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• Readers top 100 singles of all time - 1997
• Mojo Readers Top 100 Singers Of All Time 
• 100 Punk Scorchers
• The Ultimate Out There Albums
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January 1996 Edition

1. The Beatles - Revolver
2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
3. The Beatles - Abbey Road
4. The Beatles - The Beatles
5. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
6. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
7. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
8. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
9. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
10. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
11. Love - Forever Changes
12. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
13. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico
14. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
15. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
16. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust The Stooges - Fun House

17. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
18. The Doors - The Doors Joni Mitchell - Blue
19. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
20. Neil Young - After The Goldrush
21. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On /David Bowie - Station To Station
22. The Clash - London Calling
23. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
24. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin(4)
25. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
26. The Band - The Band
27. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
28. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet

29. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
30. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
31. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
32. The Who - Who's Next
33. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
34. Television - Marquee Moon
35. Joni Mitchell - Blue
36. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
37. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
38. John Lennon - Imagine
39. Nirvana - Nevermind
40. Van Morrison - Moondance
41. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
42. Patti Smith - Horses
43. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
44. Derek & The Dominos - Layla
45. U2 - The Joshua Tree
46. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
47. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
48. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
49. The Clash - The Clash
50. Joy Division - Closer
51. Neil Young - Harvest
52. The Doors - L.A. Woman
53. Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
54. Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
55. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
56. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
57. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
58. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
59. Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
60. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
61. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
62. Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
63. Nick Drake - Bryter Lyter
64. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
65. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
66. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
67. R.E.M. - Out Of Time
68. Carole King - Tapestry
69. David Bowie - Low
70. Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
71. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
72. Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
73. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
74. Paul Simon - Graceland
75. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
76. Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
77. Fairport Convention - Liege And Lief
78. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
79. The Jam - All Mod Cons
80. Cream - Disraeli Gears
81. Lou Reed - Transformer
82. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
83. Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
84. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
85. Crowded House - Woodface
86. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
87. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
88. Pink Floyd - The Wall
89. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps

90. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
91. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
92. R.E.M. - Murmur
93. U2 - Achtung Baby
94. Crosby, Stills And Nash - Crosby, Stills And Nash
95. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
96. Joni Mitchell - Courst And Spark
97. David Bowie - Station To Station
98. The Band - Music From Big Pink
99. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
100. The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake

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Mojo Readership Top 100 Tracks Of The '90's

Published March 1997 issue

1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Sprit
2. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
3. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
4. Pulp - Common People
5. Oasis - Wonderwall
6. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Angar
7. R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
8. Radiohead - Creep
9. Blur - Parklife
10. U2 - One
11. Oasis - Live Forever
12. Supergrass - Alright
13. Happy Mondays - Step On
14. Mcalmont & Butler - Yes
15. Beck - Loser
16. Portishead - Glory Box
17. Primal Scream - Loaded
18. R.E.M. - Find The River
19. Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
20. The Prodigy - Firestarter
21. Underworld - Born Slippy
22. Bjork - Venus As A Boy
23. Pulp - Sorted For E's And Wiz
24. Portishead - Sour Times
25. Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
26. Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun
27. Edwin Collins - A Girl Like You
28. Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia
29. Pulp - Disco 2000
30. The Passengers - Miss Sarajevo
31. Tricky - Black Steel
32. Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol
33. Crowded House - Weather With You
34. Alanis Morissette - You Ought To Know
35. The Beatles - Free As A Bird
36. Paul Weller - Wild Wood
37. New Order - Regret
38. U2 - The Fly
39. Bjork - Play Dead
40. Suede - Animal Nitrate
41. R.E.M. - Man On The Moon
42. Radiohead - Lucky
43. Black Grape - Reverend Black Grape
44. K.D. Lang - Constant Craving
45. Ocean Colour Scene - The River Boat Song
46. Paul Weller - The Changing Man
47. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
48. Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
49. Radiohead - The Bends
50. Oasis - Champagne Supernova
51. The La's - There She Goes
52. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
53. James - Sit Down
54. Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
55. Youssou N'dour & Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds
56. Alanis Morissette - Ironic
57. Oasis - Whatever
58. Joan Osborne - One Of Us
59. The Cranberries - Zombie
60. Portishead - Numb
61. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
62. Oasis - Acquiesce
63. Paul Weller - You Do Something To Me
64. R.E.M. - Nightswimming
65. Radiohead - High And Dry
66. Nirvana - Come As You Are
67. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
68. Metallica - Enter Sandman
69. Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
70. Oasis - Slide Away
71. U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing
72. Counting Crows - Mr Jones
73. The Breeders - Cannonball
74. Sinead o'Connor - Nothing Compares To You
75. Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream
76. Elastica - Connection
77. Aimee Mann - 4th Of July
78. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
79. Bjork - Human Behaviour
80. Blur - Girls And Boys
81. High Llamas - Checking In Checking Out
82. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
83. The Stone Roses - Love Spreads
84. Pulp - Babies
85. Portishead - Mysterons
86. World Party - Put The Message In A Box
87. The Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo!
88. Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
89. Blur - This Is A Low
90. Stereolab - French Disco
91. EMF - Unbelievable
92. Sting - Fields Of Gold
93. Neil Young - Sleeps With Angles
94. Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Mix)
95. Public Enemy - Fight The Power
96. TLC - Waterfalls
97. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
98. Neil Young - Harvest Moon
99. The Bluetones - Slight Return
100. Take That - Back For Good

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Mojo Readers All Time To 100 Singles

