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 2007 (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 2007 positions in brackets (Top 60 only).
|
|
Artist / Group |
Title |
Votes |
Points |
|
1 (1) |
Beatles |
Revolver |
19 |
221.0 |
|
2 (4) |
Radiohead |
The Bends |
13 |
157.5 |
|
3 (2) |
Pink Floyd |
Dark Side Of The Moon |
13 |
155.5 |
|
4 (3) |
Beatles |
Sgt. Pepper |
12 |
152.0 |
|
5 (5) |
Nirvana |
Nevermind |
15 |
138.5 |
|
6 (10) |
David Bowie |
Hunky Dory |
12 |
126.0 |
|
7 (11) |
REM |
Automatic For The People |
11 |
125.5 |
|
8 (9) |
Clash |
London Calling |
10 |
119.0 |
|
9 (7) |
Smiths |
Queen Is Dead |
10 |
118.5 |
|
10 (6) |
Stone Roses |
Stone Roses |
9 |
118.5 |
|
11 (15) |
Radiohead |
OK Computer |
12 |
118.0 |
|
12 (16) |
Beatles |
The
Beatles (White Album) |
12 |
113.0 |
|
13 (13) |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Bridge Over Troubled Water |
10 |
113.0 |
|
14 (14) |
Meat Loaf |
Bat Out Of Hell |
10 |
108.0 |
|
15 (12) |
Pulp |
Different Class |
10 |
101.5 |
|
16 (18) |
Jeff Buckley |
Grace |
8 |
97.5 |
|
17 (23) |
Elton John |
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
9 |
93.5 |
|
18 (17) |
Pink Floyd |
Wish You Were Here |
8 |
93.5 |
|
19 (8) |
Beatles |
Abbey Road |
8 |
90.0 |
|
20 (20) |
Led Zeppelin |
Led Zeppelin IV |
7 |
89.0 |
|
21 (27) |
Muse |
Absolution |
8 |
84.5 |
|
22 (24) |
Kate Bush |
Hounds Of Love |
7 |
84.0 |
|
23 (25) |
Dire Straits |
Brothers In Arms |
7 |
82.5 |
|
24 (32) |
Coldplay |
A Rush Of Blood To The Head |
6 |
77.5 |
|
25 (35) |
Neil Young |
After The Goldrush |
7 |
77.0 |
|
26 (22) |
Queen |
A Night At The Opera |
6 |
76.0 |
|
27 (26) |
Oasis |
Definitely Maybe |
7 |
75.0 |
|
28 (29) |
Guns’n’Roses |
Appetite For Destruction |
7 |
73.5 |
|
29 (28) |
Miles Davis |
Kind Of Blue |
6 |
72.0 |
|
30= (42) |
Metallica |
Metallica |
6 |
71.0 |
|
30= (19) |
David Bowie |
Aladdin Sane |
6 |
71.0 |
|
32 (31) |
Magnetic Fields |
69 Love Songs |
5 |
71.0 |
|
33 (30) |
Beach Boys |
Pet Sounds |
7 |
68.5 |
|
33 (34) |
Fleetwood Mac |
Rumours |
7 |
66.0 |
|
35 (36) |
Bruce Springsteen |
Born In The USA |
5 |
65.0 |
|
36 (47) |
Muse |
Black Holes & Revelations |
4 |
64.5 |
|
37 (37) |
U2 |
Joshua Tree |
5 |
63.5 |
|
38 (59) |
Coldplay |
Parachutes |
6 |
62.0 |
|
39 (58) |
Beatles |
Rubber Soul |
5 |
61.5 |
|
40 (40) |
Prince |
Purple Rain |
5 |
61.0 |
Among
the albums between 40 and 50 are The Smiths’ Hatful Of Hollow, Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited and David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust (the biggest casualty from the Top 40 last year where it was no. 21).
Although
Dylan is not in the Top 40 Albums, he is still highly placed in the Top 40 overall acts.
The top overall group / artist sorted by total no. of points then total no. of votes, then no. of different albums
is as follows (December 2007 positions in brackets - top 40 only)
|
|
Artist / Group |
Total Votes |
Total Points |
Different LPs |
|
1 (1) |
The Beatles |
69 |
772.5 |
12 |
|
2 (3) |
Pink Floyd |
34 |
383.5 |
8 |
|
3 (4) |
Radiohead |
32 |
358.5 |
6 |
|
4 (2) |
David Bowie |
34 |
355.0 |
10 |
|
5 (5) |
Bob Dylan |
24 |
250.5 |
10 |
|
6 (6) |
Queen |
21 |
248.5 |
10 |
|
7 (7) |
REM |
24 |
247.5 |
7 |
|
8 (8) |
Led Zeppelin |
18 |
230.5 |
6 |
|
9 (9) |
Smiths |
19 |
213.5 |
4 |
|
10 (10) |
Neil Young |
21 |
212.5 |
8 |
|
11 (13) |
Elton John |
17 |
189.0 |
8 |
|
12 (11) |
Nirvana |
20 |
187.5 |
3 |
|
13 (12) |
Simon & Garfunkel |
18 |
183.5 |
4 |
|
14 (14) |
Who |
16 |
183.0 |
10 |
|
15 (18) |
Muse |
14 |
181.0 |
4 |
|
16 (15) |
U2 |
17 |
175.0 |
7 |
|
17 (16) |
Rolling Stones |
14 |
168.5 |
8 |
|
18 (30) |
Coldplay |
14 |
160.5 |
4 |
|
19 (17) |
Pulp |
16 |
160.0 |
2 |
|
20 (21) |
Oasis |
17 |
155.5 |
4 |
|
21 (25) |
Bruce Springsteen |
14 |
152.0 |
6 |
|
22 (28) |
Madonna |
14 |
146.0 |
7 |
|
23 (20) |
Blur |
16 |
143.5 |
5 |
|
24 (21) |
Miles Davis |
12 |
142.5 |
5 |
|
25 (29) |
Red Hot Chilli Peppers |
11 |
135.5 |
5 |
|
26 (26) |
Prince |
12 |
130.5 |
6 |
|
27 (22) |
Clash |
11 |
129.5 |
2 |
|
28 (27) |
Kate Bush |
11 |
129.0 |
3 |
|
29 (23) |
Van Morrison |
13 |
123.0 |
7 |
|
30 (34) |
Nick Cave |
9 |
118.5 |
6 |
Some
of the acts between 31 and 40 include the Manic Street Preachers, Joni Mitchell, Travis and Jimi Hendrix.
I
will shortly put these overall results onto my web site http://www.fieldfareguru.com which
also includes album, gig, film reviews and much more. 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 didn’t make much effort to publicise this year’s
poll to friends and colleagues who haven’t voted previously and realise I need to make more effort to get new voters
in the future. To this end, I will probably be getting back to you in about October to ask you for your choices for the 2009
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 2009.
Greg
21.1.09
