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]
OK Computer – Radiohead
Revolver – The Beatles
Automatic For The People – R.E.M.
The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
Nevermind – Nirvana
The Bends – Radiohead
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
(What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis
The Fat Of The Land – The Prodigy
Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd
Everything Must Go – Manic Street Preachers
Abbey Road – The Beatles
Be Here Now – Oasis
Definitely Maybe – Oasis
Achtung Baby – U2
Dummy – Portishead
The Beatles (The White Album) ~The Beatles
Urban Hymns – The Verve
Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
Parklife – Blur
The Queen Is Dead – The Smiths
Electric Ladyland – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Joshua Tree – U2
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars – David Bowie
Rumours- Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin IV
Screamadelica – Primal Scream
Physicai Graffiti – Led Zeppelin
Melon Collie & The Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins
Never Mind The Bollocks – Sex Pistols
Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys
London Calling – The Clash
Moseley Shoals – Ocean Colour Scene
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Dog Man Star – Suede
Coming Up – Suede
Different Class – Pulp
Out Of Time – R.E.M.
Blur – Blur
Rubber Soul – The Beatles
The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers
Exile On Main Street – The Rolling Stones
Hunky Dory – David Bowie
K – KulaShaker
Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
Stanley Road – Paul Weller
Blonde On Blonde – Bob Dylan
Hounds Of Love – Kate Bush
Dig Your Own Hole – The Chemical Brothers
Sign ‘O’ The Times – Prince
Odelay – Beck
Astral Weeks – Van Morrison.
A Northern Soul – The Verve
Ten Pearl – Jam
Woodface – Crowded House
Graceland – Paul Simon
Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
Blue Lines – Massive Attack
New Adventures In Hi- Fi – R.E.M.
Suede – Suede
Pablo Honey – Radiohead
Music For The Jilted Generation ~The Prodigy
In Utero – Nirvana
Harvest – Neil Young
The Wall – Pink Floyd
Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins
In It For The Money – Supergrass
Let It Bleed ~The Rolling Stones
His’n’Hers – Pulp
The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico
BloodSugarSexMagik – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Purple Rain – Prince
Debut – Bjork
Grace ~Jeff Buckley
The Band – The Band
Unplugged In New York – Nirvana
It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah – Black Grape