NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013 








1. The Queen Is Dead – The Smiths
2. Revolver – The Beatles
3. Hunky Dory – David Bowie
4. Is This It – The Strokes
5. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
6. Different Class – Pulp
7. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
8. Doolittle – Pixies
9. The Beatles (White Album) – The Beatles
10. Definitely Maybe – Oasis
11. Nevermind – Nirvana
12. Horses – Patti Smith



13. Funeral – Arcade Fire
14. Low – David Bowie
15. Let England Shake – PJ Harvey
16. Closer – Joy Division
17. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back – Public Enemy
18. Loveless – My Bloody Valentine
19. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not – Arctic Monkeys




20. Ok Computer – Radiohead
21. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
22. Parklife – Blur
23. The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust… - David Bowie
24. Exile On Main Street – The Rolling Stones
25. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
26. Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys
27. Screamadelica – Primal Scream
28. Back To Black – Amy Winehouse



29. Marquee Moon – Television
30. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Wu-Tang Clan
31. Dog Man Star – Suede
32. Pauls Boutique – Beastie Boys
33. Modern Life Is Rubbish – Blur
34. Abbey Road – The Beatles
35. In Utero – Nirvana
36. Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
37. Forever Changes – Love
38. Never Mind The Bollocks… - The Sex Pistols
39. London Calling – The Clash
40. Unknown Pleasures – Joy Division



41. Daydream Nation – Sonic Youth
42. Innervisions – Stevie Wonder
43. Rubber Soul – The Beatles
44. The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers
45. Parallel Lines – Blondie
46. Debut – Bjork
47. Strangeways Here We Come – The Smiths
48. Hounds Of Love – Kate Bush
49. Sounds Of Silver – LCD Sound System
50. Dusty In Memphis – Dusty Springfield
51. Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
52. Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones
53. Station To Station – David Bowie



54. Remain In Light – Talking Heads
55. Sticky Fingers – Rolling Stones
56. After The Goldrush – Neil Young
57. The Man Machine – Kraftwerk
58. Surfer Rosa – Pixies
59. In Rainbows – Radiohead
60. Blue Lines - Massive Attack 
61. The Clash – The Clash
62. Blond On Blond – Bob Dylan
63. Blue – Joni Mitchell
64. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
65. Automatic For The People – R.E.M.
66. The Bends – Radiohead
67. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory – Oasis
68. Astral Weeks – Van Morrison



69. Murmur – R.E.M.
70. Up The Bracket – The Libertines
71. Harvest – Neil Young
72. Transformer – Lou Reed
73. Bringing It All Back Home – Bob Dylan
74. Illmatic – NAS
75. Dookie – Green Day
76. Discovery – Daft Punk
77. White Blood Cells – The White Strypes
78. Suede – Suede
79. Kind Of Blue – Miles Davis
80. Raw Power – Iggy & The Stooges
81. Trans-Europe Express – Kraftwerk
82. Tapestry – Carole King
83. The Band – The Band
84. Live Through This – Hole
85. Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen
86. Grace – Jeff Buckley
87. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
88. For Your Pleasure – Roxy Music
89. The Misseducation Of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill
90. A Grand Don’t Come For Free – The Streets
91. Purple Rain – Prince



92. Radiator – Super Furry Animals
93. Songs For The Deaf – Queens Of The Stoneage
94. Beggars Banquet – The Rolling Stones
95. Sprit Of Eden – Talk Talk
96. Fear Of A Black Planet – Public Enemy
97. The Smiths – The Smiths



98. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
99. The Libertines – The Libertines

100. Hatful Of Hollow – The Smiths
101. Computer World - Kraftwerk 
102. The Soft Bulletin – The Flaming Lips
103. Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix
104. Fun House – The Stooges
105. Rain Dogs – Tom Waits
106. Iv – Led Zeppelin
107. Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine



108. Pinkerton – Weezer
109. Darkness On The Edge Of Town – Bruce Springsteen
110. Liege & Life – Fairport Convention
111. Dare – The Human League
112. Liquid Swards – GZA
113. If Your Feeling Sinister – Bell And Sebastian
114. Kid A – Radiohead
115. Bandwagonesque – Teenage Fanclub
116. Elephant – White Stripes
117. The Lexicon Of Love – ABC
118. Searching For He Young Soul Rebels – Dexys Midnight Runners
119. His ‘N’ Hers – Pulp
120. 3 Feet High And Rising – De La Soul
121. Selected Ambient Works 85-92 – Aphex Twin
122. Technique – New Order
123. 13 – Blur
124. Graceland – Paul Simon
125. Live At The Apollo – James Brown
126. Ill Communication – Beastie Boys
127. Ramones – Ramones
128. Urban Hymns – The Verve
129. On The Beach – Neil Young



130. Turn On The Bright Lights – Interpol
131. Thriller – Michael Jackson
132. The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd
133. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
134. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea – PJ Harvey
135. The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
136. Fever To Tell – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
137. Blur – Blur



138. Illinoise – Sufjan Stevens
139. Disintergration – The Cure
140. Bryter Later – Nick Drake
141. Natty Dread – Bob Marley And The Wailers
142. Histoire De Melody Nelson – Serge Gainsbourg
143. Desire – Bob Dylan
144. Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
145. Odessey And Oracle – The Zombies
146. Relationship Of Command – At The Drive-In
147. Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
148. Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen



149. Ether/Or – Elliott Smith
150. Original Pirate Material – The Streets
151. Dry – PJ Harvey
152. Deserters Songs – Mercury Rev
153. The La’s – The La’s
154. To Bring You My Love – PJ Harvey
155. Music For A Jilted Generation – The Prodigy
156. Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space – Spritualized
157. Psychocandy – The Jesus And Mary Chain
158. Two Dancers – Wild Beasts



159. Entertainment – Gang Of Four
160. Xtrmnatr – Primal Scream
161. The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
162. Boxer – The National
163. Neu! – Neu! 75
164. At Fulsome Prison – Johnny Cash
165. Let Love In – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
166. This Is Hardcore – Pulp
167. Lady Soul – Aretha Franklin



168. Dummy – Portishead
169. Don’t Stand Me Down – Dexys Midnight Runners
170. Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins
171. Fear Of Music – Talking Heads
172. Songs In The Key Of Life – Stevie Wonder
173. Led Zeppelin Iii – Led Zeppelin
174. I’m Awake, It’s Morning – Bright Eyes
175. Young Americans – David Bowie
176. Want One – Rufus Wainwright
177. Young Team – Mogwai
178. The Coral – The Coral
179. Miss E…So Addictive – Missy Elliott
180. Germfree Adolescents – X-Ray Specs
181. Music Has The Right To Children – Boards Of Canada
182. Everything Must Go – Manic Street Preachers
183. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast
184. Kala – MIA



185. Paid In Full – Eric B And Rakim
186. The Blueprint – Jay-Z
187. Isn’t Anything – My Bloody Valentine
188. A Love Supreme – John Coltrane
189. A Wizard, A True Star – Todd Rundgren
190. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn – Pink Floyd
191. Elastica – Elastica
192. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand



193. Gold – Ryan Adams
194. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N’ Roses
195. A Hard Days Night – The Beatles
196. Rattus Norvegicus – The Stranglers
197. Back In Black – Ac/Dc
198. Sign O’ The Times – Prince
199. Giant Steps – The Boo Radleys

200. Last Splash – The Breeders
201. Hex Education Hour – The Fall
202. Maxinquaye – Tricky



203. Teen Dream – Beach House
204. Bad – Michael Jackson
205. Straight Outta’ Compton – Nwa
206. Slanted And Enchanted – Pavement
207. Pearl – Janis Joplin
208. Risqué – Chic
209. The Kick Inside – Kate Bush
210. 69 Love Songs – The Magnetic Fields
211. Nightclubbing – Grace Jones
212. Youth And Young Manhood – Kings Of Leon
213. One Nation Under A Groove – Funkadelic
214. Moon Safari – Air
215. Mezzanine – Massive Attack
216. Power, Corruption & Lies – New Order
217. Lust For Life – Iggy Pop
218. Primary Colours – The Horrors
219. All Mod Cons – The Jam



