Year by year stats
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2019: 4.5 (2 albums)
Ghosteen - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
KIWANUKA - Michael Kiwanuka
1977: 4.33 (6)
Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra
Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers
Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
1999: 4 (4)
Central Reservation - Beth Orton
The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
The Man Who - Travis
Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
1996: 4 (3)
Tigermilk - Belle & Sebastian
Odelay - Beck
Beautiful Freak - Eels
1975: 4 (2)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
1992: 4 (1)
Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
2004: 4 (1)
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2006: 4 (1)
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
1969: 3.91 (11)
The Stooges - The Stooges
Abbey Road - Beatles
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
Scott 4 - Scott Walker
Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
The Band - The Band
Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
At San Quentin - Johnny Cash
1980: 3.67 (6)
Signing Off - UB40
Killing Joke - Killing Joke
Ace of Spades - Motörhead
Seventeen Seconds - The Cure
Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam & The Ants
Back In Black - AC/DC
1995: 3.67 (3)
Garbage - Garbage
Timeless - Goldie
A Northern Soul - The Verve
1976: 3.6 (5)
2112 - Rush
Legalize It - Peter Tosh
Boston - Boston
Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
Hotel California - Eagles
2002: 3.5 (4)
Sea Change - Beck
Under Construction - Missy Elliott
A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
The Last Broadcast - Doves
1964: 3.5 (2)
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg - Jerry Lee Lewis
Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz
1983: 3.5 (2)
Hearts And Bones - Paul Simon
Eliminator - ZZ Top
2016: 3.5 (2)
A Seat at the Table - Solange
You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen
1987: 3.4 (5)
Sister - Sonic Youth
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby - Terence Trent D'Arby
Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Document - R.E.M.
1974: 3.38 (8)
Natty Dread - Bob Marley & The Wailers
No Other - Gene Clark
On The Beach - Neil Young
Crime Of The Century - Supertramp
Country Life - Roxy Music
Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
Sheet Music - 10cc
Queen II - Queen
1989: 3.33 (3)
Playing With Fire - Spacemen 3
Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz
The Sensual World - Kate Bush
1973: 3.29 (7)
Mott - Mott The Hoople
A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
3 + 3 - The Isley Brothers
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
1978: 3.27 (11)
The Scream - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Spex
One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic
More Songs About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads
All Mod Cons - The Jam
Real Life - Magazine
Stardust - Willie Nelson
The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
Ambient 1/Music For Airports - Brian Eno
Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
1981: 3.25 (4)
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret - Soft Cell
Moving Pictures - Rush
Architecture And Morality - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno
1986: 3.25 (4)
Rapture - Anita Baker
Master Of Puppets - Metallica
Graceland - Paul Simon
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
1968: 3 (5)
Truth - Jeff Beck
At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin
Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel
1984: 3 (4)
Purple Rain - Prince
Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
Treasure - Cocteau Twins
Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2000: 3 (4)
Our Aim Is To Satisfy - Red Snapper
Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy
Lost Souls - Doves
1963: 3 (2)
Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector - Various Artists
1956: 3 (1)
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
1993: 3 (1)
Emergency On Planet Earth - Jamiroquai
2003: 3 (1)
Elephant - The White Stripes
1966: 2.86 (7)
Fifth Dimension - The Byrds
Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
Revolver - Beatles
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Black Monk Time - The Monks
Aftermath - The Rolling Stones
1985: 2.86 (7)
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
Rum Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues
Hunting High And Low - a-ha
Picture Book - Simply Red
Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
Low-Life - New Order
1982: 2.83 (6)
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) - Simple Minds
1999 - Prince
Pornography - The Cure
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
The Rise & Fall - Madness
1979: 2.8 (10)
The Undertones - The Undertones
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
At Budokan - Cheap Trick
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Risque - CHIC
London Calling - The Clash
Fear Of Music - Talking Heads
Quiet Life - Japan
1970: 2.75 (8)
The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett
Abraxas - Santana
Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Moondance - Van Morrison
Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Close To You - Carpenters
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
1967: 2.71 (7)
The Doors - The Doors
The Who Sell Out - The Who
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
Beach Samba - Astrud Gilberto
Goodbye And Hello - Tim Buckley
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks
1971: 2.71 (7)
L.A. Woman - The Doors
Who's Next - The Who
Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart
At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
1990: 2.71 (7)
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 - George Michael
Repeater - Fugazi
Behaviour - Pet Shop Boys
Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
The La's - The La's
Ragged Glory - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Bossanova - Pixies
1972: 2.67 (6)
Made In Japan - Deep Purple
Eagles - Eagles
Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
Sail Away - Randy Newman
Close To The Edge - Yes
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
1988: 2.67 (6)
16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens
Bummed - Happy Mondays
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues
Truth And Soul - Fishbone
Idlewild - Everything But The Girl
1994: 2.67 (6)
Parklife - Blur
MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
Dookie - Green Day
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Vauxhall And I - Morrissey
Dog Man Star - Suede
1998: 2.6 (5)
Celebrity Skin - Hole
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
Ray Of Light - Madonna
1957: 2.5 (2)
Chirping Crickets - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
The Sounds Of India - Ravi Shankar
1959: 2.5 (2)
The Gershwin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
1960: 2.5 (2)
Joan Baez - Joan Baez
Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley
1965: 2.5 (2)
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail - Buck Owens
2007: 2.5 (2)
In Rainbows - Radiohead
Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
2001: 2.33 (3)
The Blueprint - JAY Z
Melody A.M. - Röyksopp
Hot Shots II - The Beta Band
1997: 2.17 (6)
Either Or - Elliott Smith
Blur - Blur
When I Was Born For The 7th Time - Cornershop
In It For The Money - Supergrass
Butterfly - Mariah Carey
Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
1962: 2 (1)
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles
2009: 2 (1)
Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear
2018: 2 (1)
Chris - Christine and the Queens