Overall Top 20 Album & Artist Results 2007
Thank
you all very much for submitting your votes towards my Top 20 albums survey. I
received a total of 106 lists this year. These lists include people who have
contributed towards my survey for the first time and those who contributed towards my last survey at the end of 2006 (several
of whom have changed their choices this time).
Before
giving you the results, a note on the voting procedure. I have allocated points for each vote. If your album choices were
ranked 1 to 20, I have awarded 20 points to your no. 1 choice, 19 for your no. 2 and so on down to 1 point for your no. 20
choice. Many people didn’t rank their list of 20 albums in order - in these cases I have, as before, given each of the
20 albums the median points value of 10.5 points.
Anyway,
that’s enough about the scoring procedure - here are the Top 40 Albums from my poll ranked by points then by no. of
votes with the December 2006 positions in brackets (top 60 only).
|
|
Artist / Group |
Title |
Votes |
Points |
|
1 (1) |
Beatles |
Revolver |
19 |
220.0 |
|
2 (2) |
Pink Floyd |
Dark Side Of The Moon |
15 |
185.0 |
|
3 (3=) |
Beatles |
Sgt. Pepper |
13 |
162.5 |
|
4 (6) |
Radiohead |
The Bends |
12 |
150.5 |
|
5 (5) |
Nirvana |
Nevermind |
16 |
141.0 |
|
6 (3=) |
Stone Roses |
Stone Roses |
11 |
140.0 |
|
7 (11) |
Smiths |
Queen Is Dead |
11 |
123.5 |
|
8 (8) |
Beatles |
Abbey Road |
10 |
120.5 |
|
9 (7) |
Clash |
London Calling |
10 |
119.0 |
|
10 (16) |
David Bowie |
Hunky Dory |
11 |
116.5 |
|
11 (10) |
REM |
Automatic For The People |
10 |
115.0 |
|
12 (17) |
Pulp |
Different Class |
11 |
112.0 |
|
13 (12) |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Bridge Over Troubled Water |
10 |
110.0 |
|
14 (9) |
Meat Loaf |
Bat Out Of Hell |
10 |
108.0 |
|
15 (15) |
Radiohead |
OK Computer |
10 |
103.0 |
|
16 (22) |
Beatles |
The Beatles (White Album) |
10 |
99.5 |
|
17 (13) |
Pink Floyd |
Wish You Were Here |
9 |
99.5 |
|
18 (21) |
Jeff Buckley |
Grace |
8 |
97.5 |
|
19 (30) |
David Bowie |
Aladdin Sane |
8 |
95.5 |
|
20 (24) |
Led Zeppelin |
Led Zeppelin IV |
7 |
88.5 |
|
21 (14) |
David Bowie |
Ziggy Stardust |
8 |
87.5 |
|
22 (32) |
Queen |
A Night At The Opera |
7 |
86.5 |
|
23 (20) |
Elton John |
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
8 |
84.5 |
|
24 (46) |
Kate Bush |
Hounds Of Love |
7 |
84.0 |
|
25 (19) |
Dire Straits |
Brothers In Arms |
7 |
82.5 |
|
26 (18) |
Oasis |
Definitely Maybe |
8 |
82.0 |
|
27 (27) |
Muse |
Absolution |
7 |
77.5 |
|
28 (26) |
Miles Davis |
Kind Of Blue |
7 |
75.0 |
|
29 (23) |
Guns’n’Roses |
Appetite For Destruction |
7 |
73.5 |
|
30 (28) |
Beach Boys |
Pet Sounds |
7 |
73.0 |
|
31 (25) |
Magnetic Fields |
69 Love Songs |
5 |
71.0 |
|
32 (31) |
Coldplay |
A Rush Of Blood To The Head |
5 |
69.5 |
|
33 (34) |
Fleetwood Mac |
Rumours |
7 |
67.0 |
|
34 (33) |
Bob Dylan |
Blood On The Tracks |
6 |
66.5 |
|
35 (48) |
Neil Young |
After The Goldrush |
6 |
66.0 |
|
36 (36) |
Bruce Springsteen |
Born In The USA |
5 |
65.0 |
|
37 (37=) |
U2 |
Joshua Tree |
5 |
63.5 |
|
38 (41) |
Joy Division |
Closer |
7 |
62.0 |
|
39 (37=) |
Love |
Forever Changes |
5 |
61.5 |
|
40 ( 29) |
Prince |
Purple Rain |
5 |
61.0 |
Among
the albums between 40 and 50 are Pulp’s His’n’Hers, The Strokes’ Is This It, Bob Dylan’s Blonde
On Blonde and the Human League’s Dare. Pearl Jam’s 10 and Metallica’s
Metallica are among the albums which have slipped just below the Top 40 this year.
The
Beatles are once again comfortably the top overall act though there are a few slight changes below them. The top overall group
/ artist sorted by total no. of points then total no. of votes is as follows (December 2006 positions in brackets - top 40
only)
|
|
Artist / Group |
Total Votes |
Total Points |
Different LPs |
|
1 (1) |
The Beatles |
69 |
793.5 |
12 |
|
2 (3) |
David Bowie |
36 |
396.5 |
9 |
|
3 (2) |
Pink Floyd |
33 |
385.0 |
6 |
|
4 (5) |
Radiohead |
29 |
336.5 |
6 |
|
5 (4) |
Bob Dylan |
26 |
281.0 |
11 |
|
6 (6) |
Queen |
22 |
254.5 |
11 |
|
7 (7) |
REM |
23 |
237.0 |
7 |
|
8 (14) |
Led Zeppelin |
18 |
231.0 |
6 |
|
9 (11) |
Smiths |
18 |
202.0 |
4 |
|
10 (12) |
Neil Young |
19 |
192.5 |
8 |
|
11 (10) |
Nirvana |
21 |
190.0 |
3 |
|
12 (18) |
Simon & Garfunkel |
18 |
183.5 |
4 |
|
13 (15) |
Elton John |
17 |
177.0 |
9 |
|
14 (16) |
The Who |
15 |
177.0 |
9 |
|
15 (13) |
U2 |
17 |
175.0 |
7 |
|
16 (9) |
Rolling Stones |
14 |
175.0 |
7 |
|
17 (24) |
Pulp |
17 |
170.5 |
2 |
|
18 (26) |
Muse |
12 |
167.0 |
4 |
|
19 (22) |
Stone Roses |
12 |
157.0 |
2 |
|
20 (17) |
Blur |
17 |
154.0 |
5 |
|
21 (20) |
Oasis |
18 |
153.0 |
4 |
|
22 (19) |
Clash |
13 |
152.0 |
3 |
|
23 (25) |
Van Morrison |
15 |
147.5 |
7 |
|
24 (21) |
Miles Davis |
13 |
145.5 |
5 |
|
25 (28) |
Bruce Springsteen |
14 |
143.5 |
6 |
|
26 (27) |
Prince |
12 |
140.0 |
6 |
|
27 (29) |
Kate Bush |
12 |
139.5 |
5 |
|
28 (8) |
Madonna |
13 |
135.5 |
7 |
|
29 (35) |
Red Hot Chilli Peppers |
11 |
135.5 |
5 |
|
30 (30) |
Coldplay |
11 |
131.5 |
3 |
Some
of the acts between 31 and 40 include Pearl Jam, Nick Cave, Frank Sinatra, Joy Division and Manic Street Preachers.
I
will shortly put these overall results onto my web site http://www.fieldfareguru.com which
also includes album, film, book gig and gallery reviews. I can also put your Top 20 Album choices on my site if you
wish - many people’s lists are already there.
Thank
you all very much for voting towards my Top 20 Albums Poll. I will probably be getting back to you in about October to ask
you for your choices for the 2008 poll. Please encourage your friends / colleagues / family to also take part in my poll
- I am happy to receive new or revised lists at any time.
Keep
enjoying the music and best wishes for 2008.
Greg
17.1.07
