NME - top 25 debut albums

[fat cherry]

in no particular order I believe.......

The XX
Joy Division, unknown pleasures
Ramones
Suede
Velvets & Nico
Oasis - definitely maybe
Arctic Monkeys - whatever people say I am...
REM - murmer
Kanye West - college dropout
Guns n Roses - appetite for dstruction
Super Furry Animals fuzzy logic
Stone Roses
Kiling Joke
Beatles - please please me
Pistols - never mind the ...
Patti Smith - Horses
Smiths
Strokes - is this it
Devo - are we not men
Eminem - the slim shady
Neu
My Bloody Valentine - isn't anything
Stooges
Who - my generation
Bob Dylan

[black francis]

There's a lot of crap on that list. The Strokes? Kanye West? Suede? WTF?

I'd say they forgot

JAMC - Psychocandy
Bunnymen - Crocodiles
The Damned - Damned, Damned, Damned
Elvis Presley - Self Titled
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Love and Rockets - Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
Front 242 - Geography
New York Dolls - Self Titled
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Weezer - Blue Album
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents

That's just off the top of my head.

I could throw a dart at any of your music collections and hit a better debut album than some of that crap on the list.

[zabird]

Also the self-titled debut albums from the Clash and the Psychedelic Furs. And if you an count a debut EP, "Spiral Scratch" by Buzzcocks.

[fat cherry]

theres always crap in the lists and I htink the magazine has a top 50 so room for more crap.

[the puppet]

This is what you want this what you get-well not always and unless I make the list I wont be fully happy.Always nice to be reminded of test tubes on album covers.

[fat cherry]

well its a but of a surprise there so many old ones if you ask me - no libertines/babysmbles for a start, which you'd expect from the nme.

[withahip]

I was surprised by how much good stuff there is. I like the Xx but their debut has not caused the stir of a lot of those listed.

And even if you aren't into Suede, that first release was a big deal.

I am going by the music plus the amount of excitement the music caused. I am assuming that would be NME's criteria.

[Dr Cheese]

Who gives a shite what the NME thinks, does anyone even read it anymore?

[Voodoo Billy]

I much prefer 'People's Friend' these days.

[withahip]

Who gives a shite what the NME thinks, does anyone even read it anymore?

Only when you guys post it here.

[girlwithnoname]

I wonder how they came up with this list? Was is one sweaty guy sitting at his computer, or was it something put together with input from multiple people working there? If so, that would explain some of the incongruity in the selection (I mean, come one, Slim Shady???)

I was shocked to see that "Crocodiles" wasn't on the list either--it definitely should have been!

[withahip]

I wonder how they came up with this list?

Lists sell magazines. People love lists.

And yes, I agree - Croc should've been on there.

[happy_loss]

There's a lot of crap on that list. The Strokes? Kanye West? Suede? WTF?

I'd say they forgot

JAMC - Psychocandy
Bunnymen - Crocodiles
The Damned - Damned, Damned, Damned
Elvis Presley - Self Titled
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Love and Rockets - Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
Front 242 - Geography
New York Dolls - Self Titled
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Weezer - Blue Album
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents

That's just off the top of my head.

I could throw a dart at any of your music collections and hit a better debut album than some of that crap on the list.

I like your list better BF.

[Voodoo Billy]

Me too, also adding:
The Primitives - Lovely
Balcony Dogs - Trip
The Wild Swans - Bringing Home the Ashes

[fat cherry]

hipster's right. all the music mags have a list in every edition. I'd guess its a friday afternoon job whilst their killing time between the pub and clocking out.