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April 14, 2024

HMV's Poll of Polls was an annual list of albums compiled by British music retailer HMV from 1998 to 2012. The listing was created each December by collating year-end polls from approximately 30 music magazines, newspapers and guides to determine the most critically acclaimed albums of the year.[1] An album's placing in the list was determined by the number of different polls in which it was included. In the event of two records featuring in the same number of polls, the album with the highest combined placings was given the higher position on the Poll of Polls.[2] In 2011, Let England Shake by PJ Harvey was named the best album of the year after receiving 21 nominations[3] – the following year, Channel Orange by Frank Ocean topped the poll with 22 nominations.[4]

Canadian band Arcade Fire are the only act to have topped the Poll of Polls more than once.

The Poll of Polls was introduced by HMV in 1998, with Hello Nasty by American hip hop group Beastie Boys topping the first chart.[5] Thereafter, the poll was aggregated using listings from more than 60 sources, including magazines such as NME and Q, newspapers such as The Guardian and the Daily Mirror, and music blogs, including Gorilla vs. Bear and Stereogum.[6] Subsequent polls were topped by acts such as Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age and Kanye West.[7] The only act to top the listing more than once was Canadian band Arcade Fire, who were number one in both 2005 and 2010 with Funeral and The Suburbs respectively.[8]

Commentators observed a disparity between the albums that placed highly in the Poll of Polls and those that were the year's biggest-selling. Speaking about the 2008 chart, singer-songwriter Christopher Rees noted that "when records are so popular in mainstream charts, they lose favour with the critics. The quirkier the sound, the cooler it becomes in their opinion."[9] Similarly, Jonathan Owen of The Independent contrasted the albums that had been featured in 2011's Poll of Polls against those that had sold the most that year in the UK. Although Let England Shake had topped HMV's listing, Owen remarked that "hardly anyone would agree", as Harvey's album had, at the time, sold only 130,000 copies, compared with 3.5 million copies of the year's best-seller, 21 by Adele.[1]

Albums released through independent (indie) record labels often performed well in the poll. In discussion of the 2008 chart, John Rostron of Cardiff's The Point remarked that he had "seen a rise in the quality of independent music and of bands signed to small record labels".[9] The following year, eight of Top 10 albums had been released by indie labels, which HMV claimed underlined "the current strength of Indie music and the vitality of the music scene in general".[10] Three years later, 34 of the 50 albums in the chart were released on independent labels, with six featuring in the Top 10.[6] Speaking in 2009, HMV's Rock & Pop Manager John Hirst stated that it was "encouraging to see indie labels doing so well", and that it reflected on "the vibrant state of [music] right now".[2]

Number-one albums edit

 
American hip hop group Beastie Boys were the inaugural winners of HMV's Poll of Polls in 1998.
 
British duo Basement Jaxx topped the poll in 1999 with Remedy, and came third with Rooty in 2001.
 
Queens of the Stone Age were number one in 2002 with Songs for the Deaf, and number five in 2000 with Rated R.
 
American hip-hop artist Kanye West topped the Poll of Polls with his 2004 debut album The College Dropout, and came third with Late Registration in 2005.
 
American band LCD Soundsystem were number one on the chart with Sound of Silver in 2007, and number three in 2010 with This is Happening.
Year Artist Album Top five albums Ref.
1998 Beastie Boys Hello Nasty [5]
1999 Basement Jaxx Remedy [11]
2000 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP [12]
2001 Daft Punk Discovery [13]
2002 Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf [14]
2003 Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below [15]
2004 Kanye West The College Dropout [16]
2005 Arcade Fire Funeral [17]
2006 Joanna Newsom Ys [18]
2007 LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver [19]
2008 Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid [20]
2009 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion [2]
2010 Arcade Fire The Suburbs [21]
2011 PJ Harvey Let England Shake [22]
2012 Frank Ocean Channel Orange [23]

Year-end polls used edit

HMV's Poll of Polls used year-end, best-of charts from 30 major UK music magazines, national newspapers, websites and guides.[4] Since its inception in 1998, the chart was collated using data from:[25]

Magazines
Newspapers
Websites and other organisations

See also edit

Websites that also aggregate annual lists of albums from year-end polls

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Owen, Jonathan (18 December 2011). "Music critics snub the public's taste in Poll of Polls". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 240904920. from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Animal Collective album tops 2009 music critics' poll". London: BBC News. 28 December 2009. from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. ^ . brand-m. 4 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b Jones, Rhian (18 December 2012). "Frank Ocean tops HMV's Poll of Polls". Music Week. London: United Business. ISSN 0265-1548. OCLC 60620772. from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Old British favourites ousted". London: BBC News. 29 December 1998. from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  6. ^ a b c "HMV's Poll of Polls reveals Frank Ocean's Channel Orange as music critics' Album of the Year 2012". Scotland: allmediascotland. 17 December 2012. from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  7. ^ a b Stokes, Niall, ed. (29 December 2012). "Animal Collective top HMV's annual Poll of Polls". Hot Press. Ireland. from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Arcade Fire album tops critic poll". Belfast Telegraph. Independent News & Media. 27 December 2010. from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  9. ^ a b Bunney, Sarah (30 December 2008). "Top Fifty Albums of the Year, 2008". Western Mail. Cardiff. from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  10. ^ . UK: HMV. 28 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Jaxx album is poll hit". London: BBC News. 29 December 1999. from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  12. ^ "Eminem '2000's best album'". London: BBC News. 27 December 2000. from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  13. ^ "Daft Punk top 2001 poll". London: BBC News. 30 December 2000. from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  14. ^ "Stone Age hits at No1". Daily Mirror. London. 20 December 2012. OCLC 223228477. from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  15. ^ "OutKast album named year's best". London: BBC News. 6 January 2004. from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  16. ^ "Rapper West 'overall poll winner'". London: BBC News. 28 December 2004. from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  17. ^ "Arcade Fire UK critics' choice". Music News. 3 January 2006. from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  18. ^ "Joanna Newsom Tops 2006 Poll of Polls". Scotland: allmediascotland. 1 January 2007. from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  19. ^ Kharas, Kev (21 December 2007). "Poll pot: HMV compiles lists, finds winner". Drowned in Sound. from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  20. ^ "Elbow wins critics' album of the year". The Daily Telegraph. London. 29 December 2008. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 613316876. from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  21. ^ Dutta, Kunal (26 December 2010). "Critics name the year's best albums – but are they right?". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 240904920. from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  22. ^ Kemp, Stuart (19 December 2011). "P J Harvey's 'Let England Shake' Is U.K. Pollsters Album of 2011". The Hollywood Reporter. Los Angeles: Prometheus Global. ISSN 0018-3660. OCLC 496116458. from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  23. ^ Kelsey, Rick (17 December 2012). "Frank Ocean wins album of year in critics poll of poll". London: Newsbeat. from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  24. ^ "HMV's Poll of Polls Reveals PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake' as Music Critics' Album of the Year". Scotland: allmediascotland. 18 December 2011. from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  25. ^ The polls used by HMV can be sourced from BBC News,[11] Hot Press[7] and allmediascotland.[6][24]

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HMV s Poll of Polls was an annual list of albums compiled by British music retailer HMV from 1998 to 2012 The listing was created each December by collating year end polls from approximately 30 music magazines newspapers and guides to determine the most critically acclaimed albums of the year 1 An album s placing in the list was determined by the number of different polls in which it was included In the event of two records featuring in the same number of polls the album with the highest combined placings was given the higher position on the Poll of Polls 2 In 2011 Let England Shake by PJ Harvey was named the best album of the year after receiving 21 nominations 3 the following year Channel Orange by Frank Ocean topped the poll with 22 nominations 4 Canadian band Arcade Fire are the only act to have topped the Poll of Polls more than once The Poll of Polls was introduced by HMV in 1998 with Hello Nasty by American hip hop group Beastie Boys topping the first chart 5 Thereafter the poll was aggregated using listings from more than 60 sources including magazines such as NME and Q newspapers such as The Guardian and the Daily Mirror and music blogs including Gorilla vs Bear and Stereogum 6 Subsequent polls were topped by acts such as Daft Punk Queens of the Stone Age and Kanye West 7 The only act to top the listing more than once was Canadian band Arcade Fire who were number one in both 2005 and 2010 with Funeral and The Suburbs respectively 8 Commentators observed a disparity between the albums that placed highly in the Poll of Polls and those that were the year s biggest selling Speaking about the 2008 chart singer songwriter Christopher Rees noted that when records are so popular in mainstream charts they lose favour with the critics The quirkier the sound the cooler it becomes in their opinion 9 Similarly Jonathan Owen of The Independent contrasted the albums that had been featured in 2011 s Poll of Polls against those that had sold the most that year in the UK Although Let England Shake had topped HMV s listing Owen remarked that hardly anyone would agree as Harvey s album had at the time sold only 130 000 copies compared with 3 5 million copies of the year s best seller 21 by Adele 1 Albums released through independent indie record labels often performed well in the poll In discussion of the 2008 chart John Rostron of Cardiff s The Point remarked that he had seen a rise in the quality of independent music and of bands signed to small record labels 9 The following year eight of Top 10 albums had been released by indie labels which HMV claimed underlined the current strength of Indie music and the vitality of the music scene in general 10 Three years later 34 of the 50 albums in the chart were released on independent labels with six featuring in the Top 10 6 Speaking in 2009 HMV s Rock amp Pop Manager John Hirst stated that it was encouraging to see indie labels doing so well and that it reflected on the vibrant state of music right now 2 Contents 1 Number one albums 2 Year end polls used 3 See also 4 NotesNumber one albums edit nbsp American hip hop group Beastie Boys were the inaugural winners of HMV s Poll of Polls in 1998 nbsp British duo Basement Jaxx topped the poll in 1999 with Remedy and came third with Rooty in 2001 nbsp Queens of the Stone Age were number one in 2002 with Songs for the Deaf and number five in 2000 with Rated R nbsp American hip hop artist Kanye West topped the Poll of Polls with his 2004 debut album The College Dropout and came third with Late Registration in 2005 nbsp American band LCD Soundsystem were number one on the chart with Sound of Silver in 2007 and number three in 2010 with This is Happening Year Artist Album Top five albums Ref 1998 Beastie Boys Hello Nasty 2nd Air Moon Safari 3rd Massive Attack Mezzanine 4th Gomez Bring It On 5th Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 5 1999 Basement Jaxx Remedy 2nd The Chemical Brothers Surrender 3rd Death in Vegas The Contino Sessions 4th The Beta Band The Beta Band 5th Missy Elliott Da Real World 11 2000 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2nd Radiohead Kid A 3rd Badly Drawn Boy The Hour of Bewilderbeast 4th Kelis Kaleidoscope 5th Queens of the Stone Age Rated R 12 2001 Daft Punk Discovery 2nd The Avalanches Since I Left You 3rd Basement Jaxx Rooty 4th Radiohead Amnesiac 5th Royksopp Melody A M 13 2002 Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf 2nd The Streets Original Pirate Material 3rd The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 4th Ms Dynamite A Little Deeper 5th 2 Many DJs Soulwax 2 Many DJs 14 2003 Outkast Speakerboxxx The Love Below 2nd Dizzee Rascal Boy in da Corner 3rd The Mars Volta De Loused in the Comatorium 4th The White Stripes Elephant 5th The Darkness Permission to Land 15 2004 Kanye West The College Dropout 2nd Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 3rd Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 4th The Streets A Grand Don t Come for Free 5th Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Abattoir Blues The Lyre of Orpheus 16 2005 Arcade Fire Funeral 2nd Gorillaz Demon Days 3rd Kanye West Late Registration 4th Sufjan Stevens Illinoise 5th Elbow Leaders of the Free World 17 2006 Joanna Newsom Ys 2nd Hot Chip The Warning 3rd Mastodon Blood Mountain 4th Lily Allen Alright Still 5th Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am That s What I m Not 18 2007 LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver 2nd M I A Kala 3rd Radiohead In Rainbows 4th Klaxons Myths of the Near Future 5th Battles Mirrored 19 2008 Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid 2nd Portishead Third 3rd Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig Lazarus Dig 4th Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes 5th Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend 20 2009 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion 2nd Yeah Yeah Yeahs It s Blitz 3rd The xx xx 4th Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca 5th Grizzly Bear Veckatimest 2 2010 Arcade Fire The Suburbs 2nd The National High Violet 3rd LCD Soundsystem This is Happening 4th Beach House Teen Dream 5th Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid 21 2011 PJ Harvey Let England Shake 2nd Bon Iver Bon Iver 3rd Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues 4th Radiohead The King of Limbs 5th Tune Yards Whokill 22 2012 Frank Ocean Channel Orange 2nd Jack White Blunderbuss 3rd Tame Impala Lonerism 4th Grimes Visions 5th Grizzly Bear Shields 23 Year end polls used editHMV s Poll of Polls used year end best of charts from 30 major UK music magazines national newspapers websites and guides 4 Since its inception in 1998 the chart was collated using data from 25 MagazinesArtrocker The Big Issue Clash Classic Rock Decibel DJ Mag Echoes Fact Filter The Fly Gay Times GQ Hot Press iDJ Kerrang Magnet Melody Maker Metal Hammer Mixmag Mojo Music Week Muzik NME Paste Q The Quietus Record Collector Rock Sound Rolling Stone Select Spin Time Time Out Uncut The Wire Rewind The Word NewspapersDaily Mail Daily Mirror Daily Star Evening Standard The Guardian Metro Observer Music Monthly The Sun The Sunday Times The Times Websites and other organisationsAmazon BBC Radio 6 Music Digital Spy Drowned in Sound Get Closer Gorilla vs Bear HMV Piccadilly Records Pitchfork Playlouder Popbitch PopMatters Pure Groove Rough Trade Stereogum XFMSee also editWebsites that also aggregate annual lists of albums from year end pollsAnyDecentMusic MetacriticNotes edit a b Owen Jonathan 18 December 2011 Music critics snub the public s taste in Poll of Polls The Independent London Independent News amp Media ISSN 0951 9467 OCLC 240904920 Archived from the original on 20 April 2012 Retrieved 29 December 2012 a b c Animal Collective album tops 2009 music critics poll London BBC News 28 December 2009 Archived from the original on 28 July 2011 Retrieved 29 December 2012 PJ shakes music 2011 brand m 4 January 2011 Archived from the original on 4 January 2015 Retrieved 31 December 2012 a b Jones Rhian 18 December 2012 Frank Ocean tops HMV s Poll of Polls Music Week London United Business ISSN 0265 1548 OCLC 60620772 Archived from the original on 21 December 2012 Retrieved 29 December 2012 a b Old British favourites ousted London BBC News 29 December 1998 Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 Retrieved 29 December 2012 a b c HMV s Poll of Polls reveals Frank Ocean s Channel Orange as music critics Album of the Year 2012 Scotland allmediascotland 17 December 2012 Archived from the original on 2 February 2013 Retrieved 1 January 2013 a b Stokes Niall ed 29 December 2012 Animal Collective top HMV s annual Poll of Polls Hot Press Ireland Archived from the original on 4 January 2015 Retrieved 30 December 2012 Arcade Fire album tops critic poll Belfast Telegraph Independent News amp Media 27 December 2010 Archived from the original on 2 January 2020 Retrieved 2 January 2020 a b Bunney Sarah 30 December 2008 Top Fifty Albums of the Year 2008 Western Mail Cardiff Archived from the original on 31 December 2008 Retrieved 4 January 2013 Animal Collective top hmv s annual poll of polls for 2009 UK HMV 28 December 2009 Archived from the original on 4 January 2015 Retrieved 1 January 2013 a b Jaxx album is poll hit London BBC News 29 December 1999 Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 Retrieved 29 December 2012 Eminem 2000 s best album London BBC News 27 December 2000 Archived from the original on 28 September 2013 Retrieved 29 December 2012 Daft Punk top 2001 poll London BBC News 30 December 2000 Archived from the original on 6 March 2016 Retrieved 29 December 2012 Stone Age hits at No1 Daily Mirror London 20 December 2012 OCLC 223228477 Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 Retrieved 29 December 2012 OutKast album named year s best London BBC News 6 January 2004 Archived from the original on 19 April 2012 Retrieved 29 December 2012 Rapper West overall poll winner London BBC News 28 December 2004 Archived from the original on 11 April 2012 Retrieved 29 December 2012 Arcade Fire UK critics choice Music News 3 January 2006 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 29 December 2012 Joanna Newsom Tops 2006 Poll of Polls Scotland allmediascotland 1 January 2007 Archived from the original on 3 February 2013 Retrieved 29 December 2012 Kharas Kev 21 December 2007 Poll pot HMV compiles lists finds winner Drowned in Sound Archived from the original on 9 November 2012 Retrieved 29 December 2012 Elbow wins critics album of the year The Daily Telegraph London 29 December 2008 ISSN 0307 1235 OCLC 613316876 Archived from the original on 11 November 2012 Retrieved 29 December 2012 Dutta Kunal 26 December 2010 Critics name the year s best albums but are they right The Independent London Independent News amp Media ISSN 0951 9467 OCLC 240904920 Archived from the original on 28 August 2014 Retrieved 29 December 2012 Kemp Stuart 19 December 2011 P J Harvey s Let England Shake Is U K Pollsters Album of 2011 The Hollywood Reporter Los Angeles Prometheus Global ISSN 0018 3660 OCLC 496116458 Archived from the original on 2 July 2018 Retrieved 29 December 2012 Kelsey Rick 17 December 2012 Frank Ocean wins album of year in critics poll of poll London Newsbeat Archived from the original on 23 December 2012 Retrieved 29 December 2012 HMV s Poll of Polls Reveals PJ Harvey s Let England Shake as Music Critics Album of the Year Scotland allmediascotland 18 December 2011 Archived from the original on 2 February 2013 Retrieved 4 January 2013 The polls used by HMV can be sourced from BBC News 11 Hot Press 7 and allmediascotland 6 24 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMV 27s Poll of Polls amp oldid 1142355937, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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