Le célèbre magazine musical anglais le NME vient de publier dans son dernier numéro, son top 500 des meilleurs albums de tous les temps ! Voici le classement complet, juste en dessous :
1. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (1986)
2. The Beatles – Revolver (1966)
3. David Bowie – Hunky Dory (1972)
4. The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
5. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966)
6. Pulp – Different Class (1995)
7. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses (1989)
8. Pixies – Doolittle (1989)
9. The Beatles – The Beatles (1968)
10. Oasis – Definitely Maybe (1994)
11. Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
12. Patti Smith – Horses (1975)
13. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
14. David Bowie – Low (1977)
15. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (2011)
16. Joy Division – Closer (1980)
17. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)
18. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991)
19. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)
20. Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
21. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
22. Blur – Parklife (1994)
23. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)
24. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St. Street (1972)
25. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971)
26. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966)
27. Primal Scream – Screamadelica (1991)
28. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black (2006)
29. Television – Marquee Moon (1977)
30. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
31. Suede – Dog Man Star (1994)
32. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique (1989)
33. Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)
34. The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969)
35. Nirvana – In Utero (1993)
36. Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks (1975)
37. Love – Forever Changes (1967)
38. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks… Here’s The Sex Pistols (1977)
39. The Clash – London Calling (1979)
40. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasure (1979)
41. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (1988)
42. Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973)
43. The Beatles – Rubber Soul (1965)
44. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible (1994)
45. Blondie – Parallel Lines (1978)
46. Björk – Debut (1993)
47. The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
48. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love (1985)
49. LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver (2007)
50. Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis (1969)
51. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977)
52. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed (1969)
53. David Bowie – Station To Station (1976)
54. Talking Heads – Remain In Light (1980)
55. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (1971)
56. Neil Young – After The Gold Rush (1970)
57. Kraftwerk – The Man Machine (1978)
58. Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988)
59. Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
60. Massive Attack – Blue Lines (1991)
61. The Clash – The Clash (1977)
62. Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde (1966)
63. Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971)
64. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
65. REM – Automatic For The People (1992)
66. Radiohead – The Bends (1995)
67. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (1995)
68. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (1968)
69. REM – Murmur (1983)
70. The Libertines – Up The Bracket (2002)
71. Neil Young – Harvest (1972)
72. Lou Reed – Transformer (1972)
73. Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
74. Nas – IIImatic (1994)
75. Green Day – Dookie (1994)
76. Daft Punk – Discovery (2001)
77. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells (2001)
78. Suede – Suede (1993)
79. Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue (1959)
80. Iggy And The Stooges – Raw Power (1973)
81. Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express (1977)
82. Carole King – Tapestry (1971)
83. The Band – The Band (1969)
84. Hole – Live Through This (1994)
85. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run (1975)
86. Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)
87. The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
88. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure (1973)
89. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (1998)
90. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free (2004)
91. Prince And The Revolution – Purple Rain (1984)
92. Super Furry Animals – Radiator (1997)
93. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (2002)
94. The Rolling Stone – Beggars Banquet (1968)
95. Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden (1988)
96. Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet (1990)
97. The Smiths – The Smiths (1984)
98. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)
99. The Libertines – The Libertines (2004)
100. The Smiths – Hatful Of Hollow (1984)
101. Kraftwerk – Computer World
102. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
103. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
104. The Stooges – Funhouse
105. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
106. Led Zeppelin – IV
107. Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
108. Weezer – Pinkerton
109. Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town
110. Fairport Convention – Liege and Lief
111. The Human League – Dare
112. GZA – Liquid Swords
113. Belle and Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
114. Radiohead – Kid A
115. Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
116. The White Stripes – Elephant
117. ABC – The Lexicon of Love
118. Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching or the Young Soul Rebels
119. Pulp – His ‘N’ Hers
120. De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
121. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
122. New Order – Technique
123. Blur – 13
124. Paul Simon – Graceland
125. James Brown – Live at the Apollo
126. Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
127. Ramones – Ramones
128. The Verve – Urban Hymns
129. Neil Young – On the Beach
130. Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights
131. Michael Jackson – Thriller
132. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
133. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
134. PJ Harvey – Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
135. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
136. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
137. Blur – Blur
138. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
139. The Cure – Disintegration
140. Nick Drake – Bryter Layter
141. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Natty Dread
142. Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire De Melody Nelson
143. Bob Dylan – Desire
144. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced
145. The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
146. At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command
147. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
148. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
149. Elliot Smith – Either/Or
150. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
151. PJ Harvey – Dry
152. Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs
153. The La’s – The La’s
154. PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love
155. The Prodigy – Music For the Jilted Generation
156. Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We’re Floating In Space
157. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
158. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
159. Gang of Four – Entertainment!
160. Primal Scream – XTRMTR
161. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
162. The National – The Boxer
163. Neu – Neu ’75!
164. Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
165. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Let Love In
166. Pulp – This is Hardcore
167. Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul
168. Portishead – Dummy
169. Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
170. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
171. Talking Heads – Fear of Music
172. Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life
173. Led Zeppelin – III
174. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
175. David Bowie – Young Americans
176. Rufus Wainwright – Want One
177. Mogwai – Young Team
178. The Coral – The Coral
179. Missy Elliott – Miss E…So Addictive
180. X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents
181. Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children
182. Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
183. OutKast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
184. MIA – Kala
185. Eric B and Rakim – Paid in Full
186. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
187. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
188. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
189. Todd Rungren – A Wizard, A True Star
190. Pink Floyd – Piper At the Gates of Dawn
191. Elastica – Elastica
192. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
193. Ryan Adams – Gold
194. Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction
195. The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
196. The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
197. AC/DC – Back in Black
198. Prince – Sign O’ The Times
199. The Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
200. The Breeders – Last Splash
201. The Fall – Hex Enduction Hour
202. Tricky – Maxinquaye
203. Beach House – Teen Dream
204. Michael Jackson – Bad
205. NWA – Straight Outta Compton
206. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
207. Janis Joplin – Pearl
208. Chic – Risque
209. Kate Bush – The Kick Inside
210. The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
211. Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
212. Kings of Leon – Youth and Young Manhood
213. Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
214. Air – Moon Safari
215. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
216. New Order – Power, Lies and Corrruption
217. Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
218. The Horrors – Primary Colours
219. The Jam – All Mod Cons
220. The National – Alligator
221. Marianne Faithful – Broken English
222. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
223. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
224. Echo and the Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here
225. T Rex – Electric Warrior
226. The Doors – The Doors
227. John Lennon – Imagine
228. Pavement – Brighten the Corners
229. Public Image Ltd – Metal Box
230. David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
231. Dr. Dre – The Chronic
232. Leonard Cohen – The Songs of Leonard Cohen
233. Babyshambles – Down In Albion
234. Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
235. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
236. Suicide – Suicide
237. The xx – The xx
238. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
239. Dizzee Rascal – Boy In Da Corner
240. Ian Dury – New Boots and Panties!!
241. Madonna – Ray of Light
242. Michael Jackson – Off the Wall
243. Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns
244. Wild Beasts – Smother
245. Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
246. Nirvana – MTV Unplugged In New York
247. Glasvegas – Glasvegas
248. Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
249. Prodigy – The Fat of the Land
250. Weezer – Weezer
251. The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
252. Grimes – Visions
253. Pussy Galore – Exile on Main St
254. The Smiths – Meat is Murder
255. Metronomy – The English Riviera
256. Elvis Costello and the Attractions – This Year’s Model
257. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – The Boatman’s Call
258. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
259. Public Enemy – Yo! Bum Rush the Stage
260. The Specials – The Specials
261. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Live!
262. Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded
263. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
264. The Beatles – Please Please Me
265. Hole – Celebrity Skin
266. Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
267. Dr. Feelgood – Stupidity
268. Todd Rungren – Todd
269. The Horrors – Skying
270. The Kinks – The Village Green Preservation Society
271. The Velvet Underground – Loaded
272. Coldplay – Parachutes
273. Kanye West – The College Dropout
274. R.E.M. – Green
275. The Who – Quadrophenia
