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1965: 5 (5 albums)

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding

Rubber Soul - Beatles

Live At The Regal - B.B. King

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds

1961: 5 (1)

Sunday At The Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio

2013: 5 (1)

Yeezus - Kanye West

1970: 4.85 (13)

McCartney - Paul McCartney

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Morrison Hotel - The Doors

Deep Purple In Rock - Deep Purple

Live At Leeds - The Who

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin

Moondance - Van Morrison

Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens

Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

1963: 4.8 (5)

Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith

With The Beatles - Beatles

Night Life - Ray Price

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector - Various Artists

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus

1966: 4.8 (5)

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

Aftermath - The Rolling Stones

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

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

1973: 4.7 (10)

Mott - Mott The Hoople

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

Space Ritual - Hawkwind

Raw Power - The Stooges

Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bongo Rock - Incredible Bongo Band

Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock

Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

Faust IV - Faust

1967: 4.69 (13)

Chelsea Girl - Nico

Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix

Triangle - The Beau Brummels

Beach Samba - Astrud Gilberto

Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks

Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd

Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Frank Sinatra

1957: 4.67 (6)

Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis

Chirping Crickets - Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Kenya - Machito

Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk

This Is Fats Domino - Fats Domino

At Mister Kelly's - Sarah Vaughan

1979: 4.63 (16)

The Undertones - The Undertones

Reggatta De Blanc - The Police

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

Pretenders - Pretenders

Street Life - The Crusaders

Broken English - Marianne Faithfull

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

Entertainment - Gang Of Four

We Are Family - Sister Sledge

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

London Calling - The Clash

Quiet Life - Japan

Fear Of Music - Talking Heads

Risque - CHIC

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

1975: 4.6 (10)

A Night At The Opera - Queen

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin

Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear

Young Americans - David Bowie

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

Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson

Horses - Patti Smith

Mothership Connection - Parliament

Tonight's The Night - Neil Young

1964: 4.6 (5)

Rock 'N Soul - Solomon Burke

Olympia 64 - Jacques Brel

Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz

A Girl Called Dusty - Dusty Springfield

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg - Jerry Lee Lewis

2005: 4.5 (2)

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

Arular - M.I.A.

1978: 4.43 (14)

The Man Machine - Kraftwerk

One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic

Eternally Yours - The Saints

The Scream - Siouxsie And The Banshees

The Cars - The Cars

This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

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

Dub Housing - Pere Ubu

The Only Ones - The Only Ones

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

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

All Mod Cons - The Jam

Parallel Lines - Blondie

Siembra - Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

1971: 4.42 (19)

Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton

Madman Across The Water - Elton John

Electric Warrior - T. Rex

Fragile - Yes

Surf's Up - The Beach Boys

The Yes Album - Yes

Songs Of Love And Hate - Leonard Cohen

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

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Who's Next - The Who

Bryter Layter - Nick Drake

Tago Mago - Can

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

Trafalgar - Bee Gees

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

Tapestry - Carole King

Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson

Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1980: 4.4 (15)

Seventeen Seconds - The Cure

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners

Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam & The Ants

Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys

Peter Gabriel 3 - Peter Gabriel

Ace of Spades - Motörhead

Signing Off - UB40

Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Sound Affects - The Jam

Killing Joke - Killing Joke

Back In Black - AC/DC

Closer - Joy Division

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys

1968: 4.4 (10)

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

Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones

Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso

Cheap Thrills - Big Brother & The Holding Company

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes

Music From Big Pink - The Band

Truth - Jeff Beck

Odessey And Oracle - The Zombies

The White Album - Beatles

S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things

1972: 4.35 (17)

All Directions - The Temptations

Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela

Transformer - Lou Reed

Clube Da Esquina - Milton Nascimento

Talking Book - Stevie Wonder

Pink Moon - Nick Drake

American Gothic - David Ackles

#1 Record - Big Star

Made In Japan - Deep Purple

Sail Away - Randy Newman

Greetings From L.A. - Tim Buckley

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

Roxy Music - Roxy Music

Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan

Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath

Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1969: 4.33 (18)

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone

Hot Rats - Frank Zappa

Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Abbey Road - Beatles

Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

Oar - Alexander 'Skip' Spence

Tommy - The Who

Elephant Mountain - The Youngbloods

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Cloud Nine - The Temptations

Kick Out The Jams (Live) - MC5

Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service

From Elvis In Memphis - Elvis Presley

1956: 4.33 (3)

The Wildest! - Louis Prima

Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

Tragic Songs of Life - The Louvin Brothers

1976: 4.2 (10)

Africa Brasil - Jorge Ben Jor

Arrival - ABBA

Music From The Penguin Cafe - Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading

Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder

Rocks - Aerosmith

Hotel California - Eagles

Station To Station - David Bowie

Oxygène - Jean-Michel Jarre

The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers

1986: 4.2 (10)

Skylarking - XTC

I Against I - Bad Brains

Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys

Blood And Chocolate - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.

Atomizer - Big Black

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

Graceland - Paul Simon

Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses

So - Peter Gabriel

1988: 4.19 (16)

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Shadowland - k.d. lang

Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney

Green - R.E.M.

Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes

Vivid - Living Colour

Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues

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

Idlewild - Everything But The Girl

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room - Dwight Yoakam

Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine

Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens

Viva Hate - Morrissey

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

1991: 4.11 (9)

Arise - Sepultura

Nevermind - Nirvana

Spiderland - Slint

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Achtung Baby - U2

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Ten - Pearl Jam

Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope

1974: 4 (11)

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard Thompson

Natty Dread - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Crime Of The Century - Supertramp

Good Old Boys - Randy Newman

Autobahn - Kraftwerk

Country Life - Roxy Music

On The Beach - Neil Young

Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell

Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

Here Come The Warm Jets - Brian Eno

Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt

1990: 4 (11)

Bossanova - Pixies

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

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube

Nowhere - Ride

Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy

Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins

Goo - Sonic Youth

World Clique - Deee-Lite

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches - Happy Mondays

Violator - Depeche Mode

Ragged Glory - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

1984: 4 (5)

Purple Rain - Prince

Private Dancer - Tina Turner

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Let It Be - The Replacements

1959: 4 (3)

The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles

Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - Marty Robbins

2012: 4 (3)

Django Django - Django Django

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

Blunderbuss - Jack White

1958: 4 (1)

Lady In Satin - Billie Holiday

2017: 4 (1)

Melodrama - Lorde

1977: 3.92 (13)

Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Low - David Bowie

Suicide - Suicide

Heroes - David Bowie

Heavy Weather - Weather Report

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

New Boots And Panties - Ian Dury

Hard Again - Muddy Waters

Before And After Science - Brian Eno

Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson

Zombie - Fela Kuti

Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel

1992: 3.92 (12)

Dry - PJ Harvey

Your Arsenal - Morrissey

Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized

Bone Machine - Tom Waits

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

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

Henry's Dream - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

It's A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde - The Pharcyde

Lam Toro - Baaba Maal

Dirty - Sonic Youth

1982: 3.88 (8)

The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden

The Nightfly - Donald Fagen

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

Thriller - Michael Jackson

The Dreaming - Kate Bush

Rio - Duran Duran

1999 - Prince

The Rise & Fall - Madness

1987: 3.8 (10)

Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses

Electric - The Cult

Sister - Sonic Youth

Document - R.E.M.

Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode

Floodland - Sisters Of Mercy

Trio - Dolly Parton

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

Opus Dei - Laibach

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

1997: 3.75 (8)

Urban Hymns - The Verve

The Fat Of The Land - The Prodigy

Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

New Forms - Roni Size

Maverick A Strike - Finley Quaye

In It For The Money - Supergrass

Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club

1981: 3.71 (7)

Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17

Kollaps - Einstürzende Neubauten

Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs

Dare! - The Human League

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

The Poet - Bobby Womack

Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club

1995: 3.67 (9)

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

Different Class - Pulp

The Bends - Radiohead

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

Maxinquaye - Tricky

A Northern Soul - The Verve

Alien Lanes - Guided By Voices

Elastica - Elastica

Smokers Delight - Nightmares On Wax

1960: 3.67 (3)

Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba

Joan Baez - Joan Baez

At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters

1994: 3.56 (18)

The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Ill Communication - Beastie Boys

Dummy - Portishead

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Superunknown - Soundgarden

Definitely Maybe - Oasis

Illmatic - Nas

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - Pavement

Dog Man Star - Suede

Protection - Massive Attack

Haunted Dancehall - The Sabres Of Paradise

Teenager Of The Year - Frank Black

Brutal Youth - Elvis Costello

Crazysexycool - TLC

Yank Crime - Drive Like Jehu

Snivilisation - Orbital

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

1962: 3.5 (2)

Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's

Jazz Samba - Stan Getz

2016: 3.5 (2)

Konnichiwa - Skepta

You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen

2019: 3.5 (2)

Ghosteen - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

KIWANUKA - Michael Kiwanuka

1996: 3.43 (14)

Casanova - The Divine Comedy

Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab

Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon

Tigermilk - Belle & Sebastian

The Score - Fugees

If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian

Second Toughest In The Infants - Underworld

Now I Got Worry - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite - Maxwell

First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans

Tidal - Fiona Apple

Fuzzy Logic - Super Furry Animals

Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise

Being There - Wilco

2006: 3.33 (3)

Savane - Ali Farka Touré

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

Ys - Joanna Newsom

2003: 3.14 (7)

Frank - Amy Winehouse

Want One - Rufus Wainwright

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent

Feast of Wire - Calexico

Boy In Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Wonderful Rainbow - Lightning Bolt

1989: 3.13 (15)

90 - 808 State

3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul

Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson

Djam Leelii - Baaba Maal

Club Classics Vol. One - Soul II Soul

The Real Thing - Faith No More

Like A Prayer - Madonna

L'Eau Rouge - The Young Gods

Doolittle - Pixies

Pump - Aerosmith

Disintegration - The Cure

Nick Of Time - Bonnie Raitt

Fromohio - fIREHOSE

Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry

Technique - New Order

1983: 3.11 (9)

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics

Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits

War - U2

Colour By Numbers - Culture Club

Hearts And Bones - Paul Simon

She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Out of Step - Minor Threat

Soul Mining - The The

1993: 3.1 (10)

Debut - Björk

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

Wild Wood - Paul Weller

Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo

In Utero - Nirvana

Strange Cargo III - William Orbit

Rid Of Me - PJ Harvey

Emergency On Planet Earth - Jamiroquai

Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair

Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys

2004: 3.08 (13)

Hot Fuss - The Killers

Heroes to Zeros - The Beta Band

Fly Or Die - N.E.R.D

Funeral - Arcade Fire

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

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

The Libertines - The Libertines

Medúlla - Björk

Destroy Rock & Roll - Mylo

Street Signs - Ozomatli

Smile - Brian Wilson

Penance Soiree - The Icarus Line

You Are The Quarry - Morrissey

2000: 3.08 (12)

Sincere - Mj Cole

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

Tanto Tempo - Bebel Gilberto

The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem

Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams

Parachutes - Coldplay

Kid A - Radiohead

All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Music - Madonna

Punishing Kiss - Ute Lemper

2001: 3 (5)

The Blueprint - JAY Z

White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

Hot Shots II - The Beta Band

Is This It - The Strokes

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

2007: 3 (3)

Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Kala - M.I.A.

2020: 3 (3)

Untitled (Black Is) - SAULT

evermore - Taylor Swift

Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

2011: 3 (2)

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

D - White Denim

1998: 2.83 (6)

Clandestino - Manu Chao

You've Come a Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill

Queens of the Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age

White Ladder - David Gray

Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev

2002: 2.6 (10)

Phrenology - The Roots

Justified - Justin Timberlake

A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay

Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5

The Last Broadcast - Doves

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

Stripped - Christina Aguilera

Highly Evolved - The Vines

Under Construction - Missy Elliott

1985: 2.5 (10)

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Rum Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

Cupid & Psyche 85 - Scritti Politti

Meat Is Murder - The Smiths

This Nation’s Saving Grace - The Fall

Picture Book - Simply Red

Fear and Whiskey - Mekons

2008: 2.5 (4)

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

All Hope Is Gone - Slipknot

The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow

Third - Portishead

2010: 2.33 (3)

Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter

Brothers - The Black Keys

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

2009: 2 (3)

Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

xx - The xx

2014: 2 (1)

Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs

1999: 1.83 (6)

Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós

Le Tigre - Le Tigre

Make Yourself - Incubus

Play - Moby

Post Orgasmic Chill - Skunk Anansie

Hms Fable - Shack

2015: 1.33 (3)

Vulnicura - Björk

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

25 - Adele

2018: 1 (1)

Microshift - Hookworms