NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The Queen Is Dead – The Smiths
Revolver – The Beatles
Hunky Dory – David Bowie
Is This It – The Strokes
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
Different Class – Pulp
The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
Doolittle – Pixies
The Beatles (White Album) – The Beatles
Definitely Maybe – Oasis
Nevermind – Nirvana
Horses – Patti Smith
Funeral – Arcade Fire
Low – David Bowie
Let England Shake – PJ Harvey
Closer – Joy Division
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back – Public Enemy
Loveless – My Bloody Valentine
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not – Arctic Monkeys
Ok Computer – Radiohead
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
Parklife – Blur
The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust… - David Bowie
Exile On Main Street – The Rolling Stones
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys
Screamadelica – Primal Scream
Back To Black – Amy Winehouse
Marquee Moon – Television
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Wu-Tang Clan
Dog Man Star – Suede
Pauls Boutique – Beastie Boys
Modern Life Is Rubbish – Blur
Abbey Road – The Beatles
In Utero – Nirvana
Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
Forever Changes – Love
Never Mind The Bollocks… - The Sex Pistols
London Calling – The Clash
Unknown Pleasures – Joy Division
Daydream Nation – Sonic Youth
Innervisions – Stevie Wonder
Rubber Soul – The Beatles
The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers
Parallel Lines – Blondie
Debut – Bjork
Strangeways Here We Come – The Smiths
Hounds Of Love – Kate Bush
Sounds Of Silver – LCD Sound System
Dusty In Memphis – Dusty Springfield
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones
Station To Station – David Bowie
Remain In Light – Talking Heads
Sticky Fingers – Rolling Stones
After The Goldrush – Neil Young
The Man Machine – Kraftwerk
Surfer Rosa – Pixies
In Rainbows – Radiohead
Blue Lines - Massive Attack
The Clash – The Clash
Blond On Blond – Bob Dylan
Blue – Joni Mitchell
Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
Automatic For The People – REM
The Bends – Radiohead
(What’s The Story) Morning Glory – Oasis
Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
Murmur – REM
Up The Bracket – The Libertines
Harvest – Neil Young
Transformer – Lou Reed
Bringing It All Back Home – Bob Dylan
Illmatic – NAS
Dookie – Green Day
Discovery – Daft Punk
White Blood Cells – The White Strypes
Suede – Suede
Kind Of Blue – Miles Davis
Raw Power – Iggy & The Stooges
Trans-Europe Express – Kraftwerk
Tapestry – Carole King
The Band – The Band
Live Through This – Hole
Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen
Grace – Jeff Buckley
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
For Your Pleasure – Roxy Music
The Misseducation Of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill
A Grand Don’t Come For Free – The Streets
Purple Rain – Prince
Radiator – Super Furry Animals
Songs For The Deaf – Queens Of The Stoneage
Beggars Banquet – The Rolling Stones
Sprit Of Eden – Talk Talk
Fear Of A Black Planet – Public Enemy
The Smiths – The Smiths
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
The Libertines – The Libertines
Hatful Of Hollow – The Smiths
Computer World - Kraftwerk
The Soft Bulletin – The Flaming Lips
Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix
Fun House – The Stooges
Rain Dogs – Tom Waits
IV – Led Zeppelin
Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine
Pinkerton – Weezer
Darkness On The Edge Of Town – Bruce Springsteen
Liege & Life – Fairport Convention
Dare – The Human League
Liquid Swards – GZA
If Your Feeling Sinister – Bell And Sebastian
Kid A – Radiohead
Bandwagonesque – Teenage Fanclub
Elephant – White Stripes
The Lexicon Of Love – ABC
Searching For He Young Soul Rebels – Dexys Midnight Runners
His ‘N’ Hers – Pulp
3 Feet High And Rising – De La Soul
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 – Aphex Twin
Technique – New Order
13 – Blur
Graceland – Paul Simon
Live At The Apollo – James Brown
Ill Communication – Beastie Boys
Ramones – Ramones
Urban Hymns – The Verve
On The Beach – Neil Young
Turn On The Bright Lights – Interpol
Thriller – Michael Jackson
The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea – PJ Harvey
The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
Fever To Tell – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Blur – Blur
Illinoise – Sufjan Stevens
Disintergration – The Cure
Bryter Later – Nick Drake
Natty Dread – Bob Marley And The Wailers
Histoire De Melody Nelson – Serge Gainsbourg
Desire – Bob Dylan
Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Odessey And Oracle – The Zombies
Relationship Of Command – At The Drive-In
Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen
Ether/Or – Elliott Smith
Original Pirate Material – The Streets
Dry – PJ Harvey
Deserters Songs – Mercury Rev
The La’s – The La’s
To Bring You My Love – PJ Harvey
Music For A Jilted Generation – The Prodigy
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space – Spritualized
Psychocandy – The Jesus And Mary Chain
Two Dancers – Wild Beasts
Entertainment – Gang Of Four
Xtrmnatr – Primal Scream
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
Boxer – The National
Neu! – Neu! 75
At Fulsome Prison – Johnny Cash
Let Love In – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
This Is Hardcore – Pulp
Lady Soul – Aretha Franklin
Dummy – Portishead
Don’t Stand Me Down – Dexys Midnight Runners
Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins
Fear Of Music – Talking Heads
Songs In The Key Of Life – Stevie Wonder
Led Zeppelin III – Led Zeppelin
I’m Awake, It’s Morning – Bright Eyes
Young Americans – David Bowie
Want One – Rufus Wainwright
Young Team – Mogwai
The Coral – The Coral
Miss E…So Addictive – Missy Elliott
Germfree Adolescents – X-Ray Specs
Music Has The Right To Children – Boards Of Canada
Everything Must Go – Manic Street Preachers
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast
Kala – MIA
Paid In Full – Eric B And Rakim
The Blueprint – Jay-Z
Isn’t Anything – My Bloody Valentine
A Love Supreme – John Coltrane
A Wizard, A True Star – Todd Rundgren
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn – Pink Floyd
Elastica – Elastica
Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
Gold – Ryan Adams
Appetite For Destruction – Guns N’ Roses
A Hard Days Night – The Beatles
Rattus Norvegicus – The Stranglers
Back In Black – Ac/Dc
Sign O’ The Times – Prince
Giant Steps – The Boo Radleys
Last Splash – The Breeders
Hex Education Hour – The Fall
Maxinquaye – Tricky
Teen Dream – Beach House
Bad – Michael Jackson
Straight Outta’ Compton – Nwa
Slanted And Enchanted – Pavement
Pearl – Janis Joplin
Risqué – Chic
The Kick Inside – Kate Bush
69 Love Songs – The Magnetic Fields
Nightclubbing – Grace Jones
Youth And Young Manhood – Kings Of Leon
One Nation Under A Groove – Funkadelic
Moon Safari – Air
Mezzanine – Massive Attack
Power, Corruption & Lies – New Order
Lust For Life – Iggy Pop
Primary Colours – The Horrors
All Mod Cons – The Jam
Alligator – The National
Broken English – Marianne Faithful
Fever Ray – Fever Ray
Neon Bible – Arcade Fire
Heaven Up Here – Echo And The Bunnymen
Electric Warrior – T Rex
The Doors – The Doors
Imagine – John Lennon
Brighten In The Corners – Pavement
Metal Box – Public Image Limited
Aladdin Sane – David Bowie
The Chronic – Dr Dre
Songs Of Leonard Cohen – Leonard Cohen
Down In Albion – Babyshambles
Behaviour – Pet Shop Boys
Murder Ballads – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Suicide – Suicide
The XX – The XX
Show Your Bones – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Boy In Da Corner – Dizzee Rascal
New Boots And Panties – Ian Dury
Ray Of Light – Madonna
Off The Wall – Michael Jackson
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell
Smother – Wild Beasts
Fuzzy Logic – Super Furry Animals
MTV Unplugged In New York – Nirvana
Glasvegas – Glasvegas
The Slim Shady LP – Eminem
The Fat Of The Land – Prodigy
Weezer (Blue) – Weezer
