Queen's 1975 album 'A Night At The Opera' has been voted the 7th greatest British album in the last 60 years as part of a HMV / Jubilee poll. A couple of interesting and different entries in the top two slots... 


Top 60 British albums of the past 60 years


1. Iron Maiden / The Number of the Beast (9.18%)


2. Depeche Mode / Violator (6.30%)


3. The Beatles / Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (5.69)


4. The Beatles / Abbey Road (5.67%)


5. Pink Floyd / The Dark Side of the Moon (5.23%)


6. The Beatles / Revolver (4.01%)


7. Queen / A Night at the Opera (3.98%)


8. Oasis / (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (3.91%)


9. Adele / 21 (3.07%) 


10. The Beatles / White Album (2.60%)


11. Led Zeppelin / IV (2.50%)


12. The Beatles / Rubber Soul (2.49%)


13. The Clash / London Calling (2.48%)


14. David Bowie / The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2.38%)


15. The Smiths / The Queen is Dead (2.25%)


16. Black Sabbath / Black Sabbath (2.16%)


17. Radiohead / OK Computer (1.99%)


18. Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here (1.99%)


19. Elton John / Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1.89%)


20. Oasis / Definitely Maybe (1.72%)


21. Take That / Beautiful World (1.66%)


22. Led Zeppelin / II (1.48%)


23. Elbow / Seldom Seen Kid (1.44%)


24. The Who / Who’s Next (1.38%)


25. Coldplay / Parachutes (1.31%)


26. Sex Pistols / Never Mind the Bollocks (1.30%)


27. Muse / Origin of Symmetry (1.25%)


28. Amy Winehouse / Back to Black (1.23%)


29. Joy Division / Unknown Pleasures (1.20%)


30. The Stone Roses / The Stone Roses (1.14%)


31. David Bowie / Hunky Dory


32. The Cure / Disintegration


33. My Bloody Valentine / Loveless


34. Arctic Monkeys / Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not


35. Pulp / Different Class


36. Mumford & Sons / Sigh No More


37. Blur / Parklife


38. Florence & The Machine / Lungs


39. The Prodigy / Fat of the Land


40. The Rolling Stones / Exile on Main Street


41. Kate Bush / Hounds of Love


42. Radiohead / Kid A


43. The Rolling Stones / Sticky Fingers


44. Portishead / Dummy


45. The Rolling Stones / Let it Bleed


46. The Specials / The Specials


47. Kasabian / Kasabian


48. Manic Street Preachers / The Holy Bible


49. Tinie Tempah / Disc-overy


50. Stereophonics / Word Gets Around


51. Massive Attack / Blue Lines


52. Primal Scream / Screamadelica


53. Dusty Springfield / Dusty in Memphis


54. Aphex Twin / Selected Ambient Works


55. Blur / Modern Life is Rubbish


56. The Streets / Original Pirate Material


57. PJ Harvey / Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea


58. Dizzee Rascal / Boy in da Corner


59. Teenage Fanclub / Bandwagonesque


60. Roots Manuva / Run Come Save Me