276. Echo and the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
277. The Sunday – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
278. The Slits – Cut
279. Captain Beefhart and his Magical Band – Trout Mask Replica
280. Aphex Twin – Drukqs
281. Elvis Costello – My Aim is True
282. Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
283. Roxy Music – Roxy Music
284. Fugazi – 13 Songs
285. Marvin Gaye – Midnight Love
286. Screaming Trees – Dust
287. Slayer – Reign In Blood
288. Stevie Wonder – Music of My Mind
289. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
290. The Bluetones – Expecting to Fly
291. The Byrds – Younger than Yesterday
292. The Cribs – The New Fellas
293. Aztec Camera – High Land Hard Rain
294. Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future
295. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
296. David Bowie – Let’s Dance
297. Can – Ege Bamyasi
298. Malcolm McLaren -
299. The Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane
300. The Who – The Who By Numbers
301. Arthur Russell – World of Echo
302. Daft Punk – Homework
303. Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um
304. The Orb – UFOrb
305. Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story
306. Bob Dyan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
307. Beck – Midnight Vultures
308. Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray
309. Metallica – Metallica
310. Steely Dan – Countdown to Ecstacy
311. Super Furry Animals – Guerilla
312. Cocteau Twins – Treasure
313. Tom Waits – Frank’s Wild Years
314. Slint – Spiderland
315. Big Brother and the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
316. Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Imperial Bedroom
317. Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
318. Ice-T – OG Original Gangster
319. The Who – Who’s Next
320. Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
321. Doves – Lost Souls
322. LCD – This is Happening
323. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
324. R.E.M. – Life’s Rich Pageant
325. Beck – Sea Change
326. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
327. Beck – Mutations
328. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
329. David Bowie – « Heroes »
330. Portishead – Third
331. MC5 – Kick out the Jams
332. Shack – HMS Fable
333. Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the Run
334. The Avalanches – Since I Left You
335. Queens of the Stoneage – …Like Clockwork
336. Neneh Cherry – Raw Like Sushi
337. Danger Mouse – The Grey Album
338. Notorious BIG – Ready to Die
339. Pearl Jam – Ten
340. Sister Sledge – We Are Family
341. Tom Waits – Closing Time
342. Spritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
343. Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
344. Eels – Beautiful Freak
345. Elvis Costello – Punch the Clock
346. New Order – Low Life
347. Sonic Youth – Dirty
348. Whitney Houston – Whitney
349. Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
350. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – BRMC
351. The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
352. The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
353. Mclusky – Mclusky Do Dallas
354. Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul
355. New York Dolls – New York Dolls
356. Pixies – Bossanova
357. Sugar – Copper Blue
358. Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom
359. The Mothers of Invention – We’re Only In it for the Money
360. The Strokes – Room on Fire
361. The Faces – A Nod is as Good as a Wink…the a Bliind Horse
362. Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
363. Black Flag – Damaged
364. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
365. Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegatables
366. Leonard Cohen – Songs of Love and Hate
367. Metronomy – Nights Out
368. Radiohead – Hail to the Theif
369. St Vincent – Strange Mercy
370. The Cribs – Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever
371. Beck – Odelay
372. Big Black – Atomizer
373. Curtis Mayfield – There’s No Place Like America Today
374. Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours
375. Morrissey – Vauxhall and I
376. Sam Cooke – Live At The Harlem Square Club
377. Roy Harper – Stormcock
378. Wire – Pink Flag
379. Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap
380. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
381. David Bowie – Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
382. Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
383. The Long Blondes – Someone To Drive You Home
384. Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
385. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
386. Gillian Wellch – Revival
387. The Clash – Combat Rock
388. Tim Buckley – Happy Sad
389. Le Tigre – Le Tigre
390. The Verve – A Northern Soul
391. Burial – Burial
392. Edan – Beauty and the Beat
393. Prince – Dirty Mind
394. Wire – Chairs Missing
395. The White Stripes – De Stijl
396. Heartbreakers – L.A.M.F.
397. Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
398. Neil Young – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
399. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – The Lyre of Orpheus/Abattoir Blues
400. The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
401. 20 Jazz Funk Greats – Throbbing Gristle
402. Twenty One – Mystery Jets
403. Vespertine – Bjork
404. No Other – Gene Clark
405. Otis Blue – Otis Redding
406. Rated B – Queens of the Stone Age
407. Going Blank Again – Ride
408. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain – Pavement
409. Tago Mago – Can
410. Antics – Interpol
411. Madvillainy – Madvillain
412. Entroducing… – DJ Shadow
413. Pills N Thrills and Bellyaches – Happy Mondays
414. Dig Your Own Hole – The Chemical Brothers
415. Chet Baker Sings – Chet Baker
416. Merriweather Post Pavillion – Animal Collective
417. 1977 – Ash
418. Electro-Shock Blues – Eels
419. Let It Come Down – Spiritualized
420. People’s Instinctive Travels… – 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 Hazelwood
426. Goo – Sonic Youth
427. Here Comes the Warm Jets – Brian Eno
428. Born in the USA – Bruce Springsteen
429. Bleed America – 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 – Depeche 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- The House of Love
454. The Writing 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 of the Times- Kings of Leon
465. High Violet- 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. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness- Smashing Pumpkins
473. A Storm in Heaven- The Verve
474. Tarot Sport- f**k 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 Holiday
483. Blood and Chocolate- Elvis Costello & The Attractions
484. The River- Bruce Springsteen
485. Good Kid, M.A.A.D 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