Q Magazine Top 250 Albums since publication

leincar

Now I know that Q is not the greatest music magazine, but once upon a time it was at the top of the pile. I know, I have them all. While reading this months issue in the loo(It dosen't take long to read these days) I noticed that they are compiling a list of the top 250 albums released since September 1986 when Q was first published. They are looking for people to send in their top 5. With that in mind and knowing it would be hard I tried. I got to 10 and cannot cut it further.

So knowing how boardsies love their lists what are your top 10 albums since September 1986. No compilations or greatest hits.

The following are my 10;

1. 1986 Red Box - The Circle & The Square
2. 1987 U2 - The Joshua Tree
3. 1989 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
4. 1991 R.E.M. - Out Of Time
5. 1991 U2 - Achtung Baby
6. 1995 Radiohead - The Bends
7. 1997 The Verve - Urban Hymns
8. 2007 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
9. 2007 Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
10. 2008 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

There you go, see what you can come up with. Oh I know a lot of you were not born in 1986. Have mercy on an old curmudgeon.

Cicero

feic...where do you start- I'm gonna post 5 today and come back again for another 5 when I have time



In no particular order:

1.1999 Santana- Supernatural
2.1986 Graceland- Paul Simon
3.1997 Bob Dylan- Time out of mind
4.2002 American IV: The Man Comes Around- Cash
5.1991 Nirvana- Nevermind

SilverScreen

Top 10 off the top of my head:

1. The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
2. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (1993)
3. Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989)
4. Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
5. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
6. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
7. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
8. Sigur Ros - () (2002)
9. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)

ValJester

1.Radiator-Super Furry Animals
2.Alligator-The National
3.Paul's Boutique-Beastie Boys
4.Crooked Rain,Crooked Rain-Pavement
5.Dear Science-TV On The Radio
6.Heartworm-Whipping Boy
7.Tindersticks [II]
8.A Ghost Is Born-Wilco
9.In Rainbows-Radiohead
10.Stankonia-OutKast

I get the impression the Top 10 will have the first 2 Oasis albums,Nevermind,OK Computer and The Bends, and be very strongly 90's weighted somehow.

tony1kenobi

1. Pixies Dootlittle
2. Stone Roses Stone Roses
3. Nirvana Nevermind
4. Primal Scream Screamadelica
5. NWA Straight Outta Compton
6. Radiohead The Bends
7. Pearl Jam 10
8. Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream
9. REM Automatic For The People
10. Beastie Boys Ill Communication

grumpytrousers

leincar wrote: »

Now I know that Q is not the greatest music magazine, but once upon a time it was at the top of the pile. I know, I have them all. While reading this months issue in the loo(It dosen't take long to read these days) I noticed that they are compiling a list of the top 250 albums released since September 1986 when Q was first published. They are looking for people to send in their top 5. With that in mind and knowing it would be hard I tried. I got to 10 and cannot cut it further.

So knowing how boardsies love their lists what are your top 10 albums since September 1986. No compilations or greatest hits.

The following are my 10;

1. 1986 Red Box - The Circle & The Square
2. 1987 U2 - The Joshua Tree
3. 1989 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
4. 1991 R.E.M. - Out Of Time
5. 1991 U2 - Achtung Baby
6. 1995 Radiohead - The Bends
7. 1997 The Verve - Urban Hymns
8. 2007 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
9. 2007 Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
10. 2008 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

There you go, see what you can come up with. Oh I know a lot of you were not born in 1986. Have mercy on an old curmudgeon.

slightly OT...I just got Circle and the Square this week. A right good album!

leincar

Cicero wrote: »

feic...where do you start- I'm gonna post 5 today and come back again for another 5 when I have time



In no particular order:

1.1999 Santana- Supernatural
2.1986 Graceland- Paul Simon
3.1997 Bob Dylan- Time out of mind
4.2002 American IV: The Man Comes Around- Cash
5.1991 Nirvana- Nevermind

Crap. I totally forgot about Graceland.

Sideshow Mark

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Pixies - Doolittle
Nirvana - Nevermind
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Prince - Sign O The Times

duckworth

Here you go:

1-Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan
2-Kid A - Radiohead
3-Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
4-Alice - Tom Waits
5-REM - Automatic for the People

rcaz

1. Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
2. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (1999)
3. Aphex Twin - Drukqs (2001)
4. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
5. Wilco - Being There (1996)

Wow... A list of favourite albums with that few constraints is way harder to compile than I thought...

henryporter

Pixies - Doolittle
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Tom Waits - Mule Variations
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
QOTSA - Rated R
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America
Lou Reed - New York
Digital Underground - Sex Packets
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Bob Dylan - Time out of Mind

If only I had all of these on vinyl

Scuid Mhór

just make sure that the arcade fire's funeral hangs close to number one and i'll sleep peacefully tonight.