2009;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Alela Diane -
To Be Still
_______________________________________________________________
2
Antony and the Johnsons -
The Crying Light
_______________________________________________________________
3
Fever Ray -
Fever Ray
_______________________________________________________________
4
Animal Collective -
Merriweather Post Pavilion
_______________________________________________________________
5
Archive -
Controlling Crowds
_______________________________________________________________
6
The Veils -
Sun Gangs
_______________________________________________________________
7
Beirut -
Beirut March of The Zapotec
_______________________________________________________________
8
Bill Callahan -
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
_______________________________________________________________
9
Akron/Family -
Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
_______________________________________________________________
10
Madeleine Peyroux -
Bare Bones
_______________________________________________________________
11
The Whitest Boy Alive -
Rules
_______________________________________________________________
12
Tosca -
No Hassle
_______________________________________________________________
13
Broken Records -
Until The Earth Begins To Part
_______________________________________________________________
14
Soap&Skin -
Lovetune for Vacuum
_______________________________________________________________
15
Iron & Wine -
Around the Well
_______________________________________________________________
2008;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy -
Lie Down In The Light
_______________________________________________________________
2
Tindersticks -
The Hungry Saw
_______________________________________________________________
3
Portishead -
Third
_______________________________________________________________
4
Grace Jones -
Hurricane
_______________________________________________________________
5
Bon Iver -
For Emma, Forever Ago
_______________________________________________________________
6
Kings of Leon -
Only by the Night
_______________________________________________________________
7
TV on the Radio -
Dear Science
_______________________________________________________________
8
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
_______________________________________________________________
9
Chad VanGaalen -
Soft Airplane
_______________________________________________________________
10
Barry Adamson -
Back To The Cat
_______________________________________________________________
11
Lulu Rouge -
Bless You
_______________________________________________________________
12
The Black Angels -
Directions To See A Ghost
_______________________________________________________________
13
Calexico -
Carried To Dust
_______________________________________________________________
14
Herman Düne -
Next Year in Zion
_______________________________________________________________
15
The Accidental -
There Were Wolves
_______________________________________________________________
2007;
_______________________________________________________________
1
LCD Soundsystem -
Sound of Silver
_______________________________________________________________
2
The Cave Singers -
Invitation Songs
_______________________________________________________________
3
Radiohead -
In Rainbows
_______________________________________________________________
4
Robert Wyatt -
Comicopera
_______________________________________________________________
5
Bruce Springsteen -
Magic
_______________________________________________________________
6
Andrew Bird -
Armchair Apocrypha
_______________________________________________________________
7
The Angels of Light -
We Are Him
_______________________________________________________________
8
Adrian Orange & Her Band -
Adrian Orange & Her Band
_______________________________________________________________
9
The Field -
From Here We Go Sublime
_______________________________________________________________
10
Josh Ritter -
The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
_______________________________________________________________
11
Tinariwen -
Aman Iman; Water Is Life
_______________________________________________________________
12
Okkervil River -
The Stage Names
_______________________________________________________________
13
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss -
Raising Sand
_______________________________________________________________
14
Editors -
An End Has An Start
_______________________________________________________________
15
Mary Gauthier -
Between Daylight And Dark
_______________________________________________________________
2006;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Beirut -
Gulag Orkestar
_______________________________________________________________
2
Tom Waits -
Orphans, Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
_______________________________________________________________
3
Alela Diane -
The Pirate's Gospel
_______________________________________________________________
4
Ray LaMontagne -
'Till The Sun Turns Black
_______________________________________________________________
5
!!! -
Myth Takes
_______________________________________________________________
6
Amy Winehouse -
Back to Black
_______________________________________________________________
7
Burial -
Burial
_______________________________________________________________
8
Cold War Kids -
Robbers & Cowards
_______________________________________________________________
9
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy -
The Letting Go
_______________________________________________________________
10
Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra -
Boulevard De L'independance
_______________________________________________________________
11
Oneida -
Happy New Year
_______________________________________________________________
12
Midlake -
The Trials of Van Occupanther
_______________________________________________________________
13
Guillemots -
Through The Windowpane
_______________________________________________________________
14
The Black Angels -
Passover
_______________________________________________________________
15
Snow Patrol -
Eyes Open
_______________________________________________________________
2005;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Antony and the Johnsons -
I Am a Bird Now
_______________________________________________________________
2
Amadou & Mariam -
Dimanche a Bamako
_______________________________________________________________
3
Devendra Banhart -
Cripple Crow
_______________________________________________________________
4
Andrew Bird -
Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
_______________________________________________________________
5
The Kills -
No Wow
_______________________________________________________________
6
Black Mountain -
Black Mountain
_______________________________________________________________
7
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah -
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
_______________________________________________________________
8
LCD Soundsystem -
LCD Soundsystem
_______________________________________________________________
9
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators -
Keep Reachin' Up
_______________________________________________________________
10
Gorillaz -
Demon Days
_______________________________________________________________
11
El Michels Affair -
Sounding Out the City
_______________________________________________________________
12
Tosca -
J.A.C.
_______________________________________________________________
13
Alice Russell -
My Favourite Letters
_______________________________________________________________
14
Fat Freddy's Drop -
Based on a True Story
_______________________________________________________________
15
Bloc Party -
Silent Alarm
_______________________________________________________________
2004;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Nouvelle Vague -
Nouvelle Vague
_______________________________________________________________
2
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Abattoir Blues/ the Lyre of Orpheus
_______________________________________________________________
3
Los Lobos -
The Ride
_______________________________________________________________
4
Zita Swoon -
A Song About A Girls
_______________________________________________________________
5
The Roots -
The Tripping Point
_______________________________________________________________
6
Modest Mouse -
Good News for People Who Love Bad News
_______________________________________________________________
7
Electrelane -
The Power Out
_______________________________________________________________
8
J.J. Cale -
To Tulsa and Back
_______________________________________________________________
9
Kings of Convenience -
Riot On Empty Street
_______________________________________________________________
10
Ozomatli -
Street Signs
_______________________________________________________________
11
Iron & Wine -
Our Endless Numbered Days
_______________________________________________________________
12
Razorlight -
Up All Night
_______________________________________________________________
13
Mory Kante -
Sabou
_______________________________________________________________
14
Wilco -
A Ghost Is Born
_______________________________________________________________
15
Morrissey -
You Are the Quarry
_______________________________________________________________
2003;
_______________________________________________________________
1
OutKast -
Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below
_______________________________________________________________
2
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy -
Master and Everyone
_______________________________________________________________
3
The White Stripes -
Elephant
_______________________________________________________________
4
Lhasa -
The Living Road
_______________________________________________________________
5
Hieroglyphics -
Full Circle
_______________________________________________________________
6
Calexico -
Feast of Wire
_______________________________________________________________
7
A. Skillz & Krafty Kuts -
Tricka Technology
_______________________________________________________________
8
The Mars Volta -
De-Loused in the Comatorium
_______________________________________________________________
9
Nitin Sahwney -
Human
_______________________________________________________________
10
Sun Kil Moon -
Ghosts of the Great Highway
_______________________________________________________________
11
Tindersticks -
Waiting for the Moon
_______________________________________________________________
12
Vetiver -
Vetiver
_______________________________________________________________
13
Kelis -
Tasty
_______________________________________________________________
14
Ibrahim Ferrer -
Buenos Hermanos
_______________________________________________________________
15
Rufus Wainwright -
Want One
_______________________________________________________________
2002;
_______________________________________________________________
1
N.E.R.D. -
In Search Of...
_______________________________________________________________
2
Johnny Cash -
American IV; The Man Comes Around
_______________________________________________________________
3
Missy Elliott -
Under Construction
_______________________________________________________________
4
Peter Gabriel -
Up
_______________________________________________________________
5
Wilco -
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
_______________________________________________________________
6
Orchestra Baobab -
Specialist In All Styles
_______________________________________________________________
7
Moloko -
Statues
_______________________________________________________________
8
Clinic -
Walking With Thee
_______________________________________________________________
9
Coldplay -
A Rush of Blood to the Head
_______________________________________________________________
10
Spinvis -
Spinvis
_______________________________________________________________
11
Interpol -
Turn on the Bright Lights
_______________________________________________________________
12
Archive -
You All Look The Same To Me
_______________________________________________________________
13
Sigur Rós -
( )
_______________________________________________________________
14
Songs: Ohia -
Didn't It Rain
_______________________________________________________________
15
queens of the stoneage -
Songs For The Deaf
_______________________________________________________________
2001;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
No More Shall We Part
_______________________________________________________________
2
Manu Chao -
Proxima Estacion; Esperanza
_______________________________________________________________
3
Tinariwen -
The Radio Tisdas Sessions
_______________________________________________________________
4
Angie Stone -
Mahogany Soul
_______________________________________________________________
5
Gorillaz -
Gorillaz
_______________________________________________________________
6
Rufus Wainwright -
Poses
_______________________________________________________________
7
The Strokes -
Is This It
_______________________________________________________________
8
Noir Désir -
Des visages des figures
_______________________________________________________________
9
Björk -
Vespertine
_______________________________________________________________
10
Yann Tiersen -
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
_______________________________________________________________
11
Bilal -
1st Born Second
_______________________________________________________________
12
Gomez -
Liquid Skin
_______________________________________________________________
13
Ian Brown -
Music of the Spheres
_______________________________________________________________
14
Angels Of Light -
How I Loved You
_______________________________________________________________
15
Fanfare Ciocarlia -
Iag Bari
_______________________________________________________________
2000;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Johnny Cash -
American III; Solitary Man
_______________________________________________________________
2
U2 -
All That You Can't Leave Behind
_______________________________________________________________
3
Jill Scott -
Who Is Jill Scott?
