Radio 2's Top 100 Favourite Albums
Earlier this year, as part of our album season, we asked listeners to pick their favourite from our list of Radio 2's Top 100 Most Played Albums.
Our shortlist was made up of albums whose tracks are played by Radio 2 most regularly, and we only allowed one album per artist. We chose studio albums only - no soundtracks, live shows or compilations.
Over 100,000 people voted, and on 1st April 2013, we counted down the results of your votes all day before Jo Whiley announced the winner in a special Easter show.
You can re-live the countdown on our blog.
Your Top 100 Favourite Albums in full:
- 1 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
- 2 Keane - Hopes & Fears
- 3 Duran Duran - Rio
- 4 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
- 5 Dido - No Angel
- 6 The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
- 7 Pet Shop Boys - Actually
- 8 The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- 9 U2 - The Joshua Tree
- 10 Queen - A Night At The Opera
- 11 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
- 12 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
- 13 The Police - Synchronicity
- 14 Madonna - True Blue
- 15 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
- 16 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
- 17 Adele - 21
- 18 Oasis - Definitely Maybe
- 19 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
- 20 George Michael - Faith
- 21 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
- 22 Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue
- 23 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
- 24 Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
- 25 Kylie Minogue - Fever
- 26 Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
- 27 Michael Jackson - Thriller
- 28 Paul Simon - Graceland
- 29 Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
- 30 Kinks - The Kinks
- 31 Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
- 32 Pulp - Different Class
- 33 The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
- 34 Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life
- 35 Take That - Beautiful World
- 36 Blondie - Parallel Lines
- 37 ABBA - Arrival
- 38 Prince - Purple Rain
- 39 The Eagles - Hotel California
- 40 The Human League - Dare
- 41 Supertramp - Breakfast In America
- 42 R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
- 43 Wings - Band On The Run
- 44 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
- 45 Joni Mitchell - Blue
- 46 Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
- 47 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- 48 Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You
- 49 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
- 50 Neil Young - Harvest
- 51 Carole King - Tapestry
- 52 The Verve - Urban Hymns
- 53 Celine Dion - Falling Into You
- 54 The Who - Tommy
- 55 Donna Summer - Bad Girls
- 56 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
- 57 Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
- 58 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
- 59 Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
- 60 Gerry Rafferty - City To City
- 61 David Bowie - Let's Dance
- 62 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu
- 63 Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
- 64 Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood
- 65 Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
- 66 Culture Club - Colour By Numbers
- 67 David Gray - White Ladder
- 68 Bryan Adams - Reckless
- 69 Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise
- 70 Phil Collins - Face Value
- 71 Genesis - Invisible Touch
- 72 Barbra Streisand - Guilty
- 73 Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
- 74 Simply Red - Stars
- 75 Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset
- 76 Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing
- 77 Sade - Diamond Life
- 78 Buddy Holly & The Crickets - The Chirping Crickets
- 79 Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
- 80 Michael Bublé - Crazy Love
- 81 Shania Twain - Come On Over
- 82 Emeli Sandé - Our Version Of Events
- 83 Elvis Presley - Moody Blue
- 84 Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown
- 85 Eric Clapton - Slowhand
- 86 The Pretenders - The Pretenders
- 87 Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight
- 88 The Carpenters - A Song For You
- 89 John Lennon - Double Fantasy
- 90 Don McLean - American Pie
- 91 Chic - C'est Chic
- 92 Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
- 93 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes
- 94 Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am
- 95 The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute
- 96 Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
- 97 Diana Ross - Diana
- 98 Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace
- 99 Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker
- 100 Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer
