Top 10 British Albums of All Time
Lynne Kiesling
On a lighter topic, New Music Express has a polled their writers to generate a Top-100 list of all-time British albums. The top 10 are
1. The Stone Roses 'The Stone Roses'
2. The Smiths 'The Queen Is Dead'
3. Oasis 'Definitely Maybe'
4. Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks'
5. Arctic Monkeys 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'
6. Blur 'Modern Life Is Rubbish'
7. Pulp 'Different Class'
8. The Clash 'London Calling'
9. The Beatles 'Revolver'
10. The Libertines 'Up The Bracket'
OK ... I have a few quibbles with this list, parhaps reflecting my age relative to their writers. Blur better than 'London Calling'? Not a chance! I'm sure my top-10 lists is a function of my age as well as my taste, not so much a function of their influence, but here it is:
1. The Clash 'London Calling'
2. The Who 'Quadrophenia'
3. The Stone Roses 'The Stone Roses'
4. Echo and the Bunnymen 'Porcupine'
5. The Smiths 'The Queen Is Dead'
6. Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks'
7. XTC 'English Settlement'
8. New Order 'Power, Corruption and Lies'
9. Roxy Music 'Avalon'
10. The Beatles 'Revolver'
11. The Rolling Stones 'Beggar's Banquet'
Note I went to 11, both for the cheap Spinal Tap joke and to ensure that I could include both the Beatles and the Rolling Stone's best albums, in my opinion. I don't really listen to them, while the other 9 albums I still listen to, but certainly their influence was crucial.
What's your list?