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Subject: KITS list: Top 300 Mod. Rock songs
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Well, not a single person told me not to post this, and I got
lots of requests *to* post it, so here it is:

Here is the KITS Memorial Day 1990 Countdown, as voted by the listeners.
(Note that #300 is missing because of an error in the printing):

1. THE SMITHS HOW SOON IS NOW?

2. NEW ORDER BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE
3. MODERN ENGLISH I MELT WITH YOU
4. ALPHAVILLE FOREVER YOUNG
5. THE CURE PICTURES OF YOU
6. NEW ORDER BLUE MONDAY
7. THE CURE JUST LIKE HEAVEN
8. SOFT CELL TAINTED LOVE
9. DEPECHE MODE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH
10. ERASURE OH L'AMOUR
11. CUBE LOVE'S TABOO
12. MINISTRY EVERY DAY IS HALLOWEEN
13. NEW ORDER TRUE FAITH
14. JOY DIVISION LOVE WILL TEAR US APART
15. SINEAD O'CONNOR NOTHING COMPARES 2 U
16. SECESSION THE MAGICIAN
17. THE CURE IN BETWEEN DAYS
18. U2 PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
19. DEPECHE MODE ENJOY THE SILENCE
20. YAZ SITUATION
21. THE B-52'S ROCK LOBSTER
22. STEPHEN "TIN TIN" DUFFY KISS ME
23. WHEN IN ROME THE PROMISE
24. THE CURE BOYS DON'T CRY
25. TALK TALK IT'S MY LIFE
26. OINGO BOINGO DEAD MAN'S PARTY
27. TIME ZONE WORLD DESTRUCTION
28. DEPECHE MODE STRANGELOVE
29. YAZ ONLY YOU
30. DRAMARAMA ANYTHING ANYTHING
31. THE SMITHS THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT
32. R.E.M. THE ONE I LOVE
33. ROXY MUSIC AVALON
34. GENERAL PUBLIC TENDERNESS
35. EBN OZN A E I O U SOMETIMES Y
36. DEPECHE MODE PERSONAL JESUS
37. THE SEX PISTOLS ANARCHY IN THE U.K.
38. THE CLASH SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
39. PSYCHEDELIC FURS THE GHOST IN YOU
40. THE CURE LOVE SONG
41. ELECTRONIC GETTING AWAY WITH IT
42. THE B-52'S LOVE SHACK
43. THE LIGHTNING SEEDS PURE
44. THE CURE CLOSE TO ME
45. R.E.M. IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
46. PET SHP BOYS ALWAYS ON MY MIND
47. THE STONE ROSES I WANNA BE ADORED
48. THE SMITHS GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA
49. THE PLIMSOULS A MILLION MILES AWAY
50. U2 SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
51. THE CURE A FOREST
52. ERASURE CHAINS OF LOVE
53. THE SUNDAYS HERE'S WHERE THE STORY ENDS
54. THE ROMANTICS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU
55. CANDY FLIP STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
56. PETER SCHILLING THE DIFFERENT STORY
57. VIOLENT FEMMES BLISTER IN THE SUN
58. DEPECHE MODE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
59. THE CURE LOVE CATS
60. HEAVEN 17 LET ME GO
61. TALKING HEADS ONCE IN A LIFETIME
62. THE ENGLISH BEAT I CONFESS
63. THE CURE LULLABY
64. THE CLASH ROCK THE CASBAH
65. ANYTHING BOX LIVING IN OBLIVION
66. ERASURE A LITTLE RESPECT
67. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES CITIES IN DUST
68. KATE BUSH WUTHERING HEIGHTS
69. U2 NEW YEAR'S DAY
70. B-MOVIE NOWHERE GIRL
71. DEPECHE MODE EVERYTHING COUNTS
72. SINEAD O'CONNOR MANDINKA
73. THE CLASH TRAIN IN VAIN
74. PET SHOP BOYS WEST END GIRLS
75. TONES ON TAIL GO!
76. GRANDMASTER FLASH WHITE LINES
77. SIMPLE MINDS DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME)
78. DEPECHE MODE BLASPHEMOUS RUMOURS
79. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL
80. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN LIPS LIKE SUGAR
81. U2 BAD
82. UNTIL DECEMBER UNTIL DECEMBER
83. THE SEX PISTOLS GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
84. ERASURE STAR
85. THE CURE FASCINATION STREET
86. JANE'S ADDICTION JANE SAYS
87. XTC DEAR GOD
88. FRONT 242 HEADHUNTER
89. THE CURE LET'S GO TO BED
90. NEW ORDER FINE TIME
91. EURYTHMICS SWEET DREAMS
92. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD RELAX
93. DEPECHE MODE SOMEBODY
94. MALCOLM MCCLAREN MADAME BUTTERFLY
95. NEW ORDER PERFECT KISS
96. PETER MURPHY CUTS YOU UP
97. THE B-52'S ROAM
98. CETU JAVU HAVE IN MIND
99. THE THE KINGDOM OF RAIN
100. THE SMITHS BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN
101. THE ENGLISH BEAT SAVE IT FOR LATER
102. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY
103. UB40 RED RED WINE
104. THE BELOVED HELLO
105. TEARS FOR FEARS MAD WORLD
106. TALKING HEADS BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
107. SPLIT ENZ I GOT YOU
108. U2 WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
109. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SHOW ME YOUR SOUL
110. R.E.M. ORANGE CRUSH
111. OINGO BOINGO WE CLOSE OUR EYES
112. MINISTRY WORK FOR LOVE
113. MARTIN L. GORE COMPULSION
114. THE BOLLOCK BROTHERS HARLEY DAVID
115. INXS THE ONE THING
116. FREUR DOOT DOOT
117. NEW ORDER 1963
118. THE STONE ROSES FOOL'S GOLD
119. ELVIS COSTELLO OLIVER'S ARMY
120. INXS DON'T CHANGE
121. NEW ORDER ROUND & ROUND
122. TALKING HEADS AND SHE WAS
123. CONSOLIDATED CONSOLIDATED
124. ELVIS COSTELLO ALISON
125. CROWDED HOUSE DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
126. SINEAD O'CONNOR EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
127. THE GO-GO'S WE GOT THE BEAT
128. PETER GODWIN IMAGES OF HEAVEN
129. THE B-52'S PRIVATE IDAHO
130. TALKING HEADS PSYCHO KILLER
131. WESTWORLD PAINKILLER
132. THE SLICKEE BOYS THIS PARTY SUCKS
133. BERLIN SEX (I'M A...)
134. DEPECHE MODE MASTER % SERVANT
135. DEAD OR ALIVE YOU SPIN ME AROUND
136. THE CLASH LONDON CALLING
137. ABC THE LOOK OF LOVE
138. DEPECHE MODE A QUESTION OF LUST
139. UB40 KINGSTON TOWN
140. THE RAMONES I WANNA BE SEDATED
141. THE POLICE EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
142. OMD ENOLA GAY
143. ULTRAVOX VIENNA
144. THE CURE WHY CAN'T I BE YOU?
145. THE CREATURES FURY EYES
146. THE B-52'S DEADBEAT CLUB
147. THE ALARM ABSOLUTE REALITY
148. TEARS FOR FEARS SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE
149. THE THE UNCERTAIN SMILE
150. DEPECHE MODE BUT NOT TONIGHT
151. PETER MURPHY INDIGO EYES
152. THE PRETENDERS BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
153. TEARS FOR FEARS CHANGE
154. RED FLAG RUSSIAN RADIO
155. PETER GABRIEL IN YOUR EYES
156. OMD TESLA GIRLS
157. NEW ORDER TEMPTATION
158. MORRISSEY EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
159. LOVE & ROCKETS SO ALIVE
160. THE ENGLISH BEAT MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM
161. U2 WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
162. INXS NEED YOU TONIGHT
163. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS GOOD THING
164. THE B-52'S PLANET CLAIRE
165. THE NAILS 88 LINES ABOUT 44 WOMEN
166. DURAN DURAN PLANET EARTH
167. NEW ORDER THIEVES LIKE US
168. DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS COME ON EILEEN
169. DOMINATRIX DOMINATRIX SLEEPS TONIGHT
170. DEPECHE MODE ROUTE 66
171. THE WATERBOYS THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
172. ERASURE BLUE SAVANNAH
173. NENA 99 LUFTBALLONS
174. SQUEEZE TEMPTED
175. XYMOX OBSESSION
176. XTC MAYOR OF SIMPLETON
177. VOICE FARM JOHNNY BELINDA
178. VISAGE FADE TO GREY
179. TRANSLATOR EVERYWHERE THAT I'M NOT
180. THOMPSON TWINS IF YOU WERE HERE
181. NEW ORDER DREAM ATTACK
182. THE STRANGLERS GOLDEN BROWN
183. SIMPLE MINDS BELFAST CHILD
184. THE SMITHS THE BOY WITH THE THORN . . .
185. DEPECHE MODE STRIPPED
186. THE MISSION U.K. BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL
187. THE HUMAN LEAGUE DON'T YOU WANT ME
188. GANGWAY MY GIRL & ME
189. LOU REED WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
190. U2 DESIRE
191. DEAD OR ALIVE BRAND NEW LOVER
192. DAVID BOWIE CHANGES
193. THE B-52'S LEGAL TENDER
194. CETU JAVU A DONDE
195. INXS ORIGINAL SIN
196. GEORGE KRANTZ DIN DA DA
197. THE FIXX STAND OR FALL
198. DURAN DURAN HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
199. THE DAMNED IN DULCE DECORUM
200. TEARS FOR FEARS EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD
201. U2 EVERLASTING LOVE
202. 10,000 MANIACS LIKE THE WEATHER
203. SOFT CELL IT'S A MUGS GAME
204. MIDNIGHT OIL BEDS ARE BURNING
205. SIMPLE MINDS NEW GOLD DREAM
206. TALKING HEADS THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
207. HITHOUSE MOVE YOUR FEET
208. THE SMITHS ASK
209. SHONA LAING SOVIET SNOW
210. R.E.M. STAND
211. OMD SO IN LOVE
212. OINGO BOINGO SKIN
213. KING LOVE & PRIDE
214. NINA HAGEN NEW YORK NEW YORK
215. NEW ORDER SUBCULTURE
216. MORRISSEY SUEDEHEAD
217. THE DAMNED ALONE AGAIN OR
218. DEVO WHIP IT
219. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES PEEK-A-BOO
220. MADNESS OUR HOUSE
221. THE POGUES YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
222. MOMUS HAIRSTYLE OF THE DEVIL
