NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time
by New Music Express (2003)

celine dione between london calling and harvest. i mean diversity for diversity's sake is expected these days, but that's like sprinkling jimmies into the bolognese sauce just because you have some lying around. tiny tim is ten times the artist celine dione will ever hope to be, and he's not here. tiptoe through the tulips, but not with she.

Response to Hairymark...Don't ever mistake "greatest innovators" with "stuff you like".
Most of Frank Zappa's work is no more than discordant cacophonies born of indulgent drug addled deviances. As a result Zappa remains in the most part unlistenable, with some sniggerful dirty ditties. The Zappa's greatest impact was in the naming of his Children: "Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen". (no drugs evident there then).

Captain Beefheart is most notable for being up there with Barry Manilow as one of musics longest running jokes, have you actually really listened to those lyrics? Any Beefheart Fan would, of course despise the Beatles, as Beefheart was reputably snubbed by John Lennon during John's famous Bed-In for Peace. This resulted in ongoing pettiness towards The Beatles from the 'great' Captain Beefheart. As a direct result three people refused to purchase The Beatles "Let It Be".

From Cymro2011 12/18/2012 18:50 | #58226

Good choices but i don't really think the Stone Roses deserve to be #1. Just my opinion though.

I forget how many people loved that Stone Roses album. I should check that out.

This is one of the better charts. It is, for example, refreshing to see that 'Ok Computer' by Radiohead, one of the most over-rated bands that rank alongside U2 and The Beatles, has not made it to the top of the list.

Despite this, the chart is seriously flawed. I look forward to the day, that charts like this do not include anything from either of the most over-rated bands in the history of rock, the Beatles, and the band that they tried to emulate throughout their entire career, The Beach Boys.

How can it be that two of rock music's greatest innovators, Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, do not merit a single entry between them?

As is usual with these kinds of lists, there are far too many artists who do not merit inclusion, and many more who deserve to be included that have been strangely omitted or overlooked. Minutemen, Fugazi and Bardo Pond are three of the more recent bands who should have been included at the expense of say Oasis, Verve and Jesus And Marychain.

Meanwhile, the omission of many of the inovators from the late 1960s and early 70s such as Hendrix, Red Krayola, The Deviants and Soft Machine is simply criminal.

But hey, as far as lists go, there are a lot less credible ones out there.