More Lennon related nonsense, and the Beatles have topped another best albums ever poll. Wouldn't it be great if Aqua's greatest hits topped one of these polls one day? Or Bros' 'Push'. Or 'The Best Wombles Album So Far'. I always thought that was a pretty definitive album.
Anyway, 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' has topped the 'Definitive 200' list compiled by the US's National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the US Hall Of Fame people. Other usual suspects like U2's 'Joshua Tree', Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon', Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and Nirvana's 'Nevermind' all appear in the top ten, though there's some less usual suspects like Carole King's 'Tapestry' in there too.
For reasons I'm not entirely clear on loads of reports on this new top 200 focus on the fact that Bonnie Raitt's 1989 album 'Nick of Time' is at 137, which hardly seems to be the big story here, though I have a suspicion most people have sourced the story via the Press Association and she's the only artist they've got to give a quote about the list. In case you're wondering, which you might be now I've mentioned it, here's what she says: "I'm always asked about things like 'what are the most significant, you know, 10 of this or 20 of that', but what's important is that it's not a contest. You do your best work and everybody's got a subjective opinion about what albums mean the most to them".
The full list is at http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php