2013 NME – The 500 greatest albums of all time

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 Stripes

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