BEING renowned for my fine taste in music, I present the definitive top 10 track listings across all genres (that matter).
No iPOD is complete without the following 200, indisputable, unchallengeable tunes - suitable for all tastes:
Top 10 Rock:
- Oasis - Rock 'n' Roll Star.
- Bush - Swallowed
- Oasis - Morning Glory.
- Bush - Machinehead.
- Thrice - Artist in the ambulance.
- Kings of Leon - Wasted time.
- Elbow - Grounds for divorce.
- Audioslave - Cochise.
- Radiohead - Creep.
- Stereophonics - Performance and cocktails.
Top 10 Death Metal:
- Slipknot - Jumpdafuckup.
- Drowning Pool - Bodies.
- Trivium - Departure.
- Slipknot - Duality.
- Placebo - Nancy boy.
- Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
- Muse - Assassin.
- Bullet For My Valentine - Tears don't fall.
- Avenged Sevenfold - Sidewinder.
- Papa Roach - Between angels and insects.
Top 10 Dance:
- ATB - Till I come (9pm).
- Baby D - I need your loving.
- Paul Van Dyk - We are alive.
- Special D - Come with me.
- Energy 52 - Cafe del mar.
- Basshunter - I can walk on water...
- Tiesto - Adagio for strings.
- Fatboy Slim - Right here, right now.
- Rui da Silva - Touch me.
- Platnum - Loveshy.
Top 10 Pop:
- Boyzone - No matter what.
- Backstreet Boys - Show me the meaning.
- The Corrs - What can I do.
- Another Level - Bomb diggy.
- Robbie Williams - Angels.
- Backstreet Boys - Want it that way.
- Alphabeat - Fascination.
- Janet Jackson - Together again.
- Lighthouse Family - Lifted.
- Blue - All rise.
Top 10 Classical:
- Handel - Suite in D Major Hornpipe.
- JS Bach - Fugue.
- Puccini - O mio babbino caro.
- Tchaikovsky - Swam lake scene.
- Allegri - Miserere mei deus.
- Debussy - Clair de lune.
- Elgar - Nimrod.
- Holst - Jupiter the bringer of jollity.
- Strauss - Radetzky March.
- Bizet - Habaera 'L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle
Top 10 Cheesy:
- Phil Collins - Two hearts.
- John Legend - Save room.
- Haddaway - What is love.
- Barry White - My first, my last.
- The Saturdays - Just can't get enough.
- Chris de Burgh - Sailing Away.
- ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme.
- Johnny Case - Ring of fire.
- Mark Morrison - Return of the mack.
- T-Spoon - Sex on the beach.
Top 10 Driving:
- The Ramones - I wanna be sedated.
- Cream - Sunshine of your love.
- Barenaked Ladies - One week.
- Kings of Leon - Molly's Chambers.
- Greenday - Minority.
- Pulp - Common People.
- Deep Purple - Smoke on the water.
- Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Snow.
- Manic Street Preachers - Design for life.
- Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, tonight.
Top 10 Oldies:
- Beatles - We can work it out.
- Elvis Presley - Suspicious minds.
- The Kinks - You really got me.
- The Troggs - Love is all around.
- Dusty Springfield - Wishin' and Hopin'
- Buddy Holly - All my love.
- Joy Division - Love will tear us apart.
- Rolling Stones - Can't get no satisfaction.
- Buddy Holly - Everyday.
- Simon and Garfunkel - America.
Top 10 RnB:
- DJ Luck - A little bit of luck.
- Neyo - So sick.
- Craig David - Fill me in.
- Akon - Right now.
- Sean Paul - Give it up to me.
- Gym Class Heroes - Cookie Jar.
- Chris Brown - With you.
- Taio Cruz - Come on girl.
- Alison Hinds - Roll it gal.
- Arquitechs - Body Groove.
Top 10 Rap:
- Ludacris - Rollout.
- Sway - F ur X
- OT - Raise your glasses.
- Groove Armada - Get Down.
- Kid Cudi - Day and nite.
- Nas - I can.
- Chingy - Holidae Inn.
- Notorous BIG - Big poppa.
- Dr. Dre - Still Dre.
- Eminem - The way I am.
Top 10 Indie:
- Kaiserchiefs - Everyday I love you less and less.
- Keane - This is the last time.
- Razorlight - Who needs love.
- The Coral - Dreaming of you.
- The Kooks - Seaside.
- Goo Goo Dolls - Broadway.
- Blur - Parklife.
- The Futureheads - Hounds of love.
- Scouting for Girls - It's not about you.
- Badly Drawn Boy - Once around the block.
Top 10 Forgotten:
- Hole - Make me over.
- UB40 - Can't help falling in love with you.
- Ultra Nate - Free.
- The Calling - Wherever you will go.
- Lightning Seeds - Lucifer Sam.
- The Seahorses - Love is the law.
- Blur - Song 2.
- Maximo Park - Apply some pressure.
- JJ72 - October Swimmer.
- Elbow - On a day like this.
Top 10 Chillout:
- Bob Marley - No woman no cry.
- Dido - Thank you.
- Scala - Exit music.
- Andrea Bocelli - Besame mucho.
- Scala - Bittersweet symphony.
- Royksopp - Eple.
- Nerina Pallot - Sophia.
- Sam Sparro - Black and Gold.
- Air - Alone in Kyoto.
- Alanis Morissette - Ironic.
Top 10 Emo:
- All American Rejects - Move Along.
- Panic At The Disco - Time to dance.
- Fall Out Boy - Suger we're going down.
- Sum 41 - Summer.
- Blink 182 - Rock show.
- New Found Glory - Hit or miss.
- Nofx - Dinosaurs will die.
- Jimmy Eat World - The middle.
- Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal.
- The Offspring - Want you bad.
Top 10 Soundtracks:
- Mozart - The marriage of Figaro (Trading Places).
- Russell Watson - Faith of [lol] (Star Trek)
- Breaking Benjamin - Blow me away. (Halo?)
- Snow Patrol - Signal Fire (Spiderman 3)
- Spandau Ballet - True (The Wedding Singer)
- Maria Mulder - Midnight at the oasis (Lost in Translation)
- Greenday - Brainstew (Godzilla)
- Rammstein - Feuer Frei (Triple X)
- Placebo - Every you every me (Cruel Intentions)
- Skunk Anansie - Secretly (Cruel Intentions)
Top 10 Coooool:
- Jamiroquai - Just dance.
- The Fugees - Killing me softly.
- Michael Jackson - Beat It.
- Will Smith - Miami.
- Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication.
- Doobie Brothers - Long train running.
- Madcon - Beggin'
- Hot Chip - Ready for the floor.
- Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse - Valerie.
- Bob Sinclair - World, hold on.
Top 10 Funny/Strange:
- Richard Cheese - Smack my bitch up.
- Tenacious D - Double team.
- Tenacious D - Fuck her gently.
- Rammstein - Amerika.
- Nofx - My vagina.
- Electric 6 - Gay bar.
- Shaggy - Bombastic.
- Red Nex - Cotton Eye Joe.
- Peaches - Fuck the pain away.
- Eminem - Kill you.
Top 10 Love:
- Eric Clapton - Wonderful tonight.
- Foreigner - I want to know what love is.
- Tony Braxton - Unbreak my heart.
- Boyz II Men - I'll make love to you.
- Andrea Bocelli - Dare to live.
- Muse - Unintended.
- Damien Rice - 9 Crimes.
- Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight.
- Mott The Hoople - All the young dudes.
- Boyz II Men - End of the road.
Top 10 Worst:
- Eiffel 65 - Blue. Bludabadee
- Hilary Duff - Anything she does.
- Petula Clark - Downtown. eurgh.
- George Michael - Faith.
- Babybird - You're gorgeous.
- James Blunt - painfully bad.
- Village People. *sigh*
- Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas.
- Peter and Gordon - Woman.
- The f*kin Macarana.
Top 10 I forgot I liked whilst making this list:
- REM - Imitation of life.
- Radiohead - Paranoid Android.
- Puddle of Mud - Blurry.
- Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle emptiness.
- Goo Goo Dolls - Here is gone.
- Soilwork - Distance.
- Underworld - Born slippy.
- Nofx - Stickin' it in my eye.
- Soilwork - Stabbing the drama.
- DJ Quicksilver - Belissima.
I hope this list helps, don't forget to comment if you agree/disagree - and spread this article to your friends!
Keep in mind I came up with this over a couple of evenings of skipping through tracks on Winamp!