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    All Three Coldplay LPs Featured As UK Picks Greatest 100 Albums

    x&y.jpgThe 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)

     

    Definitely Maybe named greatest album of all time

     

    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.




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