Q Magazine readers showcase their ignorance

Q Magazine recently conducted a readers' poll of the top 50 British Albums of all time. Who do you think was the first place finisher?

The Beatles?
No.
The Rolling Stones?
No.
Radiohead?
No.
...Blur!?!
No.

Oasis. The album? Their 1994 debut Definitely Maybe.

Okay...well what about second place?

The Beatles?
No.
The Rolling Stones?
No.
Radiohead?
No.
...Blur!?!
No.

Oasis.
Again?
Yes. Again. The album? The follow up record to their 1994 debut, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?.

OK Computer was third, The Beatles' Revolver was fourth, and The Stone Roses' eponymous debut was fifth.

This is an especially egregious poll because it's a readers' poll. Most would agree that if any band should have claimed the first two spots, it should have been The Beatles. Most would probably also agree that Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin should have probably found their way into the top five. Perhaps a more contentious statement is that if Oasis was in the top five, Blur should have been, and higher. But seriously, do the Brits really and truly believe that anything the Stone fucking Roses ever did was better than Dark Side of the Moon or Houses of the Holy? Apparently so. I didn't get the memo.

Oh, and further disgraces include that Keane's Under the Iron Sea was in the top ten, above Dark Side of the Moon (both their albums were in the top 50), and Amy Winehouse is apparently responsible for one of the finest records to come out of the nation of the United Kingdom in the history of recorded music. The list, which was total bollocks, is as follows:

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, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
19. The White Album - The Beatles
20. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols - 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

-PTC


Thanks to reader GCS for the tip.