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It’s only on the desktop version. On the home page (click on Years). In the spreadsheet, it won’t say NEW though, but you will see what albums that had no placement in the previous updates.
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Thanks but for some reason it's not opening for me. I tried opening it in multiple different ways and it just shows up as gibberish or doesn't open at all. I was hoping that someone would have already posted the requested information (new additions to the Top 3000) here in the forums.
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AlRog wrote:
StevieFan13 wrote:
AlRog wrote:Is there a list anywhere of the pre-2015 albums that have entered the All-time Top 3000 Albums chart with this new update?
Check the spreadsheet - it'll say NEW if it wasn't there before.
Where is the spreadsheet for the All-time Top 3000 Albums? I looked around and couldn't find it.
Isn't it on the front page?
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A belated thanks to Henrik for this awesome update. I love the expansion to 10,000 songs. Even though the order of songs 5,000-10,000 doesn't seem very meaningful given the small sample size of lists, this will be a great resource when getting into new artists. I look forward to pouring over this list. At first glance based on the new entries into the top 1,000 songs, it seems like the critics are going in the same direction as our forum polls, with pop and classic rock classics getting the biggest gains.
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AlRog wrote:Thanks but for some reason it's not opening for me. I tried opening it in multiple different ways and it just shows up as gibberish or doesn't open at all. I was hoping that someone would have already posted the requested information (new additions to the Top 3000) here in the forums.
OK that’s an easy request, here are the non 2015/2016 albums entering or reentering AM3000

1643) Terry Riley - In C
1772) Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon for Electric Music Synthesizer
1890) Ennio Morricone - C'era una volta il West / Once Upon a Time in the West
1997) Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte
2130) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee
2195) Ennio Morricone - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo / The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2247) Buffy Sainte-Marie - Illuminations
2334) The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life
2387) Roberta Flack - First Take
2450) Gilberto Gil - Gilberto Gil
2461) Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil
2462) Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
2465) Judee Sill - Judee Sill
2471) Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
2518) Whipping Boy - Heartworm
2526) The Fugs - The Village Fugs/The Fugs' First Album
2533) Rush - Permanent Waves
2535) John Fahey - The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
2544) Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind
2564) Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth
2582) Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship - Blows Against the Empire
2587) Paul Kelly [Australia] - Gossip
2604) The Church - Starfish
2619) Cannonball Adderley - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! - Live at 'The Club'
2683) Jamie T - Panic Prevention
2691) Frank Sinatra - Sinatra at the Sands
2702) Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge - Roy and Diz #2
2704) Walter Carlos - Switched-On Bach
2714) MC Solaar - Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
2717) Tom Petty - Wildflowers
2722) Scott Walker - Scott 2
2725) The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories
2730) MC Solaar - Prose combat
2738) Planxty - The Well Below the Valley
2749) Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
2759) The Vines - Highly Evolved
2762) John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane
2786) Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm
2799) Van der Graaf Generator - H to He: Who Am the Only One
2805) Scarface - The Fix
2814) Rachid Taha - Diwan
2817) Weather Report - I Sing the Body Electric
2824) Santana - Santana III
2828) Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - King & Queen
2835) Opeth - Blackwater Park
2840) Badfinger - No Dice
2846) John Coltrane - Live at Birdland
2850) Descendents - Milo Goes to College
2853) Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu
2858) Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man in the Universe
2859) Bill Fay - Bill Fay
2862) Dirty Three - Horse Stories
2863) Steve Lacy - Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk
2867) Art Pepper - Smack-Up
2868) Melvins - Houdini
2869) Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream
2875) Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
2889) Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way!
2892) John Cage - Indeterminacy
2897) Cardinal - Cardinal
2898) k.d. Lang - Absolute Torch and Twang
2900) Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II
2907) The Chieftains - The Chieftains 4
2908) Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude
2914) Colin Stetson - New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges
2919) Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster - Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster/Blue Saxophones
2923) Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales
2925) Whitesnake - Whitesnake/1987
2936) Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
2937) Jan Johansson - Jazz på svenska/Folkvisor
2939) Colin Blunstone - One Year
2945) John Cale - The Academy in Peril
2948) Cold Chisel - East
2952) Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile
2953) The High Llamas - Gideon Gaye
2964) David Murray - Ming
2967) Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
2974) Ali Farka Touré - The River
2978) Booker Little - Out Front
2985) Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris - Trio
2986) Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time
2988) Leonard Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony
2997) Bobby Timmons - This Here Is Bobby Timmons
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What artist currently has the most bubbling albums?
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Jonathon wrote:What artist currently has the most bubbling albums?
Duke Ellington : 14 albums
John Coltrane : 12 albums
Miles Davis : 12 albums
Bob Dylan : 9 albums
Ella Fitzgerald : 9 albums
Sarah Vaughan : 9 albums
Neil Young : 8 albums
The Fall : 8 albums
Charles Mingus : 7 albums
Ornette Coleman : 7 albums
Frank Zappa : 6 albums
Low : 6 albums
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Also:

Sun Ra : 9 albums
Thelonious Monk : 7 albums
Funkadelic/Parliament : 6 albums
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That list of albums entering the top 3000 is awesome. Ennio Morricone, modern classical, jazz, and foreign albums did really well.
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Thank you so much for all of your hard work, Henrik! I haven't had much time to go through the update, but I can imagine it must be a huge relief to have it done.
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Nassim wrote:
AlRog wrote:Thanks but for some reason it's not opening for me. I tried opening it in multiple different ways and it just shows up as gibberish or doesn't open at all. I was hoping that someone would have already posted the requested information (new additions to the Top 3000) here in the forums.
OK that’s an easy request, here are the non 2015/2016 albums entering or reentering AM3000...
Awesome! Thanx, Nassim
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Songs from Latin America and Spain in the Top 10000

363 Stan Getz, João Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto The Girl from Ipanema 1964
1291 Elis Regina & Tom Jobim Aguas de marco 1974
1303 CSS Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above 2005
1704 Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Matador 1993
2079 Soda Stereo De música ligera 1990
2121 Os Mutantes A Minha Menina 1968
2215 Los Bravos Black Is Black 1966
2362 Don Azpiazu El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor) 1930
2521 Almendra Muchacha (Ojos de papel) 1969
2569 Pérez Prado Mambo #5 1950
3113 Gui Boratto Beautiful Life 2007
3169 Mongo Santamaría Watermelon Man 1963
3190 Jorge Ben Taj Mahal [1976 version] 1976
3200 João Gilberto Chega de Saudade 1958
3332 Andrés Calamaro Flaca 1997
3423 Plastilina Mosh Mr. P Mosh 1998
3429 Buena Vista Social Club Chan Chan 1997
3489 Caetano Veloso Alegria, Alegria 1967
3544 Chico Buarque Construção 1971
3570 Carlos Gardel El dia que me quieras 1935
3592 Los Rodriguez Sin documentos 1993
3673 Café Tacvba Eres 2003
3785 Aterciopelados Bolero falaz 1995
3802 Fito Páez El amor después del amor 1992
3818 Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean Hips Don't Lie 2006
3857 El Guincho Bombay 2010
3935 Los Gatos La balsa 1967
4004 Molotov Gimme Tha Power 1997
4012 Jorge Ben Mas, que nada! 1963
4066 Carlos Gardel Volver 1935
4078 Soda Stereo Cuando pase el temblor 1985
4107 Os Mutantes Panis et circenses 1968
4110 Sui Generis Rasguña las piedras 1973
4116 La Unión Lobo hombre en París 1984
4132 Café Tacvba La Ingrata 1994
4142 Sepultura Roots Bloody Roots 1996
4237 Bersuit Vergarabat Sr. Cobranza 1998
4291 Los Abuelos de la Nada Mil horas 1983
4349 Enanitos Verdes Lamento Boliviano 1994
4359 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Mas que nada 1966
4440 Soda Stereo Persiana Americana 1986
4509 El Tri Triste canción 1984
4518 La Ley El duelo 1995
4555 Mecano Cruz de Navajas 1986
4625 Miguel Ríos Bienvenidos 1982
4677 Camarón La leyenda del tiempo 1979
4767 Virus Imágenes paganas 1986
4799 Gal Costa Baby 1968
4813 Caifanes La célula que explota 1990
4980 Los Del Río Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) 1995
4983 León Gieco Sólo le pido a dios 1979
4996 Charly García Los Dinosaurios 1983
5025 Alaska y Dinarama A quién le importa 1986
5108 Enanitos Verdes La muralla verde 1986
5155 Los Brincos Mejor 1966
5183 Gustavo Cerati Puente 1999
5296 Héroes del Silencio Entre dos tierras 1990
5304 Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas Abarájame 1995
5321 Babasónicos Putita 2003
5330 Luiz Gonzaga Asa Branca 1947
5451 Charly García Demoliendo hoteles 1984
5456 El Último de la Fila Insurrección 1986
5481 Delorean Stay Close 2010
5556 Soda Stereo En la ciudad de la furia 1988
5588 Hello Seahorse! Bestia 2009
5647 El Guincho Palmitos Park 2007
5674 La Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del Quinto Patio Pachuco 1991
5736 Trio Matamoros Lágrimas negras 1932
5817 Sui Generis Canción para mi muerte 1972
5850 Duncan Dhu En algún lugar 1987
5904 Caifanes Afuera 1994
5908 Hombres G Devuélveme a mi chica 1985
6105 Alejandro Sanz Corazón partío 1997
6108 Sumo La rubia tarada 1985
6166 Natalia Lafourcade Azul 2009
6197 Los Fabulosos Cadillacs feat. Celia Cruz Vasos vacíos 1988
6248 Candido Jingo 1979
6317 John Talabot feat. Pional Destiny 2012
6324 Alaska y Dinarama Ni tú ni nadie 1984
6380 Julieta Venegas De mis pasos 1997
6392 Molotov Frijolero 2003
6411 Jorge Ben Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) 1976
6412 Café Tacvba Las Flores 1994
6431 Charly García Nos siguen pegando abajo "pecado mortal" 1983
6468 Caetano Veloso Tropicália 1968
6473 Los Brincos Flamenco 1964
6532 Shakira She Wolf 2009
6533 Divididos Qué ves? 1993
6550 Patricio Rey y Sus Redonditos de Ricota Jijiji 1986
6589 Caifanes Viento 1988
6611 Mocedades Eres Tú 1973
6612 Héroes del Silencio La chispa adecuada 1995
6633 Porter Espiral 2004
6669 Triángulo de Amor Bizarro De la monarquía a la criptocracia 2010
6772 Antônio Carlos Jobim Desafinado 1958
6968 Bola De Nieve Vete de mi 1958
6970 Kinky Soun tha mi primer amor 2002
7051 Chavela Vargas La llorona 1961
7070 Nacha Pop La Chica de ayer 1980
7118 Control Machete ¿Comprendes Mendes? 1997
7136 Javiera Mena Al siguiente nivel 2006
7185 Miguel Mateos Cuando seas grande 1986
7240 Catupecu Machu Y lo que quiero es que pises sin el suelo 2000
7254 Babasónicos Irresponsables 2003
7315 Lalo Schifrin Mission: Impossible 1967
7319 El Columpio Asesino Toro 2011
7428 Los Tres Déjate caer 1995
7534 Botellita de Jerez Alármala de tos 1984
7565 Pérez Prado Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White 1955
7670 Camarón de la Isla Soy gitano 1989
7683 DJ Marky & XRS LK 2002
7691 Carmen Miranda O que é que a Bahiana tem 1939
7709 Triángulo de Amor Bizarro El fantasma de la transición 2007
7740 João Gilberto Desafinado 1959
7751 Los Prisioneros Tren al sur 1990
7798 Los Locos del Ritmo Yo no soy un rebelde 1960
7863 La Revolución De Emiliano Zapata Nasty Sex 1970
7909 Xavier Cugat Brazil 1942
7918 Shakira Whenever, Wherever 2001
8112 Charly García Cerca de la revolución 1984
8135 Los Twist Pensé que se trataba de cieguitos 1983
8261 Delorean Seasun 2009
8286 Moris El Oso 1969
8311 Miguel Mateos / ZAS Tirá para arriba 1984
8329 Jarabe de Palo La Flaca 1996
8347 Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Mal bicho 1995
8408 Baccara Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 1977
8423 Los Prisioneros El baile de los que sobran 1986
8476 Triana En el lago 1975
8487 Los Canarios Get On Your Knees 1967
8498 Stan Getz and João Gilberto [feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim] Corcovado 1964
8500 Nacha Pop Lucha de gigantes 1987
8520 Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40 Burbujas de amor 1990
8552 Attaque 77 Hacelo por mí 1990
8631 Carlos Vives La gota fría 1993
8652 Pixinguinha Carinhoso 1917
8669 Virus Una luna de miel en la mano 1985
8671 Julieta Venegas Lento 2003
8716 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 The Fool on the Hill 1968
8719 Charly García No voy en tren 1987
8728 Javiera Mena Sol de Invierno 2006
8730 Pérez Prado Patricia 1958
8755 John Talabot feat. Pional So Will Be Now 2012
8812 Gustavo Cerati Crimen 2006
8827 Joseito Fernandez Guajira Guantanamera 1973
8829 Juan Son Nada 2008
8858 Los Violadores Uno, dos, ultraviolento 1985
8865 Antônio Carlos Jobim Insensatez 1963
8923 Los Auténticos Decadentes Loco (Tu forma de ser) 1989
8930 Burning Que hace una chica como tú en un sitio como este 1978
8934 La Renga El revelde 1998
8942 Luis Alberto Spinetta Seguir viviendo sin tu amor 1991
8966 Carlos Gardel Mi Buenos Aires Querido 1934
9015 Seu Jorge Life on Mars? 2004
9051 Joan Manuel Serrat Mediterráneo 1971
9055 Babasónicos El Loco 2001
9061 Zoé No Me Destruyas 2006
9074 Juan Carlos Baglietto Mirta, de regreso 1982
9104 Barón Rojo Los rockeros van al infierno 1982
9113 Morris Albert Feelings 1974
9117 Radio Futura Escuela de calor 1984
9139 Julieta Venegas Me voy 2006
9142 Matias Aguayo Minimal 2008
9158 Andrés Calamaro Estadio Azteca 2004
9191 El Guincho + Mala Rodriguez Comix 2016
9218 Radio Futura Veneno en la piel 1990
9219 Los Teen Tops La Plaga 1960
9253 El Gran Silencio Dormir soñando 1998
9280 Rata Blanca La leyenda del hada y el mago 1990
9287 Orquesta Aragón El bodeguero 1955
9360 Santa Sabina Azul casi morado 1992
9422 Los Prisioneros We Are South American Rockers 1988
9433 Leño Maneras de vivir 1981
9474 Concha Piquer Tatuaje 1941
9487 Los Saicos Demolición 1965
9528 Bunbury Lady Blue 2002
9583 Javiera Mena Hasta la verdad 2010
9632 Jeanette Porque te vas 1974
9634 Veneno Los Delincuentes 1977
9648 Alaska y Los Pegamoides Bailando 1982
9670 CSS Music Is My Hot Hot Sex 2005
9678 Los Piojos Verano del '92 1996
9684 Vox Dei Presente (El momento en que estás) 1970
9695 Los Planetas Reunión en la cumbre 2007
9771 Astro Ciervos 2011
9781 GIT Es por amor 1986
9818 La Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del Quinto Patio Kumbala 1991
9841 Golpes Bajos Malos tiempos para la lirica 1983
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Analyzing the update, Latin music has achieved many highlights, especially Argentina. And in certain way, Mexico and Spain. Brazil and Cuba are still understimated.
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Haven't posted here in several years. Still have a look from time to time. Well done to Henrik for keeping this incredible site thriving, looks really great. I do have a question. I first stumbled across this site back in 2001 and I have a vague memory of the original background of the site being much darker. Just wondering if my memory is correct.
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Also, hello to Nicholas if he still posts.
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I am having some difficulty finding "The Harder They Come" on the album spreadsheet or elsewhere on the website. Please let me know where this album placed in the new rankings.
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Henry wrote:I am having some difficulty finding "The Harder They Come" on the album spreadsheet or elsewhere on the website. Please let me know where this album placed in the new rankings.
I'm pretty sure it was removed the update before this as it was deemed a compilation.
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Well done Henrik on the update and the huge task in increasing the number of albums/songs over the period which cannot have been easy. I cannot find the topic where the list of new songs added is located so if there is a final list of all new songs added to this update that would be great.
Also kudos to all who contributed with lists and spreadsheets that helped facilitate this update!!
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I finally managed to go through the whole top 10.000 songs. Not by listening, just looking at the list in detail. It has become quite the task, as it is not just an expansion, but there was a lot of shifting going on. It wasn't that rare to see songs jump or fall thousands of places. There is hardly any room to talk about songs I like or hate that made the list, but I have to mention that Deep Purple's Child of Time not only finally making the list, but as high as #2225 was really great. Similarly, personal top 10 song Hocus Pocus by Focus has become an official entry to, at the very respectable #3734. And it is always nice to see some unexpected songs suddenly show up. Never guessed Godzilla by Blue Öyster Cult would even become a bubbler, but there it is R #6067. I could easily go on.

