Grains of truth? Contemptible list?

Top 100 British Albums
(The Obsever - Sunday June 20, 2004)

1. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses

2. Revolver, The Beatles

3. London Calling, The Clash

4. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison

5. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles

6. The Beatles, The Beatles

7. Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones

8. Exile on Main St, The Rolling Stones

9. Blue Lines, Massive Attack

10. Metal Box, PiL

11. The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie

12. Beggars Banquet, Rolling Stones

13. The Clash, The Clash

14. Never Mind The Bollocks, The Sex Pistols

15. Club Classics Vol 1, Soul II Soul

16. Five Leaves Left, Nick Drake

17. The Specials, The Specials

18. Closer, Joy Division

19. Definitely Maybe, Oasis

20. Loveless, My Bloody Valentine

21. The Smiths, The Smiths

22. Hounds Of Love, Kate Bush

23. For Your Pleasure, Roxy Music

24. OK Computer, Radiohead

25. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, Pink Floyd

26. Roxy Music, Roxy Music

27. Unhalfbricking, Fairport Convention

28. Abbey Road, The Beatles

29. Roxy Music, Stranded

30. Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division

31. New Boots And Panties!!, Ian Dury And The Blockheads

32. Rubber Soul, The Beatles

33. Spirit Of Eden, Talk Talk

34. Every Picture Tells A Story, Rod Stewart

35. Bryter Layter, Nick Drake

36. Rock Bottom, Robert Wyatt

37. The Queen Is Dead, The Smiths

38. Ocean Rain, Echo And The Bunnymen

39. Low, David Bowie

40. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin

41. The Bends, Radiohead

42. Lexicon Of Love, ABC

43. The La's, The La's

44. Bummed, Happy Mondays

45. John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band

46. Solid Air, John Martyn

47. Hatful Of Hollow, The Smiths

48. Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin

49. Here Come The Warm Jets, Brian Eno

50. Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake, Small Faces

51. The Yes Album, Yes

52. Handsworth Revolution, Steel Pulse

53. Just Another Diamond Day, Vashti Bunyan

54. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels, Dexys Midnight Runners

55. Entertainment, Gang Of Four

56. All Mod Cons, The Jam

57. Village Green Preservation Society, The Kinks

58. Cut, The Slits

59. Urban Hymns, The Verve

60. Maxinquaye, Tricky

61. My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello

62. Meat Is Murder, The Smiths

63. Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd

64. Aladdin Sane, David Bowie

65. Power, Corruption and Lies, New Order

66. Something Else, The Kinks

67. Moondance, Van Morrison

68. Screamadelica, Primal Scream

69. Goodbye Yellow Brickroad, Elton John

70. (What's The Story) Morning Glory, Oasis

71. The Slider, T Rex

72. Grand Prix, Teenage Fanclub

73. Jailbreak, Thin Lizzy

74. Quadrophenia, The Who

75. Original Pirate Material, The Streets

76. Parklife, Blur

77. Dusty in Memphis, Dusty Springfield

78. Let it Bleed, Rolling Stones

79. Penguin Eggs, Nic Jones

80. Station To Station, David Bowie

81. Dummy, Portishead

82. Basket Of Light, Pentangle

83. My Generation, The Who

84. Road To Freedom, Young Disciples

85. Hunky Dory, David Bowie

86. Don't Stand Me Down, Dexy's Midnight Runners

87. This Nation's Saving Grace, The Fall

88. Young Americans, David Bowie

89. Band On The Run, Wings

90. Regatta De Blanc, The Police

91. Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin

92. Paranoid, Black Sabbath

93. Parachutes, Coldplay

94. Behaviour, Pet Shop Boys

95. Dizzee Rascal, Boy In Da Corner

96. Dare, The Human League

97. Heaven Or Las Vegas, The Cocteau Twins

98. Rattlesnakes, Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

99. The Holy Bible, Manic Street Preachers

100. Sweet Dreams, The Eurythmics

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