Q Mag – 50 Best British Albums Ever!

[eyeteeth]

UK mag-Q
July 2004 – Iss.216

1. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
2. The Beatles - Revolver
3. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks – Here’s The Sex Pistols
4. Radiohead – Ok Computer
5. The Clash – London Calling
6. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust….
7. The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
8. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
9. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III
10. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
11. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
12. Blur – Park Life
13. Primal Scream - Screamadellica
14. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
15. The Specials – The Specials
16. Queen – A Night At The Opera
17. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
18. The Who – My Generation
19. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
20. The Jam – All Mod Cons
21. The Kinks – The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
22. Joy Division – Closer
23. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
24. Happy Mondays – Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches
25. Nick Drake – Bryter Later
26. The Coral – Magic And Loss
27. John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
28. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
29. Prodigy – Music For A Jilted Generation
30. Pulp – Different Class
31. Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
32. The Verve – Urban Hymns
33. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
34. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
35. Gang Of Four – Entertainment
36. The Human League – Dare
37. Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
38. Soul Ii Soul – Club Classics Vol.1
39. Ian Dury – New Boots And Panties
40. The Undertones – The Undertones
41. Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
42. Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
43. Robbie Williams – Life Through A Lens
44. Muse – Origin Of Symmetry
45. Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
46. Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
47. Steel Pulse – Hansworth Revolution
48. The Cure – Disintegration
49. Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
50. Pet Shop Boys – Very

I've got no big problems with this list. Who do I think I am anyway?
Led Zep III #9 makes it all OK

 

[markl]

Man Q has really gone in the toilet in the last 3 years. It went from being a serious mag about "Quality" music to Brittain's answer to the watered down, suck-ass-let's-put-Clay-Aiken-on-the-cover Rolling Stone, celebrity gossip-rag, flavor-of-the-month publication. Just like American music mags have been struggling to find their identity in the last 5 years (Are we pop? Are we trying to appeal to a wide People-magazine audience? Or, are we real arbiters of what is really "good" in modern music?).

This is a list designed to entice and placate younger people unfamiliar with the whole history of rock music. Only one Beatles album on this list? Come on...

Definitley Maybe as the BEST? You've got to be KIDDING! It's practically outrageous....

 

[spaceman]

Oasis, Radiohead, Sex Pistols in top 5........give me a break. There are many on that list that should be a lot higher than where they are placed.........Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Elton John, The who, etc. I can't believe Dexys Midnight Runners even made that list. Where the hell is Sgt. Pepper and the White Album? Where the hell is U2?

 

[eyeteeth]

Quote:

Originally Posted by spaceman Where the hell is U2?

They're in the Republic of Ireland (outside Britain).

 

[philodox]

blue lines is the only massive attack album that made the cut... *sigh*... oh well, it is sort of good, usually it gets no attention and everyone just blabs about mezzanine all the time

 

[spaceman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by eyeteeth They're in the Republic of Ireland (outside Britain).

oops......a brain fart during the heat of the moment.

 

[CRev2002]

this is a pretty sad list

Oasis #1? WHo are they kidding? and screamadelica is higher on the list than Dark SIde of the Moon. That completely destroys the integrity of this list for me. I apreciate the diversity of sound and style that screamadelica showcased, but it was inferior to the classic rock and trip hop / dance that inspired the album. The songs are overly repetetive without being compelling enough. Dark Side of the Moon on the other hand, was a revolution in production and refined the idea of a concept album. Personally, I would throw OK Computer to the #1 slot because it is a culmination of a lot of the elements of british rock that preceded it while still being creative, technical, evocative, and emotive. It would be nice to see David Bowie's Low replace Ziggy Startdust which is lackluster in comparison.

 

[zoboomofo]

Sad it is. Goodbye Yellowbrick Road, and Physical Graffiti were both in the top 5 last time I checked their list. I hate to see classic rock slide down any lists. I really don't understand the quite universal praise that Urban Hymns gets over there. I find it "not rocking enough." I do like seeing the Kinks on the list. I don't get the Prodigy album at #29 - I have it, but I'm not impressed enough by it to put it on a 50 best of list. It's good to see modern music on this list, but I'm surprised that they didn't get carried away with the trendy stuff of today cos they usually do.

 

[Nightfall]

I have to echo markl on this one. Q was once THE reference for music reviews IMO, but its fallen far since then. Much of this this list is an embarassment.


JC

 

[GuineaMcPig]

In Q Magazine's "Best 100 of all time" list, OK Computer was second only to Nirvana's Nevermind. So clearly their rankings don't mean too much.

 

[Aman]

I disagree with this list completely. Oasis at #1? I heard one song of theirs and was so disgusted by utter lack of tallent that I have NOT listened to them since.

Pink Floyd DSotM is one of the best albums EVER, and I think it should have been placed higher.

Then again, these kinds of lists are impossible to determine because music listening is such a critical and a "IMHO" kind of topic.

 

[spaceman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aman Then again, these kinds of lists are impossible to determine because music listening is such a critical and a "IMHO" kind of topic.

Yeah, your right, but they didn't even use any common sense here.

 

[blip]

Hmmm... Some very good albums there... Not too many bad ones... but jeesh the ordering seems pretty far off and there are a ton of exclusions.

Personally I think that any list of British albums is incomplete without Massive Attack - Mezzanine, Portishead - Dummy, in addition to some of the other albums already mentioned.

Also the Oasis thing is just unreasonable. While I hold them in a fair amount of contempt, I think that even their fans would agree that they were just a light, poppy group... Maybe they deserve a place on the list but number one... gag.

The Verve thing bothers me too... Do they seriously think that the Verve will stand the test of time? I doubt it.

That said, I'm happy to see Massive Attack in the 10 spot... even if they did pick the wrong album.

 

[eyeteeth]

I thought there would be quite a lot of opposition

I guess I should rescue poor battered Q

Q Magazine – 3 Special Editions Jan, Feb, March 2004
The Music That Changed The World

Part One 1954 – 1969
1. The Beatles – Revolver
2. Bob Dylan – The Freewheeling Bob Dylan
3. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band
4. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
5. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico
6. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
7. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
8. Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced
9. The Who – Tommy
10. Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
11. James Brown – Live At The Apollo
12. Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
13. Cream – Disraeli Gears
14. The Band – Music From Big Pink
15. The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
16. Big Brother & The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
17. The Stooges – The Stooges
18. Chuck Berry – Rockin’ At The Hops
19. Simon & Garfunkel – The Graduate Soundtrack
20. Muddy Waters – At Newport 1960

EDIT:I dropped the after '69 lists, too distracting.

 

[Hell_Gopher]

Robbie Williams made the list but no Jethro Tull? Are they insane? And if "Unhalfbricking" is there, shouldn't "Liege & Lief" be there too?