~~~ NME's 100 Best Albums ~~~

NME’s 100 Best Albums - 2003

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 In Dead
9. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
10. 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. Spritualized – Ladies And Gentleman 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 – Screamadellica
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 Mainstreet
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 – Stick 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. Dexy’s 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 Goldrush
81. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Psychocandy
82. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang
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 Stoneage –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 – Surfs Up

Ten Great Live Albums 2003

Kick Out The Jams – Mc5
Live! Bob Marley And The Wailers
Live At Leeds – The Who
Live At The Apollo – James Brown
MTV Unplugged In New York – Nirvana
Santa Monica ’72 – David Bowie
Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out – The Rolling Stones
Live At San Quentin – Johnny Cash
23 Minutes Over Brussels – Suicide
Live And Dangerous – Thin Lizzy

Ten Great Greatest Hits Albums 2003

The Immaculate Collection – Madonna
30 Greatest Hits – Aretha Franklin
1962-1966/1967-1970 – The Beatles
Decade – Neil Young
The Hits 1 & 2 – Prince
Discography: The Complete Singles Collection – Pet Shop Boys
Singles Going Steady – Buzzcocks
Good Boys When They’re Asleep – The Faces
A Man Like Curtis – Curtis Mayfield
Snap – The Jam

Ten Great Soundtrack Albums 2003

Shaft – Isaac Hayes
Superfly – Curtis Mayfield
Once Upon A Time In The West – Ennio Morricone
Pulp Fiction – Various
Midnight Express – Georgio Moroder
Natural Born Killers – Trent Reznor/Various
Trainspotting – Various
24 Hour Party People – Various
The Last Waltz – The Band/Various
Midnight Cowboy – John Barry

NME 100 Greatest British Albums Ever! - 2006

NME Iss 28 Jan 2006

See Also: 100 Greatest British Rock Albums
                  NME 100 Greatest British Albums
                  Observer Music Monthly British Albums
                  Kerrang 100 British Rock Albums

1. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
2. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
3. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
4. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks…
5. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.
6. Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish
7. Pulp – Different Class
8. The Clash – London Calling
9. The Beatles – Revolver
10. The Libertines – Up The Bracket
11. Radiohead – The Bends
12. The Specials – The Specials
13. The Verve – A Northern Soul
14. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
15. Primal Scream – Screamadelica
16. Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebles
17. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
18. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
19. The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
20. The Beatles – Rubber Soul
21. Muse – Absolution
22. Super Furry Animals – Radiator
23. New Order – Technique
24. Pet Shop Boys – Please
25. The Kinks – The Village Green Preservation Society
26. The Smiths – Hatful Of Hollow
27. Pj Harvey – Dry
28. Nick Drake – Bryter Later
29. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
30. Suede – Suede
31. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
32. The Zombies – Odyssey And Oracle
33. Coldplay - Parachutes
34. The Jam – All Mod Cons
35. Radiohead – Ok Computer
36. The Beatle – The Beatles
37. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
38. Spritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
39. Ride – Nowhere
40. Dizzie Rascal – Boy In Da Corner
41. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
42. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Psychocandy
43. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street
44. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
45. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free
46. Pulp – His And Hers
47. The Libertines – The Libertines
48. Elastica – Elastica
49. The Who – My Generation
50. The La’s – The La’s
51. Billy Bragg – Talking To The Taxman About Poetry
52. Madness – One Step Beyond
53. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
54. Morrissey – Vauxhall And I
55. Block Party – Silent Alarm
56. Portishead – Portishead
57. The Cure – The Head On The Door
58. Suede – Dog Man Star
59. The Clash – The Clash
60. The Human League – Dare
61. Echo And The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
62. Saint Ettienne – Fox Base Alpha
63. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
64. Gang Of Four – Entertainment!
65. Radiohead – Kid A
66. Elvis Costello – This Years Model
67. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
68. The Pretty Things – Sf Sorrow
69. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
70. Spacemen 3 – The Perfect Prescription
71. Buzzcocks – Lovebites
72. Joy Division – Closer
73. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
74. Prodigy – Music For A Jilted Generation
75. Tricky – Maxinquaye
76. Cornershop – When I Was Born For The 7th Time
77. The Beta Band – The Three EP’s
78. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
79. Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
80. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
81. Antonym And The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
82. Happy Mondays – Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches
83. Wire – Pink Flag
84. Redskins – Neither Washington Nor Moscow
85. Abc – The Lexicon Of Love
86. George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
87. Small Faces – Ogdens Nut Gone Flake
88. Underworld – Dubnobasswithmyheadman
89. Blur – Parklife
90. Supergrass – I Should Coco
91. The Fall – The Nations Saving Grace
92. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory
93. Brian Eno – Here Come The Warm Jets
94. The Futureheads – The Futureheads
95. Julian Cope – Jehovahkill
96. Adam And The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Frontier
97. Led Zeppelin – IV
98. Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me
99. Patric Wolf – Lycanthropy
100. Derek And Clive – Live

NME – The Greatest Indie Anthems Ever

Compiled By Listeners And Presenters Of XFM And Readers And Writers Of NME.

From NME 5th May 2007 issue

1. Oasis – Live Forever – 1994
2. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Sprit – 1991
3. Pulp – Common People – 1995
4. The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – 1986
5. The Libertines – Don’t Look Back Into The Sun – 2003
6. The Libertines – Time For Heroes – 2003
7. The Smiths – How Soon Is Now? – 1984
8. The Stone Roses – I Am The Resurrection – 1989
9. The Strokes – Last Night – 2000
10. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor – 2005
11. The Smiths – This Charming Man – 1983
12. The Stone Roses – She Bangs The Drum – 1989
13. The Libertines – Can’t Stand Me Now – 2004
14. Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 1995
15. Blur – Song 2 – 1997
16. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out – 2004
17. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored – 1989
18. The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony – 1997
19. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart – 1980
20. Joy Division – Transmission – 1979
21. The Smiths – Panic – 1986
22. The Breeders – Cannonball – 1993
23. The Gossip – Standing In The Way Of Control – 2006
24. Babyshambles – Fuck Forever – 2005
25. Oasis – Supersonic – 1994
26. Radiohead – Creep – 1992
27. Oasis – Wonderwall – 1995
28. Pavement – Cut Your Hair – 1994
29. Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies) – 2005
30. Manic Street Preachers – A Design For Life – 1996
31. Oasis – Cigarettes And Alcohol – 1994
32. The Stone Roses – Fools Gold – 1989
33. The Killers – Mr Brightside - 2004
34. Radiohead – Just – 1995
35. Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven – 1989
36. Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict A Riot – 2004
37. Kasabian – LSF – 2004
38. Pixies – Gigantic – 1998
39. Oasis – Champagne Supernova – 1995
40. Klaxtons – Goldan Skans – 2007
41. Blur – Parklife - 1994
42. The Cribs – Hey Scenesters! – 2005
43. Suede – Animal Nitrate – 1993
44. The Stone Roses – Love Spreads – 1994
45. The La’s – There She Goes – 1998
46. Dinosaur Jr. – Freak Scene – 1988
47. The Libertines – Up The Bracket – 2002
48. Sonic Youth – Bull In The Heather – 1994
49. The Rapture – House Of Jealous Lovers – 2002
50. My Bloody Valentine – You Made Me Realise – 1988

The Ones That Got Away…

1. The Clash – Londons Calling
2. Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness
3. Muse – Supermassive Black Hole
4. The Futureheads – Hounds Of Love
5. LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk Is Playing In My House
6. Hot Chip – Over And Over
7. Happy Mondays – Kinky Afro
8. The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
9. Primal Scream – Loaded
10. New Order - Temptation

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