Stole this from my other board but has been half a day so here you go:



01) The Stone Roses - S/T 1989
02) The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead 1986
03) Oasis - Definetly Maybe 1994
04) Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks 1978
05) Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006
06) Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish 1993 *
07) Pulp - Different Class 1995
08) The Clash - London Calling 1979
09) The Beatles - Revolver 1966
10) The Libertines - Up The Bracket 2002
11) Radiohead - The Bends 1995
12) The Specials - S/T 1979
13) The Verve - A Northern Soul 1995
14) David Bowie - Hunky Dory 1971
15) Primal Scream - Scremadelica 1991
16) Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels 1980
17) The Streets - Original Pirate Material 2002
18) Franz Ferdinand - S/T 2004
19) The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come 1987
20) The Beatles - Rubber Soul 1965
21) Muse - Absolution 2003
22) Super Furry Animals - Radiator 1997
23) New Order - Technique 1989
24) Pet Shop Boys - Please 1986
25) The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society 1968
26) The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow 1984
27) Polly Harvey - Dry 1992
28) Nick Drake - Bryter Layter 1970
29) Led Zeppelin - II 1969
30) Suede - S/T 1993
31) Massive Attack - Blue Lines 1991
32) The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle 1968 *
33) Coldplay - Parachutes 2000
34) The Jam - All Mod Cons 1978
35) Radiohead - OK Computer 1997
36) The Beatles - S/T 1968
37) Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible 1994
38) Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space 1997
39) Ride - Nowhere 1990
40) Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner 2003
41) Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love 1985
42) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy 1985
43) The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. 1972
44) Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 1979
45) The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free 2004
46) Pulp His 'N' Hers 1994
47) The Libertines S/T 2004
48) Elastica - S/T 1995
49) The Who - My Generation 1965
50) The La's - S/T 1990
51) Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry 1986
52) Madness - One Step Beyond 1979
53) The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed 1969
54) Morrissey - Vauxhall & I 1994
55) Bloc Party - Silent Alarm 2005{In the text this reffered to as a self titled album}
56) Portishead - Dummy 1994
57) The Cure - The Head On The Door 1985
58) Suede - Dog Man Star 1994
59) The Clash - S/T 1977
60) The Human League - Dare! 1981 *
61) Echo and The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain 1984
62) Saint Etienne - Fox Base Alpha 1991
63) David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars 1972
64) Gang Of Four - Entertainment! 1978
65) Radiohad - Kid A 2000
66) Elvis Costello - This Year's Model 1978
67) Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2002
68) The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow 1968 *
69) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure 1972
70) Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription 1987
71) Buzzcocks - Love Bites 1978
72) Joy Divison - Closer 1980
73) Kasier Chiefs - Employment 2005
74) Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation 1994
75) Tricky - Maxinquaye 1995
76) Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time 1997
77) The Beta Band - The 3 E.P.s 1998
78) Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 1992 *
79) Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque 1991
80) Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1970
81) Antony and The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now 2005
82) The Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches 1990
83) Wire - Pink Flag 1977
84) Redskins - Neither Washington Nor Moscow... 1974 *
85) ABC - The Lexicon of Love 1982
86) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 1970
87) The Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake 1968
88) Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman 1993
89) Blur - Parklife 1994
90) Supergrass - I Should Coco 1995
91) The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace 1985
92) Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 1995
93) Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets 1974*
94) The Futureheads - S/T 2004
95) Julian Cope - Jehovahkill 1992
96) Adam and The Ants - Kings of The Wild Frontier 1980 *
97) Led Zeppelin - IV 1971
98) Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me 2001
99) Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy 2004
100) Derek and Clive - (Live) 1976

*(marked as a forgotten gem.)

Now THAT is a stupid fucking list.

To be fair, what's the criteria for it to be British? Recorded in Britain? British band? Bad teeth?

Yeah, that's rubbish. Keep it on ILM.

They are tearing it apart as well, have you...nevermind.

By decade:

1960's - 9
1970's - 20
1980's - 17
1990's - 31
2000's - 15

Its soooooo like NME to put the Artic Monkeys higher than the Beatles, Stones, Clash, Kinks, The Who and the Jam. I can't believe I subscribed for a year.

I don't think that I'd put Jehovahkill that high but I do love that album and never see anyone give it the credit it deserves so good for them on that one at least.

I'm sure they are. And I would break it down a little more, but I'm kinda cooking dinner here.

There are TWO albums by The Streets above the ONE album by The Stones.

That is all.

The Streets shouldnt make a list of the top 100 THOUSAND British records ever.

I'm not opening this thread anymore.

Hrm, The Arctic Monkeys are only slightly better than Revolver and London Calling. That's restraint.

It would be nerve-wracking to be a good Brit band knowing that the press is going to stroke you and build you up only to drop you 3 months later. Such a bizarre phenomenon.

go 90s!

Prime example of the difference between "favorite" and "greatest ever." I like a lot of those albums, but c'mon now. Ony nine from the 60's.

And who in ALL of Great Britian has "forgotten" Human League? Dare was inescapable planet-wide. How can it be a forgotten gem? That's a British equivalent of saying Born In The USA is a forgotten gem.

That is a ridiculous list, although I'll disagree with Bloor's reasons because I love those two Streets albums but ranking Strangeways Here We Come at 19 above all those others?

That's why lists are ridiculous. Everyone knows they're shit, and yet they pull you in for argument's sake. And the crazier they are, the more noise they make - and I guess magazines sold.

What? How can that be the 15th most outrageous moment in rock and roll?! VH1 is List Satan. Or at least last time I checked.

that artic monkeys is shit. how in the hell

oh my god. this years model isn't even elvis costellos best. the more i look the more problems i have with this list.

I mean, really.


And they think that an album that has been out less than a month is somehow better than 99.999% of recorded British music history? What does that say about their own music history.

Please

I will say I'm glad to see that Dexy's album so high. Great album. But yeah...

Good thread.

im not defending the arctic monkeys here.....

but 'greatest' has a lot of factors......fastest selling/biggest selling has to be one of them, and that album is one of, if not the fastest selling albums in the u.k.....

**as a side note, im always amazed at how u.s. folk are always in disgust at how low the beatles always end up on this list.....

I bet music dinks in England have Best American Albums arguments and they argue stuff like how Jolene should be higher than Blonde On Blonde

absolutely!!

think about dylan and how important he was and why.....would those reasons stand up across the pond?

It's the one I'd pick. Which one is your best? Kind of tough to pick a real best from any of the first 4 since they are all 5 star to me, but the one I reach for most now is This Year's Model. Just so tight and explodes right from the start. Some of his most sardonic lyric turns too.

My Aim Is True is phenomenal. I'd pick Armed Forces, though. I love that album. Trust is growing on me, though, and could probably easily take over for number one. This Years Model has grown on me a lot but I had not heard that until after I listened to the bonus disc on My Aim Is True, and I liked the early versions of a lot of the songs more than I liked the ones on the actual album. Now i've grown to love both versions. I didn't mean to imply I didn't like This Years Model, because I love it... but not as much as the other albums I talked about.
I like Blood & Chocolate a lot too. Imperial Bedroom didn't strike me that much, but I probably should give it more chances. Those are all of the albums I have of his as far as I know. Maybe i'm wrong.
Armed Forces it is.

Super Furry Animals is a little high and the lack of Disintegration is appalling and aren't the Police British? If they qualify there's no excuse for their absence.

Okay list for someone trying to cater to American tastes. (Aren't Oasis hated in Britain?)