223. JOE JACKSON IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM?
224. KILLING JOKE LOVE LIKE BLOOD
225. BOW WOW WOW DO YOU WANNA HOLD ME?
226. NINE INCH NAILS DOWN IN IT
227. 10,000 MANIACS WHAT'S THE MATTER HERE?
228. THE POLICE ROXANNE
229. GANG OF FOUR MAN IN A UNIFORM
230. FLESH FOR LULU I GO CRAZY
231. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS SUSPICIOUS MINDS
232. THE WATERBOYS FISHERMAN'S BLUES
233. ERASURE SOMETIMES
234. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN THE KILLING MOON
235. KATE BUSH RUNNING UP THAT HILL
236. DRAMARAMA LAST CIGARETTE
237. SOFT CELL SEX DWARF
238. DEPECHE MODE DANGEROUS
239. BURNING SENSATIONS BELLY OF THE WHALE
240. NEW ORDER CEREMONY
241. EURYTHMICS YOU HAVE PUT A CHILL IN MY . . .
242. JOY DIVISION ATMOSPHERE
243. COLOUR SCREAM ACROSS THE SKY
244. CHRIS ISAAK YOU OWE ME SOME KIND OF LOVE
245. CELEBRATE THE NUN WILL YOU BE THERE?
246. THE STABILIZERS ONE SIMPLE THING
247. BRONSKI BEAT SMALL TOWN BOY
248. DAF SEX
249. BLACK WONDERFUL LIFE
250. BERLIN THE METRO
251. THE SEX PISTOLS MY WAY
252. BAUHAUS BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD
253. ADAM ANT ROOM AT THE TOP
254. ERASURE DRAMA
255. U2 THE SWEETEST THING
256. THE SPECIALS A MESSAGE TO YOU RUDY
257. THE STONE ROSES ELEPHANT STONE
258. EURYTHMICS LOVE IS A STRANGER
259. EDDIE GRANT GIMME HOPE JOANNA
260. BIG COUNTRY IN A BIG COUNTRY
261. THE CURE THE WALK
262. YAZ DON'T GO
263. YELLO I LOVE YOU
264. XTC SENSES WORKING OVERTIME
265. VITAMIN Z BURNING FLAME
266. U2 TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE
267. THE B-52'S DANCE THIS MESS AROUND
268. FIGURES ON A BEACH ACCIDENTALLY 4TH STREET
269. TOM TOM CLUB GENIUS OF LOVE
270. THE TOY DOLLS NELLIE THE ELEPHANT
271. THE THE THIS IS THE DAY
272. THE STRANGLERS SKIN DEEP
273. THE SMITHS HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE
274. DEPECHE MODE SHAKE THE DISEASE
275. THE WILD SWANS BIBLE DREAMS
276. THE PAYOLAS EYES OF A STRANGER
277. THE FIXX RED SKIES
278. THE CULT SHE SELLS SANCTUARY
279. THE CHURCH UNDER THE MILKY WAY
280. BILLY IDOL EYES WITHOUT A FACE
281. THE ALARM THE STAND
282. TEARS FOR FEARS SHOUT
283. KATE BUSH LOVE AND ANGER
284. TALK TALK TALK TALK
285. SQUEEZE PULLING MUSSELS FROM A SHELL
286. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES DEAR PRUDENCE
287. SINEAD O'CONNOR/THE EDGE HEROINE
288. ROMEO VOID NEVER SAY NEVER
289. REFLEX THE POLITICS OF DANCING
290. DEVO BABY DOLL
291. PSYCHEDELIC FURS LOVE MY WAY
292. PiL SEATTLE
293. PETER GABRIEL GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS
294. OMD IF YOU LEAVE
295. NIK KERSHAW WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD
296. NAKED EYES ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME
297. R.E.M. SOUTH CENTRAL RAIN
298. MIDNIGHT OIL BLUE SKY MINE
299. MICHAEL PENN NO MYTH

Ed Suranyi
ed@das.llnl.gov

I finally received this countdown list in today's mail. These are

the top 105 albums of all time, as voted on by the listeners.

KITS San Francisco Labor Day 1990 Album Countdown

(Asterisk [*] indicates tie.)

1. NEW ORDER SUBSTANCE

2. THE SMITHS THE QUEEN IS DEAD
3. DEPECHE MODE VIOLATOR
4. U2 THE JOSHUA TREE
5. THE CURE DISINTEGRATION
6. THE CLASH LONDON CALLING
7. YAZ UPSTAIRS AT ERIC'S
8. SEX PISTOLS NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS
9. DEPECHE MODE BLACK CELEBRATION
10. THE CURE STANDING ON A BEACH -- THE SINGLES
11. ROXY MUSIC AVALON
12. U2 WAR
13. THE B-52'S THE B-52'S
14. ERASURE THE INNOCENTS
15. DURAN DURAN RIO
16. THE SMITHS LOUDER THAN BOMBS
17. DEPECHE MODE MUSIC FOR THE MASSES
18. PETER GABRIEL SO
19. THE CURE KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME
*20. SINEAD O'CONNOR THE LION & THE COBRA
*20. THE ENGLISH BEAT WHAT IS BEAT?
21. THE B-52'S COSMIC THING
22. R.E.M. GREEN
23. VIOLENT FEMMES VIOLENT FEMMES
24. NEW ORDER TECHNIQUE
25. ERASURE WONDERLAND
26. OINGO BOINGO DEAD MAN'S PARTY
27. ELVIS COSTELLO MY AIM IS TRUE
28. TEARS FOR FEARS SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR
29. U2 THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
30. THE CLASH COMBAT ROCK
31. TALKING HEADS STOP MAKING SENSE
32. UB40 LABOUR OF LOVE
33. INXS THE SWING
34. NEW ORDER LOW LIFE
35. R.E.M. LIFES RICH PAGEANT
36. THE CURE THE HEAD ON THE DOOR
37. THE STONE ROSES THE STONE ROSES
*38. ALPHAVILLE FOREVER YOUNG
*38. THE PRETENDERS THE PRETENDERS
39. DAVID BOWIE THE RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST
40. THE SMITHS HATFUL OF HOLLOW
41. DEPECHE MODE SOME GREAT REWARD
42. THE B-52'S WILD PLANET
43. LIGHTNING SEEDS CLOUDCUCKOOLAND
44. DEVO Q: ARE WE NOT MEN? A: WE ARE DEVO!
45. MIDNIGHT OIL BLUE SKY MINING
46. BLONDIE PARALLEL LINES
47. THE CURE BOYS DON'T CRY
48. THEY MIGHT BE
GIANTS FLOOD
49. U2 RATTLE & HUM
50. TEARS FOR FEARS THE HURTING
51. R.E.M. DOCUMENT
52. BILLY IDOL REBEL YELL
53. THE POLICE SYNCHRONICITY
54. MORISSEY VIVA HATE
55. THE THE SOUL MINING
56. ERASURE THE CIRCUS
*57. DAVID BOWIE LET'S DANCE
*57. INXS KICK
58. BOOK OF LOVE BOOK OF LOVE
59. DEPECHE MODE A BROKEN FRAME
60. THE ENGLISH BEAT SPECIAL BEAT SERVICE
61. HOWARD JONES HUMAN'S LIB
62. JANE'S ADDICTION NOTHING'S SHOCKING
63. CROWDED HOUSE CROWDED HOUSE
64. XYMOX TWIST OF SHADOWS
65. MIDNIGHT OIL DIESEL AND DUST
66. O.M.D. CRUSH
67. TALKING HEADS SPEAKING IN TONGUES
68. THE SMITHS STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME
69. PET SHOP BOYS PLEASE
70. SIOUXSIE & THE
BANSHEES PEEPSHOW
71. U2 BOY
*72. ERASURE WILD
*72. RED HOT CHILI
 PEPPERS MOTHER'S MILK
73. THOMAS DOLBY THE GOLDEN AGE OF WIRELESS
74. GENERAL PUBLIC ALL THE RAGE
75. SINEAD O'CONNOR I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT
76. ECHO & THE
BUNNYMEN SONGS TO LEARN AND SING
77. NINE INCH NAILS PRETTY HATE MACHINE
78. THE RAMONES MANIA
79. FINE YOUNG
CANNIBALS THE RAW AND THE COOKED
80. PSYCHEDELIC FURS MIRROR MOVES
81. THE SUNDAYS READING, WRITING & ARITHMETIC
82. FRANKIE GOES TO
HOLLYWOOD WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME
83. THE POLICE ZENYATTA MONDATA
84. RED FLAG NAIVE ART
85. ELVIS COSTELLO THIS YEAR'S MODEL
86. SISTERS OF MERCY FLOODLAND
87. BERLIN PLEASURE VICTIM
88. INXS SHABOOH SHOOBAH
89. THE GO-GO'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAT
90. JOE JACKSON LOOK SHARP!
91. 10,000 MANIACS IN MY TRIBE
*92. THE REPLACEMENTS TIM
*92. ABC THE LEXICON OF LOVE
93. THE ALARM DECLARATION
94. JOY DIVISION SUBSTANCE 1977-1980
95. EURYTHMICS SWEET DREAMS
96. PETER MURPHY LOVE HYSTERIA
97. SQUEEZE SINGLES -- 45'S AND UNDER
98. SIMPLE MINDS SPARKLE IN THE RAIN
99. KATE BUSH THE SENSUAL WORLD
100. THE CULT LOVE
101. THE HUMAN LEAGUE DARE
102. WILD SWANS BRINGING HOME THE ASHES
103. ADAM AND THE ANTS KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER
104. BOB MARLEY LEGEND
105. LOVE & ROCKETS EARTH SUN MOON

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Ed Suranyi
ed@das.llnl.gov