Year by year stats
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1956: 5 (1 albums)
Ellington at Newport - Duke Ellington
1962: 5 (1)
Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's
1959: 4 (4)
Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles
Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
The Gershwin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
1988: 4 (4)
Green - R.E.M.
Surfer Rosa - Pixies
Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
Viva Hate - Morrissey
1958: 4 (2)
The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Jack Takes the Floor - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
1960: 4 (2)
Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba
At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters
1983: 4 (2)
Synchronicity - The Police
Out of Step - Minor Threat
2014: 4 (1)
Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs
1971: 3.86 (7)
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Tapestry - Carole King
Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
1972: 3.86 (7)
Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela
Clube Da Esquina - Milton Nascimento
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Manassas - Stephen Stills
Paul Simon - Paul Simon
#1 Record - Big Star
1975: 3.67 (3)
Mothership Connection - Parliament
A Night At The Opera - Queen
There's No Place Like America Today - Curtis Mayfield
1969: 3.6 (5)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Kick Out The Jams (Live) - MC5
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) - The Kinks
Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes
Liege And Lief - Fairport Convention
1970: 3.57 (7)
Fun House - The Stooges
Moondance - Van Morrison
Close To You - Carpenters
John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
1987: 3.57 (7)
Document - R.E.M.
You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.
Bad - Michael Jackson
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Darklands - The Jesus And Mary Chain
Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Trio - Dolly Parton
1980: 3.5 (6)
Back In Black - AC/DC
Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen
Signing Off - UB40
More Specials - The Specials
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners
Remain In Light - Talking Heads
1974: 3.5 (4)
Queen II - Queen
Bad Company - Bad Company
Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
Kimono My House - Sparks
1986: 3.5 (4)
The Colour Of Spring - Talk Talk
Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys
Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.
So - Peter Gabriel
1964: 3.5 (2)
Olympia 64 - Jacques Brel
Rock 'N Soul - Solomon Burke
1965: 3.33 (3)
Live At The Regal - B.B. King
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch
1966: 3.33 (3)
Da Capo - Love
Fifth Dimension - The Byrds
Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds
1968: 3.33 (3)
Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin
We're Only In It For The Money - The Mothers Of Invention
Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso
1979: 3.3 (10)
At Budokan - Cheap Trick
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Risque - CHIC
Pretenders - Pretenders
Reggatta De Blanc - The Police
B-52's - The B-52's
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Live At The Witch Trials - The Fall
1967: 3.25 (4)
Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen
Triangle - The Beau Brummels
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
1981: 3.25 (4)
Moving Pictures - Rush
Architecture And Morality - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Mask - Bauhaus
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno
1976: 3 (6)
Boston - Boston
Hejira - Joni Mitchell
Ramones - Ramones
Destroyer - KISS
Africa Brasil - Jorge Ben Jor
2112 - Rush
1982: 3 (6)
1999 - Prince
Pornography - The Cure
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
Rio - Duran Duran
The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
The Rise & Fall - Madness
1984: 3 (3)
A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile
Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen
Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2007: 3 (2)
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
In Rainbows - Radiohead
1998: 3 (1)
Apocalypse Dudes - Turbonegro
2019: 3 (1)
KIWANUKA - Michael Kiwanuka
1978: 2.9 (10)
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle - Throbbing Gristle
Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star
Siembra - Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
C'est Chic - CHIC
Shalimar - Rahul Dev Burman
Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks
Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Spex
Parallel Lines - Blondie
1973: 2.83 (6)
The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Honky Tonk Heroes - Waylon Jennings
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Berlin - Lou Reed
Next - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1977: 2.67 (6)
Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson
Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
Aja - Steely Dan
Pink Flag - Wire
Heroes - David Bowie
1990: 2.67 (3)
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest
Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes
Sex Packets - Digital Underground
2002: 2.67 (3)
Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5
Under Construction - Missy Elliott
American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
2004: 2.6 (5)
Penance Soiree - The Icarus Line
American Idiot - Green Day
You Are The Quarry - Morrissey
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - TV On The Radio
2010: 2.5 (2)
Brothers - The Black Keys
Teen Dream - Beach House
2001: 2.33 (3)
Amnesiac - Radiohead
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
2009: 2.33 (3)
xx - The xx
It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
1995: 2.2 (5)
Garbage - Garbage
Timeless - Goldie
Alien Lanes - Guided By Voices
The Bends - Radiohead
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
2003: 2.2 (5)
Youth And Young Manhood - Kings of Leon
Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Elephant - The White Stripes
Frank - Amy Winehouse
Hail To the Thief - Radiohead
1996: 2.13 (8)
Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon
Tigermilk - Belle & Sebastian
The Score - Fugees
Beautiful Freak - Eels
If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian
1977 - Ash
Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1993: 2 (6)
Wild Wood - Paul Weller
Suede - Suede
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby - Girls Against Boys
The Infotainment Scan - The Fall
Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo
1997: 2 (3)
Let's Get Killed - David Holmes
The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Either Or - Elliott Smith
1963: 2 (2)
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
With The Beatles - Beatles
2005: 2 (2)
Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes
I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons
2006: 2 (2)
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco
1957: 2 (1)
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk
1961: 2 (1)
Sunday At The Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio
1999: 2 (1)
São Paulo Confessions - Suba
1994: 1.83 (6)
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Illmatic - Nas
Tical - Method Man
Parklife - Blur
Music For The Jilted Generation - The Prodigy
MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
2000: 1.75 (8)
Figure 8 - Elliott Smith
Chore of Enchantment - Giant Sand
Sincere - Mj Cole
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu
Kid A - Radiohead
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
Our Aim Is To Satisfy - Red Snapper
1989: 1.6 (5)
Playing With Fire - Spacemen 3
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Club Classics Vol. One - Soul II Soul
Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry
Technique - New Order
1985: 1.5 (4)
Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears
This Nation’s Saving Grace - The Fall
Picture Book - Simply Red
Don't Stand Me Down - Dexys Midnight Runners
1992: 1.5 (2)
Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized
Bone Machine - Tom Waits
1991: 1.25 (4)
The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
The White Room - The KLF
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy
Step In The Arena - Gang Starr
2012: 1 (2)
good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean
2013: 1 (1)
m b v - My Bloody Valentine
2015: 1 (1)
To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar