June 2, 200620 yr The survey was put together by the book of British Hit Singles and Albums and NME.com with votes coming in from the around the world, reports the telegraph.co.uk. David Roberts, British Hit Singles and Albums editor, said the survey showed diversity and longevity. "Usually these polls are full of records that people have only just bought because they are freshest in the mind," Mr Roberts said. "But this poll shows that the truly great albums always have longevity. Only two albums in the Top 20 were released in the last five years, so the voters have clearly thought long and hard about their decision." Greatest 100 Albums of All Time (Filed: 01/06/2006) Here are the full results of the British Hit Singles and Albums and NME.com survey to find the greatest 100 albums of all time: 01. Definitely Maybe, Oasis 02. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band, The Beatles 03. Revolver, The Beatles 04. OK Computer, Radiohead 05. (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis 06. Nevermind, Nirvana 07. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses 08. Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 09. The Queen Is Dead, Smiths 10. The Bends, Radiohead 11. The Joshua Tree, U2 12. London Calling, The Clash 13. The Beatles (The White Album), The Beatles 14. Abbey Road, The Beatles 15. Up The Bracket, The Libertines 16. Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols, Sex Pistols 17. Four Symbols (Led Zeppelin IV), Led Zeppelin 18. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie 19. A Night At The Opera, Queen 20. Is This It, The Strokes 21. Hot Fuss, The Killers 22. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys 23. Grace, Jeff Buckley 24. The Holy Bible, Manic Street Preachers 25. Bat Out Of Hell, MeatLoaf 26. Appetite For Destruction, Guns N' Roses 27. Employment, Kaiser Chiefs 28. Rubber Soul, The Beatles 29. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 30. The Libertines, The Libertines 31. Urban Hymns, The Verve 32. American Idiot, Green Day 33. A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Coldplay 34. Parklife, Blur 35. Thriller, Michael Jackson 36. The Wall, Pink Floyd 37. Automatic For The People, R.E.M. 38. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand 39. Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield 40. Achtung Baby, U2 41. Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd 42. Exile On Main Street, The Rolling Stones 43. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel 44. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 45. Parallel Lines, Blondie 46. Brothers In Arms, Dire Straits 47. Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan 48. Hunky Dory, David Bowie 49. X&Y, Coldplay 50. Who's Next, The Who 51. Hopes And Fears, Keane 52. Parachutes, Coldplay 53. Arrival, Abba 54. Different Class, Pulp 55. The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Velvet Underground 56. Forever Changes, Love 57. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye 58. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones 59. Elephant, The White Stripes 60. Doolittle, Pixies 61. Absolution, Muse 62. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John 63. Sheer Heart Attack, Queen 64. Come On Over, Shania Twain 65. Sign 'o' The Times, Prince 66. Ten, Pearl Jam 67. Kasabian, Kasabian 68. Dookie, Green Day 69. Origin Of Symmetry, Muse 70. Hounds Of Love, Kate Bush 71. Blonde On Blonde, Bob Dylan 72. All Mod Cons, The Jam 73. Blue, Joni Mitchell 74. White Blood Cells, The White Stripes 75. Dog Man Star, Suede 76. Metallica (the Black Album), Metallica 77. Dare!, Human League 78. Closer, Joy Division 79. In Utero, Nirvana 80. Back In Black, AC/DC 81. Funeral, Arcade Fire 82. Up All Night, Razorlight 83. Ray Of Light, Madonna 84. Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen 85. Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 86. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, Arctic Monkeys 87. A Day At The Races, Queen 88. The Lexicon Of Love, ABC 89. Spice, Spice Girls 90. Violator, Depeche Mode 91. Final Straw, Snow Patrol 92. Electric Warrior, T. Rex 93. Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette 94. Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division 95. Kid A, Radiohead 96. Out Of The Blue, Electric Light Orchestra 97. The Smiths, The Smiths 98. Electric Ladyland, Jimi Hendrix 99. Rage Against The Machine, Rage Against The Machine 100. Hotel California, Eagles Source: http://blogcritics.org From blogcritics: I don't take these lists too seriously, but they are fun in that they shed light on some albums that are sometimes overlooked, that do deserve a listen. I do credit the list with not being 100% predictable. The list in not limited to UK artists. There are some surprises on the list, such as Jeff Buckley's Grace. I have the album and I've tried to turn friends onto it, but they just couldn't get into it. Neither could I. I'm also surprised to see The Killers' Hot Fuss in the list, as well as Coldplay's X&Y, The Artic Monkey's album, The Kaiser Chief's Employment and Razorlight's Up All Night, among others. Missing from this list, as far as I am concerned, would be albums by The Kinks, Alice Cooper, Yes, Genesis, The Guess Who, Neil Young, Aerosmith, Bob Marley, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Roxy Music, The Doors, Van Halen, Eric Clapton/Cream, The Cure and XTC. There are many others missing, of course, including heavier bands like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest. I'm ecstatic that The Arcade Fire's Funeral made the list. That is quite simply one of the best albums that I've heard in years. I also would have inlcuded Sufjan Stevens' Illinois.
June 2, 200620 yr I'm also surprised to see The Killers' Hot Fuss in the list, as well as Coldplay's X&Y, Does this guy have something against Coldplay?? :lol: Should have been number one!!:P:P
June 2, 200620 yr Gah, and where's KT Tunstall? It's mighty nice to see Nirvana, Alanis Morissette, Muse, The White Stripes, Snow Patrol on there though.. and of course Coldplay! Yay! I do notice Eric Clapton didn't quite make it.. :mellow: (couldn't help it.. :lol:)
June 2, 200620 yr who the fuck are Oasis??? Kid A 95th???? what a shit list...no Sigur Ros, no Flaming Lips and no Elliott Smith 1.0
June 2, 200620 yr Shania Pain and the Spice Girls??:stunned: :stunned: God what an effin joke:veryangry2: !!
June 2, 200620 yr What the hell?! American Idiot came before AROBTTH?! And SHANIA TWAIN AND SPICE GIRLS are on there too...:rolleyes::shocked2:
June 2, 200620 yr at least there's arcade fire.. mustve been higher but i dont care :dance: and why the killers? 21?.. :dozey:
June 2, 200620 yr Spice Girls on the list of 100 best albums of all time:dozey: and what surprise is it that X&Y is there?:angry: not feeling very happy about this poll...
June 2, 200620 yr Im sorry but there is no way that the following should be above AROBTTH: Hot Fuss, The Killers Employment, Kaiser Chiefs American Idiot, Green Day :o
June 2, 200620 yr Im sorry but there is no way that the following should be above AROBTTH: Hot Fuss, The Killers Employment, Kaiser Chiefs American Idiot, Green Day :o Well there's no way Shania Pain and the Spice Girls should be above ANY of them!!:rolleyes:
June 4, 200620 yr Spice Girls on the list of 100 best albums of all time:dozey: and what surprise is it that X&Y is there?:angry: not feeling very happy about this poll... Yeah i was like :o When i saw X&Y on the list....and spice girls *shivers* -ahhhhh I remember when i used to like them.....
June 4, 200620 yr keane - hopes and fears beat parachutes!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! excuse me while i go and hang myself :)
June 4, 200620 yr who the fuck are Oasis??? Kid A 95th???? what a shit list...no Sigur Ros, no Flaming Lips and no Elliott Smith 1.0 And Parachutes should've been before the other two. Blar.
June 4, 200620 yr definately maybe is not the best album ever! It's great but it's not the best. And Hot Fuss shouldn't even be in the top 10!
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