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The First "Best of This Decade" List Ever
We’ve put together a list of some of the biggest selling, best reviewed, most-spun albums from January 2000 to August 2008. What were the albums that have stood out so far, the handful that stand up to some of the best in history, the albums we’ll be listening to long after we flip the calendar to 2010.
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Top Summer Slam Anthems
The 11 songs who held the title belt at some point during Summer Slam (By number of wins, with tie-breaker of who lost by the closest margin.)
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Ian Camfield's "Most Brilliant Debut Albums"
14 : Licence To ill - The Beastie Boys
13 : Definitely Maybe - Oasis
12 : The Doors - The Doors
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Schwenker's Workout Essentials
Schwenker's Workout Essentials, as chosen by K-Rock Night Guy Schwenker...
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Nik Carter's Best Last Letter Game Letters
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Play the Last Letter Game with Nik weekdays at noon. Last Letter Game page >
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The Dirty Dozen Greatest Cowbell Songs
12. Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name
11. Mountain – Mississippi Queen
10. Guns N’ Roses – Nighttrain
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Top Eleven "Track Ones"
11. The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop – Ramones
10. Black Sabbath - War Pigs - Paranoid
9. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name - The Joshua Tree
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Best Drinking Songs
- AC/DC - Have A Drink On Me
- The Doors - Roadhouse Blues
- Metallica- Whiskey In The Jar
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The Ultimate 4:20 List
*Songs about smokin’ you know what...
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Rock's Kinkiest Musical Swingers
12. Damon Albarn
11. Scott Weiland
10. Eddie Vedder
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Top Ten Rock Trios
10. Violent Femmes
9. Motorhead
8. Cream
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Top Ten Rock Duos
10. Noel / Liam Gallagher
9. Anthony Kiedis / Flea
8. Steven Tyler / Joe Perry
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Top Rock Video Babes
This one’s got eleven of our favorite “tens” from rock video history.
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K-Rock's Unlucky 13 Rock Star Causes of Death
Drugs, Suicide, Misadventure... Rock N' Roll is hazardous.
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Q's Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever!
English Rock Monthly weighed in first with its own list of great guitar tracks. Interesting contrast with the Rolling Stone list and K-Rock’s People’s Guitar Tracks List.
10. Black Sabbath / Paranoid
9. The Kinks / You Really Got Me
8. White Stripes / Seven Nation Army
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Spinner.com's Bitter Rock Band Break-Ups*
*According to music website spinner.com.
- Smashing Pumpkins
- The Doors
- Rage Against The Machine
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Grilled In The USA
List created scientifically by “blink” factor & process of elimination, by the K-Rock programming department over a few beers at the K-Rock summer BBQ…
20. STP
19. NIN
18. Smashing Pumpkins
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Entertainment Weekly Magazine's "New Classics"
The Top Rock Albums Of The Last 25 Years...
13. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
12. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
11. The Strokes – Is This It?
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Rolling Stone's Greatest Guitar Songs
13. Derek And The Dominos – “Layla”
12. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”
11. Led Zeppelin – “Whole Lotta Love”
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The People's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs
We've given you the chance to tell Rolling Stone and the world what really makes a great guitar song. Here's what you said are the Greatest Guitar Songs...
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Top Ten Songs in K-Rock History
Most frequently played, according to our records...
10. Sublime / What I Got
9. Smashing Pumpkins / Bullet With Butterfly Wings
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Schwenker's Top Ten Driving Songs
“Songs that get you to yell along in the car,” according to K-Rock’s Schwenker.
10. Cypress Hill - Rock Superstar
9. Tool - 46 & 2
8. Linkin Park - One Step Closer
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Ian's Metal Monsters
The greatest Heavy Metal Albums of all-time, according to Ian Camfield (In no particular order)
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Judas Priest - British Steel
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VH1's Top Ten Metal Songs
10. Motorhead – Ace of Spades
9. Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
8. Slayer – Raining Blood
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Best Selling Rock Albums
According to the Recording Industry Association of America, rounded down to nearest million. Excluding pop, country, live, and “greatest hits” packages.
