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Extras! Bonus Material! Etc.!

And here are my votes for the Top 10s in the other categories we ran as sidebars to the mail list. Again, more commentary on each entry will be forthcoming.

MIKE METTLER'S TOP 10 SURROUND-MUSIC TITLES

10. Talking Heads: Naked. Sire/Rhino, DVD-Audio on DualDisc 9. Donald Fagen: The Nightfly. Reprise, DVD-Audio 8. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours. Warner Bros., DVD-Audio. 7. David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall. Columbia, Blu-ray Disc 6. Genesis: A Trick of the Tail. Atco/Rhino, DVD-Video 5. Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral. Halo/Interscope, SACD 4. Rush: Rush in Rio. Anthem/Zoe, DVD-Video. New interview with guitarist Alex Lifeson coming soon. 3. Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms. Warner Bros., DVD-Audio on DualDisc 2. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 5.1. Warner Bros., DVD-Audio 1. Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet. Atlantic, DVD-Audio. See interview with PTree surround-soundscape mastermind Steven Wilson.

MIKE METTLER'S TOP 10 LIVE ALBUMS BY A SINGLE ACT

10. Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Weld. Reprise 9. Cheap Trick: At Budokan - The Complete Concert. Epic/Legacy 8. Porcupine Tree: Coma Divine. Delerium; Snapper 7. The Who: Live at Leeds [Deluxe Edition]. MCA 6. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band: Live Bullet. Capitol 5. Jimi Hendrix: Band of Gypsys - Live at the Fillmore East. Experience Hendrix 4. Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert.Columbia/Legacy 3. Nirvana: Unplugged in New York. DGC 2. Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense. Sire 1. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live 1975-85. Columbia

MIKE METTLER'S TOP 10 "WHATEVERS"

10. The Concert for Bangladesh. Apple; Capitol 9. A Very Special Christmas. A&M 8. Howlin' Wolf: The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions. Chess/MCA 7. O Brother, Where Art Thou?: Music from a Film by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen. Mercury 6. Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy. Warner Bros. 5. Twin Peaks: Soundtrack from Twin Peaks - Music Composed by Angelo Badalamenti. Warner Bros. 4. George Carlin: Class Clown. Little David; Atlantic 3. Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More. Cotillion; Atlantic 2. The Rolling Stones: Rock and Roll Circus. ABKCO 1. Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968. Elektra/Rhino

Like the top 50 list, keep an eye here for future ruminations by Mike on these lists.