On the 2nd May 1993 and following on from the 1992 viewers chart, BBC Radio 1 decided to allow the listeners to choose their favourite album of all time. Now there were some stipulations to this and the main one was that the album couldn’t be a Greatest Hits album. Also the album had to have entered the album chart, at some point after its release.
The show, again, was on for over 8 hours but there were only 2 presenters were this time. Mark Goodier and Clare Sturgess took the reins of this show in the morning and then took it in turns, hour after hour, to present a section of the run down. Culminating in both presenters announcing the Top 10 together.
When all 99 albums had been announced, and a track from the album had been played, they had the task of counting down the chart from 100 to number 2 and Mark announced that the number one album, as voted for by listeners was Simply Red’s “Stars” album.
01 – Simply Red – Stars
02 – The Beatles – Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
03 – U2 – The Joshua Tree
04 – Meatloaf – Bat Out Of Hell
05 – Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
06 – R.E.M. – Out Of Time
07 – Michael Jackson – Thriller
08 – Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
09 – R.E.M. – Automatic For The People
10 – Nirvana – Nevermind
11 – Guns n Roses – Appetite For Destruction
12 – Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
13 – U2 – Achtung Baby
14 – Queen – A Night At The Opera
15 – Prince – Purple Rain
16 – Metallica – Metallica
17 – Michael Jackson – Dangerous
18 – Pink Floyd – The Wall
19 – Def Leppard – Hysteria
20 – George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1
21 – David Bowie – The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
22 – Bryan Adams – Reckless
23 – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV/Four Symbols Album
24 – Queen – Innuendo
25 – The Beatles – Abbey Road
26 – Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
27 – Michael Jackson – Bad
28 – INXS – Kick
29 – Annie Lennox – Diva
30 – Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
31 – Prince – Sign O’ The Times
32 – Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
33 – The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
34 – The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
35 – The Levellers – Levelling The Land
36 – Crowded House – Woodface
37 – George Michael – Faith
38 – Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A.
39 – Deacon Blue – Raintown
40 – Kate Bush – The Hounds Of Love
41 – The Eagles – Hotel California
42 – Phil Collins – But Seriously
43 – Depeche Mode – Violator
44 – U2 – Rattle & Hum
45 – The Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks
46 – Carole King – Tapestry
47 – Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
48 – Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
49 – Pearl Jam – Ten
50 – David Bowie – Hunky Dorey
51 – ABC – Lexicon Of Love
52 – Peter Gabriel – So
53 – Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
54 – Simply Red – A New Flame
55 – The Beatles – The Beatles (The White Album)
56 – Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
57 – Paul Simon – Gracelands
58 – Take That – Take That And Party
59 – The Beatles – Revolver
60– Prince – Diamonds And Pearls
61 – Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
62 – U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
63 – Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
64 – Eric Clapton – Unplugged
65 – Simply Red – Picture Book
66 – Guns n Roses – Use Your Illusion Volume 1
67 – R.E.M. – Green
68 – Queen – A Kind Of Magic
69 – The Human League – Dare
70 – Faith No More – Angel Dust
71 – The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
72 – The Jam – Setting Sun
73 – Bob Marley & The Wailers – Legend
74 – Bryan Adams – Waking Up The Neighbours
75 – The Clash – London Calling
76 – Guns n Roses – Use Your Illusion Volume 2
77 – Queen – The Works
78 – Chris Rea – The Road To Hell
79 – Genesis – We Can’t Dance
80– Metallica – Master Of Puppets
81 – Bob Dylan – Blond On Blond
82 – Shakespeare’s Sister – Hormonally Yours
83 – Electric Light Orchestra – Out Of The Blue
84 – Madonna – Like A Prayer
85 – Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run
86 – Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair
87 – Kate Bush – The Kick Inside
88 – Genesis – Invisible Touch
89 – The Beatles – Rubber Soul
90 – Blondie – Parallel Lines
91 – Simple Minds – Once Upon A Time
92 – David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
93 – John Lennon – Imagine
94 – Extreme – Extreme II Pornograffitti
95 – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
96 – Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
97 – Dire Straits – Making Money
98 – The Police – Synchronicity
99 – UB40 – Labour Of Love
100– ZZ Top – Eliminator
