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NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

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The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

The Top Ten
1. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
2. The Beatles – Revolver
3. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
4. The Strokes – Is This It
5. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground
6. Pulp – Different Class
7. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
8. Pixies – Doolittle
9. The Beatles – The Beatles (White Album)
10. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
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Working on putting up the rest now.

500. Outkast, 'Stankonia'
499. Belly, 'Star'
498. Lou Reed, 'Berlin'
497. Daft Punk, 'Random Access Memories'
496. Girls, 'Album'
495. The Killers, 'Hot Fuss'
494. The Cure, 'The Head On The Door'
493. This Mortal Coil, 'Blood'
492. These New Puritans, 'Hidden'
491. Pet Shop Boys, 'Actually'
490. MC5, 'Back In The USA
489. The Wedding Present, 'George Best'
488. Leonard Cohen, 'I'm Your Man'
487. The Jam, 'Sound Affects'
486. Bjork, 'Homogenic'
485. Kendrick Lamar, 'Good Kid M.A.A.D City'
484. Bruce Springsteen, 'The River'
483. Elvis Costello And The Attractions, 'Blood And Chocolate'
482. Billie Holiday, 'Lady In Satin'
481. Brian Wilson, 'Smile'
480. Aretha Franklin, 'I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You'
479. Throwing Muses, 'The Real Ramona'
478. The National, 'Trouble Will Find Me'
477. Crystal Castles, 'Crystal Castles'
476. Foo Fighters, 'Foo Fighters'
475. Kurt Vile, 'Smoke Ring For My Halo'
474. Fuck Buttons, 'Tarot Sport'
473. The Verve, 'A Storm In Heaven'
472. Smashing Pumpkins, 'Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness'
471. MGMT, 'Oracular Spectacular'
470. Kanye West, 'Graduation'
469. The Beach Boys, 'Holland'
468. The Shins, 'Chutes Too Narrow'
467. Iggy Pop, 'The Idiot'
466. The Wu-Tang Clan, 'The W'
465. The National, 'High Violet'
464. Kings Of Leon - 'Because Of The Times'
463. The Breeders, 'Pod'
462. Metallica, 'Master of Puppets'
461. Manic Street Preachers, 'Generation Terrorists'
460. Nirvana, 'Bleach'
459. Jay-Z, 'The Black Album'
458. Wilco, 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'
457. Goldfrapp, 'Black Cherry'
456. Frank Sinatra, 'September Of My Years'
445. Vampire Weekend, 'Vampire Weekend'
454. Destiny's Child, 'The Writing's On The Wall'
453. The House Of Love, 'The House Of Love'
452. The B-52's, 'The B-52's'
451. Big Star, 'Third/Sister Lovers'
450. PJ Harvey, 'Rid Of Me'
449. Arctic Monkeys, 'AM'
448. Suede, 'Sci-Fi Lullabies'
447. David Bowie, 'Diamond Dogs'
446. Hot Chip, 'The Warning'
445. Fleetwood Mac, 'Tusk'
444. Depeche Mode, 'Violator'
443. Bill Callahan, 'Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle'
442. Al Green, 'Al Green Is Love'
441. Abba, 'Arrival'
440. Billy Bragg, 'Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy'
439. The Futureheads, 'The Futureheads'
438. Kings Of Leon, 'Aha Shake Heartbreak'
437. TV On The Radio, 'Dear Science'
436. Battles, 'Mirrored'
435. Patti Smith, 'Easter'
434. Prefab Sprout, 'Steve McQueen'
433. Dr. Dre '2001'
432. Tindersticks, 'Tindersticks'
431. Soundgarden, 'Badmotorfinger'
430. Scott Walker, 'Scott 4'
429. Jimmy Eat World, 'Bleed American'
428. Bruce Springsteen, 'Born In The USA'
427. Brian Eno, 'Here Come The Warm Jets'
426. Sonic Youth, 'Goo'
425. Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, 'Nancy And Lee'
424. U2, 'The Joshua Tree'
423. The Who, 'Live At Leeds'
422. Dexy’s Midnight Runners, 'Too-Rye-Ay'
421. Big Star, 'Radio City'
420. A Tribe Called Quest, 'People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm'
419. Spiritualized, 'Let It Come Down'
418. Eels, 'Electro-Shock Blues'
417. Ash, '1977'
416. Animal Collective, 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'
415. Chet Baker, 'Chet Baker Sings'
414. Chemical Brothers, 'Dig Your Own Hole'
413. Happy Mondays, 'Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches'
412. DJ Shadow, 'Entroducing'
411. Madvillain, 'Madvillainy'
410. Interpol, 'Antics'
409. Can, 'Tago Mago'
408. Pavement, 'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'
407. Ride, 'Going Blank Again'
406. Queens Of The Stone Age, 'Rated R'
405. Otis Redding, 'Otis Blue'
404. Gene Clark, 'No Other'
403. Björk, 'Vespertine'
402. Mystery Jets, 'Twenty One'
401. Throbbing Gristle, '20 Jazz Funk Greats'
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what a horribly put together list
 
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SecretMoblin

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I get that they were trying to include a number of very recent releases so it didn't come off as just another one of these lists, but....

this is a mess.
 
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equippedwithtowel

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Looooooooooooooooooooooool

No London Calling

No Remain In Light

Hunkydory instead of Ziggy/Low/Station to Station

No Ok Computer

Strokes over Funeral or Kid A.




Are they taking the piss?
 
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equippedwithtowel

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Holy Shit. Artic Monkeys - AM is ahead of Random Access Memories, Good Kid Maad City and Trouble Will Find Me.

lol NME

edit:

back the fuck up, it's ahead of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

I can't even.
 
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marrec

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Like, 5 years ago, did anyone really think that "Is This It" was just a bit below "Revolver" as greatest albums of all time?

I mean, it's in my Top 10 of the 00's, but of all time?

andymcc said:
they gave "is this it" a 10/10 upon initial release and called the band the rebirth of rock n roll. if anything, this is them being consistent.
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Well NME have always been kind of crazy.
 
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Jitters

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Wow that is pretty weird. I think RS's list does a good job of covering everything. The order is safe, but it probably should be.


Hunky Dory is such a random Bowie album to have that high. I mean I like it and but weird.
 
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Verdre

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Does the number ranking even mean anything when you make such a large list? 500 shades of grey.
 
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Jitters

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Surface of Me said:
Are these fuckwits kidding? They want me to click through 100 images?
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lol Yeah, I'm waiting for them to be posted in the op.



Seriously tho, The National's Trouble Will Find Me doesn't even make top 10 from this year for most people. Yet its one of the top 500 albums of all time? Very strange.
 
Jezbollah

Jezbollah

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Is there a equivalent of a "hipster" in the UK? If there is I always would have thought that they would write NME.
 
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Movement

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andymcc said:
You're going to stand on the sidelines all smug since your avatar is #1.
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I certainly wouldn't put The Queen is Dead as #1, that's for sure. It's fascinating to me how passionate people become over some list a stranger made. Granted their list gets more exposure, but when we're talking 500 items how categorizes the 300's from the 400's,etc?
 
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Slowdive

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Typical NME top 10 there, The Strokes, Oasis,The Smiths, Bowie etc.

I agree with the Bowie choice though, kind of, maybe Low or ZS should be there instead of Hunky Dory. I love The Smiths but I wouldn't but The Queen is Dead at number 1.
 
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