The World Critics Lists ~ 1977 & 1987

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".
The lists were compiled by Paul Gambaccini in 1978 & 1988.

See also: The Gardian list.

Thanks to Anders Edlund & to Jeff Brown for supplying these lists.

 The 1987 List also contains the individual listings from the people that took part in the project.

Many thanks to Steve Parker [animaofscience@yahoo.com]

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 – Risquι
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. Einstόrzende 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 – Dιjΰ 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)