BBC Radio Devon (god save me from this godforesaken little patch of land that sticks into the sea and that I love so much APART FROM THE BLOODY PEOPLE) recently polled thier listeners via the internet (I know, crazy huh, that all these people who are waiting to die have net connections?!) to find out “Devon’s Top 50 Albums” which is a bit like asking for “Alaska’s Favourite Pig Farms” or “Zimbabwe’s Favourite Dry Ski Slopes” only MORE INSANE.
Anyway, I can’t actually bring myself to say anything about the contents, but here’s the list anyway…
1 Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water
2 Dire Straits Brothers In Arms
3 Meatloaf Bat Out Of Hell
4 Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon
5 Beatles Sergeant Pepper
6 Abba Gold
7 Fleetwood Mac Rumours
8 Queen Greatest Hits
9 Eva Cassidy Songbird
10 Eagles Hotel California
11 Carole King Tapestry
12 Queen A Night At The Opera
13 Norah Jones Come Away With Me
14 Paul Simon Graceland
15 Jeff Wayne War Of The Worlds
16 Beatles Abbey Road
17 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
18 Elvis Presley Golden Records Vol 3
19 Michael Jackson Thriller
20 Simply Red Stars
21 Beatles Hard Day’s Night
22 Show Of Hands Country Life
23 Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
24 Beach Boys Pet Sounds
25 Coldplay Parachutes
26 Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland
27 Beatles Revolver
28 Pink Floyd The Wall
29 Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii
30 U2 Joshua Tree
31 Frank Sinatra Songs For Swinging Lovers
32 Eagles The Very Best Of
33 Blondie Parallel Lines
34 Dido No Angel
35 Peter Gabriel So
36 Neil Diamond Hot August Night
37 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV
38 Fleetwood Mac Tango In The Night
39 Supertramp Breakfast In America
40 Robbie Williams Escapology
41 Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells A Story
42 Carpenters The Singles 1969-73
43 Dire Straits Love Over Gold
44 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II
45 Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells
46 Robbie Williams Swing When You’re Winning
47 Enya Paint The Sky With Stars
48 Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home
49 REM Automatic For The People
50 John Denver Rocky Mountain High
Who the fuck are Show Of Hands??!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/radiodevon/top_50_albums.shtml