The Top 50 Irish Albums of all time
The best Irish albums ever, as voted by readers of CLUAS.com
As part of the celebrations to mark the occasion of CLUAS.com's 5th birthday CLUAS readers were invited to vote for their top 5 Irish albums of all time. Over 1300 such votes were cast and the results of the poll are listed below. A snapshot at one moment in time, the final top 50 provides a comprehensive list of Ireland's finest musical moments. And, yes, you will of course disagree with some entries on the list (ahhh the beauty of these top 50 poll thingies) so feel free to rant about it on the CLUAS discussion board. Check out also the list of the Top 50 Irish Acts of All Time, based on the same pool of votes.
| Position | Artist | Album |
| 1 | Van Morrison | Astral Weeks |
| 2 | My Bloody Valentine | Loveless |
| 3 | Damien Rice | O |
| 4 | Whipping Boy | Heartworm |
| 5 | U2 | Joshua Tree |
| 6 | The Frames | Dance The Devil |
| 7 | Bell X1 | Music In Mouth |
| 8 | The Frames | For The Birds |
| 9 | The Pogues | If I should fall from the grace of God |
| 10 | U2 | Achtung Baby |
| 11 | The Frames | Fitzcarraldo |
| 12 | Thin Lizzy | Live And Dangerous |
| 13 | U2 | Unforgettable Fire |
| 14 | Van Morrison | Moondance |
| 15 | Damien Dempsey | Seize The Day |
| 16 | A House | I am the Greatest |
| 17 | Paddy Casey | Amen (So Be It) |
| 18 | The Frames | Set List |
| 19 | The Tycho Brahe | Love/Life |
| 20 | The Stunning | Paradise in the Picturehouse |
| 21 | U2 | All that you can't leave behind |
| 22 | Christy Moore | Live at the Point |
| 23 | The Undertones | The Undertones |
| 24 | Hothouse Flowers | Songs from the Rain |
| 25 | The Frank and Walters | Trains, Boats & Planes |
| 26 | Mundy | 24 Star Hotel |
| 27 | Christy Moore | Ride On |
| 28 | The Prayerboat | Polichenelle |
| 29 | Luka Bloom | Turf |
| 30 | The Pogues | Rum Sodomy and the Lash |
| 31 | My Bloody Valentine | Isn't Anything |
| 32 | Bell X1 | Neither Am I |
| 33 | Rory Gallagher | Irish Tour |
| 34 | The Chieftains & Van Morrison | Irish Heartbeat |
| 35 | Sinead O'Connor | The Lion and the Cobra |
| 36 | David Kitt | The Big Romance |
| 37 | Microdisney | The Clock Comes Down the Stairs |
| 38 | Hothouse Flowers | People |
| 39 | Ash | 1977 |
| 40 | Rory Gallagher | Live in Europe |
| 41 | Planxty | Planxty |
| 42 | Mic Christopher | Skylarkin |
| 43 | Turn | Forward |
| 44 | The Tycho Brahe | This Is |
| 45 | The Saw Doctors | Same Oul Town |
| 46 | A House | I Want Too Much |
| 47 | Nina Hynes | Staros |
| 48 | Engine Alley | A Sonic Holiday |
| 49 | Therapy? | Troublegum |
| 50 | Mark Geary | 33 1/3 Grand St. |
- The votes for the above top 50 were cast on CLUAS.com by visitors to the website between 4 April 2004 and 13 May 2004. Over 1300 eligible votes were cast by CLUAS readers in this period.
- The eligibility rules used for the purpose of this poll are viewable here.
- Check out the top five Irish album choices of various CLUAS.com writers
