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✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

In The Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra 1955 1955 1

Birth of the Cool Miles Davis 1956 1956 5

Ellington at Newport '56 Duke Ellington 1956 1957 8

Elvis Presley Elvis Presley 1956 1958 4

Songs For Swingin' Lovers Frank Sinatra 1956 1959 5

Tragic Songs Of Life The Louvin Brothers 1956 1960 5

Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk 1957 1961 2

Here's Little Richard Little Richard 1957 1962 3

Kenya Machito 1957 1963 6

Palo Congo Sabu 1957 1964 9

The 'Chirping' Crickets The Crickets 1957 1965 11

The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie 1957 1966 17

The Wildest Louis Prima 1957 1967 29

This is Fats Domino Fats Domino 1957 1968 31

Dance Mania Tito Puente 1958 1969 37

Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1958 1970 30

Lady in Satin Billie Holiday 1958 1971 34

Live at Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan 1958 1972 31

George Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald 1959 1973 32

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins 1959 1974 26

Kind of Blue Miles Davis 1959 1975 24

The Genius of Ray Charles Ray Charles 1959 1976 14

Time Out Dave Brubeck Quartet 1959 1977 29

A Date with the Everly Brothers The Everly Bothers 1960 1978 34

Elvis is Back! Elvis Presley 1960 1979 27

Joan Baez Joan Baez 1960 1980 23

Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba 1960 1981 17

Muddy Waters at Newport Muddy Waters 1960 1982 19

Back at the Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith 1961 1983 17

Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans 1961 1984 16

Green Onions Booker T & The MGs 1962 1985 17

Jazz Samba Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd 1962 1986 21

Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Ray Charles 1962 1987 27

A Christmas Gift To You Phil Spector 1963 1988 25

Live at the Apollo James Brown 1963 1989 25

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Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke 1963 1990 24

Night Life Ray Price 1963 1991 21

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Charles Mingus 1963 1992 22

With The Beatles The Beatles 1963 1993 27

A Girl Called Dusty Dusty Springfield 1964 1994 29

A Hard Day's Night The Beatles 1964 1995 23

A Love Supreme John Coltrane 1964 1996 29

Bert Jansch Bert Jansch 1964 1997 23

Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto 1964 1998 21

Olympia '64 Jacques Brel 1964 1999 19

Rock & Soul Solomon Burke 1964 2000 23

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan 1964 2001 11

The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones 1964 2002 13

Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan 1965 2003 6

Here Are The Sonics The Sonics 1965 2004 13

Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan 1965 2005 3

I've Got A Tiger By The Tail Buck Owens 1965 2006 6

Live At The Regal BB King 1965 2007 4

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg Jerry Lee Lewis 1965 2008 7

Mr Tambourine Man The Byrds 1965 2009 8

My Generation The Who 1965 2010 8

Otis Blue Otis Redding 1965 More 0

Rubber Soul The Beatles 1965

Today! The Beach Boys 1965

Aftermath The Rolling Stones 1966

Black Monk Time The Monks 1966

Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan 1966

Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton John Mayall's Bluesbreakers 1966

Face to Face The Kinks 1966

Fifth Dimension The Byrds 1966

Freak Out! Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention 1966

Fred Neil Fred Neil 1966

Mamas And The Papas Mamas And The Papas 1966

Midnight Ride Paul Revere and the Raiders 1966

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Simon & Garfunkel 1966

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Pet Sounds The Beach Boys 1966

Revolver The Beatles 1966

Sunshine Superman Donovan 1966

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators The 13th Floor Elevators 1966

Wild is the Wind Nina Simone 1966

Yardbirds The Yardbirds 1966

Are You Experienced? The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967

Axis: Bold As Love The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967

Buffalo Springfield Again Buffalo Springfield 1967

Chelsea Girl Nico 1967

Da Capo Love 1967

Disraeli Gears Cream 1967

Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' Loretta Lynn 1967

Electric Music For The Mind And Body Country Joe And The Fish 1967

Forever Changes Love 1967

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim 1967

Goodbye And Hello Tim Buckley 1967

Groovin' The Young Rascals 1967

Headquarters The Monkees 1967

I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night The Electric Prunes 1967

I Never Loved a Man the Way That I Love You Aretha Franklin 1967

I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard 1967

Moby Grape Moby Grape 1967

Safe As Milk Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band 1967

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 1967

Something Else by The Kinks The Kinks 1967

Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane 1967

The Doors The Doors 1967

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Pink Floyd 1967

The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground 1967

The Who Sell Out The Who 1967

Triangle The Beau Brummels 1967

We're Only in it for the Money The Mothers of Invention 1967

White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground 1967

Younger Than Yesterday The Byrds 1967

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Aretha: Lady Soul Aretha Franklin 1968

Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto 1968

Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones 1968

Bookends Simon & Garfunkel 1968

Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso 1968

Cheap Thrills Big Brother and the Holding Company 1968

Electric Ladyland The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro 1968

Happy Sad Tim Buckley 1968

In-a-gadda-da-vida Iron Butterfly 1968

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Johnny Cash 1968

Music from Big Pink The Band 1968

Oar Alexander 'Skip' Spence 1968

Odessey And Oracle The Zombies 1968

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake The Small Faces 1968

Os Mutantes Os Mutantes 1968

Scott 2 Scott Walker 1968

SF Sorrow The Pretty Things 1968

Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen 1968

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo The Byrds 1968

The Beatles (White Album) The Beatles 1968

The Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma/Brijbushan Kabra/Hariprasad Chaurasia 1968

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band 1968

The Notorious Byrd Brothers The Byrds 1968

The Sounds of India Ravi Shankar 1968

The United States Of America The United States Of America 1968

Tommy The Who 1968

Traffic Traffic 1968

Truth Jeff Beck Group 1968

Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks 1968

Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer 1968

Abbey Road The Beatles 1969

Arthur, or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire The Kinks 1969

Astral Weeks Van Morrison 1969

Basket Of Light Pentangle 1969

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✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969

Blood, Sweat And Tears Blood, Sweat And Tears 1969

Chicago Transit Authority Chicago 1969

Cloud Nine The Temptations 1969

Crosby, Stills And Nash Crosby, Stills And Nash 1969

Dusty in Memphis Dusty Springfield 1969

Elephant Mountain The Youngbloods 1969

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young 1969

Five Leaves Left Nick Drake 1969

From Elvis in Memphis Elvis Presley 1969

Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969

Gris Gris Dr John 1969

Happy Trails Quicksilver Messenger Service 1969

Hot Buttered Soul Isaac Hayes 1969

Hot Rats Frank Zappa 1969

In A Silent Way Miles Davis 1969

In The Court of the Crimson King King Crimson 1969

Johnny Cash at San Quentin Johnny Cash 1969

Kick Out The Jams The MC5 1969

Led Zeppelin I Led Zeppelin 1969

Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin 1969

Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones 1969

Liege And Lief Fairport Convention 1969

Odessa The Bee Gees 1969

Scott 4 Scott Walker 1969

Songs From A Room Leonard Cohen 1969

Stand! Sly & The Family Stone 1969

The Band The Band 1969

The Gilded Palace of Sin The Flying Burrito Brothers 1969

The Stooges The Stooges 1969

The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground 1969

Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band 1969

Unhalfbricking Fairport Convention 1969

Abraxas Santana 1970

After The Goldrush Neil Young 1970

 Number of
✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

All Things Must Pass George Harrison 1970

American Beauty The Grateful Dead 1970

Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar 1970

Bitches Brew Miles Davis 1970

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath 1970

Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel 1970

Bryter Later Nick Drake 1970

Close To You The Carpenters 1970

Deep Purple in Rock Deep Purple 1970

Déjà Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 1970

Fun House Iggy Pop & The Stooges 1970

Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart 1970

John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic 1970

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band John Lennon 1970

Layla And Other Assorted Lovesongs Derek And The Dominos 1970

Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin 1970

Live at Leeds The Who 1970

Live/Dead The Grateful Dead 1970

McCartney McCartney 1970

Moondance Van Morrison 1970

Morrison Hotel The Doors 1970

✓ Paranoid Black Sabbath 1970

Stephen Stills Stephen Stills 1970

Sweet Baby James James Taylor 1970

Tea for the Tillerman Cat Stevens 1970

The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett 1970

Third Soft Machine 1970

Twelve Dreams of Doctor Sardonicus Spirit 1970

A Nod's As Good As Wink The Faces 1971

American Pie Don McLean 1971

Aqualung Jethro Tull 1971

Blue Joni Mitchell 1971

Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton 1971

Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival 1971

Electric Warrior T Rex 1971

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Every Picture Tells A Story Rod Stewart 1971

Fragile Yes 1971

Histoire de Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg 1971

If Only I Could Remember My Name David Crosby 1971

Imagine John Lennon 1971

LA Woman The Doors 1971

Led Zeppelin IV (Four Symbols) Led Zeppelin 1971

Live With Ginger Baker Fela Kuti 1971

Madman Across The Water Elton John 1971

Maggot Brain Funkadelic 1971

Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson 1971

Pearl Janis Joplin 1971

Pictures at an Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1971

Shaft Isaac Hayes 1971

Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen 1971

Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones 1971

Surf's Up The Beach Boys 1971

Tago Mago Can 1971

Tapestry Carole King 1971

Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1971

Teenage Head The Flamin' Groovies 1971

The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East The Allman Brothers 1971

