Year by year stats
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1961: 5 (1 albums)
Sunday At The Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio
1974: 4.8 (5)
Kimono My House - Sparks
Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
On The Beach - Neil Young
Sheet Music - 10cc
1970: 4.55 (11)
John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos
After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Close To You - Carpenters
American Beauty - Grateful Dead
Abraxas - Santana
Fun House - The Stooges
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
1973: 4.5 (8)
Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan
Bongo Rock - Incredible Bongo Band
Mott - Mott The Hoople
Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock
A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
1957: 4.5 (2)
Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis
At Mister Kelly's - Sarah Vaughan
1975: 4.43 (7)
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell
There's No Place Like America Today - Curtis Mayfield
Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Young Americans - David Bowie
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
Go Girl Crazy - The Dictators
1965: 4.4 (5)
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding
Live At The Regal - B.B. King
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
My Generation - The Who
1968: 4.38 (8)
Truth - Jeff Beck
Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
The White Album - Beatles
Scott 2 - Scott Walker
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds
We're Only In It For The Money - The Mothers Of Invention
1972: 4.36 (11)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
Transformer - Lou Reed
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Slayed? - Slade
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Made In Japan - Deep Purple
Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
American Gothic - David Ackles
Machine Head - Deep Purple
Harvest - Neil Young
1971: 4.25 (8)
Blue - Joni Mitchell
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse - Faces
Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Yes Album - Yes
Pearl - Janis Joplin
White Light - Gene Clark
Trafalgar - Bee Gees
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
1967: 4 (8)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
Triangle - The Beau Brummels
Goodbye And Hello - Tim Buckley
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive - Merle Haggard
Groovin' - The Young Rascals
Call of the Valley - Shivkumar Sharma
1966: 4 (6)
Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders
Fifth Dimension - The Byrds
Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Revolver - Beatles
Aftermath - The Rolling Stones
1977: 4 (4)
Pink Flag - Wire
Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
The Stranger - Billy Joel
Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers
1958: 4 (2)
Jack Takes the Floor - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
1960: 4 (2)
Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley
Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba
1959: 4 (1)
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - Marty Robbins
1963: 4 (1)
Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith
1978: 3.9 (10)
Real Life - Magazine
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle - Throbbing Gristle
All Mod Cons - The Jam
Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star
Stardust - Willie Nelson
Siembra - Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
1969: 3.89 (9)
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
Basket of Light - Pentangle
Cloud Nine - The Temptations
Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Odessa - Bee Gees
Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone
Tommy - The Who
Elephant Mountain - The Youngbloods
1976: 3.75 (4)
2112 - Rush
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Legalize It - Peter Tosh
1979: 3.71 (7)
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
The Specials - The Specials
At Budokan - Cheap Trick
London Calling - The Clash
GI - Germs
The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan
1986: 3.6 (5)
Atomizer - Big Black
I Against I - Bad Brains
So - Peter Gabriel
Graceland - Paul Simon
The Last Of The True Believers - Nanci Griffith
1982: 3.5 (4)
1999 - Prince
Rip It Up - Orange Juice
Too Rye Ay - Dexys Midnight Runners
The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
2013: 3.5 (2)
The Next Day - David Bowie
The Bones Of What You Believe - CHVRCHES
2015: 3.5 (2)
Music in Exile - Songhoy Blues
Vulnicura - Björk
1990: 3.4 (5)
Goo - Sonic Youth
Repeater - Fugazi
Ragged Glory - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Nowhere - Ride
Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes
1980: 3.25 (8)
More Specials - The Specials
Sound Affects - The Jam
Group Sex - Circle Jerks
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners
British Steel - Judas Priest
Songs The Lord Taught Us - The Cramps
Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen
Killing Joke - Killing Joke
1981: 3.17 (6)
Wild Gift - X
Kollaps - Einstürzende Neubauten
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) - Motörhead
Juju - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs
Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17
1987: 3 (8)
Bad - Michael Jackson
Opus Dei - Laibach
Warehouse: Songs And Stories - Hüsker Dü
Calenture - The Triffids
Sister - Sonic Youth
The New Tango - Astor Piazzolla
Electric - The Cult
Trio - Dolly Parton
1992: 3 (4)
Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement
Devotional Songs - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Henry's Dream - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized
2002: 3 (3)
Highly Evolved - The Vines
Sea Change - Beck
The Last Broadcast - Doves
2008: 3 (3)
Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
1964: 3 (2)
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg - Jerry Lee Lewis
Rock 'N Soul - Solomon Burke
1984: 3 (2)
Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen
Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1983: 3 (1)
Colour By Numbers - Culture Club
2019: 3 (1)
Ghosteen - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1989: 2.67 (6)
Moss Side Story - Barry Adamson
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman - John Zorn
The Real Thing - Faith No More
90 - 808 State
Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry
Club Classics Vol. One - Soul II Soul
1994: 2.67 (6)
Vauxhall And I - Morrissey
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Protection - Massive Attack
Snivilisation - Orbital
Smash - The Offspring
Haunted Dancehall - The Sabres Of Paradise
1991: 2.67 (3)
Ten - Pearl Jam
Screamadelica - Primal Scream
Woodface - Crowded House
1995: 2.67 (3)
Brown Sugar - D'Angelo
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Leftism - Leftfield
2001: 2.67 (3)
Bright Flight - Silver Jews
Is This It - The Strokes
Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals
2003: 2.67 (3)
Feast of Wire - Calexico
Deloused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta
Elephant - The White Stripes
1988: 2.63 (8)
The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies
Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
Green - R.E.M.
Vivid - Living Colour
Bug - Dinosaur Jr.
2009: 2.6 (5)
Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan
xx - The xx
It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
1997: 2.5 (8)
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down - The Dandy Warhols
Vanishing Point - Primal Scream
OK Computer - Radiohead
Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan
Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - Spiritualized
Butterfly - Mariah Carey
When I Was Born For The 7th Time - Cornershop
1993: 2.5 (6)
Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys
Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh
Gentlemen - The Afghan Whigs
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby - Girls Against Boys
Debut - Björk
Rid Of Me - PJ Harvey
1998: 2.5 (4)
System Of A Down - System Of A Down
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) - Bob Dylan
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
Apocalypse Dudes - Turbonegro
2007: 2.5 (2)
In Rainbows - Radiohead
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
2012: 2.5 (2)
Blunderbuss - Jack White
Django Django - Django Django
1996: 2.43 (7)
Roots - Sepultura
First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans
Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow
If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian
Odelay - Beck
Beautiful Freak - Eels
Walking Wounded - Everything But The Girl
2000: 2.33 (9)
Like Water For Chocolate - Common
Tanto Tempo - Bebel Gilberto
Our Aim Is To Satisfy - Red Snapper
Figure 8 - Elliott Smith
Virgin Suicides - Air
Red Dirt Girl - Emmylou Harris
Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp
Welcome to the Afterfuture - Mike Ladd
Nixon - Lambchop
1985: 2.33 (3)
Low-Life - New Order
Hunting High And Low - a-ha
Picture Book - Simply Red
2004: 2.33 (3)
Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Penance Soiree - The Icarus Line
1999: 2.25 (4)
Make Yourself - Incubus
69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields
Remedy - Basement Jaxx
Play - Moby
2010: 2 (1)
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
2011: 2 (1)
Let England Shake - PJ Harvey
2020: 1.5 (2)
Untitled (Black Is) - SAULT
evermore - Taylor Swift
2018: 1 (2)
Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
Chris - Christine and the Queens
2021: 1 (1)
Chemtrails Over The Country Club - Lana Del Rey