The Oscars Hall Of Fame (Academy Awards Best Original Songs from 1934 to 2010)

Yesterday night, Randy Newman's We Belong Together (from Toy Story 3) won the Academy Award for the Best Original Song. But who won the same award in 1976? And in 1960? And in 1939? Answers are in this playlist: it features all the winning songs at the Oscars. Most of the time, they're the original versions from the movies. Just in seven cases (out of 77) I had to replace them with some surrogates. Enjoy!

(and if you want more, starting from here you will find all the huge Oscars playlists I made one year ago...)

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The Oscars Hall of Fame
(Academy Awards Best Original Songs from 1934 to 2010)
Source: Wikipedia.

1934 The Continental Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, from The Gay Divorcee)
1935 Lullaby of Broadway (Winifred Shaw, Dick Powell & The Chorus / Busby Berkeley, from Gold Diggers of 1935)
1936 The Way You Look Tonight (Fred Astaire, from Swing Time)
1937 Sweet Leilani (Bing Crosby, from Waikiki Wedding)
1938 Thanks for the Memory (Bob Hope & Shirley Moss, from The Big Broadcast of 1938)
1939 Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland, from The Wizard of Oz)
1940 When You Wish upon a Star (Cliff Edwards from Pinocchio)
1941 The Last Time I Saw Paris (Ann Sothern, from Lady Be Good)
1942 White Christmas (Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds from Holiday Inn)
1943 You'll Never Know (Alice Faye, from Hello, Frisco, Hello)
1944 Swinging on a Star (Bing Crosby, from Going My Way)
1945 It Might as Well Be Spring (Jeanne Crain & Louanna Hogan, State Fair)
1946 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (Judy Garland & Cyd Charisse, The Harvey Girls)
1947 Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (James Baskett, from Song of the South)
1948 Buttons and Bows (Bob Hope, from The Paleface)
1949 Baby, It's Cold Outside (Esther Williams & Ricardo Montalban, from Neptune's Daughter)
1950 Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole, from Captain Carey, U.S.A.)
1951 In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (Bing Crosby, from Here Comes the Groom)
1952 High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin') (Tex Ritter, from High Noon)
1953 Secret Love (Doris Day, from Calamity Jane)
1954 Three Coins in the Fountain (Frank Sinatra, from Three Coins in the Fountain)
1955 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (Andy Williams from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing)
1956 Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Qué Será, Será) (Doris Day from The Man Who Knew Too Much)
1957 All the Way (Frank Sinatra, from The Joker Is Wild)
1958 Gigi (Louis Jordan & MGM Studio Orchestra, from Gigi)
1959 High Hopes (Frank Sinatra, from A Hole in the Head)
1960 Never on Sunday/Ta Pedia Tou Pirea (Anastasia, from Never on Sunday)
1961 Moon River (Henry Mancini & His Orchestra, Breakfast at Tiffany's)
1962 Days of Wine and Roses (Henry Mancini & His Orchestra and Chorus, from Days of Wine and Roses)
1963 Call Me Irresponsible (Frank Sinatra, from Papa's Delicate Condition, actually the movie version is sung by Jackie Gleason)
1964 Chim Chim Cher-ee (Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, from Mary Poppins)
1965 The Shadow of Your Smile (Tony Bennett, from The Sandpiper, not the original movie version)
1966 Born Free (Matt Monro, from Born Free)
1967 Talk to the Animals (World Premier London Cast, from Doctor Dolittle, not the original movie version)
1968 Windmills of Your Mind (Noel Harrison, from The Thomas Crown Affair, not the original movie version)
1969 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (B.J. Thomas from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
1970 For All We Know (Carpenters, from Lovers and Other Strangers, original movie version is sung by Larry Meredith)
1971 Theme from Shaft (Isaac Hayes, from Shaft)
1972 The Morning After (Maureen McGovern, from The Poseidon Adventure)
1973 The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand, from The Way We Were)
1974 We May Never Love Like This Again (Maureen McGovern from The Towering Inferno)
1975 I'm Easy (Keith Carradine, from Nashville)
1976 Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) (Barbra Streisand, A Star Is Born)
1977 You Light Up My Life (The Film Score Orchestra, You Light Up My Life, not the original movie version)
1978 Last Dance (Donna Summer, from Thank God It's Friday) • Music and lyrics: Paul Jabara
1979 It Goes Like It Goes (Jennifer Warnes, from Norma Rae)
1980 Fame (Irene Cara, from Fame)
1981 Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (Christopher Cross, from Arthur)
1982 Up Where We Belong (Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes, from An Officer and a Gentleman)
1983 Flashdance... What a Feeling (Irene Cara, from Flashdance)
1984 I Just Called to Say I Love You (Stevie Wonder, from The Woman in Red)
1985 Say You, Say Me (Lionel Richie, from White Nights)
1986 Take My Breath Away (Berlin, from Top Gun)
1987 (I've Had) The Time of My Life (Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes, from Dirty Dancing)
1988 Let the River Run (Carly Simon, from Working Girl)
1989 Under the Sea (Samuel E. Wright, from The Little Mermaid)
1990 Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man) (Madonna, from Dick Tracy) • Music and Lyrics:
1991 Beauty and the Beast (Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson, from Beauty and the Beast) • Music: Alan
1992 A Whole New World (Lea Salonga & Brad Kane, from Aladdin)
1993 Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen, from Philadelphia)
1994 Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John, from The Lion King)
1995 Colors of the Wind (Vanessa Williams, from Pocahontas)
1996 You Must Love Me (Madonna, from Evita)
1997 My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion, from Titanic)
1998 When You Believe (Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston, The Prince of Egypt)
1999 You'll Be in My Heart (Phil Collins & Glenn Close, from Tarzan)
2000 Things Have Changed (Bob Dylan, from Wonder Boys)
2001 If I Didn't Have You (Billy Crystal & Jane Woodman, from Monsters, Inc.)
2002 Lose Yourself (Eminem, from 8 Mile)
2003 Into the West (Annie Lennox, from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
2004 Al otro lado del río (Jorge Drexler, from The Motorcycle Diaries)
2005 It's Hard out Here for a Pimp (Three 6 Mafia, from Hustle & Flow)
2006 I Need to Wake Up (Melissa Etheridge, from An Inconvenient Truth)
2007 Falling Slowly (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, from Once)
2008 Jai Ho (A.R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls, from Slumdog Millionaire, not the original movie version)
2009 The Weary Kind (Ryan Bingham, from Crazy Heart)
2010 We Belong Together (Randy Newman, from Toy Story)

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Acclaimed Music Top 20 Albums of 1961

Bobby Bland: steps two, number one

This is a kind of "history of music" project, based on aggregated charts found on Acclaimed Music. It features Top 20 playlists for decades 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and yearly Top 20 playlists (both songs and albums) for each year from 1960 to 2010. It's a weekly project.

Just like previous year's playlist, this 1961 chart is filled with great jazz. Bob Dylan and Beatles were yet to come, rock albums were yet to be invented: Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, Stan Getz, Art Blakey ruled. But the number one, according to Acclaimed Music algorythm, is blues and soul singer Bobby "Blue" Bland. Enjoy!

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TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 1961
Source: Acclaimed Music
Missing from Spotify: 2 albums
(legenda: the number preceding the artist name is the ranking in Acclaimed Music Top 3000 chart)

1 (450) Bobby Bland - Two Steps from the Blues
2 (486) Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth
3 (496) Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
4 (539) John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
5 (561) Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
6 (595) Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
7 (828) Gil Evans - Out of the Cool
8 (835) Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
9 (1068) Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
10 (1106) Judy Garland - Judy at Carnegie Hall
11 (1315) Miles Davis - Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
12 (1337) The Shadows - The Shadows
-- (1563) Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Thesis/1961
13 (1612) Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz
14 (1632) The Original Soundtrack - West Side Story
-- (1716) Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Fusion/1961
15 (1826) John Coltrane - Coltrane Jazz
16 (1901) Ornette Coleman - This Is Our Music
17 (1902) Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
18 (1938) George Russell - Ezz-Thetics
19 (2040) Stan Getz - Focus
20 (2054) Eric Dolphy - At the Five Spot, Vol. 1

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The Complete Acclaimed Music Series

SONGS:
- Top 20 Songs of 1920s
- Top 20 Songs of 1930s
- Top 20 Songs of 1940s
- Top 20 Songs of 1950s
- Top 20 Songs of 1960

ALBUMS:
- Top 20 Albums of 1950s
- Top 20 Albums of 1960
- Top 20 Albums of 1961

Mojo's 50 Greatest Island Albums

A couple of years ago, in the #187 issue, Mojo celebrated the 50th birthday of Island Records with a Top 50 of the albums published by the label founded by Chris Blackwell. The chart is mainly based on the 1967-1983 period and includes some all-time goodies like Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left, Jimmy Cliff's The Harder They Come, Bob Marley's Exodus, Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones and - more recently - U2's Achtung Baby, Pulp's Different Class and Amy Winehouse's Back To Black. I made the two usual playlists: one filled with full albums, one with three tracks each album. Enjoy!

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Mojo's The 50 Greatest Island Albums
Source:Rocklist
Albums available on Spotify: 45 out of 50 (90%)

1. Nirvana – The Story Of Simon Simopath – 1967
2. Traffic – Mr Fantasy – 1967
3. Wynder K Frog – Out Of The Frying Pan – 1968
4. Spooky Tooth – Spooky Two – 1969
5. Fairport Convention – Liege And Lief – 1969
6. King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King – 1969
7. Jethro Tull – Stand Up – 1969
8. White Noise – An Electric Storm – 1969
9. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left - 1970
10. Mott The Hoople – Mad Shadows – 1970
11. Free – Fire And Water – 1970
12. Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman – 1970
13. McDonald And Giles – McDonald And Giles – 1971
14. Jimmy Cliff/Various – The Harder They Come – 1972
15. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure – 1973
16. John Martyn – Solid Air – 1973
17. Toots And The Maytals – Funky Kingston – 1973
18. Sparks – Kimono My House – 1974
19. Richard And Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight – 1974
20. Robert Palmer – Pressure Drop - 1975
21. Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey – 1975
22. Brian Eno – Another Green World – 1975
23. Dillinger – CB200 – 1976
24. Max Romeo – War Ina Babylon – 1976
25. Upsetters – Super Ape - 1976
26. Bob Marley – Exodus – 1977
27. Eddie And The Hot Rods – Life On The Line – 1977
28. Junior Murvin – Police And Thieves – 1977
29. Steel Pulse – Handsworth Revolution – 1978
30. The B52’s – The B52’s – 1979
31. The Slits – Cut – 1979
32. Linton Qwesi Johnson – Forces Of Victory – 1979
33. Marianne Faithfull – Broken English – 1979
34. Tom Tom Club – Tom Topm Club – 1981
35. Grace Jones – Nightclubbing – 1981
36. Was (Not Was) – Was (Not Was) – 1981
37. Black Uhuru – Red – 1981
38. Kid Creole And The Coconuts – Tropical Gangsters – 1982
39. King Sunny Ade & His African Beats – Juju Music – 1982
40. Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse – 1982
41. John Cale – Music For A New Society – 1982
42. Aswad – Live And Direct – 1983
43. Tom Waits – Swordfishtrumbones – 1983
44. U2 – Achtung Baby – 1991
45. Julian Cope – Peggy Suicide – 1991
46. P.J. Harvey – Rid Of Me – 1993
47. Pulp – Different Class – 1995
48. Tricky – Maxinquaye – 1995
49. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black – 2006
50. Paul Weller – 22 Dreams – 2008

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Previously on the labels department:
Mojo's 60 Greatest Elektra Albums
Matador at 21

Mucchio Classic Rock #16 - Blues from 1920 to 1960 (top 20 albums)

Robert Johnson (by Kim Robertson) 

Sixteenth music history lesson, courtesy of italian magazine Il Mucchio and its old Classic Rock special features (published in Italy in the 1990s/2000s). After Punk, New Wave, Dark/Gothic, Hard Rock, Psychedelia, Power Pop, Canterbury, Reggae, Krautrock, White Man's Blues, Hardcore-Punk, Old Skool Hip-Hop, Soul, italian Cantautori and californian Harmony Pop, it's time to go back at the crossroads where blues was born. From Robert Johnson to Leadbelly, from Muddy Waters to John Lee Hooker, from Howlin' Wolf to Lightin' Hopkins, all the masters are here. Enjoy! :o)

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Blues from 1920s to 1960s

Source: Il Mucchio
Albums on Spotify: 20 out of 20 (Il Mucchio selected 20 anthologies; when not available on Spotify, I chose similar ones)

10 Pivotal Albums
Willie Dixon - The Chess Box
John Lee Hooker - The Classic Early Years 1948-1951
Lightin' Hopkins - Complete Aladdin Recordings
Howlin' Wolf - The Genuine Article
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings
B.B. King - The Best of the Early Years
Leadbelly - King of the Twelve-String Guitar
Muddy Waters - The Chess Box
Charley Patton - Complete Remastered Sessions
Bessie Smith - The Collection

10 Albums More
Big Bill Broonzy - All The Classic Sides 1928
Guitar Slim - Sufferin' Mind
Son House - Martin Scorsese presents: The Blues
Elmore James - Dark and Dreary
Blind Lemon Jefferson - The Complete Classic Sides Remastered
Memphis Slim - At the Gates of Horn
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
Joe Turner - Greatest Hits
T-Bone Walker - The Complete Capitol / Black & White Recordings
Bukka White - The Vintage Recordings 1930-1940



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Mucchio Classic Rock - Top 20 Albums series:

1. Punk '77

2. New Wave
3. Dark 1980-1985
4. Hard Rock 1968-1975
5. Psychedelia (1965-xxxx)
6. Power-Pop
7. Canterbury scene
8. Reggae 1968-1981
9. Krautrock
10. White Man's Blues
11. Hardcore-Punk USA (1980-1983)
12. Hip Hop Old Skool (1981-1991)
13. Soul 1951-1972
14. Italian "Cantautori" (1971-1977)
15. USA Harmony Pop (1965-1970)
16. Blues from 1920 to 1960

Treble's Top 150 Singles of the '00s

Not number two, M.I.A... you're number one.

Last year, Treble webzine charted their top 150 singles of the noughties. Maybe they like Justin Timberlake too much (most present artist, with five singles) and in the Top 10 they overvalued the sound of Brooklyn, but it's definitely a good mixtape. I spotified it. Enjoy!

"If we're really honest with ourselves, we've spent most of the decade on shuffle anyhow. One minute we want to hear hip-hop, some twee pop the next, and maybe some minimal techno after that. Why not hop around when there's so much great music to hear? It's that commingling of genres, often on a song-by-song basis, that made the past ten years unique. Where the '90s may have kept pop and the underground well segregated, these days you're just as likely to hear Beyonce at a hipster house party as you are the Arcade Fire at a hockey game." (from Treblezine)

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Treble's Top 150 Singles of the '00s
Source: Treble.
Songs available on Spotify: 137 out of 150 (91,33%)

150. Queens of the Stone Age - "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret"
149. Moby - "Spiders"
148. Stephen Malkmus - "Baby C'mon"
147. Studio - "West Side"
146. Rachel Stevens - "Some Girls"
145. Justin Timberlake - "Lovestoned/I Think She Knows"
143. Air – "Cherry Blossom Girl"
142. Robyn - "Be Mine!"
141. HEALTH - "Die Slow"
140. Rilo Kiley - "Portions for Foxes"
139. Boards of Canada - "In a Beautiful Place out in The Country"
138. R. Kelly - "Ignition (Remix)"
137. T.I. - "What You Know"
136. Q and Not U - On Play Patterns
135. Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body"
134. Los Campesinos! - "You! Me! Dancing!"
133. Talib Kweli - "Get By"
132. The Killers - "All These Things That I've Done"
131. Fischerspooner - "Emerge"
130. Stars - "Ageless Beauty"
129. Simian Mobile Disco - "I Believe"
128. Loney, Dear – "I Am John"
127. Broadcast - "America's Boy"
126. Aaliyah - "Try Again"
125. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
124. Guillemots - "Trains to Brazil"
123. Caribou - "Melody Day"
122. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals "Let it Ride"
121. Justin Timberlake ft. T.I. - "My Love"
120. Kanye West - "Jesus Walks"
119. Portishead - "Machine Gun"
118. Bat For Lashes - "Daniel"
117. Okkervil River - "For Real"
116. Justin Timberlake - "What Goes Around/Comes Around"
115. U2 - "Beautiful Day"
114. Kid Cudi - "Day `n' Nite"
113. Les Savy Fav - "The Sweat Descends"/ "Knowing How the World Works"
112. M83 - "Don't Save Us From the Flames"
111. The Killers - "Mr. Brightside"
110. Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp"
109. Death Cab For Cutie - "A Movie Script Ending"
108. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Y Control"
107. Beyonce ft. Jay-Z - "Crazy In Love"
106. Sigur Rós- "Untitled #1"
105. The Knife - "We Share Our Mother's Health"
104. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - "Umbrella"
103. Amerie - "1 Thing"
102. Stars - "Your Ex-Lover is Dead"
101. Blonde Redhead - "23"
100. Coldplay - "Yellow"
99. Annie - "Heartbeat"
98. UGK feat. Outkast - "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)"
97. Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx - "Gold Digger"
96. The Strokes - "Hard to Explain"
95. Elliott Smith - "Pretty (Ugly Before)" / "A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free"
94. Hot Chip - "Over and Over"
93. Arcade Fire - "Wake Up"
92. Interpol - "Obstacle 1"
91. Wilco - "War on War"
90. Animal Collective - "Summertime Clothes"
89. The Roots ft. Cody ChestnuTT - "The Seed 2.0"
88. Cat Power - "The Greatest"
87. Coldplay - "The Scientist"
86. Feist - "Mushaboom"
85. Walkmen - "In the New Year"
84. Yeasayer - "2080"
83. Jens Lekman - "Maple Leaves"
82. The White Stripes - "Fell In Love With a Girl"
81. Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk"
80. MGMT - "Kids"
79. Phoenix - "If I Ever Feel Better"
78. Vampire Weekend - "Oxford Comma"
77. The Avalanches - "Frontier Psychiatrist"
76. Missy Elliott - "Get Ur Freak On"
75. Blur - "Out of Time"
74. Kanye West ft. Dwele - "Flashing Lights"
73. Antony and the Johnsons - "Hope There's Someone"
72. Outkast - "Ms. Jackson"
71. Ladytron - "Destroy Everything You Touch"
70. White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
69. M.I.A. - "Galang"
68. Junior Boys - "In the Morning"
67. Sleater-Kinney – "Jumpers"
66. Burial - "Archangel"
65. M83 - "Graveyard Girl"
64. The National - "Mistaken For Strangers"
63. Santigold - "L.E.S. Artistes"
62. The National - "Fake Empire"
61. Broken Social Scene - "Stars and Sons"
60. !!! - "Me and Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard"
59. Feist - "1234"
58. Grizzly Bear - "While You Wait for the Others"
57. Band of Horses - "Funeral"
56. Animal Collective - "Fireworks"
55. Justin Timberlake - "Cry Me A River"
54. Broadcast - "Before We Begin" / "Man Is Not A Bird"
53. Cut Copy - "Hearts on Fire"
52. Deerhunter - "Nothing Ever Happened"
51. Beck - "Lost Cause"
50. Bloc Party - "Banquet"
49. Phoenix - "Lisztomania"
48. Dirty Projectors - "Stillness Is the Move"
47. Daft Punk - "Harder Better Faster Stronger"
46. Spoon - "I Turn My Camera On"
45. Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos"
44. Fleet Foxes - "White Winter Hymnal"
43. Portishead - "The Rip"
42. Jay-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
41. Radiohead - "Reckoner"
40. M83 - "Kim and Jessie"
39. Interpol - Interpol EP
38. Hercules and Love Affair - "Blind"
37. Avalanches - "Since I Left You"
36. Jay-Z - "99 Problems"
35. Phoenix - "1901"
34. Justice - "D.A.N.C.E."
33. Daft Punk - "One More Time"
32. Radiohead - "There There"
31. Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
30. Johnny Cash - "Hurt"
29. The Shins - "New Slang (When You Notice the Stripes)"
28. The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"
27. Grizzly Bear - "Knife"
26. Gorillaz - "Clint Eastwood"
25. Peter Bjorn and John - "Young Folks"
24. Hot Chip - "Boy From School"
23. Spoon - "The Way We Get By"
22. Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
21. The Rapture - "House of Jealous Lovers"
20. TV on the Radio - "Staring at the Sun"
19. LCD Soundsystem - "Losing My Edge"
18. Arcade Fire - "Neighbordhood #1 (Tunnels)"
17. Outkast - "Hey Ya!"
16. The Walkmen - "The Rat"
15. Flaming Lips - "Do You Realize??"
14. Panda Bear - "Bro's"
13. Radiohead - "Pyramid Song"
12. TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
11. Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out"
10. Outkast - "B.O.B."
9. The Knife - "Heartbeats"
8. Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (Lies)"
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps"
6. Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"
5. Animal Collective - "My Girls"
4. Modest Mouse - "Float On"
3. LCD Soundsystem - "Someone Great"
2. LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"
1. M.I.A. - "Paper Planes"

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Previously on the 2000s:
NME's 100 Tracks of the Decade
The Telegraph's 100 Songs That Defined the Noughties
NPR's The Decade 50 Most Important Recordings

BBC6 Music Playlist (week 8, commencing 19/2/2011)

Anna Calvi says hello to all Spotirama readers

Some exciting new entries in this weekly spotimix, based on official BBC6 Music Playlist: from Anna Calvi to Strokes, from Iron & Wine to the new Gil Scott-Heron/Jamie xx project. Enjoy and have a roaring weekstart!

BBC 6 Music Playlist
Source: BBC6 Music
Songs available on Spotify: 23 out of 30 (76,66%)

Arcade Fire - City With No Children
Belle & Sebastian - I Want The World To Stop
Elbow - Neat Little Rows
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Holy Ghost! - Do It Again
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
Mystery Jets - Serotonin
R.E.M. - Mine Smell Like Honey
Gruff Rhys – Sensations In The Dark
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - I'll Take Care of U
Anna Calvi - Blackout
Cloud Control - There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight
Edwyn Collins – In Your Eyes
Deerhunter – Desire Lines
Ben Folds/Nick Hornby – Your Dogs
Grinderman - Palaces of Montezuma
Grouplove – Don't Say Oh Well
Iron & Wine - Tree By The River
Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man
J Mascis - Not Enough
The Naked And Famous – Young Blood
Noah And The Whale – L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness
Tom Williams & The Boat – Get Older
Yuck - Holing Out
Beady Eye - Four Letter World
James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream
The Crookes - Godless Girl
Pete & The Pirates - Come To The Bar
Wye Oak – Civilian

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Previously on BBC6:
BBC6 Shortlisted Top 100 Songs of 2010

Acclaimed Music Top 20 Songs of 1960

This is a kind of "history of music" project, based on aggregated charts found on Acclaimed Music. It features Top 20 playlists for decades 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and yearly Top 20 playlists (both songs and albums) for each year from 1960 to 2010. It's a weekly project.

Let's start the year-by-year songs playlists with 1960. While in albums jazz still ruled, singles are more rock'n'roll, pop, soul and blues oriented. With a strong preference for ballads, wonderful voices and slow romantic tunes. How many young American people, 50 years ago, danced, kissed and dreamed over this soundtrack? Enjoy!

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TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 1960
Source: Acclaimed Music
Missing from Spotify: 0 songs

(legenda: the number preceding the artist name is the ranking in Acclaimed Music Top 3000 chart)

1 (101) The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
2 (133) Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely
3 (212) Chubby Checker - The Twist
4 (255) The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
5 (341) Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind
6 (477) The Shadows - Apache
7 (494) Etta James - At Last
8 (694) The Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me
9 (813) The Ventures - Walk, Don't Run
10 (837) Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
11 (864) Sam Cooke - Wonderful World
12 (910) Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry
13 (956) Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs - Stay
14 (1043) Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - Shop Around
15 (1140) Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight?
16 (1205) Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party
17 (1268) Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
18 (1390) Johnny Kidd and The Pirates - Shakin' All Over
19 (1398) The Stanley Brothers - Rank Strangers
20 (1826) Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Do

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The Complete Acclaimed Music Series

SONGS:
- Top 20 Songs of 1920s
- Top 20 Songs of 1930s
- Top 20 Songs of 1940s
- Top 20 Songs of 1950s
- Top 20 Songs of 1960

ALBUMS:
- Top 20 Albums of 1950s
- Top 20 Albums of 1960

Dead Air Spotify vol.2 - Radiohead Office Charts

Are you listening to Radiohead's new album The King of Limbs? Yes, me too. :o)
Obviously, it's not on Spotify, yet (we're still waiting for In Rainbows...). But on Spotify you can somehow follow the path of its genesis. How? Listening to the music Radiohead were into while recording it, that the band periodically published (as "Office Charts") on Dead Air Space. Really exciting, varied (from classical to electronica) and complex music. Some months ago I spotified some of 2010 charts. Now, celebrating The King of Limbs' happy birth, it's time to update that series. Below you'll find:
- four new playlists dating from november 2010 to february 2011
- a mammoth playlist made with all four of them
- a super-mammoth playlist featuring all Office Charts from 2010 and 2011
Enjoy! And que viva Radiohead!

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Dead Air Spotify vol. 2
Source: Dead Air Space (official Radiohead website)
Songs available on Spotify: 22 out of 35 (62,85%)


Thu, 04 November
("tea bag for the fly over lands")

1. Crosswinds by J. Tillman
2. Raga Megh Malhar by Charanjit Singh
3. VCR(Four tet rmx) by XX
4. Forget About by Sibylle Baier
5. Hot Swap by Pablo Mandelbrot
6. In The Deep by T.Williams
7. The Leap Home Pt.2 by Radio People
8. For 12 by Other Lives

Listen to it on Spotify: HTTP, URI. (SR0603)


Sat, 20 November
("... of beats, pulses and tones!")

1. Agitation by Finn Peters
2. Move Down Low (feat. Rubi Dan) by Grevious Angel
3. Kraft Und Light by Len Faki
4. The Wind-Up by 2562
5. Angel Brain by Lone
6. Romantic Sores by Kevin Drumm

Listen to it on Spotify: HTTP, URI. (SR0604)


Wed, 12 January
("it's about time you showed up for work")

1.King Of Clubs - Apparat
2.Senorita - Actress
3.South London Boroughs- Burial
4.Organ Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593 after Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 3, No. 8 - Wolfgang Rübsam
5.Whole World - Aloe Blacc
6.Mosh Pit - DJ Trouble
7.The Curlew - Nathan Fake
8.The Turtle - Nathan Fake
9.A Jackson In Your House - The Art Ensemble of Chicago
10. Kill A Man With A Joystick In Your Hand - D'eon
11. Supreme Cunnilingus - Actress

Listen to it on Spotify: HTTP, URI. (SR0605)


Fri, 11 February

1.Fog (Jamie xx Remix) Nosaj Thing Drift (Remixed)
2.Tripped Up Ramadanman Re-Edit Shortstuff Mickey Pearce
3. Sun Days Macc & dgoHn
4. Keep Time Shed
5. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903: Fantasia Christophe Rousset Bach: Harpsichord Works
6. SP Morgan Zarate
7. Chazm Julio Bashmore
8. Seamonkey (Untold Remix) Moderat
9. Stereo Freeze Untold
10. 7c 1020 Macc & dgoHn

Listen to it on Spotify: HTTP, URI. (SR0606)

Dead Air Spotify vol.2 (Mammoth, all songs from the four playlists): HTTP, URI. (SR0607)
Dead Air Spotify SUPER (all songs from DAS1 & DAS2): HTTP, URI. (SR0608)


Previously about Radiohead:
Dead Air Spotify vol.1
The Bittersweet Distractors (a collection of b-sides and rare songs)

BBC6 Music Playlist (week 7, commencing 12/2/2011)

One day, Wye Oak, America will all be yours

Some new music courtesy of BBC6 Official Playlist. New entries are in bold and today include Fleet Foxes, R.E.M., Noah and the Whale, James Blake and Wye Oak. Enjoy and have a roaring weekstart!

BBC 6 Music Playlist
Source: BBC6 Music
Songs available on Spotify: 21 out of 30 (70%)

Arcade Fire - City With No Children
Belle & Sebastian - I Want The World To Stop
Elbow - Neat Little Rows
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Holy Ghost! - Do It Again
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
Mystery Jets - Serotonin
R.E.M. - Mine Smell Like Honey
Gruff Rhys – Sensations In The Dark
Sleigh Bells – Riot Rhythm
Bright Eyes – Shell Games
Cloud Control - There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight
Edwyn Collins – In Your Eyes
Deerhunter – Desire Lines
Ben Folds/Nick Hornby – Your Dogs
Frankie & The Heartstrings – Hunger
Grouplove – Don't Say Oh Well
PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder
Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man
J Mascis - Not Enough
The Naked And Famous – Young Blood
Noah And The Whale – L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX - I'll Take Care Of You
Beady Eye - Four Letter World
Tom Williams & The Boat – Get Older
Yuck - Holing Out
James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream
The Crookes - Godless Girl
Silvery – Two Halves Of The Same Boy
Wye Oak – Civilian

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Previously on BBC6:
BBC6 Shortlisted Top 100 Songs of 2010

A song for Valentine (and one for Angie, one for Lola, one for Stephanie...)

Last Valentine's Day, I playlisted the angry love. This year, I wanna take a look at the bright side of romance. This playlist is a big thank to all of you, sweet, pretty and witty girls in the world. You, who make our hearts beat faster. You, who make our days with a smile. You, who definitely made our best artists write a gazillion of nice songs. Dedicated to, well, you. Not always happy-ending songs, but that's life, isn't it? This playlist features some of these tunes. I hope your name is in the list. If not, to apologize, I promise an easy and definitive explanation on how the offside works. :o)
Enjoy!

