>On Apr 21, 12:34 pm, Tracy_Bar...@frontiernet.net wrote:

>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:53:22 +1000, Whisper ozemail.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>

>>>Me wrote:

>>>> On Apr 20, 12:10 pm, Raja gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>> This is a 2008 list. So very recent. It has 897 albums (I am just
>>>>> considering the first quarter.... I rounded it up to 222).

>>

>>>>> 12 bands have 3 studio albums in top 222 and ONLY FIVE singer/
>>>>> songwriters have done the same feat. So it is safe to say rock bands
>>>>> were better.

>>

>>>>> I am surprised Bruce Springsteen has outperformed Bob Dylan and The
>>>>> Beatles. And who the hell is Wilco? Why do they have so many albums at
>>>>> the top? Another suprise is The Police. I dont think they had one
>>>>> album which deserves to be in top 222. But seems the rest of the world
>>>>> doesnt agree.

>>

>>>>> From the 80s onwards only Police, REM, Radiohead, U2 and Wilco make
>>>>> the list. The rest of it come from the 60s and 70s proving my point
>>>>> that the 60s and 70s were the best decades for music.

>>

>>>>> I am surprised to see Yes' debut on 211. I would have expected The Yes
>>>>> Album instead, considering how underrated their amazing debut album
>>>>> was.

>>

>>>>> I am also surprised Joni Mitchell has three albums at the very top. I
>>>>> have never heard as much praise for her as Bob Dylan or Neil Young.

>>

>>>>> These bands and artists have had three studio albums in the Top 222. I
>>>>> have excluded compilations and live albums.http://www.towson.edu/wtmd/897albums.pdf(seepages 21-40)

>>

>>>>> Bands
>>>>> -------------
>>>>> Beatles (7)
>>>>> Jimi Hendrix Experience (3)
>>>>> Led Zeppelin (6)
>>>>> Pink Floyd (3)
>>>>> Police (3)
>>>>> REM (5)
>>>>> Radiohead (3)
>>>>> Rolling Stones (5)
>>>>> U2 (4)
>>>>> Who (3)
>>>>> Wilco (3)
>>>>> Yes (3)

>>

>>>>> Singer/Songwriter
>>>>> -----------------
>>>>> Bob Dylan (6)
>>>>> Bruce Springsteen (8)
>>>>> Joni Mitchell (3)
>>>>> Neil Young (3)
>>>>> Van Morrison (4)

>>

>>>> Which of these is Pete Sampras' favorite band?

>>

>>>> Fuck off Raja.

>>

>>>Police are reforming & will be releasing a new song dedicated to Raja -
>>>'Can stand losing you'.

>>
>> And probably an uptempo version of Raja's middle name - Roxanne - just
>> for him.

>
>Tracy Barber in love with Raja??