Year by year stats
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1965: 5 (3 albums)
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Live At The Regal - B.B. King
1958: 5 (2)
Lady In Satin - Billie Holiday
The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
1963: 5 (2)
Live At The Harlem Square Club - Sam Cooke
James Brown Live At The Apollo - James Brown
1955: 5 (1)
In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra
1959: 5 (1)
Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
1986: 4.75 (4)
Graceland - Paul Simon
Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
So - Peter Gabriel
Master Of Puppets - Metallica
1976: 4.57 (7)
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
1972: 4.5 (6)
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
1975: 4.5 (6)
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
1983: 4.5 (4)
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Murmur - R.E.M.
She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
Back to Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks
1956: 4.5 (2)
The Wildest! - Louis Prima
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
1991: 4.25 (4)
Metallica - Metallica
Woodface - Crowded House
Screamadelica - Primal Scream
Spiderland - Slint
1995: 4.25 (4)
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
Timeless - Goldie
1977: 4 (13)
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
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
1987: 4 (4)
Bad - Michael Jackson
The Joshua Tree - U2
Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths
Calenture - The Triffids
1988: 4 (4)
Vivid - Living Colour
Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney
Bug - Dinosaur Jr.
Green - R.E.M.
1989: 4 (4)
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Nick Of Time - Bonnie Raitt
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
Like A Prayer - Madonna
2002: 4 (3)
American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5
Sea Change - Beck
1960: 4 (1)
Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley
2014: 4 (1)
Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs
1978: 3.82 (11)
Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
Van Halen - Van Halen
Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye
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
1984: 3.8 (5)
Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen
Private Dancer - Tina Turner
Diamond Life - Sade
A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile
Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
1970: 3.75 (12)
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
1966: 3.75 (4)
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel
Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention
1971: 3.75 (4)
Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
Pearl - Janis Joplin
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
1969: 3.67 (9)
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
1982: 3.67 (3)
Rip It Up - Orange Juice
1999 - Prince
The Lexicon Of Love - ABC
1994: 3.6 (10)
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
1979: 3.55 (11)
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.
1999: 3.5 (6)
S&M - Metallica
Make Yourself - Incubus
São Paulo Confessions - Suba
69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields
Remedy - Basement Jaxx
Beyond Skin - Nitin Sawhney
2000: 3.5 (6)
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
1993: 3.5 (4)
In Utero - Nirvana
Debut - Björk
Tuesday Night Music Club - Sheryl Crow
Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh
1990: 3.5 (2)
Repeater - Fugazi
Bossanova - Pixies
1992: 3.5 (2)
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) - Ministry
Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
1985: 3.43 (7)
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
2003: 3.43 (7)
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
1998: 3.33 (3)
Moon Safari - Air
Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg
You've Come a Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim
2005: 3.33 (3)
Be - Common
Coles Corner - Richard Hawley
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
1996: 3.25 (4)
Dust - Screaming Trees
Beautiful Freak - Eels
Tidal - Fiona Apple
First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans
2010: 3.25 (4)
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe
Brothers - The Black Keys
Teen Dream - Beach House
Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter
1973: 3.2 (5)
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
1967: 3 (7)
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
1968: 3 (7)
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
2004: 3 (5)
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
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
1974: 2.83 (6)
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
1980: 2.67 (3)
Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen
More Specials - The Specials
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners
2001: 2.67 (3)
Amnesiac - Radiohead
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
Southern Rock Opera - Drive-By Truckers
1997: 2.33 (3)
Let's Get Killed - David Holmes
Butterfly - Mariah Carey
Vanishing Point - Primal Scream
2009: 1.5 (2)
Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear
Two Dancers - Wild Beasts
2020: 1 (1)
Untitled (Black Is) - SAULT