P.S. Yes, a couple of songs in the mix are written or sung by girls. You know, love has no rules. 

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A SONG FOR...

Ada (by The National)
Adeline (by Elliott Smith)
Alison (by Elvis Costello)
Amanda (by Ben Folds & Nick Hornby)
Amélie (by Yann Tiersen)
Amie (by Damien Rice)
Amy (by Dirty Three)
Angie (by The Rolling Stones)
Ann (by The Stooges)
Anna (by Lucio Battisti)
Annie (by Graffiti6)
Barbara Ann (by Beach Boys)
Belinda (by The Refreshments)
Billie Jean (by Michael Jackson)
Candy (by Morphine)
Carla (by Daniel Lanois)
Carol (by Neil Sedaka)
Caroline (by Neil Diamond)
Cecilia (by Simon & Garfunkel)
Charlotte (by Los Campesinos!)
Christina (by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci)
Claudia (by The View)
Deborah (by Marlene Kuntz)
Delilah (by Tom Jones)
Diana (by Paul Anka)
Dinah (by Thelonious Monk)
Eileen (by Dexy's Midnight Runners)
Eleanor (by Franz Ferdinand)
Elise (by The Cure)
Elizabeth (by Mystery Jets)
Evelyn (by Clinic)
Fanny (by Bee Gees)
Genevieve (by John Phillips)
Gloria (by Umberto Tozzi)
Gwyneth (by Someone Still Loves You Boris Eltsin)
Helena (by My Chemical Romance)
Henrietta (by Fratellis)
Ida (by Ike & Tina Turner)
Iris (by Goo Goo Dolls)
Isabella (by Migala)
Isobel (by Alfie)
Jacqueline (by The Coral)
Jane (by Nick Drake)
Jennifer (by The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
Jenny (by Paolo Nutini)
Jolene (by Dolly Parton)
Josie (by Zita Swoon)
Judith (by A Perfect Circle)
Judy (by Belle & Sebastian)
Julia (by Chris Rea)
Julie (by Fountains of Wayne)
Karen (by The Go-Betweens)
Katie (by The Libertines)
Kathy (by Bright Eyes)
Kelly (by Air)
Laura (by Scissor Sisters)
Laurie (by Daniel Johnston)
Layla (by Eric Clapton)
Lilian (by Depeche Mode)
Lily (by The Who)
Linda (by Bruce Springsteen)
Lois Ann (by Wes Montgomery)
Lola (by The Kinks)
Lolita (by Stereophonics)
Lorraine (by Frank Sinatra)
Lulu-Mae (by Jay-Jay Johanson)
Maggie May (by Rod Stewart)
Mandy (by The Spinto Band)
Maria (by Blondie)
Marianne (by Leonard Cohen)
Marilyn (by Afterhours)
Marilu (by Serge Gainsbourg)
Marina (by Gypsy Kings)
Marion (by Paul Simon)
Marlène (by Noir Desir)
Martha (by Tom Waits)
Mary (by The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Melissa (by The Allman Brothers Band)
Michelle (by Guns n'Roses)
Minnie (by Cab Calloway)
Molly (by Kings of Leon)
Nadia (by Michael Nyman)
Naomi (by Neutral Milk Hotel)
Nathalie (by Gilbert Becaud)
Nina (by Paolo Conte)
Pamela (by Toto)
Paola (by Cali)
Patricia (by Ry Cooder)
Patty Lee (by Les Savy Fav)
Paula (by Pulp)
Penny (by Blonde Redhead)
Polly (by Nirvana)
Rachel (by Sleigh Bells)
Ramona (by Beck)
Rhiannon (by Fleetwood Mac)
Rhonda (by Jan & Dean)
Rita (by Chico Buarque)
Rosalita (by Gomez)
Rosemary (by Lenny Kravitz)
Roxanne (by The Police)
Ruby (by Kaiser Chiefs)
Sally (by Vasco Rossi)
Sandy (by John Travolta)
Sandra (by Gilberto Gil)
Sarah (by Death Cab For Cutie)
Sharona (by Knack)
Sheena (by Ramones)
Sheila (by The Smashing Pumpkins)
Shirley (by Billy Bragg)
Stephanie (by The Velvet Underground)
Suzie (by Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Sylvie (by Saint Etienne)
Tracy (by Mogwai)
Valerie (by The Zutons)
Veronica (by The Raveonettes)
Wynona (by The Primus)
Yvonne (by Jack Penate)
Valentine (by Chet Baker)

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Acclaimed Music Top 20 Albums of 1960

John Coltrane: very giant steps

This is a kind of "history of music" project, based on aggregated charts found on Acclaimed Music. It features Top 20 playlists for decades 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and yearly Top 20 playlists (both songs and albums) for each year from 1960 to 2010. It's a weekly project.

After have quickly travelled through the first sixty years of twentieth century, it's time to start with the year playlists. Nothing better than a 1960 full of incredible jazz masters: Coltrane, Miles, Montgomery, Mingus, Coleman, Fitzgerald... Non-jazz inclusions are very few, beginning with Muddy live at Newport and Elvis back from the army. Enjoy!

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TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 1960
Missing from Spotify: 5 albums
(legenda: the number preceding the artist name is the ranking in Acclaimed Music Top 3000 chart)

1 (369) John Coltrane - Giant Steps
2 (393) Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
3 (541) Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters at Newport 1960
4 (606) Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back!
5 (823) Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
6 (885) Charles Mingus - Blues and Roots
= (947) Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
7 (950) Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century
8 (1180) Hank Mobley - Soul Station
9 (1528) Etta James - At Last!
= (1533) Joan Baez - Joan Baez
10 (1626) Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack
11 (1647) Charles Mingus - Mingus at Antibes
12 (1831) Frank Sinatra - Nice 'N' Easy
== (2106) Mel Tormé - Swings Shubert Alley
13 (2113) Art Pepper - Smack-Up
14 (2116) Ray Charles - Ray Charles in Person
15 (2126) Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
== (2296) Billy Fury - The Sound of Fury
== (2392) Chuck Berry - Rockin' at the Hops
16 (2400) Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
17 (2430) Eric Dolphy - Out There
18 (2529) Eric Dolphy - Outward Bound
19 (2584) Bill Evans - Portrait in Jazz
20 (2590) Dizzy Gillespie - Gillespiana

Listen to it on Spotify:
Mammoth (full albums): HTTP, URI. (SR0596)
Lite (3 tracks each album): HTTP, URI. (SR0597)

The Complete Acclaimed Music Series

SONGS:
- Top 20 Songs of 1920s
- Top 20 Songs of 1930s
- Top 20 Songs of 1940s
- Top 20 Songs of 1950s

ALBUMS:
- Top 20 Albums of 1950s
- Top 20 Albums of 1960

The Complete Guide To Downloading #4 - Relationships

These playlists are little, but good.

