NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time by New Music Express (2003) 
New Musical Express is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand. These are their best albums of all time. New Music Express, better known as NME, is a weekly music magazine in the UK. It is often credited as the starting point for many successful British bands and it was also responsible for the first UK Singles Chart. NME published their list of the 100 best albums of all time in 2003.
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NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1970s | 30 | 30% | |
| 1980s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1990s | 25 | 25% | |
| 2000s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Eminem | 2 | 2% | |
| The White Stripes | 2 | 2% | |
| Pulp | 2 | 2% | |
| Primal Scream | 2 | 2% | |
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NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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90/100  | 04/25/2022 17:53 | Kevins2art | | 90/100 |
15/100 | 09/21/2021 08:51 |  DommeDamian | | 89/100 |
20/100 | 07/26/2021 17:55 | Raddi27 | | 73/100 |
75/100 | 12/11/2020 07:56 |  pjohnsongolf | | 89/100 |
80/100 | 11/24/2020 21:53 | sampins | | 84/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.0/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 20.8.
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Any 500 best ever album list without artists from South America nor Africa should be considered a joke. Some awful indie rock picks instead of great gems from around the world. Awful list.
Goliath 07/22/2020 17:46
7 in the top 10 that I wouldn't put in the top 100.
This is a really weird turn for the chart considering their older one available on this website... seems like at some point they just decided to become complete rockists. To be fair though, there are some bold rock picks on here even if the whole list is lacking in any sort of variety, so I'll let it off without a terrible score.
Decent enough although, as you'd expect from NME, rather odd choices here and there incl. No. 1
Love the variety on this list! A little Britain-heavy, but not that much of a problem seeing as the music is good.
Nice list - good mix of taste. Obvious British bias with Stone Roses upfront, and extensive Smith and and Rolling Stones. But not a bad thing.
Little heavy on the British side but that's to be expected from NME. Otherwise a really cool and diverse list
21stCenturySchiz 10/11/2016 01:19
ok
Pretty good representative chart. Parochialism well tempered unlike some of the RS and Pitchfork charts.
exileonthehell 07/06/2016 02:09
Marquee #1 Please
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