Der NME hat ebenfalls mal eine Liste der besten Debütalben veröffentlicht. Statt eines Rankings haben sie jeweils ein herausragendes Debüt pro Jahr genannt:
1960: JOAN BAEZ – Joan Baez
1961: THE SHADOWS – The Shadows
1962: BOB DYLAN – Bob Dylan
1963: THE BEATLES – Please Please Me
1964: DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – A Girl Called Dusty
1965: THE WHO – My Generation
1966: THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION – Freak Out!
1967: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND – The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968: THE BAND – Music From Big Pink
1969: THE STOOGES – The Stooges
1970: BLACK SABBATH – Black Sabbath
1971: THIN LIZZY – Thin Lizzy
1972: NEU! – Neu!
1973: NEW YORK DOLLS – New York Dolls
1974: BRIAN ENO – Here Come the Warm Jets
1975: PATTI SMITH – Horses
1976: RAMONES – Ramones
1977: SEX PISTOLS – Never Mind The Bollocks
1978: DEVO – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
1979: JOY DIVISION – Unknown Pleasures
1980: KILLING JOKE – Killing Joke
1981: DEPECHE MODE – Speak and Spell
1982: ABC – Lexicon Of Love
1983: R.E.M. – Murmur
1984: THE SMITHS – The Smiths
1985: THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – Psychocandy
1986: BEASTIE BOYS – Licensed To Ill
1987: GUNS N’ ROSES – Appetite for Destruction
1988: MY BLOODY VALENTINE – Isn’t Anything
1989: THE STONE ROSES – The Stone Roses
1990: THE LA’S – The La’s
1991: MASSIVE – Blue Lines
1992: MANIC STREET PREACHERS – Generation Terrorists
1993: SUEDE – Suede
1994: OASIS – Definitely Maybe
1995: ELASTICA – Elastica
1996: SUPER FURRY ANIMALS – Fuzzy Logic
1997: RONI SIZE & REPRAZENT – New Forms
1998: LAURYN HILL – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
1999: EMINEM – The Slim Shady LP
2000: COLDPLAY – Parachutes
2001: THE STROKES – Is This It
2002: THE LIBERTINES – Up the Bracket
2003: DIZZEE RASCAL – Boy In Da Corner
2004: KANYE WEST – The College Dropout
2005: ARCADE FIRE – Funeral
2006: ARCTIC MONKEYS – Whatever People Say I Am…
2007: KLAXONS – Myths Of the Near Future
2008: CRYSTAL CASTLES – Crystal Castles
2009: THE XX – xx
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Hey man, why don't we make a tune... just playin' the melody, not play the solos...