In celebration of 25 years of my "Music Library" I have recently completed a ranking of my personal favorite 500 tracks. This also happens to be my 500th entry of my Music Library that began on September 24, 1982. In that time I have amassed 8,934 tracks among 1,099 different artists. In 2002, I created the "20 series" which featured my favorite 200 tracks from the previous two decades, however several older tracks prior to 1980 appeared. On '500', with a few exceptions, all tracks were released between 1981 and 2007. Rankings are based purely on personal taste, how the track stands up through time and with repeat listening. This list is the outcome of over four months work selecting from over 1,000 possible songs to come up with this listing. On the far left column is the ranking of my "20 series" from 2002. This is followed by the current '500' position. The artist is listed first, followed by the track title, year of release and (on the far right) the year the track appeared on my Music Library. There will be no "points" given to any artist for appearing on '500'. My other "best of" series ("Decade".."Year-End".."Best Of" and "20") all had artists accumulating points for each track placed. This is not the case this time. My Top 200 Artist rankings are not affected by '500'. Assuming that I am still adding to my Music Library in the coming years, I plan to update '500' every two years, thus the next update will be September 24, 2009. I have removed the link to the "20 series" from my main page, but if you want to refer to it you may find it here.. Below the '500' listing you will find how many tracks an artist placed on the list if there are three or more. The most popular years for track inclusion and other items of interest pertaining to this listing.

'20'

'500'

Artist

Track Title

Year Of Release

Year On ML

--	1	Ulrich Schnauss	Goodbye	2007	2007
11	2	This Mortal Coil	Acid, Bitter And Sad	1987	1987
1	3	Tangerine Dream	A Matter Of Time	1987	1991
--	4	Finley Quaye	Dice	2003	2003
--	5	Coldplay	Speed Of Sound	2005	2005
--	6	De/Vision	No Tomorrow	2006	2006
8	7	Enya	Caribbean Blue	1991	1991
4	8	In The Nursery	Poema	1998	1998
--	9	Air	Run	2004	2004
--	10	Blank & Jones	Counting Clouds	2003	2004
40	11	Patrick O'Hearn	So Flows The Current	2001	2001
2	12	Dead Can Dance	In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated	1984	1990
17	13	Talk Talk	I Believe In You	1988	1998
--	14	William Orbit	Sea Green	2006	2006
--	15	Blank & Jones	The Hardest Heart (Ambient Mix)	2003	2004
--	16	Madonna	Forbidden Love	2005	2006
3	17	Tangerine Dream	Exit	1981	--
--	18	Hybrid	True To Form	2003	2003
12	19	Roxy Music	Avalon	1982	1983
7	20	Patrick O'Hearn	Liberty	1995	1995
15	21	Roxy Music	More Than This	1982	1983
--	22	Sia	Breathe Me	2004	2005
6	23	Tangerine Dream	Vanishing Blue	1996	1997
13	24	Depeche Mode	Enjoy The Silence	1990	1990
18	25	The Chameleons	Miracles And Wonders	2001	2001
9	26	Madonna	Frozen	1998	1998
81	27	The Beloved	Sweet Harmony	1993	1993
56	28	Tangerine Dream	Footbridge To Heaven	1984	1985
--	29	Brian Eno	Under	2005	2005
43	30	Delerium	Silence	1997	1997
---	31	Moby	When It's Cold I'd Like To Die	1995	2000
22	32	Patrick O'Hearn	Two Continents	1995	1995
--	33	Coldplay	Talk	2005	2005
36	34	Roxy Music	The Main Thing	1982	1986
33	35	Depeche Mode	I Feel You	1993	1993
21	36	Tangerine Dream	Church Theme	1983	1984
45	37	Craig Armstrong	This Love	1997	1998
19	38	Chris Isaak	Wicked Game	1989	1990
63	39	Recoil	Black Box (Complete)	2000	2000
--	40	Kate Bush	King Of The Mountain	2005	2005
41	41	Yello	Rubberbandman	1991	1991
59	42	The Smiths	How Soon Is Now?	1984	1985
72	43	William Orbit (Strange Cargo)	Million Town	1995	1996
29	44	Talk Talk	It's My Life	1984	1984
129	45	Tears For Fears	Sowing The Seeds Of Love	1989	1989
10	46	Mike + The Mechanics	Par Avion	1985	1985
23	47	Tangerine Dream	Kiew Mission	1981	1982
155	48	Rain Tree Crow	Blackwater	1991	1991
48	49	Talk Talk	It's Getting Late In The Evening	1986	1986
55	50	Clannad	Na Laethe Bhi	1993	1993
30	51	Peter Gabriel	Mercy Street	1986	1986
--	52	Camouflage	Perfect	2003	2003
73	53	David Sylvian	Orpheus	1987	1987
28	54	Peter Murphy	A Strange Kind Of Love	1989	1990
171	55	Massive Attack	Teardrop	1998	1998
94	56	Mike Oldfield	Only Time Will Tell	1995	1995
121	57	Peter Gabriel & Deep Forest	While The Earth Sleeps	1995	1995
52	58	New Order	True Faith	1987	1987
46	59	Talk Talk	The Rainbow/Eden/Desire	1988	1988
--	60	Tangerine Dream	Beach Scene	1981	1982
--	61	Tangerine Dream	Heartbreakers	1984	1985
14	62	Enya	Exile	1988	1989
--	63	Lisa Gerrard	Sanvean: I Am Your Shadow	1995	--
39	64	In The Nursery	Woman	1996	1996
80	65	Jon Anderson	Loved By The Sun	1985	1986
124	66	Enya	May It Be	2002	2002
177	67	Moya Brennan	Rinne Tu	1999	1999
140	68	Enya	Evening Falls...	1988	1989
74	69	Depeche Mode	Never Let Me Down Again	1987	1987
--	70	Howard Shore	Evenstar (feat. Isabel Bayrakdarian)	2002	2003
42	71	Electric Light Orchestra	Here Is The News	1981	1982
34	72	Electric Light Orchestra	Yours Truly, 2095	1981	1982
60	73	Mike Oldfield	Incantations (Excerpt)	1978	1984
25	74	Lori Carson & Graeme Revell	Fall In The Light	1995	1996
--	75	Rush	Nobody's Hero	1993	1994
--	76	R.E.M.	The Great Beyond	1999	2000
24	77	Depeche Mode	Stripped	1986	1986
51	78	Yes	Leave It	1983	1984
95	79	Brian Eno	Prophecy Theme	1984	1985
26	80	Roxy Music	Take A Chance With Me	1982	1983
37	81	Clannad	In A Lifetime	1985	1985
108	82	William Orbit	Piece In The Old Style 3	2000	2000
27	83	Tangerine Dream	White Eagle	1982	1982
184	84	Enigma	Sadeness Part 1	1990	1991
138	85	Yes	Owner Of A Lonely Heart	1983	1983
119	86	Ultravox	Lament	1984	1984
5	87	Pink Floyd	High Hopes	1994	1995
75	88	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	The Power Of Love	1984	1984
128	89	The House Of Love	Feel	1992	1992
65	90	Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke	Sacrifice	1998	1998
97	91	Rush	Mystic Rhythms	1985	1985
31	92	A-ha	Take On Me	1985	1985
61	93	Dead Can Dance	The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove	1993	1993
84	94	Camouflage	The Great Commandment	1988	1988
--	95	Shawn McDonald	Gravity	2004	2004
148	96	Sarah McLachlan	Into The Fire	1991	1992
32	97	Depeche Mode	Strangelove	1987	1987
126	98	Morrissey	Late Night, Maudlin Street	1988	1988
--	99	Kate Bush	An Architect's Dream	2005	2005
143	100	Ultravox	Dancing With Tears In My Eyes	1984	1984

20	101	Shriekback	This Big Hush	1985	1985
89	102	Deep Forest	Sweet Lullaby (Ambient)	1993	1994
--	103	Angelo Badalamenti	Mulholland Drive	2001	2002
192	104	Sarah McLachlan	Fumbling Towards Ecstasy	1994	1994
88	105	Talk Talk	The Party's Over	1982	1982
--	106	Mike Oldfield	Let There Be Light	1995	1995
66	107	Tangerine Dream	Mothers Of Rain	1988	1988
--	108	Madonna	Drowned World/Substitute For Love	1998	1998
77	109	Rush	Manhattan Project	1985	1985
71	110	Jean Michel Jarre	Zoolook	1984	1992
--	111	Depeche Mode	Precious	2005	2005
69	112	U2	The Unforgettable Fire	1984	1984
157	113	Tears For Fears	Woman In Chains	1989	1989
--	114	Talk Talk	Have You Heard The News?	1982	1982
78	115	The Edge w/ Michael Brook	Heroine (Theme From 'Captive')	1986	1988
--	116	Psychedelic Furs	The Ghost In You	1984	1984
168	117	Johannes Schmoelling	Matjora Is Still Alive	1987	1987
--	118	Mojave 3	Bluebird Of Happiness (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)	2003	2006
53	119	Talk Talk	April 5th	1986	1986
--	120	William Orbit (Strange Cargo)	Montok Point	1995	1996
147	121	Dead Can Dance	Rakim	1994	1994
159	122	A-ha	Minor Earth Major Sky	2000	2000
--	123	Paul Simon	Another Galaxy	2006	2006
38	124	Clannad	Caislean Oir	1985	1985
154	125	Pet Shop Boys	Miserablism (Electro Mix)	1991	1992
79	126	Patrick O'Hearn	87 Dreams Of A Lifetime	1986	1987
--	127	Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	Flame Of Hope/Goddess Of Love	1986	1986
--	128	Michael Brook	Breakdown	1992	1992
--	129	Peter Gabriel	In Your Eyes	1986	1986
70	130	New Order	Vanishing Point	1989	1989
--	131	Air	Biological	2004	2004
160	132	Lightning Seeds	Sense	1992	1992
62	133	New Order	Fine Time	1989	1989
--	134	A-ha	The Sun Always Shines On T.V.	1985	1985
151	135	Pet Shop Boys	Opportunities	1986	1986
57	136	Moby	Harbour	2002	2002
67	137	A-ha	There's Never A Forever Thing	1988	1988
--	138	Patrick O'Hearn	Down Hill Racer	1992	1993
39	139	New Order	Player In The League	2002	2002
144	140	A-ha	I've Been Losing You	1986	1986
--	141	Dead Can Dance	Don't Fade Away	1994	1994
112	142	Single Gun Theory	Motherland	1994	1996
--	143	Sarah McLachlan	Vox	1988	1989
54	144	Madonna	Has To Be	1998	1998
--	145	Bryan Ferry	The 39 Steps	1994	1994
107	146	Yanni	Looking Glass	1986	1987
--	147	China Crisis	Wishful Thinking	1982	1984
104	148	Jean Michel Jarre	Oxygene 13	1997	1997
--	149	Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	Time Zones	1983	1983
145	150	Peter Gabriel	Don't Give Up	1986	1986
103	151	Depeche Mode	Blasphemous Rumours	1984	1985
--	152	New Order	Vicious Streak	2001	2001
--	153	Bel Canto	Mornixuur	1992	1993
--	154	Genesis	Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea	1983	1983
--	155	Tangerine Dream	Valley Of The Sun	1996	1997
--	156	Peter Gabriel	I Have The Touch	1982	1983
--	157	Electronic	Make It Happen	1999	1999
--	158	Camouflage	Close	1993	1995
125	159	Enya	Athair Ar Neamh	1995	1995
--	160	Delerium	Apparition	2006	2006
--	161	China Crisis	Jean Walks In Fresh Fields	1982	1985
115	162	Tangerine Dream	Cottage	1985	1986
68	163	Depeche Mode	Policy Of Truth	1990	1990
--	164	Duran Duran	Save A Prayer	1982	1984
--	165	Clan Of Xymox	One More Time	2003	2003
--	166	Electronic	Getting Away With It	1989	1990
149	167	Lightning Seeds	Perfect	1994	1994
91	168	Moya Brennan	Peacemaker	1999	1999
--	169	Patrick O'Hearn	Subtle Persuasion	1988	1988
--	170	Patrick O'Hearn	Faith And Endurance	1996	1996
--	171	Peter Gabriel	San Jacinto (Live)	1983	1983
--	172	William Orbit	Surfin'	2006	2006
47	173	Clannad	Now Is Here	1984	1984
--	174	Conjure One	Pilgrimage	2005	2005
96	175	Dead Can Dance	How Fortunate The Man With None	1993	1993
--	176	New Order	Jetstream	2005	2005
--	177	Yello	Desire	1985	1985
--	178	Yello	Tiger Dust	2003	2004
--	179	Electric Light Orchestra	Prologue/Twilight	1981	--
127	180	Camouflage	That Smiling Face	1988	1988
137	181	U2	Mysterious Ways	1991	1991
--	182	Tears For Fears	Head Over Heels	1984	1985
--	183	A-ha	Scoundrel Days	1986	1986
--	184	Tangerine Dream	The Spirit Of The Czar	2001	2001
--	185	Rush	Distant Early Warning	1984	1984
--	186	Depeche Mode	Walking In My Shoes	1993	1993
134	187	Patrick O'Hearn	Coba	1991	1991
--	188	Roxy Music	While My Heart Is Still Beating	1982	1982
--	189	Brian Eno	And Then So Clear	2005	2005
135	190	Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	Crush	1985	1985
--	191	Lightning Seeds	The Life Of Riley	1992	1992
--	192	Madonna	The Power Of Goodbye	1998	1998
--	193	The Cure	The Loudest Sound	2000	2000
--	194	Blank & Jones	Perfect Silence	2004	2004
165	195	Cocteau Twins	Cherry-Coloured Funk	1990	1991
--	196	David Sylvian	Cover Me With Flowers	2000	2001
--	197	Conjure One	Sleep	2002	2002
158	198	Delerium	Myth	2001	2001
76	199	Dire Straits	Brothers In Arms	1985	1985
--	200	Clan Of Xymox	Medusa	1986	1987

110	201	Electric Light Orchestra	Secret Messages	1983	1983
99	202	Electric Light Orchestra	Another Heart Breaks	1981	--
--	203	Delerium	Inner Sanctum	2000	2001
--	204	Eurythmics	Missionary Man	1986	1986
64	205	William Orbit (Strange Cargo)	The Name Of The Wave	1995	1996
44	206	Robert Plant	Little By Little	1985	1985
142	207	Yello	Lost Again	1983	1984
35	208	Crash Test Dummies	Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm	1993	1994
--	209	Tangerine Dream	Tangram - Set 2	1980	--
--	210	Ulrich Schnauss	Monday-Paracetamol	2004	2006
--	211	Depeche Mode	Personal Jesus	1990	1990
86	212	Depeche Mode	Shake The Disease	1985	1985
58	213	Genesis	Domino	1986	1986
--	214	U2	With Or Without You	1987	1987
183	215	Freur	Doot-Doot	1983	1983
113	216	Pet Shop Boys	West End Girls	1986	1986
120	217	Hans Zimmer	Gortoz A Ran-J'Attends	2001	2002
--	218	Jean Michel Jarre	Love Love Love	2000	2000
--	219	Tangerine Dream	Diamond Diary	1981	--
--	220	Patrick O'Hearn	Forever The Optimist	1986	1987
--	221	Thomas Dolby	She Blinded Me With Science	1983	1983
87	222	Rush	Subdivisions	1982	1982
--	223	U2	Pride (In The Name Of Love)	1984	1985
109	224	Jon & Vangelis	The Friends Of Mr. Cairo	1981	1984
--	225	Vangelis	Ask The Mountains	1995	1996
--	226	Amethystium	Tinuviel	2001	2004
--	227	Jean Michel Jarre	Aerozone	2003	2004
123	228	In The Nursery	The Living Tongue	1998	1999
--	229	Ulrich Schnauss	Passing By	2001	2005
--	230	China Crisis	Christian	1982	1985
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