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The Queen Is Dead voted #13 in Q's 100 greatest albums
posted by davidt on Wednesday December 04 2002, @09:00AM

 Ryan writes:

Q magazine have just published their results of the 100 Greatest Albums Ever poll. The Queen Is Dead was 13th in this relatively hideous list (it included The Strokes' and The Vines' only albums, which, according to the editor, is a good thing). It was called their finest hour and the beginning of the end, and of course the writer managed to get a pop in at Some Girls... before the end. It was also accompanied by the pic of Moz lying on his grave. The top 10, just to save you from buying this god-awful magazine, was:
1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
3. The Beatles - Revolver
4. Radiohead - The Bends
5. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
6. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The...
7. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
8. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
9. The Strokes - Is This It
10. U2 - Achtung Baby
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amy lame fan also writes:

Q readers voted The Queen Is Dead their #13 greatest album of all time. Perhaps we have fan power at Morrissey-solo to thank again? Here is the full list:



100. Flaming lips – soft bulletin
99. beach boys - pet sounds
98. ac/dc – back in black
97. Aretha Franklin – Never Loved a man…
96. Ash – Free all Angels
95. Portishead – Dummy
94. Outkast – Stankonia
93. Beck – odelay
92. Air - Moon Safari
91. Sly & the family stone - there’s a riot going on
90. Soundgarden – superunknown
89. ryan adams – gold
88. James Brown – live at the Apollo
87. The doors – the doors
86. foo fighters – the colour and the shape
85. wu tang clan – enter the wu tang
84. lou reed – transformer
83. metallica – metallica
82. dj shadow – endtroducing
81. elvis presley – elvis presley
80. stereophonics – word gets around
79. depeche mode – violator
78. linkin park – hybrid theory
77. TLC – crazysexycool
76. spiritualised – ladies and gentlemen…
75. Badly Drawn Boy – hour of bewilderbeast
74. ramones – ramones
73. Michael Jackson – thriller
72. the prodigy – fat of the land
71. bob Marley & the wailers – exodus
70. the vines – highly evolved
69. Alicia keys – songs in A minor
68. the who – who’s next
67. chemical bros – dig your own hole
66. neil young – rust never sleeps
65. specials – specials
64. rolling stones - let it bleed
63. red hot chilli peppers – by the way
62. bruce springsteen – born to run
61. jimi Hendrix – electric ladyland
60. joy division – closer
59. NWA – straight outa Compton
58. blur – parklife
57. moby – play
56. massive attack – blue lines
55. david bowie – hunky dory
54. the velvet underground & nico - the velvet underground & nico
53. alanis morissette – jagged little pill
52. The Stooges – raw power
51. Kate bush – hounds of love
50. manic street preachers – Everything Must Go
49. Pink Floyd - The Wall
48. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
47. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
46. Eminem - Slim Shady LP
45. The Beatles - The White Album
44. Rage Against The Machine - RATM
43. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
42. Pearl Jam - 10
41. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
40. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
39. The Verve - Urban Hymns
38. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
37. Prince - Sign o The Times
36. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
35. Radiohead - Kid A
34. Pixies - Doolittle
33. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
32. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness
31. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
30. REM - Automatic for the people
29. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
28. Led Zeppelin - 4
27. White Stripes - White Blood Cells
26. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
25. Coldplay - Parachutes
24. Jeff Buckley - Grace
23. Dr Dre - The Chronic
22. Oasis - Morning Glory
21. Pink Floyd - Dark Side
20. Lauryn Hill - Misseducation oF Lauryn Hill
19. Guns n Roses - Appetite For Destruction
18. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
17. Madonna - Ray of Light
16. U2 - Joshua Tree
15. Beatles - Sgt Pepper
14. The Clash - London Calling
13. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
12. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
11. Nirvana - In Utero
10. U2 - achtung baby
9. the strokes - is this it?
8. oasis - definetly maybe
7. the stone roses
6. the sex pistols - never mind the bollocks
5. eminem - the marshall mathers lp
4. radiohead- the bends
3. the beatles - revolver
2. radiohead - ok computer
1. nirvana - nevermind

 
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    This really is ridiculous (Score:0)
    The NME's recent best singles ever list was much better...
    Anonymous -- Wednesday December 04 2002, @12:07PM (#50458)
      The world according to me........ (Score:3, Insightful)
      Ok, these polls are always pretty whack, but these are a few of my observations:

      -"The Queen Is Dead" should have been much higher.

      -Radiohead haters can argue all they want, but they deserve to be up there. They are one of the few artists whom have done anything innovative and original over the last decade. Thay can change their sound with every album and still pull it off beautifully. "LP6" is going to sound much more like "The Bends" by the way.....

      -The Strokes? Don't get me wrong, I like their music, but come on......? #9?????

      -Any album that has not been around for at least 5 years should not really be considered anyway, because that is no test of time. If this poll was taken one year ago, people would have probably put "Gorillaz" in there.

      -"The Holy Bible" at #19??? After Madonna's "Ray Of Light?" Something is just wrong with that.

      -"The Queen Is Dead" should have been much higher.

      -The top 10 albums according to me(at least right now):

      1. "The Queen Is Dead"-The Smiths
      2. "OK Computer"-Radiohead
      3. "Velvet Underground & Nico"-Velvet Underground
      4. "Hunky Dory"-Bowie
      5. "Meat Is Murder"-The Smiths
      6. "Closer"-Joy Division
      7. "Electric Warrior"-T-Rex
      8. "Srgt. Pepper's"-The Beatles
      9. "Rocket To Russia"-The Ramones
      10. "The Holy Bible"-Manic Street Preachers
      Sharron Needles -- Wednesday December 04 2002, @01:36PM (#50475)
      (User #762 Info)
       Inside every adult male is a denied little boy -Nancy Friday
      The List is Dead (Score:0)
      That list is wrong
      Why?
      the queen is dead is one of the best albums ever made i analize the "bands"
      In my opinion
      Nirvana:good band, you can hear the music of nirvana and it΄s ok for a short time but later what happens? nothing you still hearing the distortionated guitars all the time, and thats all. if all have the oportunity of be nirvana, all take the guitar and distortionate the sound and play anything and all people belive that is a great song but i dont think so

      Radiohead: if creep doesn΄t exist i΄ve never know radiohead.i think "radiohead sometimes sounds like the smiths" i think creep is a mix of well i wonder ,vicar in a tutu with miserable lie

      Beatles: if you see the lyrics of some songs you will sick

      Radiohead:again! never mind

      eminem: marshall is a poor singer i feel sick when i hear the instrumentals

      sex pistols: ja!

      The stone roses: jajaja!

      Oasis: a definitive fan of the smiths

      u2: ill never buy that album i hear the album and is stupidly commercial
         
      The smiths is the best band belive me
      and if you dont belive me now
      some day you will belive me

      a just other comment strangeways here we come is other great album

      Oscar
      Anonymous -- Wednesday December 04 2002, @03:21PM (#50493)
      Hold me.... (Score:1)
      I own a lot of different types of music, but even I cringed when I saw this list. Some of the albums that were selected haven't even been out for more than 2 years. I enjoy music that is well-rounded: good lyrics, actual musical talent, and a well constructed album. I'm afraid that some mentioned don't even have one of the three going for them.

      Until the next list......
      MozGirl18 -- Wednesday December 04 2002, @06:02PM (#50511)
      (User #2483 Info)
       "It is absurd to divide people into good or bad. People are either charming or tedious."-Oscar Wilde
        this list makes me want to commit hara kiri (Score:1)
        the strokes are a horrible band. they only have one song which they keep releasing over and over as a different single. seriously, all of their songs sound exactly the same. believe me, in ten years, no one will know who the strokes are. those guys will be playing state fairs, after having self-destructed and sunk all their money into buying beer and cocaine - and that's being optimistic.

        there is no way in hell eminem should be in the top ten either. when will people realise that he is annoying? his voice is obnoxious as are his lyrics. he does not sing about life as it really is. he doesn't sing at all, really, but that's beside the point. his lyrics do not reflect real life. they just encourage people to buy into a pathetic myth about what being a youth in america today is all about.

        and the beatles are so overrated.

        this list is wrong on so many levels.
        joans_walkman -- Wednesday December 04 2002, @08:52PM (#50522)
        (User #6238 Info)
          All "best ever" lists are dominated by things that (Score:1)
          have come out within the last 12 months. But I'm constantly amazed by the inclusion of late U2: Achtung was hardly the best that U2 could do(remember, they were once "cutting edge"?), well after the rot had set in, and long after Bono had declaimed "In the name of Martin Luther King - Sing" - perhaps the most embarrassing thing ever to be said by any pop star, ever.
          David T (different) -- Thursday December 05 2002, @12:17AM (#50538)
          (User #256 Info)
           david_t[at]boltblue.com
          Moz ,Cure & Suede (Score:1)
          No top 100 list has any credibility if it ignores Moz solo work esp. Vauxhall.

          Cure's Wish, Disintegration & Suede conspicuously absent.
          mexico -- Thursday December 05 2002, @05:12AM (#50554)
          (User #6896 Info)
          The Real Top 10 (Score:1)
          The top ten you read in the above article is false. Here is the real top ten:

          1) Isn't Anything: My Bloody Valentine
          2) Low: David Bowie
          3) Loveless: My Bloody Valentine
          4) Unknown Pleasures: Joy Division
          5) Doolittle: Pixies
          6) Station to Station: David Bowie
          7) The Beatles: The Beatles
          8) The Queen is Dead: The Smiths
          9) If You're Feeling Sinister: Belle & Sebastian
          10) You, the Night and the Music...: Gallon Drunk

          Comprendez-vous?
          Rico -- Thursday December 05 2002, @06:12AM (#50559)
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           Karma equals minus infinity, but I stand up for the truth
          As if... (Score:1)
          What!? Two albums in the top four for those pretentious mini's Radiohead? And we're supposed to take this poll seriously? They must be dreaming...
          Spineless Swine <kingbeer@morrissey.zzn.com> -- Thursday December 05 2002, @01:18PM (#50580)
          (User #4968 Info)
           Leave your future behind you.
          • Re:As if... by droylsdener (Score:1) Friday December 06 2002, @12:27PM
            Why? (Score:0)
            Quite frankly these lists should never be made.
            If your compiling a 100 Albums Of All Time and your voters start handing in their slips with the names Oasis,Soundgarden,RHCP,Alanis etc, then you should just give it up as a bad job.
            Anonymous -- Thursday December 05 2002, @01:48PM (#50581)
              Opinion flag! (Score:1)
              The Who, The Pistols, Floyd, The Smiths, and AC DC are nice, everything else is not so much. What's with the obsessive Radiohead-ness? Hey, the Smiths are about a thousand times better/more poetic/more musically talented than that god forsaken band.
              xLoveletterx -- Thursday December 05 2002, @02:51PM (#50587)
              (User #6676 Info)
                we need to get some MORRISSEY in there (Score:1)
                i probably like the smiths better than morrissey, yeah. but he gets no recognition as a solo artist.
                erez -- Thursday December 05 2002, @05:28PM (#50605)
                (User #7284 Info)
                  it's obvious isn't it (Score:0)
                  moz has to blow his veggie brain out with an uzi, maybe then he will be respected. So, come on moz, you live in L.A., it can't be hard to get your hands on something hard and shiny that will blow your brains out? ahem!
                  mozzerian <tri935@aol.com> -- Thursday December 05 2002, @05:30PM (#50606)
                  (User #3157 Info)
                    silly silly list (Score:1)
                    Joy Division but no New Order? no Cure, Radio Head TWICE? The Strokes are good, but not good enough to earn that position...what's worse is the White Stripes. has anyone heard that album in it's entirety? it's like Violent Femmes-style jesusy folk music made by hippy/punk siblings who fuck each other and have no talent.

                    Bauhaus "Mask" should have been on there somewhere.
                    mr. superinvisible -- Friday December 06 2002, @03:49AM (#50640)
                    (User #6367 Info)
                      Motorhead (Score:1)
                      Comeon now.
                      The real list is the Motorhead collection. You can even through in some of the later Hawkwind material if you wish just for a rise!

                      Didn't Jane say "everybody has their own opinions?"
                      Lemmy -- Friday December 06 2002, @05:38AM (#50645)
                      (User #6587 Info)
                        Q is murder (Score:0)
                        that was the most blasphemous list I had ever see. Someone should stuff hot coals up all their asses and sail them away to a deserted island where they can never do harm again.
                        Anonymous -- Friday December 06 2002, @10:56PM (#50841)
                          what a lame list by tasteless journalists! (Score:0)
                          being able to mention the strokes, oasis in the top 10 lps of all the time is completely insane.
                          plus they even dared to put the best & more important lp of the music - which is the velvet U. debut lp - at the 52th position.

                          as usual, these so-called witty people didn't include in their lists any siouxsie'lps, no t.rex'lps, no ''vauxhall & I'', no beck's 'mutations', & no ' 2 bring you my love''...

                          all these polls are only farces, aren't they!
                          Anonymous -- Saturday December 07 2002, @08:47AM (#50854)
                            The Q list (Score:0)
                            Yea, there are some good bands on the list, but come on... it has to be a joke to have a band like the strokes (no offence) as high as they are up there and some of the other bands damm what is this world coming to!
                            Anonymous -- Sunday December 08 2002, @07:59PM (#50904)
                              There, there, folks. (Score:0)
                              You know, I bet that some RHCP collective is also bickering about how they only made #12. I guess you can only please 10 fan bases with this contest, and sorry folks, we lost.

                              Believe it or don't, popularity plays half the role in contests like this. There are most deffinately bands better than any of the ones on this list somewhere in the world. They're not on the list because I haven't heard of them- because you haven't heard of them- because no one has heard of them. If everyone had given all of Morrissey's material the time of day, I guarantee you they'd be next in line for a show, but I don't expect it. Not everyone has the time to review every single second-horse band. They simply don't have the promotion.
                              Anonymous -- Sunday December 08 2002, @10:55PM (#50908)

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