Year by year stats
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1959: 5 (3 albums)
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - Marty Robbins
The Gershwin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles
1957: 4.5 (2)
Palo Congo - Sabu
Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis
1986: 4 (6)
Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry - Billy Bragg
The Colour Of Spring - Talk Talk
Water From An Ancient Well - Abdullah Ibrahim
Infected - The The
Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys
1990: 4 (5)
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor
En-Tact - The Shamen
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 - George Michael
Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
Nowhere - Ride
1995: 4 (2)
Elastica - Elastica
Timeless - Goldie
1984: 4 (1)
Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1973: 3.86 (7)
Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Raw Power - The Stooges
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
Solid Air - John Martyn
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
1985: 3.67 (6)
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
Rum Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues
Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears
Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
This Nation’s Saving Grace - The Fall
2002: 3.67 (3)
Sea Change - Beck
The Last Broadcast - Doves
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
2017: 3.67 (3)
american dream - LCD Soundsystem
Drunk - Thundercat
Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver
1965: 3.5 (2)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
2005: 3.5 (2)
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
Be - Common
2016: 3.5 (2)
A Seat at the Table - Solange
Blackstar - David Bowie
1975: 3.4 (5)
Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith
Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear
A Night At The Opera - Queen
Another Green World - Brian Eno
There's No Place Like America Today - Curtis Mayfield
1987: 3.33 (3)
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Sister - Sonic Youth
Opus Dei - Laibach
1974: 3.25 (4)
Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
Queen II - Queen
Country Life - Roxy Music
461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
1977: 3.2 (5)
Low - David Bowie
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
One World - John Martyn
The Stranger - Billy Joel
Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
1972: 3.14 (7)
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
School's Out - Alice Cooper
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
Greetings From L.A. - Tim Buckley
Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan
Eagles - Eagles
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
1996: 3.14 (7)
Better Living Through Chemistry - Fatboy Slim
Fuzzy Logic - Super Furry Animals
Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Dust - Screaming Trees
Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab
Being There - Wilco
Second Toughest In The Infants - Underworld
1969: 3.13 (8)
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes
Liege And Lief - Fairport Convention
Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago
Tommy - The Who
Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
1971: 3 (7)
Songs Of Love And Hate - Leonard Cohen
Pearl - Janis Joplin
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
Who's Next - The Who
1982: 3 (5)
Pelican West - Haircut 100
Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Too Rye Ay - Dexys Midnight Runners
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Rio - Duran Duran
1992: 3 (5)
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... - Arrested Development
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos
Connected - Stereo MC's
Your Arsenal - Morrissey
The Predator - Ice Cube
1997: 3 (5)
Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott
The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The Fat Of The Land - The Prodigy
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - Spiritualized
1998: 3 (4)
Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg
System Of A Down - System Of A Down
Music Has The Right To Children - Boards of Canada
This Is Hardcore - Pulp
2000: 3 (4)
Since I Left You - The Avalanches
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - PJ Harvey
Welcome to the Afterfuture - Mike Ladd
2008: 3 (3)
The Renaissance - Q-Tip
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Third - Portishead
2009: 3 (3)
xx - The xx
Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
2001: 3 (2)
Is This It - The Strokes
Vespertine - Björk
1964: 3 (1)
Olympia 64 - Jacques Brel
1976: 3 (1)
Station To Station - David Bowie
1981: 3 (1)
Juju - Siouxsie And The Banshees
2003: 3 (1)
Elephant - The White Stripes
2010: 3 (1)
Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter
1968: 2.88 (8)
Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin
The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
Music From Big Pink - The Band
Odessey And Oracle - The Zombies
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
1994: 2.83 (6)
Teenager Of The Year - Frank Black
Snivilisation - Orbital
Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G.
The Sun Rises In The East - Jeru The Damaja
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - Pavement
1989: 2.75 (4)
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Fromohio - fIREHOSE
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
L'Eau Rouge - The Young Gods
1970: 2.71 (7)
Moondance - Van Morrison
Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
American Beauty - Grateful Dead
Fun House - The Stooges
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
1978: 2.7 (10)
Parallel Lines - Blondie
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo
The Scream - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks
Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye
The Only Ones - The Only Ones
One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic
Stardust - Willie Nelson
Van Halen - Van Halen
Public Image: First Issue - Public Image Ltd.
1979: 2.67 (6)
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Street Life - The Crusaders
Quiet Life - Japan
Entertainment - Gang Of Four
Risque - CHIC
The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan
1991: 2.67 (6)
Woodface - Crowded House
Ten - Pearl Jam
Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub
Step In The Arena - Gang Starr
Spiderland - Slint
Screamadelica - Primal Scream
1999: 2.67 (3)
The Contino Sessions - Death In Vegas
69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields
Darkdancer - Les Rythmes Digitales
1967: 2.57 (7)
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - Loretta Lynn
The Who Sell Out - The Who
The Doors - The Doors
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive - Merle Haggard
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
Moby Grape - Moby Grape
Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks
1960: 2.5 (2)
Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley
Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba
1993: 2.5 (2)
Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo
In Utero - Nirvana
2004: 2.25 (4)
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Destroy Rock & Roll - Mylo
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets
1988: 2.2 (5)
Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine
If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues
Viva Hate - Morrissey
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney
1980: 2 (3)
More Specials - The Specials
Signing Off - UB40
Kilimanjaro - The Teardrop Explodes
1983: 2 (3)
Murmur - R.E.M.
Soul Mining - The The
Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits
1963: 2 (2)
With The Beatles - Beatles
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
1966: 1.33 (3)
Face to Face - The Kinks
Da Capo - Love
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys