100 Greatest Albums Ever
by Q (2006)

From RevolverCB72 10/26/2023 08:35 | #299637

Great list, a throw back to the year it was voted by the Q readers.

From flamingyesdept 03/28/2022 18:44 | #283544

Two Oasis albums in the top 10?? Jeeeesus

This list is just like any readers’ list. It is clear that, even if most magazine readers get over purely pop fads, they still ignore much of what goes on outside of commercial and public radio.

Even so, there are a lot of awful pop fads here, like Travis, the Verve, Coldplay and Blur who could easily have been replaced by much more listenable and original bands from either the 1990s themselves or to expand beyond the staple ‘Kind of Blue’ in the jazz field.

From desh79 09/04/2018 14:27 | #220576

Not a *terrible* list, just terribly uneven. Which is usually what happens when you let the general public vote on something like this; not saying this is a bad thing or a good thing. It just is.

From Goliath 05/21/2018 10:00 | #215338

This chart is the result of voting so there will be some 'awkwardness'. I agree a properly balanced chart is unlikely to have the top two places by the same artist, (like my chart). My chart is not balanced in any way. A chart voted for by the general public cannot be spread evenly across artist/decades etc.

excellent list

Don't see the point in regurgitating someone else's chart so despite a lot of good entries, has to be scored very low I'm afraid.

From LedZep 04/04/2017 09:32 | #188634

Very narrow minded, you just can't be taken seriously if you put 2 albums by the same artist as top 2 albums ever. Also some terrible choices imo

Great list! Nothing solely for popularity! *cough, cough Billboard *cough

People say Q is a less stereotyped magazine than the other big rock journals, but this list does not show it at all.

The same defects of focus on UK bands and neglect of such post-punk trends as hardcore, industrial, thrash metal, rap, dream pop, post-rock are as evident as in any other major-magazine list.

More than that, there are no true surprises among the pre-punk selections, and little jazz apart from the "big five" (and of those only Davis).