Year by year stats
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1957: 4.67 (3 albums)
Kenya - Machito
Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis
Chirping Crickets - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2016: 4.5 (2)
Blackstar - David Bowie
You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen
1959: 4.33 (3)
The Gershwin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles
1998: 4.14 (7)
Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev
Clandestino - Manu Chao
Moon Safari - Air
You've Come a Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim
Music Has The Right To Children - Boards of Canada
Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
1973: 4 (6)
Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Mott - Mott The Hoople
Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan
3 + 3 - The Isley Brothers
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
1965: 4 (5)
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
Rubber Soul - Beatles
The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Live At The Regal - B.B. King
1958: 4 (2)
The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Dance Mania - Tito Puente
1963: 4 (2)
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
1999: 4 (2)
Beyond Skin - Nitin Sawhney
69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields
2005: 4 (2)
Arular - M.I.A.
Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes
1955: 4 (1)
In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra
1992: 4 (1)
Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
2018: 4 (1)
Chris - Christine and the Queens
2019: 4 (1)
KIWANUKA - Michael Kiwanuka
1972: 3.88 (8)
Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
Close To The Edge - Yes
All Directions - The Temptations
Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Transformer - Lou Reed
Machine Head - Deep Purple
1990: 3.83 (6)
Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy
Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes
Goo - Sonic Youth
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest
Violator - Depeche Mode
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor
1975: 3.8 (5)
Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
The Köln Concert - Keith Jarrett
Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
Young Americans - David Bowie
1982: 3.75 (4)
Too Rye Ay - Dexys Midnight Runners
The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
The Rise & Fall - Madness
Rio - Duran Duran
1971: 3.67 (12)
The Yes Album - Yes
Live! - Fela Kuti
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
Who's Next - The Who
L.A. Woman - The Doors
Trafalgar - Bee Gees
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
Pearl - Janis Joplin
Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
Shaft - Isaac Hayes
1964: 3.67 (3)
A Hard Day's Night - Beatles
Rock 'N Soul - Solomon Burke
Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz
2006: 3.67 (3)
Ys - Joanna Newsom
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco
Black Holes and Revelations - Muse
1977: 3.63 (8)
Aja - Steely Dan
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Before And After Science - Brian Eno
Talking Heads 77 - Talking Heads
Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra
1997: 3.6 (5)
A Short Album About Love - The Divine Comedy
Butterfly - Mariah Carey
Either Or - Elliott Smith
Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
1967: 3.56 (9)
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
Groovin' - The Young Rascals
Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen
Headquarters - The Monkees
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
Electric Music For The Mind And Body - Country Joe & The Fish
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
Disraeli Gears - Cream
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
1989: 3.5 (4)
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Disintegration - The Cure
Moss Side Story - Barry Adamson
1956: 3.5 (2)
The Wildest! - Louis Prima
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! - Frank Sinatra
2010: 3.5 (2)
Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe
1969: 3.36 (14)
Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen
Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention
Basket of Light - Pentangle
Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
Tommy - The Who
Cloud Nine - The Temptations
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Live / Dead - Grateful Dead
Liege And Lief - Fairport Convention
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
The Band - The Band
1988: 3.33 (6)
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Bug - Dinosaur Jr.
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
Surfer Rosa - Pixies
1974: 3.33 (3)
Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Crime Of The Century - Supertramp
1981: 3.33 (3)
The Poet - Bobby Womack
Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go's
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno
1984: 3.33 (3)
Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen
Meat Puppets II - Meat Puppets
1984 - Van Halen
1995: 3.33 (3)
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
I Should Coco - Supergrass
Garbage - Garbage
2000: 3.33 (3)
Lost Souls - Doves
Tanto Tempo - Bebel Gilberto
Parachutes - Coldplay
2001: 3.25 (4)
Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
Is This It - The Strokes
Southern Rock Opera - Drive-By Truckers
1976: 3.2 (5)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading
Hotel California - Eagles
1983: 3.2 (5)
Synchronicity - The Police
Colour By Numbers - Culture Club
Murmur - R.E.M.
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
War - U2
2002: 3.2 (5)
The Coral - The Coral
A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
The Last Broadcast - Doves
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
1987: 3.17 (6)
Document - R.E.M.
Opus Dei - Laibach
The Joshua Tree - U2
Among The Living - Anthrax
Scum - Napalm Death
Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode
1994: 3.13 (8)
Live Through This - Hole
Illmatic - Nas
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Crazysexycool - TLC
Smash - The Offspring
Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G.
MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
Dookie - Green Day
1979: 3 (6)
Reggatta De Blanc - The Police
Pretenders - Pretenders
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Entertainment - Gang Of Four
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
At Budokan - Cheap Trick
1966: 3 (5)
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Da Capo - Love
Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone
Aftermath - The Rolling Stones
Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds
2003: 3 (5)
Hail To the Thief - Radiohead
Frank - Amy Winehouse
Want One - Rufus Wainwright
Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Youth And Young Manhood - Kings of Leon
1980: 3 (4)
Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys
Kilimanjaro - The Teardrop Explodes
Arc Of A Diver - Steve Winwood
Remain In Light - Talking Heads
2004: 3 (4)
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - TV On The Radio
Hot Fuss - The Killers
American Idiot - Green Day
1985: 3 (3)
This Nation’s Saving Grace - The Fall
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears
1978: 2.86 (7)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
The Only Ones - The Only Ones
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu
Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye
More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads
Van Halen - Van Halen
Parallel Lines - Blondie
1996: 2.86 (7)
Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow
Odelay - Beck
Antichrist Superstar - Marilyn Manson
Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
Being There - Wilco
If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian
Come Find Yourself - Fun Lovin' Criminals
1970: 2.8 (5)
Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Moondance - Van Morrison
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
1968: 2.67 (3)
Odessey And Oracle - The Zombies
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band
Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel
1986: 2.5 (4)
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Master Of Puppets - Metallica
Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses
So - Peter Gabriel
1993: 2.5 (2)
Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
New Wave - The Auteurs
2007: 2.5 (2)
Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
2008: 2 (1)
All Hope Is Gone - Slipknot
2012: 1 (1)
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean