1950s
10- Come Fly With Me- Frank Sinatra
09- Johnny B Goode- Chuck Berry
08- One for my Baby (and One for the Road)- Frank Sinatra
07- 4'33"- John Cage
06- Fever- Ella Fitzgerald
05- Mack The Knife- Bobby Darin
04- Mess Around- Ray Charles
03- Bo Diddley- Bo Diddley
02- Maybellene- Chuck Berry
01-Take Five- Dave Brubeck Quartet
1960s
10- My Generation- The Who
09- Waterloo Sunset- The Kinks
08- Respect- Aretha Franklin
07- Out in the Streets- The Shangri-Las
06- Like a Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan
05- Suzanne- Leonard Cohen
04- A Day in the Life- The Beatles
03- Don't Let Me Down- The Beatles
02- Surf's Up- The Beach Boys (albeit unreleased until later)
01-Heroin- The Velvet Underground
1970s
10- Lust for Life- Iggy Pop
09- God- John Lennon
08- Station to Station- David Bowie
07- Radio, Radio- Elvis Costello
06- Changes- David Bowie
05- She's Lost Control- Joy Division
04- "Heroes"- David Bowie
03- Rock & Roll- the Velvet Underground
02- Born To Run- Bruce Springsteen
01-Dark Globe- Syd Barrett
1980s
10- Billie Jean- Michael Jackson
09- Love Will Tear Us Apart- Joy Division
08- Let's Dance- David Bowie
07- You've Got Everything Now- The Smiths
06- Twilight- Electric Light Orchestra
05- Teen Age Riot- Sonic Youth
04- Once in a Lifetime- Talking Heads
03- Transmission- Joy Division
02- You Made Me Realise- My Bloody Valentine
01-Atmosphere- Joy Division
1990s
10- Forty-six & 2- Tool
09- Superstar- Sonic Youth
08- My Iron Lung- Radiohead
07- Common People- Pulp
06- Fake Plastic Trees- Radiohead
05- I Can't Stop- Of Montreal
04- Race for the Prize- The Flaming Lips
03- Just- Radiohead
02- Hallelujah- Jeff Buckley
01-Holland 1945- Neutral Milk Hotel
2000s
10- 2+2=5- Radiohead
09- Losing My Edge- LCD Soundsystem
08- Hikari- Utada Hikaru
07- He Poos Clouds- Final Fantasy
06- Broken Witch- Liars
05- Heartbeats- The Knife
04- Flint (For the Underpaid & Unemployed)- Sufjan Stevens
03- The Other Side of Mt Heart Attack- Liars
02- The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out To Get Us!- Sufjan Stevens
01-Emily- Johanna Newsom
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