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Prog-rock: 4.83 (6 albums)

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

2112 - Rush

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

The Yes Album - Yes

Symphonic-rock: 4.67 (6)

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

Truth - Jeff Beck

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

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

The Yes Album - Yes

Country-rock: 4.67 (3)

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Triangle - The Beau Brummels

After The Gold Rush - Neil Young

Glam: 4.57 (7)

Kimono My House - Sparks

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

Mott - Mott The Hoople

For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music

Transformer - Lou Reed

Slayed? - Slade

Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

Classic-rock: 4.4 (5)

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

Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Slayed? - Slade

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Merseybeat: 4.33 (3)

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

Triangle - The Beau Brummels

The White Album - Beatles

Blues-rock: 4.29 (14)

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

Truth - Jeff Beck

Blunderbuss - Jack White

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos

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

Mott - Mott The Hoople

Fifth Dimension - The Byrds

Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan

Slayed? - Slade

Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

School's Out - Alice Cooper

Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Made In Japan - Deep Purple

Psychedelic-rock: 4.29 (14)

Truth - Jeff Beck

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

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

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Triangle - The Beau Brummels

Transformer - Lou Reed

The White Album - Beatles

Fifth Dimension - The Byrds

Made In Japan - Deep Purple

Singer-songwriter: 4.25 (16)

Blue - Joni Mitchell

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

Ragged Glory - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Grace - Jeff Buckley

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

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

Transformer - Lou Reed

After The Gold Rush - Neil Young

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Soft-rock: 4.21 (14)

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan

Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

So - Peter Gabriel

Fifth Dimension - The Byrds

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

Hunting High And Low - a-ha

Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Close To You - Carpenters

Hard-rock: 4.14 (14)

Truth - Jeff Beck

Opus Dei - Laibach

The Real Thing - Faith No More

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

Mott - Mott The Hoople

I Against I - Bad Brains

2112 - Rush

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

Slayed? - Slade

Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) - Motörhead

School's Out - Alice Cooper

Made In Japan - Deep Purple

Folk-rock: 4 (33)

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon

Blue - Joni Mitchell

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Feast of Wire - Calexico

Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Calenture - The Triffids

Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

Grace - Jeff Buckley

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

Mott - Mott The Hoople

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

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

Triangle - The Beau Brummels

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

Basket of Light - Pentangle

Fifth Dimension - The Byrds

Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Close To You - Carpenters

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Acoustic: 4 (6)

Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan

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

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

Basket of Light - Pentangle

Art-rock: 3.94 (36)

Low-Life - New Order

Truth - Jeff Beck

Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon

Kimono My House - Sparks

Django Django - Django Django

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

Pink Flag - Wire

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

Goo - Sonic Youth

Real Life - Magazine

The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu

In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

The Next Day - David Bowie

Grace - Jeff Buckley

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

Mott - Mott The Hoople

OK Computer - Radiohead

2112 - Rush

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music

Bright Flight - Silver Jews

So - Peter Gabriel

Transformer - Lou Reed

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

Fifth Dimension - The Byrds

Slayed? - Slade

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

The Yes Album - Yes

Sister - Sonic Youth

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

Experimental: 3.77 (13)

Atomizer - Big Black

Pink Flag - Wire

Opus Dei - Laibach

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

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

Goo - Sonic Youth

Real Life - Magazine

The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

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

The White Album - Beatles

Kollaps - Einstürzende Neubauten

Vocal: 3.75 (4)

Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Close To You - Carpenters

Industrial: 3.67 (6)

Atomizer - Big Black

Moss Side Story - Barry Adamson

Opus Dei - Laibach

The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu

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

Kollaps - Einstürzende Neubauten

Ballad: 3.67 (3)

Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

Pop-rock: 3.63 (19)

Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

Kimono My House - Sparks

Blue - Joni Mitchell

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans

Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

1999 - Prince

Vauxhall And I - Morrissey

Calenture - The Triffids

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Make Yourself - Incubus

So - Peter Gabriel

The White Album - Beatles

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Close To You - Carpenters

Synth-pop: 3.4 (5)

Bad - Michael Jackson

Django Django - Django Django

Fever Ray - Fever Ray

So - Peter Gabriel

Hunting High And Low - a-ha

Power-pop: 3.4 (5)

Warehouse: Songs And Stories - Hüsker Dü

Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Mott - Mott The Hoople

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

Post-punk: 3.2 (15)

