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1995: 4.71 (7 albums)

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers

The Bends - Radiohead

Smokers Delight - Nightmares On Wax

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins

1987: 4.7 (10)

You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths

Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Electric - The Cult

Scum - Napalm Death

Document - R.E.M.

Among The Living - Anthrax

Darklands - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Locust Abortion Technician - Butthole Surfers

Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode

1994: 4.55 (11)

MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana

Snivilisation - Orbital

Illmatic - Nas

Ill Communication - Beastie Boys

Superunknown - Soundgarden

Dookie - Green Day

Dummy - Portishead

Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G.

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Vauxhall And I - Morrissey

Teenager Of The Year - Frank Black

1991: 4.5 (6)

Blue Lines - Massive Attack

Nevermind - Nirvana

Metallica - Metallica

Ten - Pearl Jam

Achtung Baby - U2

Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill

1980: 4.5 (4)

Back In Black - AC/DC

Crocodiles - Echo And The Bunnymen

Seventeen Seconds - The Cure

Peter Gabriel 3 - Peter Gabriel

1984: 4.5 (4)

Meat Puppets II - Meat Puppets

1984 - Van Halen

Diamond Life - Sade

Let It Be - The Replacements

2007: 4.5 (2)

Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem

In Rainbows - Radiohead

1970: 4.47 (15)

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon

Live At Leeds - The Who

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

After The Gold Rush - Neil Young

Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

McCartney - Paul McCartney

Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills

Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Fun House - The Stooges

1967: 4.4 (5)

Disraeli Gears - Cream

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield

Goodbye And Hello - Tim Buckley

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground

1992: 4.38 (8)

Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized

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

Dry - PJ Harvey

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

Devotional Songs - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Automatic For The People - R.E.M.

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

1966: 4.33 (6)

Midnight Ride - Paul Revere & The Raiders

Bluesbreakers - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds

1990: 4.33 (6)

Violator - Depeche Mode

Bossanova - Pixies

Sex Packets - Digital Underground

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

Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes

Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction

1988: 4.25 (8)

If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues

Idlewild - Everything But The Girl

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.

Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

California - American Music Club

16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens

Bummed - Happy Mondays

1976: 4.2 (5)

Station To Station - David Bowie

2112 - Rush

Hejira - Joni Mitchell

Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading

Legalize It - Peter Tosh

1998: 4.2 (5)

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill

Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age

System Of A Down - System Of A Down

Celebrity Skin - Hole

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams

1996: 4.17 (12)

1977 - Ash

The Score - Fugees

Now I Got Worry - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Odelay - Beck

Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Oedipus Schmoedipus - Barry Adamson

Dust - Screaming Trees

Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab

Casanova - The Divine Comedy

Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon

First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans

Walking Wounded - Everything But The Girl

1993: 4.17 (6)

Debut - Björk

Whatever - Aimee Mann

Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins

Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg

Bubble And Scrape - Sebadoh

In Utero - Nirvana

1972: 4.15 (13)

Roxy Music - Roxy Music

Home Is Where The Music Is - Hugh Masekela

Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan

Pink Moon - Nick Drake

Transformer - Lou Reed

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie

Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones

Made In Japan - Deep Purple

Let's Stay Together - Al Green

All Directions - The Temptations

Talking Book - Stevie Wonder

The World is a Ghetto - War

Machine Head - Deep Purple

1986: 4.13 (8)

Rapture - Anita Baker

Reign In Blood - Slayer

So - Peter Gabriel

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

Skylarking - XTC

The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths

Atomizer - Big Black

Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses

1989: 4.11 (9)

The Real Thing - Faith No More

Done By The Forces Of Nature - Jungle Brothers

90 - 808 State

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

What's That Noise? - Coldcut

Disintegration - The Cure

Playing With Fire - Spacemen 3

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman - John Zorn

Like A Prayer - Madonna

1973: 4.08 (13)

Future Days - Can

Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Mott - Mott The Hoople

Next - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Faust IV - Faust

Band On The Run - Paul McCartney and Wings

3 + 3 - The Isley Brothers

Raw Power - The Stooges

Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

Solid Air - John Martyn

Bongo Rock - Incredible Bongo Band

1969: 4.06 (16)

Hot Rats - Frank Zappa

From Elvis In Memphis - Elvis Presley

Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone

The Stooges - The Stooges

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield

Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Cloud Nine - The Temptations

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago

The Gilded Palace Of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers

Oar - Alexander 'Skip' Spence

Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes

Kick Out The Jams (Live) - MC5

Elephant Mountain - The Youngbloods

1977: 4 (13)

One World - John Martyn

Marquee Moon - Television

Suicide - Suicide

Heavy Weather - Weather Report

Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Clash - The Clash

Before And After Science - Brian Eno

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel

Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson

The Stranger - Billy Joel

2002: 4 (11)

Stripped - Christina Aguilera

Under Construction - Missy Elliott

Sea Change - Beck

The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

The Coral - The Coral

Phrenology - The Roots

Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips

A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay

1979: 4 (10)

The Specials - The Specials

The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

Reggatta De Blanc - The Police

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned

London Calling - The Clash

Off The Wall - Michael Jackson

At Budokan - Cheap Trick

Pretenders - Pretenders

1983: 4 (7)

Colour By Numbers - Culture Club

She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

Hearts And Bones - Paul Simon

Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits

Duck Rock - Malcolm McLaren

Back to Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks

War - U2

1964: 4 (5)

A Girl Called Dusty - Dusty Springfield

Olympia 64 - Jacques Brel

A Hard Day's Night - Beatles

Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz

Rock 'N Soul - Solomon Burke

1965: 4 (5)

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

Live At The Regal - B.B. King

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

The Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys

My Generation - The Who

2003: 4 (5)

So Much For The City - The Thrills

Frank - Amy Winehouse

Elephant - The White Stripes

Wonderful Rainbow - Lightning Bolt

Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2010: 4 (4)

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

High Violet - The National

Brothers - The Black Keys

The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe

2005: 4 (3)

Coles Corner - Richard Hawley

Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes

Arular - M.I.A.

