British HMV's list of lists

Pagoda · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:24 pm

I was reading The Sun Online and came across this list which is supposedly a compiled list of all the lists created in the UK.

The 2004 HMV Poll of Polls

1. Kanye West - The College Dropout
2. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
3. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
4. The Streets - A Grand Don’t Come For Free
5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus
6. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
7. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
8. Brian Wilson - Smile
9. Killers - Hot Fuss
10. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
11. The Libertines - The Libertines
12. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
13. Tom Waits - Real Gone
14. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
15. Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum
16. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands
17. The Futureheads - The Futureheads
18. Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill
19. Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
20. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

Sketch · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:35 pm

My favorite source for list-of-lists

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Pagoda Wrote:

I was reading The Sun Online

I hope you're suitably embarrassed.

d · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:37 pm

cool site, Colin... I love seeing what was tops in my birth year. (you figure out which year, ha)

1 Neil Young, After the Goldrush
2 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
3 Derek and The Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
4 Van Morrison, Moondance
5 The Stooges, Fun House
6 Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water
7 Santana, Abraxas
8 The Velvet Underground, Loaded
9 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Déjà Vu
10 Black Sabbath, Paranoid

djdan · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:38 pm

I hate the Scissor Sisters.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:43 pm

01 Ramones, Ramones
02 Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life
03 The Eagles, Hotel California
04 The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers
05 David Bowie, Station to Station
06 Aerosmith, Rocks
07 Bob Dylan, Desire
08 Joni Mitchell, Hejira
09 Augustus Pablo, King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
10 Steve Miller Band, Fly Like an Eagle
11 Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak

I expected much worse from '76. I threw in #11 because the Eagles and Steve Miller fucking BLOW.

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:50 pm

(to continue the hijack) '73 ain't so bad:

1 Pink Floyd-The Dark Side of the Moon
2 Stevie Wonder-Innervisions
3 Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure
4 Iggy and The Stooges-Raw Power
5 New York Dolls-New York Dolls
6 Marvin Gaye-Let's Get It On
7 Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
8 Al Green-Call Me
9 Lou Reed-Berlin
10 Paul McCartney and Wings-Band on the Run

Sketch · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:23 pm

My birth year... works for me.

1. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
2. Patti Smith - Horses
3. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
4. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
5. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
6. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
7. Eno - Another Green World
8. Queen - A Night at the Opera
9. Bob Marley and The Wailers - Live!
10. Parliament - Mothership Connection

Pagoda · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:58 pm

konstantinl Wrote:

Pagoda Wrote:

I was reading The Sun Online

I hope you're suitably embarrassed.

Sometimes you want filet sometimes you want Chik-Fil-A. Sorry to disturb you as you carefully mulled over The Guardian and The New York Times.

I heart pretension

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Apparently The Sun is the hardest paper to write for in British journalism. That's because every article has to be written at the reading level of an 8 year old. And that's not me being barbed that's the truth.

Oh, I don't like the Guardian either. It's so chattering classes.

Pagoda · **Posted:** Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:36 pm

konstantinl Wrote:

Apparently The Sun is the hardest paper to write for in British journalism. That's because every article has to be written at the reading level of an 8 year old. And that's not me being barbed that's the truth.

Oh, I don't like the Guardian either. It's so chattering classes.

Oh I know. I just enjoy it. Gotta have guilty pleasures.

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

'67 kicks ass, but you already knew that.

1.The Velvet Underground & Nico-The Velvet Underground & Nico
2.The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
3.The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Are You Experienced?
4.The Doors-The Doors
5.Love-Forever Changes
6.Aretha Franklin-I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
7.Pink Floyd-The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
8.Cream-Disraeli Gears
9.Jefferson Airplane-Surrealistic Pillow
10.The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Axis: Bold as Love

mutty · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:22 am

1972 wasn't such a bad year, either

1 The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St
2 David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
3 Lou Reed - Transformer
4 Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
5 Neil Young - Harvest
6 The Wailers - Catch a Fire
7 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
8 The Original Soundtrack - The Harder They Come
9 Roxy Music - Roxy Music
10 Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?

mutty · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:25 am

Do you think in 25 years we'll look back on 2004 and say, "Wow, that was a pretty good year for music!"?

mutty · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:25 am

If we're all still alive and obnish, that is.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:38 am

1 Talking Heads Remain in Light

2 Joy Division Closer

3 Pretenders Pretenders

4 AC/DC Back in Black [Only n. 4!? A travesty!!]

5 Bruce Springsteen The River

6 Elvis Costello and The Attractions Get Happy!!

7 Dexy's Midnight Runners Searching for the Young Soul Rebels

8 Prince Dirty Mind

9 The Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

10 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (III)

