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Author: zepfloyes
Date: Dec 25, 2006 13:04

http://www.last.fm/user/Raelthelamb/journal/2006/03/25/103010/

100. U2 - The Joshua Tree
99. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
98. UFO - Obsession
97. Yes - The Yes Album
96. Whitesnake - 1987
95. Status Quo - Piledriver
94. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
93. King Crimson - Red
92. Jeff Beck - Wired
91. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy
90. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
89. The Darkness - Permission to Land
88. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
87. Peter Gabriel - So
86. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
85. Status Quo - Hello
84. Radiohead - The Bends
83. Hawkwind - In Search of Space
82. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
81. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
80. Pink Floyd - Animals
79. Free - Tons of Sobs
78. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
77. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
76. Mott the Hoople - Mott
75. Radiohead - OK Computer
74. Derek and The Dominos - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
73. The Stone Roses - Stone Roses
72. Traffic - Mr. Fantasy
71. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend
70. The Who - My Generation
69. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
68. Yes - Fragile
67. Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
66. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
65. AC/DC - Powerage
64. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
63. UFO - Lights Out
62. Deep Purple - Stormbringer
61. Venom - Black Metal
60. Bad Company - Straight Shooter
59. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
58. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
57. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
56. The Who - Quadrophenia
55. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
54. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
53. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
52. The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
51. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz
50. Yes - Close to the Edge
49. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
48. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
47. Genesis - Foxtrot
46. The Clash - London Calling
45. Free - Free
44. Faces - A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... To a Blind Horse
43. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
42. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
41. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
40. Cream - Disraeli Gears
39. Judas Priest - British Steel
38. Motörhead - Overkill
37. T. Rex - Electric Warrior
36. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
35. The Beatles - Revolver
34. Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
33. The Beatles - The White Album
32. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
31. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
30. Black Sabbath - Volume 4
29. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
28. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
27. Deep Purple - Burn
26. Deep Purple - Machine Head
25. Motörhead - Ace of Spades
24. AC/DC - Back in Black
23. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
22. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
21. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
20. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
19. The Clash - The Clash
18. Rainbow - Rising
17. Queen - A Night at the Opera
16. Def Leppard - Hysteria
15. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
14. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
13. Deep Purple - In Rock
12. Pink Floyd - The Wall
11. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
10. Free - Fire & Water
9. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
8. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
7. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
6. The Beatles - Abbey Road
5. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders
>From Mars
4. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
3. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2. The Who - Who's Next
1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

Artists with most albums ( at least 3):

1) Led Zeppelin - 6 (LZ I, II, III IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical
Graffiti)

2) Black Sabbath - 5 (Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master of Reality, Vol
4, Heaven and Hell)

3) Pink Floyd - 4 (The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were, Animals,
The Wall) and
The Beatles - 4 (Revolver, Sgt Pepper, White Album, Abbey Road)
Rolling Stones - 4 (Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers,
Exile on Main St)
Deep Purple - 4( Deep Purple in Rock, Machine Head, Burn,
Stormbringer)
AC/DC - 4 (Let there be Rock, Powerage, Highway to Hell, Black in
Black)

4) Yes - 3 (The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge) and
The Who (Tommy, Whos Next, Quadrophenia)
Genesis - 3 (Foxtrot, Selling England By the Pound, A Trick of the
tail)
Free - 3 (Free, Tons of Sobs, Fire and Water)
Thin Lizzy - 3 (Jailbreak, Black Rose, Bad Reputation)

So the 12 most reputed British bands of all time are... in alphabetical
order

AC/DC (these guys consider them British, though they are Aussie... see
the website)
Beatles
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Free
Genesis
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Rolling Stones
Thin Lizzy
Who
Yes

Yeah righhhht! Steve Jaros, Yes dont have any good songs...LOL
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