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This was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 over
the Christmas period 1998.
Voted for by the public.
1 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
2 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
3 Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
4 Underworld - Born Slippy
5 Radiohead - Creep
6 REM - Everybody Hurts
7 U2 - With Or Without You
8 John Lennon - Imagine
9 Oasis - Live Forever
10 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
11 Oasis - The Masterplan
12 Robbie Williams - Angels
13 James - Sit Down
14 Manic St Preachers - Design For Life
15 Blur - Song 2
16 Pulp - Common People
17 Radiohead - Street Spirit
18 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
19 Green Day - Basket Case
20 REM - Losing My Religion
21 U2 - One
22 Stone Roses - Fools Gold
23 Oasis - Champagne Supernova
24 Radiohead - Paranoid Android
25 Verve - Lucky Man
26 Prodigy - Firestarter
27 Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
28 Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
29 Oasis - Wonderwall
30 Verve - History
31 Blur - Charmless Man
32 Mansun - Wide Open Space
33 Radiohead - Karma Police
34 Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train
35 Prodigy - Breathe
36 Blackstreet - No Diggity
37 REM - Nightswimming
38 Energy 52 - Café Del Mar
39 Erasure - Sometimes
40 Iggy Pop - The Passenger
41 Manic St Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
42 Massive Attack - Teardrop
43 New Order - Blue Monday
44 Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance)
45 Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge
46 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You
47 The La's - There She Goes
48 Faithless - Insomnia
49 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Tripping
50 Portishead - Glory Box
51 Smiths - How Soon Is Now
52 Stereophonics - Traffic
53 U2 - The Sweetest Thing
54 Alanis Morissette - Ironic
55 Fatboy Slim - Rockafella Skank
56 James - Laid
57 Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me
58 Massive Attack - Protection
59 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
60 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans - I’ll Be Missing You
61 Oasis - Supersonic
62 Primal Scream - Loaded
63 U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
64 Verve - Sonnet
65 Blur - There's No Other Way
66 Cher - Believe
67 Cranberries - Linger
68 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
69 Des’ree - You Gotta Be
70 Embrace - All You Good Good People
71 Madonna - Ray Of Light
72 Oasis - Acquiese
73 Radiohead - High and Dry
74 New Order - True Faith
75 Robert Miles - Children
76 Spice Girls - Wannabe
77 Madonna - Like A Prayer
78 Stereophonics - The Bartender And The Thief
79 Blur - Parklife
80 Stone Roses - Waterfall
81 Paul Weller - Wild Wood
82 Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol
83 Ash - Girl From Mars
84 Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
85 Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
86 Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
87 Electronic - Getting Away With It
88 Fun Lovin’ Criminals - Scooby Snacks
89 Garbage - I'm Only Happy When It Rains
90 House Of Pain - Jump Around
91 Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
92 The Fugees - Killing Me Softly
93 Manic St Preachers - If You Tolerate This . . .
94 Oasis - Whatever
95 Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song
96 Pras Michel Ghetto - Superstar
97 Tori Amos - Professional Widow
98 Space feat. Cerys - Ballad Of Tom Jones
99 George Michael - Careless Whisper
100 Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha
Voted for by the public
1 The Stone Roses - The Stone
Roses
2 Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
3 The Beatles - Revolver
4 Radiohead - The Bends
5 Radiohead - OK Computer
6 The Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
7 Nirvana - Nevermind
8 U2 - The Joshua Tree
9 The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
10 The Beatles - The White Album
11 The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
12 Oasis - Definitely Maybe
13 The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bolllocks
14 The Clash - London Calling
15 Pink Floyd - The Wall
16 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
17 Oasis - What's the Story (Morning Glory)?
18 REM - Automatic For The People
19 Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
20 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
21 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
22 David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From
Mars
23 Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
24 U2 - Achtung Baby
25 The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
26 Massive Attack - Blue Lines
27 Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
28 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
29 The Who - Who's Next
30 Jeff Buckley - Grace
31 Primal Scream - Screamadelica
32 The Pixies - Doolittle
33 Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
34 Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
35 The Strokes - Is This It?
36 Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
37 Joy Division - Closer
38 The Verve - Urban Hymns
39 Leftfield - Leftism
40 Dido - No Angel
41 Michael Jackson - Thriller
42 David Gray - White Ladder
43 Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
44 The Jam - All Mod Cons
45 Ian McNabb - Merseybeast
46 Joni Mitchell - Blue
47 Nick Drake - Bryter Later
48 Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
49 The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
50 Kate Bush - The Hounds of Love
Broadcast 28th August 2006 - Voted for by the public.
