― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― TRG (TRG), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― TRG (TRG), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
What if you had room for 237 albums 'though?
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
some of these are just bewildering.
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Blonde on blonde, and...
Oh, Exile on main street, as its a double and I haven't got/heared it.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Interesting Kid A being in the Top Ten now though, only five years ago non clued-in listeners would have found that one quite radical (yes I know, not really... I'm thinking of mums & dads not following the shifts of IDM & Electronica very closely), now it's the token 'radical' choice and they've run off with the 'New Beatles Substitute' honours.
I bet Coldplay wish they had pushed the limits a bit more on X&Y now eh?
― fandango (fandango), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Theorry Henry
18 forever!!
I think Kate is always in these lists btw. Feels horribly tokenistic in the (rocktastic) company but there you go.
― fandango (fandango), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Let's play domination2. Marquee Moon3. Forever changes4. Nuggets box5. Trout Mask6. Os mutantes7. Giant Steps Boo Radleys
to be continued...
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link
to be continues.ss
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:44 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm bored now.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
Start again.
Nos 4, 6, 10, 17, 28, 34, 36, 39, 50, 51, 61, 66 (but de stijl's better), 72 (I'll give it a go), and finally 95.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link
And 28 > 20?
Really?
And you'd pick 6, 39 and 61 rather than 12 (even if it isn't the best album The Smiths did), 42, 43, 44 or (next best thing to a Beefheart album) 99?
I'm surprised.
And a little hurt.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link
28 > 20? Ah, I've heared it too much I guess. Actually, youre right. There's enough to love there. It's probably because of that 'deluxe' edition that I played once, like you said I would. My bad.
42 is one I don't need as I could play it in my head all the way through and hear odd little things I missed every time. The timpani solo in "I'll be your mirror". The oboe in "European son".
43 and 44 I don't know or care about.
And 99 I haven't got any tom. One day.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link
[.... rare moment of stunned silence.... ]
"And 99 I haven't got any tom. One day."
Oh you really should have. You should probably get that one first as well.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 16:11 (eighteen years ago) link
I have "Death to the Pixies" and dug it out recently to play in the car on a long journey. Enjoyed it, but not especially so.
"Closer", well I never got JD back in the day, really. Apart from the hits. Got a cheap copy of "Still" which was alright. I did get one of the compilations, but decided that they were one of those bands where albums were a piece, not mixeable.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link
As regards Joy Division albums 'though, I'm afraid Still was by far the worst one of the three to get - and isn't really a "proper" album itself anyway; "alright" is probably a fair appraisal; and you're probably right about JD compilations too (Closer could arguably be considered a compilation....)
Using exactly the same basis of assessment however, Unknown Pleasures and Closer are both absolute masterpieces and completely essential.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 16:35 (eighteen years ago) link
I was in Fopp today, looking for the Catpain's "Uncondit" album but it was £8 so no. They always have the JDs so may try tomorrow. Yup, back on the road soon.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 16:42 (eighteen years ago) link
I like all the Beatles and Stones recds in the list except Sgt Pepper and Sticky Fingers. Also really like Who's Next, Led Zep IV, Automatic For The People, Low, Setting Sons, The Doors, Dummy, Ziggy, Ray Of Light, Dark Side Of The Moon, Rumours, Doolittle. It's not too bad a list really, is it? It's just seeing all these *really popular* records all together that makes us feel a bit queasy, right?
― Dr.C, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 16:47 (eighteen years ago) link
henry i have heard the entirety of HALF that top 20 and at least one 'representative' from the rest.
the idea that ray of light is madonna's best album is completely mental.
stevem, the last christina milian album is better than pretty much EVERYTHING on this list. apart from maybe kate bush.
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Yes, of course it was; and no, of course it isn't.
When I wrote "Closer could arguably be considered a compilation....", the words that were going through my head; which I was instructing my fingers to type; and which I confidently believed I could see on the screen in front of me were (of course) "Still could arguably be considered a compilation....".
