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Thank you all very much for submitting your votes towards my Top 20 albums survey. I received a total of 109 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 2008 (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 2008 positions in brackets (Top 60 only).
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|
Artist / Group |
Title |
Votes |
Points |
|
1 (1) |
Beatles |
Revolver |
22 |
265.5 |
|
2 (3) |
Pink Floyd |
Dark Side Of The Moon |
14 |
174.5 |
|
3 (2) |
Radiohead |
The Bends |
13 |
152.5 |
|
4 (4) |
Beatles |
Sgt. Pepper |
12 |
152.0 |
|
5 (5) |
Nirvana |
Nevermind |
15 |
138.5 |
|
6 (11) |
Radiohead |
OK Computer |
12 |
138.0 |
|
7 (7) |
REM |
Automatic For The People |
11 |
125.5 |
|
8 (8) |
Clash |
London Calling |
10 |
119.0 |
|
9 (9) |
Smiths |
Queen Is Dead |
10 |
118.5 |
|
10 (10) |
Stone Roses |
Stone Roses |
9 |
118.5 |
|
11 (14) |
Meat Loaf |
Bat Out Of Hell |
10 |
114.0 |
|
12 (13) |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Bridge Over Troubled Water |
10 |
113.0 |
|
13 (15) |
Pulp |
Different Class |
11 |
112.0 |
|
14 (12) |
Beatles |
The Beatles (White Album) |
11 |
110.0 |
|
15 (21) |
Muse |
Absolution |
10 |
108.5 |
|
16 (16) |
Jeff Buckley |
Grace |
9 |
107.5 |
|
17 (17) |
Elton John |
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
10 |
102.5 |
|
18 (6) |
David Bowie |
Hunky Dory |
9 |
89.0 |
|
19 (19) |
Beatles |
Abbey Road |
8 |
89.0 |
|
20 (18) |
Pink Floyd |
Wish You Were Here |
7 |
83.0 |
|
21 (23) |
Dire Straits |
Brothers In Arms |
7 |
82.5 |
|
22 (-) |
Neil Young |
Harvest |
8 |
81.5 |
|
23 (30=) |
David Bowie |
Aladdin Sane |
7 |
81.5 |
|
24 (57) |
Bruce Springsteen |
Born To Run |
7 |
78.5 |
|
25 (20) |
Led Zeppelin |
Led Zeppelin IV |
6 |
78.0 |
|
26 (-) |
Manic Street Preachers |
The Holy Bible |
6 |
77.5 |
|
27 (26) |
Queen |
A Night At The Opera |
6 |
76.0 |
|
28 (27) |
Oasis |
Definitely Maybe |
7 |
75.0 |
|
29 (28) |
Guns’n;Roses |
Appetite For Destruction |
7 |
73.5 |
|
30 (42) |
Joy Division |
Closer |
7 |
72.0 |
|
31 (29) |
Miles Davis |
Kind Of Blue |
6 |
72.0 |
|
32 (41) |
Eagles |
Hotel California |
7 |
71.0 |
|
33 (30=) |
Metallica |
Metallica |
6 |
71.0 |
|
34 (32) |
Magnetic Fields |
69 Love Songs |
5 |
71.0 |
|
35 (33) |
Beach Boys |
Pet Sounds |
7 |
69.5 |
|
36= (22) |
Kate Bush |
Hounds Of Love |
6 |
67.0 |
|
36= (52) |
Bob Dylan |
Blonde On Blonde |
6 |
67.0 |
|
38 (25) |
Neil Young |
After The Goldrush |
6 |
66.5 |
|
39 (34) |
Fleetwood Mac |
Rumours |
7 |
65.0 |
|
40= (46) |
Joni Mitchell |
Blue |
5 |
65.0
|
|
40= (35) |
Bruce Springsteen |
Born In The USA |
5 |
65.0 |
Among the albums between 40 and 50 are Coldplay‘s Parachutes, Pearl Jam’s 10 and The Smiths’ Hatful Of
Hollow.
Although Black Holes & Revelations is among the albums to slip out of the 40 this year, Muse are still amongst the
biggest risers in the top overall artist due to the success of other LPs. 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 2008 positions in brackets - top 40
only)
|
|
Artist / Group |
Total Votes |
Total Points |
Different LPs |
|
1 (1) |
The Beatles |
70 |
799.5 |
12 |
|
2 (2) |
Pink Floyd |
32 |
379.0 |
7 |
|
3 (3) |
Radiohead |
32 |
356.5 |
6 |
|
4 (4) |
David Bowie |
29 |
294.5 |
8 |
|
5 (5) |
Bob Dylan |
25 |
260.5 |
10 |
|
6 (6) |
Queen |
21 |
248.5 |
10 |
|
7 (7) |
REM |
24 |
247.5 |
7 |
|
8 (15) |
Muse |
20 |
225.0 |
5 |
|
9 (9) |
Smiths |
19 |
213.5 |
4 |
|
10 (8) |
Led Zeppelin |
16 |
205.5 |
6 |
|
11 (10) |
Neil Young |
19 |
203.5 |
6 |
|
12 (11) |
Elton John |
18 |
198.0 |
8 |
|
13 (21) |
Bruce Springsteen |
17 |
188.0 |
6 |
|
14 (12) |
Nirvana |
20 |
187.5 |
3 |
|
15 (13) |
Simon & Garfunkel |
18 |
186.5 |
4 |
|
16 (32) |
Manic Street Preachers |
16 |
176.5 |
6 |
|
17 (16) |
U2 |
17 |
175.0 |
7 |
|
18 (14) |
The Who |
15 |
172.5 |
9 |
|
19 (19) |
Pulp |
17 |
170.5 |
2 |
|
20 (17) |
Rolling Stones |
14 |
168.5 |
8 |
|
21 (23) |
Blur |
17 |
154.0 |
6 |
|
22 (20) |
Oasis |
16 |
145.0 |
3 |
|
23 (24) |
Miles Davis |
12 |
142.5 |
5 |
|
24 (18) |
Coldplay |
12 |
142.0 |
4 |
|
25 (22) |
Madonna |
13 |
135.5 |
7 |
|
26 (25) |
Red Hot Chilli Peppers |
11 |
132.5 |
6 |
|
27 (26) |
Prince |
11 |
130.0 |
6 |
|
28 (27) |
Clash |
11 |
129.5 |
2 |
|
29 (29) |
Van Morrison |
13 |
124.0 |
7 |
|
30 (31) |
Stone Roses |
10 |
120.5 |
2 |
Some of the acts between 31 and 40 include Frank Sinatra, Pearl Jam and Johnny Cash.
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. As previously mentioned, I’m not sure whether to
carry on with the poll but will let you know one way or the other in about October. In the meantime 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 2010.
Greg
19.1.10
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