NME LISTS

50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2011

The standout long-players of the year

50 BEST VIDEOS OF 2011

From Azealia Banks to Arctic Monkeys

50 GREATEST GUITAR SOLOS EVER

Rock's most electrifying axe moments

20 GREATEST INDIE ANTHEMS

As voted by you

LESSER KNOWN COVERS

27 tracks you didn't know you were covers

25 MOST ANNOYING SONGS

Music's most irritating moments

20 WORST POP ACTS

A junkyard of musical dreck

150 BEST TRACKS

150 of the best tracks from the past 15 years

50 BEST REMIXES EVER

The greatest re-works ever

20 CONTROVERSIAL MUSIC VIDEOS

The most cringe-worthy, offensive promos out there

100 GREATEST MUSIC VIDEOS

From Michael Jackson to Johnny Cash

MY FIRST ALBUM

Artists on the first record they ever bought

YOUTUBE'S MOST VIEWED

The 40 most watched music clips ever

BOB DYLAN EXPLAINED

The stories behind his 70 best songs

20 BEST POP ACTS EVER

As voted by NME.COM users

THE LIBERTINES

50 geeky facts about Pete and Carl

GREAT FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES

The 50 most memorable sets ever

CONTROVERSIAL MOMENTS

44 shocking chapters in rock history

LADY GAGA EXPLAINED

50 incredibly geeky facts

50 GREATEST LIVE ALBUMS

From Metallica to Muse

FIGHT CLUB

50 most vicious put-downs in music

50 BEST BAND LOGOS

Music's most memorable designs

INSANE IN THE BRAIN

21 spectacular celebrity meltdowns

READING AND LEEDS

25 greatest moments

ESSENTIAL BOOTLEGS

30 unofficial albums you need to hear

25 GREAT LIVE HOOK-UPS

A few of our favourite onstage collaborations

20 GREATEST METAL ALBUMS

As voted for by NME.COM users. You'll never guess what's number one

20 ESSENTIAL LIVE DVDS

The concert films every music fan should own

50 FACTS ABOUT ARCTIC MONKEYS

Incredibly geeky facts about Alex Turner and co

50 BEST FRONTMEN AND WOMEN

A tribute to the most charismatic band leaders ever

50 DARKEST ALBUMS EVER

Draw the curtains - it's the gloomiest records of all time

20 NEW ACTS FOR 2011

From Anna Calvi to The Vaccines, the cream of the new crop

50 BEST TRACKS OF 2010

The musical moments that defined the past twelve months

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR, 1974–2010

NME's favourite albums, going back to the seventies

50 GREATEST DEBUT ALBUMS

Year by year, the best opening salvos from a half–century of rock n roll

50 BEST NEW BANDS OF 2010

The acts that have made life worth living over the past 12 months

MUSIC'S BEST LYRICISTS

From Laura Marling to Thom Yorke, the best wordsmiths in music today

20 GREATEST CULT HEROES

Unsung icons, from Mark Linkous to Mark E Smith

TOP 100 TRACKS OF THE DECADE

Our favourite 100 songs from the past decade, featuring Outkast, White Stripes, Blur, Beyonce and more...

50 BEST TRACKS OF 2009

The songs that soared. Bow down to La Roux, The XX, Bon Iver, Kasabian, Lady Gaga and more...

50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2008

Vampire Weekend, MGMT and Glasvegas – a vintage year for guitar music.

50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2006

Muse, Hot Chip, Arctic Monkeys, CSS and Yeah Yeah Yeahs make it a year to remember.

50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2004

Featuring Franz Ferdinand's debut, Danger Mouse's 'Grey Album', and The 22-20s (remember them?).

50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2002

From Raging Speedhorn (yes, really) to Coldplay's 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head'.

50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2000

The first year of the decade brought us the explosive 'Rated R' by QOTSA.