New Musical Express' Top Albums [1987]

Entertainment: Music NME

### 01. Public Enemy (Yo Bum Rush The Show) ### 02. Prince (Sign 'O' The Times) ### 03. Smiths (Strangeways Here We Come) ### 04. Sonic Youth (Sister) ### 05. Tom Waits (Frank's Wild Years) ### 06. U2 (Joshua Tree) ### 07. Scott La Rock (Criminal Mind) ### 08. Eric B and Rakim (Paid In Full) ### 09. Housemartins (People Who Grinned Themselves..) ### 10. Pet Shop Boys (Actually) ### 11. 10,000 Maniacs (In My Tribe) ### 12. Big Black (Songs About Fucking) ### 13. Proclaimers (This Is The Story) ### 14. Wedding Present (George Best) ### 15. Jesus and Mary Chain (Darklands) ### 16. Beastie Boys (Licensed To Ill) ### 17. R.E.M. (Document) ### 18. Salt 'N' Pepper (Hot, Cool and Vicious) ### 19. Swans (Children Of God) ### 20. Schoolly D (Saturday Night) ### 21. Alexander O' Neal (Hearsay) ### 22. Ll Cool J (Bigger And Deffer) ### 23. Salif Keita (Soro) ### 24. That Petrol Emotion (Babble) ### 25. Sly and Robbie (Rhythm Killers) ### 26. Gun Club (Mother Juno) ### 27. Sect (Voice Of Reason) ### 28. Lloyd Cole and The Commotions (Mainstream) ### 29. Husker Du (Warehouse: Songs And Stories) ### 30. Butthole Surfers (Locust Abortion Technician) ### 31. Just Ice (Kool And Deadly) ### 32. Paul Johnson (Paul Johnson) ### 33. Ornette Coleman (In All Languages) ### 34. Lee ‘Scratch' Perry (Time Boom X Be Devil Dead) ### 35. Julian Cope (St Julian) ### 36. Pastels (Up For A Bit) ### 37. Culturcide (Tacky Souvenirs Of Pre-Revolutionary America) ### 38. Firehose (Ragin' Full On) ### 39. Momus (Poison Boyfriend) ### 40. Najma (Qareeb) ### 41. Triffids (Calenture) ### 42. Jello Biafra (No More Cocoons) ### 43. Blyth Power (Wicked Women, Wicked Men and Wicket Keepers) ### 44. Dan (An Attitude Hits) ### 45. Joan Jett (Good Music) ### 46. Jennifer Warnes (Famous Blue Raincoat) ### 47. Microdisney (Crooked Mile) ### 48. Replacements (Pleased To Meet Me) ### 49. Pop Will Eat Itself (Box Frenzy) ### 50. Biff Bang Pow! (Girl Who Runs The Beat Hotel) ### 51. Ed Keupper (Rooms Of The Magnificent) ### 52. Warren Zevon (Sentimental Hygiene) ### 53. Squeeze (Babylon And On) ### 54. Bruce Springsteen (Tunnel Of Love) ### 55. Trouble Funk (Trouble Over Here, Trouble Over There) ### 56. Close Lobsters (Foxheads Stalk This Land) ### 57. Go-Betweens (Tallulah) ### 58. Loop (Heaven's End) ### 59. Dinosaur Jr. (You're Living All Over Me) ### 60. Happy Mondays (Squirrel and G-Man, Etc.) ===== Missing: ===== * Scott La Rock (07) * Big Black (12) * Wedding Present (band) (14) * Schoolly D (20) * Salif Keita (23) * That Petrol Emotion (24) * Gun Club (26) * Sect (27) * Lloyd Cole and The Commotions (28) * Just Ice (31) * Paul Johnson (32) * Pastels (36) * Culturcide (37) * Firehose (38) * Najma (40) * Triffids (41) * Blyth Power (43) * Dan (44) * Microdisney (47) * Pop Will Eat Itself (49) * Biff Bang Pow! (50) * Ed Keupper (51) * Trouble Funk (55) * Close Lobsters (56) * Go-Betweens (57) * Loop (58)

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

7

1

Public Enemy

Musicians

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

5

2

Prince

Vocalist

59.76% (98 of 164 votes)

11

3

The Smiths

Musicians

30.85% (58 of 188 votes)

21

4

Sonic Youth

Musician

0% (0 of 2 votes)

22

5

Tom Waits

Musician

0% (0 of 2 votes)

17

6

U2

Musicians

0% (0 of 2 votes)

25

8

Eric B. & Rakim

Musicians

0% (0 of 1 votes)

2

9

Housemartins

Musicians

100% (1 of 1 votes)

12

10

Pet Shop Boys

Musicians

30.70% (35 of 114 votes)

18

11

10,000 Maniacs

Musicians

0% (0 of 2 votes)

28

12

Big Black

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

20

13

The Proclaimers

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

3

15

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Musicians

100% (1 of 1 votes)

9

16

Beastie Boys

Musicians

35.71% (10 of 28 votes)

19

17

R.E.M.

Musicians

0% (0 of 2 votes)

26

18

The Salt-N-Pepa Show

TV Series

0% (0 of 0 votes)

4

19

Swan

TV Series

100% (1 of 1 votes)

1

20

Schoolly D

Vocalist

100% (2 of 2 votes)

32

21

Alexander O'Neal

Vocalist

0% (0 of 1 votes)

15

22

LL Cool J

Vocalist

27.14% (19 of 70 votes)

36

25

Sly and Robbie

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

24

29

Husker Du

Musicians

0% (0 of 10 votes)

34

30

Butthole Surfers

Musicians

0% (0 of 5 votes)

35

33

Ornette Coleman

Musician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

27

34

Lee 'Scratch' Perry

Vocalist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

29

35

Julian Cope

Vocalist

0% (0 of 2 votes)

30

39

Momus

Musician

0% (0 of 1 votes)

8

42

Jello Biafra

Musician

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

13

45

Joan Jett

Vocalist

30.36% (17 of 56 votes)

31

46

Jennifer Warnes

Vocalist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

33

48

The Replacements

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

23

52

Warren Zevon

Musician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

6

53

Squeeze

Musicians

57.83% (48 of 83 votes)

10

54

Bruce Springsteen

Vocalist

32.24% (49 of 152 votes)

14

59

Dinosaur, Jr.

Musicians

28.57% (2 of 7 votes)

16

60

Happy Mondays

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)