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Weekend Rock List: Color Songs

This weekend’s rock list pays homage to one of music’s most celebrated subjects: Roy G. Biv. Let us know which song with a color in its title you prefer, and on Monday we’ll tally the votes to a form a rainbow we’ll call “‘Rock List: Readers’ Best Color Songs.” Before you go consorting the Crayola box, here are our preliminary picks: Prince – “Purple Rain” Weezer – “Pink Triangle” The Velvet Underground – “White Light, White Heat” The Kinks – “The Village Green Preservation Society” New Order – “Blue Monday”

Published: 2008-02-29 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Readers’ Rock List: Self-Titled Albums

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Last week, to celebrate all those eponymous LPs out there, we asked the Rock Daily readers to tell us their favorite Self-Titled Album. We counted the votes and, to nobody’s surprise, The Beatles, or the White Album as it’s lovingly referred to, stormed to the top spot, passing a pair of punk albums along the way. To see where Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and the blue Weezer landed, check out the full list below: 1. The Beatles 2. The Clash 3. The Ramones 4. Weezer 5. Led Zeppelin 6. The Doors 7. The Velvet Underground 8. Black Sabbath 9. Van Halen 10. Metallica 11. Rage Against the Machine 12. The Band 13. Sublime 14. The B-52’s 15. Franz Ferdinand

Published: 2009-03-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Readers’ Rock List: Final Albums

Last week, saddened by the sudden breakup of Be Your Own Pet, we asked our readers to tell us their favorite final albums. After counting the votes, the Beatles‘ Abbey Road — released before but recorded after Let It Be — was the runaway winner, edging swan song albums by Hendrix, Nirvana and many more. And while Velvet Underground’s Loaded and the Doors‘ L.A. Woman both made the top 10, we had to disqualify them as neither is technically a last album (Both Squeeze and Full Circle sadly count.) For the list of your favorite 15, check below: 1. The Beatles - Abbey Road 2. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland 3. Nirvana - In Utero 4. Sublime - Sublime 5. Nick Drake - Pink Moon 6. Joy Division - Closer 7. Soundgarden - Down on the Upside 8. The Police - Synchronicity 9. Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne 10. Pantera - Reinventing the Steel 11. Tupac Shakur - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory 12. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Uprising 13. The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come 14. Jeff Buckley - Grace 15. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

Published: 2008-08-04 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

The Fifteen Greatest Box Sets

This weekend, Rock Daily celebrated the box set — that glossy ultimate mixtape that brightens up any coffee table but can lighten your wallet by the ton. We pooled your nominations with ours and came up with a list of the fifteen best worth your buck: 1. Star Time, James Brown 2. Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Ray Charles 3. Anthology of American Folk Music, Various Artists 4. Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968, Various Artists 5. Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music, Various Artists 6. The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991, Bob Dylan 7. One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found, Various Artists 8. The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Johnny Cash 9. Arkology, Lee “Scratch” Perry 10. No Thanks! The ’70s Punk Rebellion, Various Artists 11. Crossroads, Eric Clapton 12. Back to Mono, Phil Spector 13. Peel Slowly and See, Velvet Underground 14. Live/1975-85, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band 15. The Funk Box, Various Artists Photo: Furlong/Getty

Published: 2007-08-14 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Readers’ Rock List: Solo Albums

Last week, inspired by Thom Yorke and Atoms for Peace’s performance of The Eraser in New York, we asked for a rundown of your favorite solo albums by artists known for their work in bands. After nearly 100 votes, many from Pearl Jam fans, Eddie Vedder’s Into the Wild soundtrack beat out Yorke and solo LPs from members of the Beatles, the Strokes and the Velvet Underground. We can think of some pretty major ones left off the list — Iggy Pop’s The Idiot stands out as one glaring oversight — so be

Published: 2010-04-12 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists