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by RB
Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:18 pm
Forum: 1980s
Topic: Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the '80's
Replies: 5
Views: 2972

Re: Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the '80's

Vacantjoy wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 12:45 pm nice RB, do we have the EOY lists?
They are included but not this decade list which has only recently been added
by RB
Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:30 am
Forum: 1980s
Topic: Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the '80's
Replies: 5
Views: 2972

Re: Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the '80's

No. Posted on a Facebook group and Rocklists.net :
https://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/recordmirror.htm
by RB
Sat Mar 04, 2023 7:10 pm
Forum: 1980s
Topic: Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the '80's
Replies: 5
Views: 2972

Record Mirror (UK) - Albums of the '80's

Former UK weekly, published December 1989 1. Sign o' the Times – Prince (1987) 2. Actually – Pet Shop Boys (1987) 3. The Queen is Dead – The Smiths (1986) 4. The Lexicon of Love – ABC (1982) 5. Like a Prayer – Madonna (1989) 6. 3 Feet High and Rising – De La Soul (1989) 7. Thriller – Michael Jackson...
by RB
Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:10 pm
Forum: Artist rankings
Topic: Rolling Stone (USA) - 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (2023)
Replies: 27
Views: 6868

Re: Rolling Stone (USA) - 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (2023)

Boy have they stopped loving U2 (Bono #34 on the last one in 2008)
by RB
Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:15 pm
Forum: 1960s
Topic: Uncut (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1960s (2022)
Replies: 39
Views: 7575

Re: Uncut (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1960s (2022)

Local newsagents had a copy so photographic memory lol
by RB
Thu Nov 10, 2022 9:28 pm
Forum: 1960s
Topic: Uncut (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1960s (2022)
Replies: 39
Views: 7575

Re: Uncut (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1960s (2022)

Had a quick gander, top end is something like this: 1. Velvet Underground & Nico - s/t 2. Beatles - Revolver 3. Love - Forever Changes 4. Beatles - White Album 5. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed 6. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 7. Beatles - Abbey Road 8. Bob Dylan - Bringing it all Back Home 9. Bob Dyla...
by RB
Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:05 am
Forum: Sales/charts
Topic: BBC Radio 2 (UK) - Ultimate '80s Albums
Replies: 3
Views: 5588

Re: BBC Radio 2 (UK) - Ultimate '80s Albums

Would've thought there's enough cult classics in there (Nation Of Millions, Queen is Dead, Stone Roses, Disintegration...)
by RB
Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:56 pm
Forum: Sales/charts
Topic: BBC Radio 2 (UK) - Ultimate '80s Albums
Replies: 3
Views: 5588

BBC Radio 2 (UK) - Ultimate '80s Albums

On last night to celebrate todays National Albums Day, 'Stadium rockers, pop megastars, New Romantics, synth-pop pioneers, indie gods, hip hop heroes, and beyond... the 80s had it all, in spades. We whittled them down (and believe us, it was tough!) to a shortlist of 50 of the most celebrated albums...
by RB
Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:14 am
Forum: Live albums
Topic: Planet Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Live Albums of All-Time
Replies: 6
Views: 18040

Re: Planet Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Live Albums of All-Time

Monte wrote: Fri Jun 26, 2020 9:59 am I read that this is the final number. And negotiations for Q Magazine are still ongoing.
Good way to finish hey
by RB
Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:21 am
Forum: Live albums
Topic: Planet Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Live Albums of All-Time
Replies: 6
Views: 18040

Re: Planet Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Live Albums of All-Time

II at 67, Exclamation mark at 16 lol (so many!)
by RB
Thu Jun 25, 2020 8:48 pm
Forum: Live albums
Topic: Planet Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Live Albums of All-Time
Replies: 6
Views: 18040

Re: Planet Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Live Albums of All-Time

Compiled by: Phil Alexander, Mark Blake, Keith Cameron, Steve Beebee, Paul Brannigan, Stevie Chick, James McNair, Lois Wilson, Rod Yates 100. Rose Tattoo - All the Lessons...Live in '81 99. Ministry - In case you didn't feel like showing it 98. Wishbone Ash - Live Dates 97. The Mars Volta - Scabdate...
by RB
Tue Jun 23, 2020 9:24 am
Forum: Genre magazines/websites
Topic: Classic Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far
Replies: 4
Views: 8460

Re: Classic Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far

Writers list with the rules being: - one song per artist - has to rock - justify it 100. The Urban Voodoo Machine - Goodbye To Another Year 99. The Killers - Mr Brightside 98. Magnum - Live Till You Die 97. Sheryl Crow - Soak Up The Sun 96. R.E.M. - Bad Day 95. Von Hertzen Brothers - New Day Rising ...
by RB
Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:11 pm
Forum: Live albums
Topic: Planet Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Live Albums of All-Time
Replies: 6
Views: 18040

Planet Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Live Albums of All-Time

In the current issue

#1 is Deep Purple - Made In Japan
by RB
Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:30 pm
Forum: Genre magazines/websites
Topic: Classic Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far
Replies: 4
Views: 8460

Classic Rock (UK) - 100 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far

In the current issue

#1 is The Darkness - I Believe in a thing called Love
by RB
Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:03 pm
Forum: EOY 2019
Topic: EOY 2019 - Q Magazine (UK)
Replies: 8
Views: 13216

Re: EOY 2019 - Q Magazine (UK)

There's a top 20 Song list too
by RB
Tue Nov 26, 2019 7:18 am
Forum: EOY 2019
Topic: EOY 2019 - BBC Radio 6 Music (UK)
Replies: 5
Views: 11199

Re: EOY 2019 - BBC Radio 6 Music

22 presenters but only a top 10 :?
by RB
Wed Oct 23, 2019 8:09 pm
Forum: EOD 2010s
Topic: ✅ Q Magazine (UK) - The Songs Of The Decade
Replies: 16
Views: 24147

Re: Q Magazine - The Songs Of The Decade

Except 'Video Games' is their #1 'most voted for, Song of the Decade'. Thus the cover star.
by RB
Wed Oct 23, 2019 12:02 pm
Forum: EOD 2010s
Topic: Q magazine - 82 best songs of the decade
Replies: 1
Views: 6279

Q magazine - 82 best songs of the decade

In the current issue by writers/critics etc (+ reader input). Sadly unranked apart from no.1 : Video Games by Lana Del Rey
by RB
Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:44 am
Forum: Genre magazines/websites
Topic: metal Hammer 50 years
Replies: 4
Views: 13706

Re: metal Hammer 50 years

50 Greatest Albums - 47 metal stars listed on the panel, one pick per artist Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds And Reaps Souls (1969) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970) Deep Purple - Machine Head (1972) Scorpions - In Trance (1975) Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare (1975) Kiss - Alive! (1975)...
by RB
Thu Feb 21, 2019 8:02 pm
Forum: Genre magazines/websites
Topic: metal Hammer 50 years
Replies: 4
Views: 13706

Re: metal Hammer 50 years

Unranked chronological order again (boohoo).
by RB
Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:44 am
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time
Replies: 19
Views: 26880

Re: Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time

Don't know if those other 9 single staff picks should count but anyway they are: EDITORIAL [...And their influential record missing from our list...] Editor Ted Kessler [Parliament – Flashlight] Deputy Editor Niall Doherty [Dr Feelgood – Down By The Jetty] Art Director Daniel Knight [De La Soul – 3 ...
by RB
Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:40 am
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time
Replies: 19
Views: 26880

Re: Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time

Henrik wrote:It looks like it’s one record per artist, and The Beatles has a song/single listed.
3 Bowie albums, 2 Radiohead albums & those Various ones but no one has Single & Album, closest being Joy Division/New Order with Unknown Pleasures & Blue Monday.
by RB
Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:31 am
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time
Replies: 19
Views: 26880

Re: Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time

Hymie wrote:
Pierre wrote: What makes them important?

According to Wikipedia they have a circulation of just 44,000.
That's a healthy figure now, smilar to the others. NME was down to 15k in it's last days as a paid for publication in 2015.
by RB
Wed Feb 13, 2019 12:03 am
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time
Replies: 19
Views: 26880

Re: Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time

Albums KURT WEILL AND BERTOLT BRECHT - THE THREEPENNY OPERA (1928) THE BEACH BOYS - PET SOUNDS (1966) THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO (1967) LOVE - FOREVER CHANGES (1967) CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND - SAFE AS MILK (1967) THE KINKS - SOMETHING ELSE (1967) VARIOUS -...
by RB
Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:56 am
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time
Replies: 19
Views: 26880

Re: Q magazine - 156 most influential records

156 + 9 single staff picks. Unranked chronological order i think.
by RB
Sat Feb 09, 2019 4:36 pm
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time
Replies: 19
Views: 26880

Re: Q magazine - 156 most influential records

April issue. Advertised as out on 12th Feb & 164 but just saw a copy in local newsagents & on the cover it says 156!?
by RB
Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:50 am
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time
Replies: 19
Views: 26880

Q magazine - 156 most influential records of all time

In the new issue, out in a few days
by RB
Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:56 pm
Forum: 1960s
Topic: Classic Rock - The Real 100 Greatest Albums of the '60s
Replies: 0
Views: 11607

Classic Rock - The Real 100 Greatest Albums of the '60s

In the latest issue, same vein as the others: - 1 album per artist - don't choose the most famous record - justify it 1. Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as love 2. The Beatles - White Album 3. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed 4. Led Zeppelin - s/t 5. Free - Tons of Sobs 6. Jeff Beck - Truth 7. Fleetwood ...
by RB
Sat Dec 23, 2017 8:59 pm
Forum: Genre magazines/websites
Topic: Classic Rock (UK) - 200 Greatest Rock Albums
Replies: 8
Views: 10215

