NME: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Oct 23, 2013 20:58:38 GMT -5
Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 23, 2013 20:58:38 GMT -5
Yes, another list. NME- New Musical Express- is a UK music publication. It took 80 top 50 lists, assigned 50 pts. for No. 1, 49 for No. 2 and down to 1 pt. for No. 50- and- boom- came up with a top 500 list.
I haven't done a count on all multi-appearances, but I see that the Beatles has seven albums on the list. Bruce Springsteen has five, as does PJ Harvey (the most for a female act).
Surprised that Whitney Houston's second album made the cut over the debut. And at least one of Madonna's two best records made the cut (surprised Like a Prayer didn't, as it appeared on a couple of past NME lists.
1. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
2. The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
3. David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1972)
4. The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
5. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966)
6. Pulp - Different Class (1995)
7. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
8. Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
9. The Beatles - The Beatles (1968)
10. Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994)
11. Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
12. Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
13. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
14. David Bowie - Low (1977)
15. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
16. Joy Division - Closer (1980)
17. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)
18. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
19. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
20. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
21. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
22. Blur - Parklife (1994)
23. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)
24. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. Street (1972)
25. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
26. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
27. Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
28. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (2006)
29. Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
30. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
31. Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
32. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)
33. Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)
34. The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
35. Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
36. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (1975)
37. Love - Forever Changes (1967)
38. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks... Here's The Sex Pistols (1977)
39. The Clash - London Calling (1979)
40. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasure (1979)
41. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
42. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)
43. The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
44. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
45. Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)
46. BjΓΆrk - Debut (1993)
47. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
48. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (1985)
49. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (2007)
50. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis (1969)
51. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
52. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
53. David Bowie - Station To Station (1976)
54. Talking Heads - Remain In Light (1980)
55. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971)
56. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1970)
57. Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (1978)
58. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)
59. Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
60. Massive Attack - Blue Lines (1991)
61. The Clash - The Clash (1977)
62. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (1966)
63. Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971)
64. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
65. REM - Automatic For The People (1992)
66. Radiohead - The Bends (1995)
67. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory (1995)
68. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
69. REM - Murmur (1983)
70. The Libertines - Up The Bracket (2002)
71. Neil Young - Harvest (1972)
72. Lou Reed - Transformer (1972)
73. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
74. Nas - IIImatic (1994)
75. Green Day - Dookie (1994)
76. Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
77. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)
78. Suede - Suede (1993)
79. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (1959)
80. Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
81. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (1977)
82. Carole King - Tapestry (1971)
83. The Band - The Band (1969)
84. Hole - Live Through This (1994)
85. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1975)
86. Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)
87. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
88. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (1973)
89. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (1998)
90. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004)
91. Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)
92. Super Furry Animals - Radiator (1997)
93. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (2002)
94. The Rolling Stone - Beggars Banquet (1968)
95. Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden (1988)
96. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet (1990)
97. The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)
98. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)
99. The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
100. The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow (1984)
101. Kraftwerk - Computer World
102. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
103. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
104. The Stooges - Funhouse
105. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
106. Led Zeppelin - IV
107. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
108. Weezer - Pinkerton
109. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
110. Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief
111. The Human League - Dare
112. GZA - Liquid Swords
113. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
114. Radiohead - Kid A
115. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
116. The White Stripes - Elephant
117. ABC - The Lexicon of Love
118. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching or the Young Soul Rebels
119. Pulp - His 'N' Hers
120. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
121. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
122. New Order - Technique
123. Blur - 13
124. Paul Simon - Graceland
125. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
126. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
127. Ramones - Ramones
128. The Verve - Urban Hymns
129. Neil Young - On the Beach
130. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
131. Michael Jackson - Thriller
132. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
133. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
134. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
135. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
136. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
137. Blur - Blur
138. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
139. The Cure - Disintegration
140. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
141. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Natty Dread
142. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
143. Bob Dylan - Desire
144. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
145. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
146. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
147. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
148. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
149. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
150. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
151. PJ Harvey - Dry
152. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
153. The La's - The La's
154. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
155. The Prodigy - Music For the Jilted Generation
156. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We're Floating In Space
157. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
158. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
159. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
160. Primal Scream - XTRMTR
161. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
162. The National - The Boxer
163. Neu - Neu '75!
164. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
165. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
166. Pulp - This is Hardcore
167. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
168. Portishead - Dummy
169. Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down
170. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
171. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
172. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
173. Led Zeppelin - III
174. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
175. David Bowie - Young Americans
176. Rufus Wainwright - Want One
177. Mogwai - Young Team
178. The Coral - The Coral
179. Missy Elliott - Miss Eβ¦So Addictive
180. X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
181. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
182. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
183. OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
184. MIA - Kala
185. Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full
186. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
187. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
188. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
189. Todd Rungren - A Wizard, A True Star
190. Pink Floyd - Piper At the Gates of Dawn
191. Elastica - Elastica
192. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
193. Ryan Adams - Gold
194. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
195. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
196. The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
197. AC/DC - Back in Black
198. Prince - Sign O' The Times
199. The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
200. The Breeders - Last Splash
201. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
202. Tricky - Maxinquaye
203. Beach House - Teen Dream
204. Michael Jackson - Bad
205. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
206. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
207. Janis Joplin - Pearl
208. Chic - Risque
209. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
210. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
211. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
212. Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood
213. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
214. Air - Moon Safari
215. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
216. New Order - Power, Lies and Corrruption
217. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
218. The Horrors - Primary Colours
219. The Jam - All Mod Cons
220. The National - Alligator
221. Marianne Faithful - Broken English
222. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
223. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
224. Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
225. T Rex - Electric Warrior
226. The Doors - The Doors
227. John Lennon - Imagine
228. Pavement - Brighten the Corners
229. Public Image Ltd - Metal Box
230. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
231. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
232. Leonard Cohen - The Songs of Leonard Cohen
233. Babyshambles - Down In Albion
234. Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
235. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
236. Suicide - Suicide
237. The xx - The xx
238. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
239. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
240. Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!!
241. Madonna - Ray of Light
242. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
243. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
244. Wild Beasts - Smother
245. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
246. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York
247. Glasvegas - Glasvegas
248. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
249. Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
250. Weezer - Weezer
251. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
252. Grimes - Visions
253. Pussy Galore - Exile on Main St
254. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
255. Metronomy - The English Riviera
256. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year's Model
257. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
258. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
259. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Stage
260. The Specials - The Specials
261. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Live!
262. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
263. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
264. The Beatles - Please Please Me
265. Hole - Celebrity Skin
266. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
267. Dr. Feelgood - Stupidity
268. Todd Rungren - Todd
269. The Horrors - Skying
270. The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
271. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
272. Coldplay - Parachutes
273. Kanye West - The College Dropout
274. R.E.M. - Green
275. The Who - Quadrophenia
276. Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
277. The Sunday - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
278. The Slits - Cut
279. Captain Beefhart and his Magical Band - Trout Mask Replica
280. Aphex Twin - Drukqs
281. Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
282. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
283. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
284. Fugazi - 13 Songs
285. Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love
286. Screaming Trees - Dust
287. Slayer - Reign In Blood
288. Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind
289. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
290. The Bluetones - Expecting to Fly
291. The Byrds - Younger than Yesterday
292. The Cribs - The New Fellas
293. Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain
294. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
295. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
296. David Bowie - Let's Dance
297. Can - Ege Bamyasi
298. Malcolm McLaren -
299. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
300. The Who - The Who By Numbers
301. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
302. Daft Punk - Homework
303. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
