Ruby Trax - The NME's Roaring Forty is a compilation album released by the magazine NME in 1992 to commemorate 40 years of publication. The album features 40 cover versions of classic Number 1 songs by popular bands of the era. It was released in the following formats: three LPs (NME40LP), three CDs (NME40CD) or two cassettes (NME40MC), all having a total of 40 songs.

The album spawned a double A-side single featuring Manic Street Preachers' version of "Suicide Is Painless", which was listed as "Theme from M.A.S.H.", and The Fatima Mansions' take on Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" .


   1. THE WONDER STUFF: Coz I Luv You
   2. BILLY BRAGG: When Will I See You Again?
   3. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN: Little Red Rooster
   4. THE MISSION: Atomic
   5. THE FATIMA MANSIONS: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
   6. ST ETIENNE: Stranger In Paradise
   7. THE WEDDING PRESENT: Cumberland Gap
   8. AZTEC CAMERA / ANDY FAIRWEATHER-LOW: (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice
   9. DANNII MINOGUE: Show You The Way To Go
  10. WELFARE HEROINE: Where Do You Go To My Lovely?
  11. THE BLUE AEROPLANES: Bad Moon Rising
  12. SENSELESS THINGS: Apache
  13. TEENAGE FANCLUB: Mr Tambourine Man

DISC TWO

   1. CARTER USM: Another Brick In The Wall
   2. BLUR: Maggie May
   3. TEARS FOR FEARS: Ashes To Ashes
   4. THE HOUSE OF LOVE: Rock Your Baby
   5. THE FRANK AND WALTERS: I'm A Believer
   6. EMF: Shaddap You Face
   7. SUEDE: Brass In Pocket
   8. TORI AMOS: Ring My Bell
   9. KINGMAKER: Lady Madonna
  10. MARC ALMOND: Like A Prayer
  11. THE FARM: Don't You Want Me?
  12. NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN: I've Never Been To Me
  13. BOY GEORGE: My Sweet Lord

DISC THREE

   1. JESUS JONES: Voodoo Chile
   2. BOB GELDOF: Sunny Afternoon
   3. JOHHNY MARR & BILLY DUFFY: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
   4. CUD: Down Down
   5. THE FALL: Legend Of Xanadu
   6. SINEAD O'CONNOR: Secret Love
   7. WORLD PARTY: World Without Love
   8. INSPIRAL CARPETS: Tainted Love
   9. ELEKTRIC MUSIC: Baby Come Back
  10. RIDE: The Model
  11. VIC REEVES: Vienna
  12. TIN MACHINE: Go Now
  13. CURVE: I Feel Love* 4:24
  14. MANIC STREET PREACHERS: Suicide Is Painless