HMV’s 10 Best British Albums of the last 60 years:
1. Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
2. Depeche Mode – Violator
3. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. The Beatles – Abbey Road
5. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
6. The Beatles – Revolver
7. Queen - A Night at the Opera
8. Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
9. Adele – 21
10. The Beatles – “The White Album”
Oasis’ Morning Glory is top of my list.
The Stone Roses debut needs to be there as well.
The ‘White Album’ is a Rorschach test meant to test someone’s hipster credentials. It’s actually an overlong, disjointed effort with an appalling quotient of dross. To paraphrase Mark Twain, everybody praises it but few listen to it.