Posted on 04/16/2009 12:24:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ has topped a new poll of ‘The Greatest Albums of all Time’.
The 1982 hit notched up almost one in three of all votes cast by more than 40,000 fans, and 20 percent more than its nearest rival.
Paying tribute to the king of pop, DJ Trevor Nelson said there would probably never be another album like it. “Thriller was innovative, groundbreaking and is timeless. I don’t think there will be another album like it - ever,” the Daily Star quoted him, as saying.
In the poll, conducted by music channel MTV, Craig David’s ‘Born To Do It’ came second.
Craig, now 27, admitted that he was ‘amazed’ at his album’s position.
“I am incredibly proud - it’s an amazing achievement when you look at the other albums,” he said.
Rockers Guns N’ Roses landed the third spot with 1987’s ‘Appetite for Destruction’, which sold 28m copies. Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ came fourth and Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ rounded off the top five.
The MTV poll included albums dating back to 1981, the year it launched.
The Greatest Albums of all Time (since 1981): 1. Michael Jackson - Thriller 2. Craig David - Born To Do It 3. Guns’n'Roses - Appetite for Destruction 4. Radiohead - OK Computer 5. Nirvana - Nevermind 6. Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? 7. Oasis - Definitely Maybe 8. U2 - The Joshua Tree 9. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not 10. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (ANI)
I love ROCK & ROLL
So put another bullet in the jukebox, baby!
Thanks Nick. I missed it first time around
There was music before the Jonas Brothers?
Blecchhh
Am I going to get totally made fun of for saying this??? Who in the heck is Craig David??? I know ALL of these other albums/bands/musicians — even those “oldies” FReepers are putting up... NEVER even HEARD of Craig David before!
Oh thank GOD! I’m not the only one! I just posted that I know ALL of these other bands/albums even the “oldies” FReepers are mentioning — have NEVER heard of Craig David before though...
I listen to a TON of music and I have no freaking clue who Craig David is....
I too would put Thriller in my top 5 of all time...
Very funny, and about as good as MJ deserves.
I’ll pick some prog... Leftoverture, Kansas.
Everyone knows that the greatest album of all time is Zen Arcade.
Do you remember?
This has to be a British poll. Why else would Oasis be on it? Twice?
Yes, and Beach Boys "Pet Sounds"
and Police "Synchronicity"
and Lou Reed "Transformer"
and Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"
and the list goes on...
But Thriller was definitely a very good album and the recording techniques and mastering were impeccable.
I'd pick Ghost in the Machine.
That’s funny.That made my most overrated and worst album of all time list.Never could stand him.
His album before that, Off the Wall, was better. That happens a lot actually, the album before the breakout album gets enough people interested and sets the platform for major success.
That’s not Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson is a middled aged white woman.
As for this list, none of those would be in my all time top 10.
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