The World Critic Lists

Some 50 rock critics and DJ's of U.K. and U.S. were asked to list "the ten greatest rock albums of all-time, in order of preference".

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The lists were compiled by Paul Gambaccini in 1978 & the exercise was repeated again in 1987.


Gambo 200 1978

The World Critic List 1978

Sgt. Pepper

1. Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967
2. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde 1966
3. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited 1965
4. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 1968
5. Beatles - Rubber Soul 1965
6. Beatles - Revolver 1966
7. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street 1972
8. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed 1969
9. Beatles - Abbey Road 1969
10. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 1975
11. Elvis Presley - Sun Collection 1975
12. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 1966
13. Band - The Band 1969
14. Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground & Nico (Banana) 1967
15. Derek & Dominos - Layla 1970
16. Love - Forever Changes 1967
17. Jimi Hendrix - Experience Are You Experienced 1967
18. Beatles - The White Album 1968
19. Who - Who's Next 1971
20. Buddy Holly - Legend
21. Carole King - Tapestry 1971
22. Van Morrison - Moondance1970
23. Otis Redding - Blue 1965
24. Clash - Clash 1977
25. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks 1974
26. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come 1972
27. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home 1965
28. John Lennon - Imagine 1971
29. Led Zeppelin IV - 1971
30. Velvet Underground - 1969 - Live 1974
31. Who - My Generation 1965
32. Who - Tommy 1969
33. Otis Redding - The Immortal 1968
34. Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme 1990
35. Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads 1965
36. John Stewart - California Bloodlines 1969
37. Rolling Stones - Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) 1966
38. Beatles - 1962-1966 1973
39. Beach Boys - Endless Summer 1974
40. Neil Young - After The Goldrush 1970
41. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life 1976
42. Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet 1968
43. Doors - Doors1967
44. Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon 1973
45. James Brown - At The Apollo Vol. 1 1962
46. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story 1971
47. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust 1972
48. Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview 1972
49. Peter Framton - Framton Comes Alive! 1975
50. Beatles - With The Beatles 1963
51. Blood, Sweat And Tears - Blood, Sweat And Tears 1969
52. Who - Live At Leeds 1970
53. Frank Zappa & Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money 1967
54. Beach Boys - Surf's Up 1971
55. Who - Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy 1971
56. Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits 1967
57. Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs 1969
58. Michael Nesmith - And The Hits Just Keep On Comin' 1972
59. Average White Band - Awb 1974
60. Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Chirping Crickets 1957
61. Five Royales - Dedicated To You 1950's
62. Diana Ross & The Supremes - Greatest Hits 1967
63. Supertramp - Even In The Quietest Moments 1967
64. John Lennon - Mind Games 1973
65. King Crimsonin - In The Court Of The Crimson King 1969
66. Elvis Presley - Rock'n'roll 1972
67. Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! 1970
68. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers 1971
69. Who - Sell Out 1967
70. Elvis Presley - Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits, Vol. 1 1970
71. Mc 5 - Back In The Usa 1970
72. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn 1975
73. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow 1967
74. Elvis Presley - A Date With Elvis 1959
75. Chuck Berry - More Chuck Berry 1965
76. Big Brother & Holding Co - Cheap Thrills 1968
77. Van Morrison - Hard Nose The Highway 1973
78. Ronettes - The Ronettes Sing Their Greatest Hits! 1964
79. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 1970
80. Doors - Absolutely Live 1976
81. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul 1972
82. Them - The "Angry" Young Them 1965
83. Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons 1967
84. Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits 1967
85. Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy 1975
86. Who - Direct Hits 1969
87. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet - Live Bullet 1976
88. Led Zeppelin - Ii 1969
89. Bob Dylan & The Band - In 1966 There Was… (Live At Albert Hall; Bootleg) 1966
90. Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971 1972
91. Booker T & Mg's - Soul Dressing 1972
92. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book 1972
93. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 1968
94. Neil Young - Harvest 1972
95. Randy Newman - 12 Songs 1969
96. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory 1970
97. Miracles - Going To A Go-Go 1965
98. Genevieve Waite - Romance Is On The Wire 1974
99. Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry's Golden Decade Vol. 2 1973
100. Buddy Holly -The Buddy Holly Story 1959
101. Simon & Garfunkel 1968
102. Aretha Franklin - Aretha's Gold 1972
103. Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne 1972
104. Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East 1971
105. Steve Miller Band - Sailor 1968
106. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 1971
107. Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed 1967
108. Supertramp - Crime Of The Century 1974
109. Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch 1974
110. David Ackles - American Gothic 1972
111. B.B. King - Live At The Regal 1971
112. Ramones - Ramones 1976
113. Dory Previn - Live At Carnegie Hall 1973
114. Iggy & Stooges - Fun House 1970
115. Beach Boys - Greatest Hits 1970
116. Elvis Presleyelvis' - Golden Records (Vol I) 1958
117. Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline 1969
118. Kinks - Something Else 1967
119. David Bowie - David Live At The Tower Philadelphia 1974
120. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band 1970
121. Led Zeppelin - I 1969
122. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973
123. Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love 1967
124. Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard 1974
125. Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat 1967
126. Bob Marley & Wailers - Catch A Fire 1973
127. Velvet Underground - Golden Archive Series 1970
128. Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends 1968
129. John Phillips - Wolfking Of L.A. 1970
130. John Prine - John Prine 1971
131. Jonathan Richman & Modern Lovers - Jonathan Richman & Modern Lovers 1976
132. Procol Harum - In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra 1971
133. Richard Thompson & Linda - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 1976
134. Huey "Piano" Smith - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu 1965
135. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The 1973
136. Johnny Burnette - Johnny Burnette & His Rock'n'roll Trio 1966
137. Chuck Berry - Motorvatin' (22 Rock'n'roll Classics) 1977
138. Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour 1967
139. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding 1968
140. Various Artists - Motown Songbook - The Original Versions 1976
141. Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 1976
142. Joni Mitchell - For The Roses1972
143. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash 1969
144. Janis Joplin - Joplin In Concert 1972
145. Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker 1970
146. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 1975
147. Chicago - Live At Carnegie Hall 1975
148. Cream - Goodbye 1969
149. Nico - Chelsea Girl 1968
150. Various Artists - Woodstock - Music From The Original Soundtrack And More 1970
151. Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky 1974
152. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton 1966
153. Dionne Warwick - Presenting Dionne Warwick 1964
154. Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers 1968
155. John Cale - Paris 1919 1973
156. Grateful Dead - American Beauty 1970
157. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Works Volume 1 1971
158. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats 1970
159. Appletree Theatre - Playback 1969
160. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis 1968
161. Belmonts - Cigars, Acapella, Candy 1972
162. T. Rex - Electric Warrior 1971
163. Beatles1967- 1970
164. Joni Mitchell - Clouds 1969
165. Rolling Stones - No. 2 1964
166. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Greatest Hits Vol. Ii 1968
167. Otis Redding - Otis Redding In Europe 1968
168. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 1970
169. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. 1973
170. David Bowie - Hunky Dory 1971
171. Steve Miller - Fly Like An Eagle 1976
172. Ray Charles - A Man And His Soul 1967
173. Lou Reed - Rock'n'roll Animal 1974
174. Ray Charles - Genius Sings The Blues 1960
175. Traffic - Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory 1973
176. Traffic - The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys 1971
177. Soft Machine - Soft Machine 1969
178. Eddie Cochran - Legendary Masters 1972
179. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel 1974
180. Peter, Paul & Mary - Album 1700 1967
181. Robert Johnson - King Of The Delta Blues Singers 1970
182. Patti Smith - Horses 1975
183. Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino 1975
184. Can - Ege Bamyasi 1972
185. Beach Boys - Holland 1973
186. Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry's Golden Decade 1972
187. Doors - L.A. Woman 1971
188. Cliff Richard - Cliff's Hit Album 1963
189. Jimi Hendrix & Otis Redding - Live At Monterey 1970
190. Eagles - One Of These Nights 1976
191. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground 1969
192. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 1975
193. Chicago - Chicago Ix - Chicago's Greatest Hits 1975
194. Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) 1974
195. Various Artists - Solid Gold Soul 1966
196. Graham Bond - Sound Of '65 1965
197. Donny Hathaway - Everything Is Everything 1971
198. Temptations - The Temptations Greatest Hits 1966
199. New York Dolls - New York Dolls 1973
200. Richie Havens - Mixed Bag 1967

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The World Critics Lists ~ 1987

The Top 100 Rock 'n' Roll Albums Of All Time

A similar project to the 1978 list, but only a Top 100 this time.

1.Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2.Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
3.Dylan, Bob - Blonde On Blonde
4.Gaye, Marvin - What's Going On
5.Springsteen, Bruce - Born In The U.S.A.
6.Presley, Elvis - The Sun Collection
7.Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico
8. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
9. Morrison, Van - Astral Weeks
10.Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
11.Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
12.Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
13.Beatles - Abbey Road
14.Wonder, Stevie - Songs In The Key Of Life
15.Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
16.Brown, James - Live At The Apollo
17.Beatles - Revolver
18.Dylan, Bob - Highway 61 Revisited
19.Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
20.Who - Who's Next
21.Beatles - Rubber Soul
22.Redding, Otis - Otis Blue
23.Jackson, Michael - Thriller
24.Band - The Band
25.Dylan, Bob - Blood On The Tracks
26.Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
27.Roxy Music - Avalon
28.Costello, Elvis - My Aim Is True
29.Beatles - With The Beatles
30.King, Carole - Tapestry
31.Clash - The Clash
32.Dylan, Bob - Bringing It All Back Home
33.Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
34.Love - Forever Changes
35.Thompson, Richard and Linda - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
36.Marley, Bob and the Wailers - Live!
37.Mitchell, Joni - Court And Spark
38.Wonder, Stevie - Innervisions
39.Costello, Elvis - Get Happy!!
40.Clash - London Calling
41.Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
42.Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
43.Parker, Graham and the Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks
44.Parsons, Gram - Grievous Angel
45.Police - Synchronicity
46.McGarrigle, Kate and Anna - Kate and Anna McGarrigle
47.U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
48.Eagles - Hotel California
49.Buckley, Tim - Starsailor
50.Hendrix, Jimi Experience - Electric Ladyland
51.Turner, Tina - Private Dancer
52.Morrison, Van - Moondance
53.Morrison, Van - It's Too Late To Stop Now
54.Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
55.Joel, Billy - The Stranger
56.Henley, Don - Building The Perfect Beast
57.Cale, John - Paris 1919
58.Bowie, David - Hunky Dory
59.Springsteen, Bruce - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
60.Costello, Elvis - This Year's Model
61.Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
62.Pretenders - The Pretenders
63.Bland, Bobby - Dreamer
64.Band - Music From Big Pink
65.Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
66.Who - Sell Out
67.Mitchell, Joni - Blue
68.Rolling Stones - Aftermath
69.Richie, Lionel - Can't Slow Down
70.Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
71.Beatles - Beatles For Sale
72. Bowie, David - Young Americans
72. Lewis, Huey and the News - Sports
74. Wonder, Stevie - Talking Book
75. Presley, Elvis - King Creole
75. Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
75. Roxy Music - Stranded
78. Holly, Buddy and the Crickets - The Chirpin’ Crickets
78. Dylan, Bob - John Wesley Harding
78. Big Star - Radio City
81. Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
81. Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
83. Jackson, Michael - Off The Wall
84. Gaye, Marvin - Let's Get It On
85. Lennon, John - Imagine
86. Franklin, Aretha - Amazing Grace
87. Smith, Patti - Horses
87. Dire Straits - Making Movies
87. Waits, Tom - Swordfishtrombones
90. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
90. Bowie, David - The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
92. Doors - L.A. Woman
92. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla
94. Spector, Phil & Various Artists - A Christmas Gift For You
95. Robinson, Smokey & the Miracles - Going To A Go-Go
95. Band - The Last Waltz
97. Hendrix, Jimi Experience - Are You Experienced?
97. Joplin, Janis - Pearl
97. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
100. Reed, Lou - Transformer




Individual Critics Top 10s

When bulleted as opposed to numbered, the list was offered in no particular order. Not sure how they totalled those votes! Note the captions relate to what these people were doing at the time of the book’s publication (1987), not the present.

Baker, Glenn A: An Australian writer, music historian & archivist.

1. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
2. Presley, Elvis – Sun Collection
3. Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
4. Parsons, Gram – Grievous Angel
5. Dillards – Wheatstraw Suite
6. Spector, Phil & Various Artists – A Christmas Gift for You
7. Charles, Ray – 25th Anniversary in Show Business Salute to… (1971 comp)
8. Beatles – Rubber Soul
9. Buffalo Springfield – Again
10. Mink DeVille – Chat Bleu

Barnes, Ken: Senior Vice-President and Editor of Radio and Records, he has also recently been the singles columnist of Creem magazine.

1. Who – My Generation
2. Beach Boys – Today!
3. Love – Forever Changes
4. Fairport Convention – Liege and Lief
5. Velvet Underground - & Nico
6. Byrds – Notorious Byrd Brothers
7. Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
8. Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers – Long After Dark
9. Chic – Risqué
10. Cash, Rosanne – Rhythm & Romance

Birch, Ian: of Elle magazine

o Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
o Newman, Randy – 12 Songs
o Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
o Costello, Elvis – Armed Forces
o Springfield, Dusty – A Girl Called Dusty
o Jackson, Michael – Off the Wall
o Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
o Eno, Brian – Before and After Science
o Wyatt, Robert – Nothing Can Stop Us (1981 compilation of early singles)
o Cale, John – Paris 1919

Blackwood, Nina: one of the original MTV VJs.

1. Beatles – Beatles (White Album)
2. Harrison, George – All Things Must Pass
3. Henley, Don – Building the Perfect Beast
4. Kinks – Something Else
5. Beatles – Rubber Soul
6. Waite, John – Ignition
7. Eagles – Hotel California
8. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
9. Joel, Billy – Stranger
10. Townshend, Pete – All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes

Brown, Mick: of the Sunday Times, Guardian and other prominent British publications.

1. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
2. Bland, Bobby – Dreamer
3. Franklin, Aretha – Amazing Grace
4. Waits, Tom – Blue Valentine
5. Morrison, Van – Beautiful Vision
6. Brown, James – Live at the Apollo
7. Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
8. Womack, Bobby – I Don’t Know What This World is Coming to
9. Cooder, Ry – Paradise and Lunch
10. Drake, Nick – Bryter Later

Carr, Roy: UK journalist and best-selling author. Special Projects Editor for New Musical Express, a task which includes running NME’s Audio and Video cassette label.

1. Berry, Chuck – Is On Top
2. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
3. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
4. Johnson, Robert – King of the Delta Blues Singers
5. Brown, James – Live at the Apollo
6. Charles, Ray – The Great…
7. Velvet Underground - & Nico
8. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
9. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
10. Waits, Tom – Swordfishtrombones

Chin, Brian: a regular contributor to Billboard, New York Post, the Record and Village Voice.

1. Sharp, Dee Dee – Happy ‘Bout the Whole Thing
2. Mitchell, Joni – Court and Spark
3. Beatles – Rubber Soul
4. Clark Sisters – You Brought the Sunshine
5. Escovedo, Coke – Coke
6. Phillips, Esther – From a Whisper to a Scream
7. Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book
8. Green, Al – Belle Album
9. Pointer Sisters – Break Out
10. Franklin, Aretha – Let Me in Your Life

Colman, Stuart: UK producer and broadcaster.

o Vinson, Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ – Original Cleanhead (1969)
o NRBQ – Tiddlywinks
o Doggett, Bill – 3046 People Danced ‘til 4 A.M.(1960)
o Lewis, Huey & the News – Sports
o Perkins, Carl – Dance Album (1957)
o Kershaw, Rusty & Doug – Louisiana Man (1974, Hickory)
o Darin, Bobby – Sings Ray Charles (1962)
o Lowe, Nick – Labour of Lust
o Haley, Bill & his Comets – Rock ‘n’ Roll Stage Show (1956)
o Dr John – Destively Bonaroo

Coupe, Stuart: Australian journalist.

1. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
2. Green, Al – Call Me
3. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
4. Cale, John – Paris 1919
5. Velvet Underground – Loaded
6. Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
7. Springfield, Dusty – Dusty in Memphis
8. Morrison, Van – Into the Music
9. Johansen, David – David Johansen
10. Ramones – End of the Century
10. Springsteen, Bruce – Darkness on the Edge of Town

Crowley, Gary: presenter on London’s Capitol Radio and a UK TV host.

1. Redding, Otis – Otis Blue
2. Jam – All Mod Cons
3. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
4. Haircut 100 – Pelican West
5. Beatles - Revolver
6. Fagen, Donald – Nightfly
7. Costello, Elvis – Get Happy!
8. Gaye, Marvin – Let’s Get it on
9. Henley, Don – Building the Perfect Beast
10. Clash – Clash

DeCurtis, Anthony: writer for Rolling Stone and Saturday Review and has been Associate Editor of Record.

1. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
2. Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street
3. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
5. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
6. Dylan, Bob – Bringing it all Back Home
7. Velvet Underground - & Nico
8. Talking Heads – Remain in Light
9. Thompson, Richard & Linda – Pour Down Like Silver
10. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA

Denselow, Robin: BBC TV Newsnight reporter & popular music critic of The Guardian.

1. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
2. Waits, Tom – Swordfishtrombones
3. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
4. Presley, Elvis – Sun Collection
5. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Live
6. Redding, Otis – Otis Blue
7. Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
8. Various Artists/Jimmy Cliff – Harder They Come (Soundtrack)
9. Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
10. Wonder, Stevie – Innervisions



Diederichsen, Diedrich: Editor of Spex and writer of books and articles. (This is supposed to be in alphabetical order – but it isn’t!).

o Bowie, David – Hunky Dory
o Iggy Pop – Idiot
o Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
o Beatles – Revolver
o Parks, Van Dyke – Song Cycle
o Talking Heads – 77
o Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
o Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Too Rye Ay
o Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
o Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground (3rd Album)

DiMartino, Dave: formerly Editor-in-Chief on Creem, now the Los Angeles Bureau Chief of Billboard.

1. Love – Forever Changes
2. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
3. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
4. Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground (3rd Album)
5. Soft Machine – Volume Two
6. Big Star – Third (Sister Lovers)
7. Buckley, Tim – Starsailor
8. Drake, Nick – Five Leaves Left
9. Zombies – Odyssey & Oracle
10. Gaye, Marvin – Here, My Dear

Doebeling, Wolfgang: prominent Berlin-based journalist and broadcaster.

1. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
2. Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
3. Parsons, Gram – Grievous Angel
4. Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
5. Harris, Emmylou – Roses in the Snow
6. Television – Marquee Moon
7. Cohen, Leonard – Songs of Love and Hate
8. Rolling Stones – Some Girls
9. Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
10. Costello, Elvis – Imperial Bedroom

Edwards, Geoff: host of Canadian Top 20 on CBC Radio, also morning man on CHWK, Chilliwack, British Columbia.

1. Mitchell, Joni – Court and Spark
2. Tears for Fears – Songs From the Big Chair
3. Joel, Billy – Stranger
4. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
5. Steely Dan – Aja
6. Who – Who Are You
7. Led Zeppelin – II
8. Adams, Bryan – Reckless
9. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
10. Supertramp – Crime of the Century


Egner, Fritz: radio DJ, producer and television host.

1. Brown, James – Live at the Apollo Vol II
2. Little Richard – Here’s
3. Presley, Elvis – King Creole
4. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
5. Turner, Tina – Private Dancer
6. Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
7. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
8. Jackson, Michael – Thriller
9. Joel, Billy – Stranger
10. Redding, Otis – In Person at the Whiskey a Go Go

Ellen, Mark: presenter of BBC 2’s Old Grey Whistle Test ,he’s also ‘Terribly Secret Projects Editor’ of EMAP National Publications.

1. Dillinger – CB200
2. Bland, Bobby – Dreamer
3. Beatles – With the…
4. Dylan, Bob – John Wesley Harding
5. Big Star – Radio City
6. Incredible String Band – Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
7. Special AKA – In the Studio
8. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Live
9. Doors – Waiting for the Sun
10. Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True

Flippo, Chet: freelance writer working on his fourth book.

1. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
2. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
3. Beatles – Abbey Road
4. Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
5. Holly, Buddy & the Crickets – Chirpin’
6. Nelson, Willie – Red Headed Stranger
7. Derek and the Dominos – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
8. Plastic Ono Band – Live Peace in Toronto, 1969
9. Ramones – Ramones
10. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…

Frame, Pete: radio, television and print writer preparing the third volume of Rock Family Trees.

1. Philips, John – Wolfking of LA
2. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
3. Presley, Elvis – Sun Collection
4. Holly, Buddy & the Crickets – Chirpin’
5. Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True
6. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
7. Stewart, John – California Bloodlines
8. Holy Modal Rounders – First Album
9. Martyn, John – Grace and Danger
10. Waite, Genevieve – Romance is on the Rise



Freeman, Alan: Australian-born, a British radio star since the sixties, now heard on London’s Capitol Radio.

1. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
2. Yamashta, Stomu, Michael Shrieve and Steve Winwood – Go
3. Vangelis – Heaven and Hell
4. ZZ Top – Eliminator
5. Dylan, Bob – Desire
6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery
7. Crawford, Randy – Now We May Begin
8. AC/DC – Back in Black
9. Harper, Roy – Bullinamingvase (aka One of Those Days in England)
10. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

Frith, Simon: rock critic of the Sunday Times, and also Britbeat columnist of the Village Voice.

1. Clash – Clash
2. Smith, Patti – Horses
3. Redding, Otis – Live in Europe
4. Bowie, David – Low
5. Velvet Underground - & Nico
6. Gang of Four – Entertainment!
7. Springfield, Dusty – Stay While, I Only Want to Stay With You
8. Morricone, Ennio – Once Upon a Time in the West (Soundtrack)
9. Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
10. Jackson, Michael – Off the Wall

Gambaccini, Paul: broadcaster, critic, writer and editor of this book.

1. Beatles – Revolver
2. King, Carole – Tapestry
3. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. Dylan, Bob – Bringing it all Back Home
5. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
6. Spinners – Spinners
7. Stewart, John – California Bloodlines
8. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
9. Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
10. Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms

Gillett, Charlie: music publisher and broadcaster known internationally for his histories The Sound of the City and Making Tracks.

1. Diawara, Djeli Moussa – Djeli Moussa Diawara
2. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Exodus
3. Nyboma – Double Double
4. Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True
5. M’Bilia Bel – l’Explosive
6. Brown, James – Live at the Apollo
7. Kasseya, Sonzy – Telephone Booth
8. Blondie – Parallel Lines
9. Melodias Rail Band du Mali – Melodias Rail Band du Mali
10. N’Dour, Youssou – Immigres


Gilmore, Mikal: Pop Music Critic of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner.

1. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
2. Presley, Elvis – Sun Collection
3. Velvet Underground - & Nico
4. Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
5. Beatles – Rubber Soul
6. Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
7. Springsteen – Born in the USA
8. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
9. Prince – Dirty Mind
9. Jackson, Michael – Off the Wall
10. Sinatra, Frank – In the Wee Small Hours

Goodman, Mark: an MTV VJ.

1. Beatles – Beatles (White Album)
2. Springsteen, Bruce – Darkness on the Edge of Town
3. Who – Who’s Next
4. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1st Album)
5. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
6. Mason, Dave – Alone Together
7. Redding, Otis & Carla Thomas – King and Queen
8. Band – Music from Big Pink
9. Grateful Dead – American Beauty
10. Henley, Don – Building the Perfect Beast

Graf, Christian: journalist, and also Editor (Light Music), RIAS-Berlin.

1. Rolling Stones – Aftermath
2. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
3. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
5. U2 – Unforgettable Fire
6. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
7. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
8. Morrison, Van – St. Dominic’s Preview
9. Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
10. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA

Harris, Bob: British broadcaster, currently appearing on several stations, recently published Rock and Pop Mastermind.

1. Love – Forever Changes
2. Mitchell, Joni – Court and Spark
3. Lewis, Huey & the News – Sports
4. Lennon, John – Imagine
5. Richie, Lionel – Can’t Slow Down
6. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
7. Isaak, Chris – Silvertone
8. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
9. Korner, Alexis Blues Inc. – R&B From the Marquee
10. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds



Henke, James: Rolling Stone Music Editor who also writes a weekly syndicated record review column.

1. Band – Band
2. Thompson, Richard & Linda – Shoot Out the Lights
3. Beatles – Rubber Soul
4. Parker, Graham & the Rumour – Squeezing Out Sparks
5. Morrison, Van – Moondance
6. Springsteen, Bruce – River
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy and the Poorboys
8. Clash – London Calling
9. Costello, Elvis – This Year’s Model
10. Squeeze – Argybargy

Hepworth, David: a presenter of BBC 2’s Old Grey Whistle Test, also Editorial Director of Smash Hits, Just Seventeen and Looks magazines.

1. Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
2. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
3. Parker, Graham & the Rumour – Squeezing Out Sparks
4. Beatles – For Sale
5. Dylan, Bob – John Wesley Harding
6. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Live
7. Rolling Stones – Aftermath
8. Morrison, Van – It’s Too Late to Stop Now
9. Costello, Elvis – Get Happy!
10. Band & Various Artists – Last Waltz

Hilburn, Robert: Pop Music critic of the Los Angeles Times.

1. Presley, Elvis – Sun Collection
2. Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
3. Lennon, John – Plastic Ono Band
4. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
6. Band – Band
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
8. Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
9. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
10. Who – Who’s Next

Hinckley, David: writes for the New York Daily News.

1. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
2. Presley, Elvis – Sun Collection
3. Ronettes – Presenting the Fabulous… (2nd Album)
4. Dylan, Bob & the Band – Basement Tapes
5. McGarrigle, Kate & Anna – Kate & Anna McGarrigle
6. Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
7. Brown, James – Live at the Apollo
8. Diablos – Nolan Strong and the Diablos
9. Lovin’ Spoonful – Do You Believe in Magic
10. Beatles – Abbey Road



Hulse, Tim: Assistant Editor of Blitz.

1. Smiths – Smiths
2. Clash – Clash
3. Magazine – Correct Use of Soap
4. Bowie, David – Aladdin Sane
5. Teardrop Explodes – Wilder
6. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
7. Jones, Grace – Nightclubbing
8. Gang of Four – Entertainment!
9. T. Rex – Electric Warrior
10. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure

Hunter, Alan: an MTV VJ.

1. Beatles – Beatles (White Album)
2. Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
3. Taylor, James – One Man Dog
4. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds of Fire
6. Loggins, Kenny – Celebrate Me Home
7. Rhodes, Emitt – Farewell to Freedom
8. Steely Dan – Katy Lied
9. Police – Synchronicity
10. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

Jackson, JJ: appears on MTV.

1. Roxy Music – Avalon
2. U2 – Unforgettable Fire
3. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
4. Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
5. Hendrix, Jimi Experience – Electric Ladyland
6. Beatles – Beatles (White Album)
7. Who – Who’s Next
8. Pretenders – Pretenders
9. Prince & the Revolution – Purple Rain
10. Bowie, David – Station to Station

Jensen, David ‘Kid’: presents the Capitol Radio morning show and the Network Chart Show.

1. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
2. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
3. New Order – Power, Corruption and Lies
4. Green, Al – Let’s Stay Together
5. Costello, Elvis – Punch the Clock
6. Beatles – Beatles (White Album)
7. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
8. U2 – War
9. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
10. Clash – Combat Rock

Jones, Allan: Editor of Melody Maker.

1. Velvet Underground - & Nico
2. Costello, Elvis – Get Happy!
3. Parsons, Gram – Grievous Angel
4. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
5. Cale, John – Music for a New Society
6. Buckley, Tim – Starsailor
7. Big Star – Radio City
8. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
9. Nyro, Laura – New York Tendaberry
10. Television – Marquee Moon

Keeps, David: Editor of Star Hits.

1. Fitzgerald, Ella – Live in Berlin (aka Mack the Knife, 1960)
2. Eurythmics – Be Yourself Tonight
3. Roxy Music – Stranded
4. Iggy and the Stooges – Raw Power
5. Depeche Mode – People are People (1984, US only compilation)
6. Bowie, David – David Live (1974)
7. Reed, Lou – Transformer
8. Yazoo – You and Me Both
9. Madonna – Madonna
10. Isaak, Chris – Silvertone

Kershaw, Andy: BBC 2 Whistle Test presenter also heard on Radio 1.

