Lynne Kiesling
On a lighter topic, New Music Express has a polled their writers to generate a Top-100 list of all-time British albums. The top 10 are
- 1. The Stone Roses ‘The Stone Roses’
- 2. The Smiths ‘The Queen Is Dead’
- 3. Oasis ‘Definitely Maybe’
- 4. Sex Pistols ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’
- 5. Arctic Monkeys ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’
- 6. Blur ‘Modern Life Is Rubbish’
- 7. Pulp ‘Different Class’
- 8. The Clash ‘London Calling’
- 9. The Beatles ‘Revolver’
- 10. The Libertines ‘Up The Bracket’
OK … I have a few quibbles with this list, parhaps reflecting my age relative to their writers. Blur better than ‘London Calling’? Not a chance! I’m sure my top-10 lists is a function of my age as well as my taste, not so much a function of their influence, but here it is:
- 1. The Clash ‘London Calling’
- 2. The Who ‘Quadrophenia’
- 3. The Stone Roses ‘The Stone Roses’
- 4. Echo and the Bunnymen ‘Porcupine’
- 5. The Smiths ‘The Queen Is Dead’
- 6. Sex Pistols ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’
- 7. XTC ‘English Settlement’
- 8. New Order ‘Power, Corruption and Lies’
- 9. Roxy Music ‘Avalon’
- 10. The Beatles ‘Revolver’
- 11. The Rolling Stones ‘Beggar’s Banquet’
Note I went to 11, both for the cheap Spinal Tap joke and to ensure that I could include both the Beatles and the Rolling Stone’s best albums, in my opinion. I don’t really listen to them, while the other 9 albums I still listen to, but certainly their influence was crucial.
What’s your list?