AT, In a nutshell: The coolest Knowles sister pens a love letter to her hometown. Best moment: When that sweet slather of distortion hits in ‘Sofia’. 7. It was a generous, compassionate and honest album, too. The top 10 … The NME Album of the Year and Single Of The Year were announced on 11 December 2008. The National – High Violet From the opening squelches of ‘Imminent Spirit Arrival’, it was stuffed with exuberant house licks, drum ’n’ bass beats and techno soundscapes. Rhian Daly, NME said: “‘Immunity’ is an album to burrow into and become resident in its songs. Clairo’s debut album ‘Immunity’ was written in those moments and presented a quiet but close read on the experience of becoming who you are. Words: Carl Anka, Jordan Bassett, Rhian Daly, Georgia Evans, El Hunt, Natty Kasambala, Charlotte Krol, Hannah Mylrea, Will Richards, Kyann-Sian Williams, Thomas Smith, Dan Stubbs, Andrew Trendell. Maximo Park’s ‘Nature Always Wins’ lost out by just 550 sales, despite having led in the midweek charts, and has debuted at Number Two as their first Top Ten album for seven years. The Top Ten. The National – Boxer Pixies, ‘Doolittle’. This allowed them to explore the full capabilities of storytelling from a place of humour, comfort and curiosity. Daft Punk – Discovery 1. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan Where his folky 2012 debut ‘Home Again’ often erred on side of caution, with more emphasis on pleasant tunes than weighty subject matter, this one was jammed with heavy stuff treated with a lightness of touch. At least the music this year was good!!! The Beatles – Revolver Painfully. 4. The Smiths – The Smiths On her major label debut, the Maryland musician backed up that branding by weaving field recordings from hikes into songs like ‘Alaska’ and ‘Burning’, like a sorcerer using the earth’s resources to cast musical spells. Two albums from 2019 and eleven albums from 2020 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year. Taylor Swift — Folklore. There comes a time in everyone's life when they must sit down, turn the lights off, and listen to this album. 10. “I’m looking for something else,” she realised on ‘Maybe You’re The Reason’, “I found myself – I’m someone else.”, Best moment: That video for ‘Lilo’ is a complete tear-jerker, and the song itself has inspired several fans to lug actual lilos along to her gigs. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust 7. It’s usually in that period between ending school and starting university or getting a job, your mind opened by the fact that you’re surrounded by new people in a new place where no one knows you well enough to judge you. NME: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In a year that saw BTS go from stars to superstars, the Korean seven-piece proved that they had the substance to back up the stats. 3. On ‘Sherbet Sunset’, though, she also made herself vulnerable, laying bare her personal struggles: “Posing like my life is perfect, really it’s the opposite / Lately I been down a lot / I talk to no one about it.”. Best bit: That drop, 17 seconds into ‘In Degrees’. In 16 Lists. Ela Minus - acts of rebellion. TS, In a nutshell: A genre-hopping collection from trap’s divisive court jester. EH. Despite this, Mary is frequently depicted in popular culture as a “sinful woman”. NME’s 50 Greatest Albums Of The ’00s. These results were then aggregated to give a Top 12 chart (with 15 entries due to tied positions) that was published in NME on 14 November 1952. A blessed return to form. EH, In a nutshell: Big-hearted Soundcloud rapper’s perfectly-formed emo-rap opus. 1. The result: 10 existential bangers riddled with post-millennial anxiety and fuelled by compulsion. It was a fitting introduction to her beautifully immersive fourth album. The emergence of a new Desert Sessions album in 2019 was something of a surprise. It was the 37th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com. ‘ Sober’. As with ‘Offence’, the wilfully primitive basslines on ‘Boss’ or ‘Therapy’ put her strong, independent tone front-and-centre. Best moment: The album’s final surging crescendo on ‘Back In My Body’, when a wall of Rogers’ vocals swells then swoops out. Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair For posterity: “Goddamn, man-child / You fucked me so good that I almost said ‘I love you.” Oof. Eilish and her older brother Finneas O’Connell made the record in their bedroom-studio, so there’s little surprise that ‘When We All Fall Asleep…’ acts as diary entries from an anxious generation. Best bit: The album’s dazzling opening 20-minutes, where four tracks (‘Eve Of Destruction’, ‘Bango’, ‘No Geography’ and ‘Got To Keep On’) go back-to-back without a moment of respite. Naughty Denzel. 2019 saw Dave release the Mercury Prize-winning ‘Psychodrama’, remind everyone that Thiago Silva is one of the best defenders in the world and scare the life out of us in Top Boy. Kyann-Sian Williams, NME said: “Across these 10 tracks, Simz utilises her most valuable commodity: honesty.”, In a nutshell: The irresistible lovechild of punk, grime and austerity Britain. Source → … NR, In a nutshell: Glastonbury was only the beginning. 3. The rock legends’ tenth album, …. Television – Marquee Moon Foo Fighters‘ new album ‘Medicine At Midnight‘ is currently outselling the rest of the UK’s Top 10 albums combined. But, as his third album revealed, with success came sadness. El Hunt. Alumni from across the NME generations were asked to submit lists of their favourite 50 albums of all time and from there our team of number-crunchers deduced the best. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead JB, In a nutshell: Easy-on-the-ear emotive pop that doesn’t shy away from sharing its struggles. Critic Score 73 23 reviews. NME have included covermount albums for a long time. A contender for the best album of the band’s career, it was followed by sequel sister record ‘Part 2’, which proved to be a rock beast, marking 2019 as a real purple patch for Foals – one of Britain’s most essential bands. Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life, Laura Snapes 6. NME’s 50 Greatest Albums Of The ’00s. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless CA, In a nutshell: The soundtrack to your 2019 pub brawl. Top 75 Albums Of 2010. 6. 7. ‘IGOR’ was different from his previous albums. Tracey backed up that killer quote on the likes of the stuttering ‘Doing It’, but elsewhere explored dancehall (the Not3s-featuring ‘Butterflies) and even a little country rap (the fabulous ‘Country Star’). The three albums form a sort of loose trilogy, and this record, like all great closing entries, took aspects of its predecessors – lush arrangements and reflections on the good life – and amped them up. ‘Sad day’ used warped syntax to depict a sad wank: “Faux my cunnilingus,” she said, scrawling out the verbs and flipping word orders back to front, giving the whole song a disjointed quality. [see also 2020 , 2010s , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2012 , 2011 ] Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow They don’t make ‘em like Michael Kiwanuka any more: the north London singer-songwriter makes lush, politicised soul that harks back to genre’s ‘70s golden era. DS, In a nutshell: Ezra takes control and proves two heads aren’t always better than one. The Clash's release Capital Radio, which was released 9 April 1977, could only be obtained by sending away a coupon featured in one issue of the NME, and the red sticker from the cover of the band's debut album.The NME also released the much regarded compilation album C86, documenting the birth of jangling indie pop, in 1986. And ‘Cellophane’ was an anguished cry: “They want to see us, want to see us apart,” she sang, addressing a vague, collective spectator once again. RD, In a nutshell: Viral star goes the distance. 7. And then there were his lyrics: gorgeous, triumphant odes to personal fulfilment and celebrating your identity. Tune in to NME Radio for your daily dose of past and present indie and alternative, along with a selection of the best new and upfront music. 9. The Beatles – Revolver Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine 6. The Beatles – Revolver The acoustic, lo-fi balladeering of her early albums soon became a distant memory. Riotous anthem ‘Spin Girl, Let’s Activate’ was a battle cry for dancefloor dwellers, while ‘Power to the People’ – which sampled chanting activists and audio from a ’80s ACT UP rally – was a glorious protest song. At the time NME called it a “synth-pop-rock’n’roll-bedroom-indie-trap-hip-hop-break-up album”. Yes, Tyler was as loud and creative as he had been before, figuring stuff out in his own multi-talented, multi-faceted way – with loads of interesting collaborators, including. updated 2 months ago. These 13 tracks formed a taut, swaggering tone studded with moments of menace. Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish Gorillaz are an English virtual band created in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett.The band primarily consists of four animated members: 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle, and Russel Hobbs.Their fictional universe is presented in music videos, interviews and short cartoons. Combining elements of mid-noughties emo with breathtakingly honest lyrics about drug addiction and mental health, this is a compelling, clearly realised record. Bob Dylan, 'Blood on the Tracks'. Carl Anka, NME said:  “‘IGOR’ sees the 28-year-old expressing his flourishing musicianship, showcasing his strength as a songwriter with a keen eye for detail.”. NME ’s Top 50 Albums Of 2008. The jagged beauty in Slowthai’s theatrical retelling of childhood antics and struggles – alongside proclamations of love and self-assurance – thrust the listener into flux that was emotive and unpredictable, but always exciting. 