Bellend Sebastian Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 Let the weeping and gnashing of teeth begin. Unfortunately, the story on the actual NME website doesn't seem to work, so you'll have to content yourselves with the good old BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8363726.stm Voted for by artistes and industry folk, apparently. The Strokes! Who'd have thought it. I loved it at the time, but I cannot remember the last time I put it on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairy Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 This Is It is a brilliant album that refreshed the music scene at the time, in my view. Primal Scream are fantastic but thats not their best album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 The list : 1. The Strokes - Is This It 2. The Libertines - Up The Bracket 3. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR 4. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell 6. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea 7. Arcade Fire - Funeral 8. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights 9. The Streets - Original Pirate Material 10. Radiohead - In Rainbows Only ever heard the ones in bold in full. Streets OPM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 Up The Bracket ftw. In these kind of indie rock terms anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillehamring Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 i only have, or have even heard, the primal scream one - whish i listened to once, and was so underwhelmed i have never played it since - maybe it deserves another listen... but i can see why i steer well clear of the NME these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finchy Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 Interesting, it's probably a fair choice, it is a fantastic album. Although my personal number one would have been out of... Original Pirate Material Kid A (Which is way too low down in that list btw) Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not Think Tank I've never understood the hype behind Up The Bracket though, I understand the Libertines sound was kind of different at the time and they have some fantastic single songs but for me they have never made a complete album. I always get the impression Up The Bracket gets in all these lists because The Libs have been such an influential band and people want them to have a classic album. Also where the hell is Burial - Untrue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flynny Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 Really not that bad a list at all for the NME, although for everything barring Is This It the top 10 would look far better upside down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 Not a bad list, probably 4 would make my top ten:- The Streets - Original Pirate Material Arcade Fire - Funeral The Libertines - Up The Bracket Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not All are brilliant albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellend Sebastian Posted 17 November 2009 Author Share Posted 17 November 2009 The link is working properly now so you can see the whole top 50: http://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/48412 It's a much more interesting list than I would have expected. Even though I've got no interest in the likes of Bloc Party or The Arcade Fire, I appreciate that turns like this did create a stir and get people genuinely excited when their records came out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 Beyonce's album not on the shortlist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 Interesting and varied top 50, but I really do hate these lists. Music's all about personal opinion at the end of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samilktray Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 The Blueprint at 22, not bad, they could of fucked up and put Blueprint 3 there which is what I woulda expected tbh. And Dizzee Rascal 26th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellend Sebastian Posted 17 November 2009 Author Share Posted 17 November 2009 Interesting and varied top 50, but I really do hate these lists. Music's all about personal opinion at the end of the day. You're absolutely right of course. There is no definitive wrong or right about any of this stuff, we like what we like and a list like this doesn't justify or undermine your selections, but at the same time I think it's interesting to see what other people think, particularly when it's a more focused group - in this case industry folk - rather than just the herd, where you can pretty much guess what the top ten will be before you see it (Definitely Maybe, The Stone Roses, OK Computer, The Queen Is Dead, drrmmmblle....zzzz*). *admittedly none of these would be in a top ten for the last decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillehamring Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 way to many british acts in that list and, apart from a few easy option mainstream rap albums, way too narrow... and is there a single elctronica album in there - i mean no røyksopp, no sigur ros???? and no fleet foxes, seriously.... very boring, very predictable, very NME.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 And also very Christmassy... pushing sales some more, eh? Can't really take NME serious for that - in the end, what's such a list good for? Absolutely nothing. There's tons of other great artists out there that never get a mention, even in the indie pop/rock scene. And why no true or more Electronic/Rap/Hip Hop/Soul/R&B in there??? A bit one-sided, that selection, innit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samilktray Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 44. Outkast – 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below' Of all the Outkast albums they picked that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillehamring Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 44. Outkast – 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'Of all the Outkast albums they picked that well, there wouldn't be any point picking something that your average 14 year old boy NME reader wouldn't have listened to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collier Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 Interpol should be higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted 17 November 2009 Share Posted 17 November 2009 Bright Eyes worst album in 31st place? Stunning work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flynny Posted 18 November 2009 Share Posted 18 November 2009 Compare and contrast - http://pitchfork.com/p2k/ They love some right old shit at times but I can tell from their reviews pretty much instantly whether I'll like stuff or not and I plan on going through anything I've not heard that's on their top 100 with a fine toothed comb at some point when I'm at a loose end, probably next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 18 November 2009 Share Posted 18 November 2009 Compare and contrast - http://pitchfork.com/p2k/They love some right old shit at times but I can tell from their reviews pretty much instantly whether I'll like stuff or not and I plan on going through anything I've not heard that's on their top 100 with a fine toothed comb at some point when I'm at a loose end, probably next summer. that Pitchfork website...wow at the amount of lists there! Looks like I'm gonna be busy scanning some of them. And Isohunt/Vuze are gonna take one hell of a bashing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommeh Posted 18 November 2009 Share Posted 18 November 2009 Better list that one. Blueprint at 5. College Dropout and Late Registration also appearing inside the top 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filbert_Ross Posted 18 November 2009 Share Posted 18 November 2009 id go with 'up the bracket' number1 and' fever to tell' number 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairy Posted 18 November 2009 Share Posted 18 November 2009 Pitchfork is OK for a review site but its very American based flavours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggers the Fox Posted 18 November 2009 Share Posted 18 November 2009 An absolutely laughable top 50 , NME really is a massive pile of shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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