304. The Orb - UFOrb
305. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
306. Bob Dyan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
307. Beck - Midnight Vultures
308. Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
309. Metallica - Metallica
310. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstacy
311. Super Furry Animals - Guerilla
312. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
313. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
314. Slint - Spiderland
315. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
316. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
317. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
318. Ice-T - OG Original Gangster
319. The Who - Who's Next
320. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
321. Doves - Lost Souls
322. LCD - This is Happening
323. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
324. R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
325. Beck - Sea Change
326. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
327. Beck - Mutations
328. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
329. David Bowie - "Heroes"
330. Portishead - Third
331. MC5 - Kick out the Jams
332. Shack - HMS Fable
333. Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run
334. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
335. Queens of the Stoneage - β¦Like Clockwork
336. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
337. Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
338. Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
339. Pearl Jam - Ten
340. Sister Sledge - We Are Family
341. Tom Waits - Closing Time
342. Spritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
343. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
344. Eels - Beautiful Freak
345. Elvis Costello - Punch the Clock
346. New Order - Low Life
347. Sonic Youth - Dirty
348. Whitney Houston - Whitney
349. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
350. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - BRMC
351. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
352. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
353. Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
354. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
355. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
356. Pixies - Bossanova
357. Sugar - Copper Blue
358. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
359. The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In it for the Money
360. The Strokes - Room on Fire
361. The Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Winkβ¦the a Bliind Horse
362. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
363. Black Flag - Damaged
364. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
365. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegatables
366. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
367. Metronomy - Nights Out
368. Radiohead - Hail to the Theif
369. St Vincent - Strange Mercy
370. The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
371. Beck - Odelay
372. Big Black - Atomizer
373. Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
374. Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
375. Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
376. Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Square Club
377. Roy Harper - Stormcock
378. Wire - Pink Flag
379. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
380. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
381. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
382. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
383. The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
384. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
385. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
386. Gillian Wellch - Revival
387. The Clash - Combat Rock
388. Tim Buckley - Happy Sad
389. Le Tigre - Le Tigre
390. The Verve - A Northern Soul
391. Burial - Burial
392. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
393. Prince - Dirty Mind
394. Wire - Chairs Missing
395. The White Stripes - De Stijl
396. Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
397. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
398. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
399. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Lyre of Orpheus/Abattoir Blues
400. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
401. 20 Jazz Funk Greats - Throbbing Gristle
402. Twenty One - Mystery Jets
403. Vespertine - Bjork
404. No Other - Gene Clark
405. Otis Blue - Otis Redding
406. Rated B - Queens of the Stone Age
407. Going Blank Again - Ride
408. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
409. Tago Mago - Can
410. Antics - Interpol
411. Madvillainy - Madvillain
412. Entroducing... - DJ Shadow
413. Pills N Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
414. Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
415. Chet Baker Sings - Chet Baker
416. Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective
417. 1977 - Ash
418. Electro-Shock Blues - Eels
419. Let It Come Down - Spiritualized
420. People's Instinctive Travels... - A Tribe Called Quest
421. Radio City - Big Star
422. Too-Rye-Ay - Dexys Midnight Runners
423. Live at Leeds - The Who
424. The Joshua Tree - U2
425. Nancy and Lee - Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood
426. Goo - Sonic Youth
427. Here Comes the Warm Jets - Brian Eno
428. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
429. Bleed America - Jimmy Eat World
430. Scott 4 - Scott Walker
431. Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden
432. Tindersticks - Tindersticks
433. 2001 - Dr. Dre
434. Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout
435. Easter - Patti Smith
436. Mirrored - Battles
437. Dear Science - TV on the Radio
438. Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon
439. The Futureheads - The Futureheads
440. Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy - Billy Bragg
441. Arrival - ABBA
442. Al Green is Love - Al Green
443. Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle - Bill Callahan
444. Violator - Depeche Mode
445. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
446. The Warning - Hot Chip
447. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
448. Sci-Fi Lullabies - Suede
449. AM - Arctic Monkeys
450. Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
451. Third/Sister Lovers- Big Star
452. The B-52's- The B-52's
453. The House of Love- The House of Love
454. The Writing on the Wall- Destiny's Child
455. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
456. September of My Years- Frank Sinatra
457. Black Cherry- Goldfrapp
458. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco
459. The Black Album- Jay-Z
460. Bleach- Nirvana
461. Generation Terrorists- Manic Street Preachers
462. Master of Puppets- Metallica
463. Pod- The Breeders
464. Because of the Times- Kings of Leon
465. High Violet- The National
466. The W- Wu-Tang Clan
467. The Idiot- Iggy Pop
468. Chutes Too Narrow- The Shins
469. Holland- The Beach Boys
470. Graduation- Kanye West
471. Oracular Spectacular- MGMT
472. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness- Smashing Pumpkins
473. A Storm in Heaven- The Verve
474. Tarot Sport- f**k Buttons
475. Smoke Ring for My Halo- Kurt Vile
476. Foo Fighters- Foo Fighters
477. Crystal Castles- Crystal Castles
478. Trouble Will Find Me- The National
479. The Real Ramona- Throwing Muses
480. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You- Aretha Franklin
481. Smile- Brian Wilson
482. Lady in Satin- Billie Holiday
483. Blood and Chocolate- Elvis Costello & The Attractions
484. The River- Bruce Springsteen
485. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City- Kendrick Lamar
486. Homogenic- Bjork
487. Sound Affects- The Jam
488. I'm Your Man- Leonard Cohen
489. George Best- The Wedding Present
490. Back in the USA- MC5
491. Actually- Pet Shop Boys
492. Hidden- These New Puritans
493. Blood- This Mortal Coil
494. The Head on the Door- The Cure
495. Hot Fuss- The Killers
496. Album- Girls
497. Random Access Memories- Daft Punk
498. Berlin- Lou Reed
499. Star- Belly
500. Stankonia- OutKast
I haven't done a count on all multi-appearances, but I see that the Beatles has seven albums on the list. Bruce Springsteen has five, as does PJ Harvey (the most for a female act).
Surprised that Whitney Houston's second album made the cut over the debut. And at least one of Madonna's two best records made the cut (surprised Like a Prayer didn't, as it appeared on a couple of past NME lists.
1. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
2. The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
3. David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1972)
4. The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
5. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966)
6. Pulp - Different Class (1995)
7. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
8. Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
9. The Beatles - The Beatles (1968)
10. Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994)
11. Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
12. Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
13. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
14. David Bowie - Low (1977)
15. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
16. Joy Division - Closer (1980)
17. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)
18. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
19. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
20. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
21. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
22. Blur - Parklife (1994)
23. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)
24. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. Street (1972)
25. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
26. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
27. Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
28. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (2006)
29. Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
30. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
31. Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
32. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)
33. Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)
34. The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
35. Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
36. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (1975)
37. Love - Forever Changes (1967)
38. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks... Here's The Sex Pistols (1977)
39. The Clash - London Calling (1979)
40. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasure (1979)
41. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
42. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)
43. The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
44. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
45. Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)
46. BjΓΆrk - Debut (1993)
47. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
48. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (1985)
49. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (2007)
50. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis (1969)
51. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
52. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
53. David Bowie - Station To Station (1976)
54. Talking Heads - Remain In Light (1980)
55. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971)
56. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1970)
57. Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (1978)
58. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)
59. Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
60. Massive Attack - Blue Lines (1991)
61. The Clash - The Clash (1977)
62. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (1966)
63. Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971)
64. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
65. REM - Automatic For The People (1992)
66. Radiohead - The Bends (1995)
67. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory (1995)
68. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
69. REM - Murmur (1983)
70. The Libertines - Up The Bracket (2002)
71. Neil Young - Harvest (1972)
72. Lou Reed - Transformer (1972)
73. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
74. Nas - IIImatic (1994)
75. Green Day - Dookie (1994)
76. Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
77. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)
78. Suede - Suede (1993)
79. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (1959)
80. Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
81. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (1977)
82. Carole King - Tapestry (1971)
83. The Band - The Band (1969)
84. Hole - Live Through This (1994)
85. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1975)
86. Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)
87. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
88. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (1973)
89. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (1998)
90. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004)
91. Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)
92. Super Furry Animals - Radiator (1997)
93. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (2002)
94. The Rolling Stone - Beggars Banquet (1968)
95. Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden (1988)
96. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet (1990)
97. The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)
98. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)
99. The Libertines - The Libertines (2004)
100. The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow (1984)
101. Kraftwerk - Computer World
102. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
103. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
104. The Stooges - Funhouse
105. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
106. Led Zeppelin - IV
107. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
108. Weezer - Pinkerton
109. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
110. Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief
111. The Human League - Dare
112. GZA - Liquid Swords
113. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
114. Radiohead - Kid A
115. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
116. The White Stripes - Elephant
117. ABC - The Lexicon of Love
118. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching or the Young Soul Rebels
119. Pulp - His 'N' Hers
120. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
121. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
122. New Order - Technique
123. Blur - 13
124. Paul Simon - Graceland
125. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
126. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
127. Ramones - Ramones
128. The Verve - Urban Hymns
129. Neil Young - On the Beach
130. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
131. Michael Jackson - Thriller
132. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
133. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
134. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
135. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
136. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
137. Blur - Blur
138. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
139. The Cure - Disintegration
140. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
141. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Natty Dread
142. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
143. Bob Dylan - Desire
144. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
145. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
146. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
147. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
148. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
149. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
150. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
151. PJ Harvey - Dry
152. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
153. The La's - The La's
154. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
155. The Prodigy - Music For the Jilted Generation
156. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We're Floating In Space
157. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
158. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
159. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
160. Primal Scream - XTRMTR
161. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
162. The National - The Boxer
163. Neu - Neu '75!
164. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
165. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
166. Pulp - This is Hardcore
167. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
168. Portishead - Dummy
169. Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down
170. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
171. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
172. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
173. Led Zeppelin - III
174. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
175. David Bowie - Young Americans
176. Rufus Wainwright - Want One
177. Mogwai - Young Team
178. The Coral - The Coral
179. Missy Elliott - Miss Eβ¦So Addictive
180. X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
181. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
182. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
183. OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
184. MIA - Kala
185. Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full
186. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
187. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
188. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
189. Todd Rungren - A Wizard, A True Star
190. Pink Floyd - Piper At the Gates of Dawn
191. Elastica - Elastica
192. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
193. Ryan Adams - Gold
194. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
195. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
196. The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
197. AC/DC - Back in Black
198. Prince - Sign O' The Times
199. The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
200. The Breeders - Last Splash
201. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
202. Tricky - Maxinquaye
203. Beach House - Teen Dream
204. Michael Jackson - Bad
205. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
206. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
207. Janis Joplin - Pearl
208. Chic - Risque
209. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
210. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
211. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
212. Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood
213. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
214. Air - Moon Safari
215. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
216. New Order - Power, Lies and Corrruption
217. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
218. The Horrors - Primary Colours
219. The Jam - All Mod Cons
220. The National - Alligator
221. Marianne Faithful - Broken English
222. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
223. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
224. Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
225. T Rex - Electric Warrior
226. The Doors - The Doors
227. John Lennon - Imagine
228. Pavement - Brighten the Corners
229. Public Image Ltd - Metal Box
230. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
231. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
232. Leonard Cohen - The Songs of Leonard Cohen
233. Babyshambles - Down In Albion
234. Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
235. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
236. Suicide - Suicide
237. The xx - The xx
238. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
239. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
240. Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!!
241. Madonna - Ray of Light
242. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
243. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
244. Wild Beasts - Smother
245. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
246. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York
247. Glasvegas - Glasvegas
248. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
249. Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
250. Weezer - Weezer
251. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
252. Grimes - Visions
253. Pussy Galore - Exile on Main St
254. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
255. Metronomy - The English Riviera
256. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year's Model
257. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
258. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
259. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Stage
260. The Specials - The Specials
261. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Live!
262. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
263. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
264. The Beatles - Please Please Me
265. Hole - Celebrity Skin
266. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
267. Dr. Feelgood - Stupidity
268. Todd Rungren - Todd
269. The Horrors - Skying
270. The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
271. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
272. Coldplay - Parachutes
273. Kanye West - The College Dropout
274. R.E.M. - Green
275. The Who - Quadrophenia
276. Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
277. The Sunday - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
278. The Slits - Cut
279. Captain Beefhart and his Magical Band - Trout Mask Replica
280. Aphex Twin - Drukqs
281. Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
282. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
283. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
284. Fugazi - 13 Songs
285. Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love
286. Screaming Trees - Dust
287. Slayer - Reign In Blood
288. Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind
289. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
290. The Bluetones - Expecting to Fly
291. The Byrds - Younger than Yesterday
292. The Cribs - The New Fellas
293. Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain
294. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
295. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
296. David Bowie - Let's Dance
297. Can - Ege Bamyasi
298. Malcolm McLaren -
299. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
300. The Who - The Who By Numbers
301. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
