Updated September 11, 2005

Since Sept 1984, my wife Pam and I have put together 20 "Best Of" tapes/discs, tracks that we both have enjoyed through the years and for the most part, agreed (by voting) to include in the series. I must admit however, in the first few entries, I may have "snuck" a few tracks in that she didn't really care for. Below is the complete "Best Of" series. An artist receives (5) points for each track that appears. You can scroll down or click on a tape # below.

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9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
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Best of 1 recorded September 30, 1984

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Genesis	Follow You Follow Me	...And Then There Were Three
2	Justin Hayward	Forever Autumn	War Of The Worlds
3	Electric Light Orchestra	Another Heart Breaks	Time
4	Jon & Vangelis	I Hear You Now	The Best Of Jon & Vangelis
5	The Korgis	Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime	Dumb Waiters
6	The Buggles	Video Killed The Radio Star	The Age Of Plastic
7	Alan Parsons Project	Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)	I Robot
8	Moody Blues	On The Threshold Of A Dream	On The Threshold Of A Dream
9	Buffalo Springfield	Expecting To Fly	Buffalo Springfield Again
10	Electric Light Orchestra	Letter From Spain	Secret Messages
11	Pink Floyd	Comfortably Numb	The Wall
12	Jean-Michel Jarre	Oxygene 2	Oxygene
13	Vangelis	Le Singe Bleu	L' Apocalypse Des Animaux
14	Minor Detail	Columbia	Minor Detail
15	Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg	Since You've Asked	Twin Sons Of Different Mothers
16	Camel	Heroes	The Single Factor
17	Duran Duran	Save A Prayer	Rio
18	Electric Light Orchestra	Secret Messages	Secret Messages
19	Minor Detail	I've Got A Friend	Minor Detail
20	Ultravox	Vienna	Vienna
21	Talk Talk	It's My Life	It's My Life
22	Tangerine Dream	Exit	Exit

Best of 2 recorded November 4, 1985

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Camel	City Life	Nude
2	Mike Oldfield	Incantations -Part 4	Incantations
3	Phil Collins	Against All Odds	Against All Odds/Soundtrack
4	Alan Parsons Project	Nothing Left To Lose (Edit)	The Turn Of A Friendly Card
5	Jon & Vangelis	I'll Find My Way Home	The Best Of Jon & Vangelis
6	Roxy Music	Avalon	Avalon
7	U2	The Unforgettable Fire	The Unforgettable Fire
8	Tangerine Dream	Heartbreakers	Heartbreakers/Soundtrack
9	Ultravox	Visions In Blue	Quartet
10	Saga	No Regrets Ch. V	Worlds Apart
11	Electric Light Orchestra	Prologue / Twilight	Time
12	Moody Blues	Had To Fall In Love	Octave
13	The Cars	Drive	Heartbeat City
14	Genesis	Man On The Corner	Abacab
15	Matthew Wilder	I Don't Speak The Language	I Don't Speak The Language
16	Toto	Africa	Toto IV
17	Talk Talk	Have You Heard The News?	The Party's Over
18	Peter Gabriel	Humdrum	Peter Gabriel Plays Live
19	Yello	Lost Again	You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
20	OMD	Talking Loud And Clear	Junk Culture
21	Naked Eyes	Flying Solo	Fuel For The Fire
22	Mike Rutherford	At The End Of The Day	Smallcreep's Day

Best of 3 recorded August 29, 1986

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Kate Bush	Running Up That Hill	Hounds Of Love
2	Brian Eno	Prophecy Theme	Dune/Soundtrack
3	Shriekback	This Big Hush	Oil And Gold
4	This Mortal Coil	Song To The Siren	It'll End In Tears
5	Clannad	Coinleach Glas An Fhomhair	Magical Ring
6	Eurythmics	Julia	1984 (for the love of big brother)
7	Laurie Anderson	Kokoyu	Mister Heartbreak
8	Peter Gabriel	In Your Eyes	So
9	Dire Straits	Brothers In Arms	Brothers In Arms
10	Don Henley	The Boys Of Summer	Building The Perfect Beast
11	A-ha	Take On Me	Hunting High And Low
12	Dream Academy	The Love Parade	The Dream Academy
13	Bryan Ferry	Don't Stop The Dance	Boys And Girls
14	Clannad	Caislean Oir	Macalla
15	Mike & The Mechanics	Par Avion	Mike & The Mechanics
16	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	The Power Of Love	Welcome To The Pleasuredome
17	Naked Eyes	Me I See In You	Fuel For The Fire
18	Psychedelic Furs	The Ghost In You	Mirror Moves
19	Robert Plant	Little By Little	Shaken 'n Stirred
20	Jethro Tull	The Clasp	Broadsword & The Beast
21	Shriekback	Evaporation	Oil And Gold

