“The final, definitive, definitely last of its kind, never to be repeated, comprehensive, and absolutely accurate (obviously) word on the best records ever…” “No album is made in a vacuum, but The Queen Is Dead is one of the select few that seems to transcend its influences and synthesise them into something singular and new,” reads the accompanying blurb for the #1 slot. The Smiths’ The Queen Is Dead, the band’s third studio album released in 1986, has been named as the greatest album of all time in the NMElist, put together by the critical institution’s 82 or so writers. But of course, it’s a British classic that’s taken out pole position. NME makes no apologies about their results, indicating that they’re designed to stimulate debate, with the 500 records selected for canonisation running the gamut from music veterans to emerging bands, through multiple genres, eras, and countries. The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time, is “the final, definitive, definitely last of its kind, never to be repeated, comprehensive, and absolutely accurate (obviously) word on the best records ever,” according to the cover of the latest issue of the British publication. A list of the greatest albums “of all time” has been compiled by long-running British tastemakers NME, who are famous for their (often polarising) list-making.
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