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If any of you have me for any extended period of time or have read this blog several times, none of the following artists should be too much of a surprise that they are in the Top 10. If I have to be honest, the Top 8 are pretty much set in stone with only their order slightly adjusted depending on my mood. Numbers 9 and 10 usually change on a monthly basis and change spots with any other artist in my Top 30. However, I would say that a good 90% of my life on Earth has these artists in my Top 10.

So, in the immortal words of the prophet Casey Kasem, “On with the countdown!”

10. U2* – Best Albums: Achtung Baby (1991), The Joshua Tree (1987), War (1982), How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004), The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

     Album Gem: Zooropa (1993)

     Best Songs: “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (1987), “Beautiful Day” (2000), “Desire” (1988), “One” (1991), “Where the Streets Have No Name” (1987)

     Deep Cut: “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” (2009)

9. The Cure* – Best Albums: Disintegration (1989); Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987); Three Imaginary Boys (1979); Pornography (1982); The Head on the Door (1985)

     Album Gem: Seventeen Seconds (1980)

     Best Songs: “In Between Days” (1985), “Boys Don’t Cry” (1979), “A Forest” (1980), “Just Like Heaven” (1987), “Lovesong” (1989)

     Deep Cut: “How Beautiful You Are” (1987)

8. Queen* – Best Albums: A Night at the Opera (1975), A Day at the Races (1976), The Game (1980), Jazz (1978), The Works (1984)

     Album Gem: Hot Space! (1982)

     Best Songs: “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975), “Don’t Stop Me Now” (1978), “Another One Bites the Dust” (1980), “Fat Bottom Girls” (1978), “Under Pressure” – David Bowie & Queen (1981)

     Deep Cut: “Body Language” (1982)

7. Daryl Hall & John Oates* – Best Albums: Abandoned Luncheonette (1973), H2O (1982), Private Eyes (1981), Voices (1980), Daryl Hall & John Oates (aka The Silver Album) (1975)

     Album Gem: X-Static (1979)

     Best Songs: “She’s Gone” (1976), “Sara Smile” (1975), “Kiss on My List” (1980), “Maneater” (1982), “Everytime You Go Away” (1980)

     Deep Cut: “It’s a Laugh” (1978)

6. Cheap Trick* – Best Albums: Cheap Trick (1977), In Color (1977), Heaven Tonight (1978), At Budokan (1979), Dream Police (1979)

     Album Gem: Cheap Trick (1997)

     Best Songs: “I Want You to Want Me (live)” (1979), “Surrender” (1978), “Dream Police” (1979), “I Can’t Take It” (1983), “Say Goodbye” (1997)

     Deep Cut: “Oh Candy” (1977)

5. Paul Weller/The Jam/The Style Council – Best Albums: My Ever Changing Moods – The Style Council (1984); Sound Affects – The Jam (1980); Heavy Soul – Paul Weller (1997); Wake Up the Nation – Paul Weller (2010); Stanley Road – Paul Weller (1995)

     Album Gem: Fat Pop (Volume 1) – Paul Weller (2021)

     Best Songs: “You’re the Best Thing” – The Style Council (1984); “Going Underground” – The Jam (1980); “Peacock Suit” – Paul Weller (1997); “Sweet Pea” (2000); “Wake Up the Nation” – Paul Weller (2010)

     Deep Cuts: “Man in the Corner Shop” – The Jam (1980); “How She Threw It All Away” – The Style Council (1988); “All I Wanna Do (Is Be with You)” – Paul Weller (2008)

4. R.E.M.* – Best Albums: Life Rich Pageant (1986), Murmur (1983), Automatic for the People (1992), Reckoning (1984), Document (1987)

     Album Gem: Up (1998)

     Best Songs: “It’s the End of the World (And I Feel Fine)” (1987), “Losing My Religion” (1991), “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite” (1992), “Radio Free Europe” (1983), “Everybody Hurts” (1992)

      Deep Cut: “Nightswimming” (1992)

3. Bruce Springsteen* – Best Albums: Born to Run (1975), Born in the U.S.A. (1984), Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978), The Rising (2002), Nebraska (1982)

     Album Gem: Wrecking Ball (2012)

     Best Songs: “Born to Run” (1975), “Dancing in the Dark” (1984), “Badlands” (1978), “Thunder Road” (1975), “Rosalita” (1973)

     Deep Cut: “One Step Up, Two Steps Back” (1987)

2. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers* – Best Albums: Damn the Torpedoes (1979), Hard Promises (1981), Full Moon Fever (1989), Wild Flower (1994), Highway Companion (2006)

     Album Gem: Echo (1999)

     Best Songs: “The Waiting” (1981), “You Don’t Know How It Feels” (1994), “Don’t Come Around Here No More” (1985), “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” (1993), “Free Falling” (1989)

     Deep Cut: “Honey Bee” (1994)

1. Prince* – Best Albums: Dirty Mind (1980), 1999 (1982), Purple Rain (1984), Sign ‘o’ the Times (1987), Diamonds & Pearls (1991)

     Album Gem: The Gold Experience (1995)

     Best Songs: “When Doves Cry” (1984), “Kiss” (1986), “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” (1995), “Cream” (1991), “7” (1992)

     Deep Cut: “Endorphinmachine” (1995)

And that’s a wrap! Next week, hopefully, I will something more substantial.