Best of 4 recorded May 14, 1987

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Peter Gabriel	San Jacinto	Peter Gabriel Plays Live
2	Talk Talk	The Party's Over	The Party's Over
3	Bryan Ferry	Slave To Love	Boys And Girls
4	Tangerine Dream	Dolphin Dance	Underwater Sunlight
5	Ultravox	Lament	Lament
6	Kansas	Dust In The Wind	Point Of Know Return
7	Pink Floyd	Is There Anybody Out There / Nobody's Home	The Wall
8	Robert Plant	Big Log	The Principle Of Moments
9	Tangerine Dream	Footbridge To Heaven	Heartbreakers/Soundtrack
10	This Mortal Coil	Morning Glory	Filigree & Shadow
11	Art Garfunkel	A Heart In New York	Scissors Cut
12	Peter Gabriel	Don't Give Up	So
13	Talk Talk	April 5th	The Colour Of Spring
14	Clannad	In A Lifetime	Macalla
15	Bryan Ferry	Is Your Love Strong Enough	Legend/Soundtrack
16	Propaganda	P Machinery	A Secret Wish
17	Wang Chung	To Live And Die In LA	To Live And Die In LA/Soundtrack
18	Genesis	Blood On The Rooftops	Wind And Wuthering
19	Tangerine Dream	Cottage	Legend/Soundtrack
20	Freur	Doot Doot	Doot Doot

Best of 5 recorded June 6, 1987

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Clannad	Theme From Harry's Game	Magical Ring
2	U2	With Or Without You	The Joshua Tree
3	Thompson Twins	Kamikaze	Sidekicks
4	Peter Gabriel	Curtains	CD Single
5	China Crisis	Jean Walks In Fresh Fields	Difficult Shapes And Passive Rhythms
6	Vangelis	Abraham's Theme	Chariots Of Fire
7	Kitaro	Seiun	Millennia
8	Tangerine Dream	Tiergarten	Le Parc
9	Talk Talk	For What It's Worth	Asides Besides
10	Clannad	Lady Marion	Legend
11	China Crisis	Christian	Difficult Shapes And Passive Rhythms
12	Patrick O'Hearn	Between Two Worlds	Between Two Worlds
13	Clan Of Xymox	Theme I	Medusa
14	Peter Gabriel	Games Without Frontiers	Peter Gabriel
15	Genesis	Domino (Edit)	Invisible Touch
16	Pink Floyd	Mother	The Wall
17	Kate Bush	Cloudbusting	Hounds Of Love
18	Tony Banks	By You	The Fugitive
19	Depeche Mode	A Question Of Lust	Black Celebration
20	OMD	(Forever) Live And Die	The Pacific Age
21	Moody Blues	Driftwood	Octave
22	Durutti Column	Never Known	Valuable Passages
23	Shriekback	Coelocanth	Oil And Gold

Best of 6 recorded March 17, 1988

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Sting	Fragile	Nothing Like The Sun
2	David Sylvian	Silver Moon	Down To Earth
3	Kate Bush	Under The Ivy	12" Single
4	Clannad	Buachaill On Eirne	Enya
5	Dire Straits	Telegraph Road (Edit)	Love Over Gold
6	U2	Mothers Of The Disappeared	The Joshua Tree
7	Pink Floyd	The Gunner's Dream	The Final Cut
8	Mike Rutherford	After Hours	Smallcreep's Day
9	Mark Knopfler	Once Upon A Time/Storybook Love	The Princess Bride/Soundtrack
10	The Chameleons	View From A Hill	Script Of The Bridge
11	Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook	Searching	Sleeps With The Fishes
12	David Sylvian	September	Secrets Of The Beehive
13	Peter Gabriel	Mercy Street	So
14	Johannes Schmoelling	Matjora Is Still Alive	Wuivend Riet
15	New Order	True Faith	Substance
16	Depeche Mode	Never Let Me Down	Music For The Masses
17	Bill Nelson	Wildest Dreams	On A Blue Wing
18	China Crisis	The Gates Of Door To Door	Working With Fire And Steel
19	Roxy Music	True To Life	Avalon
20	David Sylvian	Let The Happiness In	Secrets Of The Beehive
21	U2	Running To Stand Still	The Joshua Tree