Pagoda · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:44 am

1 The Human League - Dare!
2 Black Flag - Damaged
3 Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
4 X - Wild Gift
5 Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
6 Kraftwerk - Computer Welt
7 Squeeze - East Side Story
8 Japan - Tin Drum
9 Black Uhuru - Red
10 The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You

discostu · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:53 pm

1978 was a good year for music

1. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
2. Blondie - Parallel Lines
3. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
4. The Jam - All Mod Cons
5. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
6. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine
7. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
8. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
9. Big Star - The Third Album/Sister Lovers
10. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:01 pm

No one has posted the dub 7 yet, so i'll do it, shmoo like with the top twizzy:

Sex Pistols -- Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols

Television --Marquee Moon

The Clash -- The Clash

Fleetwood Mac -- Rumours

Elvis Costello --My Aim Is True

David Bowie -- Low

Kraftwerk -- Trans-Europa Express

The Original Soundtrack -- Saturday Night Fever

Iggy Pop --Lust for Life

David Bowie --Heroes

Bob Marley and The Wailers --Exodus

Wire --Pink Flag

Ramones --Rocket to Russia

Suicide --Suicide

Talking Heads --Talking Heads: 77

Steely Dan --Aja

Ian Dury and The Blockheads -- New Boots and Panties!

Iggy Pop -- The Idiot

Brian Eno --Before and After Science

Billy Joel -- The Stranger

hey look · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:57 pm

since Im like the youngest cat around...

1 37 The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead

2 62 Paul Simon
Graceland

3 141 Beastie Boys
Licensed to Ill

4 161 Peter Gabriel
So

5 167 Run-D.M.C.
Raising Hell

6 258 Metallica
Master of Puppets

7 455 Prince and The Revolution
Parade

8 474 Janet Jackson
Control

9 487 The Costello Show
King of America

10 489 Slayer
Reign in Blood

11 495 XTC
Skylarking

12 520 Bon Jovi
Slippery when Wet

13 528 Anita Baker
Rapture

14 553 Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Blood and Chocolate

15 593 R.E.M.
Life's Rich Pageant

16 709 Madonna
True Blue

17 764 Bad Brains
I Against I

18 801 Sonic Youth
EVOL

19 813 Hüsker Dü
Candy Apple Grey

20 905 Billy Bragg
Talking with the Taxman about Poetry

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:09 pm

I'm so old they don't have any specific albums listed for my birth year, so here's the singles:

1 The Shirelles "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
2 Roy Orbison "Only the Lonely"
3 Patsy Cline "Crazy"
4 Chubby Checker "The Twist"
5 The Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown"
6 Ray Charles "Georgia on My Mind"
7 The Shadows "Apache"
8 The Drifters "Save the Last Dance for Me"
9 Brenda Lee "I'm Sorry"
10 Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs "Stay"

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:26 pm

Didn't see '79 (my birth year) represented here yet. Pretty amazing year. I still need to hear those albums by The Jam, Pop Group, and XTC. I don't think I've ever heard Off the Wall either, or several others here for that matter.

1. The Clash - London Calling
2. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
3. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
4. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
5. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
6. Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box/Second Edition
7. Pink Floyd - The Wall
8. The Specials - The Specials
9. Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Armed Forces
10. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
11. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
12. Chic - Risque
13. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
14. The B-52's - The B-52's
15. The Undertones - The Undertones
16. Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks
17. The Police - Regatta De Blanc
18. The Jam - Setting Sons
19. The Pop Group - Y
20. Madness - One Step Beyond
21. The Slits - Cut
22. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
23. Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
24. XTC - Drums and Wires
25. Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
26. Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!
27. Wire - 154
28. Donna Summer - Bad Girls
29. Van Morrison - Into the Music
30. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys/Boys Don't Cry

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Radcliffe Wrote:

I'm so old they don't have any specific albums listed for my birth year, so here's the singles:

1. Stanely Kirby and his Orchestra - Don't Go Down The Mines
2. Harry Champion and his Orchestra - Ginger, You're Barmy
3. Ella Retford - Molly O'Morgan
4. Columbia Light Opera Company - Tony From America
5. Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth - Turn Your Light Off Mister Moon Man
6. Vesta Victoria - Look What Percy Picked Up In The Park
7. Harry Lauder and his Orchestra - Stop Tickling, Jock
8. The Variety Singers - Beer, Beer, Glorious Beer/Ask A Policeman
9. Miss Victoria Monk with Orchestra B - Give My Regards To Leicester Square
10. Parlophone Quartet - Our Lodger's Such A Nice Young Man

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:33 pm

konstantinl Wrote:

2. Harry Champion and his Orchestra - Ginger, You're Barmy
6. Vesta Victoria - Look What Percy Picked Up In The Park
7. Harry Lauder and his Orchestra - Stop Tickling, Jock
8. The Variety Singers - Beer, Beer, Glorious Beer/Ask A Policeman
10. Parlophone Quartet - Our Lodger's Such A Nice Young Man

I totally need to hear these.

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