Low-Life - New Order

Atomizer - Big Black

Pink Flag - Wire

Goo - Sonic Youth

Real Life - Magazine

The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu

Warehouse: Songs And Stories - Hüsker Dü

Repeater - Fugazi

Wild Gift - X

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

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

Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen

Kollaps - Einstürzende Neubauten

Sister - Sonic Youth

Juju - Siouxsie And The Banshees

New-wave: 3.16 (19)

Low-Life - New Order

Kimono My House - Sparks

Pink Flag - Wire

Goo - Sonic Youth

Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

Real Life - Magazine

The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Warehouse: Songs And Stories - Hüsker Dü

Vauxhall And I - Morrissey

Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music

Sound Affects - The Jam

Wild Gift - X

Nowhere - Ride

All Mod Cons - The Jam

Hunting High And Low - a-ha

Sister - Sonic Youth

Juju - Siouxsie And The Banshees

Post-hardcore: 3 (9)

Atomizer - Big Black

Pink Flag - Wire

The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu

Warehouse: Songs And Stories - Hüsker Dü

Repeater - Fugazi

I Against I - Bad Brains

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen

Gentlemen - The Afghan Whigs

Avantgarde: 3 (4)

Goo - Sonic Youth

For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music

Kollaps - Einstürzende Neubauten

Sister - Sonic Youth

Chamber-pop: 3 (3)

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan

Bright Flight - Silver Jews

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

Garage-rock: 2.83 (6)

Blunderbuss - Jack White

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down - The Dandy Warhols

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Highly Evolved - The Vines

Leftfield: 2.8 (5)

Moss Side Story - Barry Adamson

Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Our Aim Is To Satisfy - Red Snapper

Leftism - Leftfield

Hardcore: 2.8 (5)

Warehouse: Songs And Stories - Hüsker Dü

I Against I - Bad Brains

Wild Gift - X

Group Sex - Circle Jerks

Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen

Alternative-rock: 2.79 (38)

Ten - Pearl Jam

Low-Life - New Order

Atomizer - Big Black

Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement

Blunderbuss - Jack White

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down - The Dandy Warhols

Pink Flag - Wire

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

Goo - Sonic Youth

Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

Real Life - Magazine

The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu

The Real Thing - Faith No More

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Warehouse: Songs And Stories - Hüsker Dü

Repeater - Fugazi

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Highly Evolved - The Vines

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

Grace - Jeff Buckley

OK Computer - Radiohead

I Against I - Bad Brains

Sea Change - Beck

The Last Broadcast - Doves

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

Bright Flight - Silver Jews

Wild Gift - X

Make Yourself - Incubus

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Nowhere - Ride

Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen

Sister - Sonic Youth

Gentlemen - The Afghan Whigs

Henry's Dream - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Juju - Siouxsie And The Banshees

Britpop: 2.67 (3)

Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys

The Last Broadcast - Doves

Nowhere - Ride

Indie-pop: 2.57 (7)

Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement

Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

xx - The xx

First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans

Vauxhall And I - Morrissey

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Dream-pop: 2.5 (6)

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

xx - The xx

Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

Nowhere - Ride

Juju - Siouxsie And The Banshees

Noise-rock: 2.5 (4)

Atomizer - Big Black

Goo - Sonic Youth

Repeater - Fugazi

Sister - Sonic Youth

Alternative-metal: 2.5 (4)

System Of A Down - System Of A Down

The Real Thing - Faith No More

I Against I - Bad Brains

Make Yourself - Incubus

Indie-rock: 2.48 (25)

Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down - The Dandy Warhols

Django Django - Django Django

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

xx - The xx

Goo - Sonic Youth

Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Warehouse: Songs And Stories - Hüsker Dü

Vauxhall And I - Morrissey

Calenture - The Triffids

Repeater - Fugazi

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Highly Evolved - The Vines

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

OK Computer - Radiohead

Sea Change - Beck

The Last Broadcast - Doves

Bright Flight - Silver Jews

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Nowhere - Ride

Sister - Sonic Youth

Downtempo: 2.38 (8)

Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp

xx - The xx

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Tanto Tempo - Bebel Gilberto

The Last Broadcast - Doves

Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry

Leftism - Leftfield

Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow

Nu-metal: 2.33 (3)

System Of A Down - System Of A Down

Roots - Sepultura

Make Yourself - Incubus

Trip-hop: 2.25 (4)

Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp

Our Aim Is To Satisfy - Red Snapper

Leftism - Leftfield

Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow

Dance-pop: 2 (4)

Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp

First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans

Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry

Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

Lo-fi: 1.67 (3)

Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement

Bright Flight - Silver Jews

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh