NME's 100 Best Albums of All Time:
1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
4. Television - Marquee Moon
5. The Beatles - Revolver
6. Love - Forever Changes
7. The Strokes - Is This It
8. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
9. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
10. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
11. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
12. The Clash - London Calling
13. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
14. Joy Division - Closer
15. Nirvana - In Utero
16. Radiohead - OK Computer
17. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
18. Blondie - Parallel Lines
19. Nirvana - Nevermind
20. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
21. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
22. New Order - Technique
23. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
24. The Beatles - The Beatles (AKA The White Album)
25. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
26. David Bowie - Low
27. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
28. The Verve - A Northern Soul
29. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
30. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
31. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
32. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
33. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
34. Patti Smith - Horses
35. Jeff Buckley - Grace
36. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
37. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
38. Scott Walker - Scott 4
39. Ramones - Ramones
40. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
41. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
42. The Stooges - Fun House
43. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
44. Radiohead - The Bends
45. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
46. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
47. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
48. REM - Automatic For The People
49. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
50. Blur - Parklife
51. The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow
52. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St
53. Slint - Spiderland
54. The Smiths - The Smiths
55. Aphex Twin - Richard D James Album
56. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
57. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
58. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
59. The Specials - The Specials
60. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
61. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
62. Pulp - His 'N' Hers
63. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
64. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
65. Duran Duran - Rio
66. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace Of Sin
67. Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
68. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
69. Andrew WK - I Get Wet
70. The Verve - Urban Hymns
71. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
72. AC/DC - Back In Black
73. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
74. The White Stripes - Elephant
75. Lou Reed - Transformer
76. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
77. The Coral - The Coral
78. Suede - Dog Man Star
79. The Clash - The Clash
80. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
81. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
82. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
83. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
84. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
85. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
86. David Bowie - Heroes
87. The Slits - Cut
88. Primal Scream - Exterminator
89. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
90. Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate
91. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
92. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
93. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
94. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
95. Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
96. The Vines - Highly Evolved
97. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
98. Madonna - Like A Prayer
99. The Congos - Heart Of The Congos
100. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
Source: Ananova
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:33 (twenty-three years ago)
New Musical Express Writers top 100 Albums. Published 2nd October 1993
PET SOUNDS The Beach Boys (Capitol, 1966) REVOLVER The Beatles (Parlophone, 1966) NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS The Sex Pistols (Virgin, 1977) WHAT'S GOING ON Marvin Gaye ( Tamla Motown, 1971) THE STONE ROSES The Stone Roses (Silvertone, 1989) THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO The Velvet Underground ( Verve, 1967) LONDON CALLING The Clash (CBS, 1979) THE BEATLES The Beatles (Apple, 1968) IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK Public Enemy (Def Jam, 1988) THE QUEEN IS DEAD The Smiths (Rough Trade, 1986) EXILE ON MAIN STREET The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones,1972) NEVERMIND Nirvana (Geffen, 1991) THE CLASH The Clash (CBS, 1977) HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1965) ASTRAL WEEKS Van Morrison (Warners, 1968) SIGN 'O' THE TIMES Prince (Paisley Park, 1987) BLONDE ON BLONDE Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1966) FOREVER CHANGES Love (Elektra, 1968) THREE FEET HIGH AND RISING De La Soul (Big Life 1989) CLOSER Joy Division (Factory, 1980) SCREAMADELICA Primal Scream (Creation, 1991) LET IT BLEED The Rolling Stones (Decca, 1969) AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE REM ( WEA, 1992) THE ELVIS PRESLEY SUN COLLECTION EIvis Presley (RCA, 1975) THE DOORS The Doors (Elektra, 1967) MARQUEE MOON Television (Elektra 1977) PSYCHOCANDY Jesus & Mary Chain (blanco y Negro, 1985) BLUE Joni Mitchell (Reprise 1972) ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? The Jimi Hendrix Experience ( Track 1967) LIVE AT THE APOLLO James Brown (London 1963) HORSES Patti Smtth (Arista 1975) INNERVISIONS Stevie Wonder (Tamla Motown 1973) SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS BAND The Beatles ( Parlophone, 1967) SONGS FOR SWINGING LOVERS Frank Sinatra (Capitol 1955) OTIS BLUE Otis Redding (Atcon 1966) A LOVE SUPREME John Coltrane (lmpulse 1967) FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET Pubic Enemy (Def Jam 1990) HUNKY DORY David Bowle (RCA 1971) BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE Elvis Cosleilo & The Attractions (Imp 1986) THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIOERS FROM MARS David Bowie (RCA 1972) HATFUL OF HOLLOW The Smiths (Rough Trade 1984) TECHNIOUE New Order (Factory 1989) UNKNOWN PLEASURES Joy Division (Factory 1979) SURFER ROSA Pixies (4AD 1985) ADVENTURES BEYOND THE ULTRAWORLD The Orb ( Wau Mr Modo1991) SURF'S UP The Beach Boys (Stateside 1971) LUST FOR LIFE Iggy Pop (RCA 1977) BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME Bob Dylan (CBS 1965) WAREHOUSE: SONGS AND STORIES Husker DU ( Warners 1987) LOW-LIFE New Order (Factory 1985) MEAVEN UP HERE Echo And The Bunnymen (Korova 1987) PARALLEL LINES Blondie (Chrysalis 1978) GRIEVOUS ANGEL Gram Parsons (Reprise 1974) DUSTY IN MEMPHIS Dusty Springfield (Philips, 1969) TRANSFORMER Lou Reed (RCA 1973) LED ZEPPELIN IV Led Zeppelin (Atlantic. 1971) ALL MOD CONS The Jam (Polydor 1978) THE VELVET UNDERGROUND The Velvet Underground (MGM 1969) WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY Mothers Of Invention ( MGM 1967) HARVEST Neil Young (1972) SCOTT Scott Walker (Philips 1967) THE STOOGES The Stooges (EIekira 1969) EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS KNOWHERE Neil Young (Repfise 1969) RUBBER SOUL The beatles (Parlophone 1967) GREATEST HITS Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 1971) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH NeiI Young (Reprise, 1970) LOW David Bowie ( RCA, 1977) REMAIN IN LIGHT Talking Heads (Sire, 1980) MARCUS GARVEY Burning Spear (Island, 1975) RAINDOGS Tom Waits (Island, 1985) DRY Harvey ( Too Pure, 1992) THE SMITHS The Smiths (Rough Trade, 1984) LAZER-GUIDED MELODIES Spiritualized (Dedicated, 1992) FIVE LEAVES LEFT Nick Drake (Island, 1969) CLEAR SPOT Captain Beefheart (Reprise, 1972) 16 LOVERS LANE The Go-Betweens (Beggars Banquet, 1988) PINK FLAG Wire (Harvest, 1977) NATTY DREAD Bob Marley (Island, 1975) SOUND AFFECTS The Jam (Polydor 1980) SlSTER Sonic Youth (Blast First 1987) THE WHITE ROOM The KLF (KLF Communications, 1991) JUNKYARD The Birthday Party (4AD, 1982) THE KICK INSIDE Kate Bush (EMI 1978) SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS Dexy's Midnight Runners (Parlophone, 1980) BLOOD ON THE TRACKS Bob Dylan (CBS, 1975) RUM, SODOMY & THE LASH The Pogues (Stiff, 1985) GIVE 'EM ENOUGH ROPE The Clash (CBS, 1978) KING OF AMERICA Costello Show (F-Beat, 1986) TALKING WITH THE TAXMAN ABOUT POETRY Billy Bragg (Go! Discs, 1986) THIRD/SISTER LOVERS Big Star (Ardent, 1978) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna (Sire 1959) READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC The Sundays (Rough Trade, 1990) OFF THE WALL Michael Jackson (Epic 1979) TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT Neil Young (Reprise, 1975) THIS NATION'S SAVING GRACE The Fall ( Beggars Banquet 1985) METAL BOX PIL ( Virgin 1979) BLUE LINES Massive Attack ( Wild Bunch, 1991) YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY The Byrds (CBS 1967) WHO'S NEXT? The Who ( Track 1971) TO BE ANNOUNCED ??????? The 100th Album was voted by the readership of NME, It was Happy Mondays - Bummed. Thanks to David Langan of Iraland for reminding me of this.
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:35 (twenty-three years ago)
HAAAAAAAA! this will not be there next time round.
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:37 (twenty-three years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:37 (twenty-three years ago)
this won't be there either.
― Neudonym, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:38 (twenty-three years ago)
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what is this doing at 69
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 21:50 (twenty-three years ago)
and this is not even released yet74. The White Stripes - Elephant
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501 Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head 2002 502 Spirit Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sarconius 1970 503 Badly Drawn Boy The Hour of Bewilderbeast 2000 504 Paul Simon Paul Simon 1972 505 Jethro Tull Aqualung 1971 506 Otis Redding Live in Europe 1967 507 The Chemical Brothers Exit Planet Dust 1995 508 Stevie Wonder Fulfillingness First Finale 1974 509 Basement Jaxx Remedy 1999 510 Average White Band AWB 1974 511 Steely Dan Katy Lied 1975 512 The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come 1987 513 Madness One Step Beyond 1979 514 Sonic Youth Dirty 1992 515 Al Green Let's Stay Together 1972 516 Elvis Costello and The Attractions Blood and Chocolate 1986 517 The Moody Blues Days of Future Passed 1967 518 Massive Attack Protection 1994 519 Big Joe Turner The Boss of the Blues 1956 520 Black Sabbath Vol. 4 1972 521 Soul II Soul Club Classics Vol. 1/Keep On Movin' 1989 522 Squeeze East Side Story 1981 523 The Feelies Crazy Rhythms 1980 524 Stevie Wonder Music of My Mind 1972 525 Tori Amos Little Earthquakes 1991 526 Portishead Portishead 1997 527 Beastie Boys Hello Nasty 1998 528 Pet Shop Boys Very 1993 529 The Blue Nile Hats 1989 530 The Clash Give 'em Enough Rope 1978 531 Deep Purple Made in Japan 1972 532 Morrissey Vauxhall and I 1994 533 Def Leppard Hysteria 1987 534 Soundgarden Badmotorfinger 1991 535 Midnight Oil Diesel and Dust 1987 536 The Lemonheads It's a Shame About Ray 1992 537 Culture Two Sevens Clash 1977 538 Pere Ubu Dub Housing 1978 539 Talking Heads Little Creatures 1985 540 Underworld Second Toughest in the Infants 1996 541 David Bowie Young Americans 1975 542 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Going to a Go-Go 1965 543 Green Day Dookie 1994 544 Marvin Gaye Midnight Love 1982 545 Richard Hell & The Voidoids Blank Generation 1977 546 The Jam In the City 1977 547 The Jesus and Mary Chain Darklands 1987 548 The Cure Disintegration 1989 549 Paul Simon Still Crazy After All These Years 1975 550 Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 1999 551 X-Ray Spex Germ-Free Adolescents 1978 552 Erykah Badu Baduizm 1997 553 Al Green The Belle Album 1977 554 Tim Buckley Happy Sad 1969 555 Neil Young and Crazy Horse Sleeps with Angels 1994 556 Ike and Tina Turner River Deep Mountain High 1966 557 Cypress Hill Cypress Hill 1991 558 Tim Buckley Starsailor 1970 559 Simple Minds New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) 1982 560 X Wild Gift 1981 561 Pixies Bossanova 1990 562 Thin Lizzy Jailbreak 1976 563 Graham Parker & The Rumour Howlin' Wind 1976 564 The Breeders Last Splash 1993 565 Rickie Lee Jones Pirates 1981 566 R.E.M. Life's Rich Pageant 1986 567 Pretenders Learning to Crawl 1984 568 Steve Miller Band Fly Like an Eagle 1976 569 Echo and the Bunnymen Crocodiles 1980 570 The Doors Morrison Hotel 1970 571 Run DMC Run DMC 1984 572 Warren Zevon Warren Zevon 1976 573 k.d. Lang Ingénue 1992 574 Nick Lowe Jesus of Cool/Pure Pop for Now People 1978 575 The Impressions People Get Ready 1965 576 Foo Fighters Foo Fighters 1995 577 Frank Zappa Uncle Meat 1969 578 The Byrds Fifth Dimension 1966 579 Neil Young Zuma 1975 580 Wilco Summer Teeth 1999 581 Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band Hoodoo Man Blues 1965 582 Can Ege Bamyasi 1972 583 Beck Mutations 1998 584 Jackson Browne Running on Empty 1977 585 The Waterboys This Is the Sea 1985 586 Guns 'n' Roses Use Your Illusion II 1991 587 Linda Ronstadt Heart Like a Wheel 1974 588 Echo and the Bunnymen Ocean Rain 1984 589 The Kinks Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) 1969 590 Ray Charles Ray Charles at Newport 1958 591 Japan Tin Drum 1981 592 The Band Rock of Ages 1972 593 Primal Scream Vanishing Point 1997 594 Afghan Whigs Gentlemen 1993 595 The Chemical Brothers Surrender 1999 596 Tom Petty Full Moon Fever 1989 597 Joe Cocker With a Little Help from My Friends 1969 598 Pulp This Is Hardcore 1998 599 Sigur Rós Ágaetis Byrjun 1999 600 Graham Parker & The Rumour Heat Treatment 1976 601 The Soft Machine The Soft Machine 1968 602 The Isley Brothers 3+3 1973 603 Supergrass I Should Coco 1995 604 Wilco Being There 1996 605 Ice-T O.G. - Original Gangster 1991 606 The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey 1965 607 Bruce Springsteen The Ghost of Tom Joad 1995 608 Cheap Trick At Budokan 1978 609 Patti Smith Group Easter 1978 610 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Boatman's Call 1997 611 Free Fire and Water 1970 612 Buddy Holly Buddy Holly 1958 613 World Party Goodbye Jumbo 1990 614 Public Enemy Apocalypse '91 - The Enemy Strikes Back 1991 615 The Boo Radleys Giant Steps 1993 616 The Beat I Just Can't Stop It 1980 617 Marianne Faithfull Broken English 1979 618 Alice Cooper School's Out 1972 619 Fatboy Slim You've Come a Long Way, Baby 1998 620 Belle and Sebastian If You're Feeling Sinister 1996 621 Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helping 1974 622 Slint Spiderland 1991 623 Johnny Cash At San Quentin 1969 624 Los Lobos How Will the Wolf Survive? 1984 625 Aztec Camera High Land Hard Rain 1983 626 Elvis Costello and The Attractions Trust 1981 627 Willie Nelson Stardust 1978 628 Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac 1975 629 A Tribe Called Quest People's Instinctive Travels by Paths and Rhythms 1990 630 LL Cool J Radio 1985 631 Kraftwerk Computer Welt 1981 632 The Mamas and the Papas If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears 1966 633 TLC CrazySexyCool 1994 634 The Clash Sandinista! 1980 635 R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi 1996 636 Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys, Actually 1987 637 D'Angelo Voodoo 2000 638 Elastica Elastica 1995 639 Pixies Trompe le Monde 1991 640 Jefferson Airplane Volunteers 1969 641 Laurie Anderson Big Science 1982 642 Suede Coming Up 1996 643 Elvis Presley Loving You 1957 644 Crowded House Woodface 1991 645 Neu! Neu! 1971 646 Grace Jones Nightclubbing 1981 647 Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue 1998 648 King Crimson Red 1974 649 Madonna True Blue 1986 650 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott Supa Dupa Fly 1997 651 Madonna Ray of Light 1998 652 Tindersticks Tindersticks 1995 653 Neil Young and Crazy Horse Weld 1991 654 Nils Lofgren Nils Lofgren 1975 655 The Cars The Cars 1978 656 George Michael Faith 1987 657 David Crosby If Only I Could Remember My Name 1971 658 Donna Summer Bad Girls 1979 659 The Buzzcocks Another Music in a Different Kitchen 1978 660 Genesis Foxtrot 1972 661 LL Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out 1990 662 Raekwon Only Built for Cuban Linx 1995 663 Culture Club Colour by Numbers 1983 664 The Replacements Pleased to Meet Me 1987 665 The Flamin' Groovies Teenage Head 1971 666 Jethro Tull Stand Up 1969 667 Procol Harum A Salty Dog 1969 668 Def Leppard Pyromania 1983 669 Belle and Sebastian The Boy with the Arab Strap 1998 670 The Rolling Stones Tattoo You 1981 671 The Stranglers Rattus Norvegicus 1977 672 The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour 1967 673 The Beach Boys Sunflower 1970 674 Chuck Berry St. Louis to Liverpool 1964 675 Van Morrison Tupelo Honey 1971 676 The LA's The LA's 1990 677 Dexy's Midnight Runners Too-Rye-Ay 1982 678 Depeche Mode Violator 1990 679 Cheap Trick In Color 1977 680 Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson 1987 681 R.E.M. Monster 1994 682 Various Artists The Last Waltz 1978 683 Bob Dylan Live 1966 - The Royal Albert Hall Concert 1998 684 Randy Newman Little Criminals 1977 685 Yo La Tengo And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out 2000 686 The Soft Machine Third 1970 687 Elliott Smith Either/Or 1997 688 Leonard Cohen Songs from a Room 1969 689 The Police Ghost in the Machine 1981 690 The Congos The Heart of the Congos 1977 691 Supergrass In It for the Money 1997 692 Billy Joel The Stranger 1977 693 Elvis Presley A Date with Elvis 1959 694 Brian Eno Ambient 1: Music for Airports 1978 695 Ryan Adams Gold 2001 696 Ice Cube AmeriKKKas Most Wanted 1990 697 Blur Blur 1997 698 Spiritualized Lazer-Guided Melodies 1992 699 The Beach Boys Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) 1965 700 The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues 1988 701 Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees 1976 702 Stephen Stills Stephen Stills 1970 703 Los Lobos Kiko 1992 704 James Brown Live at the Apollo Vol. 2 1968 705 Orbital In Sides 1996 706 Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs 1959 707 Marshall Crenshaw Marshall Crenshaw 1982 708 Paul Weller Wild Wood 1993 709 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Good Son 1990 710 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Let Love In 1994 711 ZZ Top Eliminator 1983 712 Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Doc at the Radar Station 1980 713 Boogie Down Productions By All Means Necessary 1988 714 Motörhead No Sleep 'til Hammersmith 1981 715 The Orb U.F. Orb 1992 716 Sting The Dream of the Blue Turtles 1985 717 A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders 1993 718 Bob Seger Night Moves 1976 719 The Police Zenyatta Mondatta 1980 720 Ry Cooder Chicken Skin Music 1976 721 Pavement Brighten the Corners 1997 722 XTC Drums and Wires 1979 723 My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything 1988 724 The Everly Brothers Songs Our Daddy Taught Us 1958 725 Van Morrison & The Chieftains Irish Heartbeat 1988 726 The Faces A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse 1971 727 The The Infected 1986 728 Teenage Fanclub Grand Prix 1995 729 The Yardbirds The Yardbirds/Over Under Sideways Down 1966 730 Jeff Beck Blow by Blow 1975 731 Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast 1982 732 Elvis Presley Elvis (TV Special) 1968 733 Toots and The Maytals Funky Kingston 1973 734 Otis Redding Complete & Unbelievable: The OtisRedding Dictionary of Soul 1966 735 Underworld Dubnobasswithmyheadman 1993 736 Travis The Man Who 1999 737 Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears 1969 738 Soft Cell Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret 1981 739 Womack and Womack Love Wars 1983 740 Blood, Sweat & Tears Child Is Father to the Man 1968 741 The Smiths Meat Is Murder 1985 742 Guns 'n' Roses Use Your Illusion I 1991 743 Country Joe & The Fish Electric Music for the Mind and Body 1967 744 Etta James Tell Mama 1967 745 The Beatles Let It Be 1970 746 Dire Straits Brothers in Arms 1985 747 Paul Butterfield Blues Band East West 1966 748 Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth 1980 749 Robert Cray Band Strong Persuader 1986 750 Millie Jackson Caught Up 1974 751 The Slits Cut 1979 752 Grandaddy The Sophtware Slump 2000 753 Cypress Hill Black Sunday 1993 754 Roxy Music Country Life 1974 755 The Shadows The Shadows 1961 756 Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading 1976 757 The Soft Boys Underwater Moonlight 1980 758 The Avalanches Since I Left You 2000 759 The Cure Seventeen Seconds 1980 760 Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Sessions 1988 761 The Who The Who by Numbers 1975 762 Boston Boston 1976 763 Yes The Yes Album 1971 764 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott Miss E…So Addictive 2001 765 Sam Cooke Sam Cooke's Night Beat 1963 766 Joni Mitchell For the Roses 1972 767 Ray Charles The Genius of Ray Charles 1959 768 Fine Young Cannibals The Raw and the Cooked 1989 769 Lou Reed Rock'n'Roll Animal 1974 770 Paul Butterfield Blues Band Paul Butterfield Blues Band 1965 771 Van Morrison Into the Music 1979 772 Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out 1997 773 Jerry Lee Lewis Live at the Star Club 1965 774 Skip James Skip James Today! 1965 775 Nick Lowe Labour of Lust 1979 776 Queens of the Stone Age R 2000 777 Coldplay Parachutes 2000 778 Nas Illmatic 1994 779 Siouxsie and The Banshees The Scream 1978 780 N.E.R.D. In Search of… 2001 781 Yes Close to the Edge 1972 782 Otis Redding & Jimi Hendrix Monterey International Pop Festival 1970 783 Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) 1978 784 Steve Miller Band Sailor 1968 785 David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World 1970 786 Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan 1964 787 Dr. John Gris-Gris 1968 788 Tim Buckley Goodbye and Hello 1967 789 The Spinners The Spinners 1973 790 Matthew Sweet Girlfriend 1991 791 Laura Nyro Eli and the Thirteenth Confession 1968 792 Traffic Traffic 1968 793 Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92 1992 794 Simon and Garfunkel Sounds of Silence 1966 795 R.E.M. Up 1998 796 Dr. John Dr. John's Gumbo 1972 797 Ramones Leave Home 1977 798 Alice Cooper Love It to Death 1971 799 The Gun Club Fire of Love 1981 800 Bad Company Bad Co. 1974 801 Supertramp Crime of the Century 1974 802 Nilsson Nilsson Schmilsson 1971 803 Tricky Pre-Millenium Tension 1996 804 Hüsker Dü Candy Apple Grey 1986 805 Doves The Last Broadcast 2002 806 Guy Clark Old No. 1 1975 807 Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas 1990 808 Eno Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) 1974 809 Blue Oyster Cult Agents of Fortune 1976 810 The Cure The Head on the Door 1985 811 Cyndi Lauper She's so Unusual 1984 812 Cocteau Twins Treasure 1984 813 The Kinks Muswell Hillbillies 1971 814 Death in Vegas The Contino Sessions 1999 815 Steely Dan The Royal Scam 1976 816 The KLF The White Room 1991 817 The Soft Machine 2 1969 818 Kiss Alive! 1975 819 Guided by Voices Bee Thousand 1994 820 Linton Kwesi Johnson Forces of Victory 1979 821 Mott the Hoople All the Young Dudes 1972 822 Gene Clark No Other 1974 823 Ramones Road to Ruin 1978 824 Slayer Reign in Blood 1986 825 Bob Dylan/The Band Before the Flood 1974 826 Aretha Franklin Young, Gifted and Black 1972 827 U2 Boy 1980 828 Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen 1970 829 Hüsker Dü Flip Your Wig 1985 830 Van Morrison Veedon Fleece 1974 831 Motörhead Ace of Spades 1980 832 Mos Def Black on Both Sides 1999 833 Joe Jackson Look Sharp! 1979 834 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasure Dome 1984 835 Joe Jackson Night and Day 1982 836 Can Future Days 1973 837 Black Grape It's Great when You're Straight...Yeah 1995 838 Millennium Begin 1968 839 The Doors Waiting for the Sun 1968 840 Creedence Clearwater Revival Bayou Country 1969 841 The Cramps Songs the Lord Taught Us 1980 842 Bob Dylan Oh, Mercy 1989 843 Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman 1970 844 Bloomfield-Kooper-Stills Super Session 1968 845 Terence Trent D'Arby Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby 1987 846 The Beach Boys Smiley Smile 1967 847 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Orange 1994 848 The The Soul Mining 1983 849 Laura Nyro New York Tendaberry 1969 850 Tom Waits Frank's Wild Years 1987 851 U2 Rattle and Hum 1988 852 Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball 1995 853 Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones 1979 854 Dire Straits Making Movies 1980 855 Lambchop Nixon 2000 856 Blur The Great Escape 1995 857 Sinéad O'Connor The Lion and the Cobra 1987 858 The Damned Damned, Damned, Damned 1977 859 Mary Margaret O'Hara Miss America 1988 860 The Sundays Reading, Writing and Arithmetic 1990 861 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Tender Prey 1988 862 The Go-Betweens 16 Lovers Lane 1988 863 Bon Jovi Slippery when Wet 1986 864 Prefab Sprout Jordan: The Comeback 1990 865 10,000 Maniacs In My Tribe 1987 866 Little Feat Feats Don't Fail Me Now 1974 867 Kiss Destroyer 1976 868 Orbital Orbital 1993 869 Deee-Lite World Clique 1990 870 Blondie Blondie 1976 871 Uncle Tupelo Anodyne 1993 872 Fleetwood Mac Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac 1968 873 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Four-Way Street 1971 874 Stereo MC's Connected 1992 875 Serge Gainsbourg Histoire de Melody Nelson 1971 876 Van Halen 1984 1984 877 Albert Collins Ice Pickin' 1978 878 Eminem The Eminem Show 2002 879 Moby Everything Is Wrong 1995 880 Blind Faith Blind Faith 1969 881 Lou Reed and John Cale Songs for Drella 1990 882 Aretha Franklin Spirit in the Dark 1970 883 Parliament Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome 1977 884 The Replacements Tim 1985 885 John Lennon & Yoko Ono Double Fantasy 1980 886 Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams 1988 887 Pearl Jam Vitalogy 1994 888 Wire 154 1979 889 Burning Spear Marcus Children/Social Living 1978 890 U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind 2000 891 Living Colour Time's Up 1990 892 The Auteurs New Wave 1993 893 13th Floor Elevators The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th FloorElevators 1966 894 Elton John Honky Chateau 1972 895 Madonna Like a Virgin 1984 896 Tindersticks Tindersticks 1993 897 Beth Orton Central Reservation 1999 898 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott Under Construction 2002 899 The Cure Pornography 1982 900 Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This...) 1983 901 Muddy Waters Hard Again 1977 902 Blur 13 1999 903 Waylon Jennings Honky Tonk Heroes 1973 904 Prince and The Revolution Around the World in a Day 1985 905 Solomon Burke Don't Give Up On Me 2002 906 Echo and the Bunnymen Heaven Up Here 1981 907 The Adverts Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts 1978 908 Aerosmith Pump 1989 909 Fred Neil Fred Neil/Everybody's Talkin' 1966 910 Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega 1985 911 Eurythmics Be Yourself Tonight 1985 912 Bunny Wailer Blackheart Man 1976 913 The Jayhawks Hollywood Townhall 1992 914 ABBA Arrival 1976 915 Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material 1979 916 Steve Earle El Corazon 1997 917 Michelle Shocked Short Sharped Shocked 1988 918 Van Morrison His Band and The Street Choir 1970 919 Everything But the Girl Walking Wounded 1996 920 Nine Inch Nails The Fragile 1999 921 Billy Bragg Talking with the Taxman about Poetry 1986 922 David Johansen David Johansen 1978 923 Big Black Songs about Fucking 1987 924 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 1976 925 Sebadoh Bakesale 1994 926 Rod Stewart Never a Dull Moment 1972 927 The O'Jays Ship Ahoy 1973 928 Macy Gray On How Life Is 1999 929 Van Morrison Avalon Sunset 1989 930 John Cale Music for a New Society 1982 931 Jay-Z The Blueprint 2001 932 Johnny Cash American III: Solitary Man 2000 933 The Jungle Brothers Done by the Forces of Nature 1989 934 Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vol. 2 1962 935 Built to Spill Keep It Like a Secret 1999 936 Bob Seger Live Bullet 1976 937 Elvis Costello and The Attractions Punch the Clock 1983 938 Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury 1992 939 Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961 940 PM Dawn Of the Heart, of the Soul and of theCross: The Utopian Experience 1991 941 The Clash Combat Rock 1982 942 The Pogues If I Should Fall from Grace with God 1988 943 Television Adventure 1978 944 Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies 1973 945 Jeff Beck Group Beck-Ola 1969 946 Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps 1957 947 Elvis Presley Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) 1971 948 Eminem The Slim Shady LP 1999 949 Cameo Word Up 1986 950 Kate Bush The Sensual World 1989 951 Super Furry Animals Rings Around the World 2001 952 Tangerine Dream Phaedra 1974 953 Metallica Kill 'Em All 1983 954 David Bowie Let's Dance 1983 955 Duran Duran Rio 1982 956 Joni Mitchell Ladies of the Canyon 1970 957 Morrissey Viva Hate 1988 958 Gorillaz Gorillaz 2001 959 Son Volt Trace 1995 960 Love Da Capo 1967 961 The Lemonheads Come On Feel the Lemonheads 1993 962 Bob Mould Workbook 1989 963 Pete Townshend Empty Glass 1980 964 Shelby Lynne I Am Shelby Lynne 1999 965 Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band 1976 966 John Fogerty Centerfield 1985 967 Basement Jaxx Rooty 2001 968 Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs 1970 969 Electric Light Orchestra A New World Record 1976 970 The Mekons The Mekons' Rock'n'roll 1989 971 The Triffids Born Sandy Devotional 1986 972 The Cure Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me 1987 973 John Lennon Rock'n'Roll 1975 974 Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues 1983 975 U2 Zooropa 1993 976 The Roches The Roches 1979 977 Santana Caravanserai 1972 978 Joan Baez Joan Baez 1960 979 Robert Fripp Exposure 1979 980 Elvis Presley For LP Fans Only 1959 981 Neneh Cherry Raw Like Sushi 1989 982 Lynyrd Skynyrd Street Survivors 1977 983 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds From Her to Eternity 1984 984 Fleetwood Mac Then Play On 1969 985 Bruce Springsteen The Rising 2002 986 Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood 1983 987 Prince Lovesexy 1988 988 Jill Scott Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 2000 989 R.E.M. Fables of Reconstruction 1985 990 David Bowie Diamond Dogs 1974 991 Dinosaur Jr. Where You Been 1993 992 Chic C'Est Chic 1978 993 Ministry Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed & the Wayto Suck Eggs 1992 994 The Go-Betweens Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express 1986 995 Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible 1994 996 ZZ Top Tres Hombres 1973 997 Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes Hearts of Stone 1978 998 Meat Loaf Bat out of Hell 1977 999 At the Drive-In Relationship of Command 2000 1000 Cat Stevens Teaser and the Firecat 1971
― Helen, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:50 (twenty-three years ago)
I think its taken from polls of polls in magazines.
― Helen, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:52 (twenty-three years ago)
LISTS.
― Ferg (Ferg), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:55 (twenty-three years ago)
― Ferg (Ferg), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:57 (twenty-three years ago)
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 23:00 (twenty-three years ago)
They're also useful to watch DJ Martian busting a gut. He reminds me of Mary Whitehouse religiusly watching 'smut' on the TV so he can get all worked up. He is of course right though, too many skinny guys with guitars.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 23:13 (twenty-three years ago)
― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 00:35 (twenty-three years ago)
― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 00:40 (twenty-three years ago)
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 01:01 (twenty-three years ago)
Also....the VINES ??!?!?!?!?!?! Please give me some paltry semblance of a fucking break!
What A Fucking Crock Of Unfettered Excrement!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 01:15 (twenty-three years ago)
― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 01:29 (twenty-three years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 01:37 (twenty-three years ago)
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 01:39 (twenty-three years ago)
― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 04:01 (twenty-three years ago)
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 04:30 (twenty-three years ago)
― Calum Robert, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 07:55 (twenty-three years ago)
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 09:26 (twenty-three years ago)
i only just noticed this. scrap what i said about there being nothing for me to get into a rage about.
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 09:50 (twenty-three years ago)
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 09:52 (twenty-three years ago)
Strange how certain of these entries (Underworld, Aphex x 2, Slint, Jackson, Wu-Tang, Madonna) were not even considered good enough to be included in the NME's end-of-year lists for their respective years.
And merely expressing a liking for "Rio" would have been enough to get you sacked from the NME circa '82.
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 09:55 (twenty-three years ago)
i've no real objection to very current recs getting in. i think these best album lists should be a snapshot of the 100 most relevant/great/listened to albums AT THAT GIVEN POINT IN TIME. it can be interesting to see how really old albums' places will fluctuate wildly (it seems Astral Weeks isn't quite as high in these things as it would have been a few years go - not that i mind particularly). people say "that's stupid 'cos x album won't be there in a year's time," but it would be dishonest not to go with what's on your mind at the particular time of voting.
but andrew fucking wk! it's an absolute arsehole of an album at ANY point in time!
