На 444.месте ( не заслуженно ) - Violator Топ 500 альбомов всех времен, по мнению NME это британский музыкальный журнал, так что тот факт, что лучшими шесть из 10 лучших оказались британцы не должно удивлять Там также нет женщин и чернокожих музыкантов в топ-10. Видимо голосования было сделано , а в последние минуты журнал связался с писателями и персоналом из прошлых лет , чтобы составлять свои личные списки до подсчета все голоса. И результаты ...
NME has released its list of the Top 500 Albums of All Time, and it’s a doozy. Now, keep in mind, this is a British music magazine, so the fact that six of the top 10 acts are British shouldn’t be terribly surprising. There are also no women or black artists in the top 10. Apparently voting was done rather last minute, and the magazine got in touch with writers and staff from years past to compile their personal lists before tallying up all the votes. And the results…
The Smiths’ The Queen Is Dead is the greatest album of all time. It’s better than anything the Beatles ever did (though Revolver came close). Meanwhile, the band Queen is nowhere on the list at all, whereas Queens of the Stone Age shows up thrice (they also show up Thrice, who don’t appear). Some other interesting highlights include Oasis’ Definitely Maybe starting the top 10, PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake making an impressive No. 15, Arcade Fire’s Funeral (13) slotting higher than My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless (18), and Outkast’s Stankonia only good enough to slip in at 500.
More oddities: The highest ranked Michael Jackson album (Thriller) hits at 131, while LCD Soundsystem broke the top 50 with Sound of Silver (49). It’s rad that Jimmy Eat World’s Bleed America (429) made it on, but having it one spot below Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA and two above Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger seems kinda crazy. Speaking of the Boss, Nebraska (148) isn’t quite as good as Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange (147), but slightly better than Elliott Smith’s Either/Or (149) and The Streets Original Pirate Material (150). Also, apparently Arctic Monkeys’ one-month-old AM (449) is already better than Big Star’s Third (451).
Now, here’s something extra strange: NME released a Top 100 British Albums Ever back in 2006, and the numbers don’t quite match. The Queen Is Dead comes in at No. 2 behind The Stone Roses’ self-titled record, which drops to No. 7 on the All-Time list. The biggest drop sees The Libertines’ Up The Bracket go from No. 10 to No. 70. Also odd, NME posted their current staff’s top 10 lists that were submitted for the big 500, and none of them had The Smiths as number one; five didn’t even have them on the list at all. Then again, if Laura Snapes had her wish, the top four would all be The National albums, while Kevin EG Perry would prefer a Rolling Stones takeover.
All ribbing aside, you can read the entire list below:
01. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead 02. The Beatles – Revolver 03. David Bowie – Hunky Dory 04. The Strokes – Is This It 05. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico 06. Pulp – Different Class 07. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses 08. Pixies – Doolittle 09. The Beatles – The Beatles 10. Oasis – Definitely Maybe 11. Nirvana – Nevermind 12. Patti Smith – Horses 13. Arcade Fire – Funeral 14. David Bowie – Low 15. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake 16. Joy Division – Closer 17. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 18. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless 19. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not 20. Radiohead – OK Computer 21. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 22. Blur – Parklife 23. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 24. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St. Street 25. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On 26. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds 27. Primal Scream – Screamadelica 28. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black 29. Television – Marquee Moon 30. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 31. Suede – Dog Man Star 32. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique 33. Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish 34. The Beatles – Abbey Road 35. Nirvana – In Utero 36. Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks 37. Love – Forever Changes 38. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks… Here’s The Sex Pistols 39. The Clash – London Calling 40. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasure 41. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation 42. Stevie Wonder – Innervisions 43. The Beatles – Rubber Soul 44. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible 45. Blondie – Parallel Lines 46. Björk – Debut 47. The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come 48. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love 49. LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver 50. Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis 51. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours 52. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed 53. David Bowie – Station To Station 54. Talking Heads – Remain In Light 55. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers 56. Neil Young – After The Gold Rush 57. Kraftwerk – The Man Machine 58. Pixies – Surfer Rosa 59. Radiohead – In Rainbows 60. Massive Attack – Blue Lines 61. The Clash – The Clash 62. Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde 63. Joni Mitchell – Blue 64. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited 65. REM – Automatic For The People 66. Radiohead – The Bends 67. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory 68. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks 69. REM – Murmur 70. The Libertines – Up The Bracket 71. Neil Young – Harvest 72. Lou Reed – Transformer 73. Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home 74. Nas – IIImatic 75. Green Day – Dookie 76. Daft Punk – Discovery 77. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells 78. Suede – Suede 79. Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue 80. Iggy And The Stooges – Raw Power 81. Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express 82. Carole King – Tapestry 83. The Band – The Band 84. Hole – Live Through This 85. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run 86. Jeff Buckley – Grace 87. The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 88. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure 89. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 90. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free 91. Prince And The Revolution – Purple Rain 92. Super Furry Animals – Radiator 93. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf 94. The Rolling Stone – Beggars Banquet 95. Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden 96. Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet 97. The Smiths – The Smiths 98. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 99. The Libertines – The Libertines 100. The Smiths – Hatful Of Hollow 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 E…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 Soundsystem – 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 – …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 Wink…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. Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats 402. Mystery Jets – Twenty One 403. Bjork – Vespertine 404. Gene Clark – No Other 405. Otis Redding – Otis Blue 406. Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R 407. Ride – Going Blank Again 408. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 409. Can- Tago Mago 410. Interpol – Antics 411. Madvillain – Madvillainy 412. DJ Shadow – Entroducing… 413. Happy Mondays – Pills N Thrills and Bellyaches 414. The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole 415. Chet Baker – Chet Baker Sings 416. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion 417. Ash – 1977 418. Eels – Electro-Shock Blues 419. Spiritualized – Let It Come Down 420. A Tribe Called Quest – People’s Instinctive Travels… 421. Big Star – Radio City 422. Dexys Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Ay 423. The Who – Live at Leeds 424. U2 – The Joshua Tree 425. Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood – Nancy and Lee 426. Sonic Youth – Goo 427. Brian Eno – Here Comes the Warm Jets 428. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA 429. Jimmy Eat World – Bleed America 430. Scott Walker – Scott 4 431. Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger 432. Tindersticks – Tindersticks 433. Dr. Dre – 2001 434. Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen 435. Patti Smith – Easter 436. Battles – Mirrored 437. TV on the Radio – Dear Science 438. Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak 439. The Futureheads – The Futureheads 440. Billy Bragg – Life’s a Riot with Spy vs. Spy 441. ABBA – Arrival 442. Al Green – Al Green is Love 443. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle 444. Depeche Mode – Violator 445. Fleetwood Mac – Tusk 446. Hot Chip – The Warning 447. David Bowie – Diamond Dogs 448. Suede – Sci-Fi Lullabies 449. Arctic Monkeys – AM 450. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me 451. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers 452. The B-52′s – The B-52′s 453. The House of Love- The House of Love 454. Destiny’s Child – The Writing on the Wall 455. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend 456. Frank Sinatra – September of My Years 457. Goldfrapp – Black Cherry 458. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 459. Jay-Z – The Black Album 460. Nirvana – Bleach 461. Manic Street Preachers – Generation Terrorists 462. Metallica – Master of Puppets 463. The Breeders – Pod 464. Kings of Leon – Because of the Times 465. The National – High Violet 466. Wu-Tang Clan – The W 467. Iggy Pop – The Idiot 468. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow 469. The Beach Boys – Holland 470. Kanye West – Graduation 471. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular 472. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 473. 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The Top 500 Albums of All Time, according to NME
На 444.месте ( не заслуженно ) - Violator
Топ 500 альбомов всех времен, по мнению NME
это британский музыкальный журнал, так что тот факт, что лучшими шесть из 10 лучших оказались британцы не должно удивлять Там также нет женщин и чернокожих музыкантов в топ-10. Видимо голосования было сделано , а в последние минуты журнал связался с писателями и персоналом из прошлых лет , чтобы составлять свои личные списки до подсчета все голоса. И результаты ...
