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1963: 5 (2 albums)

With The Beatles - Beatles

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan

2006: 5 (2)

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

Black Holes and Revelations - Muse

1987: 4.5 (2)

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

Document - R.E.M.

1997: 4 (4)

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club

Either Or - Elliott Smith

Shleep - Robert Wyatt

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

1957: 4 (3)

Here's Little Richard - Little Richard

This Is Fats Domino - Fats Domino

Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis

1970: 4 (3)

Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

2004: 4 (3)

Funeral - Arcade Fire

Heroes to Zeros - The Beta Band

Hot Fuss - The Killers

1960: 4 (2)

At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters

A Date With The Everly Brothers - The Everly Brothers

1964: 4 (1)

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones

2008: 4 (1)

The Age Of The Understatement - The Last Shadow Puppets

1965: 3.75 (4)

Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan

Live At The Regal - B.B. King

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding

The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys

2003: 3.67 (3)

So Much For The City - The Thrills

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent

Want One - Rufus Wainwright

1971: 3.64 (11)

Live! - Fela Kuti

Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton

Shaft - Isaac Hayes

Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson

Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

Fragile - Yes

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

Surf's Up - The Beach Boys

L.A. Woman - The Doors

Tapestry - Carole King

1975: 3.6 (5)

Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson

Another Green World - Brian Eno

Nighthawks At The Diner - Tom Waits

A Night At The Opera - Queen

Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen

1966: 3.57 (7)

Revolver - Beatles

Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone

Fifth Dimension - The Byrds

Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel

Bluesbreakers - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

1973: 3.5 (4)

Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Future Days - Can

2001: 3.5 (4)

Southern Rock Opera - Drive-By Truckers

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Bright Flight - Silver Jews

Your New Favourite Band - The Hives

1959: 3.5 (2)

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - Marty Robbins

The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles

1994: 3.5 (2)

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

Dookie - Green Day

1976: 3.4 (5)

Station To Station - David Bowie

Oxygène - Jean-Michel Jarre

Boston - Boston

Ramones - Ramones

Hotel California - Eagles

1986: 3.4 (5)

Master Of Puppets - Metallica

Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.

Rapture - Anita Baker

The Colour Of Spring - Talk Talk

The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths

1988: 3.4 (5)

...And Justice For All - Metallica

Idlewild - Everything But The Girl

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Viva Hate - Morrissey

If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues

1972: 3.36 (11)

Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Made In Japan - Deep Purple

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Roxy Music - Roxy Music

School's Out - Alice Cooper

Slayed? - Slade

All Directions - The Temptations

Talking Book - Stevie Wonder

Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones

The World is a Ghetto - War

Pink Moon - Nick Drake

1967: 3.33 (9)

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

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Goodbye And Hello - Tim Buckley

Electric Prunes - The Electric Prunes

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles

Triangle - The Beau Brummels

Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix

1969: 3.29 (14)

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

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

Abbey Road - Beatles

Cloud Nine - The Temptations

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention

Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service

Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield

Scott 4 - Scott Walker

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones

1974: 3.25 (8)

Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons

Crime Of The Century - Supertramp

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

On The Beach - Neil Young

Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell

Queen II - Queen

Phaedra - Tangerine Dream

1977: 3.2 (10)

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

Zombie - Fela Kuti

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

One World - John Martyn

Talking Heads 77 - Talking Heads

Before And After Science - Brian Eno

Heroes - David Bowie

Marquee Moon - Television

1996: 3.2 (5)

Walking Wounded - Everything But The Girl

Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise

Tidal - Fiona Apple

Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon

If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian

1968: 3.14 (7)

The White Album - Beatles

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro

Truth - Jeff Beck

Cheap Thrills - Big Brother & The Holding Company

Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones

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

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

1980: 3 (4)

Killing Joke - Killing Joke

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys

Back In Black - AC/DC

Closer - Joy Division

1989: 3 (4)

The Healer - John Lee Hooker

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Doolittle - Pixies

1998: 3 (4)

System Of A Down - System Of A Down

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams

This Is Hardcore - Pulp

Apocalypse Dudes - Turbonegro

1983: 3 (3)

Eliminator - ZZ Top

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Murmur - R.E.M.

1991: 3 (3)

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

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Nevermind - Nirvana

1993: 3 (2)

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

In Utero - Nirvana

2011: 3 (2)

D - White Denim

21 - Adele

2017: 3 (2)

Melodrama - Lorde

Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver

1962: 3 (1)

Jazz Samba - Stan Getz

1984: 3 (1)

Let It Be - The Replacements

2009: 3 (1)

Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors

2010: 3 (1)

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

2013: 3 (1)

The Next Day - David Bowie

2014: 3 (1)

1989 - Taylor Swift

2020: 3 (1)

evermore - Taylor Swift

1978: 2.83 (6)

More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads

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

One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic

Van Halen - Van Halen

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

All Mod Cons - The Jam

2002: 2.8 (5)

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

Sunshine Hit Me - The Bees

Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5

The Last Broadcast - Doves

American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash

1992: 2.75 (4)

Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin

Ingenue - k.d. lang

Automatic For The People - R.E.M.

1979: 2.71 (7)

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

We Are Family - Sister Sledge

The Specials - The Specials

Movies - Holger Czukay

Reggatta De Blanc - The Police

Street Life - The Crusaders

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

2005: 2.67 (3)

Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes

Be - Common

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

2015: 2.67 (3)

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Vulnicura - Björk

Music in Exile - Songhoy Blues

1995: 2.56 (9)

Maxinquaye - Tricky

Me Against The World - 2Pac

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon

Garbage - Garbage

Liquid Swords - GZA

Femi Kuti - Femi Kuti

A Northern Soul - The Verve

Alien Lanes - Guided By Voices

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

1990: 2.33 (3)

Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy

The La's - The La's

Violator - Depeche Mode

1999: 2.25 (4)

São Paulo Confessions - Suba

Remedy - Basement Jaxx

The Man Who - Travis

Hms Fable - Shack

2000: 2 (6)

Chore of Enchantment - Giant Sand

Punishing Kiss - Ute Lemper

Our Aim Is To Satisfy - Red Snapper

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy

Kid A - Radiohead

Since I Left You - The Avalanches

1981: 2 (3)

Kollaps - Einstürzende Neubauten

Moving Pictures - Rush

Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go's

1958: 2 (1)

The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra

1985: 2 (1)

Hunting High And Low - a-ha

2012: 2 (1)

Django Django - Django Django