Which 1987 list do you think is best?
NME
1. Yo bum rush the show - Public enemy
2. Sign 'O' the times - Prince
3. Strangeways here we come - The smiths
4. Sister - Sonic youth
5. Frank's wild years - Tom Waits
6. The Joshua tree - U2
7. Criminal mind - Scott La rock
8. Paid in full - Eric B & Rakim
9. The people who grinned themselves.. - The housemartins
10. Actually - The pet shop boys
11. In my tribe - 10,000 maniacs
12. Songs about fucking - Big black
13. This is the story - The proclaimers
14. George best - The wedding present
15. Darklands - The Jesus & Mary chain
16. Licensed to ill - Beastie boys
17. Document - REM
18. Hot, cool & vicious - Salt 'n' pepper
19. Children of god - Swans
20. Saturday night - Schoolly D
21. Hearsay - Alexander O' Neal
22. Bigger and deffer - LL cool J
23. Soro - Salif Keita
24. Babble - That petrol emotion
25. Rhythm killers - Sly & Robbie
26. Mother juno - The gun club
27. Voice of reason - The sect
28. Mainstream - Lloyd Cole & the commotions
29. Warehouse: songs and stories - Husker du
30. Locust abortion technician - Butthole surfers
31. Kool and Deadly - Just Ice
32. Paul Johnson - Paul Johnson
33. In all Languages - Ornette Coleman
34. Time boom X be devil dead - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
35. St Julian - Julian Cope
36. Up for a bit - The Pastels
37. Tacky souvenirs of pre-Revolutionary America - Culturcide
38. Ragin’ full on - Firehose
39. The poison boyfriend - Momus
40. Qareeb - Najma
41. Calenture - The Triffids
42. No more cocoons - Jello Biafra
43. Wicked women, Wicked men & wicket keepers - Blyth Power
44. An Attitude Hits - Dan
45. Good music - Joan Jett
46. Famous blue raincoat - Jennifer Warnes
47. Crooked Mile - Microdisney
48. Pleased to meet me - The Replacements
49. Box Frenzy - Pop will eat itself
50. The girl who runs the beat hotel - Biff bang pow!
51. Rooms of the Magnificent - Ed Keupper
52. Sentimental Hygiene - Warren Zevon
53. Babylon and on - Squeeze
54. Tunnel of love - Bruce Springsteen
55. Trouble over here, trouble over there - Trouble Funk
56. Foxheads stalk this land - Close lobsters
57. Tallulah - Go-Betweens
58. Heaven’s end - Loop
59. You’re living all over me - Dinosaur Jr.
60. Squirrel & G-man, etc. - Happy Mondays
Melody Maker
1. The young gods - The young gods
2. Sign 'O' the times - Prince
3. Yo! Bum rush the show - Public enemy
4. The fat skier - Throwing muses
5. Songs about fucking - Big black
6. Darklands - Jesus and Mary chain
7. Substance - New order
8. Kiss me, kiss me, Kiss me - The cure
9. Bigger and deffer - LL Cool J
10. Locust abortion technician - The butthole surfers
11. mind the perpetual intercourse - Skinny puppy
12. Strangeways, here wo come - The smiths
13. Document - REM
14. Pleased to meet me - The replacements
15. Floodland - Sisters of mercy
16. In my tribe - 10,000 maniacs
17. Franks wild years - Tom Waits
18. Poetic champions compose - Van Morrison
19. Come on pilgrim - The pixies
20. Secrets of the beehive - David Sylvian
21. Warehouse: Songs and stories - Husker Du
22. The world of echo - Arther Russell
23. This is the story - The proclaimers
24. You're living all over me - Dinosaur
25. Happy come home - Victoria Williams
26. Heaven's end - Loop
27. Calenture - The triffids
28. Squirrel and g-man... - Happy Mondays
29. Oh! tears baby - Win
30. At my window - Townes Van Zandt
was going to cut the NME list to 30 to even it out, but sod it. You can just compare each top 30 if you so desire.
Poll Results
Option | Votes |
Melody Maker | 33 |
NME | 18 |
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 20 April 2009 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link