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1977: 3.76 (25 albums)

Pink Flag - Wire

The Stranger - Billy Joel

My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello

Heroes - David Bowie

Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Clash - The Clash

Heavy Weather - Weather Report

Marquee Moon - Television

Before And After Science - Brian Eno

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

Hard Again - Muddy Waters

Suicide - Suicide

Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk

Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Aja - Steely Dan

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel

One World - John Martyn

Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

Talking Heads 77 - Talking Heads

Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson

Low - David Bowie

Zombie - Fela Kuti

1985: 3.67 (12)

Fear and Whiskey - Mekons

This Nation’s Saving Grace - The Fall

Rum Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues

Meat Is Murder - The Smiths

Psychocandy - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Low-Life - New Order

Cupid & Psyche 85 - Scritti Politti

Rain Dogs - Tom Waits

Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

Picture Book - Simply Red

1984: 3.53 (15)

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

Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

Purple Rain - Prince

Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen

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

Cafe Bleu - The Style Council

Private Dancer - Tina Turner

Let It Be - The Replacements

A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile

Treasure - Cocteau Twins

Immigrés - Youssou N'Dour

Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Diamond Life - Sade

Meat Puppets II - Meat Puppets

1965: 3.5 (10)

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys

Rubber Soul - Beatles

Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan

Live At The Regal - B.B. King

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

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

My Generation - The Who

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan

1982: 3.21 (14)

The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Rip It Up - Orange Juice

Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Pornography - The Cure

Rio - Duran Duran

Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen

The Lexicon Of Love - ABC

Sulk - The Associates

Black Metal - Venom

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

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Pelican West - Haircut 100

1999 - Prince

The Rise & Fall - Madness

1964: 3.17 (6)

A Hard Day's Night - Beatles

Rock 'N Soul - Solomon Burke

A Girl Called Dusty - Dusty Springfield

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones

Olympia 64 - Jacques Brel

Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz

1979: 3.15 (20)

Street Life - The Crusaders

Fear Of Music - Talking Heads

The Specials - The Specials

London Calling - The Clash

Risque - CHIC

We Are Family - Sister Sledge

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

Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Entertainment - Gang Of Four

Pretenders - Pretenders

The Undertones - The Undertones

Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

Live At The Witch Trials - The Fall

Off The Wall - Michael Jackson

GI - Germs

Quiet Life - Japan

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Highway to Hell - AC/DC

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

1957: 3.14 (7)

At Mister Kelly's - Sarah Vaughan

Kenya - Machito

Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk

The Sounds Of India - Ravi Shankar

This Is Fats Domino - Fats Domino

Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis

Chirping Crickets - Buddy Holly & The Crickets

1987: 3.1 (20)

Scum - Napalm Death

Darklands - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode

Faith - George Michael

Sign 'O' The Times - Prince

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses

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

Warehouse: Songs And Stories - Hüsker Dü

Sister - Sonic Youth

Calenture - The Triffids

Electric - The Cult

Floodland - Sisters Of Mercy

Among The Living - Anthrax

Bad - Michael Jackson

The New Tango - Astor Piazzolla

Trio - Dolly Parton

Opus Dei - Laibach

Document - R.E.M.

Hysteria - Def Leppard

1995: 3.06 (17)

The Bends - Radiohead

Scream, Dracula, Scream - Rocket From The Crypt

Different Class - Pulp

Elastica - Elastica

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins

Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers

Smokers Delight - Nightmares On Wax

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis

Maxinquaye - Tricky

Alien Lanes - Guided By Voices

I Should Coco - Supergrass

Garbage - Garbage

Leftism - Leftfield

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon

Brown Sugar - D'Angelo

Femi Kuti - Femi Kuti

1973: 3 (23)

Bongo Rock - Incredible Bongo Band

Band On The Run - Paul McCartney and Wings

Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan

Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

Paris 1919 - John Cale

Space Ritual - Hawkwind

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Solid Air - John Martyn

Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock

Raw Power - The Stooges

For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

Next - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Tres Hombres - ZZ Top

Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

Larks' Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson

Berlin - Lou Reed

Faust IV - Faust

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

1989: 3 (15)

The Healer - John Lee Hooker

Doolittle - Pixies

Djam Leelii - Baaba Maal

3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul

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

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

Like A Prayer - Madonna

Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz

Club Classics Vol. One - Soul II Soul

The Sensual World - Kate Bush

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

All Hail the Queen - Queen Latifah

Technique - New Order

90 - 808 State

Done By The Forces Of Nature - Jungle Brothers

2016: 3 (4)

Blackstar - David Bowie

You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen

A Seat at the Table - Solange

Konnichiwa - Skepta

2019: 3 (3)

Ghosteen - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

KIWANUKA - Michael Kiwanuka

GREY Area - Little Simz

2011: 3 (2)

21 - Adele

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

1994: 2.96 (24)

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

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Protection - Massive Attack

Smash - The Offspring

Music For The Jilted Generation - The Prodigy

Superunknown - Soundgarden

Dummy - Portishead

Vauxhall And I - Morrissey

Dookie - Green Day

Parklife - Blur

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Snivilisation - Orbital

Haunted Dancehall - The Sabres Of Paradise

The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers

Ill Communication - Beastie Boys

Definitely Maybe - Oasis

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - Pavement

Live Through This - Hole

Yank Crime - Drive Like Jehu

The Sun Rises In The East - Jeru The Damaja

Tical - Method Man

Illmatic - Nas

Dog Man Star - Suede

The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails

1986: 2.94 (17)

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

The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths

The Colour Of Spring - Talk Talk

Graceland - Paul Simon

Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys

Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses

Rapture - Anita Baker

Guitar Town - Steve Earle

So - Peter Gabriel

Skylarking - XTC

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry - Billy Bragg

Water From An Ancient Well - Abdullah Ibrahim

E.V.O.L. - Sonic Youth

Reign In Blood - Slayer

Master Of Puppets - Metallica

Infected - The The

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

1980: 2.89 (19)

Hypnotised - The Undertones

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

Closer - Joy Division

Arc Of A Diver - Steve Winwood

Seventeen Seconds - The Cure

Songs The Lord Taught Us - The Cramps

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys

Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Group Sex - Circle Jerks

Signing Off - UB40

Killing Joke - Killing Joke

British Steel - Judas Priest

More Specials - The Specials

Peter Gabriel 3 - Peter Gabriel

Kilimanjaro - The Teardrop Explodes

Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen

Heartattack And Vine - Tom Waits

Ace of Spades - Motörhead

Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam & The Ants

1963: 2.88 (8)

Live At The Harlem Square Club - Sam Cooke

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus

Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector - Various Artists

With The Beatles - Beatles

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan

Night Life - Ray Price

James Brown Live At The Apollo - James Brown

1971: 2.87 (31)

Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton

Who's Next - The Who

Tapestry - Carole King

Songs Of Love And Hate - Leonard Cohen

Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath

The Yes Album - Yes

Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson

Blue - Joni Mitchell

Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

American Pie - Don McLean

Shaft - Isaac Hayes

Imagine - John Lennon

Surf's Up - The Beach Boys

Maggot Brain - Funkadelic

Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

L.A. Woman - The Doors

Fragile - Yes

John Prine - John Prine

At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band

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

Trafalgar - Bee Gees

Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart

Pearl - Janis Joplin

White Light - Gene Clark

Tago Mago - Can

Live! - Fela Kuti

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Teenage Head - Flamin' Groovies

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin

1975: 2.84 (19)

NEU! 75 - Neu!

Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear

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

Tonight's The Night - Neil Young

There's No Place Like America Today - Curtis Mayfield

Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen

The Köln Concert - Keith Jarrett

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Born To Be With You - Dion

Another Green World - Brian Eno

Young Americans - David Bowie

Horses - Patti Smith

Go Girl Crazy - The Dictators

A Night At The Opera - Queen

Mothership Connection - Parliament

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan

Nighthawks At The Diner - Tom Waits

Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith

1990: 2.84 (19)

World Clique - Deee-Lite

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

Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins

Goo - Sonic Youth

Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy

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

The La's - The La's

Violator - Depeche Mode

En-Tact - The Shamen

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube

Behaviour - Pet Shop Boys

Ragged Glory - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Nowhere - Ride

Sex Packets - Digital Underground

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 - George Michael

Rust In Peace - Megadeth

Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes

Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction

Bossanova - Pixies

1972: 2.83 (24)

Made In Japan - Deep Purple

The Slider - T. Rex

Let's Stay Together - Al Green

Pink Moon - Nick Drake

Transformer - Lou Reed

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela

Roxy Music - Roxy Music

Machine Head - Deep Purple

Greetings From L.A. - Tim Buckley

Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

#1 Record - Big Star

Eagles - Eagles

Clube Da Esquina - Milton Nascimento

Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones

Harvest - Neil Young

American Gothic - David Ackles

Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren

Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan

Close To The Edge - Yes

All Directions - The Temptations

Manassas - Stephen Stills

Sail Away - Randy Newman

1976: 2.83 (12)

Station To Station - David Bowie

Hejira - Joni Mitchell

Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading

Africa Brasil - Jorge Ben Jor

Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Music From The Penguin Cafe - Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Boston - Boston

Legalize It - Peter Tosh

Hotel California - Eagles

2112 - Rush

The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers

1981: 2.79 (14)

Wild Gift - X

The Poet - Bobby Womack

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret - Soft Cell

Juju - Siouxsie And The Banshees

The Visitors - ABBA

Fire Of Love - The Gun Club

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17

Moving Pictures - Rush

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) - Motörhead

Mask - Bauhaus

Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club

Dare! - The Human League

Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go's

1988: 2.78 (18)

16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens

Vivid - Living Colour

Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney

Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.

Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

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

Viva Hate - Morrissey

Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Tank Battles - Dagmar Krause

Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

...And Justice For All - Metallica

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room - Dwight Yoakam

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

California - American Music Club

Shadowland - k.d. lang

Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction

1956: 2.75 (4)

The Wildest! - Louis Prima

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! - Frank Sinatra

Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

Ellington at Newport - Duke Ellington

1968: 2.7 (20)

Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes

Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro

The White Album - Beatles

The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band

The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks

Gris Gris - Dr. John

Truth - Jeff Beck

Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin

Cheap Thrills - Big Brother & The Holding Company

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears

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

At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash

The United States Of America - The United States Of America

Odessey And Oracle - The Zombies

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

2002: 2.69 (13)

Phrenology - The Roots

Under Construction - Missy Elliott

Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5

American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash

The Last Broadcast - Doves

Sea Change - Beck

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips

Stripped - Christina Aguilera

Sunshine Hit Me - The Bees

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

The Coral - The Coral

Justified - Justin Timberlake

A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay

1978: 2.68 (25)

The Man Machine - Kraftwerk

Van Halen - Van Halen

More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads

C'est Chic - CHIC

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

Siembra - Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

All Mod Cons - The Jam

Eternally Yours - The Saints

One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic

Parallel Lines - Blondie

Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye

Dub Housing - Pere Ubu

The Cars - The Cars

Ambient 1/Music For Airports - Brian Eno

The Only Ones - The Only Ones

Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Spex

Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star

The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu

Shalimar - Rahul Dev Burman

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen - The Residents

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

Stardust - Willie Nelson

1962: 2.67 (3)

Jazz Samba - Stan Getz

Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles

1993: 2.61 (18)

Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair

Emergency On Planet Earth - Jamiroquai

Suede - Suede

Gentlemen - The Afghan Whigs

Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur

Rid Of Me - PJ Harvey

The Infotainment Scan - The Fall

Very - Pet Shop Boys

Tuesday Night Music Club - Sheryl Crow

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby - Girls Against Boys

Strange Cargo III - William Orbit

Whatever - Aimee Mann

Orbital 2 - Orbital

Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg

Debut - Björk

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo

In Utero - Nirvana

1991: 2.6 (20)

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy

Ten - Pearl Jam

Spiderland - Slint

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Foxbase Alpha - Saint Etienne

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - Mudhoney

O.G. Original Gangster - Ice T

The White Room - The KLF

Achtung Baby - U2

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

Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope

Woodface - Crowded House

Step In The Arena - Gang Starr

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub

Arise - Sepultura

Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill

The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo - MC Solaar

1959: 2.6 (5)

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - Marty Robbins

The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles

The Gershwin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald

Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis

Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet

1969: 2.57 (28)

Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Odessa - Bee Gees

Hot Rats - Frank Zappa

Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention

At San Quentin - Johnny Cash

Happy Sad - Tim Buckley

Abbey Road - Beatles

Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield

In A Silent Way - Miles Davis

From Elvis In Memphis - Elvis Presley

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin

Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen

Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones

Cloud Nine - The Temptations

Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service

Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes

The Band - The Band

The Gilded Palace Of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago

Basket of Light - Pentangle

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash

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

Kick Out The Jams (Live) - MC5

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Oar - Alexander 'Skip' Spence

1992: 2.57 (23)

The Predator - Ice Cube

It's A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads

Dry - PJ Harvey

Lam Toro - Baaba Maal

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin

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

Automatic For The People - R.E.M.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche - Koffi Olomide

The Chronic - Dr. Dre

Bone Machine - Tom Waits

Vulgar Display Of Power - Pantera

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde - The Pharcyde

Copper Blue - Sugar

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

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

Henry's Dream - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Dirty - Sonic Youth

Dirt - Alice In Chains

Your Arsenal - Morrissey

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

Connected - Stereo MC's

Ingenue - k.d. lang

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

1966: 2.56 (16)

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

Face to Face - The Kinks

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

Fifth Dimension - The Byrds

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

Black Monk Time - The Monks

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel

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

Fred Neil - Fred Neil

Bluesbreakers - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Aftermath - The Rolling Stones

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

Revolver - Beatles

2003: 2.55 (11)

Elephant - The White Stripes

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast

So Much For The City - The Thrills

Frank - Amy Winehouse

Feast of Wire - Calexico

Want One - Rufus Wainwright

Deloused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta

Boy In Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal

Youth And Young Manhood - Kings of Leon

2001: 2.5 (14)

The Blueprint - JAY Z

Southern Rock Opera - Drive-By Truckers

Time (The Revelator) - Gillian Welch

Bright Flight - Silver Jews

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Survivor - Destiny's Child

Your New Favourite Band - The Hives

Hot Shots II - The Beta Band

Amnesiac - Radiohead

Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals

Melody A.M. - Röyksopp

Is This It - The Strokes

Gold - Ryan Adams

Vespertine - Björk

2007: 2.5 (6)

Cross - Justice

Oracular Spectacular - MGMT

In Rainbows - Radiohead

Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Kala - M.I.A.

2009: 2.5 (6)

xx - The xx

Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors

Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan

2017: 2.5 (6)

Melodrama - Lorde

Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver

Ctrl - SZA

Take Me Apart - Kelela

american dream - LCD Soundsystem

Drunk - Thundercat

2005: 2.5 (4)

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

Guero - Beck

I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

1974: 2.45 (20)

Autobahn - Kraftwerk

Bad Company - Bad Company

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard Thompson

Phaedra - Tangerine Dream

Natty Dread - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Crime Of The Century - Supertramp

Here Come The Warm Jets - Brian Eno

Kimono My House - Sparks

Queen II - Queen

The Grand Tour - George Jones

It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison

Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

Winter In America - Gil Scott-Heron

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt

Inspiration Information - Shuggie Otis

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis

Sheet Music - 10cc

Sheer Heart Attack - Queen

461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton

1997: 2.44 (18)

Tellin’ Stories - The Charlatans

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club

Butterfly - Mariah Carey

OK Computer - Radiohead

Urban Hymns - The Verve

Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott

Blur - Blur

Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

New Forms - Roni Size

Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan

Shleep - Robert Wyatt

Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - Spiritualized

Either Or - Elliott Smith

Maverick A Strike - Finley Quaye

Let's Get Killed - David Holmes

Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

In It For The Money - Supergrass

1967: 2.43 (23)

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive - Merle Haggard

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

The Who Sell Out - The Who

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix

Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield

Headquarters - The Monkees

Disraeli Gears - Cream

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles

Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane

Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds

Beach Samba - Astrud Gilberto

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Frank Sinatra

Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks

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

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd

Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

Call of the Valley - Shivkumar Sharma

Goodbye And Hello - Tim Buckley

Electric Prunes - The Electric Prunes

Moby Grape - Moby Grape

Forever Changes - Love

The Doors - The Doors

2012: 2.4 (5)

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

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

Django Django - Django Django

In Our Heads - Hot Chip

Blunderbuss - Jack White

1970: 2.38 (24)

Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Abraxas - Santana

Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos

American Beauty - Grateful Dead

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Live At Leeds - The Who

After The Gold Rush - Neil Young

Third - Soft Machine

Close To You - Carpenters

Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar

Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart

Bryter Layter - Nick Drake

Deep Purple In Rock - Deep Purple

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon

Moondance - Van Morrison

Morrison Hotel - The Doors

2004: 2.35 (17)

Penance Soiree - The Icarus Line

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Street Signs - Ozomatli

Smile - Brian Wilson

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

The College Dropout - Kanye West

Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned - Liars

Medúlla - Björk

Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart

Hot Fuss - The Killers

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

Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon

Heroes to Zeros - The Beta Band

Want Two - Rufus Wainwright

Fly Or Die - N.E.R.D

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - TV On The Radio

1983: 2.33 (12)

Pyromania - Def Leppard

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits

Duck Rock - Malcolm McLaren

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics

Hearts And Bones - Paul Simon

Back to Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks

Murmur - R.E.M.

Synchronicity - The Police

Porcupine - Echo And The Bunnymen

War - U2

She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

2006: 2.29 (7)

Savane - Ali Farka Touré

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

Black Holes and Revelations - Muse

Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco

Ys - Joanna Newsom

Back to Basics - Christina Aguilera

1996: 2.23 (22)

The Score - Fugees

If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian

Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers

Fuzzy Logic - Super Furry Animals

1977 - Ash

First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans

Oedipus Schmoedipus - Barry Adamson

Dust - Screaming Trees

Tigermilk - Belle & Sebastian

Odelay - Beck

Logical Progression - LTJ Bukem

Second Toughest In The Infants - Underworld

Beautiful Freak - Eels

Now I Got Worry - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Casanova - The Divine Comedy

Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon

Tidal - Fiona Apple

Come Find Yourself - Fun Lovin' Criminals

Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow

Antichrist Superstar - Marilyn Manson

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite - Maxwell

Roots - Sepultura

1998: 2.23 (13)

Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams

Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age

Ray Of Light - Madonna

This Is Hardcore - Pulp

Clandestino - Manu Chao

You've Come a Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim

White Ladder - David Gray

Celebrity Skin - Hole

System Of A Down - System Of A Down

Music Has The Right To Children - Boards of Canada

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

OK - Talvin Singh

2013: 2.2 (5)

m b v - My Bloody Valentine

Yeezus - Kanye West

The Bones Of What You Believe - CHVRCHES

BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé

The Next Day - David Bowie

2008: 2.13 (8)

The Renaissance - Q-Tip

The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow

All Hope Is Gone - Slipknot

Dear Science - TV On The Radio

Third - Portishead

The Age Of The Understatement - The Last Shadow Puppets

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp

1960: 2 (4)

Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba

Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley

A Date With The Everly Brothers - The Everly Brothers

Joan Baez - Joan Baez

2015: 2 (4)

Music in Exile - Songhoy Blues

Vulnicura - Björk

25 - Adele

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

2014: 2 (3)

Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs

1989 - Taylor Swift

LP1 - FKA twigs

2020: 2 (2)

Untitled (Black Is) - SAULT

evermore - Taylor Swift

2021: 2 (2)

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Chemtrails Over The Country Club - Lana Del Rey

1955: 2 (1)

In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra

1999: 1.95 (20)

Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós

The Slim Shady LP - Eminem

69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields

Make Yourself - Incubus

Play - Moby

Slipknot - Slipknot

I See A Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

The Man Who - Travis

São Paulo Confessions - Suba

Post Orgasmic Chill - Skunk Anansie

Kenza - Khaled

The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips

The Contino Sessions - Death In Vegas

Remedy - Basement Jaxx

Apple Venus Volume 1 - XTC

Darkdancer - Les Rythmes Digitales

Beyond Skin - Nitin Sawhney

Le Tigre - Le Tigre

S&M - Metallica

Central Reservation - Beth Orton

2000: 1.87 (23)

Red Dirt Girl - Emmylou Harris

Welcome to the Afterfuture - Mike Ladd

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy

Our Aim Is To Satisfy - Red Snapper

Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu

Virgin Suicides - Air

Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp

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

Stankonia - OutKast

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water - Limp Bizkit

Nixon - Lambchop

Chore of Enchantment - Giant Sand

All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2

Punishing Kiss - Ute Lemper

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams

Sincere - Mj Cole

Music - Madonna

Since I Left You - The Avalanches

Parachutes - Coldplay

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Tanto Tempo - Bebel Gilberto

Like Water For Chocolate - Common

1958: 1.75 (4)

Lady In Satin - Billie Holiday

Dance Mania - Tito Puente

Jack Takes the Floor - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra

2010: 1.6 (5)

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

High Violet - The National

Queen Of Denmark - John Grant

Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter

2018: 1.5 (2)

Chris - Christine and the Queens

Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves

1961: 1 (1)

Sunday At The Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio