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2009: 5 (2 albums)

Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

1956: 5 (1)

Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

2019: 5 (1)

GREY Area - Little Simz

2004: 4.86 (7)

Funeral - Arcade Fire

Hot Fuss - The Killers

Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon

Fly Or Die - N.E.R.D

The College Dropout - Kanye West

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart

2012: 4.5 (2)

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

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

2010: 4.4 (5)

The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe

Brothers - The Black Keys

Teen Dream - Beach House

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter

1964: 4.33 (3)

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg - Jerry Lee Lewis

Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz

Rock 'N Soul - Solomon Burke

2007: 4.33 (3)

Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

Oracular Spectacular - MGMT

1990: 4 (4)

Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins

Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes

Bossanova - Pixies

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

2006: 4 (4)

Fishscale - Ghostface Killah

Savane - Ali Farka Touré

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

Black Holes and Revelations - Muse

2008: 4 (3)

The Renaissance - Q-Tip

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Only By The Night - Kings of Leon

1959: 4 (2)

The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles

Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet

2005: 4 (2)

Be - Common

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

1957: 4 (1)

Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk

1960: 4 (1)

Joan Baez - Joan Baez

1962: 4 (1)

Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's

2014: 4 (1)

1989 - Taylor Swift

2020: 4 (1)

Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

1994: 3.89 (9)

The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails

Superunknown - Soundgarden

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Illmatic - Nas

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - Pavement

Live Through This - Hole

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Parklife - Blur

Snivilisation - Orbital

1991: 3.88 (8)

Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Blue Lines - Massive Attack

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy

Ten - Pearl Jam

The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest

Arise - Sepultura

Step In The Arena - Gang Starr

1968: 3.86 (7)

Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones

S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds

Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin

The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks

Music From Big Pink - The Band

1975: 3.83 (6)

There's No Place Like America Today - Curtis Mayfield

Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson

Tonight's The Night - Neil Young

Go Girl Crazy - The Dictators

Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen

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

1996: 3.75 (8)

Tidal - Fiona Apple

Roots - Sepultura

Fuzzy Logic - Super Furry Animals

Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow

Come Find Yourself - Fun Lovin' Criminals

Beautiful Freak - Eels

Tidal - Fiona Apple

The Score - Fugees

1995: 3.73 (11)

(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins

Smokers Delight - Nightmares On Wax

Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers

The Bends - Radiohead

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon

A Northern Soul - The Verve

Brown Sugar - D'Angelo

I Should Coco - Supergrass

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

1993: 3.71 (7)

Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins

Wild Wood - Paul Weller

Very - Pet Shop Boys

In Utero - Nirvana

Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur

Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg

Rid Of Me - PJ Harvey

1969: 3.69 (13)

Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield

From Elvis In Memphis - Elvis Presley

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes

Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone

Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Kick Out The Jams (Live) - MC5

Cloud Nine - The Temptations

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

Abbey Road - Beatles

Elephant Mountain - The Youngbloods

1971: 3.67 (15)

Electric Warrior - T. Rex

Live! - Fela Kuti

At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

Madman Across The Water - Elton John

Pearl - Janis Joplin

Who's Next - The Who

Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Bryter Layter - Nick Drake

Imagine - John Lennon

Tapestry - Carole King

Blue - Joni Mitchell

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse - Faces

1998: 3.67 (6)

Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age

Clandestino - Manu Chao

Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill

This Is Hardcore - Pulp

You've Come a Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim

1997: 3.67 (3)

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club

A Short Album About Love - The Divine Comedy

The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2001: 3.67 (3)

La Revancha Del Tango - Gotan Project

Is This It - The Strokes

Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals

2000: 3.63 (8)

Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Parachutes - Coldplay

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem

Red Dirt Girl - Emmylou Harris

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water - Limp Bizkit

Kid A - Radiohead

1973: 3.6 (10)

Countdown To Ecstasy - Steely Dan

Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren

Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers

1963: 3.6 (5)

James Brown Live At The Apollo - James Brown

With The Beatles - Beatles

James Brown Live At The Apollo - James Brown

Live At The Harlem Square Club - Sam Cooke

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus

1977: 3.55 (11)

