The Guinness Top Forty in full
The Top 40 favourite hit singles of all time, as voted for in a poll conducted by the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles.
I found this list some years ago on a web page I've long forgotten the name of - I agree with many of these - but where are the Status Quo tracks? <grin>
1. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
2. Imagine - John Lennon
3. Hey Jude - The Beatles
4. Dancing Queen - Abba
5. Like A Prayer - Madonna
6. Angels - Robbie Williams
7. Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
8. Wannabe - Spice Girls
9. Yesterday - The Beatles
10. Let It Be - The Beatles
11. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
12. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
13. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
14. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
15. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
16. Losing My Religion - REM
17. Hotel California - Eagles
18. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
19. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
20. With Or Without You - U2
Candle In The Wind
'97/Something About The Way You Look Tonight - Elton John
22. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
23. Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
24. Vogue - Madonna
25. Heartbeat/Tragedy - Steps
26. Thriller - Michael Jackson
27. Never Ever - All Saints
28. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
29. I Turn To You - Melanie C
30. Wonderwall - Oasis
31. American Pie - Don McLean
32. Everybody Hurts - REM
33. Careless Whisper - George Michael
34. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
35. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
36. I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans
37. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
38. Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
39. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
40. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
Barney's All Time Favourite Live Albums
Recently Chris sent me a list of the best 'Live' albums ever released. I was suspicious of this list as it seemed to be from an American perspective and not one of Chris' personal compositions due to the fact some of his favourite British live releases were conspicuously absent from the list. I decided to sit down and compose my own list and it is featured here. This list may change in the future as I add to my music collection
1. Status Quo Live
2. Joe Jackson - Live 1980-86
3. U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky
4. The Yardbirds - Five Live Yardbirds
5. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
6. Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour
7. Camel - Gods Of Light
8. Fleetwood Mac - Roundhouse Chalk Farm
9. Jethro Tull - Living With The Past
10. Slade Alive
11. Wishbone Ash - Live Dates
12. Pink Floyd - Pulse
13. Status Quo - Just Doin' It Live
14. Eric Clapton - 24 Nights
15. Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
16. Fleetwood Mac - The Dance
17. Yes - Yessongs
18. Ian Anderson - Plays The Orchestral Jethro Tull
19. Cream - Reunion Concert Royal Albert Hall 2005
20. Dire Straits - Alchemy
21. Supertramp - Paris
22. Wings - Wings Over America
23. Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same
24. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live At Carnegie Hall
25. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
The Top 100 Guitarists Of All Time
Rolling Stone Magazine - October 2003
Another list I found on the internet many years ago and one I don't necessarily agree with fully, but then the lists are meant to start conversations and arguments - I've also added my Top 20 at the bottom of this list.
1. Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden
BARNEY'S TOP 20 GUITARISTS (Always Subject To Change)
1. Peter Green
2. Gary Moore
3. Rory Gallagher
4. Hank Marvin
5. Mike Oldfield
6. The Edge
7. David Gilmour
8. Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt
10. Jimmy Page
11. Stevie Ray Vaughan
12. Eric Clapton
13. Dick Dale
14. Ritchie Blackmore
15. Mark Knopfler
16. Brian May
17. Keith Richards
18. George Harrison
19. Jimi Hendrix
20. Steve Howe
Barney's 30 Best Concept Albums of all time
1. Quadrophenia - The Who
2. Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds
- Various Artists
3. Journey To The Centre Of The Earth - Rick Wakeman
4. Tubular Bells II - Mike Oldfield
5. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
6. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
7. Close To The Edge - Yes
8. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
9. Argus - Wishbone Ash
10. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
11. Music Of The Spheres - Mike Oldfield
12. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders
From Mars - David Bowie
13. Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf
14. Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
15. The Original Soundtrack - 10cc
16. Stationary Traveller - Camel
17. Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson Lake & Palmer
18. Tommy - The Who
19. Moon Madness - Camel
20. Nouveau Calls - Wishbone Ash
21. In Search Of The Lost Chord - The Moody Blues
22. The Legend Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The
Round Table - Rick Wakeman
23. The Songs Of Distant Earth - Mike Oldfield
24. Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Alan Parsons Project
25. The Wall - Pink Floyd
26. Time - Electric Light Orchestra
27. Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes
28. Harbour Of Tears - Camel
29. Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
30. Donít Stop - Status Quo
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums. The criteria are that the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies worldwide. Most albums have conflicting estimates of sales figures. This list can contain any type of album, including studio, greatest hits, compilation, various artists, soundtrack and remix.
A number of issues make exact figures difficult to calculate, as historical data before the 1980s and from developing countries is incomplete. Additionally, fans, record companies and the media are prone to exaggerating sales figures to boost the image of the relevant act. The figures given do not take into account the resale of used albums. The list takes no account of any kind of copyright infringing activity such as home taping or the emergence of illegal downloading of digital music in the 2000ís or of pirate sales of copied discs. The list is correct at the time of my downloading (July 2011)
1. Michael Jackson - Thriller - 1982
2. AC/DC - Back in Black - 1980
3. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon - 1973
4. Whitney Houston/Various artists - The Bodyguard -
1992
5. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell - 1977
6. Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971?1975) - 1976
7. Various artists - Dirty Dancing - 1987
8. Backstreet Boys - Millennium - 1999
9. Bee Gees/Various artists - Saturday Night Fever -
1977
10. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 1977
11. Shania Twain - Come On Over - 1997
12. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 1971
13. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 1995
14. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- 1967
15. Celine Dion - Falling into You - 1996
16. Mariah Carey - Music Box - 1993
17. Michael Jackson - Dangerous - 1991
18. The Beatles - 1 - 2000
19. Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love - 1997
20. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 1973
21. Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown - 1979
22. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. - 1984
23. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - 1985
24. James Horner - Titanic - 1997
25. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection - 1990
26. Michael Jackson - Bad - 1987
27. Pink Floyd - The Wall - 1979
28. Nirvana - Nevermind - 1991
29. ABBA - ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits - 1992
30. Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back - 1997
31. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet - 1986
32. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction - 1987
33. Various artists - Grease - 1978
34. Santana - Supernatural - 1999
35. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 1999
36. Carole King - Tapestry - 1971
37. George Michael - Faith - 1987
38. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - 1968
39. Mariah Carey - Daydream - 1995
40. Queen - Greatest Hits - 1981
41. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
- 1970
42. U2 - The Joshua Tree - 1987
43. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - 1985
44. Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue - 2000
45. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory - 2000
46. Madonna - True Blue - 1986
47. Ace of Base - Happy Nation/The Sign - 1994
48. Spice Girls - Spice - 1996
49. Metallica - Metallica - 1991
50. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - 1995
51. Dido - No Angel - 1999
52. Madonna - Like a Virgin - 1984
53. Aerosmith - Get a Grip - 1993
54. Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All - 1992
55. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend: The Best of
Bob Marley & The Wailers - 1984
56. Blondie - Parallel Lines - 1978
57. Bon Jovi - Cross Road - 1994
58. Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again - 2000
59. Céline Dion - The Colour of My Love - 1993
60. Cher - Believe - 1999
61. Def Leppard - Hysteria - 1987
62. Janet Jackson - Janet. - 1993
63. Madonna - Ray of Light - 1998
64. Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future,
Book I - 1995
65. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall - 1979
66. Norah Jones - Come Away with Me - 2002
67. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain - 1984
68. Spice Girls - Spiceworld - 1997
69. Tina Turner - Private Dancer - 1984
70. Usher - Confessions - 2004