Top Ten Lists

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

  1. Something
  2. Yesterday
  3. Come Together
  4. Norwegian Wood
  5. Hey Jude
  6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  7. Here Comes the Sun
  8. Help
  9. With a Little Help from My Friends
  10. A Day In the Life

TOP TEN CLASSIC ROCK ALBUMS (no anthologies, greatest hits, etc.)

  1. Abbey Road (Beatles)
  2. Led Zeppelin I
  3. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles)
  4. Tommy (The Who)
  5. Disraeli Gears (Cream)
  6. Crosby, Stills & Nash
  7. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Derek & the Dominoes)
  8. The Doors
  9. Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)
  10. Are You Experienced? (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

TOP TEN LIVE CLASSIC ROCK ALBUMS

  1. Frampton Comes Alive (Peter Frampton)
  2. Live at the Fillmore East (Allman Brothers)
  3. Live Bullet (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
  4. Road Tested (Bonnie Raitt)
  5. Runnin’ Down a Dream (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
  6. A Black and White Night (Roy Orbison)
  7. On Stage (Loggins & Messina)
  8. Hell Freezes Over (Eagles)
  9. On Tour (Delaney & Bonnie)
  10. Royal Albert Hall London (Cream)

TOP TEN CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS

  1. Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones)
  2. Yesterday (Beatles)
  3. Something (Beatles)
  4. I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles)
  5. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
  6. For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
  7. Light My Fire (Doors)
  8. Suite Judy Blue Eyes (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
  9. Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
  10. Sunshine of Your Love (Cream)

TOP TEN ROCK COVERS

  1. All Along the Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix; first recorded by Bob Dylan)
  2. Me and Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin; first recorded by Kris Kristofferson)
  3. Respect (Aretha Franklin; first recorded by Otis Redding)
  4. I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Creedence Clearwater Revival; first recorded by Marvin Gaye)
  5. Twist and Shout (Beatles; first recorded by the Top Notes in 1961, but a hit by the Isley Brothers in 1962)
  6. Angel from Montgomery (Bonnie Raitt; first recorded by John Prine)
  7. Crossroads (Cream; first recorded as “Crossroads Blues” by Robert Johnson)
  8. Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds; first recorded by Bob Dylan)
  9. Boom Boom (The Animals; first recorded by John Lee Hooker)