Songs / Albums out of AM

[Bruno]

Is there any song/album that you ever been surprised by not being in the AM?

[Henry]

Songs:
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
Eric Clapton - Let It Rain
The Who - The Song Is Over
Stevie Wonder - As
Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Elton John - Grey Seal
Chicago - 25 0r 6 to 4
The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It
Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me
Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne
Stevie Wonder - Another Star
Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends
Don Henley - The Heart of the Matter
Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady
Beatles - Got to Get You Into My Life
Yes - I've Seen All Good People
Moody Blues - The Story In Your Eyes
Steve Winwood - While You See a Chance
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In the Sky
Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive
Santana - The Game of Love
Doobie Brothers - Taking It To the Streets
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
Joe Jackson - You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)
Doors - Touch Me
Yes - Yours Is No DIsgrace

[Live in Phoenix]

I guess I don't expect some favorite albums to show up here. (Justin Hayward solo albums, anyone?) Some of them, though, I hoped would have a better shot at being represented:

Tori Amos - The Beekeeper
Marshall Crenshaw - Field Day
Enya - Shepherd Moons
The Motels - All Four One
Oingo Boingo - (something)
Sting - The Soul Cages
Neil Young's first album
Soundtracks for Bambi, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Star Wars

[Listyguy]

I'm surprised "When the Levee Breaks" is only bubbling. I'm also shocked that "Dumb" by Nirvana is nowhere on AM. I'm sure there are others I'm missing, but those two have always surprised me a lot.

[Brad]

I've said it before:
I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After

[Nick]

Anyone else a bit surprised by the exclusion of Herman's Hermit's "I'm Into Something Good" on the AM list? Sure, it may not be a masterpiece song by anyone's definition, but it's a great slice of 60's bubblegum pop that is still somewhat popular today. I figured it would at least earn a "bubbling" due to that, but nope- nowhere to be seen.

Same goes for The Beatles "Yellow Submarine".

[John]

I'm surprised "When the Levee Breaks" is only bubbling. I'm also shocked that "Dumb" by Nirvana is nowhere on AM. I'm sure there are others I'm missing, but those two have always surprised me a lot.

When the Levee Breaks is surprising. I think it's at the very least top 5 Led Zeppelin.

[Sweepstakes Ron]

Songs:
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

THIS. So much THIS.

Also, I'm surprised that Supertramp - The Logical Song isn't in the top 3000, but maybe I just want it to be. On the flip side, I'm surprised that Rihanna - S.O.S. IS in the top 3000. I don't think I'd put it above Disturbia (which is the only Rihanna song I really like).

Also, like Henry said, The Doors - Touch Me. The organ is actually pretty rockin', along with the drums and horns.

[Jirin]

I'm a little surprised Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World isn't there because she has two albums in the top thousand and I think of Sweet Old World as her best.

[Live in Phoenix]

I'm surprised that Stevie Wonder's "My Cherie Amour" and Guns n' Roses' "November Rain" are only bubbling under ... I always thought they were up there with any of their other big hits.

[luvulongTIM]

Bubblers: whitechocolatespaceegg- Liz Phair
Never Loved Elvis- the Wonderstuff
Someone to Drive You Home- the Long Blondes
Free All Angels- Ash
Life on Other Planets- Supergrass
We Are the Pipettes- The Pipettes
Standing in the Way of Control- the Gossip
Wake Up- The Boo Radleys
Going Blank Again- Ride
Ballad of the Broken Sea- Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan
Set Yourself on Fire- Stars
The Remote Part- Idlewild
Mosley Shoals- Ocean Colour Scene


Nowhere to be Seen: Underachievers Please Try Harder- Camera Obscura
Split the Difference- Gomez
The Young Machines- Her Space Holiday
Dressy Bessy- Dressy Bessy
Us- Mull Historical Society
2- All Girl Summer Fun Band
Witching Hour- Ladytron
In Ribbons- Pale Saints
JJ72-JJ72
New Magnetic Wonder- Apples in Stereo
Clamming For it- Strawberry Story
Cake- Trash Can Sinatras
Weightlifting- Trash can Sinatras
Neptune- The Duke Spirit
Faded Seaside...-Delays
Gift- Curve
Lovelife- Lush
Split- Lush
Boys For Pele- Tori Amos
At the Club- Kenickie
o- Tilly and the Wall
Me- the Buck Brothers
Get the Gore- Gore Gore Girls
Let's Knife- Shonen Knife
Rooney- Rooney
A New Romance- Pretty Girls Make Graves
Sleeping with Ghosts- Placebo
No More Stories-Mew
And the Glass Handed Kites- Mew
Heathen Chemistry- Oasis
Lie Lover Lie- The Blood Arm
Copacetic- Velocity Girl

[Blanco]

Santana - Europa

[Maschine_Man]

Édith Piaf - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien

[lenyrock]

I've said it before:
I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After

This song is just love <3

[Mattceinicram]

Kinda surprised Carry on My Wayward Son isn't at least bubbling under

[Sweepstakes Ron]

Kinda surprised Carry on My Wayward Son isn't at least bubbling under

I was going to say this. Along with Down On The Corner. I think I thought of a few more but I can't remember them.

[stone37]

Of my top 500 songs, 390 are either in the AM 3000 or Bubbling Under. Among the remaining songs, most are lesser-known gems from my favorite albums and/or artists. I would be tickled if songs like "Care of Cell 44" (Zombies), "Too Many People" (McCartney), or "Please Let Me Wonder" (Beach Boys) made the cut, but I certainly don't expect such songs to make the list. The ten songs below are ones whose absence really takes me by surprise. For fun, I ranked them by the degree of surprise (from least to most)...

10. Tommy James and the Shondells, "Mony Mony." One of the great party records. Fixture on oldies stations for decades. Became a hit again in 1987 thanks to Billy Idol.

09. Temptations, "Since I Lost My Baby." One of Motown's best slow jams.

08. Dionne Warwick, "I Say a Little Prayer." Aretha's cover is on AM, but Warwick's version is better.

07. James Brown, "Give It Up or Turnit Loose." One of the funkiest records ever cut.

06. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, "You're All I Need to Get By." On the short list for best duet ever.

05. Stevie Wonder, "As." One of his best and most enduring songs.

04. Temptations, "I Can't Get Next to You." One of their biggest hits. Great vocal showcase.

03. Frank Sinatra, "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning." One of his most iconic songs.

02. James Brown. "Super Bad." I actually like #7 more, but "Super Bad" is better known and can still power TV ad campaigns in 2013.

01. The Who. "Behind Blue Eyes." The other two iconic tracks from Who's Next are in the AM Top 500. It is hard to believe this one has not achieved even a "Bubbling Under" status.

Honorable Mentions: "No Matter What" (Badfinger), "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" (Paul Simon), "Get Down Tonight" (KC and the Sunshine Band), "Goodbye Stranger" (Supertramp), "Sara Smile" (Hall and Oates), "The Real Me" (The Who), "Adam Raised a Cain" (Bruce Springsteen), "I've Just Seen a Face" (Beatles), "Two of Us" (Beatles), "Every Picture Tells a Story" (Rod Stewart), "Accidents Will Happen" (Elvis Costello), "Crazy Love" (Van Morrison), "Jessie's Girl" (Rick Springfield), "American Tune" (Paul Simon), "While You See a Chance" (Steve Winwood), "Here Comes the Rain Again" (Eurythmics), "Father Figure' (George Michael), "Nightswimming" (R.E.M.), "Daniel" (Elton John).

[DaveC]

Édith Piaf - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien

I was so surprised to read this that I had to double check. My #6 of all time.

The next song on my all time list which is missing from AM is Heaven by Talking Heads - not exactly rare or obscure.

[DaveC]

Neither You'll Never Walk Alone nor Ferry Cross The Mersey are anywhere to be seen.

[jenykiron]

Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne its nyc

[Mattceinicram]

I'm actually quite shocked not to find Clarity by Jimmy Eat World anywhere

[Maschine_Man]

I know I'm super biased, but the lack of certain White Stripes songs makes me sad. I can kinda understand why there aren't any from s/t and De Stijl. However, I can't believe that 7NA and My Doorbell are the only songs from their respective albums to make the cut.

[luvulongTIM]

Now that the site's been updated I was disappointed not to see The Pains of Being Pure At Heart's Belong ranked dispite it getting better reviews than their classic debut. Also I don't recall seeing Cults masterpiece debut listed anywhere either.

[Mattceinicram]

Curtis Mayfield- Pusherman

[Poliuks]

Animal Collective's great debut (especially considering how high it's ranked on Polish decade lists)
PiL - Albatross
Toro y Moi - Causers of This

[Gillingham]

One that I am baffled about:
Nina Simone - Sinnerman

I am glad it did so well in the unacclaimed songs game. Did it actually win? Anyway, quite some people agreed with me.

[whuntva]

The final was that and Curtis Mayfield's "Right on for Darkness" (which I'm also surprised is absent). I forget who won, though.

[Gillingham]

The final was that and Curtis Mayfield's "Right on for Darkness" (which I'm also surprised is absent). I forget who won, though.

Thanks, now I remember. Still not sure Sinnerman won, but I think it did.

[jamieW]

One song I always thought was bubbling under and found out otherwise when I worked on the new songs spreadsheet is "Possession" by Sarah McLachlan. "Sinnerman" and "Right On For the Darkness" (which have already been mentioned) are also favorites of mine that I hope will find enough sources to make the list in future updates.

[Brad]

The final was that and Curtis Mayfield's "Right on for Darkness" (which I'm also surprised is absent). I forget who won, though.

Thanks, now I remember. Still not sure Sinnerman won, but I think it did.

Technically, I don't think the finals ever really took place, but both songs are mega-winners anyway!

[Mattceinicram]

Anais Mitchell- Hadestown is nowhere to be found,yet it tops Anydecentmusic. This confuses me a bit