David Brent

I know, I know - yet another meaningless poll but at least it's a talking point.

A recent survey run by Q Magazine and HMV asked people in Britain to name the Top 50 Best Ever British Albums.
Over 11,000 people are said to have taken part in the survey and the results are surprising to say the least.

Oasis claimed the top two places in the poll with their albums 'Definitely Maybe' (No.1) and 'Morning Glory'.
Radiohead came third with 'OK Computer'.
The Beatles 'Revolver' album only finished fourth.

Oasis bigger than the Beatles ????

Dave.

Harleybloke

I doubt many Beatles/Stones/Who fans, shop at HMV or read 'Q' magazine.

'Lies, damn lies and statistics' I think it is DB.

.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!

Edward G

Greetings pop pickers,

I do read the music press but haven't bought "Q" magazine for a couple of years, as nearly every issue seems to be based around a poll. Top 100 artists of our time. Top 50 songwriters. Top 75 concerts. Top 1000 meaningless polls. ...
Who cares? If you have got time to enter these vapid polls you need to get out more!

Oasis made a fair old dent in their time and had a lot of likeable swagger.
Comparing them to the Beatles / Stones etc. is very premature. Always thought they were a poor man's Beatles, whom they have often quoted as an "inspiration".

I seem to remember an internet poll for the best ever Man Utd player which, I think, was won by Eric Cantona! Obviously, Law, Charlton and Best had the misfortune not to play in the internet age!

Like the Oscars, the Bafta's and the like, these polls / awards are meaningless.
Are we so lazy that we need to use polls to decide what we like or should like!

Regards,
Edward G

I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!

BristolUK

It's a long time since I saw Q magazine. A very L-O-N-G time. But when I last saw a copy it was probably the most likely publication to have been read by fans of bands from that era, reading about bands they might like 'currently' like Oasis or Ocean Colour Scene.

faginsgirl

I`m incredibly cinical about this AND I am an Oasis fan!

Ive never believed whos won what in entertainment ever since I spoke to a well known actress who didnt get an award and was told by someone in the know `Well it wasnt your turn..`

I think its the people the biz wants to push forward at that time. Thats the way it is these days!

We`re changin` lodggggggggings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

alan gowdy

My teenage niece always considers that the latest film she has viewed in the cinema is the greatest she's ever seen. Such considerations should always be made in hindsight rather than the heat of the moment.

mariocki

Apparently Keane have released an album better than Abbey Road, The White Album, Led Zeppelin IV, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Unknown Pleasures.
Sure they have.

1. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
2. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
3. OK Computer - Radiohead
4. Revolver - The Beatles
5. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
6. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
7. London Calling - The Clash
8. Under The Iron Sea - Keane
9. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
10. Urban Hymns - The Verve
11. The Bends - Radiohead
12. Abbey Road - The Beatles
13. Hopes And Fears - Keane
14. Don't Believe The Truth - Oasis
15. Violator - Depeche Mode
16. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
17. A Night At The Opera - Queen
18. Whatever People Say I Am - Arctic Monkeys
19. The White Album - The Beatles
20. Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols
21. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
22. Be Here Now - Oasis
23. Absolution - Muse
24. Rio - Duran Duran
25. Parklife - Blur
26. A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
27. The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
28. Origin Of Symmetry - Muse
29. IV - Led Zeppelin
30. The Wall - Pink Floyd
31. Up The Bracket - The Libertines
32. X&Y - Coldplay
33. Who's Next - The Who
34. Black Holes And Revelations - Muse
35. Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
36. Songs Of Faith And Devotion - Depeche Mode
37. Word Gets Around - Stereophonics
38. The Fat Of The Land - Prodigy
39. Different Class - Pulp
40. In Rainbows - Radiohead
41. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
42. Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
43. Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
44. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
45. Behaviour - Pet Shop Boys
46. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
47. Parachutes - Coldplay
48. Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones
49. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
50. Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones

David Brent

Only one female in the list too.

Dave.

Marky B

That sums it all up,Alan.
Ta Ta
Marky B

I am special. The heavens always open for me.

Dame Starry

I believe that sums it up perfectly.

Well said, Alan!

YDSL x.

The Christmas countdown has begun - don't leave it all until the last minute!

samkydd

But with these surveys most people asked have the memory span of a gnat with severe learning difficulties, and so anything older than Oasis would not be stored in the little grey cells!

Compared with the prolific and imaginative output of Lennon and McCartney, Jagger and Richards, Ian Anderson, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Paul Rodgers, Queen, Tom Waits, The Clash, Metallica, Abba, Elvis Costello, Paul Weller and a thousand other excellent bands/singer songwriters over the past 40 years, Oasis are just a pub band!

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"

DB7

Both Oasis albums contain 8 or 9 strong songs, whereas even the lauded Sgt. Pepper's is a somewhat patchy affair. Between 93-96 they were even churning out b-sides better than many bands a-sides.

JamesM

This reveals more about Q readers and HMV shoppers than quality albums.

dremble wedge

I think that Oasis will always figure highly in these sort of polls for a good few years yet.

Although I never really liked them they were absolutely everywhere in the mid-90s and there was a point where you couldn't leave the house without being assailed by (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

Such was their ubiquity that Our Friends in the North concluded with a zeitgeisty bit of Don't Look Back in Anger when it had only just reached #1 in the charts!

I don't know anyone who likes anything they did after the first two albums though.

Now Pulp's Different Class only at #39? That is a shocker. Best British album of the 90s in my book...

DB7

If I was offered 1 studio album for my Ipod (so no Beatles red/blue etc) and it was Revolver/Pepper or DM/WTSMG I'd probably go with the second Oasis cd. It's not about which is the most innovative or accomplished (then OK Computer would walk it) but which is the most enjoyable. (and my beloved 'Listen Up' failed to get on either album).

And Primal Scream's Screamadelica should be in that 50.