2009: 4 (2)

It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

xx - The xx

1961: 4 (1)

Sunday At The Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio

2014: 4 (1)

Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs

2016: 4 (1)

You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen

2021: 4 (1)

Chemtrails Over The Country Club - Lana Del Rey

1968: 3.91 (11)

At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash

Cheap Thrills - Big Brother & The Holding Company

Odessey And Oracle - The Zombies

The White Album - Beatles

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro

Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds

Music From Big Pink - The Band

The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds

1997: 3.82 (11)

Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott

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

Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams

In It For The Money - Supergrass

Blur - Blur

When I Was Born For The 7th Time - Cornershop

Butterfly - Mariah Carey

A Short Album About Love - The Divine Comedy

The Fat Of The Land - The Prodigy

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club

OK Computer - Radiohead

1978: 3.8 (10)

Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen - The Residents

The Only Ones - The Only Ones

Eternally Yours - The Saints

One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic

C'est Chic - CHIC

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle - Throbbing Gristle

Vento De Maio - Elis Regina

Stardust - Willie Nelson

1999: 3.75 (8)

The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips

Remedy - Basement Jaxx

Le Tigre - Le Tigre

Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós

Hms Fable - Shack

Make Yourself - Incubus

Kenza - Khaled

Play - Moby

1959: 3.75 (4)

Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet

The Gershwin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald

The Genius Of Ray Charles - Ray Charles

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - Marty Robbins

2001: 3.75 (4)

La Revancha Del Tango - Gotan Project

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

Gold - Ryan Adams

Amnesiac - Radiohead

1974: 3.67 (9)

Natty Dread - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bad Company - Bad Company

Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons

No Other - Gene Clark

Good Old Boys - Randy Newman

Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan

Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell

Sheet Music - 10cc

Inspiration Information - Shuggie Otis

1975: 3.67 (9)

Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

NEU! 75 - Neu!

Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen

Nighthawks At The Diner - Tom Waits

Tonight's The Night - Neil Young

There's No Place Like America Today - Curtis Mayfield

Born To Be With You - Dion

Mothership Connection - Parliament

1957: 3.67 (3)

Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk

At Mister Kelly's - Sarah Vaughan

Here's Little Richard - Little Richard

1963: 3.67 (3)

James Brown Live At The Apollo - James Brown

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector - Various Artists

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus

1971: 3.6 (15)

Madman Across The Water - Elton John

Trafalgar - Bee Gees

Fragile - Yes

L.A. Woman - The Doors

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

Tapestry - Carole King

Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton

Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson

There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly & The Family Stone

Imagine - John Lennon

Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Blue - Joni Mitchell

John Prine - John Prine

Shaft - Isaac Hayes

Who's Next - The Who

1982: 3.6 (10)

The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Rio - Duran Duran

Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden

Pornography - The Cure

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) - Simple Minds

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen

Sulk - The Associates

1999 - Prince

1985: 3.6 (5)

Psychocandy - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Meat Is Murder - The Smiths

Hunting High And Low - a-ha

Don't Stand Me Down - Dexys Midnight Runners

Cupid & Psyche 85 - Scritti Politti

2000: 3.58 (12)

Stankonia - OutKast

Like Water For Chocolate - Common

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2

Lost Souls - Doves

Sincere - Mj Cole

Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu

Chore of Enchantment - Giant Sand

Punishing Kiss - Ute Lemper

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Parachutes - Coldplay

Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp

2004: 3.5 (8)

The College Dropout - Kanye West

Medúlla - Björk

Street Signs - Ozomatli

Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon

A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets

Rejoicing In The Hands - Devendra Banhart

American Idiot - Green Day

Want Two - Rufus Wainwright

1958: 3.5 (2)

The Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra

Lady In Satin - Billie Holiday

1960: 3.5 (2)

At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters

Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba

2012: 3.5 (2)

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Blunderbuss - Jack White

1956: 3.33 (3)

Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! - Frank Sinatra

The Wildest! - Louis Prima

2015: 3.33 (3)

Music in Exile - Songhoy Blues

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

25 - Adele

2017: 3.33 (3)

Modern Kosmology - Jane Weaver

Take Me Apart - Kelela

Melodrama - Lorde

1981: 3.17 (6)

Moving Pictures - Rush

Kollaps - Einstürzende Neubauten

Wild Gift - X

Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go's

Architecture And Morality - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

The Visitors - ABBA

1962: 3 (2)

Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles

2006: 3 (2)

Back to Basics - Christina Aguilera

Fishscale - Ghostface Killah

1955: 3 (1)

In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra

2018: 2 (1)

Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves