So, as has become custom, its April and a year since I sat down and made a list of the 100 greatest records of all time. This year I've decided to expand the list to 200.
200 Rock Steady -
No Doubt
199 Cloud Nine - George Harrison
198 Brighten The Corners - Pavement
197 Fifth Dimension - The Byrds
196 Gold - Ryan Adams
195 When I was Born For The Seventh Time -
Cornershop
194 Lycanthropy - Patrick Wolf
193 Love.Angel.Music.Baby -
Gwen Stefani
192 Black Cherry -
Goldfrapp
191 The Pleasure Principle -
Gary Numan
190 A Hard Days Night - The Beatles
189 Falco 3 -
Falco
188 Bad - Michael Jackson
187 The "Chirping" Crickets -
Buddy Holly and The Crickets
186 Vespertine - Bjork
185 Remember That I Love You -
Kimya Dawson
184 Lapalco - Brendan Benson
183 Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam And The Ants
182 Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's -
The Sex Pistols
181 Please Please Me - The Beatles
180 Love Travels at Illegal Speeds - Graham Coxon
179 Think Tank - Blur
178 In Utero - Nirvana
177 Midnite Vultures - Beck
176 The Sky Is Too High - Graham Coxon
175 Love and Theft - Bob Dylan
174 Ray of Light -
Madonna
173 The Black Album - Prince
172 Barrett-
Syd Barrett
171 Automatic for the People -
R.E.M
170 Take it Easy with - The Walker Brothers
169 The Joshua Tree - U2
168 Julie Delpy -
Julie Delpy
167 The White Stripes - The White Stripes
166 Come on Feel - The Lemonheads
165 Friends of Mine - Adam Green
164 "Heroes" - David Bowie
163 Kiss of the Morning - Graham Coxon
162 Franz Ferdinand -
Franz Ferdinand
161 Demon Days - Gorillaz
160 My People Were Fair and Had Stars In There Hair, Now They're content to Have Stars on Their Brows -
Tyrannosaurus Rex
159 Pornography - The Cure
158 Souvaki -
Slowdive
157 Cake or Death? - Lee Hazelwood
156 Half The World Is Watching Us - Mew
155 Achtung Baby! -
U2
154 No Commercial Breaks -
Scroobius Pip
153 Tilt - Scott Walker
152 First Impressions of Earth - The Strokes
151 Cardinology -
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals
150 Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan
149 I Know You're Married...But I Have Feelings Too -
Martha Wainwright
148 This Is Hardcore - Pulp
147 Loveless -
My Bloody Valentine
146 If I should Fall From The Grace of God -
The Pogues
145 Aftermath - The Rolling Stones
144 Tommy - The Who
143 Sound Affects -
The Jam
142 Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
141 Dummy -
Portishead
140 Sex Machine -
James Brown
139 Then Play On -
Fleetwood Mac
138 Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me -
The Cure
137 Brainwashed - George Harrison
136 Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating In Space -
Spiritulized
135 A Storm In Heaven - Verve
134 Myths of the Near Future -
Klaxons
133 Strangeways Here We Come - The Smiths
132 Around The World In A Day - Prince
131 Arthur: Or The Decline and Fall of The British Empire - The Kinks
130 Ariel - Kate Bush
129 Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
128 Low - David Bowie
127 The Doors - The Doors
126 Angles -
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
125 The Information - Beck
124 Portrait - The Walker Brothers
123 Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
122 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain -
Pavement
121 Dig Me Out -
Sleater-Kinney
120 Unfinished Monkey Business -
Ian Brown
119 Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
118 Wind In the Wires - Patrick Wolf
117 Combat Rock - The Clash
116 The Libertines - the Libertines
115 His 'n' Hers - Pulp
114 I should Coco - Supergrass
113 Dandy In the Underworld - T.Rex
112 Prince Charming -
Adam and the Ants
111 Imagine - John Lennon
110 Smile -
Brian Wilson
109 Closer - Joy Division
108 Nancy and Lee -
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood
107 Magic and Medicene -
The Coral
106 Definitely Maybe -
Oasis
105 Strange Days -
The Doors
104 Icky Thump - The White Stripes
103 Kaya - Bob Marley and The Wailers
102 Who's Next? -
The Who
101 The Moldy Peaches -
The Moldy Peaches
100 l'fabuleux destin d'amelie poulin -
Yann Tierson
99 Beggars Banquet -
The Rolling Stones
98 Soviet Kitsch - Regina Spektor
97Cowboy in Sweeden -
Lee Hazelwood
96 Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
95 Innervisons -
Stevie Wonder
94 Parallel Lines -
Blondie
93 Paranoid -
Black Sabbath
92 Nite Flights -
The Walker Brothers
91 Jarvis -
Jarvis Cocker
90 At Folsom Prison -
Johnny Cash
89 Scott 3 -
Scott Walker
87 Easy, Tiger - Ryan Adams
86 Nevermind -
Nirvana
85 Sea Change -
Beck
84 Gorillaz -
Gorillaz
83 Frengers -
Mew
82 I Love Rock 'n' Roll -
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
81 Alone With Everybody -
Richard Ashcroft
80 Piper at the Gates of Dawn -
Pink Floyd
79 Thriller -
Micheal Jackson
78 Poet, Fool or Bum? -
Lee Hazelwood
77 Rubber Soul - The Beatles
76 The Freewheelin' - Bob Dylan
75 The Magic Position -
Patrick Wolf
74 Psychocandy -
The Jesus and Mary Chain
73 The Kink Kontroversy -
The Kinks
72 Sunshine Superman -
Donovan
71 Debut - Bjork
70 Electric Ladyland -
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
69 The Specials -
The Specials
68 Help! - The Beatles
67 "Couples" - The Long Blondes
66 Plastic Ono Band -
John Lennon
65 Mutations - Beck
64 A Northern Soul - The Verve
63 One Step Beyond -
Madness
62 Pussy Whipped -
Bikini Kill
61 Gemstones -
Adam Green
60 Desire - Bob Dylan
59 The Alternative To Love -
Brendan Benson
58 Begin To Hope -
Regina Spektor
57 Catch A Fire -
Bob Marley And The Wailers
56 The Slider - T.Rex
55 Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
54 Hunky Dory - David Bowie
53 Kid A - Radiohead
52 McCartney -
Paul McCartney
51 The La's -
The La's
50 All Things Must Pass -
George Harrison
49 The Message -
Grandmaster Flash
48 De Stijl - The White Stripes
47 Screamadelica -
Primal Scream
46 London Calling - The Clash
45 Blur - Blur
44 The Queen Is Dead -
The Smiths
43 Happiness in Magazines -
Graham Coxon
42 Sign 'o' the Times - Prince
41 Elastica -
Elastica
40 Sgt Peppers Lonley Hearts Club Band - the Beatles
39 Life on Other Planets -
Supergrass
38 Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
37 Unknown Pleasures -
Joy Division
36 Modern Life is Rubbish - Blur
35 XTRMNTR - PRML SCRM
34 It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back -
Public Enemy
33 Darklands -
Jesus and Mary Chain
32 Odelay -
Beck
31 The Bends -
Radiohead
30 Heartbreaker -
Ryan Adams
29 Elephant -
The White Stripes
28 Le Tigre -
Le Tigre
27 It's A Shame About Ray -
The Lemonheads
26 Up The Bracket -
The Libertines
25 Someone To Drive You Home -
The Long Blondes
24 Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
23 The Clash -
The Clash
22 Scott 4 - Scott Walker
21 Talking Book -
Stevie Wonder
20 The Beatles - the Beatles
19 Highway 61 Revisited -
Bob Dylan
18 Post -
Bjork
17 Are The Village Green Preservation Society-
The Kinks
16 Is This It? -
The Strokes
15 Exodus -
Bob Marley And The Wailers
14 OK Computer -
Radiohead
13 Different Class -
Pulp
12 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars -
David Bowie
11 Parklife -
Blur
10 Hounds of Love -
Kate Bush
09 White Blood Cells -
The White Stripes
08 Electric Warrior -
T.Rex
07 Scott -
Scott Walker
06 The Stone Roses -
The Stone Roses
05 Pet Sounds -
The Beach Boys
04 Purple Rain -
Prince
03 Urban Hymns -
The Verve
02 Blonde on Blonde -
Bob Dylan
01 Revolver -
The Beatles*
*I had Blonde on Blonde down as Number one untill ten seconds ago. Then I played 'Taxman' and changed my mind. Fickle, eh?
See you 12 months.