A Virgin Radio listener survey on the ultimate album has put Queen's first ever chart topping album, 1975's 'A Night At The Opera', at the top. It was the album that carried that other survey topper 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. The top ten is as follows.
1. Queen - A Night At The Opera
2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
3. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
4. U2 - The Joshua Tree
5. Nirvana - Nevermind
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
7. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
8. B Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
9. The Beatles - Revolver
10. REM - Automatic For The People
Virgin DJ Daryl Denham, whose listeners voted in the survey, said, when announcing the top 10 yesterday: "The Beatles' stranglehold on these polls seems to have been broken but you can't complain about the albums that beat them."