These are my personal lists. I’m not presenting any justifications for any of the rankings but would be happy to talk about them.
TOP TEN BEATLES SONGS
- Something
- Yesterday
- Come Together
- Norwegian Wood
- Hey Jude
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Here Comes the Sun
- Help
- With a Little Help from My Friends
- A Day In the Life
TOP TEN CLASSIC ROCK ALBUMS (no anthologies, greatest hits, etc.)
- Abbey Road (Beatles)
- Led Zeppelin I
- Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles)
- Tommy (The Who)
- Disraeli Gears (Cream)
- Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Derek & the Dominoes)
- The Doors
- Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)
- Are You Experienced? (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
TOP TEN LIVE CLASSIC ROCK ALBUMS
- Frampton Comes Alive (Peter Frampton)
- Live at the Fillmore East (Allman Brothers)
- Live Bullet (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
- Road Tested (Bonnie Raitt)
- Runnin’ Down a Dream (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
- A Black and White Night (Roy Orbison)
- On Stage (Loggins & Messina)
- Hell Freezes Over (Eagles)
- On Tour (Delaney & Bonnie)
- Royal Albert Hall London (Cream)
TOP TEN CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS
- Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones)
- Yesterday (Beatles)
- Something (Beatles)
- I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles)
- (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
- For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
- Light My Fire (Doors)
- Suite Judy Blue Eyes (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
- Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
- Sunshine of Your Love (Cream)
TOP TEN ROCK COVERS
- All Along the Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix; first recorded by Bob Dylan)
- Me and Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin; first recorded by Kris Kristofferson)
- Respect (Aretha Franklin; first recorded by Otis Redding)
- I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Creedence Clearwater Revival; first recorded by Marvin Gaye)
- Twist and Shout (Beatles; first recorded by the Top Notes in 1961, but a hit by the Isley Brothers in 1962)
- Angel from Montgomery (Bonnie Raitt; first recorded by John Prine)
- Crossroads (Cream; first recorded as “Crossroads Blues” by Robert Johnson)
- Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds; first recorded by Bob Dylan)
- Boom Boom (The Animals; first recorded by John Lee Hooker)