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The NME Greatest Albums of The 60's, 70's & 80's were first published on consecutive weeks in September 1993.

 

The 60’s

  1. Revolver - The Beatles ‘66
  2. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys ‘66
  3. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground ‘67
  4. The Beatles -The Beatles ‘68
  5. Highway 61 revisited - Bob Dylan ‘65
  6. Astral weeks - Van Morrison ‘68
  7. Forever changes - Love ‘68
  8. Let it bleed - The Rolling Stones ‘69
  9. Blond on blond - Bob Dylan ‘66
  10. Otis Blue - Otis Lifts ‘66
  11. Beggars Banquet - The rolling stones ‘68
  12. The Doors - The Doors ‘67
  13. Rubber soul - The Beatles ‘67
  14. Live at the Apollo - James Brown ‘63
  15. Are you experienced - Jimi Hendrix Experience ‘67
  16. Sergeant Pepper - The Beatles ‘67
  17. Younger than yesterday - The Byrds ‘67
  18. Bringing it all back home - Bob Dylan ‘65
  19. Scott - Scott Walker ‘67
  20. White light/White heat - The velvet underground ‘68
  21. The Stooges - The Stooges ‘69
  22. Ogden’s nut gone flake - The small faces ‘68
  23. A love supreme - John Coltrane ‘67
  24. A hard days night - The Beatles ‘64
  25. Dusty in Memphis - Dusty Springfield ‘69
  26. The Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen ‘68
  27. Kick out the jams - MC5 ‘69
  28. Abbey Road - The Beatles ‘69
  29. Everybody Knows this is nowhere - Neil Young ‘69
  30. The Gilded palace of sin - The flying Burrito Brothers ‘69
  31. The Velvet underground - The Velvet underground ’69
  32. Fifth Dimension - The Byrds ‘66
  33. My Generation - The Who ‘65
  34. Piper at the gates of dawn - Pink Floyd ’67
  35. We’re only in it for the money - Mothers of invention ‘67
  36. Trout mask replica - Captain Beefheart & his magic band ‘69
  37. Five leaves left - Nick Drake ‘69
  38. Beatles for sale - The Beatles ‘64
  39. Music from big pink - The Band ‘68
  40. John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan ‘68
  41. Johnny Cash at San Quentin - Johnny Cash ‘69
  42. Johnny Cash at Folsom prison - Johnny Cash ‘68
  43. Portrait - The Walker Brothers ‘66
  44. The Who Sell out - The Who ‘68
  45. Nancy & Lee - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood ‘68
  46. A Kind of blue - Miles Davis ‘60
  47. Smiley Smile - The Beach Boys ‘67
  48. Scott 2 - Scott Walker ‘68
  49. Turn, turn, turn - The Byrds ‘66
  50. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin ‘69

The 70’s

  1. What’s going on - Marvin Gaye ‘71
  2. Never mind the bollocks - The Sex Pistols ‘77
  3. The Clash - The Clash ‘77
  4. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division ‘79
  5. Exile on main street - The Rolling Stones ‘72
  6. London calling - The Clash ‘79
  7. The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust.. - David Bowie ‘72
  8. Horses - Patti Smith ‘75
  9. Blue - Joni Mitchell ‘72
  10. Marquee Moon - Television ‘77
  11. All mod cons - The Jam ‘78
  12. Hunky dory - David Bowie ‘71
  13. Surf’s up - The Beach Boys ‘71
  14. Bryter Later - Nick Drake ‘70
  15. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder ‘73
  16. Parallel Lines - Blondie ‘78
  17. Moondance - Van Morrison ‘70
  18. Lust for life - Iggy Pop ‘77
  19. After the goldrush - Neil Young ‘70
  20. Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons ‘74
  21. Who’s next - The Who ‘71
  22. Harvest - Neil Young ‘72
  23. Metal box - PiL ‘79
  24. Low - David Bowie ‘77
  25. The Specials - The Specials ‘79
  26. John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band ‘71
  27. For your pleasure - Roxy music ‘73
  28. The idiot - Iggy Pop ‘77
  29. Blood on the tracks - Bob Dylan ‘75
  30. There’s a riot goin’ on - Sly and the family stone ‘71
  31. Pink flag - Wire ‘77
  32. Clear spot - Captain Beefheart ‘72
  33. Berlin - Lou Reed ‘73
  34. Imagine - John Lennon ‘71
  35. Saturday night fever - Original soundtrack ‘78
  36. Another green world - Brian Eno ‘75
  37. Setting sons - The Jam ‘79
  38. King Tubby meets rockers uptown - Augustus Pablo ‘76
  39. Third/Sister lovers - Big star ‘78
  40. The kick inside - Kate Bush ‘78
  41. LA Woman - The Doors ‘71
  42. Entertainment - Gang of four ‘79
  43. Tonight’s the night - Neil Young ‘75
  44. Diana Ross presents - The Jackson five ‘73
  45. Let’s get it on - Marvin Gaye ‘73
  46. If only I could remember my name - David Crosby ‘71
  47. Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear ‘75
  48. Funhouse - The Stooges ‘70
  49. First issue - PiL ‘78
  50. The Undertones - The Undertones ‘79

The 80’s

  1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses ‘89
  2. The Queen is Dead - The Smiths ‘85
  3. Three feet high and rising - De la soul ‘89
  4. Sign ‘O’ the times - Prince ‘87
  5. It takes a nation of millions to hold us back - Public Enemy ‘88
  6. Psychocandy - Jesus and Mary Chain ‘85
  7. Hatful of hollow - The Smiths ‘84
  8. Closer - Joy Division ‘80
  9. Sound Affects - The Jam ‘80
  10. Low-life - New Order ‘85
  11. Remain in light - Talking Heads ‘80
  12. Searching for the young soul rebels - Dexy’s midnight runners ‘80
  13. Bummed - Happy Mondays ‘89
  14. Surfer Rosa - Pixies ‘88
  15. The lexicon of love - ABC ‘82
  16. Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits ‘83
  17. Kilimanjaro - The Teardrop Explodes ‘80
  18. Dare - The Human League ‘81
  19. Parade - Prince ‘86
  20. 16 Lovers lane - The go-betweens ‘88
  21. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits ‘85
  22. This nation’s saving grace - The Fall ‘85
  23. Rum, Sodomy and the lash - The Pogues ‘85
  24. The Smiths - The Smiths ‘84
  25. Blood & Chocolate - Elvis Costello ‘86
  26. Don’t stand me down - Dexy’s midnight Runners ‘85
  27. The Eight legged groove machine - The Wonder stuff ‘88
  28. Crocodiles - Echo and the bunnymen ‘80
  29. Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen ‘82
  30. The Nightfly - Donald Fagen ‘82
  31. Talking with the taxman about poetry - Billy Bragg ‘86
  32. Miss America - Mary Margaret O’Hara ‘88
  33. Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole & the Commotions ‘84
  34. George Best - The Wedding present ‘87
  35. Atomiser - Big Black ‘87
  36. My life in the bush of ghosts - David Byrne & Brian Eno ‘81
  37. Sister - Sonic Youth ‘87
  38. Straight out of the jungle - The Jungle Brothers ‘88
  39. Heaven up here - Echo and the bunnymen ‘81
  40. Green - REM ‘88
  41. Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello ‘82
  42. You can’t hide your love forever - Orange juice ‘82
  43. Midnight Love - Marvin Gaye ‘82
  44. Like a prayer - Madonna ‘89
  45. Beautiful Vision - Van Morrison ‘82
  46. Infected - The the ‘86
  47. Meat is murder - The Smiths ‘85
  48. New York - Lou Reed ‘89
  49. Yo! Bum rush the show - Public Enemy ‘87
  50. Warehouse: Songs and stories - Husker Du ‘87
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