Greatest British Album Ever

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Wed Apr 03, 2002 11:44 pm

If Northern Ireland counts...

...then make mine U2's Joshua Tree.

@Ysh: On the side, I'll be watching Roger Waters' (of Pink Floyd) concert here in Bangkok on the 10th of April.

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 1:27 am

Originally posted by Witch King

Did you read the title of this thread before writing that?

Er yes I did - what's the problem? does british mean "has to be pre-1980s"? I'm afraid I'm not a big fan of pink floyd as so many of you are.

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 3:03 am

Originally posted by Kameleon
I'm afraid I'm not a big fan of pink floyd as so many of you are.

Blasphemy! to the guillotines! He's a newbie- no one will notice....

Mine would be:

Pink Floyd- the Wall/ animals

Queen- News of the world + an asortment of songs presented in their greatest hits

The Who-Who's next

Any Judas priest

Any Beatles

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 3:13 am

Hey who are you calling a newbie - I've been lurking here longer than you've been registered

. Check my posts per day, and try to find someone with a lower number

OK, to tell the truth, I came back(in case anyone remembers me from the beginning of 2001)

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 4:50 am

so yall like Beggars banquet huh?
Even though massively popular opinion seems to put Exile on main Street at the top of every stones album list, I'm not so sure. Anyway, I'd say that for a Stones album it's a close call between Beggars Banquet and Sticky Fingers. IMO Street Fightin Man is the best stones track ever, but Gimme Shelter, Wild Horses and Sister Morphine are classics too...
@Kameleon did you see Radiohead in July in South Park? If you didn't I'm immediately discounting all your votes

anyway congrats on the lurking period. Anyway how can you like OK Computer but not like Pink Floyd? Lucky basically is a Pink Floyd track. Anyway, I like PF but not that much, so here's my list:

David Bowie: Low
Radiohead: OK Computer
Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
David Bowie: Station to Station
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks

special mentions: Beatles: Abbey Road (best beatles album). IMHO Revolver is the most overrated album ever. Roots Manuva: Brand New Second Hand (best hiphop album) probably the only hiphop album better is It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back, but that's american

. Elvis Costello: Armed Forces deserves a mention for something, and also how come evryone loves Queen so much?

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 5:03 am

@frogus Yes, I was at South Park. I was wondering whether "Location: oxford" meant MY Oxford or some little town in a Mid-West American state

. I hope this won't make you hate me forever

, but If I could only take one Radiohead album on a desert island with me, it would not be OK Computer. I actually prefer all of the others, this is not to say that I don't like Karma Police, No Surprises or Paranoid Android though. I just think that the others are coherent albums with a bunch of great songs, whereas OK feels more like a compilation, and with only a few genuinely amazing tracks.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 5:05 am

Originally posted by frogus
Roots Manuva: Brand New Second Hand (best hiphop album) probably the only hiphop album better is It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back, but that's american

So what about Things Fall Apart by The Roots?

Actually stating the BEST album ever is somewhat of an impossible task since music is opinion derived, however i am still backing DSotM

Oh we forgot Ciggarettes and Alcohol by Oasis

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 5:10 am

I agree completely. My favourite Radiohead album's probably Kid A at the moment, but it varies. Amnesiac is normally me favourite, but the question wasn't favourite, it was 'greatest'....I think if we are gonna call any album 'great' it would have to be either OK Computer or Kid A, and I just went for the one with bigger sales

. So there's my justifiction...

There's another kid from Oxford on here as well called |<()R/\/F|_@|<£$ or something...wierd that oxford's got such a small area and population yet such a large percentage of SYMers

EDIT -

Oh we forgot Ciggarettes and Alcohol by Oasis

*shivers with disgust* uurghh....

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 5:14 am

yeah K0r/\/f1@k€$ is a real-life friend of mine - I introduced him to these here forums mere days ago...

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 5:15 am

that's cute

maybe I'll get all me friends to come on here and we can take over the forum with obscure oxford related banter

....anyway, you gonna see Dustball tonight?

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 5:19 am

Originally posted by frogus
EDIT -
*shivers with disgust* uurghh....

My thoughts exactly

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 5:20 am

Originally posted by frogus
that's cute

Is it really?

How so?

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 6:59 am

Re: If Northern Ireland counts...

Originally posted by Maharlika
...then make mine U2's Joshua Tree.

@Ysh: On the side, I'll be watching Roger Waters' (of Pink Floyd) concert here in Bangkok on the 10th of April.

Though I have always preferred Pink Floyd with Roger Waters, I do not rate his solo stuff. I have seen him, however - I went to his production of The Wall in Berlin after the Berlin Wall came down

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 7:07 am

Re: If Northern Ireland counts...

@Maharlika&Ysh:

Havnt heard anything of him alone, but hopefully I will see him here in Stockholm sometime in May.

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 7:45 am

just in case anyone didn't know, Roger's gonna be at Glastonbury 2002...

K0r/\/f1@k€$ · Post by **K0r/\/f1@k€$** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 10:42 am

Yeah Radiohead. I really like OK Computer, but I don't like Pink Floyd

sorry frogus.

Quark · Post by **Quark** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 12:18 pm

Yeah, guess I should add in OK Computer (scratch adding it in, put it first!)

I just don't like Radiohead post-OK computer

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 12:31 pm

Judas priest Stained Class or British Steel.

Pink Floyd,,,, The Wall

Black Sabbath.....Paranoid, Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath

And My personal all time favorite................

Drum roll please..............

Led Zepplin 4

CM · Post by CM » Thu Apr 04, 2002 12:43 pm

COME ON!!!
Everybody knows that Take That has the best albums!

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Thu Apr 04, 2002 12:59 pm

I beg to differ that the latest Westlife album was totally amazing and should be on everyones favourites list!!