NME - New Musical Express - Writers all time 100 albums (1985)

1	Marvin Gaye	What's going on	1971
2	Van Morrison	Astral weeks	1968
3	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 revisited	1965
4	Clash	The Clash	1977
5	Television	Marquee moon	1977
6	Tom Waits	Swordfishtrombones	1983
7	Band	The Band	1969
8	Bob Dylan	Blonde on blonde	1966
9	John Lennon	John Lennon/Plastic Ono band	1970
10	Joy division	Unknown pleasures	1979
11	Beatles	Revolver	1966
12	Elvis Presley	The Sun sessions	1976
13	Sex pistols	Never mind the bollocks, here's the Sex pistols	1977
14	Love	Forever changes	1967
15	David Bowie	Low	1977
16	Velvet underground	Velvet underground + Nico	1967
17	James Brown	Solid gold	1976
18	Patti Smith	Horses	1975
19	James Brown	Live at The Apollo, october 24, 1962	1963
20	Beach boys	Pet sounds	1966
21	Miles Davis	Kind of blue	1959
22	Bob Dylan	Bringing it all back home	1965
23	Otis Redding	Otis blue - Otis Redding sings soul	1966
24	Doors	The Doors	1967
25	Rolling stones	Exile on Main street	1972
26	Temptations	Anthology	1973
27	Aretha Franklin	Greatest hits	1971
28	Jimi Hendrix	Are you experienced?	1967
29	Pere Ubu	The modern dance	1978
30	Robert Johnson	King of the Delta blues singers	1961
31	Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Imperial bedroom	1982
32	Smokey Robinson and the Miracles	Anthology	1973
33	Beatles	The Beatles (= the white album)	1968
34	Dexy's midnight runners	Searching for the young soul rebels	1980
35	Velvet underground	White light/white heat	1968
36	David Bowie	Young Americans	1975
37	Bobby Womack	The poet	1981
38	Kraftwerk	Trans Europe Express	1977
39	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the edge of town	1978
40	Elvis Costello	This year's model	1978
41	Brian Eno	Another green world	1975
42	Captain Beefheart and the Magic band	Trout mask replica	1969
43	Kraftwerk	The man machine	1978
44	Parliament	Mothership connection	1976
45	Al Green	The cream of Al Green	1980
46	Marvin Gaye	Let's get it on	1973
47	Sly and the family Stone	There's a riot goin' on	1971
48	Ramones	Rocket to Russia	1977
49	Sly and the family Stone	Greatest hits	1970
50	Impressions	Big 16	1965
51	Bob Dylan	Blood on the tracks	1975
51	Bob Dylan	Blood on the tracks	1975
52	Alan Vega & Martin Rev	Suicide	1980
53	Buzzcocks	Another music in a different kitchen	1978
54	Joy division	Closer	1980
55	Madness	Mad not mad	1985
56	Roxy music	For your pleasure	1973
57	Siouxsie and the Banshees	The scream	1978
58	#s	The harder they come (soundtrack)	1972
59	Gang of four	Entertainment!	1979
60	Velvet underground	Velvet underground	1969
61	Isley brothers	3+3	1973
62	Joni Mitchell	The hissing of summer lawns	1975
63	David Bowie	Heroes	1977
64	Smiths	Meat is murder	1985
65	David Bowie	Station to station	1976
66	Captain Beefheart and the Magic band	Clear spot	1972
67	Elvis Costello	Get happy!	1980
68	Talking heads	Fear of music	1979
69	Iggy Pop	Lust for life	1977
70	Lou Reed	Berlin	1973
71	Buddy Holly & the Crickets	20 golden greats	1978
72	Band	Music from big pink	1968
73	Beatles	A hard day's night	1964
74	Roxy music	Roxy music	1972
75	Ramones	Leave home	1977
76	John Coltrane	A love supreme	1964
77	Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry's golden decade	1973
78	Jackie Wilson	The very best of Jackie Wilson	1995
79	Miles Davis	In a silent way	1969
80	Roxy music	Stranded	1973
81	Talking heads	Talking heads '77	1977
82	Magazine	The correct use of soap	1980
83	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the USA	1984
84	Joni Mitchell	Court and spark	1974
85	Doors	Strange days	1967
86	Talking heads	More songs about buildings and food	1978
87	Doors	L.A. woman	1971
88	Howlin' Wolf	Chess masters	1981
89	Elvis Costello	Armed forces	1979
90	Prefab sprout	Steve McQueen	1985
91	John Cale	Paris 1919	1973
92	Abyssinians	Forward on to Zion	1977
93	Elvis Costello	My aim is true	1977
94	Lloyd Cole and the Commotions	Rattlesnakes	1984
95	Beach boys	Best of	1968
96	Augustus Pablo & King Tubby	King Tubby meets Rockers uptown	1976
97	Beatles	Rubber soul	1965
98	Suicide	Suicide	1977
99	Undertones	The Undertones	1979