| If you've ever felt stupid... |
| 1 |  | Ariana Grande
Dangerous Woman
Nicki Minaj: "My new verse will feature the line 'ride dick bicycle' twice. You will pay me money for it."
Republic Records: "Sounds good." |
| 2 |  | Lou Reed and Metallica
Lulu
Goes without saying... |
| 3 |  | Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Ozzy: "Can NO ONE think of a word that rhymes with masses?!" |
| 4 |  | The White Stripes
Icky Thump
Jack White: "Well, 'Prickly Thorn But Sweetly Worn' has been recorded and it offers a good bit of variety to the album - hang on, is Meg still in the studio?! THE MIKE'S STILL ON!" |
| 5 |  | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Boatman's Call
Cave: "This sombre, serious introspective is my most mature album yet. I think it needs a closer with the line "this useless fucker/and his twinkling cunt." |
| 6 |  | Radiohead
Kid A
Yorke: "Hey Jonny, I know you can play six good instruments... how do you feel about the mellotron?"
Jonny: "I'm sure that won't make 'Motion Picture Soundtrack' sound like a cheesy Disney song." |
| 7 |  | U2
Rattle and Hum
Bono: "'This is a song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles. We're stealing it back.' Yep, good way to introduce our simple version of a Beatles classic. Y'know what? This should open the album." |
| 8 |  | Morrissey
Years of Refusal
Album Cover Photographer: "Alrighty Mozz, we've got two options left: tenderly hold baby or strike ironic rockstar pose."
Morrissey: "Yes." |
| 9 |  | Arctic Monkeys
AM
Alex Turner: "You know what's a really underused romantic metaphor? The vacuum." |
| 10 |  | Kanye West
The Life of Pablo
Manager: "Do something that will set you apart from your competition!"
Kanye: "No rapper has backed Trump yet." |
| 11 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Terry Reid: "Sorry JPJ, not my thing. Check out this Robert bloke though, he goes alright." |
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