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Monday, June 29, 2026

Britpop Acts: Top 25

Britpop:

Top 25 Acts

Britpop was a genre which emerged in the early ‘90s in the United Kingdom. It grew out of the British indie music scene and was characterized by its guitar-driven pop sound.

This list was created by aggregating 17 best-of lists focused on Britpop. The top 10 is comprised of those acts appearing on 9 or more lists. After the top 10, any act appearing on 2 or more lists is ranked based on its overall status in Dave’s Music Database.

See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.


Oasis

1. Oasis
2. Blur
3. Suede
4. Pulp
5. Supergrass

6. Elastica
7. The Verve
8. Manic Street Preachers
9. The Charlatans
10. Kula Shaker

11. Radiohead
12. The Smiths
13. Coldplay
14. The Stone Roses
15. Muse

16. Noel Gallagher/High Flying Birds
17. Paul Weller
18. Snow Patrol
19. Stereophonics
20. Keane

21. James
22. Happy Mondays
23. Ash
24. Travis
25. Ocean Colour Scene

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First posted 6/29/2026.

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Monday, September 2, 2024

Britpop: Top 25 Albums

Britpop:

The Top 25 Albums

Britpop was a genre which emerged in the early ‘90s in the United Kingdom. It grew out of the British indie music scene and was characterized by its guitar-driven pop sound.

This list was compiled by aggregating the results of 22 sources. Those albums which made at least 3 lists were ranked by overall Dave’s Music Database points and then the top 25 were ranked based on the aggregate of Britpop albums.

Check out other best-of-genre/category lists here.

1. Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
2. Pulp Different Class (1995)
3. The Verve Urban Hymns (1997)
4. Blur Parklife (1994)
5. Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)

6. Suede (aka “London Suede”) Suede (1993)
7. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989)
8. Blur The Great Escape (1995)
9. Blur Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)
10. Radiohead The Bends (1995)

11. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
12. Suede (aka “London Suede”) Dog Man Star (1994)
13. Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go (1996)
14. The La’s The La’s (1990)
15. Oasis Be Here Now (1997)

16. The Verve A Northern Soul (1995)
17. Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible (1994)
18. Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
19. David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
20. Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque (1991)

21. Coldplay Parachutes (2000)
22. Blur Blur (1997)
23. Keane Hopes and Fears (2004)
24. Kaiser Chiefs Employment (2005)
25. The Libertines Up the Bracket (2002)

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First posted 9/2/2024.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

New Musical Express (NME) Top 100 Songs

New Musical Express:

Top 100 Songs

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music magazine first published in 1952. The magazine was responsible for the first UK singles chart that same year and has gone on to publish multiple best-of lists (links at bottom of page) throughout its history. This is an aggregate of 18 of those lists, resulting in an interesting meshing of classic rock alongside alternative rock with the occasional pop or R&B song thrown in for good measure.

Click here to see other lists from publications and/or organizations.

  1. The Strokes “Last Nite” (2001)
  2. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
  3. Arctic Monkeys “I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor” (2005)
  4. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
  5. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (1997)
  6. The Smiths “How Soon Is Now?” (1984)
  7. The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1968)
  8. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
  9. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
  10. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” (2003)

  11. The Libertines “Time for Heroes” (2003)
  12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps” (2003)
  13. The Who “My Generation” (1965)
  14. The Killers “Mr. Brightside” (2004)
  15. The Streets “Dry Your Eyes” (2004)
  16. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” (2001)
  17. The Beatles “Paperback Writer” (1966)
  18. Futureheads “Hounds of Love” (2005)
  19. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
  20. The Smiths “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” (1986)

  21. Pulp “Common People” (1995)
  22. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
  23. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
  24. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
  25. Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” (2004)
  26. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
  27. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
  28. Jay-Z “99 Problems” (2004)
  29. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963)
  30. The Smiths “This Charming Man” (1983)

  31. Stone Roses “Fools Gold” (1989)
  32. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1973)
  33. Manic Street Preachers “A Design for Life” (1996)
  34. The Beach Boys “God Only Knows” (1966)
  35. Dizzee Rascal “Fix Up Look Sharp” (2003)
  36. The Rapture “House of Jealous Lovers” (2002)
  37. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (2003)
  38. The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” (1966)
  39. Hot Chip “Over and Over” (2006)
  40. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)

  41. The Miracles “The Tracks of My Tears” (1965)
  42. Arcade Fire “Rebellion (Lies)” (2005)
  43. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
  44. David Bowie “Space Oddity” (1969)
  45. The Undertones “Teenage Kicks” (1978)
  46. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963)
  47. Eminem “The Real Slim Shady” (2000)
  48. David Bowie “Heroes” (1977)
  49. Oasis “Live Forever” (1994)
  50. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)

  51. Radiohead “Paranoid Android” (1997)
  52. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
  53. Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep, Mountain High” (1966)
  54. The Clash “London Calling” (1979)
  55. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)
  56. M.I.A. “Paper Planes” (2008)
  57. LCD Soundsystem “Losing My Edge” (2002)
  58. The Cure “Boys Don’t Cry” (1979)
  59. Arcade Fire “Wake Up” (2005)
  60. The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” (1967)

  61. The Walkmen “The Rat” (2004)
  62. New Order “Blue Monday” (1983)
  63. Queens of the Stone Age “No One Knows” (2002)
  64. The La’s “There She Goes” (1988)
  65. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)
  66. MGMT “Time to Pretend” (2008)
  67. The Gossip “Standing in the Way of Control” (2007)
  68. The Libertines “Can’t Stand Me Now” (2004)
  69. Joy Division “Transmission” (1979)
  70. Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (2001)

  71. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)
  72. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
  73. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Hey Joe” (1966)
  74. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
  75. Blur “Song 2” (1997)
  76. This Mortal Coil “Song to the Siren” (1982)
  77. The Pixies “Gigantic” (1988)
  78. Roxy Music “Virginia Plain” (1972)
  79. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
  80. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)

  81. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
  82. Klaxons “Golden Skans” (2007)
  83. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
  84. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
  85. Wolfman with Pete Doherty “For Lovers” (2004)
  86. Amy Winehouse “Rehab” (2006)
  87. Bob Marley & the Wailers “No Woman, No Cry” (1974)
  88. Robert Wyatt “Shipbuilding” (1982)
  89. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)“ (1966)
  90. The Byrds “Eight Miles High” (1966)

  91. Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella” (2007)
  92. My Bloody Valentine “You Made Me Realise” (1988)
  93. Bloc Party “Banquet” (2005)
  94. The Specials “Ghost Town” (1981)
  95. The Beatles “Penny Lane” (1967)
  96. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
  97. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)
  98. The White Stripes “Fell in Love with a Girl” (2001)
  99. Donna Summer “I Feel Love” (1977)
  100. The Stone Roses “I Am the Resurrection” (1989)

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First posted 5/29/2012; last updated 9/28/2023.

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Monday, February 28, 2011

Q Magazine's Top 100 Albums of All Time

First posted 2/28/2011; updated 8/12/2020.

Q Magazine:

The Top 100 Albums

Q magazine is a British magazine that has been around since the mid-‘80s. While its U.S. counterparts seem dead-set on always putting a scantily clad babe on their covers or shoving in non-musical content that supposedly fits the same demographic, Q is all music. Over the years, they’ve put out a number of best-of-all-time album lists. I’ve aggregated 16 of them (see the links at the bottom of the page) for a ranking you won’t find in any of their magazines.

Also, check out annual picks for album of the year.

1. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
2. Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)
3. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989)
4. The Verve Urban Hymns (1997)
5. Primal Scream Screamadelica (1991)
6. Blur Parklife (1994)
7. Oasis What’s the Story Morning Glory (1995)
8. Radiohead The Bends (1995)
9. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
10. U2 Achtung Baby (1991)

11. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
12. Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
13. Massive Attack Blue Lines (1991)
14. The Beatles Revolver (1966)
15. The Clash London Calling (1979)
16. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
17. U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
18. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
19. David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
20. Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

21. Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go (1996)
22. Pulp Different Class (1995)
23. The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
24. Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)
25. Kate Bush Hounds of Love (1985)
26. The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969)
27. Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987)
28. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
29. Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible (1994)
30. Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

31. David Bowie Hunky Dory (1971)
32. Nirvana In Utero (1993)
33. The Prodigy Fat of the Land (1997)
34. Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
35. Portishead Dummy (1994)
36. Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
37. The Strokes Is This It (2001)
38. The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
39. Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1975)
40. The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972)

41. Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
42. Coldplay Parachutes (2000)
43. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
44. Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole (1997)
45. Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995)
46. Depeche Mode Violator (1990)
47. Madonna Ray of Light (1998)
48. Pearl Jam Ten (1991)
49. Beck Odelay (1996)
50. Stereophonics Word Gets Around (1997)

51. The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
52. Radiohead Kid A (2000)
53. The Beatles Rubber Soul (1965)
54. Queen A Night at the Opera (1975)
55. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
56. The Pixies Doolittle (1989)
57. Joy Division Closer (1980)
58. Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication (1999)
59. Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
60. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977)

61. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (1975)
62. Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
63. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti (1975)
64. The Who Who’s Next (1971)
65. The Specials The Specials (1979)
66. Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (1971)
67. Pink Floyd The Wall (1979)
68. Muse Origin of Symmetry (2001)
69. The Human League Dare! (1981)
70. The Jam All Mod Cons (1978)

71. The Cure Disintegration (1989)
72. The Prodigy Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)
73. Happy Mondays Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches (1990)
74. Leftfield Leftism (1995)
75. Travis The Man Who (1999)
76. Metallica Metallica (aka “The Black Album”) (1991) 77. Moby Play (1999)
78. R.E.M. Out of Time (1991)
79. PJ Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
80. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (1971)

81. Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)
82. Muse Black Holes & Revelations (2006)
83. Gorillaz Demon Days (2005)
84. The White Stripes White Blood Cells (2001)
85. Roxy Music For Your Pleasure (1973)
86. Radiohead In Rainbows (2007)
87. Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
88. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland (1968)
89. The Libertines Up the Bracket (2002)
90. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

91. Nick Drake Bryter Layter (1970)
92. Amy Winehouse Back to Black (2006)
93. The Small Faces Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake (1968)
94. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (1975)
95. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
96. Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (1992)
97. My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991)
98. David Bowie Low (1977)
99. Oasis Be Here Now (1997)
100. Dexy’s Midnight Runners Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980)

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Friday, November 30, 2007

The Guardian – Top 100 Albums

The Guardian:

The Top 100 Albums

The Guardian is a UK newspaper which has published a few best-of lists over the years. Below are their top 100 albums, as determined by aggregating five album-focused lists published from 1997 to 2007. See links to those lists at bottom of page.

Check out other publications and organizations’ best-of album lists here.

1. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989)
2. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
3. Radiohead The Bends (1995)
4. Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (1971)
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (1967)
6. Massive Attack Blue Lines (1991)
7. Patti Smith Horses (1975)
8. Primal Scream Screamadelica (1991)
9. John Coltrane A Love Supreme (1965)
10. The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

11. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
12. David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
13. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
14. Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
15. The Clash London Calling (1979)
16. Joni Mitchell Blue (1971)
17. Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
18. Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1956)
19. Miles Davis Kind of Blue (1959)
20. Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)

21. Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
22. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (1975)
23. Talking Heads Fear of Music (1979)
24. Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)
25. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977)
26. The Doors The Doors (1967)
27. Kate Bush Hounds of Love (1985)
28. Pulp Different Class (1995)
29. Joy Division Closer (1980)
30. Paul Simon Graceland (1986)

31. Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
32. Dexy’s Midnight Runners Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
33. The Beatles Revolver (1966)
34. The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
35. Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
36. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
37. The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
38. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
39. U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
40. Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995)

41. The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972)
42. Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1975)
43. The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969)
44. Lou Reed Transformer (1972)
45. The Stooges Raw Power (1973)
46. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
47. The Pixies Doolittle (1989)
48. The Smiths The Smiths (1984)
49. John Lennon Imagine (1971)
50. Neil Young After the Gold Rush (1970)

51. Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
52. Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
53. Portishead Dummy (1994)
54. Spice Girls Spice (1996)
55. Blur Parklife (1994)
56. Michael Jackson Off the Wall (1979)
57. Nick Drake Five Leaves Left (1969)
58. James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 (live, 1962)
59. Ramones Ramones (1976)
60. Björk Debut (1993)

