
NME - 100 greatest British
albums ever!
(2006)
| 1 | Stone roses | The Stone roses | 1989 |
| 2 | Smiths | The queen is dead | 1986 |
| 3 | Oasis | Definitely maybe | 1994 |
| 4 | Sex pistols | Never mind the bollocks, here's the Sex pistols | 1977 |
| 5 | Arctic monkeys | Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not | 2006 |
| 6 | Blur | Modern life is rubbish | 1993 |
| 7 | Pulp | Different class | 1995 |
| 8 | Clash | London calling | 1979 |
| 9 | Beatles | Revolver | 1966 |
| 10 | Libertines | Up the bracket | 2002 |
| 11 | Radiohead | The bends | 1995 |
| 12 | Specials | The Specials | 1979 |
| 13 | Verve | A Northern soul | 1995 |
| 14 | David Bowie | Hunky dory | 1971 |
| 15 | Primal scream | Screamadelica | 1991 |
| 16 | Dexy's midnight runners | Searching for the young soul rebels | 1980 |
| 17 | Streets | Original pirate material | 2002 |
| 18 | Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | 2004 |
| 19 | Smiths | Strangeways, here we come | 1987 |
| 20 | Beatles | Rubber soul | 1965 |
| 21 | Muse | Absolution | 2003 |
| 22 | Super furry animals | Radiator | 1997 |
| 23 | New order | Technique | 1989 |
| 24 | Pet shop boys | Please | 1986 |
| 25 | Kinks | The Kinks are the Village green preservation society | 1968 |
| 26 | Smiths | Hatful of hollow | 1984 |
| 27 | PJ Harvey | Dry | 1992 |
| 28 | Nick Drake | Bryter layter | 1970 |
| 29 | Led zeppelin | Led zeppelin 2 | 1969 |
| 30 | Suede | Suede | 1993 |
| 31 | Massive attack | Blue lines | 1991 |
| 32 | Zombies | Odessey and oracle | 1968 |
| 33 | Coldplay | Parachutes | 2000 |
| 34 | Jam | All mod cons | 1978 |
| 35 | Radiohead | OK computer | 1997 |
| 36 | Beatles | The Beatles (= the white album) | 1968 |
| 37 | Manic street preachers | The holy bible | 1994 |
| 38 | Spiritualized | Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space | 1997 |
| 39 | Ride | Nowhere | 1990 |
| 40 | Dizzee Rascal | Boy in da corner | 2003 |
| 41 | Kate Bush | Hounds of love | 1985 |
| 42 | Jesus and Mary chain | Psychocandy | 1985 |
| 43 | Rolling stones | Exile on Main street | 1972 |
| 44 | Joy division | Unknown pleasures | 1979 |
| 45 | Streets | A grand don't come for free | 2004 |
| 46 | Pulp | His 'n' hers | 1994 |
| 47 | Libertines | The Libertines | 2004 |
| 48 | Elastica | Elastica | 1995 |
| 49 | Who | My generation | 1965 |
| 50 | La's | The La's | 1990 |
| 51 | Billy Bragg | Talking with the taxman about poetry | 1986 |
| 52 | Madness | One step beyond | 1979 |
| 53 | Rolling stones | Let it bleed | 1969 |
| 54 | Morrissey | Vauxhall and I | 1994 |
| 55 | Bloc party | Silent alarm | 2005 |
| 56 | Portishead | Portishead | 1997 |
| 57 | Cure | The head on the door | 1985 |
| 58 | Suede | Dog man star | 1994 |
| 59 | Clash | The Clash | 1977 |
| 60 | Human league | Dare! | 1981 |
| 61 | Echo & the Bunnymen | Ocean rain | 1984 |
| 62 | Saint Etienne | Foxbase alpha | 1992 |
| 63 | David Bowie | The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars | 1972 |
| 64 | Gang of four | Entertainment! | 1979 |
| 65 | Radiohead | Kid A | 2000 |
| 66 | Elvis Costello | This year's model | 1978 |
| 67 | Coldplay | A rush of blood to the head | 2002 |
| 68 | Pretty things | S.F. sorrow | 1968 |
| 69 | Roxy music | For your pleasure | 1973 |
| 70 | Spacemen 3 | The perfect perscription | 1987 |
| 71 | Buzzcocks | Love bites | 1978 |
| 72 | Joy division | Closer | 1980 |
| 73 | Kaiser chiefs | Employment | 2005 |
| 74 | Prodigy | Music for the jilted generation | 1994 |
| 75 | Tricky | Maxinquaye | 1995 |
| 76 | Cornershop | When I was born for the seventh time | 1997 |
| 77 | Beta band | The 3 ep's | 1998 |
| 78 | Aphex twin | Selected ambient works 85-92 | 1993 |
| 79 | Teenage fanclub | Bandwagonesque | 1991 |
| 80 | Black sabbath | Paranoid | 1971 |
| 81 | Antony & the Johnsons | I am a bird now | 2005 |
| 82 | Happy mondays | Pills 'n' thrills and bellyaches | 1990 |
| 83 | Wire | Pink flag | 1977 |
| 84 | Redskins | Neither Washington nor Moscow | 1986 |
| 85 | ABC | The lexicon of love | 1982 |
| 86 | George Harrison | All things must pass | 1970 |
| 87 | Small faces | Ogden's nut gone flake | 1968 |
| 88 | Underworld | Dubnobasswithmyheadman | 1993 |
| 89 | Blur | Parklife | 1994 |
| 90 | Supergrass | I should coco | 1995 |
| 91 | Fall | This nation's saving grace | 1985 |
| 92 | Oasis | (What's the story) Morning glory? | 1995 |
| 93 | Brian Eno | Here come the warm jets | 1974 |
| 94 | Futureheads | The Futureheads | 2004 |
| 95 | Julian Cope | Jehovahkill | 1992 |
| 96 | Adam and the Ants | Kings of the wild frontier | 1980 |
| 97 | Led zeppelin | Led zeppelin 4 | 1971 |
| 98 | Roots Manuva | Run come save me | 2001 |
| 99 | Patrick Wolf | Lycanthropy | 2003 |
| 100 | Derek & Clive | Derek & Clive live | 1976 |
| 85 | ABC | The lexicon of love | 1982 |
| 96 | Adam and the Ants | Kings of the wild frontier | 1980 |
| 81 | Antony & the Johnsons | I am a bird now | 2005 |
| 78 | Aphex twin | Selected ambient works 85-92 | 1993 |
| 5 | Arctic monkeys | Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not | 2006 |
| 9 | Beatles | Revolver | 1966 |
| 20 | Beatles | Rubber soul | 1965 |
| 36 | Beatles | The Beatles (= the white album) | 1968 |
| 77 | Beta band | The 3 ep's | 1998 |
| 80 | Black sabbath | Paranoid | 1971 |
| 55 | Bloc party | Silent alarm | 2005 |
| 6 | Blur | Modern life is rubbish | 1993 |
| 89 | Blur | Parklife | 1994 |
| 14 | David Bowie | Hunky dory | 1971 |
| 63 | David Bowie | The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars | 1972 |
| 51 | Billy Bragg | Talking with the taxman about poetry | 1986 |
| 41 | Kate Bush | Hounds of love | 1985 |
| 71 | Buzzcocks | Love bites | 1978 |
| 8 | Clash | London calling | 1979 |
| 59 | Clash | The Clash | 1977 |
| 67 | Coldplay | A rush of blood to the head | 2002 |
| 33 | Coldplay | Parachutes | 2000 |
| 95 | Julian Cope | Jehovahkill | 1992 |
| 76 | Cornershop | When I was born for the seventh time | 1997 |
| 66 | Elvis Costello | This year's model | 1978 |
| 57 | Cure | The head on the door | 1985 |
| 100 | Derek & Clive | Derek & Clive live | 1976 |
| 16 | Dexy's midnight runners | Searching for the young soul rebels | 1980 |
| 40 | Dizzee Rascal | Boy in da corner | 2003 |
| 28 | Nick Drake | Bryter layter | 1970 |
| 61 | Echo & the Bunnymen | Ocean rain | 1984 |
| 48 | Elastica | Elastica | 1995 |
| 93 | Brian Eno | Here come the warm jets | 1974 |
| 91 | Fall | This nation's saving grace | 1985 |
| 18 | Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | 2004 |
| 94 | Futureheads | The Futureheads | 2004 |
| 64 | Gang of four | Entertainment! | 1979 |
| 82 | Happy mondays | Pills 'n' thrills and bellyaches | 1990 |
| 86 | George Harrison | All things must pass | 1970 |
| 27 | PJ Harvey | Dry | 1992 |
| 60 | Human league | Dare! | 1981 |
| 34 | Jam | All mod cons | 1978 |
| 42 | Jesus and Mary chain | Psychocandy | 1985 |
| 72 | Joy division | Closer | 1980 |
| 44 | Joy division | Unknown pleasures | 1979 |
| 73 | Kaiser chiefs | Employment | 2005 |
| 25 | Kinks | The Kinks are the Village green preservation society | 1968 |
| 50 | La's | The La's | 1990 |
| 29 | Led zeppelin | Led zeppelin 2 | 1969 |
| 97 | Led zeppelin | Led zeppelin 4 | 1971 |
| 47 | Libertines | The Libertines | 2004 |
| 10 | Libertines | Up the bracket | 2002 |
| 52 | Madness | One step beyond | 1979 |
| 37 | Manic street preachers | The holy bible | 1994 |
| 31 | Massive attack | Blue lines | 1991 |
| 54 | Morrissey | Vauxhall and I | 1994 |
| 21 | Muse | Absolution | 2003 |
| 23 | New order | Technique | 1989 |
| 92 | Oasis | (What's the story) Morning glory? | 1995 |
| 3 | Oasis | Definitely maybe | 1994 |
| 24 | Pet shop boys | Please | 1986 |
| 56 | Portishead | Portishead | 1997 |
| 68 | Pretty things | S.F. sorrow | 1968 |
| 15 | Primal scream | Screamadelica | 1991 |
| 74 | Prodigy | Music for the jilted generation | 1994 |
| 7 | Pulp | Different class | 1995 |
| 46 | Pulp | His 'n' hers | 1994 |
| 65 | Radiohead | Kid A | 2000 |
| 35 | Radiohead | OK computer | 1997 |
| 11 | Radiohead | The bends | 1995 |
| 84 | Redskins | Neither Washington nor Moscow | 1986 |
| 39 | Ride | Nowhere | 1990 |
| 43 | Rolling stones | Exile on Main street | 1972 |
| 53 | Rolling stones | Let it bleed | 1969 |
| 98 | Roots Manuva | Run come save me | 2001 |
| 69 | Roxy music | For your pleasure | 1973 |
| 62 | Saint Etienne | Foxbase alpha | 1992 |
| 4 | Sex pistols | Never mind the bollocks, here's the Sex pistols | 1977 |
| 87 | Small faces | Ogden's nut gone flake | 1968 |
| 26 | Smiths | Hatful of hollow | 1984 |
| 19 | Smiths | Strangeways, here we come | 1987 |
| 2 | Smiths | The queen is dead | 1986 |
| 70 | Spacemen 3 | The perfect perscription | 1987 |
| 12 | Specials | The Specials | 1979 |
| 38 | Spiritualized | Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space | 1997 |
| 1 | Stone roses | The Stone roses | 1989 |
| 45 | Streets | A grand don't come for free | 2004 |
| 17 | Streets | Original pirate material | 2002 |
| 58 | Suede | Dog man star | 1994 |
| 30 | Suede | Suede | 1993 |
| 22 | Super furry animals | Radiator | 1997 |
| 90 | Supergrass | I should coco | 1995 |
| 79 | Teenage fanclub | Bandwagonesque | 1991 |
| 75 | Tricky | Maxinquaye | 1995 |
| 88 | Underworld | Dubnobasswithmyheadman | 1993 |
| 13 | Verve | A Northern soul | 1995 |
| 49 | Who | My generation | 1965 |
| 83 | Wire | Pink flag | 1977 |
| 99 | Patrick Wolf | Lycanthropy | 2003 |
| 32 | Zombies | Odessey and oracle | 1968 |
(woensdag 1 juni 2022)