radiohead definitely deserves to be in the top 5...they are exceptionally talented and creative.

I am going to have to be the first to decent with the list. Let us have a look:

2. The Bends (?) -- Radiohead (good album, but not a top 10 canidate).

3. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- (The Beatles "white" album was better).

4. OK Computer -- Radiohead (see above)

6. Automatic For The People -- REM (It isn't a top 10 album. The only consolation is that they spent themselves making this, and everything else afterwards was garbage).

Anyways, that's my oppinion. At lest one Smiths album made it there.

jeez, i don't know why anyone bothers to make these lists anymore, cause they're always the same albums that show up on them! always the two beatles albums, revolver and sgt peppers, a couple of contemporary ones, (usually radiohead) and the same old classics...what's the point?? and i'm sorry....but the best 1000 albums??? that's insane!! can't be that good if it comes in at 1000...i thought the point was they had to be really good, you may as well count the albums that weren't included! the same old industry people pick the albums as well...why don't they be different and pick say, the worst albums, or best of a certain genre or something? btw, has anyone seen high fidelity?? an early smiths mention there, and one of the best films i've seen! i think everyone that sees the film says this, but the characters really remind me of myself!!

not a surprise that Radiohead is up there twice.
Both CD's are worthy in my humble opinion. The
Bends is an awesome piece of work. I am a bit
surprised at REM's automatic being so highly
charted. I don't have any problem with this
top 10, but Depeche Mode's Violator(or almost any of there albums) couldve been there instead of REM for sure. Ciao

Atuomatic for the People is a great album and it defenitley deserves to be in the top 10. IMO Automatic for the People is better then any Smiths album with the exception of Strangeways and the Smiths are my favorite group. That's how strongly I feel about AFP.

I'm a big radiohead fan but I have to admit that The Queen is dead is a much better album the The Bends, OK Computer on the other hand is worthy of it's postition.

Well, I believe that every single taste reflects the life and passion of each one, but its totally tragic to think that people would be deficient in musical taste......like this old saying says, tell me which records do you listen to, and I will tell you who you are.

1. The Smiths (The Smiths)
2. The Queen is Dead (The Smiths)
3. Unknown Pleasures (Joy Division)
4. Suede (Suede)
5. Honky Dory (David Bowie)

I agree with Radiohead being on there, as well as REM's AFP. Good stuff!

radiohead is a great band, but i don't think two of their albums should take up top ten space. in this sense, i would have pulled out one of the radiohead albums - probably 'the bends'. not that it's a bad album, but i just seemed to like ok computer better.

secondly, QID should have been higher in the ranks. not necessarily number one (although QID is my all time favourite album hands down), but in the top five at least.

thirdly, why three beatles albums? why not just two or just the white album?

lastly, other lp's should have gone in spaces where other bands took too much room. i agree, joy division's "unknown pleasures" deserved a spot, as does depeche mode's "violator" or the cure's "three imaginary boys".

that lists and discussions are so tiring

Pretty standard for one of these lists. The same old cult of the Beatles persists, with Radiohead also being overrated, as is in fashion. OK Computer's actually a very good album, with not a bad track on it, but it hardly matches TQID and isn't Top 10 all-time quality.

Looking at the whole Top 100, I was surprised to see that The Corrs were in there in there at 70-something with Talk On Corners. Certainly listenable-to (but better to look at) but that means that it's apparently better than Strangeways, Here We Come (unless I missed that), and better than all but three U2 albums...!! And better then Metallica-Metallica or It Takes A Nation of Millions... by Public Enemy, both listed but lower than the Corrs?

Which just goes to show how much these polls mean...remember the Music Of the Millennium poll when Ronan Keating (Boyzone) came 12 places higher than Moz for best songwriter?

All these polls provide something to talk about, but mean very little.

A list that I can live with for once. I'm glad to see The Smiths in there! I would agree with the Radiohead albums, but I'd like to see a Costello album. Maybe 'This Year's Model' or 'Armed Forces' or 'Imperial Bedroom.' Since these types of things are always highly subjective, I thought I'd chuck in my 2 cents.

Jesus Christ, it's the same 'all-time greatest albums' as last year, just in a slightly DIFFERENT ORDER. There should be a law against these stupid lists. The Beatles is dead, boys.

(And by the way, Meat is Murder is the best Smiths album!)

Could it be any more boring? endless, identical best-of lists make me scream. It's a symptom of mass autism or something. Get out of my life, you conformist pseudo-critics, you're giving me Turette's syndrome! Music is lived!

Don't bother with these lists. Although they're interisting to look at, they are just there to make you feel angy, dissapointed or sad. Just make YOUR OWN list and stick with YOUR oppinion. So yes, QID should be no. 1.
And yes, No REM...and O.K. is far better than The Bends. But what difference does it make?

Sometimes I do think that we take these lists too seriously; me just as much if not more so than anyone else. But then, when it comes down to it, what makes these lists fun is the fact that they can both disagree with us and confirm our beliefs; offend us and validate us. So it may all sound like a contradiction, but it's because we take these dumb lists so seriously that we can have fun with them!

Here's my list. I hope if offends and/or validates you all! :)

1. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
2. Queen Is Dead - Smiths
3. Revolver - Beatles
4. Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground
5. Entertainment - Gang of Four

Cheers!

i don't mind the beatles being in the top ten, i think they are the only band that are better than the smiths.
but i hate dark side of the moon, it hasv a few good ideas on the first half of the album, but it becomes tiresome. we should see albums like 'closer' by Joy Division and 'pet sounds' instead
also, the bends is nowhere near as good as ok computer.
on the subject of the smiths, i actually prefer meat is murder, especially the version with How soon is now. The band performance is better and the songs more enjoyable.