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From: lip@masscomp.UUCP (John Lipinski)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Finally: The top n album list
Message-ID: <792@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 09:01:05 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  2 09:01:05 1985
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Reply-To: lip@masscomp.UUCP (John Lipinski)
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Summary: 

In article <5602@fortune.UUCP> strock@fortune.UUCP (Gregory Strockbine) writes:
>>	>>>	The USENET top 78 album list <<<
>>
>>
>>1)  Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon - 190.5
>>2)  Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - 174
>>3)  Pink Floyd - The Wall - 149
>>4)  Who - Who's Next - 140
>>5)  Beatles - Abbey Road - 132
>>6)  Bush, Kate - The Dreaming - 108.5
>>7)  Led Zeppelin - ZoSo (Zeppelin IV) - 107.5
>>8)  Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) -  116.5
>>9)  Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 98
>>10) Springsteen, Bruce - Born to Run - 88.5
>>
>	Thanks for the list of oldies (basically) top records, now how
>about today's music. Gee, it looks as if a 70's revival is upon us.

The survey  included old (60's)  and recent popular music.   If voters
thought  that more  recent  music  was better,  they  would have  made
different choices.   I think the  outcome of this  survey demonstrates
the *general* degeneration of popular music after the early 70's.

		- John Lipinski