GoRankEm.com - Music Ranked By People Like You

Are you tired of critics telling you which songs to listen to, and which bands to tune into? If you do, then I bet that you are going to find this new initiative worth a look. In essence, it is a destination in which ordinary people can come in and vote for these songs that they deem as the best ever.

The idea is to break the hegemony of “traditional” review processes and create something more natural and (above all) representative of the way in which music should be discovered - a sort of link from fan to fan.



One of the most charming aspects of the whole thing is that you can effectively discover forgotten gems in any artist’s catalog. This is specially true when it comes to bands that have been around for a long time like R.E.M., whose early catalog is mostly unknown by those who got acquainted with the Athens-based outfit during its tenure at Warner (IE, “Losing My Religion”, “Everybody Hurts”, “Shiny Happy People”). A system like Rank’em can be counted upon to unearth treasures like “Rockville”, “So, Central Rain” and “Talk About The Passion”. And that is not mentioning artists that have been around eve since the ‘60s like Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and The Who. In that case, you are in for a true aural treat.