302. Daft Punk - Homework
303. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
304. The Orb - UFOrb
305. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
306. Bob Dyan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
307. Beck - Midnight Vultures
308. Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
309. Metallica - Metallica
310. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstacy
311. Super Furry Animals - Guerilla
312. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
313. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
314. Slint - Spiderland
315. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
316. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
317. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
318. Ice-T - OG Original Gangster
319. The Who - Who's Next
320. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
321. Doves - Lost Souls
322. LCD - This is Happening
323. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
324. R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
325. Beck - Sea Change
326. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
327. Beck - Mutations
328. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
329. David Bowie - "Heroes"
330. Portishead - Third
331. MC5 - Kick out the Jams
332. Shack - HMS Fable
333. Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run
334. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
335. Queens of the Stoneage - β¦Like Clockwork
336. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
337. Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
338. Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
339. Pearl Jam - Ten
340. Sister Sledge - We Are Family
341. Tom Waits - Closing Time
342. Spritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
343. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
344. Eels - Beautiful Freak
345. Elvis Costello - Punch the Clock
346. New Order - Low Life
347. Sonic Youth - Dirty
348. Whitney Houston - Whitney
349. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
350. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - BRMC
351. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
352. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
353. Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
354. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
355. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
356. Pixies - Bossanova
357. Sugar - Copper Blue
358. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
359. The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In it for the Money
360. The Strokes - Room on Fire
361. The Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Winkβ¦the a Bliind Horse
362. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
363. Black Flag - Damaged
364. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
365. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegatables
366. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
367. Metronomy - Nights Out
368. Radiohead - Hail to the Theif
369. St Vincent - Strange Mercy
370. The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
371. Beck - Odelay
372. Big Black - Atomizer
373. Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
374. Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
375. Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
376. Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Square Club
377. Roy Harper - Stormcock
378. Wire - Pink Flag
379. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
380. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
381. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
382. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
383. The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
384. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
385. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
386. Gillian Wellch - Revival
387. The Clash - Combat Rock
388. Tim Buckley - Happy Sad
389. Le Tigre - Le Tigre
390. The Verve - A Northern Soul
391. Burial - Burial
392. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
393. Prince - Dirty Mind
394. Wire - Chairs Missing
395. The White Stripes - De Stijl
396. Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
397. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
398. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
399. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Lyre of Orpheus/Abattoir Blues
400. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
401. 20 Jazz Funk Greats - Throbbing Gristle
402. Twenty One - Mystery Jets
403. Vespertine - Bjork
404. No Other - Gene Clark
405. Otis Blue - Otis Redding
406. Rated B - Queens of the Stone Age
407. Going Blank Again - Ride
408. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
409. Tago Mago - Can
410. Antics - Interpol
411. Madvillainy - Madvillain
412. Entroducing... - DJ Shadow
413. Pills N Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
414. Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
415. Chet Baker Sings - Chet Baker
416. Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective
417. 1977 - Ash
418. Electro-Shock Blues - Eels
419. Let It Come Down - Spiritualized
420. People's Instinctive Travels... - A Tribe Called Quest
421. Radio City - Big Star
422. Too-Rye-Ay - Dexys Midnight Runners
423. Live at Leeds - The Who
424. The Joshua Tree - U2
425. Nancy and Lee - Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood
426. Goo - Sonic Youth
427. Here Comes the Warm Jets - Brian Eno
428. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
429. Bleed America - Jimmy Eat World
430. Scott 4 - Scott Walker
431. Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden
432. Tindersticks - Tindersticks
433. 2001 - Dr. Dre
434. Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout
435. Easter - Patti Smith
436. Mirrored - Battles
437. Dear Science - TV on the Radio
438. Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon
439. The Futureheads - The Futureheads
440. Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy - Billy Bragg
441. Arrival - ABBA
442. Al Green is Love - Al Green
443. Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle - Bill Callahan
444. Violator - Depeche Mode
445. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
446. The Warning - Hot Chip
447. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
448. Sci-Fi Lullabies - Suede
449. AM - Arctic Monkeys
450. Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
451. Third/Sister Lovers- Big Star
452. The B-52's- The B-52's
453. The House of Love- The House of Love
454. The Writing on the Wall- Destiny's Child
455. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
456. September of My Years- Frank Sinatra
457. Black Cherry- Goldfrapp
458. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco
459. The Black Album- Jay-Z
460. Bleach- Nirvana
461. Generation Terrorists- Manic Street Preachers
462. Master of Puppets- Metallica
463. Pod- The Breeders
464. Because of the Times- Kings of Leon
465. High Violet- The National
466. The W- Wu-Tang Clan
467. The Idiot- Iggy Pop
468. Chutes Too Narrow- The Shins
469. Holland- The Beach Boys
470. Graduation- Kanye West
471. Oracular Spectacular- MGMT
472. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness- Smashing Pumpkins
473. A Storm in Heaven- The Verve
474. Tarot Sport- f**k Buttons
475. Smoke Ring for My Halo- Kurt Vile
476. Foo Fighters- Foo Fighters
477. Crystal Castles- Crystal Castles
478. Trouble Will Find Me- The National
479. The Real Ramona- Throwing Muses
480. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You- Aretha Franklin
481. Smile- Brian Wilson
482. Lady in Satin- Billie Holiday
483. Blood and Chocolate- Elvis Costello & The Attractions
484. The River- Bruce Springsteen
485. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City- Kendrick Lamar
486. Homogenic- Bjork
487. Sound Affects- The Jam
488. I'm Your Man- Leonard Cohen
489. George Best- The Wedding Present
490. Back in the USA- MC5
491. Actually- Pet Shop Boys
492. Hidden- These New Puritans
493. Blood- This Mortal Coil
494. The Head on the Door- The Cure
495. Hot Fuss- The Killers
496. Album- Girls
497. Random Access Memories- Daft Punk
498. Berlin- Lou Reed
499. Star- Belly
500. Stankonia- OutKast