100: Derek And Clive - Live
99: Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy
98: Roots Manuva - Run Com Save Me
97: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
96: Adam And The Ants - KingsOf The Wild Frontier
95: Julian Cope - Jehovakill
94: The Futureheads - The Futureheads
93: Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
92: Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
91: The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
90: Supergrass - I Should Coco
89: Blur - Parklife
88: Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
87: Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
86: George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
85: ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
84: Redskins - Neither Washington Nor Moscow
83: Wire - Pink Flag
82: Happy Mondays - Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches
81: Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Brid Now
80: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
79: Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
78: Aphex Twin - Slected Ambient Works 85-92
77: The Beta Band - The Three Eps
76: Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time
75: Tricky - Maxinquaye
74: Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
73: Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
72: Joy Division - Closer
71: Buzzcocks - Love Bites
70: Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
69: Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
68: The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
67: Coldlay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
66: Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
65: Radiohead - Kid A
64: Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
63: David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
62: Saint Etienne - Fox Base Alpha
61: Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocena Rain
60: The Human League - Dare!
59: The Clash - The Clash
58: Suede - Dog Man Star
57:The Cure - Head On The Door
56: Portishead - Portishead
55: Bloc Party - Bloc Party
54: Morrissey - Vauxhall & I
53: The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
52: Madness - One Step Beyond
51: Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
50: The La's - The La's
49: The Who - My Generation
48: Elastica - Elastica
47: The Libertines - The Libertines
46: Pulp - His 'n' Hers
45: The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
44: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
43: The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
42: The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
41: Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
40: Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
39: Ride - Nowhere
38: Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
37: Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
36: The Beatles - The Beatles
35: Radiohead - OK Computer
34: The Jam - All Mod Cons
33: Coldplay - Parachutes
32: The Zombies - Odessy And Oracle
31: Massive Attack - Blue Lines
30: Suede - Suede
29: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
28: Nick Drake - Bryter Later
27: PJ Harvey - Dry
26: The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow
25: The Kinks - The Village Green Appreciation Society
24: Pet Shop Boys - Please
23: New Order - Technique
22: Super Furry Animals - Radiator
21: Muse - Absolution
20: The Beatles - Rubber Soul
19: The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
18: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
17: The Streets - Original Pirate Material
16: Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
15: Primal Scream - Screamadelica
14: David Bowie - Hunky Dory
13: The Verve - A Northern Soul
12: The Specials - Specials
11: Radiohead - The Bends
10: The Libertines - Up The Bracket
9: The Beatles - Revolver
8: The Clash - London Calling
7: Pulp - Different Class
6: Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
5: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
4: Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
3: Oasis - Definitely Maybe
2: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
1: The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Discuss/complain/ridicule.

only 3 beatles albums, and the stone roses at number one? laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

i just noticed that number five spot. arctic monkeys?? give me a break!

A few years ago, NME said Revolver was the best album of all time. Now it is #9? And Arctic Monkeys? They've been around for about a year that I know of. Maybe NME's criteria are different for this list. I mean, Led Zep IV at 97? Gimme a break. I suppose they have to maintain their readers who only listen to music from the last 10 years.

the british press is always on the lookout for the next oasis. if there's no band good enough, they hype them up, so that people think they are. last year it was franz ferdinand. this year, its arctic monkeys.

no doubt compiled by someone not terribly interested in anything pre-1980. they only seem to have what's obligitory on a list like this.

still, a nice cross section of music, even if slightly sided to post-1980 alternative and such.

Was the British release of this album actually "Appreciation Society"?

Was there even a separate release for the UK?

for a place with a musical heritage like britain its pretty offensive to see the arctic monkeys in the top 100 let alone the top 10 given that its been out for what...a month or two? i dunno if putting them there is meant to be controversial or wat but i dont think you would find many who'd agree with its placing

Rolling Stone magazine pulls the same shit every year as well, though. They'll take a couple johnny-come-latelys that clearly have no staying power and put them in the top 20 somewhere on some random list just so they can show their target audience they are "hip."

the editors over at NME: