The fifty all time best albums by Q magazine readers...

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!

"The Bends" at number two is overrated, and "Kid A" shouldn't have been in the list at all.

*giggle*

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otm. insane that there's no showing for at least one of those in the top 20. unless they rigged it that way!

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 – Radiohead
2. Nevermind – Nirvana
3. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis
4. Definitely Maybe – Oasis
5. Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not – Arctic Monkeys
6. The Joshua Tree – U2
7. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
8. The Bends – Radiohead
9. Achtung Baby – U2
10. Black Holes And Revelations – Muse
11. Is This It – The Strokes
12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head – Coldplay
13. Parklife – Blur
14. Screamadelica – Primal Scream
15. White Blood Cells – The White Stripes
16. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
17. Hot Fuss – The Killers.
18. Kid A – Radiohead
19. Funeral – Arcade Fire
20. American Idiot – Green Bay
21. The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers
22. Absolution – Muse
23. In Rainbows – Radiohead
24. Only By The Night – Kings Of Leon
25. Demon Days – Gorillaz
26. Origin Of Symmetry – Muse
27. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N’Roses
28. Urban Hymns – The Verve
29. Automatic For The People – R.E.M.
30. Loveless – My Bloody Valentine

Fuck Q.

....'s readers

and the magazine

i always forget that muse exists until a Q or NME list makes the rounds

I always forget that Q exists until I see it in an airport bookstore as the only printed music magazine available

Neutral Milk Hotel is so so so so weird on that list.

"where are all the girlth"

5. Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not – Arctic Monkeys

amazing

Green Bay lol

Aaron Rogers and his head?

20. American Idiot – Green Bay

who is this magical Green Bay of whom i have heard

I have to say it surprises me that there is nothing more recent than "A Rush Of Blood To The Head". Like, Franz Ferdinand and The Killers and why aren't the numerous Muse fans reading Q voting for anything newer than "Origin Of Symmetry"?

In the 90s polls there was a tendency that way too many recent albums were popping up in the polls, but now it's the opposite. Of course this is partly an indication that there has been very much a drought of indie type British music in the past years - the biggest indie names have largely been North American.

Er, Geir - Funeral was 2005, Black Holes & Revelations was 2006, In Rainbows was 2007. And the Killers are in there.

wow! diff betwixt britishes ilx then and now is mind-boggling. (also: what ever happened to that nice Enrique lad?)

X-Post. Didn't notice those. Although "Funeral" was indeed 2005. Still puzzles me how the Q readers have already forgotten about Franz Ferdinand though.

Was indeed 2004, I mean

I bet most people wish they could forget Franz Ferdinand ever existed.

The Kaiser maybe, not the band. They are (still) great. :)

The band, not the Archduke!

Q: What's the difference between Franz Ferdinand and jokes about Franz Ferdinand's name?
A: Jokes about Franz Ferdinand's name can get old.

5. Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not – Arctic Monkeys

amazing

― markers, Friday, 24 December 2010 06:29 (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^^^^^

so, two ladies in the top 25, no non-whites. Surprised, surprised.

still, loveless! never would have thought they had it in them.

Two ladies? Who? Which? Regine? Bilinda?
Sorry for being "worked up" but the UK can sink into the sea.

hahaha

Sorry for being "worked up" but the UK can sink into the sea.

this should be the catchphrase on yr tour posters next time you visit the UK

the 9 american (and 1 canadian!) albums paint an even bleaker picture:

2. Nevermind – Nirvana
11. Is This It – The Strokes
15. White Blood Cells – The White Stripes
16. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
17. Hot Fuss – The Killers
19. Funeral – Arcade Fire
20. American Idiot – Green Bay
24. Only By The Night – Kings Of Leon
27. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N’Roses
29. Automatic For The People – R.E.M.

NOT IN MY NAME

Why does limey people never want to black?

Why doeslimey people Q readers never want to black?

Look at the UK # 1s thread. Lots of limey people is black.

so, two ladies in the top 25, no non-whites. Surprised, surprised.

I guess you know Q readers don't like R&B or hip-hop much. Then, namecheck some black indie rock bands that should have been in the list

Neutral Milk Hotel is so so so so weird on that list.

― sean gramophone, Friday, 24 December 2010 06:10 (Yesterday)

not really

rmde at ppl getting upset a q lists

might as well get upset that the nra end of year list is full of guns

sorry for forgetting that yr friends in arcade fire are grrrls owen. :)

might as well get upset that the nra end of year list is full of guns

haha

well yeah obviously that's true to an extent — like, why wouldn't anyone read Q if they *didn't* think OK Computer was the best album ever made? — but I still think this list is bad enough to warrant a lil bit of upset-ness

basically the only thing that has changed in the past 5 yrs is that two of the better albums (Kid A and Automatic) drop out of the top 10 and are replaced by Arctic Monkeys and Muse

smdh