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BRITPOP veterans OASIS have cleaned up in the all-time album charts.

Definitely Maybe from 1994 was voted top of the 50 Best Ever British Albums with the 1995 follow-up (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? second.

The Manchester band, fronted by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, beat classics by THE BEATLES, THE CLASH and THE STONE ROSES in a poll by music mag Q and retailer HMV.

RADIOHEAD’s 1997 masterpiece OK Computer came third while AMY WINEHOUSE was the only female on the list, with Back To Black at 35.

Q editor Paul Rees said: “Having polled three times more votes than any other act, Oasis are undoubtedly the nation’s most loved band.”

BEST EVER BRITISH ALBUMS:

• 1. Definitely Maybe, Oasis
• 2. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis
• 3. OK Computer, Radiohead
• 4. Revolver, The Beatles
• 5. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
• 6. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
• 7. London Calling, The Clash
• 8. Under The Iron Sea, Keane
• 9. Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd
• 10. Urban Hymns, The Verve

Quelle: thesun.co.uk

While we all impatiently wait for the new album, now is the perfect time to remember all the great ones the band have released over the last 14 years! And what better way than to vote in the new poll being conducted by Q and HMV:

“To mark 50 years of great British music, the UK’s biggest music magazine, Q, and the nation’s favourite music retailer, HMV, are teaming up to crown the best ever British album – as voted for by you! Just pick your 3 favourite British albums of the last 50 years (released between 1958 and 2008).”

To vote, CLICK HERE.

Quelle: oasisinet.com

Quelle: Q Magazine, Juni 2007 [Dank an Thomas]

Radiohead have been named as having the top two albums of all time in a new poll.

Unsurprisingly, 1997′s masterpiece “OK Computer” held the top spot, narrowly beating earlier album “The Bends”.

Incredibly, their avant-garde 2000 album “Kid A” also made it into the top ten in the poll conducted by Q Magazine.

The Beatles came in at number four with “Revolver”, but the top ten was dominated by more contemporary acts such as Oasis and REM.

The full top twenty is as follows:

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. R.E.M. – “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”

Quelle: gigwise.com

Q Magazine

In der aktuellen Ausgabe des Q Magazines ist die Auswertung einer Umfrage nach den 100 besten Konzerten aller Zeiten.
Radiohead’s Auftritt beim Glastonbury Festival 1997 kam dabei auf den ersten Rang.

Weitere Gigs, die in die Top 10 gevotet wurden waren Nirvanas Auftritt 1992 beim Reading Festival, Oasis’ Knebworth Gig 1996 und der Queen-Gig, 1985 beim Live Aid.

Quelle: Q Magazine

Q Magazine

Q 50 YEARS OF ROCK’N'ROLL, PART 3 – FROM U2 TO NIRVANA TO RADIOHEAD: THE 1980S, ’90S & BEYOND

The final part of Q’s 50 Years Of Rock’N'Roll, featuring new interviews, untold stories and unseen pictures starring U2, Madonna, Wham, Madness, Public Enemy, Michael Jackson, Guns N’Roses, Prince, Happy Mondays, 2-Pac, Nirvana, Spice Girls, Oasis, Radiohead, R.E.M., Metallica, The White Stripes… and more. Plus The Q Top 40: The 20 singles and albums that changed music forever.

Quelle: q4music.com