[BasdeWit97]

On the 9 of may, the day of the Ascension of Jesus (in Dutch called something like: Heavenflight) 3FM broadcasts a list of the hundred best albums, called the Heavenly Hundred.

This is the top 100:

ARTIST TITLE
1 PEARL JAM TEN
2 NIRVANA NEVERMIND
3 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE
4 COLDPLAY A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD
5 RADIOHEAD O.K. COMPUTER
6 ADELE 21
7 FOO FIGHTERS WASTING LIGHT
8 BLACK KEYS EL CAMINO
9 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS CALIFORNICATION
10 KENSINGTON VULTURES
11 MUSE ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY
12 METALLICA METALLICA (BLACK ALBUM)
13 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA
14 EDITORS AN END HAS A START
15 U2 JOSHUA TREE
16 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT
17 RACOON LIVERPOOL RAIN
18 MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER
19 SNOW PATROL EYES OPEN
20 R.E.M. AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE
21 AMY WINEHOUSE BACK TO BLACK
22 MUSE BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIONS
23 BEN HOWARD EVERY KINGDOM
24 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS
25 KEANE HOPES AND FEARS
26 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
27 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL
28 EDDIE VEDDER INTO THE WILD (OST)
29 QUEEN INNUENDO
30 LIVE THROWING COPPER
31 COLDPLAY PARACHUTES
32 OASIS WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY
33 ADELE 19
34 NIRVANA UNPLUGGED
35 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE SONGS FOR THE DEAF
36 ARCTIC MONKEYS WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM..
37 MUSE THE RESISTANCE
38 GREEN DAY DOOKIE
39 U2 ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND
40 ALT-J AN AWESOME WAVE
41 JOHN MAYER CONTINUUM
42 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
43 THE BEATLES SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
44 ALANIS MORISSETTE JAGGED LITTLE PILL
45 BLAUDZUN HEAVY FLOWERS
46 QUEEN A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
47 ELBOW THE SELDOM SEEN KID
48 GUNS N' ROSES APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
49 CARO EMERALD DELETED SCENES FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
50 KAISER CHIEFS EMPLOYMENT
51 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS BLOODSUGARSEXMAGIK
52 RAMMSTEIN MUTTER
53 FOO FIGHTERS ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE GRACE
54 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS THE HEIST
55 THE KILLERS HOT FUSS
56 OF MONSTERS AND MEN MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL
57 ED SHEERAN PLUS (+)
58 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BORN IN THE USA
59 MUSE THE 2ND LAW
60 DAFT PUNK DISCOVERY
61 PAUL SIMON GRACELAND
62 COLDPLAY MYLO XYLOTO
63 LINKIN PARK HYBRID THEORY
64 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS STADIUM ARCADIUM
65 GO BACK TO THE ZOO BENNY BLISTO
66 THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD
67 PASSENGER ALL THE LITTLE LIGHTS
68 RADIOHEAD THE BENDS
69 PINK FLOYD THE WALL
70 KINGS OF LEON COME AROUND SUNDOWN
71 FRANZ FERDINAND FRANZ FERDINAND
72 GUNS N' ROSES USE YOUR ILLUSION VOLUME 1 & 2
73 MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI
74 PRODIGY FAT OF THE LAND
75 BOB MARLEY LEGEND
76 FUN. SOME NIGHTS
77 JIMI HENDRIX ARE YOU EXPERIENCED
78 JEFF BUCKLEY GRACE
79 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN IV
80 THE WHITE STRIPES ELEPHANT
81 THE DOORS THE DOORS
82 METALLICA ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
83 ARCTIC MONKEYS FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE
84 DAVID BOWIE ZIGGY STARDUST
85 THE KILLERS SAM'S TOWN
86 ELBOW BUILD A ROCKET BOYS!
87 ILSE DELANGE EYE OF THE HURRICANE
88 WILL AND THE PEOPLE WILL AND THE PEOPLE
89 EAGLES HOTEL CALIFORNIA
90 ANOUK FOR BITTER OR WORSE
91 JAKE BUGG JAKE BUGG
92 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD
93 WITHIN TEMPTATION MOTHER EARTH
94 U2 ACHTUNG BABY
95 LAURA JANSEN ELBA
96 PRINCE PURPLE RAIN
97 ARCADE FIRE THE SUBURBS
98 AC/DC BACK IN BLACK
99 SNOW PATROL FALLEN EMPIRES
100 KYTEMAN THE HERMIT SESSIONS

What do you think of this list?
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[Cymro2011]

Dear god no. There are a ton of things wrong with this list but Sigh No More at #3? really?

The longer I look the worse it gets.

[Defago]

That's the worst list I've seen yet. I don't dislike 7 albums.

[Patman360]

I like Pearl Jam at number 1 😎

But as a list in general... 🧱
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[ColumnatedRuins]

Really really horrible but at least it's more interesting than the Rolling Stone BeatlesBeatlesBeatlesLedZeppelinPinkFloydPinkFloyd fare than you normally see in lists. Interesting in a "lol someone actually thinks The Origin of Symmetry is in the Top 20 records of all time and Sign No More in the top 5" way.

I don't love a single record out of this hundred.

[Guest]

Interesting. Has a lot of great moments but for the most part it just makes you go wtf.

[useless]

WTF 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Adele above Pink Floyd and R.E.M., Kaiser Chiefs above Bruce Springsteen and Fun. above Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Arcade Fire caused me a brain aneurysm.

Also I think they forgot Maroon 5, Breaking Benjamin and Evanescence.

[BasdeWit97]

3FM is a radiostation young people. As a result this list is very young and fresh list. Still the most important classic albums are there though.
Some other lists of 3FM have shown that a lot of listeners have a good taste. This list is an other example of that . 4 time Muse, Radiohead high in the top 10, Ten at number one etc. etc.
And some really nice suprises of albums can be found in this list: Into the Wild, Songs for the Deaf, The 2nd Law and some albums from Dutch artists I had never expected to reach a album top 100.

I will certainly listen to this tomorrow.
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[Dingerbell]

To be fair, it's just the most popular rock albums of the mid to late 00's, with a few other older albums mixed in. It's pretty funny that people actually take these seriously, when the list is just showing the general music tastes of those who listen to that radio station. Some of those listeners are obviously don't listen to a wide range of music, such as people on here, and so would generally only hear what was thrust upon them on this radio station. Therefore, the most popular mainly means the best for listeners, some of the time.

However, the list is still pretty bad, considering it's horrendously biased towards the Brits, which is never going to end well.

[Cymro2011]