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1001 Albums

Every album from the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book, merged across the 2005 and 2008 editions.1,021 to pick from0 saved Music

The Most Beautiful Song

What AskReddit answered when asked for the most beautiful song they'd ever heard — pop, hymns, film scores and Satie, all in one heap.92 to pick from0 saved Music

The Best Song You've Ever Heard

469 songs from 237 people, and 434 of them named exactly once. The opposite of a consensus, and a very good place to find something you've never heard.469 to pick from0 saved Music

The Most Romantic Song

367 songs from 253 people. Half of it is the standards everyone already agrees are romantic; the other half is somebody's private evidence.367 to pick from0 saved Music

The Best Song Ever Written

426 songs from 481 people, and for once there is a winner: Bohemian Rhapsody, named fourteen times. Ask which song is best <em>written</em> and a canon appears.426 to pick from0 saved Music

Las Mejores Canciones en Español

181 canciones de 23 personas, y 177 nombradas una sola vez. No es un ranking: es una playlist construida en público.181 to pick from0 saved Music

The Best MTV Unplugged

67 Unplugged sets from 346 people, and the old argument settles nothing: Nirvana 112, Alice in Chains 78, and third place has 30.67 to pick from0 saved Music

The 100 Greatest Songs of the 1990s

Paste Magazine’s staff ranking, in Paste’s order. Wu-Tang at #1, Tori Amos at #2, and a decade that put Britney, Aphex Twin and Shania Twain on the same list.100 to pick from0 saved Music

KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of the '90s

Seattle’s KEXP asked its listeners, and 540 songs came back. Nirvana at #1, of course; Mazzy Star at #2, which is the more KEXP answer.540 to pick from0 saved Music

KEXP's Top Songs of All Time

The 631 songs Seattle’s KEXP had played most, counted down in 2017. LCD Soundsystem at #1, The Mountain Goats at #2 — a station’s own heavy rotation, not a poll.631 to pick from0 saved Yours

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