100 Greatest Albums Ever
by Q (2006) United Kingdom

Q was a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. These are their best albums of all time. Q is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. In 2006, Q compiled their definitive list of the 100 Best Albums Of All Time.
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1997
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59,455
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Top rated album (92/100 - 5685 votes)  92 (5,685 votes)
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1995
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27,483
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Top rated album (87/100 - 3966 votes)  87 (3,966 votes)
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1991
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35,983
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Top rated album (87/100 - 4371 votes)  87 (4,371 votes)
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1966
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46,567
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Top rated album (91/100 - 4629 votes)  91 (4,629 votes)
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1994
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10,664
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1989
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22,077
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2321 votes)  86 (2,321 votes)
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1992
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18,570
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1995
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16,918
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1991
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11,321
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2000
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38,836
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Top rated album (89/100 - 4503 votes)  89 (4,503 votes)
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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100 Greatest Albums Ever composition

TitleSourceTypePublishedCountry
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums RFNAPLESOverall chart2013
100 Greatest Albums EverQOverall chart2003United Kingdom
Top 100 Greatest Music AlbumsNarcanOverall chart2011
Overall Top 100 Ranked Correctly Mother Nature's SonCustom chart2014
Top 100 Greatest Music AlbumsQOverall chart1997United Kingdom
Virgin All-Time Top 1000 AlbumsVirginOverall chart2000United Kingdom
Greatest 100 Albums of All TimeThe Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums with NME Overall chart2006United Kingdom
Top 100 Greatest Music AlbumsChannel 4Overall chart2005United Kingdom
Virgin All-Time Top 1000 AlbumsVirginOverall chart1998United Kingdom
The Guardian 100 Best Albums EverThe GuardianOverall chart1997United Kingdom

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TitleSourceTypePublishedCountry
NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All TimeNew Music ExpressOverall chart2003United Kingdom
100 Best Albums - 2024 EditionApple MusicOverall chart2024United States
NME Readers' All-Time Top 100 AlbumsNew Music ExpressOverall chart1988United Kingdom
A total of 22 charts from Q are available; the 3 most recent of this type are highlighted below.
TitleSourceTypePublishedCountry
Top 100 Greatest Music AlbumsQOverall chart1997United Kingdom
100 Greatest Albums EverQOverall chart2006United Kingdom
100 Greatest Albums EverQOverall chart2003United Kingdom

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68/100 (from 113 votes)
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From 10/26/2023 08:35 | #299637
Great list, a throw back to the year it was voted by the Q readers. (Edited)
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From 03/28/2022 18:44 | #283544
Two Oasis albums in the top 10?? Jeeeesus
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From 03/15/2019 01:44 | #233555
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.
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50/100
From 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.
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From 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.
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