_______________________________________________________________
4
Antony and the Johnsons -
Antony and the Johnsons
_______________________________________________________________
5
Erykah Badu -
Mama's Gun
_______________________________________________________________
6
Amon Tobin -
Supermodified
_______________________________________________________________
7
A Silver Mt. Zion -
He has left us alone, but shafts of light sometimes grace the corner of our rooms
_______________________________________________________________
8
Radiohead -
Kid A
_______________________________________________________________
9
16 Horsepower -
Secret South
_______________________________________________________________
10
Jurrasic 5 -
quality control
_______________________________________________________________
11
Rubén González -
Chanchullo
_______________________________________________________________
12
D'Angelo -
Voodoo
_______________________________________________________________
13
Elevator Suite -
Barefoot & Shitfaced
_______________________________________________________________
14
The Avalanches -
Since I Left You
_______________________________________________________________
15
Songs: Ohia -
The Lioness
_______________________________________________________________
1999;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Tom Waits -
Mule Variations
_______________________________________________________________
2
Underworld -
Beaucoup Fish
_______________________________________________________________
3
Tindersticks -
Simple Pleasure
_______________________________________________________________
4
Sigur Rós -
Ágætis Byrjun
_______________________________________________________________
5
Johnny Dowd -
Pictures From Life's Other Side
_______________________________________________________________
6
dEUS -
The Ideal Crash
_______________________________________________________________
7
Le Tigre -
Le Tigre
_______________________________________________________________
8
Red Hot Chili Peppers -
Californication
_______________________________________________________________
9
Zita Swoon -
I Paint Pictures on a Wedding Dress
_______________________________________________________________
10
Super Furry Animals -
Guerrilla
_______________________________________________________________
11
Ibrahim Ferrer -
Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
_______________________________________________________________
12
David Gray -
White Ladder
_______________________________________________________________
13
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy -
I See a Darkness
_______________________________________________________________
14
Shack -
H.M.S. Fable
_______________________________________________________________
15
Beth Orton -
Central Reservation
_______________________________________________________________
1998;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Manu Chao -
Clandestino
_______________________________________________________________
2
Massive Attack -
Mezzanine
_______________________________________________________________
3
Neutral Milk Hotel -
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
_______________________________________________________________
4
Kruder & Dorfmeister -
K & D Sessions
_______________________________________________________________
5
Boards of Canada -
Music Has the Right to Children
_______________________________________________________________
6
Rae & Christian -
Northern Sulphuric Soul
_______________________________________________________________
7
OutKast -
Aquemini
_______________________________________________________________
8
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -
Acme
_______________________________________________________________
9
Hieroglyphics -
3rd Eye Vision
_______________________________________________________________
10
PJ Harvey -
Is This Desire?
_______________________________________________________________
11
Lauryn Hill -
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
_______________________________________________________________
12
Jarboe -
Anhedoniac
_______________________________________________________________
13
Madonna -
Ray of Light
_______________________________________________________________
14
The Daktaris -
Soul Explosion
_______________________________________________________________
15
Mark Hollis -
Mark Hollis
_______________________________________________________________
1997;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Radiohead -
OK Computer
_______________________________________________________________
2
Buena Vista Social Club -
Buena Vista Social Club
_______________________________________________________________
3
Portishead -
Portishead
_______________________________________________________________
4
Bob Dylan -
Time Out of Mind
_______________________________________________________________
5
Howie B -
Turn The Dark Off
_______________________________________________________________
6
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
The Boatman's Call
_______________________________________________________________
7
Morphine -
Like Swimming
_______________________________________________________________
8
Björk -
Homogenic
_______________________________________________________________
9
The Verve -
Urban Hymns
_______________________________________________________________
10
U2 -
Pop
_______________________________________________________________
11
The Prodigy -
The Fat of the Land
_______________________________________________________________
12
Daft Punk -
Homework
_______________________________________________________________
13
David Holmes -
Let's Get Killed
_______________________________________________________________
14
KRS-One -
I Got Next
_______________________________________________________________
15
Jim White -
Wrong-Eyed Jesus
_______________________________________________________________
1996;
_______________________________________________________________
1
16 Horsepower -
Sackloth 'N Ashes
_______________________________________________________________
2
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Murder Ballads
_______________________________________________________________
3
DJ Shadow -
Endtroducing...
_______________________________________________________________
4
LTJ Bukem -
Logical Progression, Level I
_______________________________________________________________
5
Underworld -
Second Toughest in the Infants
_______________________________________________________________
6
Los Lobos -
Colossal Head
_______________________________________________________________
7
dEUS -
In a Bar, Under the Sea
_______________________________________________________________
8
Tricky -
Pre-Millenium Tension
_______________________________________________________________
9
Porno for Pyros -
Good God's Urge
_______________________________________________________________
10
Tool -
Aenima
_______________________________________________________________
11
Patti Smith -
Gone Again
_______________________________________________________________
12
Girls Against Boys -
House of GVSB
_______________________________________________________________
13
Björk -
Telegram
_______________________________________________________________
14
R.L. Burnside -
A Ass Pocket of Whiskey
_______________________________________________________________
15
Lee "Scratch" Perry -
Who Put the Voodoo 'pon Reggae
_______________________________________________________________
1995;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Tricky -
Maxinquay
_______________________________________________________________
2
Leftfield -
Leftism
_______________________________________________________________
3
Tindersticks -
Tindersticks II
_______________________________________________________________
4
PJ Harvey -
To Bring You My Love
_______________________________________________________________
5
Long Fin Killie -
Houdini
_______________________________________________________________
6
Nightmares on Wax -
Smokers Delight
_______________________________________________________________
7
Radiohead -
The Bends
_______________________________________________________________
8
Monster Magnet -
Dopes to Infinity
_______________________________________________________________
9
Mobb Deep -
The Infamous
_______________________________________________________________
10
Björk -
Post
_______________________________________________________________
11
The Tragically Hip -
Day for Night
_______________________________________________________________
12
Thomas Mapfumo -
Chimurenga Forever
_______________________________________________________________
13
Swans -
The Great Annihilator
_______________________________________________________________
14
Oasis -
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
_______________________________________________________________
15
Kyuss -
And the Circus Leaves Town
_______________________________________________________________
1994;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder -
Talking Timbuktu
_______________________________________________________________
2
Portishead -
Dummy
_______________________________________________________________
3
Massive Attack -
Protection
_______________________________________________________________
4
Pavement -
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
_______________________________________________________________
5
The God Machine -
One Last Laugh In A Place Of Dying
_______________________________________________________________
6
Bark Psychosis -
Hex
_______________________________________________________________
7
The Sabres of Paradise -
Haunted Dancehall
_______________________________________________________________
8
Soul Coughing -
Ruby Vroom
_______________________________________________________________
9
dEUS -
Worst Case Scenario
_______________________________________________________________
10
Nine Inch Nails -
The Downward Spiral
_______________________________________________________________
11
Ween -
Chocolate and Cheese
_______________________________________________________________
12
Soundgarden -
Superunknown
_______________________________________________________________
13
The Stone Roses -
Second Coming
_______________________________________________________________
14
Spearhead -
Home
_______________________________________________________________
15
Laurie Anderson -
Bright Red
_______________________________________________________________
1993;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Björk -
Debut
_______________________________________________________________
2
Guru -
Jazzmatazz Volume I
_______________________________________________________________
3
Aphex Twin -
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
_______________________________________________________________
4
Swell -
41
_______________________________________________________________
5
Nirvana -
In Utero
_______________________________________________________________
6
Mazzy Star -
So Tonight That I Might See
_______________________________________________________________
7
Tool -
Undertow
_______________________________________________________________
8
Wu-Tang Clan -
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
_______________________________________________________________
9
The Smashing Pumpkins -
Siamese Dream
_______________________________________________________________
10
Morphine -
Good
_______________________________________________________________
11
Snoop Dogg -
Doggystyle
_______________________________________________________________
12
Depeche Mode -
Songs of Faith and Devotion
_______________________________________________________________
13
The God Machine -
Scenes From The Second Storey
_______________________________________________________________
14
Me'Shell NdegéOcello -
Plantation Lullabies
_______________________________________________________________
15
Junkhouse -
Strays
_______________________________________________________________
1992;
_______________________________________________________________
1
Red Hot Chili Peppers -
Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik
_______________________________________________________________
2
R.E.M. -
Automatic for the People
_______________________________________________________________
3
Gang Starr -
Daily Operation
_______________________________________________________________
4
Los Lobos -
Kiko
_______________________________________________________________
5
Red Devils -
King King
_______________________________________________________________
6
Blind Melon -
Blind Melon
_______________________________________________________________
7
Rage Against the Machine -
Rage Against the Machine
_______________________________________________________________
8
Alice in Chains -
Dirt
_______________________________________________________________
9
Dr. Dre -
The Chronic
_______________________________________________________________
10
Sonic Youth -
Dirty
_______________________________________________________________
11
Tom Waits -
Bone Machine
_______________________________________________________________
12
Faith No More -
Angel Dust
_______________________________________________________________
13
The Pharcyde -
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
_______________________________________________________________
14
Ministry -
Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed & the Way to Suck Eggs
_______________________________________________________________
15
Arrested Development -
3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...
_______________________________________________________________
1991;
1
Massive Attack -
Blue Lines
2
Nirvana -
Nevermind
3
U2 -
Achtung Baby
4
Pearl Jam -
Ten
5
My Bloody Valentine -
Loveless
6
Metallica -
Metallica
7
Urban Dance Squad -
Life'N Perspective Of A Genuine Crossover
8
Primal Scream -
Screamadelica
9
N.W.A -
Niggaz For Life
10
MC Solaar -
Qui Seme Le Vent Récolte Le Tempo
11
Primus -
Sailing the Seas of Cheese
12
The KLF -
The White Room
13
Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart -
Rising Above Bedlam
14
Guns N' Roses -
Use Your Illusion I
15
Israel Vibration -
Forever
1990;
1
Happy Mondays -
Pills'n Thrills And Bellyaches
2
Depeche Mode -
Violator
3
George Michael -
Listen without prejudice vol. I
4
Jane's Addiction -
Ritual de lo Habitual
5
Youssou N'Dour -
Set
6
Yo La Tengo -
Fakebook
7
Deee-Lite -
World Clique
8
Sonic Youth -
Goo
9
Ride -
Nowhere
10
The Shamen -
En-Tact
11
Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart -
Without Judgement
12
A Tribe Called Quest -
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
13
Pixies -
Bossanova
14
They Might Be Giants -
Flood
15
World Party -
Goodbye Jumbo
1989;
1
Lenny Kravitz -
Let Love Rule
2
The Stone Roses -
The Stone Roses
3
De La Soul -
3 Feet High and Rising
4
Faith No More -
The Real Thing
5
Jungle Brothers -
Done by the Forces of Nature
6
John Lee Hooker -
The Healer
7
Soul II Soul -
Club Classics Vol. One
8
Pixies -
Doolittle
9
The Cure -
Disintegration
10
Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck -
Djam Leelii
11
Dinosaur Jr. -
Bug
12
Israel Vibration -
Strength of My Life
13
Galaxie 500 -
On Fire
14
N.W.A -
Straight Outta Compton
15
Neville Brothers -
Yellow Moon
1988;
1 U2 - Rattle and Hum
2 The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
3 Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
4 Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
5 Pixies - Surfer Rosa
6 EPMD - Strictly Business
7 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
8 Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
9 Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
10 Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
11 My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
12 Burning Spear - Live in Paris
13 Les Négresses Vertes - Mlah
14 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
15 Prince - Lovesexy
1987;
1 Prince - Sign O' The Times
2 U2 - The Joshua Tree
3 Salif Keita - Soro
4 R.E.M. - Document
5 The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
6 Boogy Down Productions - Criminal Minded
7 Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
8 Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
9 Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris - Trio
10 Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
11 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
12 Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories
13 Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu
14 Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
15 Sting - Nothing Like the Sun
1986;
1 Paul Simon - Graceland
2 The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
3 Metallica - Master of Puppets
4 Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
5 Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
6 Prince & The Revolution - Parade
7 Alpha Blondy - Jerusalem
8 Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
9 They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
10 Robert Cray Band - Strong Persuader
11 Peter Gabriel - So
12 XTC - Skylarking
13 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Your Funeral...My Trial
14 The The - Infected
15 George Clinton - R&B Skeletons in the Closet
1985;
1 The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
2 Simply Red - Picture Book
3 Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
4 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
5 Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
6 Prince & The Revolution - Around the World in a Day
7 Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
8 The Cure - The Head on the Door
9 David Byrne - The Knee Plays
10 Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
11 The Dukes of Stratosphear - Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
12 Coil - Scatology
13 The Waterboys - This Is the Sea
14 The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
15 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley
1984;
1 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
2 Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
3 Sade - Diamond Life
4 David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
5 Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
6 Talk Talk - It's My Life
7 U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
8 Cocteau Twins - Treasure
9 Tina Turner - Private Dancer
10 Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive
11 Nena - ? Fragezeichen
12 Everything but the Girl - Eden
13 Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
14 Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
15 Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
1983;
1 Michael Jackson - Thriller
2 Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
3 ESG - Come Away With ESG
4 Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
5 Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
6 The The - Soul Mining
7 ZZ Top - Elimanator
8 David Bowie - Let's Dance
9 Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
10 R.E.M. - Murmur
11 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
12 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
13 U2 - War
14 Culture Club - Colour by Numbers
15 The Fall - Perverted by Language
1982;
1 King Sunny Adé - Juju Music
2 Virgin Prunes - If I Die... I Die
3 Orchestra Baobab - Pirate's Choice
4 The Cure - Pornography
5 Eek-A-Mouse - Wa-Do-Dem
6 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
7 Joe Jackson - Night & Day
8 Dexys Midnight Runners - Too Rye-Ay
9 Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
10 Madness - Presents the Rise & Fall
11 Simon & Garfunkel - Concert In Central Park
12 Fun Boy Three - The Fun Boy Three
13 The Gun Club - Miami
14 John Cale - Music for a New Society
15 Roxy Music - Avalon
1981;
1 Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
2 Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
3 UB40 - Signing Off
4 Japan - Tin Drum
5 The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
6 Black Uhuru - Red
7 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture And Morality
8 Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nassau
9 Bobby Womack - The Poet
10 Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
11 The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire
12 Bauhaus - Mask
13 Can - Delay...1968
14 New Order - Movement
15 The Human League - Dare!
1980;
1 Talking Heads - Remain in Light
2 The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
3 Joy Division - Closer
4 AC/DC - Back in Black
5 Suicide - Suicide II
6 Queen - The Game
7 Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla
8 John Lennon - Double Fantasy
9 Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
10 Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine
11 Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
12 Pretenders - Pretenders
13 The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
14 The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
15 Prince - Dirty Mind
1979;
1 Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
2 The Clash - London Calling
3 Pink Floyd - The Wall
4 Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
5 Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
6 The B 52's - The B 52's
7 The Specials - The Specials
8 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
9 Wire - 154
10 Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
11 XTC - Drums and Wires
12 Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
13 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory
14 Chic - Risqué
15 Elvis Costello & The Attraction - Armed Forces
1978;
1 Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street band - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
2 Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
3 Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
4 Willie Colón - Siembra
5 Dire Straits - Dire Straits
6 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year's Model
7 Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
8 Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream
9 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Babylon by Bus
10 The Police - Outlandos d'Amour
11 Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution
12 Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
13 Blondie - Parallel Lines
14 Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
15 The Cars - The Cars
1977;
1 The Congos - The Heart of the Congos
2 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
3 Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!!
4 Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
5 Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
6 Horace Andy - In the Light
7 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
8 Fela Anikulapo Kuti - No Agreement
9 David Bowie - Heroes
10 Muddy Waters - Hard Again
11 Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever
12 Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
13 Television - Marquee Moon
14 Suicide - Suicide
15 Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata
1976;
1 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Super Ape
2 The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
3 Parliament - Mothership Connection
4 Tom Waits - Small Change
5 Fela Kuti and Afrika '70 - Zombie
6 Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
7 The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
8 Robert Palmer - Pressure Drop
9 Ramones - Ramones
10 Peter Tosh - Legalize It
11 The Mighty Diamonds - Right Time
12 Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music
13 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rastaman Vibration
14 Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
15 The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music From the Penguin Cafe
1975;
1 Patti Smith - Horses
2 Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 - Expensive Shit
3 Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
4 Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
5 Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
6 Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
7 Terry Callier - I Just Can't Help Myself
8 Hugh Masekela - The boys doin' it
9 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
10 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
11 The Pointer Sisters - Steppin'
12 Queen - A Night at the Opera
13 Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
14 Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby
15 Junior Wells - On Tap
1974;
1
Brian Eno -
Here Come the Warm Jets
2
Neil Young -
On the Beach
3
J.J. Cale -
Okie
4
Betty Davis -
They Say I'm Different
5
Cymande -
Second Time Round
6
Tom Waits -
The Heart of Saturday Night
7
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Natty Dread
8
Steely Dan -
Pretzel Logic
9
Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson -
Winter In America
10
Sparks -
Kimono My House
11
Robert Wyatt -
Rock Bottom
12
Marlena Shaw -
Who Is This Bitch, Anyway
13
Supertramp -
Crime of the Century
14
Frank Zappa -
Apostrophe (')
15
Genesis -
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
1973;
1
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Catch a Fire
2
John Martyn -
Solid Air
3
ZZ Top -
Tres Hombres
4
Stevie Wonder -
Innervisions
5
Sensational Alex Harvey Band -
Next
6
Marvin Gaye -
Let's Get It On
7
Pink Floyd -
Dark Side of the Moon
8
Can -
Future Days
9
Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
10
Herbie Hancock -
Headhunters
11
Roxy Music -
Stranded
12
Iggy & the Stooges -
Raw Power
13
Roy Ayers -
Coffy
14
Lou Reed -
Berlin
15
Toots and The Maytals -
Funky Kingston
1972;
1
Neil Young -
Harvest
2
David Bowie -
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
3
Frankie Miller -
Once in a Blue Moon
4
Curtis Mayfield -
Superfly
5
Jimmy Cliff -
The Harder They Come
6
Al Green -
Let's Stay Together
7
Parliament -
First Thangs
8
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band -
Clear Spot
9
The Rolling Stones -
Exile On Main St
10
Lou Reed -
Transformer
11
The Temptations -
All Directions
12
Paul Simon -
Paul Simon
13
Fela Anikulapo Kuti -
Shakara
14
Nick Drake -
Pink Moon
15
Tangerine Dream -
Zeit
1971;
1
Marvin Gaye -
What's Goin' on
2
Sly & The Family Stone -
There's A Riot Going On
3
J.J. Cale -
Naturally
4
T. Rex -
Electric Warrior
5
Funkadelic -
Maggot Brain
6
Led Zeppelin -
Led Zeppelin IV
7
John Lennon -
Imagine
8
Dr. John -
The Sun, Moon and Herbs
9
David Crosby -
If I Could Only Remember My Name
10
Faces -
A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse
11
Harry Nilsson -
Nilsson Schmilsson
12
Jethro Tull -
Aqualung
13
The Who -
Who's Next
14
Can -
Tago Mago
15
Karen Dalton -
In My Own Time
1970;
1
The Rolling Stones -
Sticky Fingers
2
Santana -
Abraxas
3
Simon & Garfunkel -
Bridge Over Troubled Water
4
Allen Toussaint -
From a Whisper to a Scream
5
Black Sabbath -
Paranoid
6
John Lennon -
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
7
Janis Joplin -
Pearl
8
Neil Young -
After The Goldrush
9
The Stooges -
Fun House
10
Grateful Dead -
American Beauty
11
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young -
Deja Vu
12
The Beatles -
Let It Be
13
Demon Fuzz -
Afreaka!
14
Amon Düül II -
Yeti
15
The Doors -
Morrison Hotel
1969;
1
Funkadelic -
Funkadelic
2
James Brown -
Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud
3
The Rolling Stones -
Let It Bleed
4
The Velvet Underground -
The Velvet Underground
5
The Stooges -
The Stooges
6
Led Zeppelin -
Led Zeppelin
7
Nick Drake -
Five Leaves Left
8
Neil Young & Crazy Horse -
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
9
Sly & The Family Stone -
Stand!
10
Creedence Clearwater Revival -
Bayou Country
11
Quicksilver Messenger Service -
Happy Trails
12
Dusty Springfield -
Dusty In Memphis
13
The Beatles -
Abbey Road
14
Miles Davis -
Bitches Brew
15
Fleetwood Mac -
English Rose
1968;
1
Van Morrison -
Astral Weeks
2
The Beatles -
The Beatles (White Album)
3
Aretha Franklin -
Lady Soul
4
The Small Faces -
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
5
Leonard Cohen -
Songs of Leonard Cohen
6
The Rolling Stones -
Beggars Banquet
7
Nico -
Chelsea Girl
8
Dr. John -
Gris-Gris
9
The Jimi Hendrix Experience -
Electric Ladyland
10
Big Brother & The Holding Company -
Cheap Thrills
11
Serge Gainsbourg -
Initials B.B.
12
The Everly Brothers -
Roots
13
Traffic -
Traffic
14
Ray Barretto -
Acid
15
Os Mutantes -
Os Mutantes
1967;
1
The Velvet Underground & Nico -
The Velvet Underground & Nico
2
The Pink Floyd -
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
3
The Jimi Hendrix Experience -
Are You Experienced?
4
Tim Buckley -
Goodbye and Hello
5
The Doors -
The Doors
6
The Beatles -
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
7
The Young Rascals -
Groovin'
8
Jefferson Airplane -
Surrealistic Pillow
9
The Doors -
Strange Days
10
Love -
Forever Changes
11
Buffalo Springfield -
Buffalo Springfield Again
12
13th Floor Elevators -
Easter Everywhere
13
Sun Ra -
Atlantis
14
Tim Rose -
Morning Dew
15
Magic Sam -
West Side Soul
1966;
1
The Beatles -
Revolver
2
Bob Dylan -
Blonde on Blonde
3
The Beach Boys -
Pet Sounds
4
Otis Redding -
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
5
The Rolling Stones -
Aftermath
6
Bob Dylan -
Highway 61 Revisited
7
The Kinks -
Face to Face
8
Them -
Them Again
9
Tim Hardin -
Tim Hardin 1
10
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention -
Freak Out!
11
Paul Revere & the Raiders -
Midnight Ride
12
The Mamas & The Papas -
If You Can't Believe Your Eyes and Ears
13
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers -
Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton
14
Simon & Garfunkel -
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
15
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels -
Breakout...!!!
1965;
1
Bob Dylan -
Bringing It All Back Home
2
The Beatles -
Rubber Soul
3
The Rolling Stones -
Out of Our Heads
4
Horace Silver -
Song For My Father
5
The Zombies -
The Zombies (Featuring She's Not There and Tell Her No)
6
The Who -
My Generation
7
The Kinks -
You Really Got Me
8
Bert Jansch -
Bert Jansch
9
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles -
Going To A Go-Go
10
Jackson C. Frank -
Blues Run The Game
11
The Beatles -
Help!
12
The Byrds -
Mr. Tambourine Man
13
Jackie Wilson -
Soul Time
14
Sun Ra -
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1
15
The Beach Boys -
The Beach Boys Today!
1964;
1
Jerry Lee Lewis -
Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
2
John Coltrane -
A Love Supreme
3
Terry Callier -
The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier
4
Dusty Springfield -
A Girl Called Dusty
5
Solomon Burke -
Rock 'N' Soul
6
Sam Cooke -
Ain't That Good News
7
The Rolling Stones -
The Rolling Stones
8
The Supremes -
Where Did Our Love Go?
9
Jacques Brel -
Olympia 64
10
Bob Dylan -
Another Side of Bob Dylan
11
Skip James -
Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers
12
The Beatles -
A Hard Day's Night
13
Mississippi Fred McDowell -
My Home Is In The Delta
14
The Rolling Stones -
12 x 5
15
Charles Aznavour -
La mamma
1963;
1
Sam Cooke -
Night Beat
2
John Barry -
From Russia With Love
3
Lee Morgan -
The Sidewinder
4
Bob Dylan -
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
5
Link Wray -
Jack the Ripper
6
Sam Cooke -
Live At The Harlem Square Club
7
Thelonious Monk -
Monk's Dream
8
Mississippi John Hurt -
Avalon Blues
9
Ravi Shankar -
India's Master Musician
10
Stan Getz & João Gilberto -
Getz/Gilberto
11
The Beatles -
With the Beatles
12
Charles Mingus -
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
13
Jackie McLean -
One Step Beyond
14
The Beatles -
Please Please Me
15
Roy Orbison -
In Dreams
1962;
1
James Brown -
Live At The Apollo
2
Howlin' Wolf -
Howlin' Wolf (The Rockin' Chair Album)
3
Ray Charles -
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
4
Odetta -
Odetta and the blues
5
Thelonious Monk -
Monk's Dream
6
Lee Dorsey -
Ya Ya
7
Ben E. King -
Don't Play That Song
8
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd -
Jazz Samba
9
Booker T. & The MG's -
Green Onions
10
Dick Dale -
Surfer's Choice
11
Roy Orbison -
Crying
12
Peter, Paul & Mary -
Peter, Paul & Mary
13
Bob Dylan -
Bob Dylan
14
John Lee Hooker -
Burnin'
15
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