The Elvis Costello 500: “From Abba to Zamballarana, and from Mozart to Eminem, one of rock’s finest talents has
identified 500 albums essential to a happy life. It was a long, tortuous undertaking, but the man
knows music – and his aim is true.” Compare and contrast with the Recording
Industry of America/National Endowment for the Arts 365 best songs of the century. And the National Public Radio top 100, to which I previously blinked.