need to re-listen to everything at some point, maybe it can be Olympic years? That would help with keeping everything more up to date.

Onto my trends! I had made a spreadsheet at the end of 2012 and spent the next 8 months or so listening and giving scores to each song on the album, and then averaging it with an overall score. I just spent an hour trying to wrangle all the data together. I had decided to annex the EPs to a separate sheet earlier this year, so that caused some confusion.

Albums don't really go down that much with my system, as I only really increase their score, but because I insert so many albums into the ranking each year, all but those at the top will end up dropping quite a bit. Also the brackets go (2013/2014/2015) in case it isn't clear.

Ranked Albums

2013: 244
2014: 333
2015: 432

Current Top 20

Bjork | Homogenic ( 1 / 1 / 1 )
White Stripes, The | Elephant ( 5 / 5 / 2 )
White Stripes, The | Get Behind Me Satan ( 2 / 2 / 3 )
Pixies | Doolittle ( 3 / 3 / 4 )
B52s, The | The B-52's ( 6 / 6 / 4 )
Smiths, The | The Queen Is Dead ( 4 / 4 / 6 )
Goldfrapp | Supernature ( 7 / 7 / 7 )
Smiths, The | Strangeways, Here We Come ( 23 / 11 / 7 )
David Bowie | Ziggy Stardust ( 8 / 8 / 9 )
Gorillaz | Demon Days ( 11 / 12 / 10 )
Kills, The | Midnight Boom ( 9 / 9 / 11 )
Joanna Newsom | Have One On Me ( 10 / 10 / 12 )
Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground & Nico ( 14 / 14 / 13 )
Arcade Fire | Funeral ( 19 / 20 / 13 )
Arcade Fire | Neon Bible ( 16 / 15 / 15 )
White Stripes, The | White Blood Cells ( 18 / 18 / 16 )
Bjork | Vespertine ( 12 / 13 / 17 )
Beatles, The | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ( 13 / 19 / 18 )
Florence + The Machine | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful ( - / - / 19 )
Bjork | Post ( 20 / 22 / 20 )

(The Top 20 is boring I have to say. Strangeways and How Big... are the only two new entrants, Little Dragon, Machine Dreams and Radiohead, In Rainbows are the two albums that have fallen out, to 23 and 25 respectively)

Biggest Drops from Albums in the Top 100 of 2013

Django Django | Django Django ( 68 / 144 / 186 )
Foxygen | We Are The 21st Century… ( 95 / 117 / 157 )
Doldrums | Lesser Evil ( 94 / 117 / 157 )
Beatles, The | A Hard Day's Night ( 93 / 115 / 153 )
PJ Harvey | Let England Shake ( 96 / 117 / 152 )

Biggest Jumps from 2013-2015

Bat For Lashes | Fur & Gold ( 246 / 80 / 121 ) Jump of 125 points *
Goldfrapp | Head First ( 198 / 285 / 107 ) 91
Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel… ( 111 / 140 / 27 ) 84
Robyn | Body Talk ( 113 / 143 / 40 ) 73
Peaches | I Feel Cream ( 97 / 117 / 45 ) 52
Bjork | Debut ( 92 / 92 / 58 ) 34
Sia | Some People Have Real Problems ( 141 / 70 / 114 ) 27 *
Grizzly Bear | Sheilds ( 83 / 35 / 63 ) 20

* These two albums are the only albums so far to get into then fall out of the top 100

Highest Entrances of the Year (not from that year)

2015: Hounds Of Love (21), Ray Of Light (52), Never For Ever (65), Wounded Rhymes (75) and Out Of Time (99)
2014: Let It Bleed (33), Murder Ballads (52), Beggars Banquet (100), Hadestown (105) and Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere (112)

Other

The average score in 2013 was 18.55 and in 2015 is it 18.8 (this is out of 30). My number one, Homogenic, has a score of 27.8, the lowest, White Light/White Heat is 12.5. I would like to say, WL/WH hasn't been re-ranked since 2013 so it needs a good re-listen (though I'm never going to fall for Sister Ray).

Number of albums within each score point:

25+ : 6
24: 6
23: 9
22: 13
21: 22
20: 62
19: 55
18: 94
17: 95
16: 41
15: 16
14- : 13
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Albums in my top 100 in 2013 that are no longer in my top 100...

Joni Mitchell- Blue- 1971
Sly and the Family Stone- There’s a Riot Goin’ On- 1971
Lou Reed- Transformer- 1972
Sex Pistols- Nevermind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols- 1977
Tom Waits- Swordfishtrombones- 1983
Prince- Sign ‘o’ the Times- 1987
Guns N’ Roses- Appetite for Destruction- 1987
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation- 1988
The Stone Roses- The Stone Roses- 1989
Arctic Monkeys- Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not- 2006

Albums that are currently in my top 100 that weren't in 2013...

John Coltrane- Giant Steps- 1960
Herbie Hancock- Head Hunters- 1973
Steely Dan- Aja- 1977
Beastie Boys- Paul’s Boutique- 1989
J Dilla- Donuts- 2006
Beach House- Teen Dream- 2010
Arcade Fire- The Suburbs- 2010
Daft Punk- Random Access Memories- 2013
Vampire Weekend- Modern Vampires of the City- 2013
Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly- 2015
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It's been a while since I added another snapshot. Also coinciding with the end of a listening tournament.

These rankings are from: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018

Current top 20:
The Beatles - Revolver - 40, 12, 14, 46, 98, 7, 1
Patti Smith - Horses - 5, 17, 12, 17, 65, 27, 2
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs - Off, 39, 20, 2, 3, 4, 3
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones - Off, 26, 16, 34, 56, 190, 4
The White Stripes - Elephant - 22, 13, 5, 25, 10, 10, 5
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years - Off, Off, Off, 65, 78, 8, 6
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers - 13, 10, 13, 16, 28, 136, 7
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions - 19, 6, 6, 11, 107, 13, 8
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You - Off, 58, 63, Off, 179, Off, 9
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - 1, 2, 2, 5, 8, 12, 10
Outkast - Stankonia - Off, 129, Off, 156, Off, 154, 11
Tim Buckley - Happy Sad, Off, 55, 54, 36, 39, 1, 12
Led Zeppelin - IV - 72, 4, 10, 66, 24, 2, 13
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush - 93, 187, 33, 6, 5, 6, 14
Tim Buckley - Starsailor - Off, 7, 4, 7, 6, 30, 15
The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And Rocks And Other Things - Off, Off, Off, Off, Off, 16, 16
Prince - Purple Rain - 59, 36, 50, 116, 66, 5, 17
Joanna Newsom - Ys -Off, 59, 76, 140, Off, 197, 18
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - 53, Off, Off, Off, Off, Off, 19
Prince - Sign O The Times - 20, 20, 34, 112, 30, 57, 20

Which makes Aretha Franklin the highest re-entry, and Smashing Pumpkins a re-entry after being gone a whole decade.

Highest other re-entries:
The National - Boxer - Off, 84, 89, Off, Off, Off, 21
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain - Off, 102, 86, 52, 193, Off, 25
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods - 74, 107, 91, 132, 90, Off, 29
MIA - Kala - 127, 164, 183, Off, Off, 32
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One - Off, 199, 113, 185, Off, Off, 40

An interesting thing about this group is that they are all from 2005-2008. Ys also falls in that range and barely made the list last time. I don't know if these all fell off the list because I had listened to them too much, but mid-00s indie did quite well in this version.

Highest debuts:
Pretenders - Pretenders (33)
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (39)
My Bloody Valentine - m b v (41)
Lou Reed - Berlin (43)
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol 2 (48)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (51)
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery (53)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (57)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (58)
The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks (60)

Significant tumbles:
Kevin Coyne - Marjory Razorblade - Off, Off, Off, 31, 114, 24, Off
Radiohead - OK Computer - 7, 9, 8, 3, 11, 25, Off (Would be 243)
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? - 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 59
Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues - Off, 63, 48, 24, 2, 9, 64
The Knife - Silent Shout - Off, 16, 19, 29, 9, 11, 69
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - Off, 67, 81, 10, 20, 38, Off (Would be 251)
The Watersons - Bright Phoebus - Off, Off, 126, 22, 70, 42, Off (Would be 236)
Nirvana - Nevermind - 17, 23, 21, 26, 17, 47, 113
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses - Off, 28, 31, 53, 32, 49, 129
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - 29, 29, 55, Off, Off, 51, Off
Anais Mitchell - Hadestown - Off, Off, 88, 42, 43, 53, Off (Would be 227)
Smiths - Queen Is Dead - 12, 15, 22, 19, 41, 59, Off (Would be 220)

Jimi Hendrix falling down to 59 after always being top 3, OK Computer falling all the way out of the top 200 after never falling below 25. Radiohead now only represented in top 200 by Kid A at #73 and Moon Shaped Pool at #175, (In Rainbows also falling out).

Blonde on Blonde gains the title of 'Album that has had the highest minimum ranking since I first heard it', being 12 or higher in all seven snapshots.

Also, Stankonia sets a new high water mark for rap at #11, Patti Smith sets new high water mark for women at #2, Colin Stetson steals the highest rank for this decade just over Kendrick Lamar and Gang Gang Dance. Mahmoud Ahmed gets the non-English lead at #73, just ahead of Milton Nascimento at #79.

And of course, there are now three Tom Waits albums in my top 6. (And 6 in my top 100, with Closing Time, Orphans and Bad As Me).
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Firstly, I want to say how great I think this site is. I so wish I'd found it years ago.

Secondly, I thought I'd share this with you. This is a self-trend that goes back almost 25 years!!

I started it in Feb 1994. I turned 20 that month.
To start with I did it twice a year, then it went down to one a year, and then there was a couple of 7 year gaps!! (I blame the children)

So, the aim is simply to rank who I think is the best 50 artists ever are, at that moment in time.
And way I decided to do it was to rank the best 45 minutes of an artist, as 45 minutes is half a C90 (that'll be lost on anyone under 40!!). I made tapes of some of these "best ofs" - they are still in my attic now - though mostly they were just imagined "best ofs".
So the ranking is only on recorded music, not based on seeing them live.
I also combine artists through an individual, so for example New Order, Joy Division and Electronic are all on Bernard Summer's "best of".

I know some of the rankings weren't scrutinised over that hard (but some were), but I always tried to do them from scratch, so as not to be influenced by previous lists.
As I was thinking of sharing this with you, I took a bit more time over the list I've just done, and I extended it from 50 to 150 artists. I actually wrote the tracks of the "best ofs" down, and ranked them.

I find it fascinating to look back on, hopefully you'll find it mildly interesting too!

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Month                          02 06 05 10 04 08 02 08 02 02 03 03 02 09 05 02  11
/                              /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /   /
Year                           94 94 95 95 96 96 97 97 98 99 00 01 02 09 11 18  18

David Bowie                     1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  1   1
Beatles                         5  5  5  4  2  4  2  2  2  3  4  4  4  3  4  2   2
Prince                          8  6  4  8 11  5  7  6 10  2  8  6 21 23 50 18   3
Depeche Mode                   14 10  6  5 10 10  6 15  7 18 21 18 22 11  3 16   4
Pink Floyd                     38 46 22 12 12  7 15  8 16  8  6  7 23 12 12  5   5
Pet Shop Boys                   6  4  2  2  3  3  4  4  3  4 18  3  3  2  1  4   6
Blur / Gorillaz                   31  7  3  4  2  3  3  8  7 13  8 15  6  5  9   7
Carter USM / Jim Bob            3  3 10 10 20 12 20 13 33 22  3  2  2  4  6  3   8
U2                              4  8  9  9  5 19  5 11 19 11 19 11 24 14 16 34   9
Alabama 3                                                              5 10 10  10
Rolling Stones                 20 26 14  6  6  6 11 12 11  9 14 13 32 31    29  11
Beach Boys                     21 25 26 15 22 24 25 17  6 12 26 34    32 24  6  12
Smiths / Morrissey             22 21 31 21 17 13 32 33 45 27 29 30 35 18 21 22  13
Spiritualized                                                      12  8 17 39  14
Mercury Rev                                                           10 25 17  15
Divine Comedy / Duckworth LM                              42 28 37 16 19 14 12  16
Erasure                           35    32 32 36 38 26 36 28 48 17 27 39 31     17
Beautiful South / Paul Heaton                             35 43             11  18
Elvis Costello                  2  2  3  7  9  9 14 18 22 21 25 24 29 49 42 26  19
Scott Walker / Walker Brothers                                         7  8 48  20
Specials / Terry Hall                      19  8 13 14  9 16 16 10 30 35    33  21
Jam / Style Council / Weller   23 29 36 16 15 23 12 21 23 20 15 26 36 16 40 23  22
Sex Pistols / PIL                             32  8  5 15 19  5 20 31    23     23
Waterboys                         50 42                                     24  24
Michael Jackson / Jacksons     31 34 28 40 24 37 49 45          43    37        25
Temptations                                                           34        26
Stevie Wonder                                             43 24 42              27
Elton John                     18 20 34 24                                  37  28
Fall Out Boy                                                                    29
Hooverphonic                                                       41           30
Panic! At The Disco                                                             31
Madness                        11 18 23 19 14 21 34 32    33 40 14 28 40  9 36  32
Kinks / Ray Davies              9 11 12 11 13 15 19 16 17  6 35 23       36 30  33
Bruce Springsteen                                                               34
The The                                                                     40  35
Arcade Fire                                                           27 11  7  36
Paul McCartney                 41 47    36          36                30 34 20  37
Simon & Garfunkel / Paul Simon 27 33 40 39                                      38
Led Zeppelin                                               5  7 12 40  9 20 43  39
Soft Cell / Marc Almond                    44          42 41    44              40
Johnny Cash                                                  22 50 48 13 19 25  41
Thea Gilmore                                                                19  42
Aretha Franklin                                                                 43
Guns 'n' Roses                 13 15 24 26 35                         48 45     44
Alison Moyet / Yazoo                       39 39 27 44 24 38          28 29 15  45
Pulp / Jarvis Cocker                    38 37 34 29 42 43 23 32 21 44           46
Suede / Brett Anderson / Tears 29  7 17 20 28 16 23 20  4 24 20 31 17    43 47  47
Regina Spektor                                                                  48
Nick Cave                                                    47                 49
Queen                          28 12 19 22 31    45 34    32                35  50
Oasis / Noel Gallagher               37 31  8 18 10  7 21 25 31 39 43 29 49     51
Dusty Springfield                                                               52
Elvis Presley                  32 42 39          50                   17 15 46  53
Primal Scream                                          40                       54
Deacon Blue                          15 18 27 30 28 39 35                       55
Shakespear's Sis. / Bananarama 45                                               56
Arctic Monkeys/Last Shadow P.                                         21 27 13  57
Eminem                                                          38 18           58
George Michael / Wham!         17 17  8 13 23 43    47    15  9 27 19           59
Leonard Cohen                                                         24 26 50  60
Killers / Brandon Flowers                                             45 39     61
Ezra Furman                                                                     62
Prodigy                                       44 18  9  5 14 12 22 26 33        63
Madonna                        39 37 41 47 50 49                                64
Abba                                          50                45 45 50 30 42  65
Billy Joel                     15 16 25 25                                      66
Nirvana                        34 40        7 11  9 10 13 13 17  9  5 25        67
New Order/Joy Div./Electronic                                                   68
Robbie Williams                                              33 36 50           69
Sam Cooke                                                                       70
Kate Bush                      49 38 16 23 26 25 21 35 30 50 39 41              71
KLF                                           20 30 23 14 10  2  5 10    38     72
Polyphonic Spree / Tripping D.                                        46 35 21  73
Bob Marley                                                   44          32 27  74
Björk / Sugarcubes                            42 46    34                       75
Pogues / Shane MacGowan                 34 18 17 17 28 18 26 34 16 38       44  76
REM                                                                             77
Elbow                                                                 26  7 38  78
Supremes / Diana Ross                                                           79
Muse                                                                  47        80
John Lennon                    12 19 44 37    48    43                          81
Imelda May                                                                      82
Peter Gabriel                        49 43 48                                   83
Velvet Underground / Lou Reed  44                                               84
Blondie                                                41 47          22 28 28  85
Kirsty MacColl                                                                  86
Radiohead                                                                       87
Human League                                                                    88
Take That / Gary Barlow                                               42 13 49  89
Scissor Sisters                                                       41 33     90
Eurythmics / Annie Lennox                                                       91
Public Enemy                                                    10 35           92
Bob Dylan                                                             20 18  8  93
Manic Street Preachers                     47 27 37 30 49       49 14           94
Happy Mondays / Black Grape                34 26 16 22 27 39 36 25 46    46     95
White Stripes / Jack White                                                      96
Chris Rea                      26 30 11 14 29 33 36 24 46 46 46                 97
Sisters Of Mercy               42 48                                9 15 22     98
Clash                                                                 44 37 45  99
Cure                                 38    49 46                               100
Chuck Berry                    33 41 48 45             38 45                   101
Sinead O'Connor                                                                102
Moby                                                               11          103
St. Vincent                                                                    104
Verve / Richard Ashcroft                                                       105
Doors                          10 23 35 28 36 38    25    44    46             106
Wonderstuff                    30 24 13 17 30 31 22 41 50                      107
Simple Minds                   35 32 32                                        108
Frank Sinatra                                                11                109
Police / Sting                 46 27 46 46 45       50                         110
Inspiral Carpets/Clint Boon                                     19 37 36 47    111
Little Boots                                                                   112
Love                                                                           113
Goldfrapp                                                          33          114
World Party                             44                                     115
Tom Waits                                                                      116
Meat Loaf                      16 14 20 27 42 35 35                            117
Little Richard                                                                 118
Morcheeba                                                                      119
Tears For Fears                43 49 45 48 46                                  120
Saint Etienne                                          39                      121
T Rex                          19 22 18 30 43 30 26 31                         122
Echo & The Bunnymen                                                            123
Dire Straits                      43                                           124
Frank Turner                                                                41 125
Mamas & the Papas / Mama Cass                                                  126
Iggy Pop / Stooges                                     37 31 37 33  6          127
Billy Bragg                                         40 44    45 32       44    128
Metallica                                                                      129
Donna Summer                                                                   130
Florence + the machine                                                         131
Otis Redding                                                                   132
Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Karen O                                                      133
Culture Club / Boy George                                                      134
Beck                                                   26 29 27    13          135
Beth Orton                                                                     136
Siouxsie & the Banshees        37 44 47                                        137
Tori Amos                      24 13 33    38                                  138
Monkees                                             19 12 36 23 40    38       139
James / Booth & The Bad Angel                                                  140
Talking Heads                   7  9 29 42 41 47 33    28                      141
Bobbie Gentry                                                         43 41    142
Flaming Lips                                                                   143
Faithless                                                           8          144
Ray Charles                                                                    145
Portishead                                    28       29 48 41    47          146
Adam & the Ants                25 28 27 29 33 29 42 29 32 30 38 29 49          147
Father John Misty                                                              148
Massive Attack                                               42 48 20          149
Marvin Gaye                                                                    150
A-ha                                                                        32   
Bangles                        47                                                
Bellowhead                                                                  31   
Black Sabbath                                    44                              
Boomtown Rats / Bob Geldof     50 36 30 41 40                                    
Echobelly                               50             48                        
Frankie Goes To Hollywood                        43 38    49                     
Garbage                                          41                34            
Julian Cope/Teardrops Explode              25 14 24 27 20 17 30 15 25    48      
Kula Shaker                                      40 49                           
Levellers                            50 35 16 22 31 37 25 37                     
Marilyn Manson                                                      7            
Space                                                     47                     
Sparks                                                    34 49                  
Supergrass / Van Goffey                             46 31                        
Sweet                          36 39    49                                       
Terrorvision                                  45 48       40                     
Tom Jones                                                       47               
Wet Wet Wet                          21 33 21 41 47                              
XTC                                              39             28 42            
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That’s awesome! I wish I kept lists this far back, only for me my 1997 list would be like: Nevermind, Ten, Superunknown...
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Jirin wrote:That’s awesome! I wish I kept lists this far back, only for me my 1997 list would be like: Nevermind, Ten, Superunknown...
I was far more into Brit Pop than grungey stuff. And the first list was done on the cusp of Brit-Pop (so no Blur or Oasis, and a lowly-ranked Suede). By 1997, Blur had had a high of 2, Suede - high of 7 (though 4 in 1998), Oasis - high of 8. They stand at 7, 47 & 51 respectively now.

Nirvana started at 34, before falling out of the top 50, and then suddenly re-entering at no. 7 in 1996, then stayed in the Top 20 for the next 9 lists hitting a high of no. 5 in 2002. Then they fell out the Top 50 again! Currently at no. 67.

Soundgarden and Pearl Jam have never made the top 50. Think Soundgarden must have come reasonably close though.
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