My opinions, not really on order, but whether they should have been there or not.
1 RADIOHEAD - OK Computer
2 U2 - The Joshua Tree
3 NIRVANA - Nevermind
4 MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller
5 PINK FLOYD - Dark Side of the Moon
6 OASIS - Definitely Maybe You are joking right? Top 10!!!!! Never
7 THE BEATLES - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
8 MADONNA - Like a Prayer
9 GUNS N' ROSES - Appetite For Destruction
10 THE BEATLES - Revolver
11 R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
12 THE BEATLES - The White Album
13 QUEEN - A Night at the Opera
14 COLDPLAY - Parachutes Oh come on, it's a good album, but number 14?
15 OASIS - (What's the Story) Morning Glory Two in the top 20? Madness
16 ALANIS MORISSETTE - Jagged Little Pill No way is this deserving of a top 20 position, I like it but not top 20
17 LED ZEPPELIN - Led Zeppelin IV Shame not to see V in there
18 THE VERVE - Urban Hymns Northern Soul and Storm in Heaven are both better albums
19 JIMI HENDRIX - Are you Experienced
20 THE SMITHS - The Queen Is Dead
21 JOHN LENNON - Imagine
22 RADIOHEAD - The Bends
23 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS - Exodus
24 THE STONE ROSES - The Stone Roses
25 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - Bridge Over Troubled Water Personally prefer Sound of Silence
26 BJORK - Debut
27 THE DOORS - The Doors [Prefer Strangedays[/b]
28 ABBA - Arrival
29 MICHAEL JACKSON - Off the Wall
30 DURAN DURAN - Rio [/b] WHo decided these? I mena come on![/b]
31 SEX PISTOLS - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
32 DAVID BOWIE - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
33 THE BEACH BOYS - Pet Sounds
34 JOY DIVISION - Closer
35 THE ROLLING STONES - Let It Bleed
36 BLUR - Parklife Anyone that puts 2 Oasis albums ahead of Parklife, or in fact anything by Blur, should be publically hung drawn and quartered
37 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born to Run Groan, maybe it's just me, but in between his 'Real men of genius' style vocals and complete lack of lyrics that have anything to say to me, I find Springsteen pretty farging rubbish
38 BILLIE HOLIDAY - Lady Sings the Blues Should perhaps have been higher
39 THE WHITE STRIPES - Elephant
40 BLACK SABBATH - Paranoid
41 THE SPECIALS - Specials
42 THE ROLLING STONES - Exile on Main Street
43 FRANK SINATRA - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
44 THE CLASH - London Calling Should definitely been higher
45 THE PRODIGY - The Fat of the Land Experience is a better album IMO
46 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - The Velvet Underground and Nico
47 DIRE STRAITS - Brothers in Arms Top 50? sigh
48 PIXIES - Doolittle
49 ARETHA FRANKLIN - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
50 THE LIBERTINES - The Libertines I like the Libertines, but no band which had a career this short and an album this average should be in the top 100
51 HAPPY MONDAYS - Pills 'N' Thrills and Bellyaches
52 PATTI SMITH - Horses
53 THE WHO - Tommy
54 LOU REED - Transformer
55 BOB DYLAN - Blood on the Tracks
56 PRINCE - Sign 'o' the Times
57 DIDO - No Angel Dumbfoundment is my bedfellow and choked surprise my pillow!
58 AIR - Moon Safari Prefer 10,000 hertz legend
59 ELTON JOHN - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
60 THE JAM - All Mod Cons
61 JEFF BUCKLEY - Grace
62 FLEETWOOD MAC - Rumours No way
63 MOBY - Play Good album, but not sure of a top 100 place
64 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
65 THE POLICE - Synchronicity
66 JONI MITCHELL - Blue
67 CURTIS MAYFIELD - Superfly
68 ELVIS PRESLEY - The Sun Sessions
69 OUTKAST - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
70 PULP - Different Class
71 KRAFTWERK - Trans-Europe Express
72 MASSIVE ATTACK - Blue Lines
73 BECK - Odelay
74 STEVIE WONDER - Songs in the Key of Life
75 KATE BUSH - Hounds of Love
76 TALKING HEADS - Fear of Music
77 EMINEM - The Marshall Mathers LP
78 MARVIN GAYE - What's Going On
79 GEORGE MICHAEL - Faith
80 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER - The Original Movie Soundtrack
81 PRIMAL SCREAM - Screamadelica
82 JOHN COLTRANE - A Love Supreme
83 LOVE - Forever Changes
84 PAUL SIMON - Graceland
85 NICK DRAKE - Five Leaves Left
86 MEAT LOAF - Bat Out of Hell
87 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Dusty in Memphis
88 DE LA SOUL - 3 Feet High and Rising
89 THE STROKES - Is this It No chance!. Top 100? I think not
90 MADNESS - One Step Beyond...
91 ROBBIE WILLIAMS - I've Been Expecting You Who is in charge here? I want to see the manager! Ridiculous
92 NEIL YOUNG - After the Gold Rush
93 PUBLIC ENEMY - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
94 BLONDIE - Parallel Lines
95 THE EAGLES - Hotel California
96 JAMES BROWN - Sex Machine
97 THE STREETS - A Grand Don't Come for Free
98 DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels Can't stand them, but obviously someone can
99 ROD STEWART - Every Picture Tells a Story
100 The HUMAN LEAGUE - Dare! Umm, yeah....umm...
No 'Abbey Road'!?!? No 'Dummy'? No 'Felt Mountain', 'Axis:Bold as Love', 'Songbird' or 'The Wall'? No 'Second toughest in the Infants'? I'm a little worried about what constitutes a 'Best Album' nowadays.
i just find it impossible to compare old classics (Frank Sinatra!) with really recent albums. still, here's a few personal opinions:
56 PRINCE - Sign 'o' the Times
should be much higher IMO
and where is purple rain?
i liked the woman (radio 1 dj) who said she fundamentally didn't trust anyone who says they don't like prince.
79 GEORGE MICHAEL - Faith
listen without prejudice is much better IMO
no STING at all (just synchronicity)?
'...nothing like the sun' should definitely be on here somewhere
Originally posted by Starrman: Whinge
Ironically, the live version I have of 'Death or Glory' features Joe Strummer asking for requests and then sneering "That one was done by Duran Duran--get your facts straight!" That particular inversion is most disturbing.
Ok everyone, from the above list, infer what Starrman's preferred order would be and tell me what the signature of the permutation giving the real list is 😛.
Originally posted by jimmyb270
Definitely DSoTM at number one for me.
Others I'd put up there would include:
1 Giant Leap
Miles Davis - Kinda Blue
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
- The Wall
Oh and so many others, I could go on forever.
But not Radiohead 😠
'Kind of Blue'
awesome album i agree but i'm guessing this list doesn't include jazz ...
otherwise there are quite a few more obvious omissions!
Originally posted by royalchickenYou wanna piece of me boy? 😛
Originally posted by Starrman: [b]Whinge
Ironically, the live version I have of 'Death or Glory' features Joe Strummer asking for requests and then sneering "That one was done by Duran Duran--get your facts straight!" That particular inversion is most disturbing.
Ok everyone, from the above list, infer what Starrman's preferred order would be and tell me what the signature of the permutation giving the real list is 😛.[/b]
Originally posted by murrowWell to me, a title like 'Top 100 Albums of all time' means - well - the top one hundred albums of all time. Not the top 100, except for jazz.
'Kind of Blue'
awesome album i agree but i'm guessing this list doesn't include jazz ...
otherwise there are quite a few more obvious omissions!
Originally posted by royalchickenWhat are the other two?
I'm glad it was 'Brothers In Arms' -- I really like three Dire Straights songs, and can't stomach the rest. One of the former is the title track.
Always liked Sultans of Swing and occasionally partial to Romeo and Juliet if I'm feeling soppy.
EDIT: Which I should state is very rarely.
It's pretty obvious it's a BRITISH list. Not that I'm complaining about the entries as a rule, but you can tell.
I take some comfort in seeing Radiohead at number one. OK Computer did, after all, win just about every 'album of the year' award going. And the other artists I really like never stand a chance in this kind of thing.
Originally posted by Starrmanyou need to get out more.......i must have taken you ages to write all of this😵
My opinions, not really on order, but whether they should have been there or not.
1 RADIOHEAD - OK Computer
2 U2 - The Joshua Tree
3 NIRVANA - Nevermind
4 MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller
5 PINK FLOYD - Dark Side of the Moon
6 OASIS - Definitely Maybe [b]You are joking right? Top 10!!!!! Never
7 THE BEATLES - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
...[text shortened]... ughest in the Infants'? I'm a little worried about what constitutes a 'Best Album' nowadays.[/b]
Originally posted by wucky3Seconded. I would have included 'Meat is Murder' somewhere.
i just can't believe the smiths are only there once! and happy mondays 'bummed' is a much better album than pills thrills and bellyaches
ps...and bryter layter, nick drake should have definately been in there