Best Album that got to number one vote list: Just in case you were ever going to give yourself to Radio 2...

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It's just like those best ever album lists. From 1975.

mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:29 (nineteen years ago)

100. Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
99. I've Been Expecting You - Robbie Williams
=97. The Album - Abba
=97. Come On Over - Shania Twain
96. Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
95. Demon Days - Gorillaz
94. Innuendo - Queen
93. Voulez-Vous - Abba
92. Dangerous - Michael Jackson
91. Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1 - George Michael
90. Play - Moby
=88. The Division Bell - Pink Floyd
=88. Scary Monsters And Super Creeps - David Bowie
87. By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
86. Songs About Jane - Maroon 5
85. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
84. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
83. Diva - Annie Lennox
82. All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
81. So - Peter Gabriel
80. Back To Bedlam - James Blunt
79. Please Please Me - Beatles
78. Different Class - Pulp
77. Dare! - Human League
76. Spiceworld - Spice Girls
75. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
=73. Super Trouper - Abba
=73. Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
72. Swing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams
71. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
70. No Angel - Dido
=68. War - U2
=68. Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams
67. A Day At The Races - Queen
66. Music - Madonna
65. Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
64. True Blue - Madonna
63. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2
62. Hot Fuss - The Killers
61. Rattle And Hum - U2
60. Parklife - Blur
59. Escapology - Robbie Williams
58. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
57. Hopes And Fears - Keane
56. Let's Dance - David Bowie
55. Sing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams
54. Spice - Spice Girls
53. Urban Hymns - Verve
52. Led Zeppelin 3 - Led Zeppelin
51. Arrival - Abba
50. Help - Beatles
49. Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band With The Flux Fiddlers
48. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
47. Like A Virgin - Madonna
46. Let It Be - Beatles
45. Back In Black - AC/DC
44. Fever - Kylie Minogue
43. Faith - George Michael
42. A Kind Of Magic - Queen
41. American Idiot - Green Day
40. Bad - Michael Jackson
39. Harvest - Neil Young
38. Parachutes - Coldplay
37. Confessions On A Dancefloor - Madonna
36. A Hard Day's Night - Beatles
35. Like A Prayer - Madonna
34. Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
33. X & Y - Coldplay
32. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
31. A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
30. Out Of Time - R.E.M.
29. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
28. Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
27. OK Computer - Radiohead
26. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
25. Who's Next - Who
24. Ray Of Light - Madonna
23. Graceland - Paul Simon
22. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
21. Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
20. Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
19. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
18. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
17. Parallel Lines - Blondie
16. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
15. Led Zeppelin IV (Four Symbols) - Led Zeppelin
14. Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
13. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
12. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
11. Rubber Soul - Beatles
10. The Beatles (The White Album) - Beatles
9. A Night At The Opera - Queen
8. Abbey Road - Beatles
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
6. Revolver - Beatles
5. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
4. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
3. The Joshua Tree - U2
2. Thriller - Michael Jackson
No. 1: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles

DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

Kid A got to number one, didn't it?

mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

Where is Black & White Minstrels band?

Samuel K.B. Amphong (Dada), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

KID A too weird ? to show up in the top 100 for a poll of 220,000 people

DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

worst 3 albums in top 100:

80. Back To Bedlam - James Blunt
70. No Angel - Dido
16. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

bland tedious drivel

Songs About Jane - Maroon 5 - What the demographics of fans of this band ?

DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:33 (nineteen years ago)

>It's just like those best ever album lists. From 1975.

Yes, except over two-thirds of the list was released post-1975.

Nice to see Simon & Garfunkel in the top 10 anyway. A truly overlooked act in the "canon".

harvey.w (harvey.w), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

It was more the 'mindset' than the actual music being from 1975.

In that way, Simon and Garfunkel is like someone that has that trendy volvo car from the sixties for the reason that they never changed the car.

mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

Oh dear. That is all I have to say.

Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

The most interesting thing here is to see that some not particularly canonical popular favourites still seem to have kept their popularity years later. For instance, it surprises me that Spice Girls still has such a share of fans almost 10 years on from the height of the Girl Power craze.

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)


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