NME's best British album of all time revealed

[invisible_r]

NME's best British album of all time revealed (nme)

The city of Manchester should take a bow...

The Stone Roses' 1989 self-titled debut album has been voted the best British album of all time by NME's writers.

The poll to establish the 100 greatest British albums ever has the indie legends at the top, just pipping fellow Mancunians The Smiths at two with their 1986 effort 'The Queen Is Dead', and Oasis, who are at Three with their 1994 debut 'Definitely Maybe'.

Arctic Monkeys make an appearance at Number Five in the week that their first album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' looks set to become the fastest selling UK debut album of all time.

The Top Ten is as follows:

1. The Stone Roses 'The Stone Roses'

2. The Smiths 'The Queen Is Dead'

3. Oasis 'Definitely Maybe'

4. Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks'

5. Arctic Monkeys 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'

6. Blur 'Modern Life Is Rubbish'

7. Pulp 'Different Class'

8. The Clash 'London Calling'

9. The Beatles 'Revolver'

10. The Libertines 'Up The Bracket'

[The Seeker]

Are they serious?!

[blind-fitter]

I think its been quite a few years since the NME could be taken seriously...

..."Definitely Maybe" better than "Never Mind The Bollocks"?

An album that only came out last Monday better than the entire oeuvre of The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, David Bowie, PJ Harvey???

THE LIBERTINES???!

If its writers are as pig-ignorant as they appear, why on earth should anyone bother reading it?

[DiggsUK]

I agree with the Stone Roses, but feel Urban Hymns should be in there too, above the Libertines for sure.

One has to remember that the NME is (was) the newspaper for trendy pop-pickers, and not necessarily representative.....

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