U2 in Q's Top 100 Albums... EVER

[RademR]

this thread is great

 

[gareth brown]

Haha, why the hell is everyone so wrong about this?!

ESPECIALLY suggesting Oasis are better than Blur. I haven't seen such madness since people started getting the bloody Spice Girls to number one!

 

[RademR]

"I certainly like looking at the Spice Girls" -Adam

 

[Zoots]

"I certainly like looking at the Spice Girls" -Adam

esp. former topless model Geri

 

[Sleep Over Jack]

Haha, why the hell is everyone so wrong about this?!

ESPECIALLY suggesting Oasis are better than Blur. I haven't seen such madness since people started getting the bloody Spice Girls to number one!

I think Blur progressed more successfully than Oasis but their best work isn't as good as the first two Oasis albums..(but then again most stuff isn't)

 

[LemonMelon]

I think Blur progressed more successfully than Oasis but their best work isn't as good as the first two Oasis albums..(but then again most stuff isn't)

Badhead and Bank Holiday though....

 

[Zoots]

I think Blur progressed more successfully than Oasis but their best work isn't as good as the first two Oasis albums

I agree with that.

 

[gareth brown]

I tried my darndest to listen to the first two Oasis albums with an open mind in order to hear what everyone was hearing that was so great, and this is before I heard any Blur besides their big singles from Parklife onwards...but I just don't get what's so amazing/groundbreaking about it!

 

[edge3]

Q readers 100 greatest albums (issue 235 Feb 2006) :

1. OK Computer – Radiohead
2. The Bends – Radiohead
3. Nevermind – Nirvana
4. Revolver – The Beatles
5. Definitely Maybe – Oasis
6. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
7. Automatic For The People – R.E.M.
8. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory – Oasis
9. Achung Baby – U2
10. Kid A – Radiohead
11. The Joshua Tree – U2
12. The Queen Is Dead – The Smiths
13. Grace – Jeff Buckley
14. Abbey Road – The Beatles
15. The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd
16. Urban Hymns – The Verve
17. The Beatles [White Album] – The Beatles
18. Pet Sounds – Beach Boys
19. Sgt. Peppers Loney Hears Club Band – The Beatles
20. London Calling – The Clash
21. Led Zeppelin Iv – Led Zeppelin
22. In Utero – Nirvana
23. Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N’ Roses
25. A Rush Of Blood To The Head – Coldplay
26. Is This It – The Strokes
27. The Wall – Pink Floyd
28. Never Mind The Bollocks – The Sex Pistols
29. Rubber Soul – The Beatles
30. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
31. Californiacation – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
32. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
33. Ray Of Light – Madonna
34. Exile On Main Street – The Rolling Stones
35. Park Life – Blur
36. Blond On Blond – Bob Dylan
37. Out Of Time – R.E.M.
38. Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix
39. Screamadelica – Primal Scream
40. Parachutes – Coldplay
41. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
42. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico
43. Doolittle – Pixies
44. Closer – Joy Division
45. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
46. Hunky Dory – David Bowie
47. Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
48. Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones
49. Document – R.E.M.
50. Forever Changes – Love
51. Who’s Next – The Who
52. Unplugged In New York – Nirvana
53. All That You Can’t Leave Behind – U2
54. Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins
55. Dummy – Portishead
56. Play – Moby
57. Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin
58. Thriller – Jack Michealson
59. Ten – Pearl Jam
60. Amnesiac – Radiohead
61. Odelay – Beck
62. Hounds Of Love – Kate Bush
63. Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendeix Experience
64. Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones
65. Blue Lines – Massive Attack
66. White Blood Cells – The White Stripes
67. White Ladder – David Grey
68. Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
69. The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers
70. The Man Who – Travis
71. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
72. Kind Of Blue – Miles Davis
73. Jagged Little Pillock – Alanis Vinaigrette
74. Origin Of Symmetry – Muse
75. The Doors – The Doors
76. American III: Solitary Man – Johnny Cash
77. The Clash – The Clash
78. Back In Black – AC/DC
79. Setting Sons – The Jam
80. Low – David Bowie
81. Word Gets Around – Stereophonics
82. Born To Run – Bruce Sprinsteen
83. Stanley Road – Paul Weller
84. Songs In The Key Of Life – Stevie Wonder
85. Different Class – Pulp
86. The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
87. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea – P.J. Harvey
88. After The Goldrush – Neil Young
89. Vauxhall & I – Morrissey
90. Disintegration – The Cure
91. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back – Public Enemy
92. Everything Must Go – Manic Street Preachers
93. Exodus – Bob Marley & The Wailers
94. Purple Rain – Prince
95. Raw Power – Iggy Pop
96. The Man Machine – Kraftwerk
97. Transformer – Lou Reed
98. Paul’s Boutique – Beastie Boys
99. Rain Dogs – Tom Waits
100. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – Wilco


Also mentioned by the Q writers/critics :

Flawed Classics - 10 albums that were almost great :

Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan
Prince - Lovesexy
The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
Madonna - Erotica
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
REM - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
Led Zeppelin - House Of The Holy
U2 - Pop
The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
The Libertines - The Libertines

 

[edmerch1984]

I think the most accurate thing about the list is the distance between AB and JT. Both U2 albums in my opinion are virtually neck and neck, but I think that JT should be the highest placed one...

 

[1stepcloser]

I tried my darndest to listen to the first two Oasis albums with an open mind in order to hear what everyone was hearing that was so great, and this is before I heard any Blur besides their big singles from Parklife onwards...but I just don't get what's so amazing/groundbreaking about it!

Oasis' music isn't groundbreaking in the slightest. It is fabulous however if you want to sing your heart out. They make life affirming songs with meaningless lyrics that make you just want to sing and throw your arms in the air. They just have great tunes

 

[RademR]

Oasis' music isn't groundbreaking in the slightest. It is fabulous however if you want to sing your heart out. They make life affirming songs with meaningless lyrics that make you just want to sing and throw your arms in the air. They just have great tunes

definetly. was singing my heart out to "Don't Go Away" yesterday.

just running through here...

"Dark Side of the Moon" at 15??
"Who's Next?" at 51?

some of these rankings suck