TOP10: 1. The Queen is Dead 2. Revolver 3. Hunky Dory 4. Is This It 5. VU&Nico 6. Different Class 7. The Stone Roses 8. Doolittle 9. The Beatles 10. Definitely Maybe
Saw this on the Suede forum. Since no one has mentioned it here before, I think I might post it. Quoted completely from that thread but I don't have the magazine.
I was aware of DC's showing in this poll and I'm not sure what to say about it! DC isnt even my favourite Pulp album so to have it number 6 in the top ten is something I wouldn't have done. Who can possibly say whether this list is right or wrong but it seems to me that the NME are jumping a Morrissey bandwagon here (wasn't The Stone Rose number 1 a few years ago?). I never take these polls seriously and treat them in the same way I always have; an opportunity to debate and argue and maybe a chance to discover something new. Personally I just cannot take The Strokes and Oasis in he top ten.
I know that DC isn't everyone's favourite Pulp album, but I still think that its incredibly important, and was massively important at the time, so it deserves it's place in my opinion.
i agree with you Saw regarding Morissey though. "ooh, his book's out, we'd better shove him in at number one."
TOP10: 1. The Queen is Dead 2. Revolver 3. Hunky Dory 4. Is This It 5. VU&Nico 6. Different Class 7. The Stone Roses 8. Doolittle 9. The Beatles 10. Definitely Maybe
Saw this on the Suede forum. Since no one has mentioned it here before, I think I might post it. Quoted completely from that thread but I don't have the magazine.
What do you think?
Different Class should be number three with His 'n' Hers and Hardcore in first and second
I think The Beatles and Bowie have better albums as well. Abbey Road and Rubber Soul plus maybe Sgt. Pepper. Ziggy, Aladdin Sane and Scary Monsters likewise.
I have all the albums and they are all good, however Is This It is the only album from this centrury. How old are the journos at NME? Fifty? I would expect a similar list from Q and Mojo magazine.
They've described here how they got to the answer if you're interested, sounds a bit of a tortuous, committee process. The link at the bottom gives a few of their personal lists, which show rather obvious personal preferences, there's a Smiths fan, a Beatles fan etc. And His 'n' Hers is the only Pulp album that features in those lists, interestingly.
They asked a lot of former NME journos for their lists and then used the yearly NME list too.
If you ask the readers, those that are left (although the website gets a decent amount of hits I imagine) it would invariably be top-heavy with shite like Hot Fuss and Stadium Arcadium. Even one of the staffers putting all of The National's albums in her top ten is bit silly.
Anyway, these things are just a bit of fun. And NME consistently champion Pulp and Jarvis so I won't put the boot into them like most do.
Well that's really good to see Pulp get some recognition, no doubt the reunion influenced their choice. It's not my favourite Pulp album but it is the most consistent and definitely the best one for a non-fan to start with.
As for The Beatles, I'd rate A Hard Day's Night higher than both of those albums. The early stuff is so underrated.
