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1956: 5 (1 albums)

The Wildest! - Louis Prima

1958: 5 (1)

The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra

1962: 5 (1)

Jazz Samba - Stan Getz

1981: 4.67 (3)

Moving Pictures - Rush

Juju - Siouxsie And The Banshees

Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go's

1965: 4.33 (6)

Rubber Soul - Beatles

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan

Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan

Live At The Regal - B.B. King

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

2005: 4.33 (6)

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

Arular - M.I.A.

Guero - Beck

Be - Common

Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

1960: 4.33 (3)

Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba

Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley

At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters

1967: 4.17 (6)

Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane

Electric Music For The Mind And Body - Country Joe & The Fish

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Frank Sinatra

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

1979: 4 (7)

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

We Are Family - Sister Sledge

Entertainment - Gang Of Four

Movies - Holger Czukay

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

Cut - The Slits

2002: 4 (6)

American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash

Stripped - Christina Aguilera

Sea Change - Beck

Under Construction - Missy Elliott

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5

1957: 4 (5)

Chirping Crickets - Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Here's Little Richard - Little Richard

Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk

Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis

This Is Fats Domino - Fats Domino

1964: 4 (4)

Rock 'N Soul - Solomon Burke

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones

Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz

Olympia 64 - Jacques Brel

2016: 4 (2)

Konnichiwa - Skepta

Blackstar - David Bowie

1959: 4 (1)

The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles

2010: 4 (1)

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

2019: 4 (1)

KIWANUKA - Michael Kiwanuka

1975: 3.82 (11)

Young Americans - David Bowie

Horses - Patti Smith

Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear

The Köln Concert - Keith Jarrett

Mothership Connection - Parliament

Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson

Another Green World - Brian Eno

That's The Way Of The World - Earth, Wind & Fire

Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen

Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan

Tonight's The Night - Neil Young

1989: 3.82 (11)

Disintegration - The Cure

What's That Noise? - Coldcut

All Hail the Queen - Queen Latifah

Fromohio - fIREHOSE

Like A Prayer - Madonna

Done By The Forces Of Nature - Jungle Brothers

The Real Thing - Faith No More

Club Classics Vol. One - Soul II Soul

3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul

The Healer - John Lee Hooker

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

1982: 3.75 (4)

Rio - Duran Duran

1999 - Prince

The Rise & Fall - Madness

The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

1985: 3.75 (4)

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

Low-Life - New Order

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

2003: 3.75 (4)

Youth And Young Manhood - Kings of Leon

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast

Frank - Amy Winehouse

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent

1988: 3.71 (14)

Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.

Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy

Vivid - Living Colour

Truth And Soul - Fishbone

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes

I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen

If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues

Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

...And Justice For All - Metallica

The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

1983: 3.67 (6)

War - U2

Soul Mining - The The

Hearts And Bones - Paul Simon

Synchronicity - The Police

Eliminator - ZZ Top

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics

2008: 3.67 (3)

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp

The Renaissance - Q-Tip

1969: 3.62 (13)

Abbey Road - Beatles

The Band - The Band

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

Kick Out The Jams (Live) - MC5

Cloud Nine - The Temptations

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin

Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone

Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) - The Kinks

Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes

Happy Sad - Tim Buckley

Liege And Lief - Fairport Convention

1993: 3.6 (5)

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

Emergency On Planet Earth - Jamiroquai

In Utero - Nirvana

Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins

1963: 3.57 (7)

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan

Night Life - Ray Price

Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith

With The Beatles - Beatles

Live At The Harlem Square Club - Sam Cooke

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector - Various Artists

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus

1971: 3.56 (18)

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

L.A. Woman - The Doors

If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin

Madman Across The Water - Elton John

Fragile - Yes

The Yes Album - Yes

At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band

Teenage Head - Flamin' Groovies

Tapestry - Carole King

Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

Electric Warrior - T. Rex

Bryter Layter - Nick Drake

Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Tago Mago - Can

Surf's Up - The Beach Boys

1987: 3.5 (12)

Actually - Pet Shop Boys

Darklands - The Jesus And Mary Chain

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Bad - Michael Jackson

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby - Terence Trent D'Arby

Floodland - Sisters Of Mercy

Locust Abortion Technician - Butthole Surfers

Sister - Sonic Youth

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

The Joshua Tree - U2

Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Document - R.E.M.

1978: 3.5 (10)

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts - The Adverts

Van Halen - Van Halen

The Man Machine - Kraftwerk

More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

Public Image: First Issue - Public Image Ltd.

Parallel Lines - Blondie

Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye

1990: 3.5 (6)

Bossanova - Pixies

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube

Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins

Ragged Glory - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Violator - Depeche Mode

Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J

1984: 3.5 (4)

Diamond Life - Sade

Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Cafe Bleu - The Style Council

Private Dancer - Tina Turner

2006: 3.5 (4)

Savane - Ali Farka Touré

Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

Black Holes and Revelations - Muse

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys

2009: 3.5 (2)

xx - The xx

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan

2012: 3.5 (2)

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar

1973: 3.46 (13)

Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

Future Days - Can

Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock

Larks' Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Paris 1919 - John Cale

Honky Tonk Heroes - Waylon Jennings

Raw Power - The Stooges

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

Band On The Run - Paul McCartney and Wings

Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers

2004: 3.4 (10)

Funeral - Arcade Fire

Medúlla - Björk

The Libertines - The Libertines

Hot Fuss - The Killers

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - TV On The Radio

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Who Killed...... The Zutons? - The Zutons

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

American Idiot - Green Day

A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets

1991: 3.33 (9)

Metallica - Metallica

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - Mudhoney

Ten - Pearl Jam

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo - MC Solaar

Nevermind - Nirvana

Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub

Achtung Baby - U2

2001: 3.33 (6)

Vespertine - Björk

White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

Is This It - The Strokes

La Revancha Del Tango - Gotan Project

Time (The Revelator) - Gillian Welch

Amnesiac - Radiohead

1970: 3.25 (12)

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar

American Beauty - Grateful Dead

Deep Purple In Rock - Deep Purple

Moondance - Van Morrison

Morrison Hotel - The Doors

Third - Soft Machine

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart

Live At Leeds - The Who

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin

1974: 3.25 (12)

Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt

On The Beach - Neil Young

It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison

Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons

Kimono My House - Sparks

Bad Company - Bad Company

Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell

Good Old Boys - Randy Newman

Autobahn - Kraftwerk

Crime Of The Century - Supertramp

Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

1966: 3.25 (8)

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears - The Mamas & The Papas

Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel

Revolver - Beatles

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators - The 13th Floor Elevators

1998: 3.25 (4)

Celebrity Skin - Hole

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill

Apocalypse Dudes - Turbonegro

Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg

1996: 3.22 (9)

Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise

Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow

Tidal - Fiona Apple

Logical Progression - LTJ Bukem

Roots - Sepultura

Fuzzy Logic - Super Furry Animals

The Score - Fugees

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite - Maxwell

1977 - Ash

1980: 3.2 (5)

Signing Off - UB40

Arc Of A Diver - Steve Winwood

Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam & The Ants

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

1977: 3.17 (6)

Low - David Bowie

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers

Suicide - Suicide

Pink Flag - Wire

Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk

1972: 3.14 (7)

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Sail Away - Randy Newman

The World is a Ghetto - War

Clube Da Esquina - Milton Nascimento

Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren

Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath

Harvest - Neil Young

1986: 3.14 (7)

Master Of Puppets - Metallica

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying - Megadeth

The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths

So - Peter Gabriel

Guitar Town - Steve Earle

Infected - The The

Atomizer - Big Black

1999: 3.14 (7)

Slipknot - Slipknot

São Paulo Confessions - Suba

The Slim Shady LP - Eminem

Kenza - Khaled

Play - Moby

The Man Who - Travis

Make Yourself - Incubus

1968: 3 (11)

Traffic - Traffic

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes

Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones

Cheap Thrills - Big Brother & The Holding Company

Odessey And Oracle - The Zombies

Music From Big Pink - The Band

The White Album - Beatles

Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash

The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds

2007: 3 (2)

Cross - Justice

In Rainbows - Radiohead

2014: 3 (1)

Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs

1997: 2.9 (10)

Urban Hymns - The Verve

New Forms - Roni Size

Blur - Blur

The Fat Of The Land - The Prodigy

Tellin’ Stories - The Charlatans

Maverick A Strike - Finley Quaye

Shleep - Robert Wyatt

Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club

Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

1995: 2.89 (9)

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

Garbage - Garbage

Alien Lanes - Guided By Voices

I Should Coco - Supergrass

Me Against The World - 2Pac

Liquid Swords - GZA

Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers

(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins

2000: 2.89 (9)

Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp

Since I Left You - The Avalanches

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy

Punishing Kiss - Ute Lemper

Kid A - Radiohead

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - PJ Harvey

Chore of Enchantment - Giant Sand

All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water - Limp Bizkit

1994: 2.86 (7)

Yank Crime - Drive Like Jehu

Haunted Dancehall - The Sabres Of Paradise

The Sun Rises In The East - Jeru The Damaja

Smash - The Offspring

The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails

Definitely Maybe - Oasis

Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G.

1976: 2.8 (5)

Boston - Boston

Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton

Ramones - Ramones

Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder

Station To Station - David Bowie

1992: 2 (2)

Dirt - Alice In Chains

Vulgar Display Of Power - Pantera

2013: 2 (1)

m b v - My Bloody Valentine