Surfs Up – The Beach Boys
Visions – Grimes
Exile On Main Street – Pussy Galore
Meat Is Murder – The Smiths
The English Riviera – Metronomy
This Years Model – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
The Boatman’s Call – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Five Leaves Left – Nick Drake
Yo! Bum Rush The Show – Public Enemy
The Specials – The Specials
Live (At The Lyceum London) – Bob Marley And The Wailers
Criminal Minded – Boogie Down Productions
I Speak Because I Can – Laura Marling
Please Please Me – The Beatles
Celebrity Skin – Hole
A Rush Of Blood To The Head – Coldplay
Stupidity – Dr Feelgood
Todd – Todd Rundgren
Skying – The Horrors
The Kinks Are The Village Green Society – The Kinks
Loaded – The Velvet Underground
Parachutes – Coldplay
The Collage Dropout – Kanye West
Green – R
Quadrophena – The Who
Ocean Rain – Echo And The Bunnymen
Reading, Writing And Arithmetic – The Sundays
Cut – The Slits
Trout Mask Replica – Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
Drukqs – Aphex Twin
My Aim Is True – Elvis Costello
Grand Prix – Teenage Fanclub
Roxy Music – Roxy Music
13 Songs – Fugazi
Midnight Love – Marvin Gaye
Dust – Screaming Trees
Reign In Blood – Slayer
Music Of My Mind – Stevie Wonder
The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
Expecting To Fly – The Bluetones
Younger Than Yesterday – The Byrds
The New Fellas – The Cribs
Highland, Hard Rain – Aztec Camera
Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons
Doggystyle – Snoop Doggy Dogg
Lets Dance – David Bowie
Ege Bamyasi – Can
Duck Rock – Malcolm McLaren
16 Lovers Lane – The Go-Betweens
The Who By Numbers – The Who
World Of Echo – Arther Russell
Homework – Daft Punk
Mingus Ah Um – Charles Mingus
UfOrb – The Orb
Every Picture Tells A Story – Rod Stewart
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan
Midnight Vultures – Beck
It’s A Shame About Ray – The Lemonheads
Metallica – Metallica
Countdown To Ecstasy – Steely Dan
Guerrilla – Super Furry Animals
Treasure – Cocteau Twins
Frank’s Wild Years – Tom Waits
Spiderland – Slint
Cheap Thrills – Big Brother & The Holding Company
Imperial Bedroom – Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons
OG Original Gangster – Ice-T
Who’e Next – The Who
Swardfishtrombone – Tom Waits
Lost Souls – Doves
This Is Happening – Lcd Soundsystem
Bitches Brew – Miles Davis
Lifes Rich Pageant – R
Sea Changes – Beck
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One – Yo La Tengo
Mutations – Beck
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots – The Flaming Lips
“Heroes” – David Bowie
Third – Portishead
Kick Out The Jams – MC5
HMS Fable – Shack
Band On The Run – Paul McCartney And Wings
Since I Left You – The Avalanches
Raw Like Sushi – Neneh Cherry
The Grey Album – Danger Mouse
Ready To Die – Notorious Big
Ten – Pearl Jam
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
Closing Time – Tom Waits
Lazar Guided Melodies – Spritualized
John Wesley Harding – Bob Dylan
Beautiful Freak – Eels
Punch The Clock – Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Low-Life – New Order
Dirty – Sonic Youth
Whitney – Whitney Huston
An Awesome Wave – Alt-J
BRMC – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo – The Byrds
White Light/White Heat – The Velvet Underground
McLusky Do Dallas – McLusky
Hot Buttered Soul – Isaac Hayes
New York Dolls – New York Dolls
Bossanova – Pixies
Copper Blue – Sugar
Rock Bottom – Robert Wyatt
We’re Only In It For The Money – The Mothers Of Invention
Room On Fire – The Strokes
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink…
Hello Nasty – Beastie Boys
Damaged – Black Flag
For Emma, Forever Ago – Bon Iver
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables – Dead Kennedys
Songs Of Love And Hate – Leonard Cohen
Nights Out – Metronomy
Hail To The Thief – Radiohead
Strange Mercy – St Vincent
Men’s Needs, Woman’s Needs, Whatever – The Cribs
Odelay – Beck
Atomizer – Big Black
There’s No Place Like America Today – Curtis Mayfield
In The Wee Small Hours – Frank Sinatra
Vauxhall And I – Morrissey
Live At The Harlem Square Club – Sam Cooke
Stormcock – Roy Harper
Pink Flag – Wire
The Boy With The Arab Strap – Belle And Sebastian
Silent Alarm – Bloc Party
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) David Bowie
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon And Garfunkel
Someone To Drive You Home – The Long Blonds
Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
Get Behind Me Satan – The White Stripes
Revival – Gillian Welch
Combat Rock – The Clash
Happy Sad – Tim Buckley
La Tigre – La Tigre
A Northern Soul – The Verve
Burial – Buriel
Beauty And The Beat – Edan
Dirty Mind – Prince
Chairs Missing – Wire
De Stijl – The White Stripes
LAMF – Heartbreakers
Reasonable Doubt – Jay-Z
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Neil Young
The Lyre Of Orpheus/Abattoir Blues – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
This Nations Saving Grace – The Fall
20 Jazz Funk Greats – Throbbing Gristle
Twenty One – The Mystery Jets
Vespertine – Bjork
No Other – Gene Clarke
Otis Blue – Otis Redding
Rated R – Queens Of The Stoneage
Going Blank Again – Ride
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain – Pavement
Tago Mago – Can
Antics – Interpol
Madvillainy – Madvillainy
Endtroducing – DJ Shadow
Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches – Happy Mondays
Dig Your Own Hole – Chemical Brothers
Chet Baker Sings – Chet Baker
Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
1977 – Ash
Electro-Shock Blues – Eels
Let It Come Down – Spritualized
People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths… - A Tribe Called Quest
Radio City – Big Star
Too-Rye-Ay – Dexys Midnight Runners
Live At Leeds – The Who
The Joshua Tree – U2
Nancy And Lee – Nancy Sinatra And Lee Hazlewood
Goo – Sonic Youth
Here Come The Warm Jets – Brian Eno
Born In The Usa – Bruce Springsteen
Bleed American - Jimmy Eat World
Scott 4 – Scott Walker
Badmotorfinger – Soundgarden
Tindersticks – Tindersticks
2001 – Dr Dre
Steve McQueen – Prefab Sprout
Easter – Patti Smith
Mirrored – Battles
Dear Science – TV On The Radio
Aha Shake Heartbreak – Kings Of Leon
The Futureheads – The Futureheads
Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs
Arrival – Abba
Al Green Is Love – Al Green
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle – Bill Callahan
Violator – Dépêche Mode
Tusk – Fleetwood Mac
The Warning – Hot Chip
Diamond Dogs – David Bowie
Sci-Fi Lullabies – Suede
AM - Arctic Monkeys
Rid Of Me – Pj Harvey
Third/Sister Lovers – Big Star
The B-52’s – The B-52’s
The House Of Love (Creation) – The House Of Love
The Writings On The Wall – Destiny’s Child
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
September Of My Years – Frank Sinatra
Black Cherry – Goldfrapp
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – Wilco
The Black Album – Jay-Z
Bleach – Nirvana
Generation Terrorists – Manic Street Preachers
Master Of Puppets – Metallica
Pod – The Breeders
Because The Night – Kings Of Leon
High Velvet – The National
The W – Wu-Tang Clan
The Idiot – Iggy Pop
Chutes Too Narrow – The Shins
Holland – The Beach Boys
Graduation – Kanye West
Oracular Spectacular – MGMT
Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins
A Storm In Heaven – The Verve
Tarot Sport – Fuck Buttons
Smoke Ring For My Halo – Kurt Vile
Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
Trouble Will Find Me – The National
The Real Ramona – Throwing Muses
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You – Aretha Franklin
Smile – Brian Wilson
Lady In Satin – Billie Holliday
Blood And Chocolate – Elvis Costello And The Attractions
The River – Bruce Springsteen
Good Kid, MAAD City – Kendrick Lamar
Homogenic – Bjork
Sound Affects – The Jam
I’m Your Man – Leonard Cohen
George Best – The Wedding Present
Back In The USA – MC5
Actually – Pet Shop Boys
Hidden – These New Puritans
Blood – This Mortal Coil
The Head On The Door – The Cure
Hot Fuss – The Killers
Album – Girls
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Berlin – Lou Reed
Star – Belly
Stankonia – Outkast