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Old 06-25-07 | 05:23 PM
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100 Records That Changed The World according to MOJO

This month's MOJO magazine has yet another one of these 100 lists, this one having mainly musicians and a few critics choose them. I liked this one since it wasn't only albums; they chose singles as well. Also, I think the choices are decent overall. So here's the list:

100. Gnarls Barkley, Crazy single (Andre 3000)
99. Stone Roses, Stone Roses LP (Robert Levon Been)
98. Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden LP (Barney Greenway)
97. Television, Marquee Moon LP (Lawrence Hayward)
96. Donna Summer, I Feel Love single (Owen Clarke)
95. Green Day, Dookie LP (Pete Wentz)
94. The Libertines, Up The Bracket LP (Keith Cameron)
93. Nina Simone, To be Young, Gifted & Black single (Vicky Anderson)
92. The Strokes, Is This It LP (Alex Turner)
91. Louis Armstrong, West End Blues single (Chris Barber)
90. Phuture, Acid Tracks single (Richard Norris)
89. Oasis, Definitely Maybe LP (Peter Reilly)
88. Queen, Sheer Heart Attack LP (Joe Elliott)
87. Radiohead, The Bends LP (Kris Drever)
86. The Animals, The House of the Rising Sun single (Seasick Steve)
85. Sonic Youth, EVOL LP (Stuart Braithwaite)
84. The Shadows, Apache single (Richard Hawley)
83. The Cure- Pornography LP (Chino Moreno)
82. Jesus & Mary Chain, Psychocandy LP (Kevin Shields)
81. The Band, Music from Big Pink LP (Bernie Taupin)
80. The Smiths, This Charming Man single (Ed O'Brien)
79. The Pixies, Surfer Rosa LP (Paul Smith)
78. Nick Drake, Five Leaves Left LP (Findlay Brown)
77. Gang of Four- Entertainment! LP (Henry Dartnall)
76. Big Youth, Screaming Target LP (Don Letts)
75. R.E.M., Murmur LP (Robert Pollard)
74. Carole King, Tapestry LP (Tori Amos)
73. T. Rex, Get It On (Bang a Gong) single (Johnny Marr)
72. Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run LP (Craig Finn)
71. Public Image Ltd., Public Image (aka First Issue) LP (Mattie Safer)
70. The Kingsmen, Louie Louie single (Spider Webb)
69. MC5, Kick Out the Jams LP (Bobby Gillespie)
68. Brian Eno, Discreet Music LP (Max Richter)
67. Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit single (Joan Wasser)
66. Love, Love LP (Norman Blake)
65. Joni Mitchell- Blue LP (Madeleine Peyroux)
64. David Bowie, Low LP (Ian McCulloch)
63. Marvin Gaye, What's Going On LP (Smokey Robinson)
62. Can- Tago Mago 2LP (John Lydon)
61. N.W.A.- Straight Outta Compton LP (Peter Relic)
60. John Coltrane, My Favorite Things LP (Patti Smith)
59. The Upsetters, Blackboard Jungle Dub LP (Adrian Sherwood)
58. Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief LP (Jim Moray)
57. The Byrds, Sweetheart of the Rodeo LP (Steve Earle)
56. Pink Floyd, Arnold Layne single (Edgar Froese)
55. John Lennon, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band LP (Nicky Wire)
54. Chic, Good Times single (Alex Kapranos)
53. Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere LP (Fionn Regan)
52. Buddy Holly- That'll Be the Day single (Lemmy)
51. Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica 2LP (Edgar Jones)
50. Stevie Wonder, Innervisions LP (Beverley Knight)
49. The Doors, The Doors LP (Alice Cooper)
48. Rolling Stones, Beggars Banquet LP (Serge Pizzorno)
47. Sam Cooke, You Send Me single (James Hunter)
46. Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures LP (Alex James)
45. The Ronettes, Be My Baby single (Brian Wilson)
44. The Who, My Generation single (Tom Verlaine)
43. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue LP (Pete Wareham)
42. V/A, Nuggets 2LP (Kim Salmon)
41. Link Wray, Rumble single (Billy Childish)
40. The Beatles, Revolver LP (Mark Linkous)
39. New York Dolls, New York Dolls LP (Alan Vega)
38. Lonnie Donegan- Rock Island Line single (Joe Brown)
37. Jeff Buckley, Grace LP (Chris Cornell)
36. The Stooges, Fun House LP (Mark Arm)
35. Davy Graham, 3/4AD ep (Bert Jansch)
34. Bob Marley, Exodus LP (Stephen Marley)
33. Michael Jackson, Thriller LP (Akon)
32. Jimmie Rodgers, Blue Yodel #1 single (Sylvie Simmons)
31. David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust LP (Brett Anderson)
30. Hank Williams, Move It On Over single (Jon Langford)
29. Grandmaster Flash, The Message single (Chuck D)
28. Patti Smith, Horses LP (The Edge)
27. Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit single (Tim Wheeler)
26. Charlie Parker, Koko single (Tommy Smith)
25. Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath LP (Mike Bordin)
24. The Clash, London Calling 2LP (Tony James)
23. Howlin' Wolf- The Rockin' Chair Album LP (Jon Spencer)
22. The Ramones, The Ramones LP (Thurston Moore)
21. The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds LP (Sean O'Hagan)
20. Led Zeppelin, Led Zepellin IV LP (Jaz Coleman)
19. Rolling Stones, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction single (Charles Shaar Murray)
18. Aretha Franklin, I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You LP (Rufus Wainwright)
17. Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone single (Robyn Hitchcock)
16. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP (Andy Partridge)
15. James Brown, Papa's Got a Brand New Bag single (Andy Gill)
14. Jimi Hendrix Experience, Purple Haze single (Mick Jones)
13. Woody Guthrie, Dust Bowl Ballads LP (Pete Seeger)
12. Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode single (Wayne Kramer)
11. Frank Sinatra, In the Wee Small Hours LP (James Skelly)
10. Sex Pistols, God Save the Queen single (Greil Marcus)
09. Ray Charles, What'd I Say single (Ian Hunter)
08. V/A- Anthology of American Folk Music 6LP (Kristin Hersh)
07. The Velvet Undergound- Velvet Underground and Nico LP (Dean Wareham)
06. Robert Johnson- King of the Delta Blues LP (Jack White)
05. Kraftwerk- Autobahn LP (James Murphy)
04. Bob Dylan- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan LP (Vashti Bunyan)
03. Elvis Presley- Heartbreak Hotel single (Martin Carthy)
02. The Beatles- I Want to Hold Your Hand single (Tom Petty)
01. Little Richard, Tutti Frutti single (Dr. John)

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Old 06-25-07 | 06:16 PM
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Wait a minute...a music poll without the Beattles at #1?

I don't think I'd say Gnarles Barkley "Changed the world"
Old 06-25-07 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 7Keys
Wait a minute...a music poll without the Beattles at #1?

I don't think I'd say Gnarles Barkley "Changed the world"
They made the world a little more annoying. I guess that's changing it a bit.
Old 06-25-07 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 7Keys
Wait a minute...a music poll without the Beattles at #1?

Yeah, isn't it great for a change?
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Brian Wilson nailed it with his pick. Perfect pop and led to the Jesus and Mary Chain (aka best band ever)
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Originally Posted by polietilen
Yeah, isn't it great for a change?
Maybe, but not when Tutti Fruitti is the replacement.
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Once again, synth music is totally overlooked. Where is Gary Numan's The Pleasure Principle, or Human League's Dare, etc. Those albums changed the face of popular music completely. At least they throw us a bone with Kraftwerk.

Bollocks.
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
Once again, synth music is totally overlooked. Where is Gary Numan's The Pleasure Principle, or Human League's Dare, etc. Those albums changed the face of popular music completely. At least they throw us a bone with Kraftwerk.

Bollocks.
if it makes you feel any better, Dare is in the top of my list!
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
Once again, synth music is totally overlooked. Where is Gary Numan's The Pleasure Principle, or Human League's Dare, etc. Those albums changed the face of popular music completely. At least they throw us a bone with Kraftwerk.

Bollocks.
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What an odd, odd list.
Old 06-26-07 | 11:12 AM
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Odd? Except for a couple (like #100), I think it's an excellent list of songs/albums that took popular music to the next level, and influenced a new batch of artist that would go on to influence others.
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
Maybe, but not when Tutti Fruitti is the replacement.
Even if it's not Little Richard's best song, I'd say it really defined and deeply influenced that first rock 'n' roll generation pretty well, the Beatles included.

And by the way, I am a Beatles fan.

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Originally Posted by Numanoid
Once again, synth music is totally overlooked. Where is Gary Numan's The Pleasure Principle, or Human League's Dare, etc. Those albums changed the face of popular music completely. At least they throw us a bone with Kraftwerk.

Bollocks.
Brian Eno's Discreet Music is in there too, although obviously that influenced ambient more.
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Originally Posted by slop101
Odd? Except for a couple (like #100), I think it's an excellent list of songs/albums that took popular music to the next level, and influenced a new batch of artist that would go on to influence others.
A lot of underrepresented genres, especially classic/hard/progressive rock, but that should be no surprise.

No Cream, no RUN DMC (more influential than NWA), no Pink Floyd except for a single? No Grateful Dead?
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Well, the list only goes to 100. I'm sure a truly comprehensive list of hugely influential albums/singles would number in the 1,000s.

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