In 2005, people from Q, Mojo and Kerrang! allied to publish The Complete Guide To Downloading, a 150-pages magazine filled with playlists about... everything. It was a fantastic guide for the downloading era. I think it's definitely worth in the age of streaming, too. 

Since we're getting close to Valentine's day, time to think about our relationships. :o)
 Enjoy!

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THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO DOWNLOADING #4
"RELATIONSHIPS"


IT'S ALL OVER NOW
Baby gone and left you? Seek solace in this break-up mix.
(11 tracks out of 12, 91,66%, 45 minutes)

The White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
Pulp - Something Changed
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - No Blue Skies
Mojave 3 - Where Is The Love
Spiritualized - Broken Heart
Kelis - Caught Out There
Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Now
Scissor Sisters - Better Luck
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (MTV Unplugged)
Interpol - Slow Hands
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

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TUNES TO GET JIGGY TO
(24 tracks out of 24, BINGO!, about 1 hour)

Shaggy – Boombastic
Goldfrapp – Strict Machine
Khia – My Neck, My Back
Usher – Yeah!
Beck – Mixed Bizness
Justin Timberlake – Señorita
Pulp – Babies
Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On
Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me
Suede – Animal Nitrate
Guns N' Roses – Paradise City
50 Cent – In Da Club
2Pac – California Love
Jefferson Airplane – Somebody To Love
Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone
N.E.R.D. feat. Lee Harvey & Vita – Lapdance
Patti Smith Group – Because The Night
Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
Studio B – I See Girls (Crazy)
Prince & The Revolution – Kiss
Will Smith – Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus
Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up
Queen – Don't Stop Me Now

Listen to it on Spotify: HTTP, URI. (SR0590)


HOW TO LURE BACK A LOVER
Songs that say: "But I can change..."
(10 tracks out of 10, BINGO!, 35 minutes)

Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
The Kinks – Days
John Lennon – Jealous Guy
The Rolling Stones – Miss You
The Police – Can't Stand Losing You
The Magic Numbers – Forever Lost
The Bravery – An Honest Mistake
The Streets – Such A Twat
Willie Nelson – Always On My Mind
The Smiths – Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

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"MUM, THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU..."
Emerge from the closet with melodrama, glitterballs and sparkly pop.
(12 tracks out of 12, BINGO!, 55 minutes)

Queen – I Want To Break Free
Right Said Fred – I'm Too Sexy
Liza Minnelli (feat. Pet Shop Boys) – Losing My Mind
The Smiths – Handsome Devil (Live at Manchester Hacienda 4/2/83)
Carl Bean – I Was Born This Way
Diana Ross – I'm Coming Out
Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama
David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
Placebo – Nancy Boy
Abba – Lay All Your Love On Me

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SEX SYMBOLS ANTHEMS
Songs that go bump and grind in the night.
(10 tracks out of 10, BINGO!, 42 minutes)

Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On
Roxy Music – In Every Dream Home A Heartache
Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper
Rick James – Super Freak
Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf
The Smiths – Handsome Devil (Live at Manchester Hacienda 4/2/83)
Prince – Darling Nikki
TLC – Red Light Special
Kelis – Milkshake
Goldfrapp – Twist

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ODES FOR THE RESENTFUL EX-LOVER
(20 tracks out of 21, 95,23%, about 1 hour)

Elastica – Line Up
Suede – Animal Nitrate
Foo Fighters – Monkey Wrench
Public Enemy – She Watch Channel Zero?!
The Hives – A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T
Nirvana – Territorial Pissings
Blur – Charmless Man
Carly Simon – You're So Vain
Oasis – Married With Children
The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Kaiser Chiefs – Everyday I Love You Less and Less
The Pretenders – Thin Line Between Love And Hate
Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know
Big Brother & The Holding Company – Ball And Chain (Live at The Woodstock 1969)
Glen Campbell – By The Time I Get To Phoenix
The Divine Comedy – Becoming More Like Alfie
PJ Harvey – Sheela-Na-Gig
Marvin Gaye – Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
The Rolling Stones – You Can't Always Get What You Want
Some Girls – Don't Hate Me Just 'Cause I Hate You

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If You Like...
Locations
Relationships

Mucchio Classic Rock #15 USA Harmony Pop 1965-1970 (Top 20 Albums)

God only knows what they're feeding the animals with... 

Fifteenth music history lesson, courtesy of italian magazine Il Mucchio and its old Classic Rock special features (published in Italy in the 1990s/2000s). After Punk, New Wave, Dark/Gothic, Hard Rock, Psychedelia, Power Pop, Canterbury, Reggae, Krautrock, White Man's Blues, Hardcore-Punk, Old Skool Hip-Hop, Soul and Italian Cantautori, it's time to take a californian sunshower in the Sixties. In this playlist you'll find the brightest american music of that era, "a sea of sugar, colours and very good vibrations", as Carlo Bordone wrote in the original piece. A collection of quite famous tunes (God Only Knows, California Dreamin', Happy Together...) along with less famous but not less joyful songs. "Harmony Pop"? I think that label was invented by Bordone (one of the best italian music writers). Probably in the anglosaxon world it's called "Sunshine Pop", or something similar. Anyway, a really good mixtape to accelerate the return of spring.
Enjoy! :o)

