Is this supposed to be a top pop 20 or power pop top 20? The distinction means a lot to me, because pop is a much broader designation. Mike Bennett Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/mrhonorama Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com Find out about Chicago shows: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagopopshowreport/ > From: mikecurry@hotmail.co.uk > To: audities@smoe.org > Subject: Top Pop 20 > Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:32:02 +0000 > > > I've given this some thought over the weekend, but as sensibly suggested by Stewart, I haven't dwelt too long on the decision as I also think that's the best way to arrive at the decision. I'm sure the list would change each time I looked at it, but this is a very good representation, not only taking into account how good a pop album it is, but also just how much I still listen to it, and even how much it led to me finding other music. > > 1. Big Star - #1 Record / Radio City > > 2. Cheap Trick - In Color > > 3. The Stone Roses - S/T > > 4. Jellyfish - Bellybutton > > 5. Jason Falkner - Can You Still Feel? > > 6. World Party - Goodbye Jumbo > > 7. Mark Johnson - 12 In A Room > > 8. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema > > 9. The Someloves - Don't Talk About Us > > 10. The Pernice Brothers - Discover A Lovelier You > > 11. The Connells - One Simple Word > > 12. Orange Humble Band - Assorted Creams > > 13. Sloan - Navy Blues > > 14. Splitsville - Repeater > > 15. REM - Document > > 16. The Nines - Properties of Sound > > 17. Adam Daniel - Blue Pop > > 18. Weird Summer - Incarnata Mysterica > > 19. Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine > > 20. The Grays - Ro Sham Bo > > > FWIW - I don't really like The Raspberries either. Sorry pop pickers. _________________________________________________________________ Make distant family not so distant with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/digitallife/keepintouch.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_VideoChat_distantfamily_012008