London: Oasis have taken the top two places in a poll to find the best British album of the last 50 years, beating classics by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd.
The Manchester band's debut album Definitely Maybe topped the survey for Q magazine and HMV, while their 1995 follow-up (What's The Story) Morning Glory? came second.
The Beatles took five top 50 places with Revolver, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Rubber Soul, Abbey Roadand The White Album.
The Rolling Stones crept into the chart with Exile on Main Street (48) and Let It Bleed (50). Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, one of the best-selling albums of all time, was ninth.
Q's Editor Paul Rees said: "It's clear that, having polled three times more votes than any other act, Oasis are undoubtedly the nation's most-loved band."
The top 50 is at www.q4music.com.
Here is the top 20:
- Definitely Maybe – Oasis
- (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
- OK Computer - Radiohead
- Revolver - Beatles
- The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
- London Calling - The Clash
- Under the Iron Sea - Keane
- Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
- Urban Hymns - The Verve
- The Bends - Radiohead
- Abbey Road - Beatles
- Hopes and Fears - Keane
- Don't Believe the Truth - Oasis
- Violator - Depeche Mode
- The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
- A Night at the Opera - Queen
- Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
- The White Album - Beatles
- Never Mind the Bollocks... - Sex Pistols
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