1 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
2 Thriller - Michael Jackson
3 The Joshua Tree - U2
4 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
5 Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
6 Revolver - Beatles
7 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
8 Abbey Road - Beatles
9 A Night At The Opera - Queen
10 The Beatles (The White Album) - Beatles
11 Rubber Soul - Beatles
12 Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
13 (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
14 Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
15 Led Zeppelin IV (Four Symbols) - Led Zeppelin
16 Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
17 Parallel Lines - Blondie
18 Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
19 Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
20 Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
21 Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
22 Definitely Maybe - Oasis
23 Graceland - Paul Simon
24 Ray Of Light - Madonna
25 Who's Next - Who
26 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
27 OK Computer - Radiohead
28 Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
29 Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
30 Out Of Time - R.E.M.
31 A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
32 Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
33 X & Y - Coldplay
34 Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
35 Like A Prayer - Madonna
36 A Hard Day's Night - Beatles
37 Confessions On A Dancefloor - Madonna
38 Parachutes - Coldplay
39 Harvest - Neil Young
40 Bad - Michael Jackson
41 American Idiot - Green Day
42 A Kind Of Magic - Queen
43 Faith - George Michael
44 Fever - Kylie Minogue
45 Back In Black - AC/DC
46 Let It Be - Beatles
47 Like A Virgin - Madonna
48 The Unforgettable Fire - U2
49 Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band With The Flux Fiddlers
50 Help - Beatles
51 Arrival - Abba
52 Led Zeppelin 3 - Led Zeppelin
53 Urban Hymns - Verve
54 Spice - Spice Girls
55 Sing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams
56 Let's Dance - David Bowie
57 Hopes And Fears - Keane
58 Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
59 Escapology - Robbie Williams
60 Parklife - Blur
61 Rattle And Hum - U2
62 Hot Fuss - The Killers
63 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2
64 True Blue - Madonna
65 Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
66 Music - Madonna
67 A Day At The Races - Queen
68 War - U2
68 Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams
70 No Angel - Dido
71 Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
72 Swing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams
73 Super Trouper - Abba
73 Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
75 All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
76 Spiceworld - Spice Girls
77 Dare! - Human League
78 Different Class - Pulp
79 Please Please Me - Beatles
80 Back To Bedlam - James Blunt
81 So - Peter Gabriel
82 All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
83 Diva - Annie Lennox
84 Paranoid - Black Sabbath
85 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
86 Songs About Jane - Maroon 5
87 By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
88 The Division Bell - Pink Floyd
88 Scary Monsters And Super Creeps - David Bowie
90 Play - Moby
91 Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1 - George Michael
92 Dangerous - Michael Jackson
93 Voulez-Vous - Abba
94 Innuendo - Queen
95 Demon Days - Gorillaz
96 Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
97 The Album - Abba
97 Come On Over - Shania Twain
99 I've Been Expecting You - Robbie Williams
100 Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Paul Gambaccini Invited The Public And Music Industry Personalities
To Submit
Their Choices To Compiled This List.
