1988 NME Readers - All Time Top 100 Albums

Ranking	Artist / Band	Album Title	Release
1	Smiths, The	The Queen Is Dead	1986
2	Jesus and Mary Chain	Psychocandy	1984
3	Joy Division	Unknown Pleasures	1979
4	Smiths, The	A Hatful Of Hollow	1984
5	Velvet Underground, The	The Velvet Underground + Nico	1966
6	Morrison, Van	Astral Weeks	1968
7	Beatles, The	Revolver	1966
8	Joy Division	Closer	1980
9	Sex Pistols, The	Never Mind The Bollocks	1977
10	Dylan, Bob	Blonde On Blonde	1966
11	Clash	The Clash	1977
12	Gaye, Marvin	What's Going On	1971
13	Smiths, The	The Smiths	1984
14	Costello, Elvis	Imperial Bedroom	1982
15	Dylan, Bob	Highway 61 Revisited	1965
16	Dylan, Bob	Blood On The Tracks	1975
17	Television	Marquee Moon	1977
18	Love	Forever Changes	1968
19	R.E.M.	Document	1987
20	U2	The Joshua Tree	1987
21	Waits, Tom	Swordfishtrombones	1983
22	Costello, Elvis	King Of America	1986
23	Doors, The	The Doors	1967
24	Prefab Sprout	Steve McQueen	1985
25	Costello, Elvis	Get Happy	1980
26	Cole, Lloyd & The Commotions	Rattlesnakes	1985
27	Beatles, The	Beatles (White Album)	1968
28	Clash, The	London Calling	1980
29	Springsteen, Bruce	Born To Run	1975
30	Beach Boys, The	Pet Sounds	1966
31	Smiths, The	Strangeways, Here We Come	1987
32	Pogues, The	Rum Sodomy & The Lash	1985
33	Bowie, David	The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust	1972
34	The, The	Infected	1986
35	Smith, Patti	Horses	1976
36	Springsteen, Bruce	Darkness On The Edge Of Town	1978
37	Smiths, The	Meat Is Murder	1985
38	Captain Beefheart	Trout Mask Replica	1969
39	R.E.M.	Life's Rich Pageant	1986
40	Waits, Tom	Raindogs	1985
41	The, The	Soul Mining	1983
42	Beatles, The	Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967
43	Jam, The	All Mod Cons	1978
44	Cocteau Twins	Treasure	1984
45	Dexy's Midnight Runners	Searching For The Young Soul Rebels	1980
46	Prince	Parade	1986
47	Bowie, David	Hunky Dory	1971
48	Presley, Elvis	The Sun Collection/Sessions	1976
49	Lennon, John	John Lennon & Plastic Ono band	1970
50	Rolling Stones, The	Exile On Main Street	1972
51	Doors, The	L.A. Woman	1971
52	R.E.M.	Reckoning	1984
53	Costello, Elvis	This Year's Model	1978
54	Davis, Miles	Kind Of Blue	1959
55	Redding, Otis	Otis blue	1965
56	Pink Floyd	Dark Side Of The Moon	1973
57	Dylan, Bob	Bringing It All Back Home	1965
58	Buzzcocks	Singles Going Steady	1981
59	Jam, The	Setting Sons	1979
60	New Order	Low Life	1986
61	R.E.M.	Murmur	1983
62	Pink Floyd	Animals	1977
63	Beatles, The	Abbey Road	1969
64	Talking Heads	More Songs About Buildings And Food	1978
65	Beatles, The	Rubber Soul	1965
66	Morrison, Van	Moondance	1970
67	Prince	Sign O' The Times	1986
68	Talking Heads	Fear Of Music	1979
69	New Order	Substance	1987
70	Springsteen, Bruce	Born In The USA	1985
71	Bowie, David	Low	1977
72	Roxy Music	For Your Pleasure	1973
73	ABC	Lexicon Of Love	1982
74	Fall, The	Bend Sinister	1986
75	Captain Beefheart	Clear Spot	1972
76	Simple Minds	New Gold Dream	1982
77	Aztec Camera	High Land Hard Rain	1983
78	Jesus and Mary Chain	Darklands	1987
79	Fall, The	Grotesque	1980
80	Bowie, David	Station To Station	1976
81	New Order	Power Corruption & Lies	1983
82	Smiths, The	The World Won't Listen	1987
83	Rolling Stones, The	Beggars Banquet	1968
84	Reed, Lou	Berlin	1973
85	Bush, Kate	Hounds Of Love	1985
86	Wedding Present, The	George Best	1987
87	Siouxsie & The Banshees	The Scream	1978
88	Housemartins, The	London 0 Hull 4	1986
89	Costello, Elvis	Blood & Chocolate	1986
90	Sonic Youth	Sister	1987
91	Fall, The	This Nation's Saving Grace	1985
92	Beefheart, Captain	Safe As Milk	1968
93	Pink Floyd	The Wall	1980
94	Bowie, David	Young Americans	1975
95	Gaye, Marvin	Let's Get It On	1973
96	Hendrix, Jimi	Electric Ladyland	1968
97	Echo & The Bunnymen	Crocodiles	1980
98	U2	Boy	1980
99	Fagen, Donald	Nightfly	1982
100	Velvet Underground, The	Live 1969	1969