13. Pearl Jam - Ten (12M)
12. Led Zeppelin- II (12M)
11. Def Leppard - Hysteria (12M)
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Top Ten Songs from 'Your Rock' Playlists
Calculated from the tens of thousands of playlists we have received.
10. Foo Fighters / The Pretender
9. Pantera / Walk
8. Nirvana / Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Most Downloaded Nirvana Songs
According to iTunes, as of 8/27/08
10. Lake Of Fire (unplugged)
9. The Man Who Sold The World (unplugged)
8. You Know You're Right
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Most Downloaded Metallica Songs
According to iTunes, as of 8/27/08
10. Wherever I May Roam
9. I Disappear
8. Fade To Black
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Most Downloaded Guns N' Roses Songs
According to iTunes, as of 8/27/08.
10. Civil War
9. Used To Love Her
8. Mr. Brownstone
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Greatest Rock Guitar Solos
As voted on by you, the K-Rock listeners...
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We've left the voting up just to watch it evolve...
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Best Rock Cover Songs
According to K-Rock...
Guns N’ Roses - Live & Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
Van Halen - You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
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Last Eight March Bracket Brawl Bands
The quarterfinalists from K-Rock’s March Bracket Brawl, determined by listener text and online votes.
8. Jimi Hendrix
7. Foo Fighters
6. Guns N’ Roses
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Rolling Stone's Greatest Rock Songs
Rock songs taken from Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time issue.
10. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
9. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
8. U2 - One
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Rockers Who Did Time
All of these rockers did the crime and had to do the time.
11. Billie Joe Armstrong
10. Johnny Cash
9. Mick Jagger
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Q's Top Rock Villains
Q's List of villains...
8. Gene Simmons
7. Sid Vicious
6. Billy Corgan
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Q's Top British Rock Albums
Q Magazine is the UK’s #1 monthly music magazine at www.q4music.com
11. The Who - My Generation
10. Queen - Night At the Opera
9. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
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Rolling Stone's Greatest Rock Artists
Rolling Stone readers suggest...
13. The Doors
12. David Bowie
11. Neil Young
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Rolling Stone Readers Greatest Rock Albums
The readers have spoken... *New and improved.
14. Tool - Aenima
13. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
12. Pearl Jam - Ten
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K-Rock's Top Ten Current Songs of the Week
*According to our records (i.e. counting spins on our fingers and toes).
10. Motley Crue/Saints of Los Angeles
9. Staind/Believe
8. AC/DC – Rock N’ Roll Train
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Top Rock Feuds
Rock n' Roll is a dangerous animal. Some may say it's "savage". Here's a list of the most noteworthy Rock N' Roll feuds.
7. Tommy Lee vs. Kid Rock
6. Nirvana vs. Pearl Jam
5. Liam vs. Noel
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Nik Carter's Sexy-Time Music
These are selections from my cd stack in the room where "all the magic happens", OH AND IT DOES INDEED HAPPEN!
10. Tool – “H”
9. Roxy Music – “Love Is The Drug”
8. Moby – “Porcelin”
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Top Ten Artists on Last.fm*
*for week ending Sunday Aug. 24
10. Death Cab For Cutie
9. Foo Fighters
8. Nirvana
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K-Rock's One-Hit Wonders of the '90s
Most plays on K-Rock among ‘90s songs, by bands who never charted a 2nd K-Rock hit.
10. Blind Melon - No Rain
9. Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy
8. House of Pain - Jump Around
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Top Ten Rock Movie Songs*
*According to the K-Rock Music Department
10. U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky (Rattle & Hum)
9. Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Fight Club)
8. Guns N’ Roses - You Could Be Mine (Terminator 2)
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Twelve Essential Guitar Hero Jams
This is according to the hard working young men and women in the K-Rock contest department.
12. Go With The Flow - Queens Of The Stone Age (Rock Band)
11. Wave Of Mutilation - The Pixies (Rock Band)
10. Run To The Hills – Iron Maiden (Rock Band)
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