NME Readers' All-Time Top 100 Albums by New Music Express (1988)

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1.

The Queen Is Dead 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1986

Appears in:

2,424 charts

Rank Score:

38,810

Rank in 1986:

1

Rank in 1980s:

1

Overall Rank:

17

Average Rating:

 88 (2,839 votes)

Comments:

264

2.

Psychocandy 

 The Jesus And Mary Chain

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Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

738 charts

Rank Score:

6,106

Rank in 1985:

5

Rank in 1980s:

37

Overall Rank:

293

Average Rating:

 79 (900 votes)

Comments:

67

3.

Unknown Pleasures 

 Joy Division

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Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

1,920 charts

Rank Score:

25,049

Rank in 1979:

3

Rank in 1970s:

9

Overall Rank:

37

Average Rating:

 87 (2,274 votes)

Comments:

189

4.

Hatful Of Hollow 

 The Smiths

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Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

607 charts

Rank Score:

6,783

Rank in 1984:

6

Rank in 1980s:

33

Overall Rank:

262

Average Rating:

 86 (1,007 votes)

Comments:

48

5.

The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,983 charts

Rank Score:

45,961

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,454 votes)

Comments:

350

6.

Astral Weeks 

 Van Morrison

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,483 charts

Rank Score:

17,740

Rank in 1968:

3

Rank in 1960s:

17

Overall Rank:

68

Average Rating:

 85 (1,665 votes)

Comments:

135

7.

Revolver 

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,480 charts

Rank Score:

56,807

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,476 votes)

Comments:

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8.

Closer 

 Joy Division

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Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,457 charts

Rank Score:

16,691

Rank in 1980:

2

Rank in 1980s:

10

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 85 (1,870 votes)

Comments:

123

9.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols 

 Sex Pistols

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Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

1,343 charts

Rank Score:

11,799

Rank in 1977:

5

Rank in 1970s:

34

Overall Rank:

125

Average Rating:

 80 (1,819 votes)

Comments:

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10.

Blonde On Blonde 

 Bob Dylan

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

1,970 charts

Rank Score:

27,665

Rank in 1966:

3

Rank in 1960s:

11

Overall Rank:

32

Average Rating:

 88 (2,332 votes)

Comments:

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NME Readers' All-Time Top 100 Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	1	1%
1960s	18	18%
1970s	35	35%
1980s	46	46%
1990s	0	0%
2000s	0	0%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Smiths	6	6%
David Bowie	5	5%
The Beatles	5	5%
Bob Dylan	4	4%
R.E.M.	4	4%
New Order	3	3%
Bruce Springsteen	3	3%
Show all

Country	Albums	%
	61	61%
	36	36%
	2	2%
	1	1%

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NME Readers' All-Time Top 100 Albums similarity to your chart(s)

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Top 100 Albums	ABC		2006
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	Channel 4		2005
The 100 Greatest Rock Albums Of All Time	Classic Rock		2001
Top 100 Albums Ever	Consequence of Sound		2010
The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time	Consequence of Sound		2022
The 100 All-Time Greatest Albums	Entertainment Weekly		2013
The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever	The Guardian		1997
Greatest 100 Albums of All Time	The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums with NME		2006
Greatest Albums Of All Time	Hartbeat!		1996
Top 90.3 Listener Voted Albums	KEXP		2008
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	Melody Maker		2000
Mojo Readers: The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made	Mojo		1996
100 Greatest Albums of All Time	Mojo		1995
Die 20 besten Alben der Geschichte	Musikexpress.de		2011
The Definitive 200	National Association of Recording Merchandisers		2007
The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time	New Music Express		2013
NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time	New Music Express		2003
NME's Best Albums Of All Time	New Music Express		1985
New Musical Express Writers Top 100 Albums	New Music Express		1993
NME Readers' All-Time Top 100 Albums	New Music Express		1988
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	Q		1997
100 Greatest Albums Ever	Q		2006
100 Greatest Albums Ever	Q		2003
Die 100 besten Alben der Musikgeschichte	radioeins		2019
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone		2020
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone		2003
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone		2005
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone		2012
Die besten Alben aller Zeiten	Rolling Stone Deutschland		2004
Die besten Platten aus 5 Jahrzehnten: Top 100	Rolling Stone Deutschland		1997
Os 100 Melhores Discos de Todos Os Tempos	Sinewave		2012
The Top 50 Albums of All Time	Sound & Vision Magazine		2010
100 Greatest Albums Of All Time	The Sound		2018
All Time Top 100 Albums	Sounds (UK)		1985
Die 100 Alben des Jahrhunderts	Spex		2000
The Greatest Rock Albums	uDiscoverMusic		2015
200 Greatest Albums of All Time	Uncut		2016
The Top 100 Albums	VH1		2001
Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums	Virgin		1994
Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums	Virgin		1998
Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums	Virgin		2000
Die 100 besten Platten des Jahrhunderts	Wiener		1999
Best Album Ever	ZigZag		1971
Albums of the Century	ZigZag		1975

