60 most important albums of NME's lifetime (1952-2012)

50s 
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (1956)

Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1957)
Billie Holiday - The Lady Sings The Blues (1956)
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (1959)

60s
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (1964)
James Brown - Live At The Apollo (1963)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At The Star Club, Hamburg (1964)
The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1968)
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis (1969)
The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969)

70s
The Who - Live At Leeds (1970)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality (1971)
David Bowie - The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders from Mars (1972)
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Bod Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)
Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks (1977)
The Clash - London Calling (1979)

80s 
Joy Division - Closer (1980)
Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980)
Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
Prince - Purple Rain (1984)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy (1985)
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead (1986)
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (1986)
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Public Enemy - It takes a nation of millions to hold us back (1988)
NWA - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)

90s 
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (1992)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
Portishead - Dummy (1994)
Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (1996)
Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (1999)

00s 
Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)
The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002)
The Libertines - Up The Bracket (2002)
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner (2003)
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - (2006)
Burial - Untrue (2007)
MIA - Kala (2007)
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (2008)
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs - (2010)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)