Best of 7 recorded August 25, 1989

Title	Artist	Title	Album
1	Talk Talk	I Believe In You	Spirit Of Eden
2	Enya	Evening Falls...	Watermark
3	Enya	Storms In Africa Part 2	Watermark
4	Enya	Triad	Enya
5	Sting	They Dance Alone	Nothing Like The Sun
6	Patrick O'Hearn	Homeward Bound	Rivers Gonna Rise
7	Tangerine Dream	Mothers Of Rain	Optical Race
8	Bill Nelson	The Spirit Cannot Fail	Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights
9	Peter Bardens	Afterthought	Speed Of Light
10	Enya	Watermark	Watermark
11	David Sylvian	Orpheus	Secrets Of The Beehive
12	Tanita Tikaram	Cathedral Song	Ancient Heart
13	Enya	On Your Shore	Watermark
14	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe	Quartet	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
15	Vangelis	First Approach	Direct
16	Enya	Exile	Watermark
17	A-ha	There's Never A Forever Thing	Stay On These Roads
18	Sarah McLachlan	Vox	Touch
19	New Order	Vanishing Point	Technique
20	China Crisis	Diary Of A Hollow Horse	Diary Of A Hollow Horse
21	Everything But The Girl	These Early Days	Idlewild
22	10,000 Maniacs	Trouble Me	Blind Man's Zoo
23	Enya	Miss Claire Remembers	Watermark

Best of 8 recorded in 1990

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Edge w/ Michael Brook	Heroine	Captive/Soundtrack
2	Everything But The Girl	Little Hitler	Baby, The Stars Shine Bright
3	Patrick O'Hearn	Chattahoochee Field Day	Eldorado
4	Frazier Chorus	Cloud 8	Ray
5	Elton John	Sacrifice	Sleeping With The Past
6	Sinead O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U	I Don't Want What I Haven't Got
7	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe	The Meeting	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
8	Everything But The Girl	I Always Was Your Girl	Idlewild
9	Suzanne Ciani	Samukee	History Of My Heart
10	Peter Murphy	Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem	Deep
11	The Edge w/ Michael Brook	Rowena's Theme	Captive/Soundtrack
12	Roger Eno	Voices	Voices
13	Virginia Astley	Some Small Hope	Hope In A Darkened World
14	Frazier Chorus	Le Change Est Magnifique	12" Single
15	Cocteau Twins	Cico Buff	Blue Bell Knoll
16	Depeche Mode	Enjoy The Silence	Violator
17	Peter Murphy	Strange Kind Of Love	Deep
18	Hex	Ethereal Message	Hex
19	Everything But The Girl	Meet Me In The Morning	The Language Of Life
20	Sinead O'Connor	Three Babies	I Don't Want What I Haven't Got
21	Patrick O'Hearn	There's Always Tomorrow	Eldorado
22	Clannad	A Dream In The Night	Angel And The Soldier Boy
23	Kate Bush	This Woman's Work	The Sensual World
24	Vangelis	Missing	Themes
25	Art Of Noise	Finale	Below The Waste

Best of 9 recorded September 22, 1991

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Art Of Noise	Moments In Love	The Best Of The Art Of Noise
2	W.G. Snuffy Walden/Jay Gruska	Life Class	Thirtysomething/Soundtrack
3	Julee Cruise	Falling	Floating Into The Night
4	Cocteau Twins	I Wear Your Ring	Heaven Or Las Vegas
5	Claudia Brucken	Moments Of Joy	Love: And A Million Other Things
6	Peter Gabriel	Wallflower	Security
7	Genesis	Ripples	Trick Of The Tail
8	Alan Parsons Project	The Turn Of A Friendly Card-Part 1	The Turn Of A Friendly Card
9	Kate Bush	And Dream Of Sheep	Hounds Of Love
10	Enya	Portrait	Enya
11	In The Nursery	Sourette	L'Esprit
12	Clannad	Now Is Here	Legend
13	Eno / Cale	Spinning Away	Wrong Way Up
14	Cocteau Twins	Iceblink Luck	Heaven Or Las Vegas
15	The Smiths	There Is A Light That Never Goes Out	The World Won't Listen
16	Frazier Chorus	Typical	Sue
17	William Orbit	Riding To Rio	Strange Cargo
18	Stewart Levin	Second Look	Thirtysomething/Soundtrack
19	Depeche Mode	Waiting For The Night (Edit)	Violator
20	Cocteau Twins	Frou Frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires	Heaven Or Las Vegas
21	Morrissey	I Know Very Well How I Got My Name	CD Single
22	Rain Tree Crow	Blackwater	Rain Tree Crow
23	OMD	Walk Tall	Sugar Tax
24	Tangerine Dream	A Matter Of Time	Canyon Dreams

Best of 10 recorded Octoberr 17, 1992

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Everything But The Girl	Old Friends	Worldwide
2	Moody Blues	Is This Heaven?	Keys Of The Kingdom
3	Lightning Seeds	Thinking Up Looking Down	Sense
4	Enya	Caribbean Blue	Shepherd Moons
5	This Mortal Coil	Acid Bitter Sad	Lonely Is An Eyesore
6	Jon & Vangelis	Genevieve	Page Of Life
7	Camel	Selva	The Single Factor
8	The House Of Love	Fade Away	Babe Rainbow
9	Marty Willson-Piper	Will I Start To Bleed	Spirit Level
10	Heidi Berry	Up In The Air	Love
11	Talk Talk	New Grass (Edit)	Laughing Stock
12	Everything But The Girl	Boxing And Pop Music/Feel Alright	Worldwide
13	The Orb	Little Fluffy Clouds	The Orb's Adventures Beyond...
14	Dead Can Dance	Bird	Passage In Time
15	Peter Buffett	Fire Dance	Lost Frontier
16	Pet Shop Boys	Miserablism (Electro Mix)	CD Single
17	Lightning Seeds	The Life Of Riley	Sense
18	Yello	Rubberbandman	Baby
19	Patrick O'Hearn	April Fool	Rivers Gonna Rise
20	Heidi Berry	Silver Buttons	Love
21	Tangerine Dream	On The Spur Of The Moment	Miracle Mile/Soundtrack
22	Enya	Afer Ventus	Shepherd Moons
23	Jon & Vangelis	Anyone Can Light A Candle	Page Of Life
24	Chris Isaak	Wicked Game	Heart Shaped World
25	Bill Nelson	All I Am Is You	Luminous

Best of 11 recorded January 21, 1995

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Dead Can Dance	Rakim	Toward The Within
2	Earl Klugh	Across The Sand	Move
3	The Beloved	You've Got Me Thinking	Conscience
4	Cocteau Twins	Three Swept	CD Single
5	Deep Forest	Forest Hymn	Deep Forest
6	Patrick O'Hearn	Irene	The Private Music Of Patrick O'Hearn
7	Bel Canto	Sleep In Deep	Shimmering Warm & Bright
8	Peter Gabriel	Blood Of Eden	Us
9	Clannad	Na Laethe Bhi	Banba
10	Jon & Vangelis	Outside Of This (Inside Of That)	The Friends Of Mr. Cairo
11	Vangelis	Tears In Rain	Blade Runner/Soundtrack
12	Peter Buffett	(Searching For) A Place Called Home	Lost Frontier
13	Maire Brennan	Ce' Leis	Maire
14	Sarah McLachlan	Possession (Acoustic)	Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
15	Bruce Springsteen	Streets Of Philadelphia	Philadelphia/Soundtrack
16	Lightning Seeds	Perfect	Jollification
17	Mike Oldfield	The Bell	Tubular Bells 2
18	The Beloved	Sweet Harmony	Conscience
19	Deep Forest	Sweet Lullaby (Ambient Mix)	Deep Forest
20	Tangerine Dream	Exit	Tangents
21	Bel Canto	Mornixuur	Shimmering Warm & Bright

Best of 12 recorded December 28, 1998

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Sarah McLachlan	Building A Mystery	Surfacing
2	Everything But The Girl	We Walk The Same Line	Amplified Heart
3	Caroline Lavelle	Turning Ground	Spirit
4	Tears For Fears	Woman In Chains	Seeds Of Love
5	Channel Light Vessel	Footsteps	Excellent Spirits
6	Lightning Seeds	Sense	Sense
7	U2	Pride (In The Name Of Love)	The Unforgettable Fire
8	Sarah McLachlan	Sweet Surrender	Surfacing
9	Eno / Cale	Lay My Love	Wrong Way Up
10	Madonna	Ray Of Light	Ray Of Light
11	Everything But The Girl	Flipside	Walking Wounded
12	Bryan Ferry	Dance With Life (The Brilliant Light)	Phenomenon/Soundtrack
13	Delerium	Silence	Karma
14	In The Nursery	Sobriety I	Asphalt
15	Jon Anderson	Loved By The Sun	Legend/Soundtrack

Best of 13 recorded December 28, 1998

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Loreena McKennitt	Dante's Prayer	The Book Of Secrets
2	Bobby McFerrin	Common Threads	Medicine Music
3	October Project	Return To Me	October Project
4	Sarah McLachlan	Angel	Surfacing
5	James Horner	Rose	Titanic/Soundtrack
6	Caroline Lavelle	A Case Of You	Spirit
7	Bruce Springsteen	Secret Garden	CD Single
8	Justin Hayward	Broken Dream	A View From The Hill
9	Mike Oldfield	Only Time Will Tell	Songs Of Distant Earth
10	Strange Cargo	The Name Of The Wave	Hinterland
11	Michael Brook	Breakdown	Cobalt Blue
12	Everything But The Girl	Mirrorball	Walking Wounded
13	Enya	Anywhere Is	Paint The Sky With Stars
14	Natalie Merchant	Frozen Charlotte	Ophelia
15	Sarah McLachlan	Do What You Have To Do	Surfacing
16	Dead Can Dance	Don't Fade Away	Toward The Within

Best of 14 recorded April 21, 2002

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Maire Brennan	Peacemaker	Whisper To The Wild Water
2	In The Nursery	Woman	Deco
3	Craig Armstrong	This Love	The Space Between Us
4	Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke	Meltdown	The Insider / Soundtrack
5	Massive Attack	Teardrop	Mezzanine
6	U2	Beautiful Day	All That You Can't Leave Behind
7	Cocteau Twins	Rilkean Heart	Twinlights
8	Dead Can Dance	The Carnival Is Over / Ariadne	Into The Labyrinth
9	Jon & Vangelis	And When The Night Comes	Private Collection
10	Jon & Vangelis	State Of Independence	The Friends Of Mr. Cairo

 

Best of 15 recorded April 21, 2002

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	Time Zones	Dazzle Ships
2	Paul Haslinger	Urban Source Code	World Without Rules
3	Craig Armstrong	Rise	The Space Between Us
4	Bel Canto	Unicorn	Shimmering, Warm & Bright
5	Strange Cargo	Million Town	Hinterland
6	Edward Shearmur	Grand Central	K-PAX / Soundtrack
7	Peter Gabriel & Deep Forest	While The Earth Sleeps	Strange Days / Soundtrack
8	Deep Forest	Radio Belize	Comparsa
9	Tangerine Dream	Fairfax	The Hollywood Years Vol. 1
10	Patrick O'Hearn	So Flows The Current	So Flows The Current

Best of 16 recorded April 21, 2002

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Stay Frightened	Of These Reminders	Of These Reminders
2	Brian Eno w/ Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno	An Ending (Ascent)	Traffic / Soundtrack
3	Brian Eno w/ Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno	Always Returning	Apollo-Atmospheres & Soundtracks
4	Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai	Quietude	Migration
5	Roger Eno	Quando Solus	Lost In Translation
6	Lisa Gerrard	Sanvean	The Mirror Pool
7	Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke	Sacrifice	Duality
8	Eden	Dreamwheel	Healingbow
9	William Orbit	Piece In The Old Style 3	Pieces In A Modern Style
10	David Helpling	All Things End	Sleeping On The Edge Of The World

Best of 17 recorded September 11, 2005

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Sarah McLachlan	Push	Afterglow
2	James Blunt	You're Beautiful	Back To Bedlam
3	Zero 7	In The Waiting Line	Simple Things
4	Cocteau Twins	Smile	CD single
5	Bird York	In The Deep	The Velvet Hour
6	The Moody Blues	One Step Into The Light	Octave
7	Enya	Smaointe	Shepherd Moons
8	Howard Shore	Evenstar	Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (Soundtrack)
9	Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy	Abwoon (Our Father)	Immortal Memory
10	Patrick O'Hearn	Liberty	Trust
11	Tangerine Dream	White Eagle	White Eagle
12	Pet Shop Boys	Being Boring	Behavior
13	Michael Brook	Ultramarine	Cobalt Blue
14	In The Nursery	Syracuse	Deco
15	Mark Knopfler	Wild Theme	Local Hero (Soundtrack)

Best of 18 recorded September 11, 2005

Track	Artist	Title	Album
1	Talking Heads	This Must Be The Place	Speaking In Tongues
2	Yello	Tiger Dust	The Eye
3	Matthew Wilder	Hey Little Girl	Bouncin' Off The Walls
4	Industry	State Of The Nation	Industry EP
5	Fiction Factory	(Feels Like) Heaven	Throw The Warped Wheel Out
6	Electric Light Orchestra	Yours Truly, 2095	Time
7	Electric Light Orchestra	Here Is The News	Time
8	OMD	Crush	Crush
9	Bliss	Song For Olabi	Le Cafe Abstrait Vol 2
10	Clannad	Dobhar	Anam
11	Craig Armstrong	Childhood 2	Piano Works
12	Vangelis	Movement X (Epilogue)	El Greco
13	Sarah McLachlan	I Love You	Surfacing
14	Enya	Ebudae	Paint The Sky With Stars
15	Latin Playboys	Forever Night Shade Mary	Desperado (Soundtrack)

Best of 19 recorded September 11, 2005