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1955: 4 (1 albums)

In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra

1959: 3.8 (5)

The Gershwin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald

Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - Marty Robbins

The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles

Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis

1962: 3.67 (3)

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles

Jazz Samba - Stan Getz

Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's

1963: 3.63 (8)

Live At The Harlem Square Club - Sam Cooke

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector - Various Artists

Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith

James Brown Live At The Apollo - James Brown

With The Beatles - Beatles

Night Life - Ray Price

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus

1956: 3.6 (5)

Tragic Songs of Life - The Louvin Brothers

Ellington at Newport - Duke Ellington

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! - Frank Sinatra

Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

The Wildest! - Louis Prima

1960: 3.6 (5)

Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley

Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba

Joan Baez - Joan Baez

At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters

A Date With The Everly Brothers - The Everly Brothers

1965: 3.5 (12)

Live At The Regal - B.B. King

Rubber Soul - Beatles

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail - Buck Owens

Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds

Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding

The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys

My Generation - The Who

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

Here Are the Sonics - The Sonics

1971: 3.49 (37)

The Yes Album - Yes

Imagine - John Lennon

Trafalgar - Bee Gees

Bryter Layter - Nick Drake

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin

Songs Of Love And Hate - Leonard Cohen

Blue - Joni Mitchell

Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

Fragile - Yes

Histoire De Melody Nelson - Serge Gainsbourg

Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton

Live! - Fela Kuti

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

Madman Across The Water - Elton John

Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart

Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Tapestry - Carole King

At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band

If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse - Faces

Pearl - Janis Joplin

L.A. Woman - The Doors

Shaft - Isaac Hayes

Electric Warrior - T. Rex

Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson

John Prine - John Prine

Surf's Up - The Beach Boys

White Light - Gene Clark

American Pie - Don McLean

Teenage Head - Flamin' Groovies

Maggot Brain - Funkadelic

Who's Next - The Who

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly & The Family Stone

Tago Mago - Can

1972: 3.47 (30)

Made In Japan - Deep Purple

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie

Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren

The Slider - T. Rex

Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela

Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath

Manassas - Stephen Stills

Harvest - Neil Young

Transformer - Lou Reed

Slayed? - Slade

All Directions - The Temptations

Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The World is a Ghetto - War

Sail Away - Randy Newman

Machine Head - Deep Purple

Roxy Music - Roxy Music

School's Out - Alice Cooper

Close To The Edge - Yes

Greetings From L.A. - Tim Buckley

#1 Record - Big Star

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Clube Da Esquina - Milton Nascimento

Let's Stay Together - Al Green

Eagles - Eagles

Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan

Pink Moon - Nick Drake

Talking Book - Stevie Wonder

American Gothic - David Ackles

Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones

1977: 3.44 (27)

Pink Flag - Wire

Heavy Weather - Weather Report

Marquee Moon - Television

Aja - Steely Dan

Zombie - Fela Kuti

Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello

Heroes - David Bowie

Hard Again - Muddy Waters

The Idiot - Iggy Pop

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson

Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols

The Clash - The Clash

Talking Heads 77 - Talking Heads

One World - John Martyn

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel

Low - David Bowie

New Boots And Panties - Ian Dury

Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers

Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Suicide - Suicide

Before And After Science - Brian Eno

1983: 3.44 (16)

Synchronicity - The Police

Back to Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks

Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits

Murmur - R.E.M.

Pyromania - Def Leppard

Soul Mining - The The

Colour By Numbers - Culture Club

She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics

Hearts And Bones - Paul Simon

Eliminator - ZZ Top

Porcupine - Echo And The Bunnymen

Out of Step - Minor Threat

War - U2

Duck Rock - Malcolm McLaren

1957: 3.44 (9)

Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk

Chirping Crickets - Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Palo Congo - Sabu

At Mister Kelly's - Sarah Vaughan

The Sounds Of India - Ravi Shankar

This Is Fats Domino - Fats Domino

Here's Little Richard - Little Richard

Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis

Kenya - Machito

1964: 3.43 (7)

A Girl Called Dusty - Dusty Springfield

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones

Olympia 64 - Jacques Brel

Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg - Jerry Lee Lewis

A Hard Day's Night - Beatles

Rock 'N Soul - Solomon Burke

1984: 3.38 (16)

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile

Immigrés - Youssou N'Dour

Purple Rain - Prince

Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen

Cafe Bleu - The Style Council

Treasure - Cocteau Twins

Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.

Diamond Life - Sade

Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen

Let It Be - The Replacements

Private Dancer - Tina Turner

1984 - Van Halen

Meat Puppets II - Meat Puppets

Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

1985: 3.38 (16)

Hunting High And Low - a-ha

Rum Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues

Picture Book - Simply Red

Low-Life - New Order

This Nation’s Saving Grace - The Fall

Rain Dogs - Tom Waits

Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Psychocandy - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout

Don't Stand Me Down - Dexys Midnight Runners

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

Cupid & Psyche 85 - Scritti Politti

Fear and Whiskey - Mekons

Meat Is Murder - The Smiths

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

1975: 3.36 (22)

NEU! 75 - Neu!

A Night At The Opera - Queen

Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith

Horses - Patti Smith

Pieces Of The Sky - Emmylou Harris

Young Americans - David Bowie

Go Girl Crazy - The Dictators

Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen

The Köln Concert - Keith Jarrett

Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear

Mothership Connection - Parliament

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

Nighthawks At The Diner - Tom Waits

Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

There's No Place Like America Today - Curtis Mayfield

Born To Be With You - Dion

Another Green World - Brian Eno

Tonight's The Night - Neil Young

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin

Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan

1973: 3.33 (30)

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Selling England By The Pound - Genesis

Paris 1919 - John Cale

Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock

3 + 3 - The Isley Brothers

Space Ritual - Hawkwind

Honky Tonk Heroes - Waylon Jennings

Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

Band On The Run - Paul McCartney and Wings

Larks' Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson

Bongo Rock - Incredible Bongo Band

Raw Power - The Stooges

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Berlin - Lou Reed

Solid Air - John Martyn

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

Next - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Tres Hombres - ZZ Top

Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music

Future Days - Can

Mott - Mott The Hoople

Faust IV - Faust

Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

2011: 3.33 (3)

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

D - White Denim

21 - Adele

2019: 3.33 (3)

Ghosteen - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

GREY Area - Little Simz

KIWANUKA - Michael Kiwanuka

1979: 3.29 (28)

Entertainment - Gang Of Four

Off The Wall - Michael Jackson

Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned

Cut - The Slits

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Fear Of Music - Talking Heads

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

Quiet Life - Japan

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

The Specials - The Specials

Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.

The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan

Movies - Holger Czukay

Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Broken English - Marianne Faithfull

Risque - CHIC

London Calling - The Clash

The Undertones - The Undertones

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

Pretenders - Pretenders

B-52's - The B-52's

GI - Germs

Street Life - The Crusaders

We Are Family - Sister Sledge

Live At The Witch Trials - The Fall

Reggatta De Blanc - The Police

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Highway to Hell - AC/DC

1976: 3.28 (18)

Boston - Boston

Ramones - Ramones

The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers

Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder

Station To Station - David Bowie

2112 - Rush

Oxygène - Jean-Michel Jarre

Arrival - ABBA

Rocks - Aerosmith

Hotel California - Eagles

Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading

Music From The Penguin Cafe - Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Africa Brasil - Jorge Ben Jor

Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton

Hejira - Joni Mitchell

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Legalize It - Peter Tosh

Destroyer - KISS

1974: 3.27 (26)

Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell

Inspiration Information - Shuggie Otis

On The Beach - Neil Young

461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton

No Other - Gene Clark

Here Come The Warm Jets - Brian Eno

Crime Of The Century - Supertramp

Autobahn - Kraftwerk

Sheet Music - 10cc

Country Life - Roxy Music

Natty Dread - Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Grand Tour - George Jones

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard Thompson

It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

Sheer Heart Attack - Queen

Winter In America - Gil Scott-Heron

Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt

Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons

Good Old Boys - Randy Newman

Queen II - Queen

Kimono My House - Sparks

Bad Company - Bad Company

Phaedra - Tangerine Dream

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis

2002: 3.25 (16)

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

Phrenology - The Roots

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips

A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay

Sea Change - Beck

Justified - Justin Timberlake

Sunshine Hit Me - The Bees

A Little Deeper - Ms. Dynamite

American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash

Highly Evolved - The Vines

Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5

Under Construction - Missy Elliott

The Last Broadcast - Doves

The Coral - The Coral

Stripped - Christina Aguilera

1958: 3.25 (4)

Dance Mania - Tito Puente

The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra

Lady In Satin - Billie Holiday

Jack Takes the Floor - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2015: 3.25 (4)

25 - Adele

Music in Exile - Songhoy Blues

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Vulnicura - Björk

1969: 3.24 (38)

Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones

Basket of Light - Pentangle

Hot Rats - Frank Zappa

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes

In A Silent Way - Miles Davis

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Elephant Mountain - The Youngbloods

Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin

The Band - The Band

Live / Dead - Grateful Dead

Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone

Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival

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

Odessa - Bee Gees

Oar - Alexander 'Skip' Spence

The Gilded Palace Of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers

Liege And Lief - Fairport Convention

At San Quentin - Johnny Cash

Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago

Scott 4 - Scott Walker

Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield

In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

From Elvis In Memphis - Elvis Presley

Kick Out The Jams (Live) - MC5

Abbey Road - Beatles

The Stooges - The Stooges

Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen

Tommy - The Who

Cloud Nine - The Temptations

Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service

Happy Sad - Tim Buckley

1970: 3.21 (29)

Moondance - Van Morrison

Abraxas - Santana

The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos

Close To You - Carpenters

Morrison Hotel - The Doors

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin

Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival

After The Gold Rush - Neil Young

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens

Fun House - The Stooges

Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills

Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

Live At Leeds - The Who

American Beauty - Grateful Dead

McCartney - Paul McCartney

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon

Deep Purple In Rock - Deep Purple

Third - Soft Machine

Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

1982: 3.21 (19)

The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Pornography - The Cure

1999 - Prince

Too Rye Ay - Dexys Midnight Runners

The Lexicon Of Love - ABC

The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden

Black Metal - Venom

The Nightfly - Donald Fagen

Pelican West - Haircut 100

The Dreaming - Kate Bush

Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Rip It Up - Orange Juice

The Rise & Fall - Madness

Rio - Duran Duran

Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen

Junkyard - The Birthday Party

Sulk - The Associates

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) - Simple Minds

2012: 3.2 (5)

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

Django Django - Django Django

Blunderbuss - Jack White

In Our Heads - Hot Chip

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

1988: 3.19 (26)

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room - Dwight Yoakam

Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine

16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

Shadowland - k.d. lang

Idlewild - Everything But The Girl

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

Green - R.E.M.

...And Justice For All - Metallica

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

Truth And Soul - Fishbone

Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney

Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies

Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction

I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen

Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes

Viva Hate - Morrissey

Bummed - Happy Mondays

If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues

Tank Battles - Dagmar Krause

Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.

Vivid - Living Colour

California - American Music Club

1978: 3.18 (33)

The Man Machine - Kraftwerk

The Cars - The Cars

Ambient 1/Music For Airports - Brian Eno

Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye

C'est Chic - CHIC

Van Halen - Van Halen

Public Image: First Issue - Public Image Ltd.

The Only Ones - The Only Ones

All Mod Cons - The Jam

Honky Tonk Masquerade - Joe Ely

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts - The Adverts

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen - The Residents

More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads

Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

Parallel Lines - Blondie

This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle - Throbbing Gristle

One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic

Dub Housing - Pere Ubu

Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks

Stardust - Willie Nelson

Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Spex

Dire Straits - Dire Straits

The Scream - Siouxsie And The Banshees

Siembra - Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

Vento De Maio - Elis Regina

Real Life - Magazine

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo

The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu

Shalimar - Rahul Dev Burman

Eternally Yours - The Saints

1989: 3.15 (26)

Disintegration - The Cure

Fromohio - fIREHOSE

The Sensual World - Kate Bush

The Healer - John Lee Hooker

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

Like A Prayer - Madonna

Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz

Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson

Pump - Aerosmith

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman - John Zorn

Club Classics Vol. One - Soul II Soul

All Hail the Queen - Queen Latifah

What's That Noise? - Coldcut

Doolittle - Pixies

Done By The Forces Of Nature - Jungle Brothers

Playing With Fire - Spacemen 3

90 - 808 State

Nick Of Time - Bonnie Raitt

Djam Leelii - Baaba Maal

Technique - New Order

Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry

3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul

Moss Side Story - Barry Adamson

The Real Thing - Faith No More

L'Eau Rouge - The Young Gods

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

1968: 3.14 (29)

The White Album - Beatles

Gris Gris - Dr. John

White Light / White Heat - The Velvet Underground

We're Only In It For The Money - The Mothers Of Invention

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly

Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks

Vincebus Eruptum - Blue Cheer

Truth - Jeff Beck

At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash

The United States Of America - The United States Of America

Cheap Thrills - Big Brother & The Holding Company

Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso

Odessey And Oracle - The Zombies

Music From Big Pink - The Band

Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin

Traffic - Traffic

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces

Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro

Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix

S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes

The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds

1980: 3.13 (23)

British Steel - Judas Priest

Back In Black - AC/DC

Seventeen Seconds - The Cure

Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam & The Ants

Group Sex - Circle Jerks

More Specials - The Specials

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys

Songs The Lord Taught Us - The Cramps

Closer - Joy Division

Arc Of A Diver - Steve Winwood

Heartattack And Vine - Tom Waits

Ace of Spades - Motörhead

Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners

Peter Gabriel 3 - Peter Gabriel

Kilimanjaro - The Teardrop Explodes

Signing Off - UB40

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

Killing Joke - Killing Joke

Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys

Hypnotised - The Undertones

Sound Affects - The Jam

2009: 3.13 (8)

xx - The xx

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

Two Dancers - Wild Beasts

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors

Fever Ray - Fever Ray

Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

1987: 3.12 (25)

The Joshua Tree - U2

Faith - George Michael

Calenture - The Triffids

Document - R.E.M.

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Actually - Pet Shop Boys

Bad - Michael Jackson

Warehouse: Songs And Stories - Hüsker Dü

Opus Dei - Laibach

Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses

Sign 'O' The Times - Prince

Trio - Dolly Parton

Darklands - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Electric - The Cult

Among The Living - Anthrax

Floodland - Sisters Of Mercy

The New Tango - Astor Piazzolla

Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode

Hysteria - Def Leppard

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

Locust Abortion Technician - Butthole Surfers

Sister - Sonic Youth

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

Scum - Napalm Death

1966: 3.11 (18)

Revolver - Beatles

Face to Face - The Kinks

Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

Aftermath - The Rolling Stones

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

Bluesbreakers - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

Da Capo - Love

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

Black Monk Time - The Monks

Fred Neil - Fred Neil

Fifth Dimension - The Byrds

Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

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

2004: 3.08 (24)

Destroy Rock & Roll - Mylo

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets

Smile - Brian Wilson

Fly Or Die - N.E.R.D

Funeral - Arcade Fire

Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart

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

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - TV On The Radio

Hot Fuss - The Killers

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine - Cee Lo Green

American Idiot - Green Day

Medúlla - Björk

The Libertines - The Libertines

Penance Soiree - The Icarus Line

Street Signs - Ozomatli

Heroes to Zeros - The Beta Band

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned - Liars

You Are The Quarry - Morrissey

Want Two - Rufus Wainwright

The College Dropout - Kanye West

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

Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon

Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters

2003: 3.07 (14)

Frank - Amy Winehouse

Youth And Young Manhood - Kings of Leon

Want One - Rufus Wainwright

So Much For The City - The Thrills

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Permission to Land - The Darkness

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast

Boy In Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal

Elephant - The White Stripes

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent

Deloused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta

Wonderful Rainbow - Lightning Bolt

Feast of Wire - Calexico

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

1967: 3 (29)

Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

Moby Grape - Moby Grape

Goodbye And Hello - Tim Buckley

Forever Changes - Love

Headquarters - The Monkees

Chelsea Girl - Nico

Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

Electric Prunes - The Electric Prunes

The Doors - The Doors

The Who Sell Out - The Who

Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds

Disraeli Gears - Cream

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - Loretta Lynn

Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane

Triangle - The Beau Brummels

Call of the Valley - Shivkumar Sharma

Beach Samba - Astrud Gilberto

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles

Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks

Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix

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

Safe As Milk - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Frank Sinatra

Groovin' - The Young Rascals

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive - Merle Haggard

1997: 3 (25)

Homework - Daft Punk

A Short Album About Love - The Divine Comedy

Butterfly - Mariah Carey

The Fat Of The Land - The Prodigy

Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan

OK Computer - Radiohead

Blur - Blur

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - Spiritualized

Let's Get Killed - David Holmes

Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers

In It For The Money - Supergrass

New Forms - Roni Size

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club

Tellin’ Stories - The Charlatans

When I Was Born For The 7th Time - Cornershop

Urban Hymns - The Verve

Shleep - Robert Wyatt

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down - The Dandy Warhols

Maverick A Strike - Finley Quaye

The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney

Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott

Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

Either Or - Elliott Smith

1986: 3 (23)

The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths

Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses

Infected - The The

E.V.O.L. - Sonic Youth

Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.

So - Peter Gabriel

Master Of Puppets - Metallica

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry - Billy Bragg

Blood And Chocolate - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys

Water From An Ancient Well - Abdullah Ibrahim

Atomizer - Big Black

Graceland - Paul Simon

Guitar Town - Steve Earle

I Against I - Bad Brains

The Colour Of Spring - Talk Talk

Skylarking - XTC

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

Reign In Blood - Slayer

Rapture - Anita Baker

The Last Of The True Believers - Nanci Griffith

Planet Rock: The Album - Afrika Bambaataa

1993: 3 (23)

Emergency On Planet Earth - Jamiroquai

Debut - Björk

Rid Of Me - PJ Harvey

Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins

In Utero - Nirvana

Very - Pet Shop Boys

Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys

Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur

Orbital 2 - Orbital

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

Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg

Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

Strange Cargo III - William Orbit

Wild Wood - Paul Weller

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby - Girls Against Boys

Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair

The Infotainment Scan - The Fall

Tuesday Night Music Club - Sheryl Crow

Suede - Suede

New Wave - The Auteurs

Whatever - Aimee Mann

Gentlemen - The Afghan Whigs

1990: 3 (22)

The La's - The La's

Violator - Depeche Mode

Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction

Rust In Peace - Megadeth

Ragged Glory - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins

World Clique - Deee-Lite

Behaviour - Pet Shop Boys

Repeater - Fugazi

Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor

Bossanova - Pixies

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube

En-Tact - The Shamen

Nowhere - Ride

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches - Happy Mondays

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest

Sex Packets - Digital Underground

Goo - Sonic Youth

Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 - George Michael

Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy

1981: 3 (18)

Dare! - The Human League

Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go's

Juju - Siouxsie And The Banshees

The Poet - Bobby Womack

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) - Motörhead

Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs

Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

Moving Pictures - Rush

Kollaps - Einstürzende Neubauten

Damaged - Black Flag

Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club

Architecture And Morality - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

The Visitors - ABBA

Wild Gift - X

Fire Of Love - The Gun Club

Mask - Bauhaus

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret - Soft Cell

2008: 3 (9)

Third - Portishead

The Age Of The Understatement - The Last Shadow Puppets

Only By The Night - Kings of Leon

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

The Renaissance - Q-Tip

Dear Science - TV On The Radio

All Hope Is Gone - Slipknot

Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp

The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow

2006: 3 (8)

Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco

Savane - Ali Farka Touré

Ys - Joanna Newsom

Black Holes and Revelations - Muse

Fishscale - Ghostface Killah

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

Back to Basics - Christina Aguilera

2007: 3 (8)

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Oracular Spectacular - MGMT

Kala - M.I.A.

