I know this can't qualify at AM but it'll still be interesting to compare. Anyone got the full list with the new issue ? I can't believe they've done another one already : it's only 3 years since the last one. Before that the gap was more like 5... much more appropriate, imo.

... here's the Top 20 with their current AM positions in brackets :

1. (14) Radiohead - OK Computer
2. (107 Radiohead - The Bends
3. (3) Nirvana - Nevermind
4. (2) The Beatles - Revolver
5. (108) Oasis - Definitely Maybe
6. (57) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
7. (44) R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
8. (98) Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
9. (71) U2 - Achtung Baby
10. (149) Radiohead - Kid A
11. (41) U2 - The Joshua Tree
12. (30) The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
13. (105) Jeff Buckley - Grace
14. (25) The Beatles - Abbey Road
15. (20) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
16. (222) The Verve - Urban Hymns
17. (15) The Beatles - The Beatles
18. (1) The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
19. (5) The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
20. (10) The Clash - London Calling

... there's also an accompanying list which DOES appear to have been compiled by the Q writers/critics :

Flawed Classics - 10 albums that were almost great :

Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan
Prince - Lovesexy
The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
Madonna - Erotica
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
REM - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
Led Zeppelin - House Of The Holy
U2 - Pop
The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
The Libertines - The Libertines

Oh dear what a horriblr dull and predictable top 10. Q readers need to discover bands outside of R.E.M and U2 methinks...

Well, I do have the impression they have indeed discovered Radiohead... :)

And Oasis and the Beatles.....

The Beatles are performing considerably worse in the Q list compared to the Acclaimed Music list.

I know some people have a problem accepting it, but The Beatles ARE the most important act in rock history.

Okay, I have no problem with Radiohead, but there are lots of other albums I consider in the top 20, that aren't here. OK Computer in my opinion, is a little overrated. In fact I would say The Bends is the best radiohead album, and Kid A, is too redundant.

I know Q is British and all, but no Dylan, no Velvets? And are the Beatles really as good as the entire United States, with both represented by four albums in the top 20?

They VU are never going to do well on a readers poll, simply not enough people have the album. WithnDylan there's such a vote split.

1. OK Computer – Radiohead
2. The Bends – Radiohead
3. Nevermind – Nirvana
4. Revolver – The Beatles
5. Definitely Maybe – Oasis
6. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
7. Automatic For The People – R.E.M.
8. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory – Oasis
9. Achung Baby – U2
10. Kid A – Radiohead
11. The Joshua Tree – U2
12. The Queen Is Dead – The Smiths
13. Grace – Jeff Buckley
14. Abbey Road – The Beatles
15. The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd
16. Urban Hymns – The Verve
17. The Beatles [White Album] – The Beatles
18. Pet Sounds – Beach Boys
19. Sgt. Peppers Loney Hears Club Band – The Beatles
20. London Calling – The Clash
21. Led Zeppelin Iv – Led Zeppelin
22. In Utero – Nirvana
23. Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N’ Roses
25. A Rush Of Blood To The Head – Coldplay
26. Is This It – The Strokes
27. The Wall – Pink Floyd
28. Never Mind The Bollocks – The Sex Pistols
29. Rubber Soul – The Beatles
30. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
31. Californiacation – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
32. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
33. Ray Of Light – Madonna
34. Exile On Main Street – The Rolling Stones
35. Park Life – Blur
36. Blond On Blond – Bob Dylan
37. Out Of Time – R.E.M.
38. Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix
39. Screamadelica – Primal Scream
40. Parachutes – Coldplay
41. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
42. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico
43. Doolittle – Pixies
44. Closer – Joy Division
45. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
46. Hunky Dory – David Bowie
47. Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
48. Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones
49. Document – R.E.M.
50. Forever Changes – Love
51. Who’s Next – The Who
52. Unplugged In New York – Nirvana
53. All That You Can’t Leave Behind – U2
54. Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins
55. Dummy – Portishead
56. Play – Moby
57. Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin
58. Thriller – Jack Michealson
59. Ten – Pearl Jam
60. Amnesiac – Radiohead
61. Odelay – Beck
62. Hounds Of Love – Kate Bush
63. Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendeix Experience
64. Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones
65. Blue Lines – Massive Attack
66. White Blood Cells – The White Stripes
67. White Ladder – David Grey
68. Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
69. The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers
70. The Man Who – Travis
71. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
72. Kind Of Blue – Miles Davis
73. Jagged Little Pillock – Alanis Vinaigrette
74. Origin Of Symmetry – Muse
75. The Doors – The Doors
76. American III: Solitary Man – Johnny Cash
77. The Clash – The Clash
78. Back In Black – AC/DC
79. Setting Sons – The Jam
80. Low – David Bowie
81. Word Gets Around – Stereophonics
82. Born To Run – Bruce Sprinsteen
83. Stanley Road – Paul Weller
84. Songs In The Key Of Life – Stevie Wonder
85. Different Class – Pulp
86. The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
87. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea – P.J. Harvey
88. After The Goldrush – Neil Young
89. Vauxhall & I – Morrissey
90. Disintegration – The Cure
91. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back – Public Enemy
92. Everything Must Go – Manic Street Preachers
93. Exodus – Bob Marley & The Wailers
94. Purple Rain – Prince
95. Raw Power – Iggy Pop
96. The Man Machine – Kraftwerk
97. Transformer – Lou Reed
98. Paul’s Boutique – Beastie Boys
99. Rain Dogs – Tom Waits
100. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – Wilco