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1/6/2006 4:31 PM
    Probably seen it elsewhere but... Could be even more controversial than the cluas polls 100) Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 99) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 98 ) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique 97) Lou Reed - Transformer 96) Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine 95) Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power 94) Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain 93) Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus 92) Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go 91) Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back 90) The Cure - Disintegration 89) Morrissey - Vauxhall & I 88 ) Neil Young - After The Goldrush 87) PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 86) Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 85) Pulp - Different Class 84) Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life 83) Paul Weller - Stanley Road 82) Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run 81) Stereophonics - Word Gets Around 80) David Bowie - Low 79) The Jam - Setting Sons 78 ) AC/DC - Back in Black 77) The Clash - The Clash 76) Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man 75) The Doors - The Doors 74) Muse - Origin of Symmetry 73) Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 72) Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 71) Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine 70) Travis - The Man Who 69) Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible 68 ) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 67) David Gray - White Ladder 66) The White Stripes - White Blood Cells 65) Massive Attack - Blue Lines 64) The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed 63) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? 62) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 61) Beck - Odelay 60) Radiohead - Amnesiac 59) Pearl Jam - Ten 58 ) Michael Jackson - Thriller 57) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 56) Moby - Play 55) Portishead - Dummy 54) Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dreams 53) U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind 52) Nirvana - Unplugged in New York 51) The Who - Who's Next 50) Love - Forever Changes 49) REM - Document 48 ) The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers 47) Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 46) David Bowie - Hunky Dory 45) Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited 44) Joy Division - Closer 43) Pixies - Doolittle 42) The Velvet Undrground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico 41) David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 40) Coldplay - Parachutes 39) Primal Scream - Screamadelica 38 ) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland 37) REM - Out Of Time 36) Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde 35) Blur - Parklife 34) The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. 33) Madonna - Ray of Light 32) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 31) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication 30) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 29) The Beatles - Rubber Soul 28 ) Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks 27) Pink Floyd - The Wall 26) The Strokes - Is This It 25) Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head 24) Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction 23) Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks 22) Nirvana - In Utero 21) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 20) The Clash - London Calling 19) The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 18 ) The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 17) The Beatles - The Beatles 16) The Verve - Urban Hymns 15) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon 14) The Beatles - Abbey Road 13) Jeff Buckley - Grace 12) The Smiths - The Queen is Dead 11) U2 - The Joshua Tree 10) Radiohead - Kid A 9) U2 - Achtung Baby 8 ) Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 7) REM - Automatic for the People 6) The Stone Roses - The Stones Roses 5) Oasis - Definitely Maybe 4) The Beatles - Revolver 3) Nirvana - Nevermind 2) Radiohead - The Bends 1) Radiohead - OK Computer
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    1/6/2006 4:33 PM
    Is this by the writers or the readers of Q?
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    1/6/2006 4:35 PM
    Nerraw, Can you give this a bit of context by clarifying for other board members if this is: a) Q's top 100 or worst 100 albums of all time? I presume best, but - hey - you never know these days... b) Which edition of Q is it from? A recent one? 2004? 2005? c) Is it the top 100 of the Q readers or of the Q writers? eoghan
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    1/6/2006 4:39 PM
    Oooops sorry. it is this months special editon Q voted for by their readers. Best albums of all time. Apologies for the confusion. Just two bands make up the top 10 (radiohead thrice, Oasis twice)
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    1/6/2006 5:23 PM
    Read in reverse it makes a more interesting list.........
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    1/6/2006 5:48 PM
    I am absolutely sick to the pit of my stomach of f**kING BEST ALBUM LISTS!!!! Did the editorial team at Q actually sit down and comeup with this? Could you imagine the meeting: Ok, guys. First issue of 2006. Any ideas? I know. Why don't we do a 100 best albums of all time- as voted by the readers!!!! You're a f**king genius!!!How do you come up with all these incredible, idiosyncratic and completely mind-bogglingly original ideas??? Have a raise!! And so we get Radiohead not once but twice, at 1 and 2! Great band but that's f**king ridiculous. Plus all the usual suspects, Nirvana, Beatles, blah blah blah....yawn.Are we still going to be having these lists in 2010 and 2020 and so on. Will it feature the same bands? What is the f**king point them? Don't know why I'm getting worked up about it becaseu such lazy, crappy, unchallenging, sub-standard crap you expect from such an abysmal rag as Q. I actually bought a recent issue becasue it had the God-like Ricky Gervais but I ended up getting depressed at the fact that some people actually like this magazine. It's actually worse than f**king Hot Press and that's REALLY saying something.
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    1/6/2006 11:13 PM
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    Originally posted by Antistar .Are we still going to be having these lists in 2010 and 2020 and so on. Will it feature the same bands?
    more importantly, will we still have the same christmas carols in 2020? is it possible to write new ones? have we lost the ability, like ostriches and flying? damn you charles darwin!
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    1/9/2006 5:15 PM
    Who the f**k votes in these things? Oasis with 2 albums in the top 10? Gimme a break.
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    1/9/2006 5:19 PM
    radiohead at one and two. id like to say such a boring idea as a top 100 was predictable, but that just crap, to have Radiohead at 1 and 2 shows that the voters are not a large cross section but more a small collection of ardent radiohead fans which only serves to make such a list even more irelevant than normal
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    1/9/2006 5:27 PM
    I think it's a horse-s**t 100. However, it is voted by the readers of Q magazine so that kind of explains it. Polls are a double-edged thing though. While the nerd in me loves reading year-end lists sometimes they can be a bit stifling. I never take them too seriously although they are good for a steer towards something new from time to time. Wasn't there some controversy over an NME poll for the best of 2005? I'll try and dig out the article. The gist of it centred on the aforementioned poll not actually reflecting what the readers voted for. It was streamlined and edited by the NME staff to reflect "popularity." That's what happens when you suck record company c**k.
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    1/9/2006 5:32 PM
    its a pity theres isnt a music mag that avoids Suckin "record company c##k" but that doesnt just cater for music geeks and snobs by concentrating on "underground" bands and dismissing bands once they get commercial success. cant imagine it would be too difficult
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    1/9/2006 5:33 PM
    They fill up plenty of pages full of nice pictures, it's practically written by the readers and provides a nice bold magazine cover. It's just lazy. But they sell. Q used to be half decent. I've no problem with end of year polls cos they do point me to some great stuff sometimes. Speaking of lazy, I like Uncut, like their free CDs, but this month is pushing my patience with yet another Dylan cover and a big spread on why 66 was so great. Seems every major music mag is playing it safe these days.
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    1/9/2006 5:34 PM
    Plus lists fit in nicely with the iPod mentality.
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    1/9/2006 5:41 PM
    yeah i used to enjoy q's top 100, the top ten usually wrote themselves, but the collector in me was always interested in how many i was missing. would it be a better idea to only allow albums outside the last X number of years? to avoid over-rated albums geting in just because they are current
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    1/10/2006 10:30 AM
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    Originally posted by Protein biscuit
    Wasn't there some controversy over an NME poll for the best of 2005? I'll try and dig out the article. The gist of it centred on the aforementioned poll not actually reflecting what the readers voted for. It was streamlined and edited by the NME staff to reflect "popularity." That's what happens when you suck record company c**k.
    Turns out that wasn't true apparently, the list that website got a hold of was a previous draft or something. http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,,1656637,00.html
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