61. Augustus Pablo King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
62. U2 Achtung Baby (1991)
63. Love Forever Changes (1967)
64. Television Marquee Moon (1977)
65. Various artists (Bee Gees et al) Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack, 1977)
66. Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell (1977)
67. Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
68. The Strokes Is This It (2001)
69. De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
70. The Verve A Northern Soul (1995)

71. The Human League Dare! (1981)
72. Tricky Maxinquaye (1995)
73. Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
74. Prefab Sprout Steve McQueen (aka “Two Wheels Good”) (1985)
75. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
76. Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
77. The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
78. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
79. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
80. David Bowie Hunky Dory (1971)

81. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland (1968)
82. Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
83. The Band The Band (1969)
84. The Prodigy Fat of the Land (1997)
85. The Verve Urban Hymns (1997)
86. Kraftwerk Trans-Europa Express (Trans Europe Express) (1977)
87. Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
88. Queen A Night at the Opera (1975)
89. Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
90. The Clash The Clash (1977)

91. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (1969)
92. Bob Marley & the Wailers Exodus (1977)
93. Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (1985)
94. The Jam All Mod Cons (1978)
95. Bob Marley & the Wailers Legend (compilation: 1973-83, released 1984)
96. Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis (1969)
97. Happy Mondays Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches (1990)
98. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
99. The Specials The Specials (1979)
100. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II (1969)

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Friday, March 30, 2007

Adrian Denning: Top 100 All-Time Albums

Adrian Denning:

Top 100 All-Time Albums

Adrian Denning was (he passed away in 2021) a British music critic who maintained his own personal website (launched in 2001) with album reviews. The list below comes from his site. Click on album titles to see DMDB pages. Click on “AD review” to see Denning’s reviews.

Check out other best-of album lists by individuals/critics here.

1. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966): AD review
2. The Beatles Revolver (1966): AD review
3. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989): AD review
4. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986): AD review
5. The Who Who’s Next (1971): AD review
6. The Byrds The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968): AD review
7. Joy Division Closer (1980): AD review
8. Pixies Doolittle (1989): AD review
9. Radiohead OK Computer (1997): AD review
10. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (1969): AD review

11. Yes Fragile (1971): AD review
12. The Beach Boys Sunflower (1970): AD review
13. The Divine Comedy Promenade (1994): AD review
14. Nick Drake Five Leaves Left (1969): AD review
15. The Wedding Present Seamonsters (1991): AD review
16. Tom Waits Alice (2002): AD review
17. Brian Wilson Smile (2004): AD review
18. Nick Cave The Boatman’s Call (1997): AD review
19. The Kinks Muswell Hillbillies (1971): AD review
20. Yes Relayer (1974): AD review

21. Randy Newman Sail Away (1972): AD review
22. George Harrison All Things Must Pass (1970): AD review
23. Frank Zappa 200 Motels (1971): AD review
24. David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972): AD review
25. The Beach Boys Friends (1968): AD review
26. Denim Back in Denim (1992): AD review
27. Scott Walker Scott 4 (1969): AD review
28. Yes Close to the Edge (1972): AD review
29. Bob Dylan Desire (1976): AD review
30. Nick Drake Pink Moon (1972): AD review

31. Neil Young Tonight’s the Night (1975): AD review
32. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention We’re Only in It for the Money (1968): AD review
33. Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967): AD review
34. The Boo Radleys Giant Steps (1993): AD review
35. The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968): AD review
36. Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968): AD review
37. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965): AD review
38. The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man (1965): AD review
39. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966): AD review
40. Fairport Convention Full House (1970): AD review

41. The Fall Extricate (1990): AD review
42. Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974): AD review
43. Pixies Trompe le Monde (1991): AD review
44. The Kinks Something Else (1967): AD review
45. Joe Meek & the Blue Men I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy (1960): AD review
46. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (1971): AD review
47. Sparks Kimono My House (1974): AD review
48. Van Der Graaf Generator The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (1970): AD review
49. The Cure Disintegration (1989): AD review
50. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979): AD review

51. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti (1975): AD review
52. The Libertines The Libertines (2004): AD review
53. Tori Amos From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998): AD review
54. XTC Skylarking (1986): AD review
55. Stereolab Dots and Loops (1997): AD review
56. My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991): AD review
57. Pink Floyd The Wall (1979): AD review
58. Richard & Linda Thompson I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974): AD review
59. Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967): AD review
60. Sparks Lil’ Beethoven (2002): AD review

61. Augustus Pablo King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976): AD review
62. Tindersticks Tindersticks (1993): AD review
63. U2 Achtung Baby (1991): AD review
64. Erykah Badu Baduizm (1997): AD review
65. Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 (1994): AD review
66. The Auteurs New Wave (1993): AD review
67. The Beach Boys Surf’s Up (1971): AD review
68. Belle & Sebastian If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996): AD review
69. Frank Black Teenager of the Year (1994): AD review
70. Band of Bees Sunshine Hit Me (2002): AD review

71. Bellowhead Burlesque (2006): AD review
72. Broadcast Haha Sound (2003): AD review
73. David Bowie Hunky Dory (1971): AD review
74. Nick Cave Tender Prey (1988): AD review
75. Eliza Carthy Red/Rice (1997): AD review
76. David Bowie Diamond Dogs (1974): AD review
77. Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas (1990): AD review
78. Ani DiFranco Educated Guess (2004): AD review
79. Polvo Today’s Active Lifestyles (1993): AD review
80. The Fall Dragnet (1979): AD review

81. Felt Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death (1986): AD review
82. T-Rex Electric Warrior (1971): AD review
83. Tom Waits Small Change (1977): AD review
84. Wire Chairs Missing (1978): AD review
85. Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch! (1964): AD review
86. Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full (1987): AD review
87. The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin (1999): AD review
88. The Fall Hex Enduction Hour (1982): AD review
89. Paul McCartney & Wings Band on the Run (1973): AD review
90. Fairport Convention Liege and Lief (1969): AD review

91. Felt Forever Breathes the Lonely Word (1986): AD review
92. The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967): AD review
93. Felt Poem of the River (1987): AD review
94. The Kinks Village Green Preservation Society (1968): AD review
95. King Crimson Red (1974): AD review
96. The High Llamas Hawaii (1986): AD review
97. Ride Nowhere (1990): AD review
98. Ron Sexsmith Ron (1995): AD review
99. The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat (1967): AD review
100. Ramones End of the Century (1980): AD review

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Saturday, April 20, 2002

NME – Greatest Artists of All Time

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New Musical Express, or NME, is a British music magazine. In April 2002, they featured a list of those artists which they said had the biggest impact over the magazine’s first 50 years.

  1. The Smiths
  2. The Beatles
  3. The Stone Roses
  4. David Bowie
  5. The Sex Pistols
  6. Oasis
  7. Radiohead
  8. Paul Weller
  9. U2
  10. Public Enemy

  11. Bez and Shaun Ryder (of Happy Mondays)
  12. The Clash
  13. Nirvana
  14. Elvis Presley
  15. Joy Division
  16. Blur
  17. The Strokes
  18. The Rolling Stones
  19. The Verve
  20. Bob Marley

  21. The Fall
  22. Prodigy
  23. Lou Reed/Velvet Underground
  24. R.E.M.
  25. Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  26. Dexy’s Midnight Runners
  27. Beastie Boys
  28. T-Rex
  29. The Jesus and Mary Chain
  30. The Specials

  31. Manic Street Preachers
  32. Roxy Music
  33. The Pixies
  34. Iggy Pop
  35. Shane MacGowan (of The Pogues)
  36. Primal Scream
  37. Frank Sinatra
  38. Bob Dylan
  39. Blondie
  40. Eminem

  41. Boy George
  42. Madonna
  43. Marvin Gaye
  44. Pulp
  45. Michael Jackson
  46. The Charlatans
  47. Echo & the Bunnymen
  48. The KLF
  49. Neil Young
  50. PJ Harvey
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Friday, December 8, 1989

Stone Roses “I Wanna Be Adored” charted

I Wanna Be Adored

The Stone Roses

Writer(s): Ian Brown, John Squire (see lyrics here)

Released: September 1991

First Charted: December 8, 1989

Peak: 18 MR, 20 UK, 3 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.6 UK

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 59.6 video, 118.75 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

The Stone Roses formed in Manchester, England in 1983. They were considered a pioneering group of the Madchester movement of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s which combined elements of indie dance, acid house, and psychedelia. The primary members were singer Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Mani, and drummer Reni. Their 1989 debut album has been regarded as one of the most important in British history.

Five singles were released from the album over a three-year period. The most successful was the third single, “I Wanna Be Adored,” which reached #20 on the UK charts. It was one of five songs by the band to reach the rock charts in the United States. AllMusic.com’s John Bush described it as “a sublime storm of a track.” AMG

The song, which opens the album, runs a minute and a half before the main portion of the song kicks in. It begins with “30 seconds of atmospheric feedback – reminiscent of a ghost train pulling into the station – before a nimble bass line from Gary Mounfield starts it off. Soon, John Squire is echoing the bass line with his equally sublime guitar, and drummer Reni enters in turn a few bars later with punchy, echo-laden drumwork. Almost a full two minutes in, Ian Brown finally opens his mouth and begins a yearning vocal performance.” AMG “Brown and Squire soar over the rhythm section, weaving voice and guitar into a mildly dizzying froth before the band reaches a restrained climax of sorts.” AMG

The song features minimal lyrics, mostly repeating the lines “I don’t have (or need) to sell my soul / He’s already in me” and the title “with more energy until singer and band peak at the same time, just a few seconds before the end of the song..” AMG Brown said the song is about people’s wishes to be idolized and how they’ll do anything to achieve that goal. SF He said, “I was trying to say…if you want to be adored it’s like a sin, like lust or gluttony or something like that.” SF

The song has been ranked as one of the 100 greatest songs of all time (by Q magazine in 2006) and one of the 50 greatest indie anthems ever (NME, 2007). VH2, a UK music network, ranked it #2 all time on their countdown of indie songs. Stylus magazine rated the song’s bassline as one of the 50 best of all time in 2005. WK

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Monday, November 13, 1989

The Stone Roses released “Fools Gold”

Fools Gold

The Stone Roses

Writer(s): Ian Brown, John Squire (see lyrics here)

Released: November 13, 1989

First Charted: November 25, 1989

Peak: 5 AR, 8 UK, 13 AU (Click for codes to singles charts.)

Sales (in millions): 0.4 UK

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 20.5 video, 47.68 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

The Stone Roses formed in Manchester, England in 1983. They were considered a pioneering group of the indie-dance Madchester movement of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. The primary members were singer Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Mani, and drummer Reni. Their 1989 debut album has been regarded as one of the most important in British history.

The band got locked into a legal battle with Silvertone, their record label, after the release of the album. It held up a follow-up, Second Coming, until 1994. In the interim, the band released a series of singles of which the most successful was “Fools Gold”/“What the World Is Waiting For.” The original plan was to release the latter as the A-side, but when Silvertone’s A&R man, Roddy Mckenna, urged the band to release “Fools Gold” as the A-side. Since the band wasn’t completely convinced, the decision was made to release it as a double-A-sided single. It became the UK’s biggest-selling independent single in 1989. SF

“From Mani’s seminal bassline to John Squire’s guitars, it already had the hallmarks of a belter, but when drummer Reni aped the beat of James Brown’s ‘Funky Drummer,’ a true classic was born.” XFM It was Squire who discovered the cut. He told Q magazine that the band were signing copies of their single “She Bangs the Drums” at a record shop and the owner let them pick out a few albums as a thank you. Squire picked up a breakbeats album and that’s where he heard “Funky Drummer.” SF

The “masterful synthesis of rock and funk pioneered indie-dance and the re-mix dance craze of New Wave groups such as Primal Scream.” SF XFM called “Fools Gold” “the definitive Stone Roses song, the definitive baggy track and the tune that would define Madchester.” XFM Listeners at BBC Radio 5 concurred in 2007 when they voted it “the song that best summed up the city of Manchester.” SF

Brown said the lyrics hinted at trouble brewing amongst the band. The words were inspired by The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a 1948 Humphrey Bogart film. Brown said, “In the film the friends go up a mountain looking for gold. But as they go on, they start turning on one another. That's how it felt once the Roses started getting successful. Suddenly everyone was after their piece of gold.” SF

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  • SF Songfacts
  • WK Wikipedia
  • XFM Mike Walsh (editor) (2010). The XFM Top 1000 Songs of All Time. Elliott & Thompson Limited: London, England. Page 403.

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