Can we all agree that the greatest bands of all time have come out of the UK? The Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, the Kinks, Black Sabbath, Radiohead, Oasis, The Smiths, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Dire Straits, ELO, The Police, The Cure, Tears for fears, Spandau Ballet, Joy Division, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Roxy music, Gorillaz, The Prodigy, The Stone Roses, Arctic Monkeys,Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Blur, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, David Bowie
I hate Oasis. Putting them in with Pink Floyd, Queen, The Who, Stones, Beatles, Bowie, LZ, Dire Straits, Animals is fucking ridiculous. Pink Floyd, LZ, the Beatles Stones had more than enough albums between them to have the top 15 out of a top 20 list.
They had a few good albums, but truly great albums? Heaps of great music ('Wonderboy' my all time favourite I think) but spread far and wide over so many albums and singles....I love 'Something Else by the Kinks', that could be a contender.
I loved the music of The Kinks but they can not match the hundreds of totally diverse songs that The Beatles wrote and performed. @ @Blackporsche roadster
@Blackporsche roadster Agree 100%. Very few Beatles tracks cut me to pieces like the best Ray Davies moments. "Did You See His Name", "Oklahoma, U.S.A." and the utterly astonishing "Two Sisters" are 3 most fans overlook, all right from the top drawer.
@@gavinreid8351 Because it's a much better, and more influential album than Bollocks. All the Sex Pistols really did was to swear on TV and cover up the murder of one of their girlfriends with the help of their money obsessed manager
In fact, Tommy, Who's Next or Quadrophenia are better and more influential than any Oasis album, and Blck Sabath, well, I don't know what is doing there.
Paul Julian Pearl Jam, Oasis, Green Day, the jam, rush, U2 and even sting class The Who as an influence and many more so I don’t know where you’re going with that assumption
And do any of those bands sound any anything like The Who? Johnny Marr's favourite guitarist is Bert Jansch, does that mean Pentangle influenced The Smiths? Oasis are clearly far more influenced by The Beatles, Stone Roses and T-Rex. Rush were far more influenced by Led Zeppelin and Yes. I have no doubt many bands love The Who and were inspired by their music, that does not make them influential per se, certainly not as much as bands like Sabbath, Zep, Beatles, Stones or Pink Floyd.
Paul Julian just because you’re influenced by someone doesn’t mean you have to sound like them. Did Led Zeppelin sound like muddy waters or Robert Johnson? Did the stones sound like chuck berry or Elvis? You’re point is irrelevant.
@@User-xw6kd yup, the velvet underground is def a great band. But, American music today is pure shit, no creativity, no originality, no deep meanings, just casual pop songs for teenagers.
@Timothy McCaskey everybody takes inspiration from each other; there's no completely original work that started from nothing. Yet, I don't think Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and even Radiohead today today needed to copy any American music. American music used to be good, but what about now? What American pop music giving to the world is a crime against music and art. I never heard of any good American musicians today. And BTW I'm not British.
Another well-made selection. For Beatles though, I would always pick Revolver as THE most groundbreaking (ie influential) record, blending classical songwriting with forays into more adventurous sounds.
I think that's because it is closer to our own tastes nowadays. Sgt. Peppers was really 'new' when it came out. Psychedelia, though, got stale in a few years and now sounds quite dated. The kind of what we now call 'britpop', still sounds fresh as there are many bands who still play it to this day. Sgt Pepper is a really good album though, in retrospect. Any album with songs like Lucy in the sky or A day in the life, is a masterpiece. Could have been better with it's only a northern song, maybe.
Fair point, that. But, it was Pepper that was the game changer, really. Before Pepper, it was all about the hit single. An LP was just a collection of the artists/groups hits with some b- sides and fillers thrown in, basically. Pepper changed all that, and is thus the logical choice for such a list IMO. Plus, I think it's a damned good LP (maybe not Lovely Rita, but...), perhaps even a tad better than Revolver. As an LP, I mean. Not certain individual songs, neccesarily.
The who: back -up band for the Kinks. Jethro Tull not in the top 100. The clash, good but over rated. Dammed, buzzcocks, stranglers better. Can't argue about any Beatles album. Radio Head hard to beat, as is Dire Straits ...Roxy music, OMD too bloody many to choose, nice one Chris...
Fuck off, you really want to rub it in don’t you ? Any one o your suggestions is epochal and being a German is like being smacked in the face with each one. Give the rest of the world some face will you?
Sgt. Pepper's may be more influential, but I believe Abbey Road, The White Album, Rubber Soul and Revolver to be better sounding albums. And Ok computer must be on the list
danimal097521 Ok Computer was a masterpiece. It’s ok to like something that lots of others like - just because many people have an opinion doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Besides, this list about the influence it had and it was without doubt an album which was a game changer for music
Sgt Pepper is largely recognised as the seminal album of the 1960's popular music scene. It has now been elevated to the status of a cultural icon. The first popular music album to be critically evaluated in the Times Music Section and treated as a serious piece of art.
I think both these seminal albums are deserving of iconic status. Sgt. Pepper's was their tour de force that changed popular music forever. Abbey Road was their swan song (although few fans knew it at the time of its release), and continues to show us just how great The Beatles truly were... some 50 years later. I love a lot of music... but for me - an American kid who grew up in the Sixties ... no band and no group can top nor equal The Beatles... ['just my humble opinion, mind you...]
If you were around when it was released you know that it changed rock music forever. I don't know if it was The Beatles best album, but it was definitely the most influential.
WELL I THINK ITS A BALLANCE BETWEEN THE UK AND THE US.. NOWHERE ELSE COMES EVEN CLOSE AND THE ONLY OTHER PLACES TO CREAT ANY DECENT BANDS ARE AUSTRALIA AND CANADA..
MANCHESTER WAS THE WORST.. RETARDED SHIT MUSIC FOR RETARDED SHIT JUNKY SCUM.. BRITAIN IS ON EQUAL PAR WITH THE US BUT IT WASNT MANSHITSTER THAT MADE IT...
NO CYNTHIA HUGHS BLACKS DIDNT INVENT ROCK.. THEY GAVE THE BLUES AND WHITES MIXED IT WITH COUNTRY AND CREATED ROCK AND ROLL...FROM THIS IT WAS MIXED WITH NUMEROUS OTHER INVENTIONS AND INFLUENCES (INCLUDING CLASSICAL) TO CREATE MANY MANY FORMS OF ROCK.. BLACKS ALWAYS WANT CREDIT FOR THINGS THEY DIDNT DO... THEY DO A NUMBER OF BASIC THINGS (BLUES AND DANCE MUSIC)BUT ITS ALWAYS WHITES WHO TAKE THE SEED IDEA AND MAKE IT INTO NUMEROUS GREATER WORKS AND STYLES.. THE ONLY THING BLACKS ARE AFFRONT OF THE PACK AND OWN ARE JAZZ AND DISCO... BUT AS NOTHING COMPARES TO ALL THE KINDS OF ROCK THERE IS ITS REALLY NOT SAYING MUCH IS IT????
I too would have expected to see Tommy. Concept albums were around before Tommy but the success of the rock opera made concept albums chic. If the purpose of the list is to cite British albums that changed rock, London Calling is hugely important. There's a reason people in the late 70's called the Clash the only band that mattered.
@@giovannigobbi4832 which 2 do they always put? Bohemian Rhapsody; and do you mean Good Company as well? (I never usually heard that song referred to when Night at the Opera is mentioned). Tbh Night at the Opera is not my favourite Queen album, don’t get me wrong it’s great, but I prefer some of the others...
Revolver. Rubber Soul,. Sgt's Pepper's and Abby Road at various times have all been rated the greatest albums of all time. That says it all about who was the most influential. Jethro Tull was too advanced to be considered., Aqualung and Thick as a Brick definitely are two of the best back to back innovative albums.
@@freakydeke1 It all began with that one boy from Memphis, Tennessee. Without him music as we know it wouldn't exist. Indeed it all began in the deep south.
@@sasmitroy5480 no that's CRAZY,elvis had the looks and a great voice BUT he wrote nothing,chuck berry little richard,bo diddly ,carl Perkins were more influential as they wrote the songs that paved the way for elvis,a lot of people don't know that carl Perkins wrote blue suede shoes,they ghink its an elvis song Yes he was great but to say he started it is sadly misinformed
The Brits released so many influential albums. In the comments, I've seen London Calling by the Clash, King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King and Deep Purple in Rock. I was also baffled that the highly influential rock opera/concept album Tommy by the Who wasn't there. And why choose Dire Straits' Making Movies over Brothers in Arms, which launched the compact disc era and arguably features some of Dire Straits' biggest hits (Money for Nothing, Walk of Life, So Far Away and the title track)? You could also have listed at least one record by the Kinks: Something Else, The Village Green Preservation Society or Arthur. Furthermore, the debut album by the Police, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John, Days of Future Passed by the Moody Blues and any 1980s album by the Cure (goth rock!)... So many to choose from. And I haven't even mentioned Genesis, Yes, Judas Priest, Eurythmics or Depeche Mode yet.
Roxy Music's first album is considered one of the most influential album's. It was very different and has influenced many bands since. Steve Jones, (Sex Pistols), said that he liked Roxy Music more than the Beatles. They influenced man's bands, including the Cars.
@@TheCornishCockney Yes, Roxy's first two with Eno are the most influential, but I also like Stranded and Country Life. Later on they were too much into pop-dance music to my ears, but I like a few songs too. But their debut - sure more influential than 50% of the list.
It's a well known fact that most of the Sex Pistols original fans including the Bromley Contingent's Soo Catwoman, Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Severin, Billy Idol etc all came from the Roxy Music/David Bowie scene. Steve Jones & Paul Cook were regulars at Roxy's gigs (although that was probably because they were robbing their gear!).
Yes. The thinking man's Moody Blues. The outside cover is iconic featuring the 'Schizoid Man' (1st Track) and the inside gatefold the friendlier 'Crimson King' (Last Track). A fabulous mix of music and art. The first time I'd heard 'precision' drumming.
@Jacky - Good point. That seems to be one of the most grievous oversights. I'd also add the Beatles first album - Please, Please Me. If the criterion is albums that changed music forever, it's hard to beat that one.
I think Kate Bush's The Kick Inside or Hounds of Love should be mentioned. It opened the gate for future female British artists and changed the perception of pop music.
Johnny Moondogs I think they were already on that path, Water said of the Beatles influence “they showed we could write about ourselves”. Gilmour went on to work with McCartney on a couple of albums.
@@johnnymoondogs1816 I just feel bad for Pink Floyd that people still believe they were "influenced" by The Beatles which is totally wrong. Somewhat it is true but mostly waters was influenced by Dylan and John Lennon's solo work. They were impressed by the Beatles and not influenced.
BlunderCity imo it was revolutionary by the way it blended so many styles (punk, reggae, rockabilly, jazz, pop, R&B, ska), the lyrics where more engaged (few punk bands before The Clash had that kind of lyrics) and it was a double album sold at the price of a simple album
I personally think their debut album did more to change music than London Calling. In fact it should have been there instead of Never Mind The Bollocks (much as I like it) as it came out several months earlier and was already having an impact.
Up there with the best albums Led Zep and the Beatles brought out....the stars lined up those weeks the Clash were in the studio (Wessex??) with Guy Stevens.
Big oversight to exclude David Bowie's Low. The album that put synths in the hands of the punks & informed Post-Punk, Darkwave, Industrial, Electro-Experimental, & eventually 80s Synth-Pop/EDM.
@@zackzallie8735 Since Bowie was into so many genres, people got inspired to do so many of those genres, there are some based around Ziggy Stardust, Some around Hunky Dory, Some around Scary Monsters(and Super Creeps), some around Low. He participated and inspired Glam Rock, Folk Rock, Metal, New Wave, Synthpop, Pop rock, soul, R&B. Then people wonder why i look at them funny when they say That The Beatles were the most influential and the best rock band of all time. Sure saying "Best" is subjective but Bowie wins the spot for the most influential rock star of all time in a landslide. Why do colleges study the Beatles when David Bowie over here that made geniuinly good music in almost every major music category in his 40+ year music carrer so much so to the point that he is known as a music "Chamelion".
From a Yank perspective: Brit bands that had a big impact on the u.s would be... the who, led zeppelin, beatles, stones, def leppard, queen, iron maiden, elvis costello, judas priest, smiths, black sabbath, the cure, duran duran, pink floyd, genesis, 1970s elton john, jetro tull
1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 2. Never mind the Bollocks - The Sex Pistols 3. Sgt. Pepper's - The Beatles 4. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin 5. Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones 6. Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie 7. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 8. My Generation - The Who 9. A Night at the Opera - Queen 10. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
I think that The Stone Roses are massively overrated (not trying to cause trouble, that's just my opinion). I've always preferred The Charlatans. However, an even better band that influenced both of them is a band called The Prisoners (whom are better than both of those bands imo). Check them out!
if only strawberry fields forever or penny lane were on sgt. pepper, that would've made it the best album ever made; in my opinion, right now, sgt. pepper is equal to abbey road (but they are very very different albums)
If they would have put Hey Jude and Revolution (the single version) on the White Album, instead of Revolution No. 9 and Good Night, the White Album would have been my favorite album of all-time. As it stands, I turn the album off after Cry Baby Cry.
Tbh I’d replace “She’s Leaving Home” with “Penny Lane” and replace “Within You, Without You” with “Strawberry Fields Forever”. Never been a fan of those two Pepper songs
Who wrote this script: “regarded as the most influential British band...”? In seven years The Beatles revolutionized rock music like no other band before or since. They stayed out in front of the massively creative and tumultuous 1960’s and left us the greatest collection of hits the world has ever seen.
If you had lived through those times, as well as Radiohead, you would understand why that not remotely true. For example the groups in the list dominated music/radio/events in a way Radiohead never could.
@@markhorton8578 So Oasis' debut record is so much more influential than OK Computer, that's just bullshit. Definitely Maybe was not even inducted into the National Recording Registry while OK Computer was.
@@ala0284 I'm not saying that I hate Definitely Maybe, in fact, I love the album and still listen to some of the songs to this day like Live Forever, Supersonic and my personal favourite, Rock n Roll Star, and I do think that I overacted when I made that comment 2 years ago. However, In my opinion, I see sometimes OK Computer as a better record because of the lyrical content and the strong and complex instrumentation used in the album, especially Jonny Greenwood's phenomenal guitar work. But I do understand if you see Definitely Maybe as more influential.
@@markhorton8578 All those groups mentioned above had a wider appeal . But radiohead as musicians and overall creativity and knowlegde in musical theory are so far ahead of the others . Maybe Pink Floyd, Queen and The Who might come close but the others are very basic music composers. I wouldn't even label radiohead a rock band anymore . They have gone beyond that . All their albums since ok computer are very much jazz influenced . Johnny Greenwood has said after the bends whole band listened to miles davis and since then have been trying to incorporate his sound in to their own songs. Also i find it amazing how the beatles fans always laud lennon and mccartney as musical genius's when all their early stuff was extremely simple guitar based music . Their later music was more complex but that was down to their producer george martin who was very well versed in musical theory. Lennon and McCartney couldn't even read music. If it wasn't for Martin The beatles would never have got beyond simple pop songs such hard days night and i wanna hold your hand . I would loved to have seen lennon and mccartney compose the song the national anthem from kid a which has very complex jazz pieces in the song. The very thought of it is laughable.
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club, Led Zeppelin IV, Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon belong in the top four but how do you guys not put The Who Who's Next in the top four. This is one big huge flaw in this list.
I love Floyd but Ziggy Stardust and Sgt Peppers were definitely more influential. Ziggy Stardust was the first great Concept Album, of which Dark Side took inspiration from
Where is Radiohead's OK Computer and The Clash's London Calling? Definitely Maybe is a good album but not better or more influential than Radiohead or the Clash.
It seems you guys don't understand the context of the time of England in the 90's. Definetly Maybe culturally gave music back to the 'working class". Rock became highly elitist in the 80's, Oasis and Blur were the common people taking back rock
@@samiam7241 I neither agree or disagree with your statement about Oasis giving music back to the working class, I don't see the politics of music as that relevant to the discussion. However on a purely musical level Radiohead and The Clash are poles apart from the Noel Gallagher bar chord wall of sound. It suited Oasis at the time but it's far too simplistic and you shouldn't really put Blur in the same pot as Oasis as they were truly gifted musicians.
I'm from Montréal, Québec, Canada (The French part of Canada, nobody's perfect!) and I am AT AWE with Britain's musical achievements. You guys are the best! My top 2 would have been Bowie et Pink Floyd but everything on this list is noteworthy. I would have given at least an honorable mention to Genesis, Jetro Tull, Deep Purple, The Moody Blues and Alan Parsons Project (He did come up with a different concept of music!). Too much talent and only 10 spots, what a shame!
I miss “Tubular Bells” - Mike Oldfield, ‘The Yes Album’ - Yes, “Nursery Cryme”- Genesis, “Crime of the Century” - Supertramp and “Dire Straits” - Dire Straits on the list. I would drop The Sex Pistols and Oasis.
This list is albums that changed music, pistols brought punk to the mainstream and oasis ignited Brit pop the defining genre of the 90s for British music! None of the other albums were nearly as influential
Ok computer is the last rock masterpiece it should be on the list, and at least blue lines,organisation,uknow pleasures and violator should made an honourific mention
I do agree, but there is no Dark side without Sgt.Pepper. And Gilmour and Waters both stated that The Beatles are the greatest, so I'll let it pass. But Dark Side of the Moon is the only flawless album ever IMHO.
@@razorone2299 Meddle was, believe it or not, my first Floyd. Pretty much against the odds since I was 12 when The Wall came out. I wanted to buy it, but in my local record store, which wasn't really a record store, the only one I could find was Meddle. So I bought that. None of my friends caught on, my parents thought it was just noise and forbid me to play it when they were home, so I had to listen to it after school before they came back from work. It went on like this for three years before I got my own hifi set and earphones. I was born from tone deaf parents. I must have been adopted ;)
I think Police should be on the list instead of Oasis because they didn´t change any music, they were the Beatles of the 90s. Police took reggae, rock and punk and made something good and original.
Absolutely no question. Sgt Peppers is the greatest collection of modern songs ever put on vinyl!! And will be listened to and enjoyed in 100, 200, 300.....years from now. I have it in my collection!! God bless, Dave
Brit bands are the best....Motorhead, The Kinks, Black Sabbath, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Zepplin, The Smiths, Deep Purple, Queen , Radio Head, Bowie, The Pogues, The Clash, T.Rex, holy shit man, I could go on and on!! Just awsome....thanks for all the great music!
“It’s not necessarily the best punk Album out there” are you having a laugh? Nevermind the bollocks is one of the best albums/debut album of all time ✌️
@@nicholazmammoulos64 Thats is definitely something I agree that people believe to be true...it is also one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard including the Earth being flat.
Well, I don't think ok computer really changed music, or that it was revolutionary, maybe it was the staple album of the 90's but it wasn't an album that was written in history for being revolutionary. but yeah I agree In the court of the crimson king should definitely be on that list, and instead of freaking oasis.
@@seanpanigel5494 I don't know that I think so either (I certainly don't see it at this time, although I still need to give it more time), but most relevant people seem to. You just have to accept that the album arguably should feature on this list, whether you agree or not (which, again, I probably don't). - "In the Court..." is easily one of the very best albums that I've ever heard, on the other hand. Starless is probably the band's best track, though.
@@cl8804 agreed, starless is the best crimson song, but in the court is the best album. That album changed prog rock music forever, and yeah, ok computer is a great album but there are alot of albums that should be on this list that were more influential and important for history than ok computer.
@@seanpanigel5494 It's hard for me to comment on, since I'm not knowledgeable enough, not having listened to enough music enough times over enough time (on top of which the list is not overtly about what music you like best)-I'm only acknowledging the apparent consensus (among western men aged 20-60), in the case of "OK Computer". I guess that "Loveless" doesn't qualify. I like that one a lot more than "OK Computer" so far (although I do find it somewhat overrated; while the sound really carries the album, the songwriting is a little lacking, compared to my absolute favorites). It also seems more groundbreaking than the Radiohead album, based on my limited understanding of the topic.
@@calumbshark5904 It was the debut album of the most influential Pop/Rock band of all time. It was #1 in the UK album charts for an unprecedented 30 weeks. It "changed music forever" Can you name another UK band whose album was released before it, that was more influential.. or a band that even wrote their own music? ... I'm waiting...
@@ibanguy4153 Well, uh...uhhh. Oh come on, you know The Beatles are #1,2,3,4 &5 in every category. Don't ask silly questions. Anything The Beatles did threw a monkey wrench in the direction of music, and 1963-1964 had the biggest impact because the didn't have themselves to compete with yet.
Better list: #10: What’s The Story Morning Glory by Oasis #9: Machine Head by Deep Purple #8: A Night At The Opera by Queen #7: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols #6: The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie #5: In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson #4: Paranoid by Black Sabbath #3: Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin #2: Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd #1: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles Honorable mentions: Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden OK Computer by Radiohead London Calling by the Clash Rio by Duran Duran
You forgot King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King." This album started the prog rock movement, set new standards for production quality, and jump started Greg Lake's career. He went on to form Emerson, Lake and Palmer!
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles 2. The Wall - Pink Floyd 3. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin 4. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd 5. London Calling - The Clash 6. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie 7. Revolver - The Beatles 8. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones 9. Definetely Maybe - Oasis 10. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
You both are fucking delusional, The Beatles are STILL known as the greatest band of all time after what? 60 years? Yes i must agree that as a Pink Floyd and Stones fan, they definitely are some of the greatest bands of all time, but they will never surpass the Beatles.
Not a bad list at all. I agree with most of it (I'm sure very few agree with every choice), but I would have squeezed "In The Court Of The Crimson King" (grandfather of progressive/classical rock, IMO), and The Who's "Tommy" in there somewhere.
There’s one glaring omission on this list in terms of an album that changed the scene by bringing an underground genre to the mainstream masses...The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
Queens 4 Life ok then. I’m not saying queen isn’t amazing - I absolutely love them. It’s just that there are other albums from other artists who are also very very good, and so due to that reason placing on a list can vary
Title: *British albums*
Beatlemania: *Here we go*
I: yeah the Beatles first... but left the Ok Computer :/
Before ok computer
The clash: beatlemania is dead get over it
Fredd Private Rolling Stones are better. Beatles are too overrated
Fredd Private as do this american channel who know nothing about music !! Beatles hhhhh
Shanley Savage Who’s The Clash?
We all knew Sgt. Pepper's was going to be #1.
I think revolver can be too
Abbey Road is a great album too.
Sadly
I thought of Abbey Road
@@julian7383 this is the guy who listen Kanye West
Can we all agree that the greatest bands of all time have come out of the UK?
The Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, the Kinks, Black Sabbath, Radiohead, Oasis, The Smiths, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Dire Straits, ELO, The Police, The Cure, Tears for fears, Spandau Ballet, Joy Division, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Roxy music, Gorillaz, The Prodigy, The Stone Roses, Arctic Monkeys,Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Blur, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, David Bowie
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Black Sabbath, Oasis, Radiohead, Motörhead, Iron Maiden, Supertramp. Even Coldplay deserves a mention
The Clash and Sex Pistols..
Dire Straits, King Crimson, Franz Ferdinand, stone Roses
@@Denzilcleveridge eagles aren't british
Can we just take a moment to take in dark side of the moon was in the charts non stop for FOURTEEN YEARS
17*
it still is its on 1476 weeks
@Michael H. Same
Plus it was floods last chance to make it before they gave up. Look at them now
Well said legends
Regarded as Britain's most influential band...
More like most influential band of all time every where
Johnny Doherty .........Kids eh!
I dunno, they’ve never influenced me much. The Stones did a lot though
@@luvittodeath7031 The Stones never influenced me much but The Beatles definitely did
Johnny Doherty depends if you do pop or rock
@@luvittodeath7031 Ye but the Beatles did both and more genres than those e.g Schydelic rock, metal and morr
Pink Floyd. ❤️
#1
U wish overrated as fuck they couldn't tie half these bands and singers shoe laces
The dark side of the moon is the best album ever made but it's not even the best Pink Floyd album... If that makes sense
@@dimitarvel1441 in your world mate
I hate Oasis. Putting them in with Pink Floyd, Queen, The Who, Stones, Beatles, Bowie, LZ, Dire Straits, Animals is fucking ridiculous. Pink Floyd, LZ, the Beatles Stones had more than enough albums between them to have the top 15 out of a top 20 list.
The Cure - "Disintegration"
The Clash - "London Calling"
Pink Floyd - "The Wall"
The kinks need to be on here. Most British sounding band ever. Maybe the Village Green Peservation Society.
Sir Ray Davies and Dave Davies created heavy metal and punk rock.
@clever trevor odgens the first Conceptual album of the history
Not to mention Gerry & the Pacemakers.
Should have been numero uno!
It's the kinks. Not getting any respect is a thing for them.
- "Revolver" (Beatles) 1966
- "London Calling" (Clash) 1979
- "Closer" (Joy Division) 1980
- "Disintegration" (The Cure) 1989
- "The Stone Roses (TSR) 1989
Where are they??
not on the list apparently
and OK Computer should be in the top 10
they say top 10, not top 50
@@andiman45 revolver.
Darts Greatist Hits
The Kinks are SO overlooked.
They had a few good albums, but truly great albums? Heaps of great music ('Wonderboy' my all time favourite I think) but spread far and wide over so many albums and singles....I love 'Something Else by the Kinks', that could be a contender.
How could the influence of You Really Got Me be overlooked?
I loved the music of The Kinks but they can not match the hundreds of totally diverse songs that The Beatles wrote and performed. @ @Blackporsche roadster
@@terrythekittie "Muswell Hillbillies", "Village Green Preservation Society", "Something Else" - that's 3 great LPs for you.
@Blackporsche roadster Agree 100%. Very few Beatles tracks cut me to pieces like the best Ray Davies moments. "Did You See His Name", "Oklahoma, U.S.A." and the utterly astonishing "Two Sisters" are 3 most fans overlook, all right from the top drawer.
I'm not a Clash fan but I would still say the iconic London Calling should be on the list.
Why?
Every band claims The Clash as an influence, they added the punk attitude to intelligent lyrics and musical ability.
@@gavinreid8351 Because it's a much better, and more influential album than Bollocks.
All the Sex Pistols really did was to swear on TV and cover up the murder of one of their girlfriends with the help of their money obsessed manager
L G oh right I remember that thing with sid vicious’ girlfriend now. Damn.
I agree, but I wouldn't kick any of these off.
You could have put all Beatles Albums on this list, especially:
-Rubber Soul
-Revolver
-The White Album
-Sgt. Peppers
-Abbey Road
Agreed . Proof - Abbey Road hits no. 1 position last week after release since 1969.
@NOT ME!HEY what's wrong with the white album
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Rubber Soul is TWO words,. Teh, germans. :) btw, put my vote down for Revolver
@@ichhasseamerika oh you're right...Sorry I correct that....But how do you know I'm german? xD
Let's completely ignore In the Court of the Crimson King, an album that not only started a genre, it also served as a blueprint for metal.
R R Right?
A masterpiece
Blue print for metal!?
After zeppelin , after, Cream, after Hendrix...........
Sabbath crystalized metal.
@Ralph Richter That's your opinion.
You put Joy Division and The Who at the beginning of video, and did not put them even in Honourable Mentions...
In fact, Tommy, Who's Next or Quadrophenia are better and more influential than any Oasis album, and Blck Sabath, well, I don't know what is doing there.
Nothing The Who did is as INFLUENTIAL as Sabbath. The Who are wonderful but haven't directly influenced as many bands.
Paul Julian Pearl Jam, Oasis, Green Day, the jam, rush, U2 and even sting class The Who as an influence and many more so I don’t know where you’re going with that assumption
And do any of those bands sound any anything like The Who? Johnny Marr's favourite guitarist is Bert Jansch, does that mean Pentangle influenced The Smiths?
Oasis are clearly far more influenced by The Beatles, Stone Roses and T-Rex. Rush were far more influenced by Led Zeppelin and Yes.
I have no doubt many bands love The Who and were inspired by their music, that does not make them influential per se, certainly not as much as bands like Sabbath, Zep, Beatles, Stones or Pink Floyd.
Paul Julian just because you’re influenced by someone doesn’t mean you have to sound like them. Did Led Zeppelin sound like muddy waters or Robert Johnson? Did the stones sound like chuck berry or Elvis? You’re point is irrelevant.
R.I.P. David Bowie, we will never forget you!
NEVER! The only musician that beyond awed me! RIP DB 💖💔💖
Who?
@ mimic mimic
No, not the Who, David Bowie. Seriously, if you aren't a troll, educate yourself. You will thank me.
Some Guy, you are so correct, I am a Bolan fan but Bowie was a legend, and we will NEVER forget
MIMIC MIMIC ...OBVOIUSLY YOU ARE A WIND UP MERCHANT OR NOT A MUSIC LOVER..
America destroyed music, UK pls get back the control.
Back in the day they didn’t, but now, yes, UK help me. Ppl are saying new rap is better than the Sex Pistols
Have you heard of Talking Heads, Television, Slint, The Velvet Underground etc?
Shammo Hamid - NO 😬
@@User-xw6kd yup, the velvet underground is def a great band. But, American music today is pure shit, no creativity, no originality, no deep meanings, just casual pop songs for teenagers.
@Timothy McCaskey everybody takes inspiration from each other; there's no completely original work that started from nothing. Yet, I don't think Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and even Radiohead today today needed to copy any American music. American music used to be good, but what about now? What American pop music giving to the world is a crime against music and art. I never heard of any good American musicians today. And BTW I'm not British.
Another well-made selection. For Beatles though, I would always pick Revolver as THE most groundbreaking (ie influential) record, blending classical songwriting with forays into more adventurous sounds.
Whatever agreed
I think that's because it is closer to our own tastes nowadays. Sgt. Peppers was really 'new' when it came out. Psychedelia, though, got stale in a few years and now sounds quite dated. The kind of what we now call 'britpop', still sounds fresh as there are many bands who still play it to this day. Sgt Pepper is a really good album though, in retrospect. Any album with songs like Lucy in the sky or A day in the life, is a masterpiece. Could have been better with it's only a northern song, maybe.
Fair point, that. But, it was Pepper that was the game changer, really. Before Pepper, it was all about the hit single. An LP was just a collection of the artists/groups hits with some b- sides and fillers thrown in, basically. Pepper changed all that, and is thus the logical choice for such a list IMO. Plus, I think it's a damned good LP (maybe not Lovely Rita, but...), perhaps even a tad better than Revolver. As an LP, I mean. Not certain individual songs, neccesarily.
I agree Revolver and Rubber Soul should have been a double album IMO.
Whatever I would have said Abbey Road mate. But Revolver is also great. I put Rubber Soul over Pepper too.
THICK AS A BRICK (Jethro Tull)
SANDINISTA (The Clash)
QUADROPHENIA (The Who)
REVOLVER (The Beatles)
Christopher Marzonie “Sandinista” is far too underrated! It deserves more praise!
The who: back -up band for the Kinks. Jethro Tull not in the top 100. The clash, good but over rated. Dammed, buzzcocks, stranglers better. Can't argue about any Beatles album. Radio Head hard to beat, as is Dire Straits ...Roxy music, OMD too bloody many to choose, nice one Chris...
@dread true Radiohead are amazing and will continue to make challenging music into the future.
@@zacharymorin5696 Sandinista is a world music album...🤢🤮
Fuck off, you really want to rub it in don’t you ? Any one o your suggestions is epochal and being a German is like being smacked in the face with each one. Give the rest of the world some face will you?
Sgt. Pepper's may be more influential, but I believe Abbey Road, The White Album, Rubber Soul and Revolver to be better sounding albums.
And Ok computer must be on the list
I was with you...til you went with OK Computer. Over rated.
abbey road is the best beatles album tbh
danimal097521
Ok Computer was a masterpiece. It’s ok to like something that lots of others like - just because many people have an opinion doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Besides, this list about the influence it had and it was without doubt an album which was a game changer for music
agree, the white album is probably my no. 1
Ok computer is whiney incomprehensible drivel. Vastly over rated.
Sgt Pepper is largely recognised as the seminal album of the 1960's popular music scene. It has now been elevated to the status of a cultural icon. The first popular music album to be critically evaluated in the Times Music Section and treated as a serious piece of art.
Yes, hardly a controversial No. 1 choice
I think both these seminal albums are deserving of iconic status.
Sgt. Pepper's was their tour de force that changed popular music forever.
Abbey Road was their swan song (although few fans knew it at the time of its release), and continues to show us just how great The Beatles truly were... some 50 years later.
I love a lot of music... but for me - an American kid who grew up in the Sixties ... no band and no group can top nor equal The Beatles... ['just my humble opinion, mind you...]
If you were around when it was released you know that it changed rock music forever. I don't know if it was The Beatles best album, but it was definitely the most influential.
I guess I am the one person who thinks it's the most over rated album ever.
@@Patriot-oi7mj I'm sure there are others too, you can share your medication around.
That's why U.K invented rock :D best bands are from U.K right?
Ah actually it was black Americans who invented rock, the UK took something great and knocked it out of the ballpark as it were.
@Weißer Wolf America gave the world Rock and Roll. The British then took that and gave back, Rock, Hard Rock and eventually Heavy Metal.
WELL I THINK ITS A BALLANCE BETWEEN THE UK AND THE US.. NOWHERE ELSE COMES EVEN CLOSE AND THE ONLY OTHER PLACES TO CREAT ANY DECENT BANDS ARE AUSTRALIA AND CANADA..
MANCHESTER WAS THE WORST.. RETARDED SHIT MUSIC FOR RETARDED SHIT JUNKY SCUM.. BRITAIN IS ON EQUAL PAR WITH THE US BUT IT WASNT MANSHITSTER THAT MADE IT...
NO CYNTHIA HUGHS BLACKS DIDNT INVENT ROCK.. THEY GAVE THE BLUES AND WHITES MIXED IT WITH COUNTRY AND CREATED ROCK AND ROLL...FROM THIS IT WAS MIXED WITH NUMEROUS OTHER INVENTIONS AND INFLUENCES (INCLUDING CLASSICAL) TO CREATE MANY MANY FORMS OF ROCK.. BLACKS ALWAYS WANT CREDIT FOR THINGS THEY DIDNT DO... THEY DO A NUMBER OF BASIC THINGS (BLUES AND DANCE MUSIC)BUT ITS ALWAYS WHITES WHO TAKE THE SEED IDEA AND MAKE IT INTO NUMEROUS GREATER WORKS AND STYLES.. THE ONLY THING BLACKS ARE AFFRONT OF THE PACK AND OWN ARE JAZZ AND DISCO... BUT AS NOTHING COMPARES TO ALL THE KINDS OF ROCK THERE IS ITS REALLY NOT SAYING MUCH IS IT????
How is there not even an honorable mention for The Who?!
I was expecting "Tommy" to be #2.
My favorite "British Invasion" band! Where's "Tommy" or "Who's Next"?
Couldn't agree more! Where are The Who? and The Clash? Not even in the honourable mentions! Who cares about The Smith my arse and Radiogash really?
I too would have expected to see Tommy. Concept albums were around before Tommy but the success of the rock opera made concept albums chic. If the purpose of the list is to cite British albums that changed rock, London Calling is hugely important. There's a reason people in the late 70's called the Clash the only band that mattered.
Tim Sacks BECAUSE THAT'S HIS POINT OF VIEW
Most legends in music are from the Uk !
And Ireland
As a british person who lives in Ireland I can simultaneously agree with both of you.
@@ChubbyChecker182 LOL
Yes indeed. I'd even add that most greatest UK rock stars are British! Can you imagine?!
Fact !
I love how people say an album changed history, but then just know one song on it
Giovanni Gobbi like what
I kno every single song on Sgt Pepper
I know eyery single Beatles song including the ones in all the anthology´s albums and I´m sure that the whole Beatles career changed history :)
Guys I'm mainly referring to A Night At The Opera, they always put just two songs, probably the worst ones
@@giovannigobbi4832 which 2 do they always put? Bohemian Rhapsody; and do you mean Good Company as well? (I never usually heard that song referred to when Night at the Opera is mentioned). Tbh Night at the Opera is not my favourite Queen album, don’t get me wrong it’s great, but I prefer some of the others...
Revolver. Rubber Soul,. Sgt's Pepper's and Abby Road at various times have all been rated the greatest albums of all time. That says it all about who was the most influential. Jethro Tull was too advanced to be considered., Aqualung and Thick as a Brick definitely are two of the best back to back innovative albums.
Musically, where would the world be without that little country
it all started in the deep south mate u s a
@@freakydeke1 It all began with that one boy from Memphis, Tennessee. Without him music as we know it wouldn't exist. Indeed it all began in the deep south.
David James there be still doing rap songs
@@sasmitroy5480 no that's CRAZY,elvis had the looks and a great voice BUT he wrote nothing,chuck berry little richard,bo diddly ,carl Perkins were more influential as they wrote the songs that paved the way for elvis,a lot of people don't know that carl Perkins wrote blue suede shoes,they ghink its an elvis song
Yes he was great but to say he started it is sadly misinformed
Call me a pedantic Englishman if you wish, but Elvis wasn't from Memphis Tennessee. Tupelo, Mississippi actually! @@sasmitroy5480
Well, I think we just ignore In The Court Of The Crimson King and Deep Purple In Rock.
I read once Deep Purple In Rock made hard rock popular
Deep Purple were fantastic, and with Sabbath and Zep, invented metal. You have to look at rock in general though; I love Purple.
Purple rocks! They dont get the recognition they deserve
i know, what the fuck! king crimson is too underappreciated.
Deep purple is so good.
The Brits released so many influential albums. In the comments, I've seen London Calling by the Clash, King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King and Deep Purple in Rock. I was also baffled that the highly influential rock opera/concept album Tommy by the Who wasn't there. And why choose Dire Straits' Making Movies over Brothers in Arms, which launched the compact disc era and arguably features some of Dire Straits' biggest hits (Money for Nothing, Walk of Life, So Far Away and the title track)? You could also have listed at least one record by the Kinks: Something Else, The Village Green Preservation Society or Arthur. Furthermore, the debut album by the Police, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John, Days of Future Passed by the Moody Blues and any 1980s album by the Cure (goth rock!)... So many to choose from. And I haven't even mentioned Genesis, Yes, Judas Priest, Eurythmics or Depeche Mode yet.
blabla48076 and the Jam
Don‘t forget Joy Division
Also Ace of Spades by motörhead.
Roxy Music's first album is considered one of the most influential album's. It was very different and has influenced many bands since. Steve Jones, (Sex Pistols), said that he liked Roxy Music more than the Beatles. They influenced man's bands, including the Cars.
one of the best,most original debut albums of all time.
Amen, bro. Just forgot to mention it in my post. Huge influence on music to come. Also Police's first should be mentioned.
@@igorkurowski2028 Roxy's first i was talking about,their 2nd album wasn't too shabby either.
@@TheCornishCockney Yes, Roxy's first two with Eno are the most influential, but I also like Stranded and Country Life. Later on they were too much into pop-dance music to my ears, but I like a few songs too. But their debut - sure more influential than 50% of the list.
It's a well known fact that most of the Sex Pistols original fans including the Bromley Contingent's Soo Catwoman, Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Severin, Billy Idol etc all came from the Roxy Music/David Bowie scene. Steve Jones & Paul Cook were regulars at Roxy's gigs (although that was probably because they were robbing their gear!).
Where's OK Computer? The most innovative album of the 90's
how an album from the 90s could be here? it couldn't change the music because the music already died
Ok Computer is easily the most music changing thing since The Beatles
What makes it so outstanding?
TH-cam Channel “born in the wrong generation” type beat
@@nirki Definitely maybe, Morning Glory, OK Computer, The Bends, Amused to Death, Parklife, Blur, 13, Modern Life is Rubbish. The list goes on buddy.
How did I know that the Beatles would be number 1 on the list
How did you know that they weren't No1, No2, No3, No4 and No 5? They should have been.
manfred listing responsible for a string of pretty little ditties for prepubescent schoolgirls,but, didnt really stir the blood!
Because THEY ARE! :-)
Because they are always number one
M Magnus quite obvious
Is noone gonna talk about what an honor it actually is to even be an honorable mention?
In the Court of the Crimson King. Started the whole prog movement.
They are extremely underrated
Yes. The thinking man's Moody Blues. The outside cover is iconic featuring the 'Schizoid Man' (1st Track) and the inside gatefold the friendlier 'Crimson King' (Last Track). A fabulous mix of music and art. The first time I'd heard 'precision' drumming.
True dat.
@Jacky - Good point. That seems to be one of the most grievous oversights. I'd also add the Beatles first album - Please, Please Me. If the criterion is albums that changed music forever, it's hard to beat that one.
Colosseum were also one of the first prog bands of all time. Their debut came out in 1969, same year as "In the Court of the Crimson King".
I think Kate Bush's The Kick Inside or Hounds of Love should be mentioned. It opened the gate for future female British artists and changed the perception of pop music.
Without Kate Bush they'd be NO Tori Amos!
L., You're not helping. ;)
Sod the female bit,she is a genius full stop
ABSOLUTELY
the kick inside is an amazing LP I believe she wrote most of it at the tender age of nineteen - INCREDIBLE!!!
Basically every Beatles album should be on the list.
All of them number 1
Nah
No doubt about it
Just a point of interest, Pink Floyd were recording in the next studio to the Beatles as they were recording Sgt. Peppers.
The beatles influence them to be a psychedelic band
Johnny Moondogs I think they were already on that path, Water said of the Beatles influence “they showed we could write about ourselves”. Gilmour went on to work with McCartney on a couple of albums.
@@johnnymoondogs1816 I just feel bad for Pink Floyd that people still believe they were "influenced" by The Beatles which is totally wrong. Somewhat it is true but mostly waters was influenced by Dylan and John Lennon's solo work. They were impressed by the Beatles and not influenced.
@@_a_random_person._ ya....I guess you must have been there to know such specifics
@@jamesmcnaughton9575 no... Rogers himself told in an interview...
King Crimson: In The Court of the Crimson King.
I agree but it didn’t have mass appeal. Brilliant artwork!
x00p3 I agree one-hundred percent
You missed London Calling by the Clash.
Got that right!!
It's a great album but I'm not sure that's an album that changed music. It's at the tail end of the punk movement.
BlunderCity imo it was revolutionary by the way it blended so many styles (punk, reggae, rockabilly, jazz, pop, R&B, ska), the lyrics where more engaged (few punk bands before The Clash had that kind of lyrics) and it was a double album sold at the price of a simple album
I personally think their debut album did more to change music than London Calling. In fact it should have been there instead of Never Mind The Bollocks (much as I like it) as it came out several months earlier and was already having an impact.
It's not a bad list. I would have given Black Sabbath the elbow for London Calling though.
London Calling's absence is a crime.
Neal B Exactly
Neal B yes but Never mind the bollox is the best punk album and every punk will tell you that.
Up there with the best albums Led Zep and the Beatles brought out....the stars lined up those weeks the Clash were in the studio (Wessex??) with Guy Stevens.
AS WAS CKEEPING IN OASIS.. THEY WERE SHIT..
Yep. Kinda throws any semblance of credibility right out the window.
Big oversight to exclude David Bowie's Low. The album that put synths in the hands of the punks & informed Post-Punk, Darkwave, Industrial, Electro-Experimental, & eventually 80s Synth-Pop/EDM.
I love that album. But it’s no Spiders from mars
Yeah but mojo usually has a 1 each band only rule and let's face it Ziggy Stardust was way more popular
I agreed. Low is the future of music. Aphex Twin, post-rock, Radiohead, Talking Heads and new wave were all emerged from this album alone.
@@zackzallie8735 Since Bowie was into so many genres, people got inspired to do so many of those genres, there are some based around Ziggy Stardust, Some around Hunky Dory, Some around Scary Monsters(and Super Creeps), some around Low. He participated and inspired Glam Rock, Folk Rock, Metal, New Wave, Synthpop, Pop rock, soul, R&B. Then people wonder why i look at them funny when they say That The Beatles were the most influential and the best rock band of all time. Sure saying "Best" is subjective but Bowie wins the spot for the most influential rock star of all time in a landslide. Why do colleges study the Beatles when David Bowie over here that made geniuinly good music in almost every major music category in his 40+ year music carrer so much so to the point that he is known as a music "Chamelion".
thought Mike Oldfields Tubular Bells should have been included
Dave Simpson totally. There are too many though !
Definitely Tubular Bells. It was a game changer and sold by the millions
Dave Simpson Very Heavy
One artist/recording that has been slowly written out of history(a bit like slade).Back in the day he dominated the scene,for a long time.
Dave: it was the theme for the Exorcist BTW
From a Yank perspective: Brit bands that had a big impact on the u.s would be... the who, led zeppelin, beatles, stones, def leppard, queen, iron maiden, elvis costello, judas priest, smiths, black sabbath, the cure, duran duran, pink floyd, genesis, 1970s elton john, jetro tull
Wholly unnecessary, you clown.
One band that you didn't include is The Kinks. They also had a big impact on the U.S. You Really Got Me was the first hit hard rock song.
What about David Bowie
Even Jimi Hendrix came from England
No he didn't, he came from Seattle.
1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
2. Never mind the Bollocks - The Sex Pistols
3. Sgt. Pepper's - The Beatles
4. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
5. Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
6. Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
7. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
8. My Generation - The Who
9. A Night at the Opera - Queen
10. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Rightly so
I never found Sgt. Pepper`s -The Beatles as intersting album, but all others albums by The Beatles could be on the list, specially Abbey Road album.
Dan Noc yeahh I get that, but that was the most out there and innovative
"Who's Next" anybody? One of the most well produced albums ever cut.
Totally agree 100%
Brilliant album . Should be on any serious list of great albums 😕
The Master piece by Pete Townshend
Absolutely, or Tommy. No Who on the top 10 is ridiculous.
I was never much a Who fan, but every cut on "Whos Next" is a sonic masterpiece. It's in my top 5 of all time.
The Clash- London Calling?
The Stone Roses?
Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures?
The Verve- Urban Hyms?
The Who- Who's Next?
The Jam- Sound Affects?
Maybe the who and London calling but the rest hell no how is the jam more important than any of the albums on the list
Sounde Affects so cool and also All Mod Cons
Fragile - Yes.
Close to the Edge - Yes.
Selling England by the pound - Genesis.
Must be here.
Great albums but not influence the music as first King Crimson's album (and in list must be only one prog album)
P.S. Yes - the Yes album
A fellow prog enthusiast.
OK fucking Computer?? In the Court of the Crimson King?? The Stone Roses??
Def Leppard/Pyromania? You're right, this guys top 10 SUX!
Radiohead is sort of overrated.
People who love to cite OK Computer as an influential album are completely unable to name any non-indie albums that it actually influenced.
Ok fucking computer is a great album ... fucking gimps
I think that The Stone Roses are massively overrated (not trying to cause trouble, that's just my opinion). I've always preferred The Charlatans. However, an even better band that influenced both of them is a band called The Prisoners (whom are better than both of those bands imo). Check them out!
You forgot to mention “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”!
Elton John definitely needed to take a spot, probably instead of Oasis
Yeah how did Elton not get in this list?
garbage
@@alhiddell6810 Garbage is a great band too.
@@JoDee172Elton John definitely did but oasis also definitely did it was probably oasis our Elton that was going to be last
imagine they had put strawberry fields forever, penny lane, all you need is love and baby youre a rich man also on sgt pepper...
if only strawberry fields forever or penny lane were on sgt. pepper, that would've made it the best album ever made; in my opinion, right now, sgt. pepper is equal to abbey road (but they are very very different albums)
If they would have put Hey Jude and Revolution (the single version) on the White Album, instead of Revolution No. 9 and Good Night, the White Album would have been my favorite album of all-time. As it stands, I turn the album off after Cry Baby Cry.
Tbh I’d replace “She’s Leaving Home” with “Penny Lane” and replace “Within You, Without You” with “Strawberry Fields Forever”. Never been a fan of those two Pepper songs
@@thomsboys77 I think when I'm 64 feels out of place I' prefare strawberry fields
Sgt Pepper will always be no 1, that's the way it is.
Agreed
yes 😁
Shoulda been Revolver.
@@maxcuthbert100 It certainly should have been!
Most influential yes but not their best album in most polls I've seen. Usually it's revolver
Who wrote this script: “regarded as the most influential British band...”? In seven years The Beatles revolutionized rock music like no other band before or since. They stayed out in front of the massively creative and tumultuous 1960’s and left us the greatest collection of hits the world has ever seen.