220. Alligator – The National
221. Broken English – Marianne Faithful
222. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
223. Neon Bible – Arcade Fire 
224. Heaven Up Here – Echo And The Bunnymen
225. Electric Warrior – T Rex
226. The Doors – The Doors
227. Imagine – John Lennon
228. Brighten In The Corners – Pavement
229. Metal Box – Public Image Limited
230. Aladdin Sane – David Bowie
231. The Chronic – Dr Dre
232. Songs Of Leonard Cohen – Leonard Cohen
233. Down In Albion – Babyshambles
234. Behaviour – Pet Shop Boys
235. Murder Ballads – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
236. Suicide – Suicide
237. The XX – The XX
238. Show Your Bones – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
239. Boy In Da Corner – Dizzee Rascal
240. New Boots And Panties – Ian Dury
241. Ray Of Light – Madonna
242. Off The Wall – Michael Jackson
243. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell
244. Smother – Wild Beasts
245. Fuzzy Logic – Super Furry Animals
246. MTV Unplugged In New York – Nirvana
247. Glasvegas – Glasvegas
248. The Slim Shady LP – Eminem
249. The Fat Of The Land – Prodigy
250. Weezer (Blue) – Weezer



251. Surfs Up – The Beach Boys
252. Visions – Grimes
253. Exile On Main Street – Pussy Galore 
254. Meat Is Murder – The Smiths
255. The English Riviera – Metronomy
256. This Years Model – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
257. The Boatman’s Call – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
258. Five Leaves Left – Nick Drake
259. Yo! Bum Rush The Show – Public Enemy
260. The Specials – The Specials



261. Live (At The Lyceum London) – Bob Marley And The Wailers
262. Criminal Minded – Boogie Down Productions
263. I Speak Because I Can – Laura Marling
264. Please Please Me – The Beatles
265. Celebrity Skin – Hole
266. A Rush Of Blood To The Head – Coldplay
267. Stupidity – Dr Feelgood
268. Todd – Todd Rundgren
269. Skying – The Horrors
270. The Kinks Are The Village Green Society – The Kinks
271. Loaded – The Velvet Underground
272. Parachutes – Coldplay
273. The Collage Dropout – Kanye West
274. Green – R.E.M.
275. Quadrophena – The Who
276. Ocean Rain – Echo And The Bunnymen
277. Reading, Writing And Arithmetic – The Sundays
278. Cut – The Slits
279. Trout Mask Replica – Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
280. Drukqs – Aphex Twin
281. My Aim Is True – Elvis Costello



282. Grand Prix – Teenage Fanclub
283. Roxy Music – Roxy Music
284. 13 Songs – Fugazi
285. Midnight Love – Marvin Gaye
286. Dust – Screaming Trees
287. Reign In Blood – Slayer
288. Music Of My Mind – Stevie Wonder
289. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
290. Expecting To Fly – The Bluetones
291. Younger Than Yesterday – The Byrds
292. The New Fellas – The Cribs
293. Highland, Hard Rain – Aztec Camera
294. Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons
295. Doggystyle – Snoop Doggy Dogg
296. Lets Dance – David Bowie
297. Ege Bamyasi – Can
298. Duck Rock – Malcolm McLaren
299. 16 Lovers Lane – The Go-Betweens

300. The Who By Numbers – The Who
301. World Of Echo – Arther Russell
302. Homework – Daft Punk
303. Mingus Ah Um – Charles Mingus
304. UfOrb – The Orb
305. Every Picture Tells A Story – Rod Stewart
306. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan
307. Midnight Vultures – Beck
308. It’s A Shame About Ray – The Lemonheads
309. Metallica – Metallica



310. Countdown To Ecstasy – Steely Dan
311. Guerrilla – Super Furry Animals
312. Treasure – Cocteau Twins
313. Frank’s Wild Years – Tom Waits 
314. Spiderland – Slint
315. Cheap Thrills – Big Brother & The Holding Company
316. Imperial Bedroom – Elvis Costello And The Attractions
317. Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons
318. OG Original Gangster – Ice-T
319. Who’e Next – The Who



320. Swardfishtrombone – Tom Waits
321. Lost Souls – Doves
322. This Is Happening – Lcd Soundsystem
323. Bitches Brew – Miles Davis
324. Lifes Rich Pageant – R.E.M.
325. Sea Changes – Beck
326. I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One – Yo La Tengo
327. Mutations – Beck
328. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots – The Flaming Lips
329. “Heroes” – David Bowie
330. Third – Portishead
331. Kick Out The Jams – MC5



332. HMS Fable – Shack
333. Band On The Run – Paul McCartney And Wings
334. Since I Left You – The Avalanches
335. ….Like Clockwork – Queens Of The Stoneage
336. Raw Like Sushi – Neneh Cherry
337. The Grey Album – Danger Mouse
338. Ready To Die – Notorious Big
339. Ten – Pearl Jam
340. We Are Family – Sister Sledge
341. Closing Time – Tom Waits
342. Lazar Guided Melodies – Spritualized
343. John Wesley Harding – Bob Dylan
344. Beautiful Freak – Eels



345. Punch The Clock – Elvis Costello And The Attractions
346. Low-Life – New Order
347. Dirty – Sonic Youth
348. Whitney – Whitney Huston
349. An Awesome Wave – Alt-J
350. BRMC – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
351. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo – The Byrds
352. White Light/White Heat – The Velvet Underground
353. McLusky Do Dallas – McLusky
354. Hot Buttered Soul – Isaac Hayes
355. New York Dolls – New York Dolls
356. Bossanova – Pixies
357. Copper Blue – Sugar
358. Rock Bottom – Robert Wyatt



359. We’re Only In It For The Money – The Mothers Of Invention
360. Room On Fire – The Strokes
361. A Nod Is As Good As A Wink…. – The Faces
362. Hello Nasty – Beastie Boys
363. Damaged – Black Flag
364. For Emma, Forever Ago – Bon Iver
365. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables – Dead Kennedys
366. Songs Of Love And Hate – Leonard Cohen
367. Nights Out – Metronomy
368. Hail To The Thief – Radiohead
369. Strange Mercy – St Vincent
370. Men’s Needs, Woman’s Needs, Whatever – The Cribs
371. Odelay – Beck
372. Atomizer – Big Black
373. There’s No Place Like America Today – Curtis Mayfield
374. In The Wee Small Hours – Frank Sinatra
375. Vauxhall And I – Morrissey
376. Live At The Harlem Square Club – Sam Cooke



377. Stormcock – Roy Harper
378. Pink Flag – Wire
379. The Boy With The Arab Strap – Belle And Sebastian
380. Silent Alarm – Bloc Party
381. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) David Bowie
382. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon And Garfunkel
383. Someone To Drive You Home – The Long Blonds
384. Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
385. Get Behind Me Satan – The White Stripes
386. Revival – Gillian Welch
387. Combat Rock – The Clash
388. Happy Sad – Tim Buckley
389. La Tigre – La Tigre
390. A Northern Soul – The Verve



391. Burial – Buriel
392. Beauty And The Beat – Edan
393. Dirty Mind – Prince
394. Chairs Missing – Wire
395. De Stijl – The White Stripes
396. LAMF – Heartbreakers
397. Reasonable Doubt – Jay-Z
398. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Neil Young
399. The Lyre Of Orpheus/Abattoir Blues – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

400. This Nations Saving Grace – The Fall
401. 20 Jazz Funk Greats – Throbbing Gristle 
402. Twenty One – The Mystery Jets
403. Vespertine – Bjork
404. No Other – Gene Clarke
405. Otis Blue – Otis Redding
406. Rated R – Queens Of The Stoneage
407. Going Blank Again – Ride
408. Crooked Rain Crooked Rain – Pavement



409. Tago Mago – Can
410. Antics – Interpol
411. Madvillainy – Madvillainy
412. Endtroducing – DJ Shadow
413. Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches – Happy Mondays
414. Dig Your Own Hole – Chemical Brothers
415. Chet Baker Sings – Chet Baker
416. Merriweather Post Pavilion – Animal Collective
417. 1977 – Ash
418. Electro-Shock Blues – Eels
419. Let It Come Down – Spritualized
420. People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths… - 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 Hazlewood
426. Goo – Sonic Youth



427. Here Come The Warm Jets – Brian Eno
428. Born In The Usa – Bruce Springsteen
429. Bleed American - 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 – Dépêche 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 (Creation) – The House Of Love
454. The Writings 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 The Night – Kings Of Leon
465. High Velvet – 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. Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins
473. A Storm In Heaven – The Verve
474. Tarot Sport – Fuck 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 Holliday
483. Blood And Chocolate – Elvis Costello And The Attractions
484. The River – Bruce Springsteen
485. Good Kid, MAAD 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