Another day, another 'best albums in the world ever' survey (the best album in the world ever, for future reference, is Ben Folds Five's 'The Unauthorised Biography Of Reinhold Messner'), and this time the Stone Roses' 1989 eponymous debut tops the chart.
Based on the opinions of 100 musicians and critics the Observer Music Monthly survey put The Beatles' 'Revolver' at two, The Clash's 'London Calling' at three and, perhaps most surprisingly, Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks' at four. Neither Radiohead's 'OK Computer' - which used to top lots of these surveys - nor Oasis' 'Definitely Maybe' which topped Q's recent best album chart, appear in the top ten.
Commenting on his survey OMM editor Caspar Llewellyn Smith said: "This is the sort of poll you might conduct over Sunday lunch with friends; which are the greatest British albums of all time. Once you start to draw up your own list, the questions begin: should I pick my favourites, or albums which conform to an idea of greatness".