1. Allen, Terry – Juarez
2. Whitfield, Barrence & the Savages – First Album
3. Bragg, Billy – Life’s a Riot With Spy Vs Spy
4. Clash – London Calling
5. Muddy Waters – Live at Newport 1960
6. Gang of Four – Entertainment!
7. Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
8. Costello, Elvis – Get Happy!
9. Dylan, Bob & the Band – Royal Albert Hall (Manchester Free Trade Hall ’66)
10. Culture – Two Sevens Clash

Lake, Steve: appears regularly in print, often in Melody Maker.

1. Buckley, Tim – Starsailor
2. Davis, Miles – Agharta
3. Sly and the Family Stone – Stand
4. Birthday Party – Junkyard
5. Einstürzende Neubauten - ½ Mensch
6. Soft Machine – Third
7. Nyro, Laura – Smile
8. Neil, Fred – Sessions
9. Ely, Joe – Honky Tonk Masquerade
10. Webb, Jimmy – Land’s End

Lange, Art: Editor of Down Beat.

1. Jefferson Airplane – Bless its Pointed Little Head
2. Beatles – Beatles (White Album)
3. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
4. Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
5. Velvet Underground - & Nico
6. Hendrix, Jimi Experience – Electric Ladyland
7. Presley, Elvis – Sun Collection
8. Berry, Chuck – One Dozen Berries
9. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Natty Dread
10. Johnson, Robert – King of the Delta Blues Singers

Laquidara, Charles: morning man on WBCN-FM, Boston.

1. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Jackson, Michael – Thriller
3. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
4. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
5. Who – Who’s Next
6. Bowie, David – Let’s Dance
7. Cars – Cars
8. Police – Synchronicity
9. Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
10. Boone, Pat – April Love

Laufenberg, Frank: works on South-West Radio SWF.

1. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Turner, Tina – Private Dancer
3. King, Carole – Tapestry
4. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
5. Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
6. Sade – Diamond Life
7. Joel, Billy – 52nd Street
8. Joplin, Janis – Pearl
9. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu
10. Beatles – Abbey Road

LeBlanc, Larry: Canadian writer and broadcaster.

1. Eagles – Hotel California
2. Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
3. Who – Live at Leeds
4. Pretenders – Learning to Crawl
5. Presley, Elvis – Sun Collection
6. Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True
7. Ronstadt, Linda – Heart Like a Wheel
8. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
9. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
10. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks

Leo, Kid: Music Director and afternoon drivetime DJ on WMMS in Cleveland, Ohio.

1. Springsteen, Bruce – Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
2. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
3. Bowie, David – Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust…
4. Who – Who’s Next
5. Eagles – Desperado
6. Roxy Music – Stranded
7. New York Dolls – Too Much Too Soon
8. Mink DeVille – Return to Magenta
9. Mott the Hoople - Mott
10. Seger, Bob & the Silver Bullet Band – Night Moves
Loder, Kurt: Senior Editor of Rolling Stone and co-author of Tina Turner’s biography.

1. Brown, James – Live at the Apollo
2. Beatles – Rubber Soul
3. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
4. Ramones – Leave Home
5. Rolling Stones – Between the Buttons
6. Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band – Spotlight Kid
7. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
8. Velvet Underground - & Nico
9. Bowie, David – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust…
10. Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

Logan, Nick: the eminence behind The Face.

1. Impressions – Big Sixteen
2. Gaye, Marvin – Let’s Get it on
3. Bowie, David – Young Americans
4. Redding, Otis – Otis Blue
5. Ramones – Ramones
6. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
7. Clash – Clash
8. Band – Music From Big Pink
9. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
10. Velvet Underground - & Nico

Marcus, Greil: recently a columnist for Artforum, lives in Berkeley, California.

1. X-Ray Spex – Germfree Adolescents
2. Wire – Chairs Missing
3. Buzzcocks – Twelve Reasons (Bootleg: Spiral Scratch sessions)
4. Slits – Once Upon a Time in a Living Room1
5. Costello, Elvis – This Year’s Model (US version)
6. Mekons – Story 1977-82
7. Public Image Ltd – Paris au Printemps (band listed as Image Publique S.A.)
8. Gang of Four – Entertainment!
9. Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with the…
10. Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth

1 this untitled album is more usually known as Y3LP, Retrospective, or just Untitled. It’s a compilation of demos and material that pre-dates the 1st album, Cut.

Morrow, Bruce: owner of several radio stations, Bruce Morrow has recently been on air at WCBS-FM in New York City. An Associate Professor at New York University, he produces and hosts music features for TV in New York.

1. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
3. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
4. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
5. King, Carole – Tapestry
6. Jackson, Michael – Thriller
7. Presley, Elvis – Blue Hawaii
8. Hair (Original Broadway Cast)
9. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
10. Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack)
Muni, Scott: Operations Director and announcer at WNEW-FM in New York.

1. Beatles – Beatles (White Album)
2. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
3. Who – Tommy
4. Led Zeppelin – Song Remains the Same (Soundtrack/Live)
5. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
6. Lennon, John – Collection
7. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
8. Doors – Absolutely Live
9. Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
10. Who – Who’s Next

Page, Bill: Music Director of Radio SA-FM in South Australia.

1. Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues
2. Parker, Graham & the Rumour – Squeezing out Sparks
3. Jackson, Joe – I’m the Man
4. Jeffreys, Garland – Escape Artist
5. Wall of Voodoo – Call of the West
6. Costello, Elvis – Imperial Bedroom
7. Dr John – Gumbo
8. Hoodoo Gurus – Stoneage Romeos
9. Young, Neil – Rust Never Sleeps
10. Zevon, Warren – Excitable Boy

Parenteau, Mark: has held the 2-6 p.m. slot on WBCN-FM in Boston since 1977. He is a comedy club host throughout New England.

1. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
2. Beatles – Meet the… (US version of With the Beatles)
3. Moody Blues – In Search of the Lost Chord
4. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic
6. Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
7. Seger, Bob & the Silver Bullet Band – Night Moves
8. Pretenders – Pretenders
9. Cars – Heartbeat City
10. Geils, J Band – Freeze Frame

Patterson, Richard E: music producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

1. Beatles – Abbey Road
2. Richard, Cliff & the Shadows – Thank You Very Much (1979)
3. Band – Last Waltz
4. Shadows – Live at the Paris Olympia (1975)
5. Darin, Bobby – at the Copa (1960)
6. Mitchell, Joni – Blue
7. Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears
8. Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield
9. Hall, Daryl & John Oates – Daryl Hall & John Oates
10. Kane Gang – Bad and Lowdown World of the…




Peebles, Andy: a Radio 1 DJ.

1. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
2. Wilson, Jackie – Story (1983 compilation)
3. Genesis – Selling England by the Pound
4. Mayfield, Curtis – Roots (1971)
5. Womack, Bobby – Poet
6. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
7. Mayall, John – Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
8. Beatles – Revolver
9. Metheny, Pat – Travels
10. Lennon, John – Collection

Powell, Peter: a British broadcaster and TV presenter.

1. U2 – Boy
2. Dire Straits – Making Movies
3. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
4. Roxy Music – Avalon
5. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
6. Queen – A Day at the Races
7. Simple Minds – Sparkle in the Rain
8. Bowie, David – Hunky Dory
9. U2 – Unforgettable Fire
10. Simple Minds – Celebration

Quinn, Martha: an MTV VJ.

1. Beatles – Beatles (White Album)
2. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
3. Beatles – Abbey Road
4. Dylan, Bob – Bringing it all Back Home
5. Dylan, Bob – Shot of Love
6. Lennon, John – Imagine
7. Costello, Elvis – My Aim is True
8. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
9. Taylor, James – Sweet Baby James
10. Steely Dan – Aja

Read, Mike: Radio 1 DJ and BBC TV presenter, also co-author of the recent Guinness/GRRR publication British Hit Albums (Second Edition).

1. Walker, Scott – Scott
2. Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
3. Beatles – Revolver
4. Beatles – Help
5. Holly, Buddy – Story (1959)
6. Richard, Cliff – Me and My Shadows (1960)
7. Everly Brothers – the Fabulous Style of the… (1960)
8. Jam – Setting Sons
9. Action – Reflections1
10. Taste – Taste

1 1960’s George Martin produced band, I can’t think of any compilation (they had no original albums) by this name, I think it must refer to Ultimate Action which was first released in 1981.
Rice, Jo: co-author of British Hit Singles and its related titles, is a partner of GRRR publications.

1. Band – Band
2. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
3. Dire Straits – Dire Straits
4. Beatles – With the…
5. Joplin, Janis – Pearl
6. Presley, Elvis – King Creole
7. John, Elton – Madman Across the Water
8. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (are Made of This)
9. Stevens, Cat – Tea for the Tillerman
10. Costello, Elvis – Almost Blue

Rice, Tim: lyricist of the stage musical Chess, also co-author of the Guinness British Hit Singles and its related titles, director of GRRR publications and brother of Jo Rice.

1. Presley, Elvis – Rock ‘n’ Roll No 2
2. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
3. Everly Brothers – It’s Everly Time
4. Beatles – With the…
5. Dylan, Bob – Bringing it all Back Home
6. Charles, Ray – What’d I Say
7. Doors – LA Woman
8. Abba – Super Trouper
9. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
10. Streisand, Barbra – Guilty

Robinson, Lisa: author and broadcaster.

1. Velvet Underground - & Nico
2. Roxy Music – Avalon
3. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
4. Beatles – Beatles (White Album)
5. Doors – LA Woman
6. Clash – London Calling
7. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
8. Cale, John – Paris 1919
9. Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
10. Smith, Patti - Horses

Schirmer, Arnd: Music Editor of Der Spiegel.

1. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
2. Wonder, Stevie – Talking Book
3. Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
4. Hendrix, Jimi – Band of Gypsys
5. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Live
6. Sly and the Family Stone – Stand
7. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
8. Presley, Elvis – Elvis (NBC Comeback Special)
9. Jackson, Michael – Thriller
10. Various Artists – Sun City (Artists United Against Apartheid)

Schmidt-Joos, Siegfried: Heat of Light Entertainment at RIAS Berlin and an author of books about music.

1. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
3. Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
4. Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
5. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
6. Reed, Lou – Transformer
7. Prince and the Revolution – Around the World in a Day
8. Jackson, Michael – Thriller
9. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
10. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Natty Dread

Schober, Ingeborg: journalist and fiction writer, also a DJ on Bayerischer Rundfunk (Radio Bavaria).

o Anderson, Laurie – Big Science
o Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
o Bowie, David – Young Americans
o Godley and Creme – L
o Kraftwerk – Man Machine
o Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
o Roxy Music – Roxy Music
o Talking Heads – Fear of Music
o Velvet Underground – & Nico
o Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life

Scott, Roger: of Capitol Radio in London, has recently done programmes for the Westwood One Network in the US.

1. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
2. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
3. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
4. Springsteen, Bruce – Nebraska
5. Beatles – Revolver
6. Presley, Elvis – Rock ‘n’ Roll (No 2 issued in 1956? aka Elvis)
7. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
8. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
9. Lennon, John – Rock ‘n’ Roll
10. Dire Straits – Making Movies

Shelton, Ken: has been mid-day announcer on Boston’s top-rated station, WBCN-FM since 1980.

1. Presley, Elvis – Sun Collection
2. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
3. Who – Who’s Next
4. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA/Born to Run
5. Derek and the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
6. Beatles – Abbey Road
7. Rolling Stones, Let it Bleed
8. Pretenders – Pretenders
9. Clash – London Calling
10. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde

Skinner, Richard: a British radio and television presenter.