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USA Harmony Pop 1965-1970

Source: Il Mucchio
Albums on Spotify: 14 out of 20 (70%)

10 Pivotal Albums
Beau Brummels - Introducing the Beau Brummels (Autumn, 1965)
Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic? (Kama Sutra, 1965)
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (Capitol, 1966)
Mamas and Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (MCA, 1966)
Left Banke - There's Gonna Be A Storm. The Complete Recordings 1966-69 (Mercury, 1992)
Turtles - Happy Together (White Whale, 1967)
Monkees - Headquarters (RCA, 1967)
Association - Greatest Hits (Warner Bros, 1968)
Millennium - Begin (Columbia, 1968)
Smoke - The Smoke (Tower, 1968)

10 Albums More
Harpers Bizarre - Feelin' Groovy (Warner Bros, 1967)
Merry-Go-Round - The Merry-Go-Round (A&M, 1967)
Choir - Choir Practice (Sundazed, 1994)
Jan & Dean - Save For a Rainy Day (Sundazed, 1996)
Yellow Balloon - The Yellow Balloon (Canterbury, 1967)
Free Design - Kites Are Fun. The Best of Free Design (Varese Vintage, 1998)
Sagittarius - Present Tense (Columbia, 1968)
Margo Guryan - Take a Picture (Bell, 1968)
Spanky & Our Gang - Like To Get To Know You (Mercury, 1968)
John Phillips - The Wolfking of L.A. (Stateside, 1970)

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Mammoth (full albums): HTTP, URI. (SR0587)

Lite (3 songs each "pivotal" album, 2 songs each "more" album): HTTP Link, URI. (SR0588)

Mucchio Classic Rock - Top 20 Albums series:

1. Punk '77

2. New Wave
3. Dark 1980-1985
4. Hard Rock 1968-1975
5. Psychedelia (1965-xxxx)
6. Power-Pop
7. Canterbury scene
8. Reggae 1968-1981
9. Krautrock
10. White Man's Blues
11. Hardcore-Punk USA (1980-1983)
12. Hip Hop Old Skool (1981-1991)
13. Soul 1951-1972
14. Italian "Cantautori" (1971-1977)
15. USA Harmony Pop (1965-1970)

Acclaimed Music Top 20 Songs of 1950s

Johnny B. Goode
(Back to the Future version)

This is a kind of "history of music" project, based on aggregated charts found on Acclaimed Music. It features Top 20 playlists for decades 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and yearly Top 20 playlists (both songs and albums) for each year from 1960 to 2010. It's a weekly project. Enjoy!

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THE PLAYLIST

(legenda: the number preceding the artist name is the ranking in Acclaimed Music Top 3000 chart)

1. (6) Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (1958)
2. (14) Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel (1956)
3. (27) Ray Charles - What'd I Say (1959)
4. (28) Little Richard - Tutti Frutti (1955)
5. (41) The Crickets - That'll Be the Day (1957)
6. (46) Bill Haley and His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (1954)
7. (55) Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1956)
8. (64) Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (1957)
9. (72) Elvis Presley - That's All Right (Mama) (1954)
10. (78) Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes (1956)
11. (79) Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (1958)
12. (81) Chuck Berry - Maybellene (1955)
13. (83) Elvis Presley - Mystery Train (1955)
14. (86) Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (1956)
15. (92) Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel (1956)
16. (100) Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue (1957)
17. (125) Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (1957)
18. (126) Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps - Be Bop a Lula (1956)
19. (131) Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (1955)
20. (143) The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (1957)

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The Complete Acclaimed Music Series

SONGS:
- Top 20 Songs of 1920s
- Top 20 Songs of 1930s
- Top 20 Songs of 1940s
- Top 20 Songs of 1950s

ALBUMS:
- Top 20 Albums of 1950s

NME's 50 Druggiest Albums Ever

Good morning, everybody. Today, we're doing drugs. Or, better, we're going to listen to the 50 druggiest albums ever, according to weekly magazine NME: from Doors to Fleetwood Mac, from David Bowie to Neil Young, from Oasis to Libertines, from Snoop Doggy Dog to Cypress Hill, from Happy Mondays to Primal Scream. In two different doses: mammoth or lite. Enjoy... carefully. :o)

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THE PLAYLIST
(43 albums out of 50, 86%)

50 The Libertines – The Libertines
49 Oasis – Be Here Now
48 MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
47 Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks
46 Dr Dre – The Chronic
45 Klaxons – Surfing The Void
44 The Doors – The Doors
43 Brian Jonestown Massacre – Methodrone
42 Missy Elliott – Miss E…So Addictive
41 Guns ‘N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction
40 Royal Trux – Twin Infinitives
39 Tricky – Maxinquaye
38 Jane’s Addiction – Ritual De Lo Habitual
37 The Birthday Party – Junk Yard
36 Pavement – Wowee Zowee
35 13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere
34 Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
33 Neil Young – On the Beach
32 Babyshambles – Down In Albion
31 Bardo Pond – Bufo Alvarius
30 The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
29 Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
28 Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
27 Lou Reed – Metal Machine Music
26 Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
25 Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
24 Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Nigga Please
23 Spacemen 3 – Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To
22 Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers – L.A.M.F
21 David Bowie – Station To Station
20 Factory Floor – Untitled
19 Happy Mondays – Yes Please!
18 My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
17 Elton John – Madman Across The Water
16 Suede – Dog Man Star
15 The Stooges – Raw Power
14 Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
13 The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
12 Cypress Hill – Black Sunday
11 Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
10 Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates of Dawn
09 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
08 Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
07 Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
06 The Beatles – Revolver
05 Nirvana – In Utero
04 Sly and the Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On
03 The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
02 The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St
01 Primal Scream – Screamadelica

Listen to it on Spotify:
mammoth (full albums, 534 tracks, about one druggy day): HTTP, URI.
lite (three tracks each album*, 127 tracks, about ten druggy hours): HTTP, URI.

*just one track from lovely but a little disturbing Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music.

Previously from the desk of NME:
51 Greatest Debut Albums of the Last 51 Years
Best 75 Tracks and Albums of 2010
50 Best New Bands of 2010
50 Awesome Music Movies
100 Tracks of the Decade (2000-2009)