A thought while listening to The Sundays on a Sunday: I’ve always loved music critics’ “Best Of” lists and used them as a starting point for further listening, even during the pre-internet days. (I always followed the major music magazines’ end-of-the-year rankings, and until now, I’ll derive great pleasure from reading through something like “1001 Albums You Must Her Before You Die”).
But while many of my favorite bands do show up on those lists — XTC, The Blue Nile, The Stone Roses — many more that I love just as much never do (The Sundays, The Spinanes, ebtg). And these aren’t particularly obscure, underground acts, either. But I had to come across them through, well, living: through hearing something played in public, or on a mixtape from a friend, or even just picking something up in a store because the cover was nice and the song titles were promising.
Which leads to the question: What am I missing? Especially from the 80s and before, but from the 90s onwards too.
TO ANY MUSIC-LOVING PEOPLE WHO MAY BE READING THIS: Please name your absolute favorite artists/albums that never seem to show up on any end-of-the-year or “Best Of” lists anywhere. :)
Which leads to the question: What am I missing? Especially from the 80s and before, but from the 90s onwards too.
TO ANY MUSIC-LOVING PEOPLE WHO MAY BE READING THIS: Please name your absolute favorite artists/albums that never seem to show up on any end-of-the-year or “Best Of” lists anywhere. :)
