We all love a music poll, and the latest one by the UK’s Q Magazine has Radiohead’s Ok Computer topping a reader’s poll of the best album of the last 25 years. The band also managed to snaffle eighth spot with their second long player, The Bends.  Nirvana’s Nevermind came in at Number two, while  Neutral Milk Hotel making number 16 is a surprise. Overall, the list is UK centric and reflects the overall white male readership of the magazine. There are few black artists, and few women. Who else would you include?

250 Best Albums Of Q’s Lifetime (1986-2011), Top 30:

1. OK Computer, Radiohead

2. Nevermind, Nirvana

3. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis

4. Definitely Maybe, Oasis

5. Whatever People Say I Am, Arctic Monkeys

6. The Joshua Tree, U2

7. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses

8. The Bends, Radiohead.

9. Achtung Baby, U2.

10. Black Holes And Revelations, Muse.

11. Is This It, The Strokes.

12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Coldplay.

13. Parklife, Blur

14. Screamadelica, Primal Scream

15. White Blood Cells, The White Stripes

16. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel

17. Hot Fuss, The Killers

18. Kid A, Radiohead

19. Funeral, Arcade Fire

20. American Idiot, Green Day

21. The Holy Bible, Manic Street Preachers

22. Absolution, Muse

23. In Rainbows, Radiohead

24. Only By The Night, Kings Of Leon

25. Demon Days, Gorillaz

26. Origin Of Symmetry, Muse

27. Appetite For Destruction, Guns N’ Roses

28. Urban Hymns, The Verve

29. Automatic For The People, R.E.M

30. Loveless, My Bloody Valentine

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