Oasis' 1994 debut 'Definitely Maybe' has been named the Greatest Album Of All Time in a poll organised by the Book Of British Hit Singles & Albums and NME.com. Oasis beat the Beatles in the survey, in which 40,000 music fans voted, with the Fab Four's albums 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' and 'Revolver' in second and third place respectively.
Radiohead's 'OK Computer' was in fourth place, while another Oasis album, '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?', was fifth. The rest of the top ten then goes: Nirvana's 'Nevermind' at 6, The Stone Roses' eponymous album at 7, Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon' at 8, The Smiths' 'The Queen Is Dead' at 9 and Radiohead's 'The Bends' at 10. Nirvana, and The Strokes' 'Is This It' (at 20), were the only US artists in the top twenty, while The Libertines' 2002 album 'Up The Bracket' (at 15) was the most recent release in the survey.
Votes were cast by music fans from as far a field as New Zealand, Croatia and Colombia in the survey, designed to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the UK albums chart.
Oh, and this just in, the President of the Never Trust A Public Vote Society has confirmed that Oasis' 'Definitely Maybe' is not the greatest album of all time.