Yes, I am a twat.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 17:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 17:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 18:55 (eighteen years ago) link
I don't think that album has ever been on a Q list. (And I fully agree with the readers regarding that)
As for the list? It is better than the one they did a few years back, which had way too much garage rock, contemporary R&B and Aretha Franklin in it. But, seriously. Sure Radiohead is a great band and all that, but not that great!
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stephen C (ihope), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 20:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Barrie Minney, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
"The Bends" at number two is overrated, and "Kid A" shouldn't have been in the list at all.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link
*giggle*
― bugged out, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 02:54 (eighteen years ago) link
ihttp://www.beefheart.com/zigzag/pictures/MortonDeath1.jpg
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― meister, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― opopoppo, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― pscott (elwisty), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
otm. insane that there's no showing for at least one of those in the top 20. unless they rigged it that way!
― piscesboy, Thursday, 5 January 2006 01:07 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.greenplastic.com/2010/12/22/ok-computer-named-best-album-of-the-past-25-years/
Q Magazine readers recently voted Radiohead’s OK Computer as the best album of the past 25 years. No big surprise there, right? The band also took three other places in the top 30 – compiled to mark 25 years of the magazine – with The Bends at eight, Kid A at 18 and In Rainbows at 23. 13 years ago, Q Magazine had a similar poll where OK Computer was also named best album of all time. Now that is staying power.
Full list after the jump.
(thanks to Peter)
The Top 30 albums:
1. OK Computer – Radiohead2. Nevermind – Nirvana3. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis4. Definitely Maybe – Oasis5. Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not – Arctic Monkeys6. The Joshua Tree – U27. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses8. The Bends – Radiohead9. Achtung Baby – U210. Black Holes And Revelations – Muse11. Is This It – The Strokes12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head – Coldplay13. Parklife – Blur14. Screamadelica – Primal Scream15. White Blood Cells – The White Stripes16. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel17. Hot Fuss – The Killers.18. Kid A – Radiohead19. Funeral – Arcade Fire20. American Idiot – Green Bay21. The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers22. Absolution – Muse23. In Rainbows – Radiohead24. Only By The Night – Kings Of Leon25. Demon Days – Gorillaz26. Origin Of Symmetry – Muse27. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N’Roses28. Urban Hymns – The Verve29. Automatic For The People – R.E.M.30. Loveless – My Bloody Valentine
― World Series champion San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Friday, 24 December 2010 04:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Fuck Q.
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 24 December 2010 05:26 (thirteen years ago) link
....'s readers
and the magazine
― hot lava hair (Z S), Friday, 24 December 2010 05:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i always forget that muse exists until a Q or NME list makes the rounds
― hot lava hair (Z S), Friday, 24 December 2010 05:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I always forget that Q exists until I see it in an airport bookstore as the only printed music magazine available
― ARP 2600 vs. Atari 2600 (Ówen P.), Friday, 24 December 2010 06:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Neutral Milk Hotel is so so so so weird on that list.
― sean gramophone, Friday, 24 December 2010 06:10 (thirteen years ago) link
(that's from the 2005 pfork review of the reissue, which argues that Aeroplane's most distinctive quality within the 90s indie rock canon is that it "is not cool.")
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Saturday, 25 December 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Well in the case of Bob Marley, Q readers are legally required to own a copy of 'Exodus' so that they can go around telling everybody that they "listen to reggae".
The Q readers feel no need to tell everyone they listen to reggae. They don't feel like they are required to like a certain kind of music that they don't, for instance they don't give a damn about listen to any token R&B or funk. However, Bob Marley had more way with a tune than any (true) reggae act ever before or since, and as such, he has gotten a well-deserved position as the leading reggae act ever.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 25 December 2010 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Bob Marley had more way with a tune than any (true) reggae act ever before or since
no way, e.g., horace andy; cornell campbell; jimmy cliff; the congos.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 25 December 2010 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I like Jimmy Cliff, but I feel like his melodies were more repetitive and harmonically less varied than a lot of Bob Marley's tunes. I don't like "Exodus" (the song) at all, but thankfully Bob Marley was usually able to go way beyong one chord songs like that one.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 26 December 2010 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link