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Surprise winner: Radiohead, fronted by Thom Yorke, has topped a British
poll of the greatest albums of all time.

OK – it's the best

18apr05

RADIOHEAD'S album OK Computer has knocked The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band off the top spot as the greatest of all time.

About 400,000 people voted in a poll conducted by Britain's Channel 4 for
its program, 100 Greatest Albums.
In a similar poll five years ago, the Fab Four's Sgt Pepper won the
accolade, but this time it slipped to No 7.

Also in the top 10 were U2's The Joshua Tree, Nirvana's Nevermind, Pink
Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, Definitely Maybe by Oasis, Michael
Jackson's Thriller, Like A Prayer by Madonna, and Appetite For Destruction
by Guns N'Roses.

While many of Channel 4's older viewers may never have heard of OK
Computer, the 1997 album attracted plaudits from stars. REM singer
Michael Stipe said: "OK Computer is Radiohead really stretching and
pushing the boundaries of what they think they're capable of doing and
what their audience think they're capable of doing, and it is a classic,
brilliant record."

Johnny Marr from The Smiths said: "OK Computer is pretty much a
landmark record. As time goes on and we get away from when it was
released, more and more it would be seen as the important record it is."

Despite losing the top spot, The Beatles are the only band to claim two
albums in the top 10: Revolver also made the cut.

Jackson showed he was still popular, with Thriller reaching No 4.

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher said of Definitely Maybe: "Other people have
said it was a benchmark for British guitar rock and roll. It must be pretty
good."