"Codplay" Join Greats On Anniversary Public Poll

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The Beatles have topped the latest poll to find the nation's favourite Number One album.

 

Their most famous record, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, was yesterday revealed as the public's favourite record to have topped the album charts.

More than 220,000 votes were received by Radio 2 to compile the list, which was arranged to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the official UK album chart.

Aptly, the victory for the album comes on the 40th anniversary of the last public performance by the Fab Four - a live concert in San Francisco.

 

Dark Side of the Moon, by prog rockers Pink Floyd, won the "best of the rest" list, leading the votes for albums that did not reach number one in the chart - it only reached number two in 1973.

Michael Jackson comes second on the overall list with Thriller, followed by U2's record The Joshua Tree, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, and Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.

 

The Beatles' revolutionary 1966 record, Revolver, comes in at number six on the list, followed by Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water, the Beatles' last studio album, Abbey Road, and the top 10 is completed by Queen's A Night at the Opera and The Beatle's eponymous 1968 double album, aka the White album.

 

Simon Mayo, presenter of the run down, said: "It is a very impressive list and no surprise at all that Sgt Pepper is at the top. It revolutionised music and is what we expect from an album. A fine choice indeed."

 

Misspellings by voters keen to take part in the poll also saw votes go to The Dark Side of the Room (instead of the moon) by Pink Floyd and Achtung Bono (instead of Baby) by U2. Other blunders included fans voting for Codplay (Coldplay) and Oink Floyd (Pink Floyd).

 

Since the inception of the official albums chart in 1956, there have been 787 number one albums. Darren Haynes, marketing manager of the UK chart, said: "The list of No 1 albums is instantly interesting because it highlights the fact that such classics as Dark Side Of The Moon, Bat Out Of Hell, Ziggy Stardust and Hotel California failed to reach the Number One slot.

 

"With over 220,000 votes received from the British public, this is the most definitive record of the nation's favourite albums to date." There were only 201 votes between Sgt Pepper at number one and Thriller at number two on the list.

The "best of the rest" list included, at number two, The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie, followed by Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf, Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, The Wall by Pink Floyd, Hunky Dory by Bowie, The Bends by Radiohead and Nevermind by Nirvana.

 

Source: Various

[anniep_93]

Well...I have to admit I too have made that mistake many times :rolleyes:

[Petra_coldplay]

Don't click on this and it's a normal game site ? :p

[Texasluvsjonny]

Codplay rock!

[Petra_coldplay]

*blub :D Like your fish haha

[TraceOddity]

LOL! It get even funnier...and ironic...that Coldplay used to be called 'Starfish'.:lol:

[Texasluvsjonny]

They don't rock as hard as Clodplay, but then again, who does?

[TraceOddity]

They don't rock as hard as Clodplay' date=' but then again, who does?[/quote']

THat Nu Metal band...Codsmack!!

[Petra_coldplay]

Isn't it godsmack ? :p

[TraceOddity]

Isn't it godsmack ? :p

Yeah...that's the joke...mis-spelled band names.

[Petra_coldplay]

Omfg i'm so stupid hahha:p :p

U3 (A) well no i pass:p

[busybeeburns]

Beatles' Pepper tops album poll

 

 

1: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

2: Thriller - Michael Jackson

3: The Joshua Tree - U2 (above)

4: Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

5: Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

6: Revolver - The Beatles

7: Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel

8: Abbey Road - The Beatles

9: A Night At The Opera - Queen

10: The Beatles - The Beatles

 

The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has been voted the best Number One album of all time by the British public. The seminal record, released in 1967, topped the poll to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the UK album chart.

 

"It revolutionised music and what we expect from an album," said Radio 2's Simon Mayo, which broadcast the full run-down of the top 100 albums.

 

Just 201 votes separated Sgt Pepper and Michael Jackson's Thriller, in second. The Beatles had a total of four albums in the top 10, with Revolver at six, Abbey Road at eight and The Beatles - also known as The White Album - at 10.

Only one album from the last 20 years featured in the top 10 - and that was U2's The Joshua Tree, from 1987, which came third.

 

The rest of the places were taken by a string of mid-70s records. Fourth was Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and fifth was Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water came in seventh, and Queen's A Night At The Opera came ninth.

 

Over 220,000 people voted in the poll, through websites for both the official charts and Radio 2. In all, there have been 787 Number One albums, from Frank Sinatra's Songs For Swingin' Lovers - which headed the first ever chart in 1956 - to Christina Aguilera's Back To Basics, the most recent new best seller.

 

The most recent releases to make it into the top 100 were Coldplay's X&Y and Gorillaz' Demon Days, both which topped the chart in June 2005.

 

"With over 220,000 votes received from the great British public, this is the most definitive record of the nation's favourite albums to date," said Darren Haynes of the Official UK Charts Company.

 

Because several iconic albums never made it to Number One in the album chart, a "best of the rest" category was also included in the poll. This was topped by the Pink Floyd album Dark Side Of The Moon - which only made it to Number Two on its release in 1973.

 

"The list of Number One albums is instantly interesting because it highlights the fact that such classics as Dark Side Of The Moon, Bat Out Of Hell, Ziggy Stardust and Hotel California failed to reach the Number One slot," said Mr Haynes.

 

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