WXPN: 885 Greatest Artists of All-Time

WXPN, UPenn's college radio station, has complied an exhausting list of the 885 Greatest Artists of All-Time. As you'll see by the list, it's every artist to ever produce music in the history of mankind. Here's the top 100.

1 THE BEATLES
2 BOB DYLAN
3 ROLLING STONES
4 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
5 U2
6 LED ZEPPELIN
7 GRATEFUL DEAD
8 NEIL YOUNG
9 PINK FLOYD
10 JONI MITCHELL
11 JIMI HENDRIX
12 THE WHO
13 VAN MORRISON
14 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
15 ERIC CLAPTON
16 DAVID BOWIE
17 R.E.M.
18 JOHNNY CASH
19 ELVIS PRESLEY
20 PAUL SIMON
21 RADIOHEAD
22 STEVIE WONDER
23 ELVIS COSTELLO
24 THE CLASH
25 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
26 MILES DAVIS
27 STEELY DAN
28 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
29 BONNIE RAITT
30 THE DOORS
31 TALKING HEADS
32 JOHN LENNON
33 ELTON JOHN
34 CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
35 JAMES TAYLOR
36 THE BAND
37 JACKSON BROWNE
38 PEARL JAM
39 PRINCE
40 YES
41 TOM WAITS
42 PETER GABRIEL
43 RICHARD THOMPSON
44 FRANK ZAPPA
45 TOM PETTY
46 NIRVANA
47 RAY CHARLES
48 BILLY JOEL
49 JOHN COLTRANE
50 STING
51 SIMON & GARFUNKEL
52 THE KINKS
53 THE BEACH BOYS
54 PHISH
55 GENESIS
56 SANTANA
57 FRANK SINATRA
58 JANIS JOPLIN
59 WILCO
60 STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
61 COLDPLAY
62 BECK
63 ARETHA FRANKLIN
64 DIRE STRAITS
65 THE CURE
66 LUCINDA WILLIAMS
67 COUNTING CROWS
68 QUEEN
69 INDIGO GIRLS
70 THE EAGLES
71 THE POLICE
72 THE SMITHS
73 JEFF BUCKLEY
74 ELLA FITZGERALD
75 MARVIN GAYE
76 JERRY GARCIA
77 B. B. KING
78 BEN FOLDS
79 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
80 ANI DIFRANCO
81 TORI AMOS
82 LEONARD COHEN
83 WILLIE NELSON
84 FLEETWOOD MAC
85 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
86 THE RAMONES
87 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
88 THE MOODY BLUES
89 LYLE LOVETT
90 RYAN ADAMS
91 PAUL MC CARTNEY
92 LOUIS ARMSTRONG
93 CAROLE KING
94 JOHN HIATT
95 JOHN PRINE
96 THE PIXIES
97 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
98 PATTY GRIFFIN
99 WARREN ZEVON
100 JETHRO TULL

I like seeing the Pixies edging out Beethoven, and Tom Waits beating the crap out of Mozart, that's classic. There's no arguing or debating the validity of this (e.g. Sting ranked higher than The Police, or the Dead better than Pink Floyd), because it's the FINAL AUTHORITATIVE LIST and it is INSCRUTABLE.