NME's 100 best Albums of all time -
(8 March 2003)
001 The Stone Roses
– The Stone Roses
002 Pixies – Doolittle
003 The
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
004 Television
– Marquee Moon
005 The
Beatles – Revolver
006 Love
– Forever Changes
007 The
Strokes – Is This It
008 The
Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
009 The
Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico
010 Sex
Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
011 My Bloody
Valentine – Loveless
012 The
Clash – London Calling
013 Oasis
– Definitely Maybe
014 Joy
Division – Closer
015 Nirvana
– In Utero
016 Radiohead
– Ok Computer
017 Spritualized
– Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space
018 Blondie
– Parallel Lines
019 Nirvana
– Nevermind
020 The
White Stripes – White Blood Cells
021 The
Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
022 New
Order – Technique
023 Primal
Scream – Screamadelica
024 The
Beatles – The Beatles [Aka The White Album]
025 The
Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
026 David
Bowie – Low
027 Marvin
Gaye – What’s Going On
028 The
Verve – A Northern Soul
029 Public
Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
030 Massive
Attack – Blue Lines
031 Pixies
– Surfer Rosa
032 The
Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
033 Eminem
– The Marshall Mathers LP
034 Patti
Smith – Horses
035 Jeff
Buckley – Grace
036 Kraftwerk
– Trans-Europe Express
037 Oasis
– (What’s The Story) Morning Glory
038 Scott
Walker – Scott 4
039 Ramones
– Ramones
040 Coldplay
– A Rush Of Blood To The Head
041 Joy
Division – Unknown Pleasures
042 The
Stooges – Fun House
043 David
Bowie – Hunky Dory
044 Radiohead
– The Bends
045 Led
Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
046 The
Streets – Original Pirate Material
047 Bob
Dylan – Blood On The Tracks
048 REM
– Automatic For The People
049 Sonic
Youth – Daydream Nation
050 Blur
– Parklife
051 The
Smiths – Hatful Of Hollow
052 The
Rolling Stones – Exile On Mainstreet
053 Slint
– Spiderland
054 The
Smiths – The Smiths
055 Aphex
Twin – Richard D James Album
056 Jay-Z
– The Blueprint
057 Roxy
Music – For Your Pleasure
058 The
Rolling Stones – Stick Fingers
059 The
Specials – The Specials
060 Big
Star – Third/Sister Lovers
061 The
Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
062 Pulp
– His 'N' Hers
063 Dusty
Springfield – Dusty In Memphis
064 Nick
Drake – Five Leaves Left
065 Duran
Duran – Rio
066 The
Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace Of Sin
067 Underworld
– Dubnobasswithmyheadman
068 Dexy’s
Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
069 Andrew
WK – I Get Wet
070 The
Verve – Urban Hymns
071 Eminem
– The Slim Shady LP
072 AC/DC
– Back In Black
073 Michael
Jackson – Off The Wall
074 The
White Stripes – Elephant
075 Lou
Reed – Transformer
076 Pulp
– This Is Hardcore
077 The
Coral – The Coral
078 Suede
– Dog Man Star
079 The
Clash – The Clash
080 Neil
Young – After The Goldrush
081 The
Jesus And Mary Chain – Psychocandy
082 Wu-Tang
Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang
083 Van
Morrison – Astral Weeks
084 De La
Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising
085 The
Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
086 David
Bowie – Heroes
087 The
Slits – Cut
088 Primal
Scream – Exterminator
089 Stevie
Wonder – Innervisions
090 Leonard
Cohen – Songs Of Love And Hate
091 Queens
Of The Stoneage – Rated R
092 Aphex
Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
093 Joni
Mitchell – Hejira
094 Bob
Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
095 Pink
Floyd – Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
096 The
Vines – Highly Evolved
097 PJ Harvey
– Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
098 Madonna
– Like A Prayer
099 The
Congos – Heart Of The Congoes
100 The
Beah Boys – Surf's Up