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Following on from The Scotsman's poll, here's a rather more eclectic selection from the excellent Is This Music?:

"The all-time top 100 scottish albums - as voted by readers of is thismusic?

Well, it was a long, hard-fought campaign. Emails and txts flooded in in their thousands, and the we saw the kind of voting patterns that would give Jon Snow palpitations. With such a vast pool of Scottish talent on display it was inevitable it’d be tight at the top, but eventually, Teenage Fanclub’s Grand Prix emerged as a clear winner, with 9.3% of the total vote, that’s a whole 1.6% ahead of its nearest rival.

We’ll not labour the 100 albums list here again, but here is the top 50 Scottish albums of all time, as voted by readers of is this music?
So we publish here the top 100 - with the 'bottom 50' included. This sees a few departures from the list of 100 nominated for the vote by our writers with several entries fained by votes from dissatisfied fans! Highest-placed is a second entry for Aereogramme - ‘Sleep and Release' is at 53, and extra entries from the likes of Belle and Sebastian, The Delgados and Teenage Fanclub have also arrived. But more significant are a few from bands completely and sadly neglected in the initial nominations. The Trashcan Sinatras - in fact one of our extra acts, in our top 110 show up at #61, and Green Peppers and Thee Moths are among the smaller acts who also crop up due to fan power, alongside Del Amitri and Deacon Blue (originally slated for our 100 but eventually the text to accompany Raintown was not forthcoming).

Just outside the hot 100 were Wet Wet Wet (yup, really!) and TFC's ManMade - not out for another month!

1. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix (Creation, 1995)
2. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (Domino, 2004)
3. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next (Vertigo,1973)
4. Bis - New Transistor Heroes (Wiiija, 1997)
5. Dogs Die in Hot Cars - Please Describe Yourself (V2, 2004)
6. Peeps into Fairyland - The Shot (d&c, 2000)
7. The Associates - Sulk (WEA, 1982)
8. Aereogramme - A Story In White (Chemikal Underground, 2002/2003)
9. Biffy Clyro -Blackened Sky (Beggars Banquet, 2002)
10. Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (Blanco y Negro, 1985)
11. Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children (Warp, 1998)
12. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (Creation, 1991)
13. Spare Snare - Live At Home (Chute, 1995)
14. Frog Pocket - Baral Orgen (MouthMoth/AFE, 2002)
15. Calamateur - The Old Fox of 45 (Autoclave, 2004)
16. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (Jeepster Recordings, 1996
17. Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land (Beggars Banquet, 2004)
18. Mogwai -Young Team (Chemikal Underground, 1997)
19. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk (Electric Honey 1996/ Jeepster 2000)
20. The Aphrodisiacs - This Is A Campaign (SL, 2004)
21. Khaya - Avoidance (SL, 1999)
22. The Delgados - The Great Eastern (Chemikal Underground, 2000)
23. Arab Strap - Philophobia (Chemikal Underground, 1998)
24. The Supernaturals - It Doesn't Matter Anymore (Food, 1997)
25. Mogwai - Come On Die Young (Chemikal Underground, 1999)
26. Oldsolar - Many Visitors Have Been Gored by Buffalo (Mint, 2001)
27. Close Lobsters - Foxheads Stalk This Land (Fire, 1987)
28. The Associates - The Affecionate Punch (Fiction, 1980)
29. James Yorkston and The Athletes - Moving Up Country (Domino, 2003)
30. Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (Linn, 1984)
31. Urusei Yatsura - Slain By Urusei Yatsura (Che, 1998)
32. Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows (Food, 2001)
33. The Beta Band - The 3 EPs (Regal, 1998)
34. Josef K - The Only Fun in Town (Postcard, 1981)
35. John Martyn - Solid Air (Island, 1973)
36. The Reindeer Section - Son of Evil Reindeer (Bright Star, 2002)
37. Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (Polydor, 1982)
38. The Pastels - Mobile Safari (Domino, 1995)
39. Urusei Yatsura - Everybody Loves Urusei Yatsura (ONI, 2000)
40. Primal Scream - Exterminator (Creation, 2000)
41. Travis - The Man Who (Independiente, 1999) 3
42. The Vaselines - All the Stuff and More... (Avalanche/53rd & 3rd, 1995)
43. Yummy Fur - Male Shadow at 3 O’clock (Guided Missile, 1998)
44. The KLF - The White Room (Arista, 1991)
45. Idlewild - The Remote Part (Parlophone, 2002)
45. Ivor Cutler - Jammy Smears (Virgin, 1976)
46. TV21 - A Thin Red Line (Deram, 1981)
47. Fire Engines - Fond (Rev-Ola, 1992)
48. The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith (Chrysalis, 1988)
49. The Skids - Best Of (EMI Gold, 2005)
50. Rezillos - Can’t Stand the Rezillos (Sire, 1978)
51. Ballboy - Club Anthems (SL, 2001)
52. Primal Scream - Screamadelica (Creation, 1991)
53. Aereogramme - Sleep & Release (Chemikal Underground)
54. Spare Snare - Animals & Me (Chute, 1998)
55. Biffy Clyro - Vertigo of Bliss (Beggars)
56. Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (Rough Trade, 1983)
57. Mogwai - Rock Action (South Paw, 2001)
58. Arab Strap - The Week Never Starts Round Here (Chemikal Underground)
59. Edwyn Collins - I’m Not Following You (Setanta, 1994)
60. Sons and Daughters - Love The Cup (Ba da Bing/Domino, 2003/2004)
61. Trashcan Sinatras - Cake ()
62. Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder (Elefant, 2003)
63. The Delgados - Hate (Chemikal Underground)
64. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (4AD, 1990)
65. Starlets - Surely Tomorrow You’ll Feel Blue (SL, 2001)
66. Appendix Out - Rye Bears A Poison (Drag City 1997)
67. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap (Jeepster)
68. Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain ()
69. Eska - Invent The Fortune (Gringo, 2000)
70. AC Acoustics - Able Treasury (Elemental, 1994)
71. Josephine - This is Not An Advertisment (Lithium, 2002)
72. Lonnie Donegan - Showcase (Pye, 1955)
73. The Delgados - Peloton (Chemikal Underground)
74. The Reindeer Section - Y'all Get Scared Now Ya Hear! (Bright Star Recordings, 2001)
75. Travis - Good Feeling (Independiente, 1997)
76. One Dove - Morning Dove White (London, 1993)
77. Nectarine No. 9 - It's Just The Way Things Are, Joe, It's Just the Way Things Are (Creeping Bent, 2001)
78. Big Country - The Crossing (Mercury, 1983)
79. The Skids - Best Of (EMI Gold, 2005)
80. Mull Historical Society - Loss (Blanco Y Negro, 2001)
81. Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination (Virgin, 1981)
82. Green Peppers - Jonis Garden (Neon)
83. BMX Bandits - Life Goes On (Creation, 1993)
84. Scars - Author! Author! (Pre, 1981)
85. Macrocosmica - Art of the Black Earth (Trepanner Head Music, 2003)
86. Long Fin Killie - Amelia (Too Pure, 1995/1997)
87. Won Mississippi - Welcomes Careful Drivers (Hackpen, 2004)
88. Stretchheads - Pish in Your Sleazebag (Moksha, 1988)
89. Bert Jansch – Bert Jansch (Transcopic/Demon, 1965)
90. Incredible String Band - The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (Elektra, 1968)
91. Bill Wells - Also in White (Geographic, 2002)
92. Snow Patrol - Final Straw (Fiction, 2003)
93. Prick Decay - Guidelines For Basement Non Fidel (Chocolate Monk / Hell's Half Halo, 1991)
94. Del Amitri - Change Everything ()
95. Thee Moths - A Small Glass Ghost (Stolenwine)
96. Cruiser - Northern Electric (Devil In the Woods, 2001)
97. Annie Christian - Twilight (V2)
98. Deacon Blue - Raintown ()
99. Cosmic Rough Riders - Enjoy The Melodic Sunshine ()
100. Christ - Metamorphic Reproduction Miracle (Benbecula)

I'm not sure how The Skids can be at 49 AND 79 with the same album but it's their poll. Please note, The Skids' Best of is not eligible for our poll.
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Statsbunker · Site Admin 2 Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 68

Well from the bunker I can safely say that quite a few of these have got votes. Cool

I can exclusively reveal that no one has voted for Prick Decay yet Shocked

At the risk of sounding even older than my 38 years, they must be making some of these bands up. I mean 'Lonnie Donegan'?! What kind of name is that? Razz