June 1st, 1974. The UK music magazine NME published its list of the 100 Greatest Albums:

1. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles

2. Blond On Blond – Bob Dylan

3. Pet Sounds – Beach Boys

4. Revolver – The Beatles

5. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan

6. Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix

7. Are You Experienced? – Jimi Hendeix

8. Abby Road – The Beatles

9. Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones

10. Music From Big Pink – The Band

11. Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones

12. Layla – Derek & The Dominoes

13. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground

14. Golden Decade Vol 1 – Chuck Berry

15. Rubber Soul – The Beatles

16. Tommy – The Who

17. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel

18. Hunky Dory – David Bowie

19. Beggar’s Banquet – The Rolling Stones

20. Disraeli Gears – Cream

21. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn – Pink Floyd

22. My Generation – The Who

23. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash

24. The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones

25. Imagine – John Lennon

26. Tapestry – Carole King

27. Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie

28. Freewheelin’ – Bob Dylan

29. Back In The USA – MC5

30. Deja Vu – Crosby, Stills & Nash

31. The Band – The Band

32. Gasoline Alley – Rod Stewart

33. A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles

34. Every Picture Tells A Story – Rod Stewart

35. Led Zeppelin 4 – Led Zeppelin

36. The Doors – The Doors

37. In The Court Of The Crimson King – King Crimson

38. Exile On Main Street – The Rolling Stones

39. The Beatles – The Beatles

40. The Soft Machine – Soft Machine

41. Hot Rats – Frank Zappa

42. Traffic – Traffic

43. Trout Mask Replica – Captain Beefheart

44. Music From A Dolls House – Family

45. Talking Book – Stevie Wonder

46. Anthology – Smoky Bacon & The Miracles

47. Strange Days – The Doors

48. Led Zeppelin 2 – Led Zeppelin

49. Otis Blue – Otis Redding

50. Stand Up – Jethro Tull

51. Impressions, The – Big 16

52. Love – Forever Changes

53. Young, Neil – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

54. Taylor, James – Sweet Baby James

55. Byrds, The – Fifth Dimension

56. Wings – Band On The Run

57. Bowie, David – The Man Who Sold The World

58. Mothers Of Invention, The – We’re Only In It For The Money

59. Rolling Stones, The – Get Your Ya-Yas Out

60. Beck, Jeff, Group – Beck-Ola

61. Stooges, Iggy & The – Raw Power

62. Beach Boys, The – Smiley Smile

63. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks

64. Velvet Underground, The – Loaded

65. Franklin, Aretha – Greatest Hits

66. Beatles, The – With The Beatles

67. Mitchell, Joni – Blue

68. Mothers Of Invention, The – Freak Out

69. Young, Neil – After The Gold Rush

70. Stills, Stephen – Stephen Stills

71. Winter, Johnny – Johnny Winter And

72. Cocker, Joe – With A Little Help From My Friends

73. Yes – The Yes Album

74. Morrison, Van – Moondance

75. Rundgren, Todd – A Wizard, A True Star

76. Lennon, John – Plastic Ono Band

77. Jefferson Airplane, The – Crown Of Creation

78. Doors, The L.A. Woman

79. Sly & The Family Stone – There’s A Riot Going On

80. Who, The – Who’s Next

81. Country Joe & The Fish – Electric Music For The Mind & Body

82. Johnson, Robert – King Of The Delta Blues Singers

83. Beach Boys, The – Best Of The Beach Boys Volume 1

84. Mitchell, Joni – Songs For A Seagull

85. Mayall’s, John, Bluesbreakers – Bluesbreakers

86. Traffic – Mr Fantasy

87. Dylan, Bob – Bringing It All Back Home

88. Presley, Elvis – Greatest Hits Volume 2

89. Velvet Underground, The – White Light/White Heat

90. Moby Grape – Moby Grape

91. Big Brother & The Holding Co. – Cheap Thrills

92. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon

93. Doctor John – Gris-Gris

94. Wonder, Stevie – Music Of The Mind

95. Roxy Music – Stranded

96. Beach Boys, The – Surf’s Up

97. Newman, Randy – 12 Songs

98. Spirit – The 12 Dreams Of Dr Sardonicus

99. Miller, Steve, Band – Sailor

100. The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup

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