NME's '100 Greatest British Albums Ever List'
 

list and comments from weezernation.com

(Amuseddaysleeper):

WOW! the WORST list I have seen in my LIFE. A lot of great bands are on here but ALL IN THE WRONG ORDER



NME 100 greatest british albums ever made


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


Arctic Monkeys!?!?!?! are these people out of their FUCKING MINDS!?!?


well it is the NME i suppose

I agree, my first impressions of the Arctic Monkey's album was not that impressive to qualify it as number 5 - wtf?

Secondly - sure it's subjective, but for a list that doesn't include:
- Boo Radleys 'Wake Up Boo!' ;)
- Lush 'Lovelife'
- The Delgados 'Peloton'
- The Autuers 'After Murder Park'
- Doves 'Lost Souls'

is simply NOT a definative list IMO

It's really scary how many of those albums I own.

I literally own half the albums listed.

I've got 27 of those. It would have been nice to see some Elton John on there, such as "Tumbleweed Connection". Or is he "not cool"?

Oh, and really, "Revolver" at #9? Jee-zus! Who the fuck are the Arctic Monkeys?

I love how self righteous (and frankly stupid) Amuseddaysleeper is by noting Coldplay as "i am so gay it fucking HURTS." Grow up - sheesh.

Even though I am beatles biased...#9 is their top entry? Come on.
Has this douche/group of editors ever heard of a little band called Pink Floyd?
I don't mean to diss the musicians/albums on the list, but some of the newer stuff is way to high on the list. Great albums only get better with time and prove to have staying power. Who knows if anybody will even know who the Arctic Monkeys are in 10 years?

I agree no PF - what a bunch of retards

and I agree I really don't think Arctic Monkey's will be remembered in 10 years their music really isn't that memorable.

I found the thread this was posted on at weezernation. It looks like that's something the forum censor automatically does there. One post in that thread actually reads:

"Who else thinks it is HILARIOUS that i am so gay it fucking HURTS. is referred to as "i am so gay it fucking HURTS"?!?

Who did that? Funny shit."


So it looks like they all need to grow up over there.

I have 79. I think maybe I read to much NME when I was younger. :)

When I saw that Revolver wasn't at the top of that list, it lost all credibility IMO.
And your telling me that Parachutes by Coldplay is more important that Led Zepplin IV. WTF is that?

Yeah, this is the thing that's so annoying about the British music press. While I give them credit for hyping some of my most favorite bands of all time (especially during the Britpop era), they become very revisionist based on what's hot at any given moment. I remember when Oasis' "Be Here Now" came out and every British review said how brilliant it was and by the end of the year they finally caved in and admitted that it was the coked-up disappointment that everyone that purchased it already knew. Besides the absurdity of having Arctic Monkeys in the top 10 (which is ONLY because they are the current IT-band in England), the only reason the Libertines made the top 10 is because they're all obsessed with that worthless crackhead Pete Doherty and need to justify giving him constant press by pretending what was a decent album he was once capable of is, infact, a classic.

Having ranted, there are some nice, unexpected choices on that list (I'm personally thrilled that The Fall made it, if my name didn't tip you off)

I own the same amount. There are some damn good albums on that list. Arctic Monkeys that high is just stupid. And I definitely would substitute specific recordings from some artists (Blur's "Modern Life" above "Park Life"? No go.).

Never heard of Redskins, Derek and Clive or Patrick Wolf. So, at least a list like this can have me investigate a bit.

I for one am glad that The Bends outranks OK Computer on this list. Both GREAT albums, but I've always felt that The Bends was better (and less pretentious).

Now where the fuck is Sgt. Pepper?!??!?! I mean, really.

16. Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebles
21. Muse – Absolution
30. Suede – Suede
33. Coldplay - Parachutes
41. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
52. Madness – One Step Beyond
68. The Pretty Things – Sf Sorrow
84. Redskins – Neither Washington Nor Moscow
91. The Fall – The Nations Saving Grace
95. Julian Cope – Jehovahkill
96. Adam And The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Frontier
98. Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me
99. Patric Wolf – Lycanthropy
100. Derek And Clive – Live

Another dumb-ass NME list that's hardly worth responding to (Jesus Christ, can the Brits please get over their ridiculous Stone Roses infatuation?). Having said that, the above are the only albums I don't own.

I own both, and even though I've had as much Coldplay as I need for one lifetime, IMO they're far preferable to Zeppelin, who rival Pink Floyd as the most overrated, overappreciated band in history.

Wow, Revolver at number 9. That is all I needed to know before I close this thread and forget it ever happened....

Well, that's just because Pink Floyd really can't be considered British anymore.

Since "Dark Side of the Moon" and "The Wall" have been on "repeat play" 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in every college fraternity and sorority in the U.S. since the date of their release, they've effectively been naturalized to the U.S.

And properly ghetto-ized, thank God.

no Squeeze?

Squeeze were considered primarily a 'singles' band in Britain, but I could see either <i>Argybargy</i> or <i>East Side Story</i> on the list.

No Lewis Taylor = no sale.

I am surprised the Rolling Stones don't make a high appearance...

And putting Franz Ferdinands' album abover the Beatles; Rubber Soul???? I stopped looking after that

true, but they could have at least put Singles 45's and Under on there.

To name just one omission, the Pogues' Rum Sodomy and the Lash is better than at least half that list.

They put a friggen Ride album on there instead of My Bloody Valentine.

This week's flavor of the month The Arctic Monkeys is a better album than every album by The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Clash and Led Zeppelin.

'nuff said