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Charting again: The Stone Roses' eponymous debut album
Charting again: The Stone Roses' eponymous debut album

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Observer Music Monthly's top 100 British albums
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1. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
2. Revolver, The Beatles
3. London Calling, The Clash
4. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
5. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
6. The Beatles, The Beatles
7. Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones
8. Exile on Main St, The Rolling Stones
9. Blue Lines, Massive Attack
10. Metal Box, PiL
11. The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie
12. Beggars Banquet, Rolling Stones
13. The Clash, The Clash
14. Never Mind The Bollocks, The Sex Pistols
15. Club Classics Vol 1, Soul II Soul
16. Five Leaves Left, Nick Drake
17. The Specials, The Specials
18. Closer, Joy Division
19. Definitely Maybe, Oasis
20. Loveless, My Bloody Valentine
21. The Smiths, The Smiths
22. Hounds Of Love, Kate Bush
23. For Your Pleasure, Roxy Music
24. OK Computer, Radiohead
25. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, Pink Floyd
26. Roxy Music, Roxy Music
27. Unhalfbricking, Fairport Convention
28. Abbey Road, The Beatles
29. Roxy Music, Stranded
30. Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division
31. New Boots And Panties!!, Ian Dury And The Blockheads
32. Rubber Soul, The Beatles
33. Spirit Of Eden, Talk Talk
34. Every Picture Tells A Story, Rod Stewart
35. Bryter Layter, Nick Drake
36. Rock Bottom, Robert Wyatt
37. The Queen Is Dead, The Smiths
38. Ocean Rain, Echo And The Bunnymen
39. Low, David Bowie
40. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin
41. The Bends, Radiohead
42. Lexicon Of Love, ABC
43. The La's, The La's
44. Bummed, Happy Mondays
45. John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band
46. Solid Air, John Martyn
47. Hatful Of Hollow, The Smiths
48. Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin
49. Here Come The Warm Jets, Brian Eno
50. Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake, Small Faces
51. The Yes Album, Yes
52. Handsworth Revolution, Steel Pulse
53. Just Another Diamond Day, Vashti Bunyan
54. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels, Dexys Midnight Runners
55. Entertainment, Gang Of Four
56. All Mod Cons, The Jam
57. Village Green Preservation Society, The Kinks
58. Cut, The Slits
59. Urban Hymns, The Verve
60. Maxinquaye, Tricky
61. My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello
62. Meat Is Murder, The Smiths
63. Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd
64. Aladdin Sane, David Bowie
65. Power, Corruption and Lies, New Order
66. Something Else, The Kinks
67. Moondance, Van Morrison
68. Screamadelica, Primal Scream
69. Goodbye Yellow Brickroad, Elton John
70. (What's The Story) Morning Glory, Oasis
71. The Slider, T Rex
72. Grand Prix, Teenage Fanclub
73. Jailbreak, Thin Lizzy
74. Quadrophenia, The Who
75. Original Pirate Material, The Streets
76. Parklife, Blur
77. Dusty in Memphis, Dusty Springfield
78. Let it Bleed, Rolling Stones
79. Penguin Eggs, Nic Jones
80. Station To Station, David Bowie
81. Dummy, Portishead
82. Basket Of Light, Pentangle
83. My Generation, The Who
84. Road To Freedom, Young Disciples
85. Hunky Dory, David Bowie
86. Don't Stand Me Down, Dexy's Midnight Runners
87. This Nation's Saving Grace, The Fall
88. Young Americans, David Bowie
89. Band On The Run, Wings
90. Regatta De Blanc, The Police
91. Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin
92. Paranoid, Black Sabbath
93. Parachutes, Coldplay
94. Behaviour, Pet Shop Boys
95. Dizzee Rascal, Boy In Da Corner
96. Dare, The Human League
97. Heaven Or Las Vegas, The Cocteau Twins
98. Rattlesnakes, Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
99. The Holy Bible, Manic Street Preachers
100. Sweet Dreams, The Eurythmics

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