My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello

Marquee Moon - Television

Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson

Before And After Science - Brian Eno

Hard Again - Muddy Waters

Low - David Bowie

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

Pink Flag - Wire

The Idiot - Iggy Pop

Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Aja - Steely Dan

1967: 3.5 (6)

Electric Prunes - The Electric Prunes

Goodbye And Hello - Tim Buckley

Forever Changes - Love

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

Electric Prunes - The Electric Prunes

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

1982: 3.5 (6)

Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Pelican West - Haircut 100

Too Rye Ay - Dexys Midnight Runners

Pornography - The Cure

1999 - Prince

The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

1999: 3.5 (4)

The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips

Darkdancer - Les Rythmes Digitales

Central Reservation - Beth Orton

Slipknot - Slipknot

1965: 3.5 (2)

My Generation - The Who

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

1989: 3.5 (2)

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

The Sensual World - Kate Bush

1970: 3.43 (7)

Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Live At Leeds - The Who

Close To You - Carpenters

Morrison Hotel - The Doors

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Moondance - Van Morrison

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

1985: 3.43 (7)

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Fear and Whiskey - Mekons

Cupid & Psyche 85 - Scritti Politti

Psychocandy - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Meat Is Murder - The Smiths

Don't Stand Me Down - Dexys Midnight Runners

Low-Life - New Order

2002: 3.43 (7)

Stripped - Christina Aguilera

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay

Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5

The Last Broadcast - Doves

Phrenology - The Roots

Highly Evolved - The Vines

1988: 3.38 (8)

Truth And Soul - Fishbone

Tank Battles - Dagmar Krause

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens

Idlewild - Everything But The Girl

Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction

Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney

1984: 3.33 (3)

Immigrés - Youssou N'Dour

Cafe Bleu - The Style Council

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

1983: 3.29 (7)

Eliminator - ZZ Top

War - U2

Colour By Numbers - Culture Club

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics

Out of Step - Minor Threat

Pyromania - Def Leppard

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

1972: 3.27 (11)

The World is a Ghetto - War

Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan

Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan

Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Roxy Music - Roxy Music

Talking Book - Stevie Wonder

Greetings From L.A. - Tim Buckley

All Directions - The Temptations

The Slider - T. Rex

1979: 3.25 (12)

Off The Wall - Michael Jackson

The Undertones - The Undertones

Highway to Hell - AC/DC

Quiet Life - Japan

Fear Of Music - Talking Heads

Reggatta De Blanc - The Police

Off The Wall - Michael Jackson

London Calling - The Clash

The Undertones - The Undertones

Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

The Wall - Pink Floyd

The Specials - The Specials

1974: 3.25 (8)

Here Come The Warm Jets - Brian Eno

Bad Company - Bad Company

Good Old Boys - Randy Newman

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

Sheer Heart Attack - Queen

On The Beach - Neil Young

Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell

Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

1978: 3.25 (4)

Parallel Lines - Blondie

Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

C'est Chic - CHIC

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

1966: 3.17 (6)

Revolver - Beatles

Black Monk Time - The Monks

Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone

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

Bluesbreakers - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

2003: 3.13 (8)

Wonderful Rainbow - Lightning Bolt

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

Elephant - The White Stripes

Feast of Wire - Calexico

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Boy In Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal

Deloused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast

1986: 3 (5)

The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths

Blood And Chocolate - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

So - Peter Gabriel

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry - Billy Bragg

1987: 3 (5)

Scum - Napalm Death

Faith - George Michael

Sister - Sonic Youth

Darklands - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Locust Abortion Technician - Butthole Surfers

1976: 3 (2)

Ramones - Ramones

Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading

2013: 3 (1)

m b v - My Bloody Valentine

2015: 3 (1)

Music in Exile - Songhoy Blues

1980: 2.78 (9)

Killing Joke - Killing Joke

Arc Of A Diver - Steve Winwood

Songs The Lord Taught Us - The Cramps

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Seventeen Seconds - The Cure

Sound Affects - The Jam

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners

Back In Black - AC/DC

1981: 2.67 (3)

The Visitors - ABBA

Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go's

Damaged - Black Flag

1992: 2.6 (5)

It's A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads

Dirt - Alice In Chains

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

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

Dirty - Sonic Youth