Year by year stats
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1975: 5 (1 albums)
Mothership Connection - Parliament
2007: 5 (1)
Oracular Spectacular - MGMT
1967: 4.75 (4)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
1985: 4.67 (3)
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
2009: 4.33 (3)
xx - The xx
xx - The xx
Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors
1966: 4.25 (4)
Face to Face - The Kinks
Bluesbreakers - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Fifth Dimension - The Byrds
Revolver - Beatles
1970: 4.14 (7)
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
American Beauty - Grateful Dead
Moondance - Van Morrison
Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Abraxas - Santana
2000: 4.13 (8)
Punishing Kiss - Ute Lemper
Virgin Suicides - Air
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
Kid A - Radiohead
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water - Limp Bizkit
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
Kid A - Radiohead
Since I Left You - The Avalanches
1994: 4 (13)
MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
Illmatic - Nas
Snivilisation - Orbital
Dog Man Star - Suede
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Brutal Youth - Elvis Costello
MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
Dookie - Green Day
Tical - Method Man
Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G.
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Illmatic - Nas
1972: 4 (12)
Close To The Edge - Yes
The Slider - T. Rex
Harvest - Neil Young
Machine Head - Deep Purple
Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela
Clube Da Esquina - Milton Nascimento
Eagles - Eagles
Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela
Machine Head - Deep Purple
American Gothic - David Ackles
Harvest - Neil Young
Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
1968: 4 (6)
Odessey And Oracle - The Zombies
The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
Odessey And Oracle - The Zombies
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band
Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
1991: 4 (5)
Woodface - Crowded House
Ten - Pearl Jam
Foxbase Alpha - Saint Etienne
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Foxbase Alpha - Saint Etienne
1997: 4 (5)
The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Let's Get Killed - David Holmes
In It For The Money - Supergrass
Homework - Daft Punk
Blur - Blur
1998: 4 (5)
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
Follow The Leader - Korn
You've Come a Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim
White Ladder - David Gray
This Is Hardcore - Pulp
1989: 4 (4)
Doolittle - Pixies
Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry
3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
Doolittle - Pixies
1992: 4 (4)
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche - Koffi Olomide
Ingenue - k.d. lang
The Predator - Ice Cube
Bone Machine - Tom Waits
2015: 4 (2)
To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
Music in Exile - Songhoy Blues
1957: 4 (1)
Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis
1958: 4 (1)
The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
1959: 4 (1)
The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles
1960: 4 (1)
At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters
1961: 4 (1)
Sunday At The Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio
1963: 4 (1)
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
1980: 4 (1)
Hypnotised - The Undertones
1977: 3.89 (9)
The Clash - The Clash
Zombie - Fela Kuti
Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
Hard Again - Muddy Waters
Aja - Steely Dan
Zombie - Fela Kuti
Heavy Weather - Weather Report
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Heroes - David Bowie
1965: 3.8 (5)
The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding
1978: 3.8 (5)
Eternally Yours - The Saints
Stardust - Willie Nelson
The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo
The Scream - Siouxsie And The Banshees
1979: 3.8 (5)
Pretenders - Pretenders
London Calling - The Clash
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Entertainment - Gang Of Four
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
1986: 3.67 (3)
Skylarking - XTC
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Water From An Ancient Well - Abdullah Ibrahim
1993: 3.67 (3)
New Wave - The Auteurs
Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur
Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys
2001: 3.6 (5)
Your New Favourite Band - The Hives
White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
Your New Favourite Band - The Hives
Amnesiac - Radiohead
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
1973: 3.5 (8)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Solid Air - John Martyn
Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Berlin - Lou Reed
Larks' Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
1988: 3.5 (6)
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
Bummed - Happy Mondays
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies
Viva Hate - Morrissey
Surfer Rosa - Pixies
1996: 3.5 (4)
Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow
Being There - Wilco
Roots - Sepultura
The Score - Fugees
1962: 3.5 (2)
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles
Jazz Samba - Stan Getz
2003: 3.5 (2)
Elephant - The White Stripes
Frank - Amy Winehouse
1969: 3.36 (11)
Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
Scott 4 - Scott Walker
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Elephant Mountain - The Youngbloods
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
From Elvis In Memphis - Elvis Presley
The Band - The Band
Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen
1971: 3.33 (6)
Pearl - Janis Joplin
Tapestry - Carole King
Shaft - Isaac Hayes
Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
Electric Warrior - T. Rex
Shaft - Isaac Hayes
1995: 3.33 (6)
Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers
Alien Lanes - Guided By Voices
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
Scream, Dracula, Scream - Rocket From The Crypt
Leftism - Leftfield
(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
2005: 3.33 (3)
Guero - Beck
Guero - Beck
Arular - M.I.A.
1976: 3.25 (4)
Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
Arrival - ABBA
Rocks - Aerosmith
1999: 3.25 (4)
São Paulo Confessions - Suba
Darkdancer - Les Rythmes Digitales
The Man Who - Travis
Make Yourself - Incubus
1983: 3.2 (5)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
Murmur - R.E.M.
Synchronicity - The Police
Colour By Numbers - Culture Club
She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
1974: 3.17 (6)
Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
No Other - Gene Clark
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard Thompson
461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
On The Beach - Neil Young
Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
1987: 3 (3)
Actually - Pet Shop Boys
Darklands - The Jesus And Mary Chain
Faith - George Michael
1990: 3 (3)
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube
Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
Sex Packets - Digital Underground
2010: 3 (2)
Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe
2012: 3 (2)
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss - Jack White
2016: 3 (2)
You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen
A Seat at the Table - Solange
1964: 3 (1)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones
2004: 3 (1)
Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart
2017: 3 (1)
Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver
1982: 2.8 (5)
1999 - Prince
Rio - Duran Duran
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
The Dreaming - Kate Bush
Junkyard - The Birthday Party