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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99.

Heart Of The Congos 

 The Congos

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

264 charts

Rank Score:

1,757

Rank in 1977:

23

Rank in 1970s:

205

Overall Rank:

987

Average Rating:

 79 (265 votes)

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NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time composition

Country	Albums	%
	49	49%
	39	39%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%

NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time similar charts

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90/100  !	04/25/2022 17:53	Kevins2art	7	90/100
15/100  !	09/21/2021 08:51	DommeDamian	1,003	89/100
20/100  !	07/26/2021 17:55	Raddi27	8	73/100
75/100  !	12/11/2020 07:56	pjohnsongolf	272	89/100
80/100  !	11/24/2020 21:53	sampins	17	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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From Raddi27 07/26/2021 17:57 | #271948

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.

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65/100

From Goliath 07/22/2020 17:46 | #256016

7 in the top 10 that I wouldn't put in the top 100.

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55/100

From Thad 12/14/2019 20:39 | #245694

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.

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80/100

From Johnnyo 08/04/2017 11:58 | #195514

Decent enough although, as you'd expect from NME, rather odd choices here and there incl. No. 1

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85/100

From HeyItIsWilliam 07/04/2017 18:34 | #193663

Love the variety on this list! A little Britain-heavy, but not that much of a problem seeing as the music is good.

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80/100

From weston 06/23/2017 03:06 | #193064

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.

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90/100

From tomsmith79 03/27/2017 21:06 | #188276

Little heavy on the British side but that's to be expected from NME. Otherwise a really cool and diverse list

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60/100

From 21stCenturySchiz 10/11/2016 01:19 | #176683

ok

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85/100

From stangetzaway 07/16/2016 03:21 | #171392

Pretty good representative chart. Parochialism well tempered unlike some of the RS and Pitchfork charts.

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From exileonthehell 07/06/2016 02:09 | #170632

Marquee #1 Please
New Music Express NME!

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