4. Nirvana – In Utero That was the secret of ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’, a 17-track effort built for streams and listeners’ own personal curation. Her third album ‘Cuz I Love You’ established her as a global star, and reinforced what her fans already knew – that she’s a multi-talented rapper/singer/flautist who can hop between sultry R&B jams (‘Lingerie’ and ‘Jerome’) to swaggering hip-hop thumpers (‘Tempo’). It’s been a revelation watching Amber Bain step into the spotlight. If last album ‘Is The Is Are’ felt like “the light at the end of the tunnel” as troubled frontman Zachary Cole Smith put it, third album ‘Deceiver’ is what’s on the other side. WR, In a nutshell: Rock’s shadow man lays his heart on the line. 10. Pulp – His ‘N’ Hers 8. Best moment: The breezy cha-cha-cha of ‘Hear Me Calling’, an idiosyncratic track that speaks to Juice WLRD’s eclecticism. 9. Answer: With an album filled to the brim with personality, powerhouse vocals and self-love. The album that shared her new pseudonym was similarly imaginative, pulling together inspiration from the Latin-pop and Batuque music she’d been exposed to since moving to Lisbon, Portugal. The Beatles – The Beatles Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde, Mike Williams Grinding synths jostled for space with spiralling strings on a record that’s towering in scope and ambition. Best bit: The cinematic, Steve Lacy-featuring tracks ‘Sunflower’ and ‘Flower Moon’. 8. NME Staff Pick Their Top 10 Greatest Albums Of All Time | NME 10. David Bowie – Hunky Dory Al Green – Let’s Stay Together The album felt like a finale, combining elements of Bon Iver’s entire back catalogue and fusing them together: the whirring electronics of ‘22, A Million’, the folk strums of ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ and the baroque pop of ‘Bon Iver’. 5. Nick Drake – Bryter Later, Matt Wilkinson Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia. ‘Immunity’ is … While many perceive previous album ‘Skeleton Tree’ to be Cave’s exploration of suffering, it was in fact written before the death of his son Arthur in 2015. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead Super-saturated and drenched in theatrical flourishes, Angel Olsen’s ‘All Mirrors’ skewered heartbreak with brutal precision. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds In a nutshell: The UK’s most overlooked rapper dares you not to stare this time. The Strokes – Is This It? Lists November 17, 2009 12:53 PM By Brandon Stosuy. [see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011 ] Run the Jewels — RTJ4. Billie Eilish, ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ (Darkroom). Best bit: ‘Screwface Capital’ saw Dave at his imperious best: “Just  know I put both the Ps in opp / At the same time a put the “pay” in paigon.” If there’s a vowel sound in there, Dave will find a way to toy with it. NME. Best bit: The beat-switch in ‘Bad Guy’s final third, where a monstrous bassline rips through the song. Best bit: The emotional gut-punch created when Smith wails, on the chorus of ‘Horsehead’, that he wants to “breathe in / And never breathe back out”. 8. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish Climate change, washed-out love, existentialism and nostalgia for simpler times were some of the record’s resounding themes. Lists December 11, 2008 4:31 PM By Brandon Stosuy. ‘When I Get Home’ is short, sharp and perfectly formed. Rolling Stone vs. NME Top 10 Quiz Stats - By treessimontrees 2. Best moment: When she rapped over the riff from Blink-182’s ‘Adam’s Song’ on ‘Bottom Bitch’. Huge. In a nutshell: A break-up and its fallout, via the medium of wispy pop, It’s been a revelation watching Amber Bain step into the spotlight. NK, In a nutshell: Reformed Sheffield deathcore lads go alt-pop. EH, In a nutshell: The ‘I Am A God’ man has a rethink. When frontman Grian Chatten yelled “Dublin in the rain is mine” to open the album on ‘Big’, you were immediately thrust headfirst into the soggy backstreets of a city that had found its voice again, Chatten wonderfully narrating its ups and downs and twists and turns. With voices and personalities like Billie Eilish’s, the next decade might turn out all right after all, y’know? Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher. 4. Whirling a blade around on-stage, the razor-sharp edge whizzing within inches of her body, Twigs was putting on a killer performance. © 2021 NME is a member of the media division of BandLab Technologies. Here was a rapper unafraid of tackling the hard stuff, of speaking out against the status quo, of being vulnerable in a musical space that doesn’t always allow for emotional candour. Question: how could Lizzo follow up the total earworm that was ‘Juice’? Rex Orange County won over swarms of fans with knowingly schmaltzy love songs that apparently described a golden period in his life. ‘Morbid Stuff’ was joyous and positive – a handbook to help you get by. 5. 7. Leonard Cohen – New Skin For The Old Ceremony, Lucy Jones Yet it was the perfect ‘Ladbroke Grove’, on which he paid homage to the garage sound he loved as a teenager, that proved AJ Tracey is legendary full-stop. Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Promise’ was given 10/10 in 2010. The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs 6. With ‘Dogrel’ the band also proved that they’re not just a band of five punks who shout a lot. With gossamer touch and cinematic scope, it was a three-dimensional, fever-dream portrait that travelled that full gamut of love, loss and grief before concluding: “Peace will come”. Sonic Youth – Goo The record continued the growth and self-actualisation evident on 2017’s ‘Flower Boy’ and showed us the artist Tyler the Creator had been trying to become for years. Clairo - Immunity. 7. The Strokes — The New Abnormal. FKA Twigs’ second record tellingly borrowed its name from the Biblical figure Mary Magdalene. CK, In a nutshell: Experimental hip-hop entrenched in internet humour. 3. 10. The Stone Roses, ‘The Stone Roses’. Yet there was strength in her vulnerability, heightened by Jack Antonoff’s minimalist production and the fact that tracks such ‘hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but i have it’ featured only piano and her exposed vocals. The airy production left space around her inspired lyrics. She expressed resentment towards her ‘man child’ boyfriend on the title track, but also acknowledged – with a nod to Leonard Cohen – that she was willing to stand by him, declaring on ‘Mariners Apartment Complex’ that “I’m your man”. Pushing her sonic boundaries, she crafted one of the year’s stand-out albums from a British rapper. If you’ve arrived at the end of the 2010s curious about what the next decade holds, Eilish and her older brother Finneas O’Connell made the record in their bedroom-studio, so there’s little surprise that ‘When We All Fall Asleep…’ acts as diary entries from an anxious generation. After a six-year hiatus – and now Ezra Koenig’s own ship to steer – New York ensemble Vampire Weekend pulled out all the stops on their fourth LP, an extensive and world-spanning double album that swings from classic romantic country through to chaotic warped electro-rock. ‘Charli’ felt like the culmination of those years, and while the mainstream breakthrough she’s long promised still eludes her, this was absolutely worth waiting for. Best bit: The opening, a capella vocal gymnastics of title track. It was a poignant conclusion to a triumphant record. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead 5. This, her debut, was billed as a break-up album, and in some ways that was true: the music video for ‘Lilo’ co-starred, she realised on ‘Maybe You’re The Reason’, “, Fans had been waiting five years for a new, The death of the album is predicted with alarming regularity, but with the likes of, With the pop culture swing-o-meter lunging towards, The closing of .Paak’s myth-making trilogy of albums, The Cali rap-crooner’s fourth continued in the vein of previous records ‘Malibu’ and, T-Swiz sacks off the snakes and smashes the heart emoji instead, A queer singing cowboy who obscures his identity with a fringed leather face mask, it’d be easy to write Canadian singer-songwriter Peck off as a novelty were his music not so utterly sublime and delivered with such sincerity. The Beatles – The White Album JB, In a nutshell: Intimately-recorded bedroom album chimes with zillions. Neil Young – After The Gold Rush There was an honesty and romanticism to ‘Dogrel’ that defined the record, and when Chatten snarled “Is it too real for ya?” on ‘Too Real’, irony was refreshingly thrown out the door in favour of true, cast-iron connection. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – Rattlesnakes, In Pictures – The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 500-401On Blogs – How We Settled The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time Once And For All, http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid12850839001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAABumiUU~,CmZu1qzq0Nydx8DqfQUoDJv2_kpwyWWq&bctid=2752821941001. ‘IGOR’ found Tyler at his most honest and most evolved state. Despite the departure of bassist Walter Gervers in the making of this record, Foals enhanced the rhythm as they explored new sounds and textures on the first and best of their 2019 duology. Her production choices (she co-produced the album) made the feelings in her words palpable, be it through the impenetrable wall of auto-tune on ‘Closer To You’ to the dizzying distortion on ‘Sofia’. Bright and bolshy, 24-year-old Amalaratna Dlamini set herself up as a natural heir to Minaj’s throne with her cartoon-y second album, which eradicated the memory of throwaway viral hit ‘Mooo!’ and replaced it with fiery, filthy raps such as ‘Cyber Sex’ and ‘Talk Dirty’. The Cali rap-crooner’s fourth continued in the vein of previous records ‘Malibu’ and ‘Oxnard’ in charting his rise from ambitious young buck to star.
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