Kerrang's 100 Best British Rock Albums Ever

[petpiranha]

As chosen by kerrang's readership and all the demographic aspects that entails:

100 THERAPY? - INFERNAL LOVE
99 ANATHEMA - A FINE DAY TO EXIT
98 CRADLE OF FILTH - DUSK AND HER EMBRACE
97 THE EXPLOITED - TROOPS OF TOMORROW
96 ORANGE GOBLIN - TIME TRAVELLING BLUES
95 GANG OF FOUR - ENTERAINMENT!
94 CARCASS - SYMPHONIES OF SICKNESS
93 BABY CHAOS - LOVE YOUR SELF ABUSE
92 FUDGE TUNNEL - HATE SONGS IN E MINOR
91 THE RUTS - THE CRACK
90 DISCHARGE - HEAR NOTHING, SEE NOTHING, SAY NOTHING
89 A - A VS MONKEY KONG
88 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL
87 FEEDER - POLYTHENE
86 PARADISE LOST - DRACONIAN TIMES
85 RAGING SPEEDHORN - RAGING SPEEDHORN
84 THUNDER - BACKSTREET SYMPHONY
83 CATHEDRAL - THE ETHEREAL MIRROR
82 3 COLOURS RED - PURE
81 STEREOPHONICS - WORD GETS ROUND
80 BUSH - RAZORBLADE SUITCASE
79 EARTHTONE9 - ARC'TAN'GENT
78 GODFLESH - STREETCLEANER
77 BIFFY CLYRO - BLACKENED SKY
76 THERAPY? - NURSE
75 SISTERS OF MERCY - FLOODLAND
74 RAINBOW - RISING
73 FEEDER - YESTERDAY WENT TOO SOON
72 QUEEN - QUEEN II
71 MOTORHEAD - OVERKILL
70 THE WILDHEARTS - P.H.U.Q.
69 IRON MONKEY - IRON MONKEY
68 VENOM - BLACK METAL
67 KILLING JOKE - KILLING JOKE
66 SKUNK ANANSIE - STOOSH
65 IDLEWILD - 100 BROKEN WINDOWS
64 JUDAS PRIEST - STAINED CLASS
63 BLACK SABBATH - MASTER OF REALITY
62 LED ZEPPELIN - HOUSES OF THE HOLY
61 FREE - FIRE AND WATER
60 TERRORVISION - HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE
59 WHITESNAKE - 1987
58 HELL IS FOR HEROES - THE NEON HANDSHAKE
57 A - HI-FI SERIOUS
56 DEEP PURPLE - IN ROCK
55 BUSH - SIXTEEN STONE
54 SKUNK ANANSIE - PARANOID AND SUNBURNT
53 THE CULT - ELECTRIC
52 SAXON - WHEELS OF STEEL
51 LOSTPROPHETS - THE FAKE SOUND OF PROGRESS
50 NAPALM DEATH - SCUM
49 REEF - GLOW
48 BIFFY CLYRO - INFINITY LAND
47 IDLEWILD - HOPE IS IMPORTANT
46 JUDAS PRIEST - SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE
45 PITCHSHIFTER - WWW.PITCHSHIFTER.COM
44 IRON MAIDEN - KILLERS
43 ASH - 1977
42 MANIC STREET PREACHERS - GENERATION TERRORISTS
41 LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN
40 MUSE - SHOWBIZ
39 THE PRODIGY - THE FAT OF THE LAND
38 PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
37 HUNDRED REASONS - IDEAS ABOVE OUR STATION
36 DEF LEPPARD - PYROMANIA
35 THE DAMNED - MACHINE GUN ETIQUETTE
34 DEEP PURPLE - MACHINE HEAD
33 OZZY OSBOURNE - DIARY OF A MADMAN
32 FEEDER - COMFORT IN SOUND
31 THERAPY? - TROUBLEGUM
30 FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND - CASUALLY DRESSED AND DEEP IN CONVERSATION
29 THE CLASH - THE CLASH
28 IRON MAIDEN - BRAVE NEW WORLD
27 CRADLE OF FILTH - CRUELTY AND THE BEAST
26 LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN II
25 FEEDER - ECHO PARK
24 MANIC STREET PREACHERS - EVERYTHING MUST GO
23 STEREOPHONICS - PERFORMANCE AND COCKTAILS
22 MOTORHEAD - ACE OF SPADES
21 ASH - FREE ALL ANGELS
20 MUSE - ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY
19 QUEEN - A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
18 LOSTPROPHETS - START SOMETHING
17 THE WILDHEARTS - EARTH VS THE WILDHEARTS
16 OZZY OSBOURNE - BLIZZARD OF OZZ
15 THE DARKNESS - PERMISSION TO LAND
14 BLACK SABBATH - VOL 4
13 DEF LEPPARD - HYSTERIA
12 JUDAS PRIEST - BRITISH STEEL
11 LED ZEPPELIN - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI
10 MANIC STREET PREACHERS - THE HOLY BIBLE
9 IRON MAIDEN - IRON MAIDEN
8 QUEEN - SHEER HEART ATTACK
7 THE CLASH - LONDON CALLING
6 MUSE - ABSOLUTION
5 BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID
4 LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN IV
3 SEX PISTOLS - NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS
2 IRON MAIDEN - NUMBER OF THE BEAST
1 BLACK SABBATH - BLACK SABBATH

Any thoughts or opinions on this lot? Some of it made me laugh out loud. For starters, if we're adding in mainstream indie bands like Ash, why are they a kerrang band and yet Radiohead aren't in this list with 'the bends'? Also, although I know fuck all about metal I'd have thought there would be way more metal records in that list. Why are feeder in there??? How is Muse's Absolution no. 6??? Absolution has three good tunes and thats about it and you cant even burn the fucker cos they've got anti-copyright software built into the cd. And what the fuck are Funeral for a Trend doing in there...i dont want an american suburban teen angst emo mall shitty record stinking the place up. "We're a rock n roll band" they say in the issue. No you're not, you're as rock n roll as a big mac with fries. I say BAN COMBOVER FRINGES NOW!!!

The only good thing is that Therapy? got lots of mentions which makes me happy.

[Zippy]

Pish, proves that the public are stupid.

[Devastator]

Originally Posted by petpiranha

DISCHARGE - HEAR NOTHING, SEE NOTHING, SAY NOTHING
STEREOPHONICS - WORD GETS AROUND
HELL IS FOR HEROES - THE NEON HANDSHAKE
SKUNK ANANSIE - PARANOID AND SUNBURNT
LOSTPROPHETS - THE FAKE SOUND OF PROGRESS
PITCHSHIFTER - WWW.PITCHSHIFTER.COM
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - GENERATION TERRORISTS
MUSE - SHOWBIZ
THE PRODIGY - THE PHAT OF THE LAND
FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND - CASUALLY DRESSED AND DEEP IN CONVERSATION
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - EVERYTHING MUST GO
STEREOPHONICS - PERFORMANCE AND COCKTAILS
MUSE - ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY
THE CLASH - LONDON CALLING
SEX PISTOLS - NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS

That's all I own of them and I wouldn't cass many of them as in my top 100. They are having a laugh with some of them, clearly.

[Posh]

I think that could have been a lot worse.

[riseandshine]

My fringe rocks!
Yeah, but aren't these lists just fodder for such arguements.. *cough* sorry debates/discussions. I will confess to owning a whopping 14 of these albums and that's all I can say on the matter.
Oh yeah and why the F were Thin Lizzy not on there!!?

[petpiranha]

'cos Thin Lizzy were from Dublin

[poprock]

I just tried counting up how many of those albums I own, and only managed seven. Oddly though, I've seen twenty-eight of the bands play live.

I realise this is of no consequence to anybody at all, but I took the time to count up, so I'm damned well going to post it.

[McLeary]

Originally Posted by EvilRawkPosh

I think that could have been a lot worse.

That's what I was thinking.


Compared to some of these efforts, it's not too bad, with only a few outright ridiculous entries.


Better than Metal Hammers 'Top 100 Heaviest Albums Of All Time' poll, anyway.

[Tony_Sloan]

Some choices there to be questioned, but the Manics makin it into the top 10, thats OK with me. M'on the Welsh boys!!!!.......A hem, sorry.

[djbarry]

I'm not even gonna say how many of them I own ( ok all of them ), but there are fuckin' loads of albums that have been overlooked, but that i what you get for letting the kerrang readership vote, it's a wonder they didn't dig back through kurt cobain's family tree to find some link to the uk so they could have made nirvana number one like they have done in every poll over the last however many years......

[Posh]

I only own 31 of them, I blame internet downloading and greatest hits albums for this.

[petpiranha]

'heaviest albums of all time'

how did they manage that? did all the double cd records win? *boom boom*

[riseandshine]

Originally Posted by petpiranha

'cos Thin Lizzy were from Dublin

Sometimes I play dumb to make people feel clever ... unfortunately this occassion wasn't one of them. hehe. Personally I blame premature memory loss due to overconsumption of demon drink. - that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!