December 1997

1. The Beatles ~ Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane
2. The Kinks ~ Waterloo Sunset
3. The Beach Boys ~ Good Vibrations
4. Bob Dylan ~ Like A Rolling Stone
5. Jimi Hendrix ~ All Along The Watchtower
6. The Byrds ~ Eight Miles High
7. The Beatles ~ Hey Jude/Revolution
8. Bob Marley & The Wailers ~ No Woman No Cry
9. Pink Floyd ~ See Emily Play
10. Small Faces ~ Little Tin Soldier
11. The Smiths ~ This Charming Man
12. The Beach Boys – God Only Knows
13. Free ~ All Right Now
14. The Who ~ My Generation
15. The Undertones ~ Teenage Kicks
16. Sex Pistols ~ Anarchy In The Uk
17. Bruce Springsteen ~ Born To Run
18. Marvin Gaye ~ I Herd It Through The Grapevine
19. The Byrds ~ Mr Tambourine Man
20. Chuck Berry ~ Johnny B. Good
21. John Lennon ~ Imagine
22. The Animals ~ House Of The Rising Sun
23. Queen ~ Bohemian Rhapsody
24. Otis Redding ~ (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
25. Derek & The Dominos ~ Layla
26. Lou Reed ~ Walk On The Wild Side
27. The Rolling Stones ~ Jumpin’ Jack Flash
28. Rod Stewart ~ Maggie May
29. The Who ~ Substitute
30. The Beatles ~ Paperback Writer/Rain
31. The Rolling Stones ~ (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
32. Nirvana ~ Smells Like Teen Spirit
33. Mott The Hoople ~ All The Young Dudes
34. Don McLean ~ American Pie
35. The Miracles ~ Tracks Of My Tears
36. The Rolling Stones ~ Paint It Black
37. Fleetwood Mac ~ Man Of The World
38. Procol Harum ~ A Whiter Shade Of Pale
39. The Beatles ~ She Loves You
40. Ike & Tina Turner ~ River Deeb Mountain High
41. Jimi Hendrix Experience ~ Purple Haze
42. Oasis ~ Live Forever
43. The Small Faces ~ Itchycoo Park
44. Van Morrison ~ Brown Eyed Girl
45. The Kinks ~ You Really Got Me
46. R.E.M. ~ Losing My Religion
47. The Doors ~ Light My Fire
48. The Jam ~ Going Underground
49. The Who ~ I Can See For Miles
50. The Ronettes ~ Be My Baby
51. The Righteous Brothers ~ You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
52. The Stone Roses ~ Fools Gold/What The World Is Waiting For
53. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band ~ Instant Karma
54. Jefferson Airplane ~ White Rabbit
55. Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five ~ The Message
56. Bob Dylan ~ Positively 4^th Street
57. The Rolling Stones ~ Honky Tonk Woman
58. Todd Rundgren ~ I Saw The Light
59. Them ~ Baby Please Go/Gloria
60. The Verve ~ Bitter Sweet Symphony
61. The Mumas And Papas ~ California Dreamin’
62. Johnny Kidd And The Pirates ~ Shakin’ All Over
63. Dexy’s Midnight Runners ~ Come On Eileen
64. ? And The Mysterians ~ 96 Tears
65. The Band ~ The Weight/I Shall Be Released
66. The Kinks ~ Lola
67. The Beatles ~ I Want To Hold Your Hand
68. The Rolling Stones ~ Brown Sugar
69. The Shadows ~ Apache
70. The La’s ~ There She Goes
71. Sinead O’ Connor ~ Nothing Compares To You
72. Glen Campbell ~ Wichita Lineman
73. The Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
74. Aretha Franklin ~ Respect
75. The Temptations ~ My Girl
76. The Clash ~ London Calling
77. The Smiths ~ How Soon Is Now?
78. Jimi Hendrix Experience ~ Hey Joe
79. The Tornadoes ~ Telstar
80. The Jam ~ Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
81. Talking Heads ~ Once In A Lifetime
82. Radiohead ~ Creep
83. Pulp ~ Common People
84. Love ~ Alone Again Or
85. The Eagles ~ Hotel California
86. Curtis Mayfield ~ Move On Up
87. Abba ~ Dancing Queen
88. Kate Bush ~ Wathering Heights
89. Squeeze ~ Up The Junction
90. Elvis Presley ~ Suspicious Minds
91. The Doors ~ Riders On The Storm
92. Sex Pistols ~ Pretty Vacant
93. The Moody Blues ~ Nights In White Satin
94. Simon And Garfunkel ~ Bridge Over Troubled Water
95. Joy Division ~ Love Will Tear Us Apart
96. Elvis Presley ~ Heartbreak Hotel
97. David Bowie ~ "Heroes"
98. R.E.M. ~ Everybody Hurts
99. Elvis Presley ~ Hound Dog/Don’t Be Cruel
100. Oasis ~ Don’t Look Back In Anger

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Mojo Readers Top 100 Singers Of All Time – From Issue 66 – May 1999

Mojo - 100 Punk Scorchers

  Published in iss. 95 - October 2001

1. Sex Pistols – God Save The queen
2. The Romones – Blitzkrieg Pop
3. The Damned – Neat Neat Neat
4. The Clash – White Riot
5. The Jam – In The City
6. Richard Hell – Blank Generation
7. The Saints – (I’m) Stranded
8. Patti Smith – Gloria
9. X Ray Spex – Oh Bondage, Up Yours
10. Gang Of Four – Damaged Goods
11. Buzzcocks – Boredom
12. The Adverts – Gary Gilmore’s Eyes
13. Sex Pistols – Holidays In The Sun
14. The Saints – This Perfect Days
15. Sham 69 – Borstal Breakout
16. Dead Kennedy’s – California Uber Alles
17. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
18. Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
19. The Only Ones – Another Girl Another Planet
20. Generation X – Wild Youth
21. Blondie – X Offender
22. Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device
23. Penetration – Don’t Dictate
24. The Ruts – Babylon’s Burning
25. The Members – The Sounds Of The Suburbs
26. The Dammed – New Rose
27. Pere Ubu – Street Waves
28. Television – Little Johnny Jewel
29. Spizzenergi – Where’s Captain Kirk?
30. Ian Dury And The Blockheads – Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll
31. Alternative TV – Action Time Vision
32. The Undertones – Get Over You
33. The Pop Group – We Are All Prostitutes
34. Siouxsie And The Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
35. Pere Ubu – 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
36. Wreckless Eric – The Whole Wide World
37. The Clash – Complete Control
38. The Raincoats – Fairytale In The Supermarket
39. The Slits – Typical Girl
40. The Fall – Rowche Rumble
41. The Dead Boys – Sonic Reducer
42. Slaughter And The Dogs – Cranked Up Really High
43. Subway Sect – Nobody’s Scared
44. Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The Uk
45. Wire – 12XU
46. Johnny Thunders – You   Can’t Put Your Arms Round A Memory
47. The Users – Sick Of You
48. UK Subs – Cid EP
49. Television Personalities – Part-Time Punks
50. Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
51. Public Image Ltd – Public Image
52. Jilted John – Jilted John
53. The Heartbreakers – Chinese Rocks
54. Wayne County And The Electric Chairs – Fuck Off
55. Joy Division – An Ideal For Living EP
56. Suicide – Cheree
57. The Rezillos – Can’t Stand My Baby
58. The Nosebleeds – Ain’t Bin To Music School
59. The Lurkers – Just Thirteen
60. John Cooper Clarke – Psycle Sluts
61. The Cure – Killing An Arab
62. Chelsea – Right To Work
63. The Ruts – In A Rut
64. The Cortinas – Fascist Dictator
65. Plastic Bertrand – Ca Plane Pour Moi
66. The Germs – Forming
67. Crime – Hot Wire My Heart
68. The Avengers – Car Crash
69. Tom Robinson Band – Up Against The Wall
70. Adam And The Ants – Zerox
71. The Weirdoes – We Got A Neutron Bomb
72. The Stranglers – (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
73. The Zeros – Wild Weekend
74. The Residents – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
75. The Mekons – Where Were You
76. Rich Kids – Ghosts Of Princes In Towers
77. Martin And The Brownshirts – Taxi Driver
78. Magazine – Shot Both Sides
79. Buzzcocks – Orgasm Addict
80. The Jam – All Around The World
81. Eater – Thinking Of The USA
82. Devo – Jocko Homo
83. Black Flag – Nervous Breakdown EP
84. Swell Maps – Read About Seymour
85. Snatch – I.R.T. & Stanley
86. Riff Raff – I Wanna Be A Cosmonaut
87. Radiators From Space – Television Screen
88. The Vibrators – Judy Says (Knock You In The Head)
89. The Nips – Gabrielle
90. Kleenex – Heidi’s Head
91. Subway Sect – Ambition
92. The Dickies – Banana Splits
93. The Killjoys – Johnny Won’t Get To Heaven
94. The Flys – Love And A Molotov Cocktail
95. The Drones – Bone Idol
96. The Dils – I Hate The Rich
97. Sex Pistols – My Way
98. 999 – Emergency
99. Angelic Upstarts – The Murder Of Liddle Towers
100. Eddie And The Hot Rods – Live At The Marquee

The Ultimate Out There Albums

Mojo – March 2005

See also:  The 40 Greatest Psychedelic Albums Of All Time & The Best Prog Rock Albums

