Top 100 #1 Albums in UK Charts
As part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the UK charts (which are the main music charts Irish people listen/are subjected to), the UK Chart Company has compiled a list of the great British public’s favourite #1 albums of all time from those charts.
Over 220,000 votes were cast producing a list with only one Irish act - Joe Dolan. Okay it’s not, it’s U2 again with six albums in there - the highest being The Joshua Tree at #3.
In fairness the reason The Sultans of Ping FC don’t make it with Casual Sex in the Cineplex, is because they never got to number 1 in the UK album charts. As didn’t Achtung Baby by those U2 boys, Nevermind by Nirvana, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, London Calling by the Clash, Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, and The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses.
So what does it all mean? Nothing really. I’d like to see a list of everyone’s favourite album that reached number 17 in the Irish charts. Of all time. Now that would mean something.
The Top 100 Number 1 Albums from the British Charts:
1. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
2. Thriller - Michael Jackson
3. The Joshua Tree - U2
4. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
5. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
6. Revolver - Beatles
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
8. Abbey Road - Beatles
9. A Night At The Opera - Queen
10. The Beatles (The White Album) - Beatles
11. Rubber Soul - Beatles
12. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
13. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
14. Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
15. Led Zeppelin IV (Four Symbols) - Led Zeppelin
16. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
17. Parallel Lines - Blondie
18. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
19. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
20. Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
21. Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
22. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
23. Graceland - Paul Simon
24. Ray Of Light - Madonna
25. Who’s Next - Who
26. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
27. OK Computer - Radiohead
28. Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
29. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
30. Out Of Time - R.E.M.
31. A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
32. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
33. X & Y Coldplay
34. Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
35. Like A Prayer - Madonna
36. A Hard Day’s Night - Beatles
37. Confessions On A Dancefloor - Madonna
38. Parachutes - Coldplay
39. Harvest - Neil Young
40. Bad - Michael Jackson
41. American Idiot - Green Day
42. A Kind Of Magic - Queen
43. Faith - George Michael
44. Fever - Kylie Minogue
45. Back In Black - AC/DC
46. Let It Be - Beatles
47. Like A Virgin - Madonna
48. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
49. Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band With The Flux Fiddlers
50. Help - Beatles
Visit the Official UK Charts Company for the next fifty.
See Also:
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• Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of Music
• Top 50 Conservative Rock’n’Roll Songs
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