MTV's Greatest Album Ever: The Results airs on 11 April at 9pm on MTV One, MTV Two, MTV Base and VH1.

MTV's Greatest Album Ever Top 20:

1. Michael Jackson - 'Thriller'
2. Craig David - 'Born To Do It'
3. Guns N' Roses - 'Appetite For Destruction'
4. Radiohead - 'OK Computer'
5. Nirvana - 'Nevermind'
6. Oasis - '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?'
7. Oasis - 'Definitely Maybe'
8. U2 - 'The Joshua Tree'
9. Arctic Monkeys - 'Whatever People say I Am, That's What I'm Not'
10. Amy Winehouse - 'Back to Black'
11. The Strokes - 'Is This It?'
12. Kanye West - 'The College Drop Out'
13. The Stone Roses - 'The Stone Roses'
14. Eminem - 'The Marshall Mathers LP'
15. The Smiths - 'The Queen Is Dead'
16. Rage Against The Machine - 'Rage Against The Machine'
17. Prince and The Revolution - 'Purple Rain'
18. REM - 'Automatic For The People'
19. Usher - '8701'
20. Pixies - 'Doolittle'
21. The Notorious B.I.G - 'Ready To Die'
22. Lauryn Hill - 'The Mis-education of Lauryn Hill'
23. Human League - 'Dare'
24. Jay-Z - 'Blueprint'
25. Dizzee Rascal - 'Boy In Da Corner'
26. Mary J. Blige - 'What's the 411?'

http://www.music-news.com...emID=25865

http://news.bbc.co.uk/new...989732.stm
[Edited 4/9/09 9:34am]

Ah love the smell on bullshit on my cable TV.

LondonStyle said:

someone over there is yanking our plums !

who voted 4 this list, Craig's mum and dad !

(i always said the beatles, stevie wonder, marvin, et'al couldn't hold a candle to.... usher...)

LondonStyle said:

When was this poll taken almost 10 years ago?

NouveauDance said:

I think Craig David did this list.

Usher, Dizzee Rascal, The Strokes and The Arctic Monkeys certainly don't belong on that list and Craig David shouldn't even be near the top 100 list, let alone number TWO! That being said, I like a lot of the other artists on the list, although I would like to see Prince and The Smiths higher on the list.

ugh i'm so sick of Thriller being #1 on these kinds of lists

Arctic fucking Monkeys suck

This looks more like top 20 Q magazine list.

how they not gonna put prince higher and not even have 1 tupac album on there

who is craig david?

This list tries to hard but not a bad list overall in terms of britpop. Artic Monkeys is a great album. But a list that doesnt include Belle and Sebastian or Smashing Pumpkins is just plain wrong and dont get me started on Automatic for the People.

Craig David's record was a very very good POP record. Just outstanding along with Ushers Confession album (http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Usher/dp/B0001F7UHA) just pure R&B POP mastery. That being said how it could be rated 2nd of all time is a bit of a mystery. Just interms of its reach (people) it doesn't belong. But yes its really really good

Nothing wrong with POP records when they are really good. Prince taught all of us that


I also think that Off the Wall is a better album than Thriller but totally get why Thriller is here
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emesem said:

same reaction I had. I know the name, but none of his music.

This list is horrible.

2 Oasis albums, really??

I guess albums older than 80's aren't counting? I didn't read the article nor care to.

I will not be watching, F MTV

Craig David is on this list and at #2?

LondonStyle said:

Dammit... I understand the "prestige" of the Thriller album, but c'mon... is it really better than Purple Rain? Seriously?
Besides, Purple Rain backed an epic film that was unheard of at the time... Thriller just spurred a string of music videos that, I admit, were what made the 80's an awesome decade.

Musically, I still don't believe it should be like this.
I wouldn't give Purple Rain #1, but Thriller shouldn't be ahead of it in the ratings. Just shouldn't.

As for the rest, I don't know much about Craig David, I hear he's good.
Guns and Roses, I suppose, I can overlook. Their music is just too harsh for my ears (too much heavy metal and screaming for my tastes).
U2... curse you! like its not enough they got Album of the Year over SoTT
Amy Whinehouse?! did they forget what happened to her? and its too soon to be called "greatest of all time"
Kayne ...too soon and can't stand him
Eminen ...rappers done let the music industry down... keep away from my favorite radio stations and we'll be fine
The Strokes & Rage against the Machine... I've heard things

In fact, a lot of these albums haven't been around long enough to be be called greatest anything. Maybe a lot of the voters are rotten kids (preteens to early 20's, my generation sadly) that know nothing about what good music is

The Human League is another one I'm impressed made the list
they have such a nice sound.

I guess I'll keep an eye out on MTV for this I haven't gotten alone with that station since I was maybe one that's when everything was awesome and worthy of airing... no crappy reality TV or low-rate radio mish-mosh

Craig DAVID??! You must be joking! Prince must have pissed someone off over at MTV because anyone who is going to be watching that (hopefully) knows that Prince might as well be taken off the list out of respect, for being put so low when he should be in the top 5 if not #1. i wonder where this list came from, theres a lot of alternative music on there and i dont want to say "white" but its on the tip of my tongue.

now i remember why i dont watch mtv

caca

Maybe it's just me but I think..scratch that, I KNOW The Mars Volta should be on this list..and the whole Craig David being #2 is bull..the fact that his album is higher than Prince is just not right..this list is not the business.

angelface22 said:

BEY doesn't like him either nor do they do a tribute to Prince, but MJ has, so its not a race thing as much as it is ignorance.

mzsadii said:

Sorry, should read BET

Congrats to Thriller, but is this list compiled by votes, or maybe sales only....?

Artistically I would say Purple Rain is a better album than Thriller,

1. When Doves Cry vs. Billie Jean
2. Let's Go Crazy vs. Beat It
3. Purple Rain vs. Thriller

Imo. Prince wins 3:0

but of course Thriller sold more - it's still not a better album, imo.

Oh, sweet!

MTV has weighed in on Music!

I hope it doesn't interrupt "I Love Money", "The Real World" and "Who Wants to Fuck These Titties?" though.

Does it come on before or after?

LondonStyle said:

Fuckin', lolz. Thank God we can access music online and arent fed by outlets such as mtv/bet. This list is utter shit. Not as a whole, just the bolded selections.

Albums that are good enough to be on that list, just off the top of my head (for fuck's sake, mtv!)

Cage-Hell's Winter
Prince-Sign o The Times
Nine Inch Nails-The Fragile, or Year Zero
Beck-Guero
The Gza-Liquid Swords
Public Enemy-It takes a nation of millions

for fuck's sake, even recent shit like Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' "Dig Lazarus,Dig!" is better than some of the albums on that list. They should poll people, or critics or editors at music magazines. This list is outright laughable.
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herb4 said:

That's probably why the list is crap. Someone probably said "lets do a greatest album list, its been awhile since we dabbled in music" and the people puttin the show 2gether were busy with "the hills" so they just wrote down whatever album they remembered that was big.

The fact that there are 2 Oasis albums on here, as well as Usher, Jay-Z, and Kanye West really strip any and all credibility from this list.

There's no Beatles, no Rolling Stones, no Pink Floyd or Doors. No Stevie Wonder, no Metallica, hell, not even any Madonna! (not that I think she should be on this list, but she should be on it before these fools listed).

Seriously. Who's voting for this shit?

Se7en said:

I agree. No Sticky Fingers, Let It Bleed, Out of our heads,Dark Side of the moon, electric ladyland,Cypress Hill's Temple of Boom, Songs for the deaf, Duran Duran's Rio (or my personal favorite Medazzaland).....I'm sure we could go on, what a hilarious list.

skywalker said:

thedance said:

of course you would your a Prince fan

Billy Jean is a great song... Thriller and Beat ain't bad

This list was online for several weeks and showed up in threads here at lesat a couple of times, so it was a public vote.

I voted for Doolittle a couple of times.

Alexandernvrmind said:

Thriller and Purple Rain are only 2 years apart, but Purple Rain has aged FAR better than Thriller has after 27 years.

I think the nostalgia of Thriller (the early 80s, the videos, the moonwalk, the zipper jacket, your youth) is what keeps it going. Musically, it's not #1 - not by a longshot. Purple Rain isn't either, but it's closer . . .