1. Captain Beefheart – Trout Mask Replica
2. Sun Ra – Space Is The Place
3. Miles Davis – Agharta
4. Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
5. Buthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
6. Faust – The Faust Tapes
7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love
8. John Coltrain – Ascension
9. The United States Of America – The United States Of America
10. White Noise – An Electric Storm
11. The Flaming Lips – Zaireka
12. Os Mutantes – Os Mutantes
13. The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
14. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band
15. The Holy Modal Rounders – The Morlay Eels Eat…
16. The Residents – Ralph Records 10th Anniversary Special!
17. Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
18. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
19. Hawkwind – Space Ritual Alive
20. Boredoms – AE
21. Patty Waters – Colledg Tour
22. Perry & Kingsley – Kaleidoscope Vibrations: Spotlight On The Moog
23. Frank Zappa – Lumpy Gravy
24. Gordon Jenkins – Seven Derams
25. The Monks – Black Monk Time
26. Diamanda Galas – Plague Mass
27. Comets On Fire – Field Recordings From The Sun
28. Joe Meek And The Blue Men – I Here A New World (An Outer Space Music Fantasy)
29. Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence – Oar
30. Esquivel! – Four Corners Of The World
31. Scott Walker – Tilt
32. Steven Jesse Bernstein – Prison
33. The Stark Reality - …Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop
34. Barbra Streisand - … And Other Musical Instruments
35. Ca Quintet – Trip Thru Hell
36. Cybotron – Cyber Ghetto
37. Dreamies – Auralgraphic Entertainment
38. Tim Buckley – Starsailor
39. Mercury Rev – Boces
40. Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
41. Throbbing Gristle – Second Annual Report
42. Wild Man Fischer – An Evening With Wild Man Fisher
43. Wiliam S Fischer – Circles
44. Ar & Machines – Echo
45. John Zorn – Naked City
46. Ennio Moricone – Escalation
47. Bongwater – Double Bummer
48. Ottilie Patterson – Spring Song
49. Basil Kirchin – Quantum
50. Paddy Mcaloon – I Trawl The Megahertz

(MOJO June 2006)

“From gentle hits to lost classics, from gentle folk rock to pioneering punk rock, from March 1970 to December 1979.” “… Chronological countdown of 70 of the decade’s greatest albums…”

o Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Dιjΰ Vu
o Who – Live at Leeds
o Free – Fire & Water
o Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead
o Harrison, George – All Things Must Pass
o King, Carole – Tapestry
o Drake, Nick – Bryter Layter
o Lennon, John – Plastic Ono Band
o Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
o McCartney, Paul & Linda – Ram
o Who – Who’s Next
o T.Rex – Electric Warrior
o Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
o Led Zeppelin – IV
o Pink Floyd – Meddle
o Alice Cooper – Killer
o Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
o Rundgren, Todd – Something/Anything?
o Deep Purple – Machine Head
o Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St
o Black Sabbath – Vol 4
o Yes – Close to the Edge
o Genesis – Foxtrot
o Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Clear Spot
o Reed, Lou - Transformer
o Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book
o Martyn, John – Solid Air
o Little Feat – Dixie Chicken
o Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
o Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
o Bowie, David – Aladdin Sane
o Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Catch a Fire
o Oldfield, Mike – Tubular Bells
o Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power
o John, Elton – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
o Eno, Brian – Here Come the Warm Jets
o Sparks – Kimono My House
o Young, Neil – On the Beach
o Clark, Gene – No Other
o King Crimson – Red
o Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
o Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
o Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
o Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
o Smith, Patti – Horses
o Frampton, Peter – Frampton Comes Alive!
o Steely Dan – Royal Scam
o Aerosmith – Rocks
o Ramones - Ramones
o Mitchell, Joni – Hejira
o Eagles – Hotel California
o Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
o Television – Marquee Moon
o Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
o Dury, Ian & the Blockheads – New Boots & Panties!!
o Wilson, Dennis – Pacific Ocean Blue
o Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
o Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
o Bush, Kate – Kick Inside
o Van Halen – Van Halen
o AC/DC – Powerage
o Springsteen, Bruce – Darkness on the Edge of Town
o Thin Lizzy – Live & Dangerous
o Big Star – 3rd: Sister Lovers
o Bowie, David – Lodger
o Young, Neil & Crazy Horse – Rust Never Sleeps
o Talking Heads – Fear of Music
o Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
o Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers – Damn the Torpedoes
o Clash – London Calling