Other charts by New Music Express

Year charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
NME Albums Of The Year 2023	New Music Express	2023 year chart	2023
NME Albums Of The Year 2022	New Music Express	2022 year chart	2022
The 50 best albums of 2021	New Music Express	2021 year chart	2021
The 50 best albums of 2020	New Music Express	2020 year chart	2020
NME Albums Of The Year 2019	New Music Express	2019 year chart	2019
NME Albums Of The Year 2018	New Music Express	2018 year chart	2018
NME Albums Of The Year 2017	New Music Express	2017 year chart	2017
NME Albums Of The Year 2016	New Music Express	2016 year chart	2016
NME Albums Of The Year 2015	New Music Express	2015 year chart	2015
NME Albums Of The Year 2014	New Music Express	2014 year chart	2014
NME Albums Of The Year 2013	New Music Express	2013 year chart	2013
NME Albums Of The Year 2012	New Music Express	2012 year chart	2012
NME Albums Of The Year 2011	New Music Express	2011 year chart	2011
NME Albums Of The Year 2010	New Music Express	2010 year chart	2010
NME Albums Of The Year 2009	New Music Express	2009 year chart	2009
NME Albums Of The Year 2008	New Music Express	2008 year chart	2008
NME Albums Of The Year 2007	New Music Express	2007 year chart	2007
NME Albums Of The Year 2006	New Music Express	2006 year chart	2006
NME Albums Of The Year 2005	New Music Express	2005 year chart	2005
NME Albums Of The Year 2004	New Music Express	2004 year chart	2004
NME Albums Of The Year 2003	New Music Express	2003 year chart	2003
NME Albums Of The Year 2002	New Music Express	2002 year chart	2002
NME Albums Of The Year 2001	New Music Express	2001 year chart	2001
NME Albums Of The Year 2000	New Music Express	2000 year chart	2000
NME Albums Of The Year 1999	New Music Express	1999 year chart	1999
NME Albums of the Year 1998	New Music Express	1998 year chart	1998
NME Albums Of The Year 1997	New Music Express	1997 year chart	1997
NME Albums Of The Year 1996	New Music Express	1996 year chart	1996
NME Albums Of The Year 1995	New Music Express	1995 year chart	1995
NME Albums Of The Year 1994	New Music Express	1994 year chart	1994
NME Albums Of The Year 1993	New Music Express	1993 year chart	2016
NME Albums Of The Year 1992	New Music Express	1992 year chart	1992
NME Albums Of The Year 1991	New Music Express	1991 year chart	1991
NME Albums Of The Year 1990	New Music Express	1990 year chart	1990
NME Albums Of The Year 1989	New Music Express	1989 year chart	1989
NME Albums Of The Year 1988	New Music Express	1988 year chart	1988
NME Albums Of The Year 1987	New Music Express	1987 year chart	1987
NME Albums Of The Year 1986	New Music Express	1986 year chart	1986
NME Albums Of The Year 1985	New Music Express	1985 year chart	2016
NME Albums Of The Year 1984	New Music Express	1984 year chart	1984
NME Albums Of The Year 1983	New Music Express	1983 year chart	1983
NME Albums Of The Year 1982	New Music Express	1982 year chart	1982
NME Albums Of The Year 1981	New Music Express	1981 year chart	1981
NME Albums Of The Year 1980	New Music Express	1980 year chart	1980
NME Albums Of The Year 1979	New Music Express	1979 year chart	1979
NME Albums Of The Year 1978	New Music Express	1978 year chart	1978
NME Albums Of The Year 1977	New Music Express	1977 year chart	1977
NME Albums Of The Year 1976	New Music Express	1976 year chart	1976
NME Albums Of The Year 1975	New Music Express	1975 year chart	1975
NME Albums Of The Year 1974	New Music Express	1974 year chart	1974

Decade charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s	New Music Express	2010s decade chart	2019
Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 2000s	New Music Express	2000s decade chart	2009
Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s	New Music Express	1980s decade chart	1990
Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 1970s	New Music Express	1970s decade chart	1980
Top 50 Greatest Albums of the 1960s	New Music Express	1960s decade chart	1993

Overall charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time	New Music Express		2003
The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time	New Music Express		2013
NME's Best Albums Of All Time	New Music Express		1985
New Musical Express Writers Top 100 Albums	New Music Express		1993
NME Readers' All-Time Top 100 Albums	New Music Express		1988

[New Music Express was founded in 1952.]

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90/100	06/04/2021 01:50	Skroskznik	94	92/100
70/100	12/11/2020 07:56	pjohnsongolf	273	89/100
65/100	11/25/2020 06:53	Timestarter	114	90/100
60/100	11/11/2020 13:00	Larcx13	1,092	86/100

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