In Rainbows - Radiohead

Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem

Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons

The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Cross - Justice

2010: 3 (8)

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter

The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

Teen Dream - Beach House

Queen Of Denmark - John Grant

High Violet - The National

Brothers - The Black Keys

2016: 3 (4)

Blackstar - David Bowie

You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen

A Seat at the Table - Solange

Konnichiwa - Skepta

2024: 3 (4)

Songs Of A Lost World - The Cure

Brat - Charli xcx

Hit Me Hard And Soft - Billie Eilish

All Born Screaming - St. Vincent

2018: 3 (3)

Microshift - Hookworms

Chris - Christine and the Queens

Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves

2020: 3 (3)

Untitled (Black Is) - SAULT

evermore - Taylor Swift

Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

2026: 3 (3)

Bloodline - Mon Rovîa

Empty Hands - Poppy

Wuthering Heights - Charli xcx

2022: 3 (2)

Blue Rev - Alvvays

Supernova - Nova Twins

2023: 3 (2)

Hackney Diamonds - The Rolling Stones

For That Beautiful Feeling - The Chemical Brothers

2025: 3 (2)

You Are The Morning - jasmine.4.t

Día - Ela Minus

1961: 3 (1)

Sunday At The Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio

2000: 2.92 (26)

Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp

Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu

The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem

Parachutes - Coldplay

Like Water For Chocolate - Common

Sincere - Mj Cole

Since I Left You - The Avalanches

Stankonia - OutKast

Lost Souls - Doves

Punishing Kiss - Ute Lemper

Chore of Enchantment - Giant Sand

Welcome to the Afterfuture - Mike Ladd

All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Kid A - Radiohead

Virgin Suicides - Air

Red Dirt Girl - Emmylou Harris

Tanto Tempo - Bebel Gilberto

Nixon - Lambchop

Our Aim Is To Satisfy - Red Snapper

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water - Limp Bizkit

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

Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams

Music - Madonna

1992: 2.88 (26)

Ingenue - k.d. lang

Automatic For The People - R.E.M.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

The Chronic - Dr. Dre

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... - Arrested Development

Vulgar Display Of Power - Pantera

Dirty - Sonic Youth

Dry - PJ Harvey

The Predator - Ice Cube

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

Devotional Songs - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche - Koffi Olomide

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde - The Pharcyde

Lam Toro - Baaba Maal

Dirt - Alice In Chains

Bone Machine - Tom Waits

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) - Ministry

Connected - Stereo MC's

Copper Blue - Sugar

Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement

Your Arsenal - Morrissey

Henry's Dream - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

It's A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads

Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized

1991: 2.87 (23)

Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy

Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope

The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest

Achtung Baby - U2

Blue Lines - Massive Attack

Arise - Sepultura

O.G. Original Gangster - Ice T

Ten - Pearl Jam

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - Mudhoney

The White Room - The KLF

Spiderland - Slint

Metallica - Metallica

Nevermind - Nirvana

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Rising Above Bedlam - Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Step In The Arena - Gang Starr

Foxbase Alpha - Saint Etienne

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo - MC Solaar

Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub

Woodface - Crowded House

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

1994: 2.86 (29)

Snivilisation - Orbital

Definitely Maybe - Oasis

Dog Man Star - Suede

Tical - Method Man

Protection - Massive Attack

Live Through This - Hole

Ill Communication - Beastie Boys

Superunknown - Soundgarden

Parklife - Blur

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Dookie - Green Day

Haunted Dancehall - The Sabres Of Paradise

Brutal Youth - Elvis Costello

Smash - The Offspring

Crazysexycool - TLC

G. Love And Special Sauce - G. Love & Special Sauce

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Yank Crime - Drive Like Jehu

Teenager Of The Year - Frank Black

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

The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers

Vauxhall And I - Morrissey

The Sun Rises In The East - Jeru The Damaja

Talking Timbuktu - Ali Farka Touré

Illmatic - Nas

The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails

Music For The Jilted Generation - The Prodigy

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - Pavement

Dummy - Portishead

1995: 2.86 (22)

(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis

Maxinquaye - Tricky

Me Against The World - 2Pac

Smokers Delight - Nightmares On Wax

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon

I Should Coco - Supergrass

Leftism - Leftfield

Timeless - Goldie

The Bends - Radiohead

Different Class - Pulp

Liquid Swords - GZA

Elastica - Elastica

Garbage - Garbage

Scream, Dracula, Scream - Rocket From The Crypt

Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

Femi Kuti - Femi Kuti

A Northern Soul - The Verve

Brown Sugar - D'Angelo

Alien Lanes - Guided By Voices

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

2005: 2.86 (7)

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

Guero - Beck

I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons

Arular - M.I.A.

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes

Be - Common

2017: 2.86 (7)

american dream - LCD Soundsystem

Take Me Apart - Kelela

I See You - The xx

Drunk - Thundercat

Melodrama - Lorde

Ctrl - SZA

Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver

1998: 2.84 (19)

White Ladder - David Gray

Apocalypse Dudes - Turbonegro

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) - Bob Dylan

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams

Devil Without A Cause - Kid Rock

Moon Safari - Air

This Is Hardcore - Pulp

Celebrity Skin - Hole

You've Come a Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim

Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg

Follow The Leader - Korn

System Of A Down - System Of A Down

Music Has The Right To Children - Boards of Canada

Queens of the Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age

Ray Of Light - Madonna

Clandestino - Manu Chao

Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev

OK - Talvin Singh

1996: 2.79 (28)

1977 - Ash

Casanova - The Divine Comedy

Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise

Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow

Odelay - Beck

The Score - Fugees

If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian

Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers

First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans

Beautiful Freak - Eels

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite - Maxwell

Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab

Roots - Sepultura

Logical Progression - LTJ Bukem

Oedipus Schmoedipus - Barry Adamson

Now I Got Worry - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon

Dust - Screaming Trees

Antichrist Superstar - Marilyn Manson

Tigermilk - Belle & Sebastian

Tidal - Fiona Apple

Being There - Wilco

Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Fuzzy Logic - Super Furry Animals

Walking Wounded - Everything But The Girl

Come Find Yourself - Fun Lovin' Criminals

Better Living Through Chemistry - Fatboy Slim

Second Toughest In The Infants - Underworld

1999: 2.78 (23)

The Man Who - Travis

Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós

Beyond Skin - Nitin Sawhney

Play - Moby

The Slim Shady LP - Eminem

69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields

Post Orgasmic Chill - Skunk Anansie

S&M - Metallica

...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears

The Contino Sessions - Death In Vegas

Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers

São Paulo Confessions - Suba

I See A Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Remedy - Basement Jaxx

Le Tigre - Le Tigre

Slipknot - Slipknot

Kenza - Khaled

Hms Fable - Shack

Make Yourself - Incubus

Darkdancer - Les Rythmes Digitales

Apple Venus Volume 1 - XTC

The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips

Central Reservation - Beth Orton

2001: 2.76 (17)

Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals

White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

The Blueprint - JAY Z

Is This It - The Strokes

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Gold - Ryan Adams

Time (The Revelator) - Gillian Welch

Survivor - Destiny's Child

Bright Flight - Silver Jews

Melody A.M. - Röyksopp

Hot Shots II - The Beta Band

La Revancha Del Tango - Gotan Project

Vespertine - Björk

Southern Rock Opera - Drive-By Truckers

Amnesiac - Radiohead

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

Your New Favourite Band - The Hives

2014: 2.67 (3)

Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs

1989 - Taylor Swift

LP1 - FKA twigs

2013: 2.6 (5)

The Bones Of What You Believe - CHVRCHES

BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé

Yeezus - Kanye West

m b v - My Bloody Valentine

The Next Day - David Bowie

2021: 2.5 (2)

Chemtrails Over The Country Club - Lana Del Rey

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan