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1965: 5 (6 albums)

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

Live At The Regal - B.B. King

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

Rubber Soul - Beatles

The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys

1955: 5 (1)

In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra

1959: 5 (1)

Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis

1962: 5 (1)

Jazz Samba - Stan Getz

1964: 5 (1)

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg - Jerry Lee Lewis

2011: 5 (1)

21 - Adele

1956: 4.67 (3)

The Wildest! - Louis Prima

Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! - Frank Sinatra

1958: 4.67 (3)

Lady In Satin - Billie Holiday

The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra

Dance Mania - Tito Puente

1986: 4.57 (7)

Graceland - Paul Simon

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

So - Peter Gabriel

Master Of Puppets - Metallica

Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys

Guitar Town - Steve Earle

Skylarking - XTC

1976: 4.56 (9)

Hotel California - Eagles

Africa Brasil - Jorge Ben Jor

Legalize It - Peter Tosh

Boston - Boston

Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading

Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton

Ramones - Ramones

Station To Station - David Bowie

Arrival - ABBA

1983: 4.5 (6)

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Murmur - R.E.M.

She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

Back to Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks

War - U2

Colour By Numbers - Culture Club

1975: 4.45 (11)

Pieces Of The Sky - Emmylou Harris

Mothership Connection - Parliament

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Young Americans - David Bowie

The Köln Concert - Keith Jarrett

Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear

Go Girl Crazy - The Dictators

Born To Be With You - Dion

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

There's No Place Like America Today - Curtis Mayfield

Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson

1972: 4.4 (10)

Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath

Manassas - Stephen Stills

The World is a Ghetto - War

Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela

Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

All Directions - The Temptations

#1 Record - Big Star

Talking Book - Stevie Wonder

Close To The Edge - Yes

1971: 4.25 (8)

Pearl - Janis Joplin

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band

Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

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

L.A. Woman - The Doors

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Tapestry - Carole King

1963: 4.25 (4)

Live At The Harlem Square Club - Sam Cooke

James Brown Live At The Apollo - James Brown

With The Beatles - Beatles

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector - Various Artists

2002: 4.25 (4)

American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash

Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5

Sea Change - Beck

The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

1995: 4.22 (9)

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis

Timeless - Goldie

Scream, Dracula, Scream - Rocket From The Crypt

Femi Kuti - Femi Kuti

I Should Coco - Supergrass

Brown Sugar - D'Angelo

Elastica - Elastica

1991: 4.2 (10)

Metallica - Metallica

Woodface - Crowded House

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Spiderland - Slint

Achtung Baby - U2

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo - MC Solaar

Arise - Sepultura

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope

1988: 4.14 (7)

Vivid - Living Colour

Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney

Bug - Dinosaur Jr.

Green - R.E.M.

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

...And Justice For All - Metallica

1984: 4.13 (8)

Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen

Private Dancer - Tina Turner

Diamond Life - Sade

Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile

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

Cafe Bleu - The Style Council

1984 - Van Halen

1969: 4.05 (20)

Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen

Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones

Abbey Road - Beatles

Happy Sad - Tim Buckley

Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention

Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago

The Stooges - The Stooges

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

The Band - The Band

Hot Rats - Frank Zappa

Liege And Lief - Fairport Convention

The Gilded Palace Of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers

Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin

Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield

Cloud Nine - The Temptations

1977: 4 (19)

Heroes - David Bowie

Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers

The Clash - The Clash

Hard Again - Muddy Waters

Zombie - Fela Kuti

The Idiot - Iggy Pop

Suicide - Suicide

Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk

Aja - Steely Dan

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel

New Boots And Panties - Ian Dury

Heavy Weather - Weather Report

1990: 4 (7)

Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction

Repeater - Fugazi

Bossanova - Pixies

Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins

Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor

Violator - Depeche Mode

1957: 4 (6)

The Sounds Of India - Ravi Shankar

Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis

Palo Congo - Sabu

Kenya - Machito

Here's Little Richard - Little Richard

Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk

1989: 4 (4)

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Nick Of Time - Bonnie Raitt

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

Like A Prayer - Madonna

2017: 4 (4)

Take Me Apart - Kelela

Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver

I See You - The xx

Melodrama - Lorde

2012: 4 (2)

Blunderbuss - Jack White

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

1960: 4 (1)

Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley

2014: 4 (1)

Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs

1970: 3.81 (16)

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

After The Gold Rush - Neil Young

Morrison Hotel - The Doors

McCartney - Paul McCartney

Deep Purple In Rock - Deep Purple

Third - Soft Machine

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit

Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Live At Leeds - The Who

The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar

Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Moondance - Van Morrison

1978: 3.79 (14)

Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

Van Halen - Van Halen

Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye

One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo

The Only Ones - The Only Ones

Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Spex

Siembra - Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads

Public Image: First Issue - Public Image Ltd.

Honky Tonk Masquerade - Joe Ely

Stardust - Willie Nelson

The Man Machine - Kraftwerk

This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1992: 3.75 (8)

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) - Ministry

Automatic For The People - R.E.M.

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

Dirt - Alice In Chains

Dirty - Sonic Youth

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

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin

Vulgar Display Of Power - Pantera

1981: 3.75 (4)

Moving Pictures - Rush

Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs

Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno

1998: 3.75 (4)

Moon Safari - Air

Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg

You've Come a Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim

Ray Of Light - Madonna

1966: 3.67 (9)

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Revolver - Beatles

Da Capo - Love

1985: 3.67 (9)

Meat Is Murder - The Smiths

Hunting High And Low - a-ha

Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout

Picture Book - Simply Red

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Rum Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

2013: 3.67 (3)

Yeezus - Kanye West

BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé

The Next Day - David Bowie

1994: 3.64 (14)

Dookie - Green Day

Tical - Method Man

The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers

Definitely Maybe - Oasis

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Live Through This - Hole

Smash - The Offspring

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Superunknown - Soundgarden

The Sun Rises In The East - Jeru The Damaja

Protection - Massive Attack

Crazysexycool - TLC

Dummy - Portishead

Parklife - Blur

1987: 3.63 (8)

Bad - Michael Jackson

The Joshua Tree - U2

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

Calenture - The Triffids

Scum - Napalm Death

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses

Opus Dei - Laibach

1974: 3.6 (10)

It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison

On The Beach - Neil Young

Phaedra - Tangerine Dream

Good Old Boys - Randy Newman

Kimono My House - Sparks

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis

Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

The Grand Tour - George Jones

Sheer Heart Attack - Queen

Bad Company - Bad Company

1979: 3.58 (12)

Pretenders - Pretenders

Quiet Life - Japan

The Specials - The Specials

London Calling - The Clash

Risque - CHIC

Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

Highway to Hell - AC/DC

Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.

Street Life - The Crusaders

1993: 3.57 (7)

In Utero - Nirvana

Debut - Björk

Tuesday Night Music Club - Sheryl Crow

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo

Very - Pet Shop Boys

Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins

1999: 3.57 (7)

S&M - Metallica

Make Yourself - Incubus

São Paulo Confessions - Suba

69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields

Remedy - Basement Jaxx

Beyond Skin - Nitin Sawhney

Post Orgasmic Chill - Skunk Anansie

2004: 3.56 (9)

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart

Penance Soiree - The Icarus Line

The College Dropout - Kanye West

Smile - Brian Wilson

Street Signs - Ozomatli

A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets

American Idiot - Green Day

Hot Fuss - The Killers

1973: 3.5 (6)

Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

Space Ritual - Hawkwind

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

1982: 3.5 (4)

Rip It Up - Orange Juice

1999 - Prince

The Lexicon Of Love - ABC

Pelican West - Haircut 100

2005: 3.5 (4)

Be - Common

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons

2010: 3.4 (5)

The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe

Brothers - The Black Keys

Teen Dream - Beach House

Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

1996: 3.29 (7)

Dust - Screaming Trees

Beautiful Freak - Eels

Tidal - Fiona Apple

First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans

Being There - Wilco

Better Living Through Chemistry - Fatboy Slim

Odelay - Beck

1967: 3.25 (8)

Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

Call of the Valley - Shivkumar Sharma

Chelsea Girl - Nico

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin

Groovin' - The Young Rascals

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

2000: 3.25 (8)

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

Since I Left You - The Avalanches

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - PJ Harvey

The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem

Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp

Sincere - Mj Cole

2003: 3.11 (9)

Hail To the Thief - Radiohead

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Want One - Rufus Wainwright

Frank - Amy Winehouse

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast

Feast of Wire - Calexico

Youth And Young Manhood - Kings of Leon

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent

Wonderful Rainbow - Lightning Bolt

1968: 3 (9)

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds

The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds

Music From Big Pink - The Band

The United States Of America - The United States Of America

The White Album - Beatles

Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin

White Light / White Heat - The Velvet Underground

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

1980: 3 (5)

Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen

More Specials - The Specials

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners

Seventeen Seconds - The Cure

Group Sex - Circle Jerks

2007: 3 (5)

The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Cross - Justice

Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem

Kala - M.I.A.

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

2001: 3 (4)

Amnesiac - Radiohead

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Southern Rock Opera - Drive-By Truckers

Gold - Ryan Adams

2006: 3 (1)

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

2016: 3 (1)

Konnichiwa - Skepta

2021: 3 (1)

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

1997: 2.83 (6)

Let's Get Killed - David Holmes

Butterfly - Mariah Carey

Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

OK Computer - Radiohead

Blur - Blur

Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

2009: 2.33 (3)

Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

Two Dancers - Wild Beasts

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2020: 1 (1)

Untitled (Black Is) - SAULT