New Musical Express' Top 100 Albums of All Time [1985]
### 01. Gaye, Marvin (What's Going On - 1971)
### 02. Morrison, Van (Astral Weeks - 1968)
### 03. Dylan, Bob (Highway 61 Revisited - 1965)
### 04. Clash (The Clash - 1977)
### 05. Television (Marquee Moon - 1977)
### 06. Waits, Tom (Swordfishtrombones - 1983)
### 07. Band (The Band (Brown Album) - 1969)
### 08. Dylan, Bob (Blonde On Blonde - 1966)
### 09. Lennon, John (John Lennon & Plastic Ono band - 1970)
### 10. Joy Division (Unknown Pleasures - 1979)
### 11. Beatles (Revolver - 1966)
### 12. Presley, Elvis (The Sun Collection/Sessions - 1976)
### 13. Sex Pistols (Never Mind The Bollocks - 1977)
### 14. Love (Forever Changes - 1968)
### 15. Bowie, David (Low - 1977)
### 16. Velvet Underground (The Velvet Underground + Nico - 1967)
### 17. Brown, James (Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits - 1977)
### 18. Smith, Patti (Horses - 1975)
### 19. Brown, James (Live At The Apollo, October 24, 1962 - 1963)
### 20. Beach Boys (Pet Sounds - 1966)
### 21. Davis, Miles (Kind Of Blue - 1959)
### 22. Dylan, Bob (Bringing It All Back Home - 1965)
### 23. Redding, Otis (Otis Blue - Otis Redding Sings Soul - 1965)
### 24. Doors (The Doors - 1967)
### 25. Rolling Stones (Exile On Main Street - 1972)
### 26. Temptations (Anthology - 1973)
### 27. Franklin, Aretha (Aretha's Greatest Hits - 1971)
### 28. Hendrix, Jimi (Are You Experienced? - 1967)
### 29. Pere Ubu (The Modern Dance - 1978)
### 30. Johnson, Robert (King Of The Delta Blues Singers - 1961)
### 31. Costello, Elvis (Imperial Bedroom - 1982)
### 32. Miracles (Smokey Robinson &) (Anthology - 1973)
### 33. Beatles (The Beatles (White Album) - 1968)
### 34. Dexy's Midnight Runners (Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - 1980)
### 35. Velvet Underground (White Light / White Heat - 1968)
### 36. Bowie, David (Young Americans - 1975)
### 37. Womack, Bobby (The Poet - 1981)
### 38. Kraftwerk (Trans Europe Express - 1977)
### 39. Springsteen, Bruce (Darkness On The Edge Of Town - 1978)
### 40. Costello, Elvis (This Year's Model - 1978)
### 41. Eno, Brian (Another Green World - 1975)
### 42. Captain Beefheart (Trout Mask Replica - 1969)
### 43. Kraftwerk (The Man Machine - 1978)
### 44. Parliament (Mothership Connection - 1976)
### 45. Jam (All Mod Cons - 1978)
### 46. Green, Al (The Cream Of Al Green - 1980)
### 47. Gaye, Marvin (Let's Get It On - 1973)
### 48. Sly & the Family Stone (There's A Riot Going On - 1971)
### 49. Ramones (Rocket To Russia - 1977)
### 50. Sly & the Family Stone (Greatest Hits - 1970)
### 51. Impressions (Big 16 - 1965)
### 52. Dylan, Bob (Blood On The Tracks - 1975)
### 53. Suicide (Alan Vega / Martin Rev) (Second Album (Suicide) - 1980)
### 54. Buzzcocks (Another Music In A Different Kitchen - 1978)
### 55. Joy Division (Closer - 1980)
### 56. Madness (Mad Not Mad - 1985)
### 57. Roxy Music (For Your Pleasure - 1973)
### 58. Siouxsie & The Banshees (The Scream - 1978)
### 59. Cliff, Jimmy (The Harder They Come - 1972)
### 60. Gang Of Four (Entertainment! - 1979)
### 61. Velvet Underground (The Velvet Underground - 1969)
### 62. Isley Brothers (3+3 - 1973)
### 63. Mitchell, Joni (The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - 1975)
### 64. Bowie, David (Heroes - 1977)
### 65. Smiths (Meat Is Murder - 1985)
### 66. Bowie, David (Station To Station - 1976)
### 67. Captain Beefheart (Clear Spot - 1972)
### 68. Costello, Elvis (Get Happy! - 1980)
### 69. Talking Heads (Fear Of Music - 1979)
### 70. Pop, Iggy (Lust For Life - 1977)
### 71. Reed, Lou (Berlin - 1973)
### 72. Holly, Buddy (Greatest Hits - 1967)
### 73. Band (Music From Big Pink - 1968)
### 74. Beatles (A Hard Day's Night - 1964)
### 75. Roxy Music (Roxy music - 1972)
### 76. Ramones (Leave Home - 1977)
### 77. Coltrane, John (A Love Supreme - 1964)
### 78. Berry, Chuck (Chuck Berry's Golden Decade - 1967)
### 79. Wilson, Jackie (The Very Best Of Jackie Wilson - 1969)
### 80. Davis, Miles (In A Silent Way - 1969)
### 81. Roxy Music (Stranded - 1973)
### 82. Talking Heads ('77 - 1977)
### 83. Magazine (The Correct Use Of Soap - 1980)
### 84. Springsteen, Bruce (Born In The U.S.A. - 1984)
### 85. Mitchell, Joni (Court And Spark - 1974)
### 86. Doors (Strange Days - 1967)
### 87. Talking Heads (More Songs About Buildings And Food - 1978)
### 88. Doors (L.A. Woman - 1971)
### 89. Wolf, Howlin' (Chess Masters - 1981)
### 90. Costello, Elvis (Armed Forces - 1979)
### 91. Prefab Sprout (Steve McQueen - 1985)
### 92. Cale, John (Paris 1919 - 1973)
### 93. Abyssinians (Forward Onto Zion - 1977)
### 94. Costello, Elvis (My Aim is True - 1977)
### 95. Cole, Lloyd & The Commotions (Rattlesnakes - 1985)
### 96. Beach Boys (Best Of The Beach Boys Vol. 1 - 1966)
### 97. Pablo, Augustus (King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (compilation) - 1976)
### 98. Beatles (Rubber Soul - 1965)
### 99. Suicide (Alan Vega / Martin Rev) (Suicide (First Album) - 1977)
### 100. Undertones (The Undertones - 1979)
===== Missing: =====
* Undertones (100)
* Pere Ubu (29)
* Suicide (band) (53)
* Magazine (83)
* Prefab Sprout (91)
* Abyssinians (93)
* Lloyd & The Commotions Cole (95)
* Augustus Pablo (97)
* Suicide (band) (99)
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32.14% (18 of 56 votes)
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32.14% (18 of 56 votes)
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42.01% (71 of 169 votes)
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31.71% (26 of 82 votes)
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40.0% (2 of 5 votes)
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31.00% (146 of 471 votes)
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42.01% (71 of 169 votes)
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34.75% (49 of 141 votes)
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30.85% (58 of 188 votes)
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60.61% (60 of 99 votes)
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34.75% (49 of 141 votes)
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50.0% (6 of 12 votes)
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31.03% (18 of 58 votes)
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60.61% (60 of 99 votes)
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31.03% (18 of 58 votes)
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100% (1 of 1 votes)
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90
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31.00% (146 of 471 votes)
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31.00% (146 of 471 votes)
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96
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33.33% (1 of 3 votes)
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98
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42.01% (71 of 169 votes)
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33.33% (1 of 3 votes)
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