This is based on who I like right now plus who I've liked over the past few years. Green Day, for example, I almost never listen to anymore but in my sophomore and junior years they were in my top 3.
Were The Beatles good lyricists? Beatles historian Ian MacDonald says their lyrics were generally "slipshod" compared to those of the great Tin Pan Alley songwriters. I think they wrote some terrific ones. Add to the list by commenting.