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›› Debut & Doubles - The best and worst debut (1992) and double albums ever. (1991)
›› 40 Records That Captured the Moment - 40th Anniversary issue 9th May 1992
›› NME 100 Best independent singles ever from 1992.
›› NME Writers all time 100 best albums - 1993
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›› The NME 100: How Rock Shook The World… - 1999 
›› Readers & Writers Choice For The Most Heartbreak Albums Of All Time 2000
›› NME 50 Greatest Artists of all time - 2002 - 50th Anniversary issue
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›› NME 100 best albums 2003
›› NME 10 Great Live Albums - 2003
›› NME’s 100 Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Films - 2003
›› 117 Songs to soundtrack your summer - 2003
›› NME' 50 Greatest Cover Versions Of All  Time - 2005
›› 100 Greatest British Albums Of All Time - 2006
›› Radiohead - The National Anthems 2006
›› The Greatest Tracks Of The Decade (1996 – 2006)
›› NME Classic Albums & Singles - 2006 - 07
›› NME- The Greatest Indie Anthems Ever - 2007
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›› NME Albums Of The Year...So Far - July 2010
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›› John Lennon - 20 Most Underrated Tracks
›› NME 100 Greatest Albums You've Never Herd
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›› NME/Uncut 501 Lost Songs - 2011
›› NME.COM 150 Best Tracks Of Last 15 Years - 2011
›› NME 100 Greatest Albums You've Never herd...Pt 2 - 2012
›› NME - 60 Years Of NME: Best Of The Decades
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›› NME - 50 Albums That Built Punk - 2013
›› NME - 100 Greatest Britpop Songs - 2013
›› NME The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time - 2013
›› NME 60 Greatest Soundtrack Albums - 2014
›› NME - The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time - 2014
›› NME 101 Albums To Hear Befour You Die - 2014
›› NME 50 Must Have EP's - 2014
›› NME  30 Killer B-Side & Raraties Albums - 2014
›› NME Bowie: His Real Greatest Hits - 2014
›› NME Greatest ALbums Of The Decade So Far.. 2015
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›› NME 100 Greatest Beatles Songs - 2015
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›› NME 50 Albums To Hear Before You Die - 2016
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1995 NME Albums

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1. Maxinquaye - Tricky
2. (Whats The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
3. It's Great When You're Straight..Yeah! - Black Grape
4. The Bends - Radiohead
5. Grand Prix - Teenage Fanclub
6. I Should Coco - Supergrass
7. Different Class - Pulp
8. To Bring You My Love - Pj Harvey
9. The Great Escape - Blur
10. Timeless - Goldie
11. Elastica - Elastica
12. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
13. The Second Tindersticks Album - Tindersticks
14. Wake Up! - The Boo Radleys
15. Hot Charity - Rocket From The Crypt
16. Wowee Zowee - Pavement
17. A Northern Soul - The Verve
18. The Charlatans - The Charlatans
19. Garbage - Garbage
20. Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers
21. Exit The Dragon - Urge Overkill
22. Pure Phase - Spritulized Electric Mainline
23. No Protection - Massive Attack V Mad Professor
24. Mark's Keyboard Repair - Money Mark
25. Stanley Road - Paul Weller
26. Throbbing Pouch - Wagon Christ
27. Bwyd Time - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
28. Leftism - Leftfield
29. Only Built For Cuban Links - Raekwon
30. Liquid Swords - Genius/Gza
31. Washing Machine - Sonic Youth
32. Life - The Cardigans
33. Music For The Amorphous Body Study Centre - Stereolab
34. Branded - Isaac Hayes
35. Post - Bjork
36. Ballbreaker - AC/DC
37. L'etat Et Moi - Blumfeld
38. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
39. I Was Born A Man - Baby Bird
40. Tical - Method Man
41. Mirror Ball - Neil Young
42. Clear - Bomb The Bass
43. Tilt - Scott Walker
44. Jack's Tulips - Lambchop
45. Nobody's Cool - Lotion
46. We Care - Whale
47. Disgraceful - Dubstar
48. There Are Strings - Spring Heel Jack
49. Red Medicine - Fugazi
50. Viva Last Blues - Palace Music

NME Singles 1995

1. Black Grape -  Reverend Black Grape
2. Supergrass -  Alright
3. Pulp - Sorted For E's And Wizz
4. Oasis -  Some Might Say
5. Foo Fighters -  This Is Is A Call
6. Oasis -  Wonderwall
7. Mcalmont & Butler -  Yes
8. Pulp -  Common People
9. Blur -  The Universal
10. Tlc -  Waterfalls
11. Tricky. Black Steel
12. The Boo Radleys -  Wake Up, Boo!
13. Coolio -  Gangsta's Paradise
14. Orbital -  Times Fly
15. The Verve -  History
16. Teenage Fanclub -  Mellow Doubt
17. Radiohead -  High And Dry
18. Ash -  Girl From Mars
19. Method Man -  Release Yo'delf
20. The Bluetones -  Bluetonic
21. The Stone Roses -  Ten Storey Love Song
22. Blur -  Country House
23. Radiohead -  Fake Plastic Trees
24. Plush -  Found A Little Baby
25. Blackgrape -  Kelly's Heroes
26. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci -  Llanfwrog Ep
27. Nick Cave And Kylie Minogue -  Where The Wild Roses Grow
28. Clubbed To Death -  Clubbed To Death
29. Scarface -  Hand Of The Dead Body
30. Alanis Morissette -  You Oughta Know
31. Black Grape -  In The Name Of The Father
32. The Cardigans -  Sick And Tired
33. Ash -  Kung Fu
34. The Bluetones -  Are You Blue Or Are You Blind
35. Weezer -  Buddy Holly
36. Nicolette -  No Government
37. Passengers -  Miss Sarajevo
38. Edwyn Collins -  A Girl Like You
39. Beastie Boys -  Root Down Ep
40. Pavement -  Father To A Sister Of Thought
41. Pj Harvey -  Down By The Water
42. Alex Reece -  Pulp Fiction
43. Elastica -  Waking Up
44. Hole -  Doll Parts
45. Spooky -  Stereo EP
46. Tortoise -  Gamera/Ciiff Dweller Society
47. Take That -  Back For Good
48. Radiohead -  Lucky
49. Supergrass -  Mansize Rooster
50. The Connells -  '74-'75