The Smiths’ The Queen Is Dead is the greatest album of all time. It’s better than anything the Beatles ever did (though Revolver came close). Meanwhile, the band Queen is nowhere on the list at all, whereas Queens of the Stone Age shows up thrice (they also show up Thrice, who don’t appear). Some other interesting highlights include Oasis’ Definitely Maybe starting the top 10, PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake making an impressive No. 15, Arcade Fire’s Funeral (13) slotting higher than My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless (18), and Outkast’s Stankonia only good enough to slip in at 500.
More oddities: The highest ranked Michael Jackson album (Thriller) hits at 131, while LCD Soundsystem broke the top 50 with Sound of Silver (49). It’s rad that Jimmy Eat World’s Bleed America (429) made it on, but having it one spot below Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA and two above Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger seems kinda crazy. Speaking of the Boss, Nebraska (148) isn’t quite as good as Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange (147), but slightly better than Elliott Smith’s Either/Or (149) and The Streets Original Pirate Material (150). Also, apparently Arctic Monkeys’ one-month-old AM (449) is already better than Big Star’s Third (451).
Now, here’s something extra strange: NME released a Top 100 British Albums Ever back in 2006, and the numbers don’t quite match. The Queen Is Dead comes in at No. 2 behind The Stone Roses’ self-titled record, which drops to No. 7 on the All-Time list. The biggest drop sees The Libertines’ Up The Bracket go from No. 10 to No. 70. Also odd, NME posted their current staff’s top 10 lists that were submitted for the big 500, and none of them had The Smiths as number one; five didn’t even have them on the list at all. Then again, if Laura Snapes had her wish, the top four would all be The National albums, while Kevin EG Perry would prefer a Rolling Stones takeover.
All ribbing aside, you can read the entire list below:
01. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
02. The Beatles – Revolver
03. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
04. The Strokes – Is This It
05. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico
06. Pulp – Different Class
07. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
08. Pixies – Doolittle
09. The Beatles – The Beatles
10. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
11. Nirvana – Nevermind
12. Patti Smith – Horses
13. Arcade Fire – Funeral
14. David Bowie – Low
15. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
16. Joy Division – Closer
17. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
18. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
19. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
20. Radiohead – OK Computer
21. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
22. Blur – Parklife
23. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
24. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St. Street
25. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
26. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
27. Primal Scream – Screamadelica
28. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
29. Television – Marquee Moon
30. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
31. Suede – Dog Man Star
32. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
33. Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish
34. The Beatles – Abbey Road
35. Nirvana – In Utero
36. Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks
37. Love – Forever Changes
38. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks… Here’s The Sex Pistols
39. The Clash – London Calling
40. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasure
41. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
42. Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
43. The Beatles – Rubber Soul
44. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
45. Blondie – Parallel Lines
46. Björk – Debut
47. The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come
48. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
49. LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver
50. Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis
51. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
52. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
53. David Bowie – Station To Station
54. Talking Heads – Remain In Light
55. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
56. Neil Young – After The Gold Rush
57. Kraftwerk – The Man Machine
58. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
59. Radiohead – In Rainbows
60. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
61. The Clash – The Clash
62. Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde
63. Joni Mitchell – Blue
64. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
65. REM – Automatic For The People
66. Radiohead – The Bends
67. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory
68. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
69. REM – Murmur
70. The Libertines – Up The Bracket
71. Neil Young – Harvest
72. Lou Reed – Transformer
73. Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
74. Nas – IIImatic
75. Green Day – Dookie
76. Daft Punk – Discovery
77. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
78. Suede – Suede
79. Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
80. Iggy And The Stooges – Raw Power
81. Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
82. Carole King – Tapestry
83. The Band – The Band
84. Hole – Live Through This
85. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
86. Jeff Buckley – Grace
87. The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
88. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
89. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
90. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free
91. Prince And The Revolution – Purple Rain
92. Super Furry Animals – Radiator
93. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf
94. The Rolling Stone – Beggars Banquet
95. Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden
96. Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet
97. The Smiths – The Smiths
98. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
99. The Libertines – The Libertines
100. The Smiths – Hatful Of Hollow
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 E…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 Soundsystem – 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 – …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 Wink…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. Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats
402. Mystery Jets – Twenty One
403. Bjork – Vespertine
404. Gene Clark – No Other
405. Otis Redding – Otis Blue
406. Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R
407. Ride – Going Blank Again
408. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
409. Can- Tago Mago
410. Interpol – Antics
411. Madvillain – Madvillainy
412. DJ Shadow – Entroducing…
413. Happy Mondays – Pills N Thrills and Bellyaches
414. The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
415. Chet Baker – Chet Baker Sings
416. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
417. Ash – 1977
418. Eels – Electro-Shock Blues
419. Spiritualized – Let It Come Down
420. A Tribe Called Quest – People’s Instinctive Travels…
421. Big Star – Radio City
422. Dexys Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Ay
423. The Who – Live at Leeds
424. U2 – The Joshua Tree
425. Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood – Nancy and Lee
426. Sonic Youth – Goo
427. Brian Eno – Here Comes the Warm Jets
428. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
429. Jimmy Eat World – Bleed America
430. Scott Walker – Scott 4
431. Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger
432. Tindersticks – Tindersticks
433. Dr. Dre – 2001
434. Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
435. Patti Smith – Easter
436. Battles – Mirrored
437. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
438. Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
439. The Futureheads – The Futureheads
440. Billy Bragg – Life’s a Riot with Spy vs. Spy
441. ABBA – Arrival
442. Al Green – Al Green is Love
443. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
444. Depeche Mode – Violator
445. Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
446. Hot Chip – The Warning
447. David Bowie – Diamond Dogs
448. Suede – Sci-Fi Lullabies
449. Arctic Monkeys – AM
450. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
451. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers
452. The B-52′s – The B-52′s
453. The House of Love- The House of Love
454. Destiny’s Child – The Writing on the Wall
455. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
456. Frank Sinatra – September of My Years
457. Goldfrapp – Black Cherry
458. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
459. Jay-Z – The Black Album
460. Nirvana – Bleach
461. Manic Street Preachers – Generation Terrorists
462. Metallica – Master of Puppets
463. The Breeders – Pod
464. Kings of Leon – Because of the Times
465. The National – High Violet
466. Wu-Tang Clan – The W
467. Iggy Pop – The Idiot
468. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
469. The Beach Boys – Holland
470. Kanye West – Graduation
471. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
472. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
473. The Verve – A Storm in Heaven
474. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
475. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo
476. Foo Fighters- Foo Fighters
477. Crystal Castles- Crystal Castles
478. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
479. Throwing Muses – The Real Ramona
480. Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
481. Brian Wilson – Smile
482. Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin
483. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Blood and Chocolate
484. Bruce Springsteen – The River
485. Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
486. Bjork – Homogenic
487. The Jam – Sound Affects
488. Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
489. The Wedding Present – George Best
490. MC5 – Back in the USA
491. Pet Shop Boys – Actually
492. These New Puritans – Hidden
493. This Mortal Coil – Blood
494. The Cure – The Head on the Door
495. The Killers – Hot Fuss
496. Girls – Album
497. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
498. Lou Reed – Berlin
499. Belly – Star
500. OutKast – Stankonia
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