For comparison purposes, here is a list of TOP 40 Alltime albums based upon sales figures recorded in the UK. Sales can give a clearly different view to charts devised from voting, with the obvious drawback being the necessary inclusion of soundtrack and various albums. On the plus side, Sales-based charts offer a better reflection of album quality over a broader range of decades.
1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - The Beatles (1967) (4.5 million copies)
Tracks: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends / Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds / Getting Better / Fixing a Hole / She's Leaving Home / Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! / Within You, Without You / When I'm Sixty-Four / Lovely Rita / Good Morning, Good Morning / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) / A Day in the Life
2. "(What's The Story) Morning Glory" - Oasis (1995) (4.2 million)
Tracks: Hello / Roll With It / Wonderwall / Don't Look Back In Anger / Hey Now / untitled / Some Might Say / Cast No Shadow / She's Electric / Morning Glory / untitled / Champagne Supernova
3. "Brothers In Arms" - Dire Straits (1985) (3.9 million)
Tracks: So Far Away / Money For Nothing / Walk Of Life / Your Latest Trick / Why Worry / Ride Across The River / Man's Too Strong / One World / Brothers In Arms
4. "Bad" - Michael Jackson (1987) (3.9 million)
Tracks: Bad / Way You Make Me Feel / Speed Demon / Liberian Girl / Just Good Friends / Another Part Of Me / Man In The Mirror / I Just Can't Stop Loving You / Dirty Diana / Smooth Criminal / Leave Me Alone
5. "The Immaculate Collection" - Madonna (1990) (3.6 million)
Tracks: Holiday / Lucky Star / Borderline / Like A Virgin / Material Girl / Crazy For You / Into The Groove / Live To Tell / Papa Don't Preach / Open Your Heart / La Isla Bonita / Like A Prayer / Express Yourself / Cherish / Vogue / Justify My Love / Rescue Me
6. "Abba Gold Greatest Hits" - Abba (1992) (3.6 million)
Tracks: Dancing Queen / Knowing Me, Knowing You / Take A Chance On Me / Mamma Mia / Lay All Your Love On Me / Super Trouper / I Have A Dream / The Winner Takes It All / Money, Money, Money / S.O.S. / Chiquitita / Fernando / Voulez Vous / Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) / Does Your Mother Know / One Of Us / The Name Of The Game / Thank You For The Music / Waterloo
7. "Stars" - Simply Red (1991) (3.6 million)
Tracks: Something Got Me Started / Stars / Thrill Me / Your Mirror / She's Got It Bad / For Your Babies / Model / How Could I Fall / Freedom / Wonderland
8. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson (1982) (3.3 million)
Tracks: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' / Baby Be Mine / Girl Is Mine / Thriller / Beat It / Billie Jean / Human Nature / P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) / Lady In My Life
9. "Greatest Hits (Volume One)" - Queen (1981) (3.3 million)
Tracks: Bohemian Rhapsody / Another One Bites The Dust / Killer Queen / Fat Bottomed Girls / Bicycle Race / You're My Best Friend / Don't Stop Me Now / Save Me / Crazy Little Thing Called Love / Now I'm Here / Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy / Play The Game / Flash / Seven Seas Of Rhye / We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions / Somebody To Love
10. "Jagged Little Pill" - Alanis Morissette (2002) (3.0 million)
Tracks: All I Really Want / You Oughta Know / Perfect / Hand in My Pocket / Right Through You / Forgiven / You Learn / Head over Feet / Mary Jane / Ironic / Not the Doctor / Wake Up / You Oughta Know (alternate take)
11. "Come On Over" - Shania Twain (2000) (3.0 million)
Tracks: You're Still The One / When / From This Moment On / Black Eyes Blue Tears / I Won't Leave You Lonely / I'm Holdin' On To Love (To Save My Life) / Come On Over / You've Got A Way / Whatever You Do Don't / Man I Feel Like A Woman / Love Gets Me Every Time / Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) / That Don't Impress Me Much / Honey I'm Home / If You Wanna Touch Her Ask / Rock This Country
12. "Rumours" - Fleetwood Mac (2000) (3.0 million)
Tracks: Second Hand News / Dreams / Never Going Back Again / Don't Stop / Go Your Own Way / Songbird / Chain / You Make Loving Fun / I Don't Want To Know / Oh Daddy / Gold Dust Woman
13. "Spice" - The Spice Girls (1996) (3.0 million)
Tracks: Wannabe / Say You'll Be There / 2 Become 1 / Love Thing / Last Time Lover / Mama / Who Do You Think You Are / Something Kinda Funny / Naked / If U Can't Dance
14. "No Angel" - Dido (2002) (2.8 million)
Tracks: Here With Me / Hunter / Don't Think Of Me / My Lover's Gone / All You Want / Thank You / Honestly Ok / Slide / Isobel / I'm No Angel / My Life / Take My Hand
15. "I've Been Expecting You" - Robbie Williams (2000) (2.7 million)
Tracks: Strong / No Regrets / Millennium / Phoenix From The Flames / Win Some Lose Some / Grace / It's Only Us / Heaven From Here / Karma Killer / She's The One / Man Machine / These Dreams
16. "Talk On Corners" - The Corrs (1999) (2.7 million)
Tracks: Only When I Sleep / When He's Not Around / Dreams / What Can I Do? / I Never Loved You Anyway / So Young / Don't Say You Love Me / Love Gives Love Takes / Hopelessly Addicted / Paddy Mccarthy (instrumental) / Intimacy / Queen Of Hollywood / No Good For Me / Little Wing
17. "The Very Best Of Elton John" - Elton John (1995) (2.7 million)
Tracks: Your Song / Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) / Honky Cat / Crocodile Rock / Daniel / Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting / Candle In The Wind / Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me / Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds / Philadelphia Freedom / Someone Saved My Life Tonight / Pinball Wizard / Bitch Is Back / Don't Go Breaking My Heart / Bennie And The Jets / Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word / Song For Guy / Part-Time Love / Blue Eyes / I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues / I'm Still Standing / Kiss The Bride / Sad Songs (Say So Much) / Passengers / Nikita / I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That / Sacrifice / Easier To Walk Away / You Gotta Love Someone
18. "White Ladder" - David Gray (2002) (2.6 million)
Tracks: Please Forgive Me / Babylon / My Oh My / We're Not Right / Nightblindness / Silver Lining / White Ladder / This Years Love / Sail Away / Say Hello Wave Goodbye
19. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel (1970) (2.5 million)
Tracks: Bridge Over Troubled Water / El Condor Pasa / Cecilia / Keep The Customer Satisfied / So Long Frank Lloyd Wright / Boxer / Baby Driver / Only Living Boy In New York / Why Don't You Write Me / Bye Bye Love / Song For The Asking
20. "Greatest Hits" - Simon & Garfunkel (1972) (2.5 million)
Tracks: Mrs Robinson / For Emily Wherever I May Find Her / Boxer / 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) / Sound Of Silence / I Am A Rock / Scarborough Fair / Canticle / Homeward Bound / Bridge Over Troubled Water / America / Kathy's Song / If I Could / Bookends / Cecilia
21. "Sing When You're Winning" - Robbie Williams (2.4m)
22. "Urban Hymns" - Verve (2.4m)
23. "Robson And Jerome" - Robson & Jerome (2.4m)
24. "Sound Of Music" - Soundtrack (2.4m)
25. "Greatest Hits Vol.II" - Queen (2.4m)
26. "The Man Who" - Travis (2.4m)
27. "Simply The Best" - Tina Turner (2.4m)
28. "But Seriously" - Phil Collins (2.4m)
29. "Life For Rent" - Dido (2.2m)
30. "Swing When You're Winning" - Robbie Williams (2.1m)
31. "The Marshall Mathers LP" - Eminem (2.1m)
32. "1" - Beatles (2.1m)
33. "Now That's What I Call Music 44" - Various (2.1m)
34. "Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best Of..." - George Michael (2.1m)
35. "Life Thru A Lens" - Robbie Williams (2.1m)
36. "Falling Into You" - Celine Dion (2.1m)
37. "A New Flame" - Simply Red (2.1m)
38. "Tubular Bells" - Mike Oldfield (2.1m)
39. "The Bodyguard" - Soundtrack (2.1m)
40 "Bat Out Of Hell" - Meat Loaf (2.1m)
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