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TQID comes 7th in Q magazine 100 Greatest Albums, 12th in readers poll; Strangeways comments

posted by davidt on Wednesday January 04 2006, @11:00AM
An anonymous person writes:
This month's Q magazine features a list of the 100 Greatest Records of all time, with 'The Queen Is Dead' entering at number seven. However, there is also a section called 'Records That Were Nearly Great' and 'Strangeways' is listed as being one of them. Q say the album is "almost glorious" only because of Johnny Marr's inspired musical landscapes, which go way and beyond "the indie ghetto". However, what lets the album down, according to them, is Morrissey's "lack of inspiration" with lyrics that "veer into self-parody" and at times are "just shoddy".

The NME old guard really did move to Q didn't they?

Expect another 2-star review for Ringleader in March.
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Jazzy Jeff also writes:
Readers of Q music magazine voted for the 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time.

In twelfth place was our very own TQID.

Here's the top 20:

1. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Radiohead - The Bends
3. Nirvana - Nevermind
4. The Beatles - Revolver
5. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
6. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
7. REM - Automatic For The People
8. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
9. U2 - Achtung baby
10. Radiohead - Kid A
11. U2 - The Joshua Tree
12. THE SMITHS - THE QUEEN IS DEAD
13. Jeff Buckley - Grace
14. The Beatles - Abbey Road
15. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
16. The Verve - Urban Hymns
17. The Beatles - The Beatles
18. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
19. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
20. The Clash - London Calling
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  • Strangeways is a fantastic album and the blokes at Q are talking a load of shite. And of course the presence of some of the albums on that list completely nullifies anything they have to say about music.

    I'm just glad I stopped reading Q magazine when I was 12.
    Amatis -- Wednesday January 04 2006, @12:04PM (#190671)
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  • Fucking suck: 1. Radiohead - OK Computer CRAP 2. Radiohead - The Bends CRAP 3. Nirvana - Nevermind CRAP 5. Oasis - Definitely Maybe CRAP 6. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses CRAP 7. REM - Automatic For The People CRAP 13. Jeff Buckley - Grace CRAP 14. The Beatles - Abbey Road CRAP 16. The Verve - Urban Hymns CRAP 19. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band CRAP The best album on the list is Pet Sounds
    moho -- Wednesday January 04 2006, @12:51PM (#190684)
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  • list stuff all the time. who cares.
    Granvik -- Wednesday January 04 2006, @03:53PM (#190738)
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  • TQID is fantastic, but Strangeways is better. Sorry.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday January 04 2006, @05:57PM (#190779)
  • The first time ever Moz-solo is featured in any such list?

    Here's number 21-100:

    21. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
    22. Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
    23. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (1975)
    24. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987)
    25. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002)
    26. The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
    27. Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)
    28. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks (1977)
    29. Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
    30. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
    31. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (1999)
    32. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
    33. Madonna - Ray Of Light (1998)
    34. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street (1972)
    35. Blur - Parklife (1994)
    36. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (1966)
    37. REM - Out Of Time (1991)
    38. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
    39. Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
    40. Coldplay - Parachutes (2000)
    41. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)
    42. Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
    43. The Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
    44. Joy Division - Closer (1980)
    45. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
    46. David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971)
    47. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
    48. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971)
    49. REM - Document (1987)
    50. Love - Forever Changes (1967)
    51. The Who - Who's Next (1971)
    52. Nirvana - Unplugged In New York (1994)
    53. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
    54. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (1993)
    55. Portishead - Dummy (1994)
    56. Moby - Play (1999)
    57. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1975)
    58. Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
    59. Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)
    60. Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
    61. Beck - Odelay (1996)
    62. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (1985)
    63. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967)
    64. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
    65. Massive Attack - Blue Lines (1991)
    66. White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)
    67. David Gray - White Ladder (1999)
    68. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
    69. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
    70. Travis - The Man Who (1999)
    71. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (1992)
    72. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (1959)
    73. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (1995)
    74. Muse - Origin Of Symmetry (2001)
    75. The Doors - The Doors (1967)
    76. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (2000)
    77. The Clash - The Clash (1977)
    78. AC/DC - Back In Black
    79. The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)
    80. David Bowie - Low (1977)
    81. Stereophonics - Word Gets Around (1997)
    82. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1985)
    83. Paul Weller - Stanley Road (1995)
    84. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life (1976)
    85. Pulp - Different Class (1995)
    86. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
    87. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000)
    88. Neil Young - After The Goldrush (1970)
    89. Morrissey - Vauxhall & I (1994)
    90. The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
    91. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)
    92. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
    93. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Exodus (1977)
    94. Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)
    95. Iggy & the Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
    96. Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine (1978)
    97. Lou Reed - Transformer (1972)
    98. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)
    99. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985)
    100.Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
    Johan de Witt <[email protected]> -- Thursday January 05 2006, @12:29AM (#190822)
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