The Guardian's 100 Greatest British Albums

[BrushMyCage]

Check out 23 it's my favourite of the ones you haven't heard

'ill check it out. i actually havent listened to any roxy albums but ive heard some brian eno albums

[Rapid Counter]

Soull II soul at 15th

Stopped reading after that

[BodiesInFlight]

Londons calling and their self titled album both above Never mind the Bollox. Not having that.

[rorymac]

OK Computer is too low for my liking

[racer59]

I love that Stone Roses album but I dont know that Id put it at #1. OK Computer should definitely be higher and I would have picked Meat is Murder for The Smiths and put that in top 10.

Forgot about Suede - Introducing The Band

[samouraļ]

Here's the top 25 for you lazy bastards who can't be bothered to follow the link:

1. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
2. Revolver, The Beatles
3. London Calling, The Clash
4. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
5. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
6. The Beatles, The Beatles
7. Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones
8. Exile on Main St, The Rolling Stones
9. Blue Lines, Massive Attack
10. Metal Box, PiL
11. The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie
12. Beggars Banquet, Rolling Stones
13. The Clash, The Clash
14. Never Mind The Bollocks, The *** Pistols
15. Club Classics Vol 1, Soul II Soul
16. Five Leaves Left, Nick Drake
17. The Specials, The Specials
18. Closer, Joy Division
19. Definitely Maybe, Oasis
20. Loveless, My Bloody Valentine
21. The Smiths, The Smiths
22. Hounds Of Love, Kate Bush
23. For Your Pleasure, Roxy Music
24. OK Computer, Radiohead
25. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, Pink Floyd


What are your thoughts? I'd like to see the following in there:

Another Green World - Brian Eno
Animals & Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Different Class - Pulp
Kid A - Radiohead
Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway maybe?

Anyway, I'm pleased they found room for Low, Station to Station, For Your Pleasure and Heaven or Las Vegas

Strange to see a list of British albums with no King Crimson. Also, do you folks really consider the Irish (My Bloody Valentine) to be British? Probably just my ignorance, but I was just surprised to see that inclusion.

It's an okay list but fairly standard fare, and The Stone Roses being #1 is baffling to me.

[Roy Jones Jnr]

I'd have Professor Green's Alive Till I'm Dead somewhere in the top one but apart from that it's not too shabby.

[Twako]

no zeppelins?

[paulf]

"Definitely Maybe" is top ten if not top five. Nick Drake was wonderful, but having him that high is comical and "Pink Moon" is a far far better record than "Five Leaves"

Also, having "Piper at the Gates" above all other Pink Floyd records is embarrassingly hipster.

[samouraļ]

"Definitely Maybe" is top ten if not top five. Nick Drake was wonderful, but having him that high is comical and "Pink Moon" is a far far better record than "Five Leaves"

Also, having "Piper at the Gates" above all other Pink Floyd records is embarrassingly hipster.

It's a much better record. The other big Floyd records are comparatively boring and ordinary. I'll take less polish and consistency over overly-polished dullness any day.

Just the other day I listened to Piper in mono cranked to 11. Kicked like a mule. DSOTM directly afterwards felt tame.