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Lists and rankings of music according to me. 

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Top 20 Favorite Beatles Songs
Favorite albums of the 1960s
Favorite albums of the 1970s
Favorite albums of the 1980s
Favorite albums of the 1990s
Favorite albums of the 2000s
Favorite Albums of the 2010s
Best music by decade, ranked
Best years in music, ranked
Grammy Album of the Year, if I had the sole vote
Ruin A Band Name By Changing One Letter

Top 20 Favorite Beatles Songs

  1. Strawberry Fields Forever
  2. Tomorrow Never Knows
  3. Here Comes the Sun
  4. Something
  5. I Am The Walrus
  6. Across the Universe
  7. Yesterday
  8. In My Life
  9. Help!
  10. I Should Have Known Better
  11. Let It Be
  12. You Won’t See Me
  13. A Day in the Life
  14. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  15. We Can Work It Out
  16. Penny Lane
  17. Paperback Writer
  18. Dear Prudence
  19. It’s All Too Much
  20. I Feel Fine

Favorite albums of the 1960s

  1. Revolver (The Beatles)
  2. Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
  3. Velvet Underground and Nico (Velvet Underground and Nico)
  4. Odessy and Oracle (The Zombies)
  5. Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix)
  6. We’re Only In It For The Money (The Mothers of Invention)
  7. Beggar’s Banquet (The Rolling Stones)
  8. The Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks)
  9. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Pink Floyd)
  10. S. F. Sorrow (The Pretty Things)

Favorite albums of the 1970s

  1. All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)
  2. Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
  3. Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones)
  4. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon)
  5. Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin)
  6. #1 Record (Big Star)
  7. Close to the Edge (Yes)
  8. Here Come the Warm Jets (Brian Eno)
  9. Ramones (The Ramones)
  10. Phaedra (Tangerine Dream)

Favorite albums of the 1980s

  1. Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth)
  2. Discipline (King Crimson)
  3. Remain in Light (Talking Heads)
  4. You Are What You Is (Frank Zappa)
  5. Graceland (Paul Simon)
  6. Ghost in the Machine (The Police)
  7. Joshua Tree (U2)
  8. Kill ‘Em All (Metallica)
  9. Rain Dogs (Tom Waits)
  10. East Side Story (Squeeze)

Favorite albums of the 1990s

  1. OK Computer (Radiohead)
  2. Fountains of Wayne (Fountains of Wayne)
  3. I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (Yo La Tengo)
  4. Dusk at Cubist Castle (Olivia Tremor Control)
  5. Dirty (Sonic Youth)
  6. Superunknown (Soundgarden)
  7. Odelay (Beck)
  8. Achtung Baby (U2)
  9. Girlfriend (Matthew Sweet)
  10. Loveless (My Bloody Valentine)

Favorite albums of the 2000s

  1. I Am Not Afraid of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (Yo La Tengo)
  2. Welcome Interstate Managers (Fountains of Wayne)
  3. Sea Change (Beck)
  4. Never Hear the End of It (Sloan)
  5. Kid A (Radiohead)
  6. Smile (Brian Wilson)
  7. Don’t Believe the Truth (Oasis)
  8. Elephant (The White Stripes)
  9. Is This It (The Strokes)
  10. The Age of the Sun (The Sunshine Fix)

Favorite albums of the 2010s

  1. Nonagon Infinity (King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard)
  2. And Now for the Whatchamacallit (Psychedelic Porn Crumpets)
  3. Manipulator (Ty Segal)
  4. Pictures (Len Price 3)
  5. Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit (Courtney Barnett)
  6. St. Vincent (St. Vincent)
  7. Morning Phase (Beck)
  8. Psychedelic Pill (Neil Young)
  9. Turkey (Mike Krol)
  10. Blackstar (David Bowie)

Best music by decade, ranked

  1. 1960s
  2. 1970s
  3. 1990s
  4. 2000s
  5. 2010s
  6. every other decade
  7. 1980s

Best years in music, ranked

  1. 1968
  2. 1967
  3. 1966
  4. 1969
  5. 1965
  6. All other years

Grammy Album of the Year, if I had the sole vote

1964: A Hard Days Night (The Beatles)
1965: Rubber Soul (The Beatles)
1966: Revolver (The Beatles)
1967: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)
1968: Odessey and Oracle (The Zombies)
1969: Abbey Road (The Beatles)
1970: All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)
1971: What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)
1972: Exile on Main Street (The Rolling Stones)
1973: Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
1974: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Genesis)
1975: Another Green World (Brian Eno)
1976: The Ramones (The Ramones)
1977: Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)
1978: The Cars (The Cars)
1979: London Calling (The Clash)
1980: Remain in Light (Talking Heads)
1981: Discipline (King Crimson)
1982: Thriller (Michael Jackson)
1983: Kill ‘Em All (Metallica)
1984: Couldn’t Stand the Weather (Stevie Ray Vaughn)
1985: Telephone Free Landslide Victory (Camper Van Beethoven)
1986: So (Peter Gabriel)
1987: Sign o’ the Times (Prince)
1988: Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth)
1989: Full Moon Fever (Tom Petty)
1990: Fear of a Black Planet (Public Enemy)
1991: Loveless (My Bloody Valentine)
1992: Rage Against the Machine (Rage Against the Machine)
1993: Exile in Guyville (Liz Phair)
1994: The Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails)
1995: Different Class (Pulp)
1996: Dusk at Cubist Castle (Olivia Tremor Control)
1997: OK Computer (Radiohead)
1998: XO (Elliott Smith)
1999: Mule Variations (Tom Waits)
2000: The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone (The Apples in Stereo)
2001: Vespertine (Bjork)
2002: Sea Change (Beck)
2003: Welcome Interstate Managers (Fountains of Wayne)
2004: Brian Wilson Presents Smile (Brian Wilson)
2005: Guero (Beck)
2006: I Am Not Afraid of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (Yo La Tengo)
2007: Never Hear the End of It (Sloan)
2008: The Null Hypothesis (Fresh Red)

Ruin A Band Name By Changing One Letter

  • The Spooges
  • The Whom
  • The Small Feces
  • Public Enema
  • Motörheal
  • The Dear Kennedys
  • Puns N’ Roses
  • The Pretty Thongs
  • Blandie
  • Graftwerk
  • Supercramp
  • The Bestie Boys
  • Sonic Couth
  • The Meatles
  • Rash
  • Spinal Pap
  • Nine Inch Jails
  • The Poors
  • Semon and Garfunkle
  • The Moldy Blues
  • Black Flog
  • Jefferson Firplane
  • Electric Blight Orchestra
  • The Minks
  • Fed Hot Chili Peppers
  • The Bagles
  • Pearl Ham