NO 41- IMAGINE DRAGONS- 96 POINTS (Voter: Riser- 16 points, WhoOdyssey- 23 points, Josh!- 18 points, Xajnipi- 22 points, Nick F1- 17 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 9

BIGGEST UK HIT: SUCKER FOR PAIN (#11, 2016)

 

 

NO 40- REM- 97 POINTS (Voter: Jimwatts- 30 points, Dircadirca- 28 points, Marcinjaro- 25 points, *Dandy- 9 points, bjork- 5 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 31

BIGGEST UK HIT: THE GREAT BEYOND (#3, 2000)

 

Dircadirca said “Grew up loving their radio staples only to find out that their first handful of albums are impeccable”

 

 

NO 39- MASSIVE ATTACK- 100 POINTS (Voter: Jimwatts- 8 points, Jade- 20 points, Shoat- 13 points, jra1989- 2 points, King Rollo- 11 points, *Dandy- 25 points, bjork- 21 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 11

BIGGEST UK HIT: TEARDROP (#10, 1998)

 

Three great bands there and three bands that I completely overlooked when I was trying to figure out who was left - I'm not sure how I could have forgotten a band as big as REM!

REM :wub: Automatic For The People is such a strong album, definitely one of the very strongest 90s albums.

 

Massive Attack though :wub: :wub: Their first 3 albums are so strong and their later work has a lot of keepers too, love them.

Been expecting R.E.M. to be in the next post for so long, that's a nice finish. Massive Attack are class as well of course.

Edited November 27, 20204 yr by Dircadirca

The barrier of 100 points has been boken. The real elite has started!

17 of my votes made the top 40 :cheer: but two of them go straight away including my 30-pointer :nocheer:

 

R.E.M.'s first 8 albums are all near flawless - my absolute favourite song is Fall On Me from 1986, and Everybody Hurts and Losing My Religion were worth all the airplay they got.

 

Massive Attack's highlights for me are Unfinished Sympathy and Daydreaming from their debut, then I guess Teardrop, but their first 3 albums are strong throughout.

Edited November 27, 20204 yr by jimwatts

Ooh that's much higher than I'd have predicted Massive Attack to be given some of the groups that dropped out early on!

NO 38- NEW ORDER- 107 POINTS (Voter: jimwatts- 22 points, Shoat- 14 points, King Rollo- 21 points, *Dandy- 26 points, Gezza- 9 points, AH Gold- 15 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 24

BIGGEST UK HIT: WORLD IN MOTION (#1, 1990)

 

 

NO 37- U2- 110 POINTS (Voter: Jimwatts- 25 points, Mack- 21 points, Shoat- 22 points, Marcinjaro- 27 points, xajnipi- 6 points, Bjork- 9 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 40

BIGGEST UK HIT: DESIRE (#1, 1988) THE FLY (#1, 1991) DISCOTHEQUE (#1, 1997) BEAUTIFUL DAY (#1, 2000) TAKE ME TO THE CLOUDS ABOVE (#1, 2004) VERTIGO (#1, 2004) SOMETIMES YOU CAN’T MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN (#1, 2005)

 

 

NO 36- BON JOVI- 112 POINTS (Voter: Mack- 29 points, Dark Horse- 11 points, M4NGO- 25 points, xajnipi- 27 points, Lukuzz- 20 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 37

BIGGEST UK HIT: ALWAYS (#2, 1994)

 

Not sure about Bon Jovi especially their biggest hit Always.

I like Livin' on a Prayer though. :P

 

My fave U2 song is the underrated Angel of Harlem. :cheer:

Edited November 28, 20204 yr by Jason

Finally a good one, Bon Jovi. Not too fussed on all the other recent ones but I do love Bon Jovi glad they are top 40

last 5 bands are legendary

4 of mine in a row, I knew this was coming...

 

New Order faves: Blue Monday, The Perfect Kiss, True Faith... so many good songs (as obvious as that sounds) and the same for U2 but my faves of theirs are from their big albums: Where The Streets Have No Name, With Or Without You, and Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (although One is great too).

I don't know that many songs by New Order but I do really like all the ones I have heard, 'Blue Monday' especially is of course a classic :heart:

 

U2 and Bon Jovi both have their moments ~

I'm actually surprised I voted for U2 as I kinda hate Bono these days, but it's undeniable they were a great band at their peak in 97-91

Massive Attack are the best dance act ever imo, so many amazing tracks, with Chemical Brothers probably being the second best dance act

Also love Snow Patrol, especially the Eyes Open album

and of course REM have an incredible catalogue of great songs and albums

New Order and U2 have lots of classics, 'Bizarre Love Triangle' and 'One' are probably my favourites by each.

 

Bon Jovi though, one of my all time favourite bands :wub: I'm glad they're top 40 but I'll be honest I thought they'd finish a few places higher...

New Orders current single ‘Be A Rebel’ is class as well

New Orders current single ‘Be A Rebel’ is class as well

 

It seems to divide opinion. Some people find it to be dull and some think it's great. I love it.

 

Surprised to see New Order up so high. They'd have got 29 points from me. REM would also have got lots of points from me.

No 35- BLUR- 113 POINTS (Voter: Dircadirca- 16 points, marcinjaro- 29 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 29 points, Dark Horse- 19 points, *Dandy- 20 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 26

BIGGEST UK HIT: COUNTRY HOUSE (#1, 1995) BEETLEBUM (#1, 1997)

 

Dircadirca said “Hugely successful and rightly so, have to admire them not flaming out like so many peers”

 

 

NO 34- ERASURE- 113 POINTS (Voter: Shoat- 27 points, Dark Horse- 21 points, M4NGO- 14 points, *Dandy- 19 points, Gezza- 21 points, AH Gold- 11 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 34

BIGGEST UK HIT: ABBA-ESQUE E.P (#1, 1992)

 

 

NO 33- HAIM- 114 POINTS (Voter: Cremey- 18 points, jimwatts- 13 points, Riser- 12 points, Elgornio- 23 points, Shoat- 16 points, josh!- 29 points, Scene- 3 points)

 

 

TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 5

BIGGEST UK HIT: THE WIRE (#16, 2013)

 

Haim did very well, i have heard of them but dont know any of their songs.

It seems to divide opinion. Some people find it to be dull and some think it's great. I love it.

 

Surprised to see New Order up so high. They'd have got 29 points from me. REM would also have got lots of points from me.

 

Yeh it charted top 10 for me, nothing out of the ordinary from their 80s classics but still nice and upbeat!