1. Mitchell, Joni – Blue
2. Beatles – Revolver
3. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
4. Simon, Paul – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
5. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
6. Talking Heads – Remain in Light
7. Amadeus (Original Soundtrack)
8. Fagen, Donald – Nightfly
9. Joy Division – Closer
10. Who – Sell Out

Stokes, Niall: Editor of Hot Press in Dublin.

1. Dylan, Bob – Blood on the Tracks
2. Clark, Guy – Old No 1
3. Band – Band
4. Presley, Elvis – Sun Collection
5. Morrison, Van – Moondance
6. Redding, Otis – Otis Blue
7. McGarrigle, Kate & Anna – Kate & Anna McGarrigle
8. Franklin, Aretha – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
9. Fogerty, John – John Fogerty
10. U2 – Unforgettable Fire
10. Waits, Tom – Blue Valentine
10. Cooder, Ry – Chicken Skin Music

Tobler, John: British author and radio scripter who describes himself as ‘searching for a break’.

1. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Doors – Doors
3. Miller, Steve Band – Sailor
4. Scaggs, Boz – Boz Scaggs (1st Album)
5. Morrison, Van – Moondance
6. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
7. Eagles – On the Border
8. Ross, Diana – Diana
9. Presley, Elvis – Sun Collection
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory

Topping, Don: former DJ who is now Programme Manager of FAME-FM in Kingston, Jamaica, the most successful commercial FM music station in the English-speaking Caribbean.

1. Jackson, Michael – Thriller
2. Richie, Lionel – Can’t Slow Down
3. Prince & the Revolution – Purple Rain
4. Sly and the Family Stone – Stand
5. Hendrix, Jimi – Are You Experienced?
6. Beatles – Abbey Road
7. Turner, Tina – Private Dancer
8. Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
9. Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears
10. Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Cast Recording)
Urban, Peter: author who also works at NDR-Radio in Hamburg.

1. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Franklin, Aretha – Live at Fillmore West
3. Wonder, Stevie – Songs in the Key of Life
4. Morrison, Van – It’s Too Late to Stop Now
5. Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
6. Velvet Underground - & Nico
7. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
8. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Babylon by Bus
9. Bowie, David – Hunky Dory
10. Band – Band

Vance, Tommy: a Radio 1 DJ and a daily talk-show host on the British Forces Broadcasting Service.

o Scorpions – Lovedrive
o Basie, Count – Atomic Mr Basie
o Vincent, Gene – Bluejean Bop
o Sly & Robbie – Present Taxi
o AC/DC – Back in Black
o Motorhead – No Sleep ‘til Hammersmith
o Nelson, Willie – Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
o Delfonics – Sound of Sexy Soul (2nd Album)
o Roman, Murray – Blind Man’s Movie (1969, comedy)
o Eagles – Hotel California

Whitburn, Joel: President of Record Research Inc., publishes books based on the various Billboard charts. His 1986 works include a new history of pop music (1890 1954).

1. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
3. Springsteen, Bruce – Born in the USA
4. Supertramp – Breakfast in America
5. Joel, Billy – Glass Houses
6. Police – Synchronicity
7. Led Zeppelin – In Through the Out Door
8. John, Elton – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
9. Eddy, Duane – Have ‘Twangy’ Guitar Will Travel
10. Beatles – Abbey Road

White, Adam: Records Editor of Radio and Records.

1. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
2. Franklin, Aretha – Lady Soul
3. 5th Dimension – Magic Garden
4. Temptations – With a Lot o’ Soul
5. King, Carole – Tapestry
6. Shalamar – Friends
7. Redding, Otis – Otis Blue
8. Mayfield, Curtis – Superfly (Soundtrack)
9. Wonder, Stevie – Innervisions
10. Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends



Williams, Richard: a popular music critic and deputy sports editor of The Times.

1. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
2. Warwick, Dionne – Here I Am
3. Robinson, Smokey & the Miracles – Going to a Go Go
4. Beatles – Rubber Soul
5. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
6. Spector, Phil & Various Artists – A Christmas Gift for You
7. Dylan, Bob – Freewheelin’
8. Redding, Otis – Otis Blue
9. Springfield, Dusty – Dusty in Memphis
10. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run

Wingfield, Pete: a musician, producer, artist and occasional journalist.

1. Brown, James – Live at the Apollo
2. Maze featuring Frankie Beverly – Live in New Orleans
3. Little Richard – Here’s…
4. Charles, Ray – In Person (reissue of What’d I Say, 1959)
5. Soul Stirrers – Original Featuring Sam Cooke (1964 compilation)
6. Wailer, Bunny – Rock and Groove
7. King, BB – Blues is King (1967)
8. Franklin, Aretha – Amazing Grace
9. Taylor, Johnnie – Wanted One Soul Singer
10. Robinson, Smokey & the Miracles – Going to a Go Go

Wyatt, Hugh: writes for the New York Daily News.

1. Berry, Chuck – On Stage
2. Hendrix, Jimi Experience – Electric Ladyland
3. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
5. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
6. Numan, Gary – Pleasure Principle
7. Beatles – Abbey Road
8. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
9. Rolling Stones – Tattoo You
10. Numan, Gary – Replicas

Zwerin, Michael: popular music columnist of the International Herald Tribune and a musician and author whose La Tristesse de St Louis – Swing Under the Nazis was published last autumn.

1. Sting – Dream of the Blue Turtles
2. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
3. Steely Dan – Gaucho
4. Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
5. Wonder, Stevie – Hotter Than July
6. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
7. Dylan, Bob – Blonde on Blonde
8. Hendrix, Jimi – Are You Experienced
9. Police – Synchronicity
10. Charles, Ray – What’d I Say (1959)