Re: Classic Rock (UK) - 200 Greatest Rock Albums

The bubbling unders : AC/DC – High Voltage Adams, Bryan – Reckless Aerosmith – Pump Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation Alice In Chains - Dirt Allman Brothers – Idlewild South Alter Bridge – Blackbird Asia – Asia Band, The – The Band Beck, Jeff – Blow By Blow Beck, Jeff Group The – Truth Beck, Bogart &am...
by RB
Fri Dec 22, 2017 4:54 pm
Forum: Genre magazines/websites
Topic: Classic Rock (UK) - 200 Greatest Rock Albums
Replies: 8
Views: 10215

Classic Rock (UK) - 200 Greatest Rock Albums

This is a recent special edition which i will try & find. The 200 albums were picked by the writers. They then asked the readers votes for a top 100. #1 was Dark Side Of The Moon.
by RB
Fri Dec 22, 2017 1:03 pm
Forum: EOY 2017
Topic: EOY 2017 - The Sun (UK)
Replies: 0
Views: 5734

EOY 2017 - The Sun (UK)

Transcribed from today's issue. No top 20 tracks which they usually do, but guess it could be online somewhere (as it was 2 years ago: http://acclaimedmusic.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3346) 1. Lorde - Melodrama 2. Liam Gallagher - As You Were 3. The Horrors - V 4. Robert Plant - Carry Fire ...
by RB
Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:51 pm
Forum: ARTISTS
Topic: UNCUT - 20 Greatest R.E.M. Songs of their major-label era (1988-2003)
Replies: 0
Views: 4714

UNCUT - 20 Greatest R.E.M. Songs of their major-label era (1988-2003)

This was in the Nov 2003 edition just prior to the release of their In Time Best Of, which covered this period. It's an UNCUT staff list with the band talking David Stubbs through the selections. 20. Shiny Happy People 19. I'll Take The Rain 18. Strange Currencies 17. Nightswimming 16. How the west ...
by RB
Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:18 pm
Forum: ARTISTS
Topic: UNCUT - 20 Greatest U2 Songs
Replies: 4
Views: 7790

Re: UNCUT - 20 Greatest U2 Songs

Maybe. Have to go back through the old forum.
by RB
Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:06 pm
Forum: Duplicate topics
Topic: Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 20 Best R.E.M. Songs (2017)
Replies: 3
Views: 5039

Re: Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 20 Best R.E.M. Songs (2017)

Nice, but no Radio Free Europe wtf!?
by RB
Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:01 pm
Forum: ARTISTS
Topic: UNCUT - 20 Greatest U2 Songs
Replies: 4
Views: 7790

UNCUT - 20 Greatest U2 Songs

This was from a 2004 Legends Edition on U2. Chosen by the exclusive Uncut Legends panel of rock luminaries (22 listed in all) : 20. Out Of Control 19. Acrobat 18. A Sort Of Homecoming 17. Miss Sarajevo 16. Angel Of Harlem 15. Desire 14. The Unforgettable Fire 13. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looki...
by RB
Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:04 pm
Forum: Radiohead
Topic: ✅ Uncut (UK) - Radiohead’s top 30 songs (2017)
Replies: 11
Views: 16646

Re: Uncut (UK) - Radiohead’s top 30 songs (2017)

Ok here it is 1. Creep (Single, 1992 ; Pablo Honey, 1993) 2. Planet Telex (The Bends, 1995) 3. The Bends (The Bends, 1995) 4. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (The Bends, 1995) 5. Talk Show Host ('Street Spirit' Single, 1996 ; Romeo + Juliet OST, 1996) 6. Airbag (OK Computer, 1997) 7. Paranoid Android (OK C...
by RB
Wed Jul 12, 2017 9:36 am
Forum: Radiohead
Topic: ✅ Uncut (UK) - Radiohead’s top 30 songs (2017)
Replies: 11
Views: 16646

Re: Uncut (UK) - Radiohead’s top 30 songs (2017)

Henrik wrote:
Henrik wrote:And what about the 31 songs in the playlist above?
Still not resolved. No subscribers here? RB?
I don't know about the Spotify list Henrik.

The list in UNCUT is definitely chronological.
by RB
Wed Jul 05, 2017 7:52 am
Forum: Radiohead
Topic: ✅ Uncut (UK) - Radiohead’s top 30 songs (2017)
Replies: 11
Views: 16646

Re: Uncut (UK) - Radiohead’s top 30 songs (2017)

It's chronological order in the magazine.
by RB
Thu May 25, 2017 2:47 pm
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: The Sunday Times (UK) - 100 Albums To Love
Replies: 3
Views: 6570

The Sunday Times (UK) - 100 Albums To Love

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/100-albums-to-love-h96r0kf60 The Sunday Times, May 21 2017, 12:01am MUSIC 100 albums to love Kendrick Lamar, Dusty Springfield, Nick Cave, Blondie: they’re all here, in Culture’s hot list of rock and pop classics Compiled by: Dan Cairns, Anna Conrad, Jonathan Dean,...
by RB
Sat Apr 22, 2017 2:16 pm
Forum: Critics' Lists
Topic: Lists that haven't been decided if they will be included on AM
Replies: 465
Views: 846849

Re: Lists that haven't been decided if they will be included on AM

Achtung Baby on NME's later Top 500 albums list :

497. Achtung Baby - U2's much-needed industrial electro-rock makeover with 'The Fly' made for a formidable rejuvenation and paved the way for tech-rock transformations from many other acts over the decade to come.
by RB
Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:48 am
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: ✅ NME - 500 Greatest Albums Of All-Time
Replies: 82
Views: 117836

Re: NME - 500 Greatest Albums Of All-Time

Achtung Baby retrospectively included?
by RB
Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:44 am
Forum: Debut albums or singles
Topic: Q - The Debut Albums That Changed Music (2017)
Replies: 5
Views: 9347

Re: Q - The Debut Albums That Changed Music (2017)

Yes i think that is about right Henrik.
by RB
Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:33 pm
Forum: Debut albums or singles
Topic: Q - The Debut Albums That Changed Music (2017)
Replies: 5
Views: 9347

Re: Q - The Debut Albums That Changed Music (2017)

I count 117 albums in all & if it was ranked based on, A. Number of picks & then, B. Best positions It would look something like this : 1. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1,2,2,8,4,2) 2. The Strokes - Is This It (10,4,9,8,4,5) 3. De La Soul - 3 Feet Hig...
by RB
Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:49 pm
Forum: Debut albums or singles
Topic: Q - The Debut Albums That Changed Music (2017)
Replies: 5
Views: 9347

Q - The Debut Albums That Changed Music (2017)

Or the greatest debut albums of all time... Only rule is that no artist could have ever released an album under a previous guise. So, no Bjork, for example, because she'd recorded albums in the Sugarcubes, and no Led Zeppelin as Jimmy Page had been in the Yardbirds. All the #1's are the picks each w...
by RB
Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:27 pm
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: ✅ NME - 500 Greatest Albums Of All-Time
Replies: 82
Views: 117836

Re: NME - 500 Greatest Albums Of All-Time

Surprised how much they shafted U2 on these two lists considering they ranked them their 9th Greatest Artist Of All Time (in 2002) & gave them the Godlike Genius award (in 2001). The Achtung Baby entry was in the later deluxe magazine version of the same 500 Greatest Albums part. So should it ac...
by RB
Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:27 pm
Forum: 1980s
Topic: Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s
Replies: 0
Views: 3888

Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s

In the same vein as the recent 70s one 'Welcome to our epic rundown of the real 100 greatest albums of the 80s - the connoisseurs choice. The rules are simple : - 1 album per artist - don't choose the most famous record - justify it' 100. Bauhaus - In The Flat Field 99. The Pogues - If i should fall...
by RB
Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:13 pm
Forum: EOY 2016
Topic: Classic Rock (UK) EOY 2016
Replies: 1
Views: 9178

Re: Classic Rock (UK) EOY 2016

The Icons (The Stuff Of Legends) : David Bowie - Dollar Days Iggy Pop - Guardinia Metallica - Moth Into Flame Bon Jovi - This House Is Not For Sale Motorhead - Bomber (Live) Glen Hughes - Heavy Red Hot Chili Peppers - Go Robot Singalongs (Warning: Very Catchy) : The Struts - Pour Your Money On Me Ch...
by RB
Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:55 pm
Forum: EOY 2016
Topic: Classic Rock (UK) EOY 2016
Replies: 1
Views: 9178

Classic Rock (UK) EOY 2016

50. Heart - Broken Beautiful 49. Weezer - The White Album 48. Purple - Bodacious 47. Joe Bonamassa - Blues Of Desperation 46. Drive-By Truckers - American Band 45. Ming City Rockers - Lemon 44. Hey! Hello! - Hey! Hello! Two! 43. Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis 42. Crobot - Welcome To Fat City 41. Brian Fallo...
by RB
Fri Jun 03, 2016 7:56 am
Forum: Other year spans
Topic: Q - 476 Modern Classics : The Greatest Albums of the last 30 years
Replies: 12
Views: 12065

Re: Q - 476 Modern Classics : The Greatest Albums of the last 30 years

JR wrote:Thanks. :)

Out of curiosity, were the five compilations?
No just 'Anthologies'.

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