Broadcast On Radio 2 Over Easter Week End 1999
- Yesterday – Lennon /McCartney - 1965
- Stardust – Carmicheal/Parish – 1929
- Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon – 1970
- White Christmas – Berlin – 1942
- Unchaned Melody – North/Zaret – 1955
- Imagine – Lennon – 1971
- My Way – Francois/Revaux/Thibaut/Anka – 1969
- Summertime – Gershwin/Heward – 1935
- Over The Rainbow – Arlen/Harburge – 1939
- As Time Goes By – Hupfield – 1931
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – Kern/Harbach – 1933
- You’ll Never Walk Alone – Rogers/Hammerstein – 1945
- Candle In The Wind – John/Taupin – 1972
- Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer – Marks – 1949
- Hey Jude – Lennon/McCartney – 1968
- In The Mood – Razaf/Garland – 1939
- Alexanders Ragtime Band – Berlin – 1911
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Mercury – 1975
- Rock Around The Clock – Freedman/DeKnight – 1955
- Ol’ Man River – Kern/Hammerstein – 1927
- Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Porter – 1944
- Blowin’ In The Wind – Dylan – 1963
- We’ll Meet Again – Burnett/Griffin – 1939
- I Herd It Through The Grapevine – Whitfield/Strong – 1967
- When I Fall In Love – Heyman/Young – 1951
- Heartbreak Hotel – Axton/Durden/Presley – 1956
- You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling – Mann/Well/Spector – 1965
- A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Brooker/Reid – 1967
- My Heart Will Go On & On & On & On.. – Horner/Jennings –
1998
- St Louis Blues – Handy – 1914
- My Blue Heaven – Donaldson/Whiteing – 1927
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Coots/Gillespie – 1934
- Night And Day – Porter – 1932
- September Song – Weil/Anderson – 1938
- Stairway To Heaven – Page/Plant – 1971
- Moonlight Serenade – Miler/Parrish – 1939
- What A Wonderful World – Douglas/Weiss – 1968
- I Will Allways Love You – Parton – 1974
- Let It Be – Lennon/McCartney – 1970
- The White Cliffs Of Dover – Kent/Burton – 1942
- Begin The Begiuine – Porter – 1934
- American Pie – Mclean – 1972
- Moon River – Mancini/Merser – 1961
- Always On My Mind – James/Carson/Christopher – 1972
- Without You – Ham/Evans – 1972
- Hound Dog – Leiber/Stoller – 1953
- Unforgetable – Gordon – 1951
- The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face – MacColl – 1957
- The Little Drummer Boy – Simeone/Onorati – 1959
- Baker Street – Rafferty – 1978
- Tennessee Waltz – Stewart/King – 1948
- Hotel California – Felder/Henley/Frey – 1976
- Lili Marlene – Leip/Schultz/Connor – 1944/1915
- Mack The Knife – Weil/Brecht/English/Blitzstein – 1928
- I Only Have Eyes For You – Warren/Dublin – 1934
- I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Porter – 1936
- Someone To Watch Over Me – Gershwin/Gershwin – 1926
- The Power Of Love – Mende/Derouge/Rush/Applegate – 1985
- Go Only Knows – Wilson/Asher – 1966
- I Believe – Drake/Grahan/Shirl/Stillman – 1953
- I Just Called To Say I Love You – Wonder – 1984
- Crazy – Nelson – 1961
- Deep Purple – DeRose/Parrish – 1934
- The Wind Beneath My Wings – Henley/Silbar – 1983
- Strawberry Fields Forever – Lennon/Mccartney – 1967
- It’s A Long Way To Tipperary – Judge/Williams – 1914
- Blue Moon – Rodgers/Hart – 1934
- All The Things You Are – Kern/Hammerstein – 1940
- Like A Rolling Stone – Dylan – 1965
- Singin’ In The Rain – Brown/Freed – 1929
- Nights In White Satin – Hayward – 1967
- ( I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction- Jagger/Richard – 1965
- Send In The Clowns – Sondheim – 1973
- What’s Going On – Benson/Cleveland/Gaye – 1971
- Stormy Weather – Arlin/Koehler – 1933
- Walk On By – Bacharach/David – 1961
- The Folks Who Live On The Hill – Kern/Hammerstein – 1937
- Keep The Home Fires Burning – Novello/Ford – 1915
- Every Breath You Take – Sting – 1983
- Winter Wonderland – Bernard/Smith – 1934
- Killing Me Softly With His Song – Gimble/Fox – 1973
- Some Enchanted Evening – Rodgers/Hammerstein – 1949
- (Sittin’ On The) Dock Of The Bay – Redding/Cropper – 1967
- Roses Of Picardy – Wood/Weatherley – 1916
- I Say A Little Prayer – Bacharach/David – 1967
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart – Whitson/Friedman – 1910
- (Everything I Do) I Do For You – Adams/Kaman/Lang – 1991
- Brother Can You Spare A Dime – Gorney/Harburg – 1932
- The Way We Were – Hamlish/Bergman/Bergman – 1974
- A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square – Maschwitz/Sherwin/Strachey –
1940
- Somewhere – Bernstein/Sondheim – 1957
- Tea For Two – Youmans/Ceaser – 1924
- Don’t Cry For Me Argentina – Webber/Rice - 1977
- Something – Harrison – 1969
- The Way You Look Tonight – Kern/Fields – 1936
- Macarther Park – Webb – 1968
- Georgia On My Mind – Armstrong/Gorrell – 1930
- Sweet Adeline – Armstrong/Gerard – 1903
- Take Five – Brubeck – 1961
- Stand By Me – Leiber/Stoller/King - 1961
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