A sad thing I noticed was the extreme decline of pre-rock era music. Almost everything from the fifties or earlier that isn't rock & roll fell and usually deeply too. The current song top 1000 now contains only 13 songs from before 1950 and most of those are hanging on the abyss. These are the lucky ones. Most songs from the era sunk like a very heavy stone. I know the advance of rock was a big thing, but the heavy punishment the pre-rock era got this time around is ridiculous. Of course no one is to blame, but I hope more all-inclusive lists will show up in the future or else the list will sadly become ignorant of over half a century of music.

Who took it's place? The usual people mostly. All the top rated artists gained even more ground. If you, like me, think that The Beatles were already favored more than necessary than this is not the update for you, as The Beatles not only gained a lot of songs, but even their minor works rose like there is no tomorrow, frequently jumping hundreds or thousands of places. Similarly acclaimed artists, like The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Prince and the like were blessed with many new entries and songs that shot up the list. If you are/ were a popular artist that also is a critical darling you really won big (BIG!) this time, as if these people needed more acclaim. Special mention should be made to Led Zeppelin. A couple of updates ago they were a band that scored highly on albums, but far less on songs. They gained a lot of new songs this time, perhaps more than any other artist (though I haven't checked this). Unsurprisingly, they rose on the artist list, into the top 10.

What you feel about all this is perhaps personal. My favorite artist, Bob Dylan, had similar results. I loved that most of his fan-favorite deep cuts have now made the list. To Ramona! Changing of the Guards! Ain't Talkin'! One More Cup of Coffee! Even 4th Time Around! On the one hand I am really happy to see them getting the recognition I feel they deserve. On the other hand, many people who are not quite as big a fan might feel the same about all these new entries as I feel about every Beatle song in existence seeming to find a place in the top 10.000.

On a lighter note, these two back to back made me laugh:
6894: Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
6895: Mark Ronson – Bang Bang Bang
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I've been slowly making my way through the songs one year at a time, starting with 2016. I'm now back to 2009. So many songs, but I'm finding so many new favorites, so it's worth it.

I just reached U2's Moment of Surrender, and I'm kind of curious, does the acclaimed music formula take into account the variety of sources? I wanted to see who shot this (rather boring) song up to such a relatively high level for its year and had a laugh when it was literally just the US and German Rolling Stone magazines. Does the fact that those 4 US Rolling Stones lists are essentially saying the same thing change anything about their weight?

I just find it funny that Rolling Stone seems absolutely convinced this is an all time great and no one else has even mentioned it in a similar breath. I wonder how many other songs have achieved a similar level of 'acclaim' through only a couple sources.
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BleuPanda wrote:Does the fact that those 4 US Rolling Stones lists are essentially saying the same thing change anything about their weight?
Yes, definitely. If those 6 lists (4 RS USA + 2 RS Ger) were from different sources, the song would be higher. The US and German RS magazines are counted as different entities though.
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Rob wrote: On a lighter note, these two back to back made me laugh:
6894: Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
6895: Mark Ronson – Bang Bang Bang
908 : Guns n Roses - Use Your Illusion II
909 : Guns n Roses - Use Your Illusion I

Noticed a couple others but forgot to write them down.
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BleuPanda wrote:I've been slowly making my way through the songs one year at a time, starting with 2016. I'm now back to 2009. So many songs, but I'm finding so many new favorites, so it's worth it.

I just reached U2's Moment of Surrender, and I'm kind of curious, does the acclaimed music formula take into account the variety of sources? I wanted to see who shot this (rather boring) song up to such a relatively high level for its year and had a laugh when it was literally just the US and German Rolling Stone magazines. Does the fact that those 4 US Rolling Stones lists are essentially saying the same thing change anything about their weight?

I just find it funny that Rolling Stone seems absolutely convinced this is an all time great and no one else has even mentioned it in a similar breath. I wonder how many other songs have achieved a similar level of 'acclaim' through only a couple sources.
Aw, I actually really like that song. I think it's one of Bono's most moving performances. That is funny though about Rolling Stone. Their 2010 updated top-500 song list is how I found it in the first place, and I assumed Rolling Stone reflected the general consensus about the song at the time, so that may have helped me warm up to it at first.
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Finally came across the highest-ranked one I had never heard before - #3321: Summertime by Billy Stewart. Most of the other new entries in the top 3,500 were very well known, and it seemed inevitable that a lot of them would reach those heights at some point.
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Here's a great combo!:

1730. Four Tops "Bernadette"
1731. Billy Bragg "Levi Stubbs' Tears"
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Just finished listening to everything in the top 5,000. I think it's a big improvement from previous versions. I love the rise of alternative rock especially. I think the most unfortunate trend is the steep decline of acts from the early 1960s like the Shirelles, but many more of my favorite songs have risen than fallen, and the reverse is generally true for those I don't care for.
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Henrik, the update is really amazing!

Thanks a LOT!
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Bruno wrote:Henrik, the update is really amazing!

Thanks a LOT!
Thanks Bruno!

New history pages have been added. Link from the top line.
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Re: It has happened! Really!!

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Henrik wrote: New history pages have been added. Link from the top line.
Hey, that's a neat feature. Thanks for that! :happy-partydance:
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Henrik wrote:
Bruno wrote:Henrik, the update is really amazing!

Thanks a LOT!
Thanks Bruno!

New history pages have been added. Link from the top line.
I don’t understand. What history?

EDIT: I saw now, great!
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Bruno wrote:
Henrik wrote:
Bruno wrote:Henrik, the update is really amazing!

Thanks a LOT!
Thanks Bruno!

New history pages have been added. Link from the top line.
I don’t understand. What history?
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The ”History” link is between ”Critics’ Lists” and ”About” on the AM main site (replacing ”Updates”). Not on mobile/small screens.
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news, Henrik, but clearly some data was missed here. After all, everyone knows "Africa" by Toto is the greatest song of all time. It's a scientific fact.
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