With the future of Q Magazine said to be looking rocky, here’s a playlist compiled from its ‘100 Greatest Albums’ issue in 1998…

The news that Q Magazine could be facing closure – a victim of falling advertising and readers moving online – has been rightly met with dismay by music lovers, for whom the magazine (alongside Melody Maker, Select and other now-defunct titles) has long been essential reading.

According to a report in The Guardian, Bauer Media, which owns the title, is reviewing the future of several of its magazines, saying the current COVID- 19 crisis has exacerbated matters.

“The pandemic and lockdown has further accelerated the trends already affecting the publishing industry,” Chris Duncan, Bauer’s CEO, explained.

The news has made us here at 909originals get all nostalgic, so we’ve decided to put together a playlist based on one of Q’s biggest- selling issues of al time… The 100 Greatest Albums In The Universe issue from February 1998.

Compiling a top albums list at the height of Britpop was always going to be controversial – Oasis’ Be Here Now places 13th in the list…yes, 13th! – but the majority of the list is compiled of stone cold classics.

Also, we reckon if a similar list was put together today, the top five would largely remain unchanged.

So without further ado, here you are… 100 tracks from 100 top albums, counting down from #100 to #1, over seven and a half hours.

Some classics, some obscure choices, all killer no filler. Enjoy! 🙂

Here’s the full list of albums, for reference purposes… 🙂

Q Magazine The Top 100 Greatest Albums In The Universe [February 1998]

1. OK Computer – Radiohead
2. Revolver – The Beatles
3. Automatic For The People – R.E.M.
4. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
5. Nevermind – Nirvana
6. The Bends – Radiohead
7. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
8. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis
9. The Fat Of The Land – The Prodigy
10. Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd
11. Everything Must Go – Manic Street Preachers
12. Abbey Road – The Beatles
13. Be Here Now – Oasis
14. Definitely Maybe – Oasis
15. Achtung Baby – U2
16. Dummy – Portishead
17. The Beatles (The White Album) ~The Beatles
18. Urban Hymns – The Verve
19. Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
20. Parklife – Blur
21. The Queen Is Dead – The Smiths
22. Electric Ladyland – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
23. The Joshua Tree – U2
24. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars – David Bowie
25. Rumours- Fleetwood Mac
26. Led Zeppelin IV
27. Screamadelica – Primal Scream
28. Physicai Graffiti – Led Zeppelin
29. Melon Collie & The Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins
30. Never Mind The Bollocks – Sex Pistols
31. Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys
32. London Calling – The Clash
33. Moseley Shoals – Ocean Colour Scene
34. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
35. Dog Man Star – Suede
36. Coming Up – Suede
37. Different Class – Pulp
38. Out Of Time – R.E.M.
39. Blur – Blur
40. Rubber Soul – The Beatles
41. The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers
42. Exile On Main Street – The Rolling Stones
43. Hunky Dory – David Bowie
44. K – KulaShaker
45. Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
46. Stanley Road – Paul Weller
47. Blonde On Blonde – Bob Dylan
48. Hounds Of Love – Kate Bush
49. Dig Your Own Hole – The Chemical Brothers
50. Sign ‘O’ The Times – Prince
51. Odelay – Beck
52. Astral Weeks – Van Morrison.
53. A Northern Soul – The Verve
54. Ten Pearl – Jam
55. Woodface – Crowded House
56. Graceland – Paul Simon
57. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
58. Blue Lines – Massive Attack
59. New Adventures In Hi- Fi – R.E.M.
60. Suede – Suede
61. Pablo Honey – Radiohead
62. Music For The Jilted Generation ~The Prodigy
63. In Utero – Nirvana
64. Harvest – Neil Young
65. The Wall – Pink Floyd
66. Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
67. Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins
68. In It For The Money – Supergrass
69. Let It Bleed ~The Rolling Stones
70. His’n’Hers – Pulp
71. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico
72. BloodSugarSexMagik – Red Hot Chili Peppers
73. Purple Rain – Prince
74. Debut – Bjork
75. Grace ~Jeff Buckley
76. The Band – The Band
77. Unplugged In New York – Nirvana
78. It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah – Black Grape
79. All Mod Cons – The Jam
80. Leftism – Leftfield
81. So – Peter Gabriel
82. Forever Changes – Love
83. The Second Coming – The Stone Roses
84. Bryter Layter – Nick Drak
85. Low – David Bowie
86. White On Blonde – Texas
87. Placebo – Placebo
88. Songs In The Key Of Life – Stevie Wonder
89. After The Goldrush – Neil Young
90. Zooropa – U2
91. The Tunnel Of Love – Bruce Springsteen
92. Lexicon Of Love – ABC
93. The Doors – The Doors
94. All Change – Cast
95. Maxinquaye – Tricky
96. Imperial Bedroom – Eivis Costello
97. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
98. Hysteria – Def Leppard
99. Like A Prayer – Madonna
100. Otis Blue – Otis Redding

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