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Thanks to Martin Griffiths For compiling this list.
I didn't use so many polls to compile it, but it does end
up with the same top 2 as Johan Stapel's list (List removed at authors request). I used the following top 100s for my chart:
NME Readers 1988
NME Writers 1985 and 1993
MOJO Writers 1995
MOJO Readers 1996
World Critics List 1987
Rolling Stone 1987
Guardian 1997
Sounds 1985
For each poll an album scored 100 for a number 1 placing, 99 for #2 all the way down to 1 point for #100. The total score was then worked out as a percentage of the maximum possible score for that album, so more recent albums weren't discriminated against. An album had to be nominated in at least 3 polls to qualify (yes, I had a lot of time on my hands :) The top 100 in order of %age score are as follows (Only 116 albums qualified)
1 WHAT'S GOING ON - Marvin Gaye
2 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO - The Velvet Underground
3 HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED - Bob Dylan
4 NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS - Sex Pistols
5 PET SOUNDS - The Beach Boys
6 BLONDE ON BLONDE - Bob Dylan
7 ASTRAL WEEKS - Van Morrison
8 REVOLVER - The Beatles
9 EXILE ON MAIN STREET - Rolling Stones
10 NEVERMIND - Nirvana
11 THE BEATLES - The Beatles
12 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE - REM
13 THE CLASH - The Clash
14 SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - The Beatles
15 HORSES - Patti Smith
16 MARQUEE MOON - Television
17 LONDON CALLING - The Clash
18 THE STONE ROSES - The Stone Roses
19 FOREVER CHANGES - Love
20 ZIGGY STARDUST - David Bowie
21 ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
22 THE DOORS - The Doors
23 LET IT BLEED - The Rolling Stones
24 BORN TO RUN - Bruce Springsteen
25 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS - Bob Dylan
26 ABBEY ROAD - The Beatles
27 IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK - Public Enemy
28 THE QUEEN IS DEAD - The Smiths
29 OTIS BLUE - Otis Redding
30 CLOSER - Joy Division
31 THE BAND - The Band
32 TROUT MASK REPLICA - Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
33 UNKNOWN PLEASURES - Joy Division
34 BEGGARS BANQUET - The Rolling Stones
35 HUNKY DORY - David Bowie
36 BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME - Bob Dylan
37 BLUE - Joni Mitchell
38 DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN - Bruce Springsteen
39 LIVE AT THE APOLLO - James Brown
40 PLASTIC ONO BAND - John Lennon
41 INNERVISIONS - Stevie Wonder
42 RUBBER SOUL - The Beatles
43 ELECTRIC LADYLAND - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
44 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd
45 SIGN 'O' THE TIMES - Prince
46 THIS YEARS MODEL - Elvis Costello
47 LOW - David Bowie
48 BLUE LINES - Massive Attack
49 WHO'S NEXT - The Who
50 TRANSFORMER - Lou Reed
51 PSYCHOCANDY - Jesus and Mary Chain
52 BORN IN THE USA - Bruce Springsteen
53 ALL MOD CONS - The Jam
54 KIND OF BLUE - Miles Davis
55 FOR YOUR PLEASURE - Roxy Music
56 THE JOSHUA TREE - U2
57 MY AIM IS TRUE - Elvis Costello
58 REMAIN IN LIGHT - Talking Heads
59 LUST FOR LIFE - Iggy Pop
60 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - The Velvet Underground
61 STATION TO STATION - David Bowie
62 GET HAPPY! - Elvis Costello
63 LED ZEPPELIN II - Led Zeppelin
64 AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Neil Young
65 STICKY FINGERS - Rolling Stones
66 SWORDFISHTROMBONES - Tom Waits
67 RAMONES - The Ramones
68 LED ZEPPELIN IV - Led Zeppelin
69 THE SMITHS - The Smiths
70 MOONDANCE - Van Morrison
71 RAIN DOGS - Tom Waits
72 IMPERIAL BEDROOM - Elvis Costello
73 RUMOURS - Fleetwood Mac
74 GRIEVOUS ANGEL - Gram Parsons
75 YOUNG AMERICANS - David Bowie
76 SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE - Stevie Wonder
77 TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS - Kraftwerk
78 A LOVE SUPREME - John Coltrane
79 ENTERTAINMENT - Gang of Four
80 LET'S GET IT ON - Marvin Gaye
81 THERE'S A RIOT GOING ON - Sly and the Family Stone
82 SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS - Dexy's Midnight Runners
83 THE NOTORIOUS BYRD BROTHERS - The Byrds
84 HEROES - David Bowie
85 LAYLA - Derek and the Dominoes
86 STEVE MCQUEEN - Prefab Sprout
87 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - Neil Young
88 I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT - Richard and Linda Thompson
89 GRACELAND - Paul Simon
90 MUSIC FROM BIG PINK - The Band
91 NEW YORK DOLLS - New York Dolls
92 THE SCREAM - Siouxsie and the Banshees
93 WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
94 CLEAR SPOT - Captain Beefheart
95 THE STOOGES - The Stooges
96 IMAGINE - John Lennon
97 LA WOMAN - The Doors
98 PHYSICAL GRAFFITI - Led Zeppelin
99 YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY - The Byrds
100 NATTY DREAD - Bob Marley
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18 December, 2005