Posted April 1, 201312 yr Someone has rigged the Radio 2 Top 100 albums chart. Duran Duran "Rio" at No.3! Pet Shop Boys better than the Beatles. Not sure those at Radio 2 know how to stop people voting hundreds of times for their favourite album. :w00t: Edited April 1, 201312 yr by philmo
April 1, 201312 yr I wouldn't be surprised! My dad was pissed off to find out that his favourite album (Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon) was only at #4, behind Duran Duran!
April 1, 201312 yr 1 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2 Keane - Hopes & Fears 3 Duran Duran - Rio 4 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 5 Dido - No Angel 6 The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers 7 Pet Shop Boys - Actually 8 The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 9 U2 - The Joshua Tree 10 Queen - A Night At The Opera 11 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 12 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 13 The Police - Synchronicity 14 Madonna - True Blue 15 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 16 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 17 Adele - 21 18 Oasis - Definitely Maybe 19 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 20 George Michael - Faith 21 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 22 Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue 23 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell 24 Kate Bush - The Kick Inside 25 Kylie Minogue - Fever 26 Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde 27 Michael Jackson - Thriller 28 Paul Simon - Graceland 29 Billy Joel - An Innocent Man 30 Kinks - The Kinks 31 Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction 32 Pulp - Different Class 33 The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 34 Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life 35 Take That - Beautiful World 36 Blondie - Parallel Lines 37 ABBA - Arrival 38 Prince - Purple Rain 39 The Eagles - Hotel California 40 The Human League - Dare 41 Supertramp - Breakfast In America 42 R.E.M. - Automatic For The People 43 Wings - Band On The Run 44 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 45 Joni Mitchell - Blue 46 Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet 47 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 48 Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You 49 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 50 Neil Young - Harvest 51 Carole King - Tapestry 52 The Verve - Urban Hymns 53 Celine Dion - Falling Into You 54 The Who - Tommy 55 Donna Summer - Bad Girls 56 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 57 Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane 58 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus 59 Donald Fagen - The Nightfly 60 Gerry Rafferty - City To City 61 David Bowie - Let's Dance 62 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu 63 Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True 64 Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood 65 Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill 66 Culture Club - Colour By Numbers 67 David Gray - White Ladder 68 Bryan Adams - Reckless 69 Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise 70 Phil Collins - Face Value 71 Genesis - Invisible Touch 72 Barbra Streisand - Guilty 73 Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers! 74 Simply Red - Stars 75 Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset 76 Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing 77 Sade - Diamond Life 78 Buddy Holly & The Crickets - The Chirping Crickets 79 Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston 80 Michael Bublé - Crazy Love 81 Shania Twain - Come On Over 82 Emeli Sandé - Our Version Of Events 83 Elvis Presley - Moody Blue 84 Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown 85 Eric Clapton - Slowhand 86 The Pretenders - The Pretenders 87 Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight 88 The Carpenters - A Song For You 89 John Lennon - Double Fantasy 90 Don McLean - American Pie 91 Chic - C'est Chic 92 Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul 93 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes 94 Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am 95 The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute 96 Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down 97 Diana Ross - Diana 98 Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace 99 Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker 100 Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/vote/top-albums/
April 1, 201312 yr 1 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2 Keane - Hopes & Fears What a mess. :mellow:
April 1, 201312 yr It should be noted there was a "shortlist" that you could choose from so not everything could be included.
April 1, 201312 yr 1 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2 Keane - Hopes & Fears What a mess. :mellow: A mess?!?! A Rush Of Blood To The Head is in my Top 10 of all time and Hopes And Fears is in my Top 30 of all time! :wub:
April 1, 201312 yr Great to see Dido up there! Surprised to see Maroon 5 but whatever you think of them, Songs About Jane IS an amazing album. Also surprised but glad to see Cee Lo just sneak in.
April 1, 201312 yr Ironically, the Duran Duran, & Pink Floyd Albums, at 3 & 4, were not No.1 Hits. They both reached No.2. The Bruce Springsteen Album, at No.16, only reached No.17 in the Charts. And the ELO, Meat Loaf, & Kate Bush Albums - at 22, 23, & 24 - Peaked at No.4, No.9, & No.3. Several more Albums, in the Top 100 did not reach No.1. So, it is all a matter of how an Album is remembered that counts - not how big a Hit it was. In August 2006, BBC Radio 2 broadcast this Top 100 Albums List, from listeners Votes. Each person could Vote for several Albums, as long as they had reached No.1 - and were not 'Hits' Albums. The UK's Top 100 Albums (Monday 28th August 2006) 1 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles 2 Thriller - Michael Jackson 3 The Joshua Tree - U2 4 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 5 Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 6 Revolver - Beatles 7 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel 8 Abbey Road - Beatles 9 A Night At The Opera - Queen 10 The Beatles (The White Album) - Beatles 11 Rubber Soul - Beatles 12 Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits 13 (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis 14 Automatic For The People - R.E.M. 15 Led Zeppelin IV (Four Symbols) - Led Zeppelin 16 Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette 17 Parallel Lines - Blondie 18 Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield 19 Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin 20 Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings 21 Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush 22 Definitely Maybe - Oasis 23 Graceland - Paul Simon 24 Ray Of Light - Madonna 25 Who's Next - Who 26 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 27 OK Computer - Radiohead 28 Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols 29 Aladdin Sane - David Bowie 30 Out Of Time - R.E.M. 31 A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay 32 Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters 33 X & Y - Coldplay 34 Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen 35 Like A Prayer - Madonna 36 A Hard Day's Night - Beatles 37 Confessions On A Dancefloor - Madonna 38 Parachutes - Coldplay 39 Harvest - Neil Young 40 Bad - Michael Jackson 41 American Idiot - Green Day 42 A Kind Of Magic - Queen 43 Faith - George Michael 44 Fever - Kylie Minogue 45 Back In Black - AC/DC 46 Let It Be - Beatles 47 Like A Virgin - Madonna 48 The Unforgettable Fire - U2 49 Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band With The Flux Fiddlers 50 Help - Beatles 51 Arrival - ABBA 52 Led Zeppelin 3 - Led Zeppelin 53 Urban Hymns - Verve 54 Spice - Spice Girls 55 Sing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams 56 Let's Dance - David Bowie 57 Hopes And Fears - Keane 58 Diamond Dogs - David Bowie 59 Escapology - Robbie Williams 60 Parklife - Blur 61 Rattle And Hum - U2 62 Hot Fuss - The Killers 63 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2 64 True Blue - Madonna 65 Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones 66 Music - Madonna 67 A Day At The Races - Queen 68 War - U2 68 Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams 70 No Angel - Dido 71 Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin 72 Swing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams 73 Super Trouper - ABBA 73 Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones 75 All Things Must Pass - George Harrison 76 Spiceworld - Spice Girls 77 Dare! - Human League 78 Different Class - Pulp 79 Please Please Me - Beatles 80 Back To Bedlam - James Blunt 81 So - Peter Gabriel 82 All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2 83 Diva - Annie Lennox 84 Paranoid - Black Sabbath 85 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan 86 Songs About Jane - Maroon 5 87 By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers 88 The Division Bell - Pink Floyd 88 Scary Monsters And Super Creeps - David Bowie 90 Play - Moby 91 Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1 - George Michael 92 Dangerous - Michael Jackson 93 Voulez-Vous - ABBA 94 Innuendo - Queen 95 Demon Days - Gorillaz 96 Love Over Gold - Dire Straits 97 The Album - ABBA 97 Come On Over - Shania Twain 99 I've Been Expecting You - Robbie Williams 100 Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood Edited April 1, 201312 yr by zeus555
April 2, 201312 yr I bought one out of the 100 - and that was Definitely Maybe...there was a shortlist too you say? Looks like the album collection of the most boring person in the world. Where on earth is London Calling by The Clash? Pretty much the most pointless exercise ever undertaken.
April 2, 201312 yr These kind of "lists" are always totally subjective. On a positive note - nothing from any TV "singing-talent" style shows....now that would be boring. :D Edited April 2, 201312 yr by seanster
April 2, 201312 yr It was supposed to be a list of Radio 2's Top 100 most played albums ever, then a public vote. I would never have gouessed at the top 2 though. Edited April 2, 201312 yr by Common Sense
April 5, 201312 yr Ironically, the Duran Duran, & Pink Floyd Albums, at 3 & 4, were not No.1 Hits. They both reached No.2 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood How is that ironic?
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