Year by year stats
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1971: 5 (6 albums)
Songs Of Love And Hate - Leonard Cohen
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
Shaft - Isaac Hayes
Madman Across The Water - Elton John
Tapestry - Carole King
Blue - Joni Mitchell
1973: 5 (6)
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Solid Air - John Martyn
The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock
1970: 5 (5)
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
American Beauty - Grateful Dead
Live At Leeds - The Who
Moondance - Van Morrison
Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
1992: 5 (5)
Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin
Vulgar Display Of Power - Pantera
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Lam Toro - Baaba Maal
1977: 5 (4)
Hard Again - Muddy Waters
Heroes - David Bowie
Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
Zombie - Fela Kuti
1980: 5 (4)
Heartattack And Vine - Tom Waits
British Steel - Judas Priest
More Specials - The Specials
Peter Gabriel 3 - Peter Gabriel
1983: 5 (4)
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Duck Rock - Malcolm McLaren
Murmur - R.E.M.
Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits
1959: 5 (2)
The Gershwin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles
1966: 5 (2)
Revolver - Beatles
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel
1975: 5 (2)
That's The Way Of The World - Earth, Wind & Fire
There's No Place Like America Today - Curtis Mayfield
1990: 5 (2)
Sex Packets - Digital Underground
Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy
1962: 5 (1)
Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's
1963: 5 (1)
With The Beatles - Beatles
1964: 5 (1)
A Girl Called Dusty - Dusty Springfield
1965: 5 (1)
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail - Buck Owens
1985: 5 (1)
Rum Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues
2014: 5 (1)
Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs
2015: 5 (1)
Music in Exile - Songhoy Blues
2019: 5 (1)
KIWANUKA - Michael Kiwanuka
1995: 4.9 (10)
(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
Femi Kuti - Femi Kuti
Timeless - Goldie
Me Against The World - 2Pac
I Should Coco - Supergrass
Maxinquaye - Tricky
Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers
Different Class - Pulp
Brown Sugar - D'Angelo
1972: 4.8 (5)
All Directions - The Temptations
Paul Simon - Paul Simon
The World is a Ghetto - War
Eagles - Eagles
Sail Away - Randy Newman
1979: 4.8 (5)
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Quiet Life - Japan
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
1968: 4.75 (4)
Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel
Music From Big Pink - The Band
Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso
At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
1991: 4.67 (3)
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - Mudhoney
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
1996: 4.67 (3)
Beautiful Freak - Eels
If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian
Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow
2004: 4.67 (3)
Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon
American Idiot - Green Day
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1989: 4.6 (5)
Club Classics Vol. One - Soul II Soul
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Disintegration - The Cure
Djam Leelii - Baaba Maal
1994: 4.6 (5)
MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
Dookie - Green Day
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G.
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - Pavement
1976: 4.5 (4)
Legalize It - Peter Tosh
Africa Brasil - Jorge Ben Jor
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Ramones - Ramones
1988: 4.5 (4)
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
Green - R.E.M.
Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.
Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney
1978: 4.5 (2)
More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads
This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1999: 4.5 (2)
Hms Fable - Shack
Play - Moby
2000: 4.5 (2)
Like Water For Chocolate - Common
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - PJ Harvey
1969: 4.43 (7)
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention
Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Tommy - The Who
1967: 4.4 (5)
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
Disraeli Gears - Cream
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
1957: 4.33 (3)
At Mister Kelly's - Sarah Vaughan
Kenya - Machito
This Is Fats Domino - Fats Domino
1981: 4.33 (3)
Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go's
Wild Gift - X
Moving Pictures - Rush
1987: 4.33 (3)
Sign 'O' The Times - Prince
Bad - Michael Jackson
Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
1998: 4.33 (3)
System Of A Down - System Of A Down
White Ladder - David Gray
You've Come a Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim
2001: 4.33 (3)
White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
The Blueprint - JAY Z
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
1984: 4.25 (4)
Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
Diamond Life - Sade
Purple Rain - Prince
1984 - Van Halen
1982: 4.2 (5)
The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
Rip It Up - Orange Juice
1999 - Prince
The Lexicon Of Love - ABC
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
1986: 4.13 (8)
Reign In Blood - Slayer
Water From An Ancient Well - Abdullah Ibrahim
Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys
Skylarking - XTC
So - Peter Gabriel
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying - Megadeth
Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C.
1997: 4 (3)
Either Or - Elliott Smith
Butterfly - Mariah Carey
Urban Hymns - The Verve
1974: 4 (2)
461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
Queen II - Queen
1958: 4 (1)
The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
2002: 4 (1)
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
2007: 4 (1)
Oracular Spectacular - MGMT
2012: 4 (1)
good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
2016: 4 (1)
You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen
2003: 3 (1)
So Much For The City - The Thrills