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 10:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 10:01 (twenty-three years ago)
huh. huh. HUH. HUH HUH HUH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!
[drops dead, drooling]
― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 10:06 (twenty-three years ago)
― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 10:24 (twenty-three years ago)
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 11:19 (twenty-three years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 11:21 (twenty-three years ago)
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 11:23 (twenty-three years ago)
I don't think I've ever heard of this one. Anyone care to elaborate?
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 11:32 (twenty-three years ago)
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 11:35 (twenty-three years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:16 (twenty-three years ago)
Wells is anti-capitalism but anti-animal rights yet it's hard to see how that works when his arguement against animal rights is based upon capitalism rhetoric (i.e. it's what we've always done, put some more hairspray in that dog's eyes).
Anyhow, I'm digressing. The entire paper is hypocritical toss, the list is a joke and NME's annual MayDay issue is always good for a laugh. Wasn't it just a few years ago they were giving Robbie 8/10 album reviews before he told them to fuck off and this was quietly written out of NME history. And some of their to albums they slated originally.
Andrew WK must be someone's idea of a poor joke.
― calum, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:27 (twenty-three years ago)
― calum, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:29 (twenty-three years ago)
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:29 (twenty-three years ago)
a few NMe albums of the year missed out, as far as i can see:
happy mondays, bjork, sugar, tricky, beck, the rev, the flips.
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:33 (twenty-three years ago)
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:46 (twenty-three years ago)
― s samson, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:50 (twenty-three years ago)
only my list is definitive ;-)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:57 (twenty-three years ago)
― s samson, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 13:04 (twenty-three years ago)
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 13:18 (twenty-three years ago)
And why are there never any greatest hits/compilation albums in these lists?
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 13:26 (twenty-three years ago)
― s samson, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 13:28 (twenty-three years ago)
(Shit! Did I just quote Reagan?)
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 13:30 (twenty-three years ago)
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 13:31 (twenty-three years ago)
Not a mistake. "Like a Prayer" remains Madonna's best moment, while "Erotica" remains her worst album ever.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 16:42 (twenty-three years ago)
Personally, I think Astral Weeks kicks Pet Sounds, Forever Changes and Revolver into touch, but recent lists suggest its reputation may be falling. Shame.
Any list taken from such a small pool is bound to look strange, and the top 1000 from that Acclaimed Music site does have a much more balanced look to it. The good, it appears, will out.
Shane
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 16:44 (twenty-three years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 16:50 (twenty-three years ago)
That would have to be the Evita soundtrack. Patti LuPone, where are you?
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 16:59 (twenty-three years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 17:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 17:03 (twenty-three years ago)
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 17:56 (twenty-three years ago)
I'm really confused now.
― Calum Robert, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 22:03 (twenty-three years ago)
I remember the first few times I saw these things they were oh! god! amazing!, and the next few, after realising the pointlessness of the exercise they were oh, amusing, what's it this time? I think now they've more or less reached the point of just being "oh".
― thom west (thom w), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 22:36 (twenty-three years ago)
of course, all the writers have done is made a list of their favourite albums at the moment, and there's nothing wrong with going for obvious choices if they happened to be your favourite albums. but there's no sense of throwing some weird shit at their readers. in fact, this list is probably not far off an NME readers' list, and that is not a compliment.
the blurbs beside each album provide some (unintentional) hilarity, though. the strokes one especially. apparently, before the strokes arrived, the "new rock boom we are currently living through" seemed like "an impossible dream". music pre-strokes is described as BC - before Casablancas. and one of the album's main attractions is the fact that "Aphex beats have no place here."
enough pot-shots at easy targets, for now...
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 6 March 2003 10:49 (twenty-three years ago)
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 6 March 2003 10:51 (twenty-three years ago)
In which case, it must have been quite some time ago, as MM went defunct several years ago.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 6 March 2003 11:53 (twenty-three years ago)
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 6 March 2003 13:22 (twenty-three years ago)
― Evan (Evan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 14:42 (twenty-three years ago)
Try to find a copy of a CD called I'm Breathless: Music from and Indpired by the Film "Dick Tracy" if you can. It has some of the worst songs she's ever recorded ("Cry Baby" is, in fact, one of the worst songs ANYBODY has ever recorded!). It's HILARIOUS it's so fucking bad! It's one of the most Godawful albums I've ever heard in my life. Hell, if it didn't have the definitive version of "Vogue" on it, it WOULD be the worst album I've ever heard in my life.
― Evan (Evan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 14:44 (twenty-three years ago)
― Evan (Evan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 14:45 (twenty-three years ago)
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Thursday, 6 March 2003 14:45 (twenty-three years ago)
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Thursday, 6 March 2003 14:46 (twenty-three years ago)
― Nick H, Thursday, 6 March 2003 19:07 (twenty-three years ago)
Quite. And here's another one, he said egotistically. ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 March 2003 19:27 (twenty-three years ago)