100 Greatest Albums Ever

[MyRobotSuit]

This is taken from the January 2003 edition of Q magazine. Hope you find it interesting!


01 Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
02 Radiohead OK computer (1997)
03 Beatles Revolver (1966)
04 Radiohead The bends (1995)
05 Eminem The Marshall Mathers lp (2000)
06 Sex pistols Never mind the bollocks (1977)
07 Stone roses The Stone roses (1989)
08 Oasis Definitely maybe (1994)
09 Strokes Is this it (2001)
10 U2 Achtung baby (1991)
11 Nirvana In utero (1993)
12 Red hot chili peppers Californication (1999)
13 Smiths The queen is dead (1986)
14 Clash London calling (1979)
15 Beatles Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band (1967)
16 U2 The Joshua tree (1987)
17 Madonna Ray of light (1998)
18 Manic street preachers The holy bible (1994)
19 Guns n' roses Appetite for destruction (1987)
20 Lauryn Hill The miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
21 Pink floyd Dark side of the moon (1973)
22 Oasis What's the story - Morning glory? (1995)
23 Dr. Dre The chonic (1992)
24 Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)
25 Coldplay Parachutes (2000)
26 Rolling stones Exile on Main street (1972)
27 White stripes White blood cells (2001)
28 Led zeppelin Led zeppelin 4 (1971)
29 Primal scream Screamadelica (1991)
30 R.E.M. Automatic for the people (1992)
31 David Bowie The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust (1972)
32 Smashing pumpkins Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness (1995)
33 Public enemy Fear of a black planet (1990)
34 Pixies Doolittle (1990)
35 Radiohead Kid A (2000)
36 Marvin Gaye What's going on (1971)
37 Prince Sign o the times (1987)
38 PJ Harvey Stories from the city, stories from the sea (2000)
39 Verve Urban hymns (1997)
40 Bob Dylan Blood on the tracks (1975)
41 Led zeppelin Physical graffiti (1975)
42 Pearl jam Ten (1991)
43 Beastie boys Ill communication (1994)
44 Rage against the machine Rage against the machine (1992)
45 Beatles The Beatles (= the white album) (1968)
46 Eminem The Eminem show (2002)
47 Coldplay A rush of blood to the head (2002)
48 Fleetwood mac Rumours (1977)
49 Pink floyd The wall (1979)
50 Manic street preachers Everything must go (1996)
51 Kate Bush Hounds of love (1985)
52 Iggy and the Stooges Raw power (1973)
53 Alanis Morissette Jagged little pill (1995)
54 Velvet underground + Nico Velvet underground + Nico (1967)
55 David Bowie Hunky dory (1971)
56 Massive attack Blue lines (1991)
57 Moby Play (1999)
58 Blur Parklife (1994)
59 NWA Straight outta Compton (1988)
60 Joy division Closer (1980)
61 Jimi Hendrix Electric ladyland (1968)
62 Bruce Springsteen Born to run (1975)
63 Red hot chili peppers By the way (2002)
64 Rolling stones Let it bleed (1969)
65 Specials Specials (1979)
66 Neil Young Rust never sleeps (1979)
67 Chemical brothers Dig your own hole (1997)
68 Who Who's next (1971)
69 Alicia Keys Songs in A minor (2001)
70 Vines Highly evolved (2002)
71 Bob Marley & the Wailers Exodus (1977)
72 Prodigy The fat of the land (1997)
73 Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
74 Ramones The Ramones (1976)
75 Badly Drawn boy The hour of bewilderbeast (2000)
76 Spiritualized Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space (1997)
77 TLC Crazysexycool (1994)
78 Linkin park Hybrid theory (2001)
79 Depeche mode Violator (1990)
80 Stereophonics Word gets around (1998)
81 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley (1956)
82 DJ Shadow Endtroducing (1996)
83 Metallica Metallica (1991)
84 Lou Reed Transformer (1972)
85 Wu-Tang clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers) (1993)
86 Foo fighters The colour and the shape (1997)
87 Doors The Doors (1967)
88 James Brown Live at The Apollo (1963)
89 Ryan Adams Gold (2001)
90 Soundgarden Superunknown (1994)
91 Sly & the family Stone There's a riot goin' on (1971)
92 Air Moon safari (1998)
93 Beck Odelay (1996)
94 Outkast Stankonia (2000)
95 Portishead Dummy (1994)
96 Ash Free all angels (2001)
97 Aretha Franklin I never loved a man the way I loved you (1967)
98 AC/DC Back in black (1980)
99 Beach boys Pet sounds (1966)
100 Flaming lips The soft bulletin (1999)

[Garrett]

That's not anywhere near what my list would be...I do like how they got a little bit of everything in there, though.

[Sedai]

Oasis above Led Zepp 4? I do NOT think so. Also, Sgt Pepper is way to low.

_S

[Piddzilla]

It's interesting to see how the acceptance of hip hop and rap has grown enormously during the last years. Not only do we have Eminem in Top 10 and another among the Top 50 but the importance and the influence that artists like Public Enemy and N.W.A. have had is obvious. It's cool that Oasis' debut album is higher up on the chart than What's the Story Morning Glory. The follow up used to be considered a masterpiece while Definately Maybe was merely a unusually strong debut. Finally people have realized that Definately Maybe is one of the best rock'n'roll albums ever recorded. It's also amazing to see how the impact of Nirvana hasn't yet faded as well as that my favourite The Stone Roses is in Top 10. The only Dylan album first at number 40; a bit surprising as well as Pet Sounds at position 99!

Overall, you can tell that the list is british.

[rjmcfc86]

Definetly Maybe has always been known, to most of the British Public anyway, as one of the best albums a British group has ever done. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants was a massive let down and people relised just how good DM was.

It is funny though how you can tell how much this list is British-based.

[rjmcfc86]

Oh, and if this is British, you can tell they have been considerate to US groups such as the Smashing Pumpkins, as over here they have never been 'big.'

[MyRobotSuit]

Yep, It's from the british music magazine 'Q' as voted by it's readers.

[Piddzilla]

You can see that the list is british since bands like Oasis, Radiohead, The Stone Roses, The Smiths, Coldplay, Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream, Verve and other british bands are so well represented. By that I don't mean that I think the list is unfair or anything. I knew that Q is a british magazine..

[Hondo333]

That list is compleatly riuned by Eminem in there twice in the top 50, :mad: and Elvis being so far down on the list, And the omission On MoonDance By Van Morrisson

Aussies are not nearly represented enoght in the list, No ColdChisel, No Silverchair, No Living End. No Kylie and AcaDaca is so far down on the list

[Monkeypunch]

That list is so almost random, i can't take it all that seriously, and soooo many genuinely great albums are left off in favor of recent "hits." Some of the greatest albums of all time were made by bands nobody really listens to!

[Tuna]

I'm having an overload of criticism, so I'm x'ing out.

[MyRobotSuit]

Some of the greatest albums of all time were made by bands nobody really listens to!

As the list was made by the public, I expect people do listen to these bands. Apart from a few on the list, I've been a fan of many of the albums here.

[Caitlyn]

Hmmm... why don't we do a MoFo's greatest 100?

[Monkeypunch]

As the list was made by the public, I expect people do listen to these bands. Apart from a few on the list, I've been a fan of many of the albums here.

I know that people listen to the ones on the list! That isn't what I meant at all. The list is mostly obvious choices and more recent favorites, and a lot of great muscians aren't on it at all. that is all I meant.

[led_zeppelin]

Oasis above Led Zepp 4? I do NOT think so.

Amen. And just for the record, Led Zeppelin's fourth album has no name, but I call it Led Zeppelin 4 too.