Ok Computer should be on this list. Radiohead are way more influential than half of the artists on this list. With all due respect for those greats.
If you had lived through those times, as well as Radiohead, you would understand why that not remotely true.
For example the groups in the list dominated music/radio/events in a way Radiohead never could.
@@markhorton8578 So Oasis' debut record is so much more influential than OK Computer, that's just bullshit. Definitely Maybe was not even inducted into the National Recording Registry while OK Computer was.
Izet Yusein definitely maybe brought to light the biggest artists of the decade, it paved the way for the biggest album of the decade as well
@@ala0284 I'm not saying that I hate Definitely Maybe, in fact, I love the album and still listen to some of the songs to this day like Live Forever, Supersonic and my personal favourite, Rock n Roll Star, and I do think that I overacted when I made that comment 2 years ago. However, In my opinion, I see sometimes OK Computer as a better record because of the lyrical content and the strong and complex instrumentation used in the album, especially Jonny Greenwood's phenomenal guitar work. But I do understand if you see Definitely Maybe as more influential.
@@markhorton8578 All those groups mentioned above had a wider appeal . But radiohead as musicians and overall creativity and knowlegde in musical theory are so far ahead of the others . Maybe Pink Floyd, Queen and The Who might come close but the others are very basic music composers.
I wouldn't even label radiohead a rock band anymore . They have gone beyond that . All their albums since ok computer are very much jazz influenced . Johnny Greenwood has said after the bends whole band listened to miles davis and since then have been trying to incorporate his sound in to their own songs.
Also i find it amazing how the beatles fans always laud lennon and mccartney as musical genius's when all their early stuff was extremely simple guitar based music .
Their later music was more complex but that was down to their producer george martin who was very well versed in musical theory. Lennon and McCartney couldn't even read music.
If it wasn't for Martin The beatles would never have got beyond simple pop songs such hard days night and i wanna hold your hand .
I would loved to have seen lennon and mccartney compose the song the national anthem from kid a which has very complex jazz pieces in the song.
The very thought of it is laughable.
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club, Led Zeppelin IV, Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon belong in the top four but how do you guys not put The Who Who's Next in the top four. This is one big huge flaw in this list.
because the Who sucks compared zep floyd and the beatles thats why
Cause Bowie was way more influential, that's why
I love British music
British music has set the standard for music
I agree...until it went stupid in the 80s (except for Dire Straits)...hasn't really recovered yet
I miss Freddy Mercury..
Same Terry :(
*Freddie.
Disrespectful mistake.
thisiszaphodbeeblebr don't think freddie would have been bothered mate, he didn't seem that uptight.
I used to miss him, constantly, with my rifle, but in 1991 my main hobby was cruelly taken from me . . .
Tony Bates what?
1:49
led by freddie MAYcury's
And "Who's Next" - The Who ?
I was more thinkin Tommy. But yes a Who album should absolutely be on this list.
@@johnfede7057 Quodrophenia is better
@Rosida Andriyana no
The Dark Side should be ranked first and King Crimson is missing
I’m as big a Pink Floyd fan as it gets, but no, Dark Side of the Moon should not be ahead of Sergeant Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band.
As is Motorhead.
Marcus Vinicius Oliveira no dark side shouldn’t be number 1
David Bowie should always be #1 when it comes to music, fashion, and culture. There is no one more influential than BOWIE.
I love Floyd but Ziggy Stardust and Sgt Peppers were definitely more influential. Ziggy Stardust was the first great Concept Album, of which Dark Side took inspiration from
#1 will be Sgt. Peppers no doubt about it
Three geniuses...and an affirmative action drummer.
finally someone who understands! I'm tired of all the comments about how "revolver is so much better" and all that nonsense.
Hard day´s night, White album, Revolver, or Abbey road are better.
@@Alexander-tj2dn A Hard Day's Night is good. But its not at the level of Pepper, Revolver, The White Album, and Abbey Road
@@kylemandap6043 HDN is much better than Pepper in my opinion.
Where is Radiohead's OK Computer and The Clash's London Calling?
Definitely Maybe is a good album but not better or more influential than Radiohead or the Clash.
I completely agree i love both The Clash and Oasis. But London Calling is miles better and miles more influential than Definately maybe.
It seems you guys don't understand the context of the time of England in the 90's. Definetly Maybe culturally gave music back to the 'working class". Rock became highly elitist in the 80's, Oasis and Blur were the common people taking back rock
@@samiam7241 Londson Calling was all about the working class. Much more so than Oasis for example the song 'Clampdown'.
@@samiam7241
I neither agree or disagree with your statement about Oasis giving music back to the working class, I don't see the politics of music as that relevant to the discussion. However on a purely musical level Radiohead and The Clash are poles apart from the Noel Gallagher bar chord wall of sound. It suited Oasis at the time but it's far too simplistic and you shouldn't really put Blur in the same pot as Oasis as they were truly gifted musicians.
Well this is complete horseshit. Oasis started a whole genre by producing that album.
"Never Mind the Bollocks" seminal album? It's their only album!
I'm from Montréal, Québec, Canada (The French part of Canada, nobody's perfect!) and I am AT AWE with Britain's musical achievements. You guys are the best! My top 2 would have been Bowie et Pink Floyd but everything on this list is noteworthy. I would have given at least an honorable mention to Genesis, Jetro Tull, Deep Purple, The Moody Blues and Alan Parsons Project (He did come up with a different concept of music!). Too much talent and only 10 spots, what a shame!
I agree with every album on your list and the order of them as well. The honourable mentions are spot on too.
I would put Deep Purple - Machine Head above most of these albums.
...and uriah heep with byron...
@@redcheburecks6377 ... and with Lawton too. Firefly is one of their best albums.
And Motorheads Debut
Except for Let It Bleed and Night At The Opera
Cream disraeli gears. One of the first heavy rock albums.
I miss “Tubular Bells” - Mike Oldfield, ‘The Yes Album’ - Yes, “Nursery Cryme”- Genesis, “Crime of the Century” - Supertramp and “Dire Straits” - Dire Straits on the list. I would drop The Sex Pistols and Oasis.
Considering both Oasis and Pistols where controversial there albums sold quite well , also they shouldnt be dropped cause they influenced a lot
This list is albums that changed music, pistols brought punk to the mainstream and oasis ignited Brit pop the defining genre of the 90s for British music! None of the other albums were nearly as influential
and Deep Purple in rock
I have never been this early for a watch mojo video. Yay.
Same here :)
Great top 10 Watch mojo. So many legends in a 10 minute video. Brilliant. If the Beatles hadn’t been number 1 I would have been asking questions.
Diipali Dey true I live rock n roll eveyday,what about u
Welcome to the elite club *initiates secret handshake* :)
Vinayak Shivhare absolutely :)
Im glad A Night At The Opera is on here. Its truly an amazing album.
Ok computer is the last rock masterpiece it should be on the list, and at least blue lines,organisation,uknow pleasures and violator should made an honourific mention
Last Rock Masterpiece is Definitely Maybe aswell as Oasis been the last greatest Rock Band
A rush of blood to the head was pretty good in my opinion
American Idiot is def a masterpiece
I do agree that it should have been on the list but it is not the last rock masterpiece
Felt Kid A was much stronger.
Dark side of the moon is number 1
Absolutely.
Of couse
Of course, agree
I do agree, but there is no Dark side without Sgt.Pepper. And Gilmour and Waters both stated that The Beatles are the greatest, so I'll let it pass.
But Dark Side of the Moon is the only flawless album ever IMHO.
@@razorone2299 Meddle was, believe it or not, my first Floyd. Pretty much against the odds since I was 12 when The Wall came out. I wanted to buy it, but in my local record store, which wasn't really a record store, the only one I could find was Meddle. So I bought that. None of my friends caught on, my parents thought it was just noise and forbid me to play it when they were home, so I had to listen to it after school before they came back from work.
It went on like this for three years before I got my own hifi set and earphones.
I was born from tone deaf parents. I must have been adopted ;)
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits???
Really, Dire who?
The beatles= the best band of all time
Foxtrot by Genesis, In the Court of the Crimson King By King Crimson, Fragile by Yes
I think Police should be on the list instead of Oasis because they didn´t change any music, they were the Beatles of the 90s. Police took reggae, rock and punk and made something good and original.
Well the police is shite
@@LeterPerman hahahaha funny
No oasis = no Britpop but I see what you mean
This is “most influential British albums” not “ list of my favourite albums/artists”!
Exactly; King Crimson and Radiohead got fucked.
Absolutely no question.
Sgt Peppers is the greatest collection of modern songs ever put on vinyl!!
And will be listened to and enjoyed in 100, 200, 300.....years from now.
I have it in my collection!!
God bless, Dave
Where's cream??
The clash come on!!
As obscure as it is, Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds.
Led Zeppelin 1 was the first call for Heavy Metal, a year before Sabbath.
Bollocks
As much as I love Ziggy Stardust it does not beat Led Zepp IV or Dark Side of The Moon
Of course it doesn't but Zeppelin isn't as relevant anymore
@@Xavier-ty4jw So that's why Immigrant Song was smeared all over the Thor Ragnarok ad campaign and used twice in the film
Led 1 LED 2 led 4
@@Xavier-ty4jw led zeppelin- overrated band .Wanker.
LEd Zeppelin brought us the Greta Van fleet. That is why they suck. It is Ziggy Stardust for me
The Fab Four didn't have a "finest hour". They had a finest decade. Followed by a finest afterlife.
Brit bands are the best....Motorhead, The Kinks, Black Sabbath, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Zepplin, The Smiths, Deep Purple, Queen , Radio Head, Bowie, The Pogues, The Clash, T.Rex, holy shit man, I could go on and on!! Just awsome....thanks for all the great music!
Rolling stones
You forgot Uriah Heep - the most under-rated band.
I forgot hundreds! Gary Numan Tubeway Army, Sleaford Mods, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Stone Roses.....I could keep going. Just the best!
Ye that's the thing about rock n roll
It lives on 🤘
Have a good day guys
Birtha Butt slash from GnR was born here too and his riffs made that band
People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time, can you help me occupy my brain watchmojo uk?
I'm from UK too and my foreign friends tell me i sound moody
Yello I'm a northerner but apparently cockneys sound angry to them. ;)
michael Longford What song are you quoting? It sounds so familiar.
Kennet don't know.... think I'm just 'paranoid'. ;)
michael Longford Ah, of course!
Though I love the Sex Pistols I think London Calling was more influential
Jack Kelleher I agree
disagree, london calling sucks ass compared to nm the bullocks
Thank you for the video.
“It’s not necessarily the best punk Album out there” are you having a laugh? Nevermind the bollocks is one of the best albums/debut album of all time ✌️
Oasis? Ffs. The Who are way more important than frigging Oasis.
agreed
no-one but the Beatles are better than oasis
@@nicholazmammoulos64 Thats is definitely something I agree that people believe to be true...it is also one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard including the Earth being flat.
@@nicholazmammoulos64 Ridiculous, you mamaluke
@@liame2273 Who?
It's ironic how you overlooked both of the most seminal albums: "In the Court of the Crimson King" and "OK Computer".
Well, I don't think ok computer really changed music, or that it was revolutionary, maybe it was the staple album of the 90's but it wasn't an album that was written in history for being revolutionary. but yeah I agree In the court of the crimson king should definitely be on that list, and instead of freaking oasis.
@@seanpanigel5494 I don't know that I think so either (I certainly don't see it at this time, although I still need to give it more time), but most relevant people seem to. You just have to accept that the album arguably should feature on this list, whether you agree or not (which, again, I probably don't).
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"In the Court..." is easily one of the very best albums that I've ever heard, on the other hand. Starless is probably the band's best track, though.
@@cl8804 agreed, starless is the best crimson song, but in the court is the best album. That album changed prog rock music forever, and yeah, ok computer is a great album but there are alot of albums that should be on this list that were more influential and important for history than ok computer.
@@seanpanigel5494 It's hard for me to comment on, since I'm not knowledgeable enough, not having listened to enough music enough times over enough time (on top of which the list is not overtly about what music you like best)-I'm only acknowledging the apparent consensus (among western men aged 20-60), in the case of "OK Computer".
I guess that "Loveless" doesn't qualify. I like that one a lot more than "OK Computer" so far (although I do find it somewhat overrated; while the sound really carries the album, the songwriting is a little lacking, compared to my absolute favorites). It also seems more groundbreaking than the Radiohead album, based on my limited understanding of the topic.
Even though they got a spot on this list, I think Oasis are quite underrated
I agree
You've got to be kidding
I agree that Wonderwall is overrated
Des Frogo oasis is my favourite band. they didn’t change music tho, which this list is about
"Please Please Me" by the Beatles, recorded in 1963, is the only album that could be argued "Changed Music Forever" and it's not on the list!
@@calumbshark5904 It was the debut album of the most influential Pop/Rock band of all time. It was #1 in the UK album charts for an unprecedented 30 weeks. It "changed music forever"
Can you name another UK band whose album was released before it, that was more influential.. or a band that even wrote their own music?
... I'm waiting...
@@ibanguy4153 😂he deleted the comment
@@ibanguy4153 Well, uh...uhhh. Oh come on, you know The Beatles are #1,2,3,4 &5 in every category. Don't ask silly questions. Anything The Beatles did threw a monkey wrench in the direction of music, and 1963-1964 had the biggest impact because the didn't have themselves to compete with yet.
Better list:
#10: What’s The Story Morning Glory by Oasis
#9: Machine Head by Deep Purple
#8: A Night At The Opera by Queen
#7: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols
#6: The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
#5: In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson
#4: Paranoid by Black Sabbath
#3: Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
#2: Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
#1: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles
Honorable mentions:
Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones
The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
OK Computer by Radiohead
London Calling by the Clash
Rio by Duran Duran
Shitty fucking list my man wmojos fucking list was better
excellent choice just putting a few of these albums on now - cheers
You forgot King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King." This album started the prog rock movement, set new standards for production quality, and jump started Greg Lake's career. He went on to form Emerson, Lake and Palmer!
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
2. The Wall - Pink Floyd
3. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
4. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
5. London Calling - The Clash
6. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
7. Revolver - The Beatles
8. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
9. Definetely Maybe - Oasis
10. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Peter Gabriel's "So" should have been on this list.
inconsistent
Why? It's not even his best album.
The third Album is his best work.
The who.yardbirds,.cream.led Zep.Floyd.stones, Beatles, SABBATH. (& many more).
Thanks, friends across the pond ( from a friend in Canada)
Cream - Wheels of Fire.
The Beatles are the most influential Earth band ever.
I don’t know I think the Stones were better. The Beatles were good, but not great
@Andrew Mullin. I disagree completely. They can't hold a candle to Pink Floyd.
StanDaMan for sure. They don’t beat the Stones, but they are much better than the Beatles
You both are fucking delusional, The Beatles are STILL known as the greatest band of all time after what? 60 years? Yes i must agree that as a Pink Floyd and Stones fan, they definitely are some of the greatest bands of all time, but they will never surpass the Beatles.
Not a bad list at all. I agree with most of it (I'm sure very few agree with every choice), but I would have squeezed "In The Court Of The Crimson King" (grandfather of progressive/classical rock, IMO), and The Who's "Tommy" in there somewhere.
Or Quadrophenia.
If there’s no zeppelin then I’ll be angry
It's on there :)
The tough part was choosing which one!
WatchMojoUK I could imagine that was difficult. :D
I would of personally picked Physical Graffiti since it's a career highlight.
II Would of been second pick.
I would have picked their first album. For the time it was an in your face startling sonic assault.
There’s one glaring omission on this list in terms of an album that changed the scene by bringing an underground genre to the mainstream masses...The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
Thank you! I was wondering why The Prodigy wasn't even mentioned on here since they created the Big-Beat genre and mixed rave with metal.
'The Prodigy Experience ', 'Music for a Jilted Generation' and 'Fat of the Land' are all brilliant albums.
Why is “A Night at the Opera” so low down. It should be at least number 2!
Queens 4 Life because you’ve got lz, pink floyd, and Beatles who all released better albums
Ayham Shaheed I have my opinion you have yours
Queens 4 Life ok then. I’m not saying queen isn’t amazing - I absolutely love them. It’s just that there are other albums from other artists who are also very very good, and so due to that reason placing on a list can vary
Ayham Shaheed I suppose so.
Yeah... Queen for life my ASS. You only know Queen because of that Film.