The Yes Album Yes 1971

There's a Riot Goin' On Sly and and The Family Stone 1971

Trafalgar The Bee Gees 1971

What's Goin' On Marvin Gaye 1971

Who's Next The Who 1971

All Directions The Temptations 1972

American Gothic David Ackles 1972

Can't Buy a Thrill Steely Dan 1972

Close to The Edge Yes 1972

Clube Da Esquina Milton Nascimento 1972

Exile on Main Street The Rolling Stones 1972

Harvest Neil Young 1972

Home is Where the Music Is Hugh Masekela 1972

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✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

Hunky Dory David Bowie 1972

John Prine John Prine 1972

Let's Stay Together Al Green 1972

Machine Head Deep Purple 1972

Marcus Garvey Burning Spear 1972

No.1 Record Big Star 1972

Paul Simon Paul Simon 1972

Pink Moon Nick Drake 1972

Roxy Music Roxy Music 1972

Sail Away Randy Newman 1972

School's Out Alice Cooper 1972

Slayed? Slade 1972

Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren 1972

Superfly Curtis Mayfield 1972

Talking Book Stevie Wonder 1972

The Eagles The Eagles 1972

The Slider T Rex 1972

The World Is A Ghetto War 1972

Transformer Lou Reed 1972

Volume 4 Black Sabbath 1972

White Light Gene Clark 1972

Will The Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1972

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie 1972

3+3 The Isley Bros 1973

A Wizard, A True Star Todd Rundgren 1973

Aladdin Sane David Bowie 1973

Band On The Run Paul McCartney & Wings 1973

Berlin Lou Reed 1973

Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper 1973

Bongo Rock Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band 1973

Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers 1973

Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan 1973

Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 1973

Faust IV Faust 1973

For Your Pleasure Roxy Music 1973

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✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

Future Days Can 1973

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John 1973

Grevious Angel Gram Parsons 1973

Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings 1973

Larks Tongues In Aspic King Crimson 1973

Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye 1973

Made In Japan Deep Purple 1973

Mott Mott The Hoople 1973

Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 1973

nnervisions Stevie Wonder 1973

Paris 1919 John Cale 1973

Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd Lynyrd Skynyrd 1973

Raw Power Iggy Pop & The Stooges 1973

Selling England by the Pound Genesis 1973

Solid Air John Martyn 1973

Space Ritual Hawkwind 1973

Stephen Stills Manassas 1973

The New York Dolls The New York Dolls 1973

Tres Hombres ZZ Top 1973

Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield 1973

461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton 1974

Autobahn Kraftwerk 1974

Bad Company Bad Company 1974

Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan 1974

Country Life Roxy Music 1974

Court And Spark Joni Mitchell 1974

Crime Of The Century Supertramp 1974

Fullfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder 1974

Good Old Boys Randy Newman 1974

Headhunters Herbie Hancock 1974

Here Come the Warm Jets Brian Eno 1974

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight Richard & Linda Thompson 1974

It's Too Late To Stop Now Van Morrison 1974

Kimono My House Sparks 1974

No Other Gene Clark 1974

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On the Beach Neil Young 1974

Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson 1974

Phaedra Tangerine Dream 1974

Pretzel Logic Steely Dan 1974

Queen II Queen 1974

Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt 1974

Sheer Heart Attack Queen 1974

Sheet Music 10cc 1974

The Grand Tour George Jones 1974

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis 1974

Winter in America Gill Scott-Heron 1974

A Night At The Opera Queen 1975

Another Green World Brian Eno 1975

Born to be With You Dion 1975

Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 1975

Frampton Comes Alive Peter Frampton 1975

Go Girl Crazy The Dictators 1975

Greetings from LA Tim Buckley 1975

Horses Patti Smith 1975

Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis 1975

Natty Dread Bob Marley & The Wailers 1975

Neu! 75 Neu! 1975

Nighthawks at the Diner Tom Waits 1975

Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin 1975

Pieces Of The Sky Emmylou Harris 1975

Redheaded Stranger Willie Nelson 1975

Shalimar / College Girl R.D.Burman / Bappi Lahiri 1975

That's The Way Of The World Earth, Wind & Fire 1975

The Hissing of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell 1975

The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett 1975

There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield 1975

Tonight's the Night Neil Young 1975

Toys in the Attic Aerosmith 1975

Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 1975

Young Americans David Bowie 1975

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✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

2112 Rush 1976

Africa/Brasil Jorge Ben 1976

Arrival Abba 1976

Boston Boston 1976

Destroyer Kiss 1976

Hejeira Joni Mitchell 1976

Hotel California The Eagles 1976

Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading 1976

Legalize It Peter Tosh 1976

Mothership Connection Parliament 1976

Rocks Aerosmith 1976

Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder 1976

Station to Station David Bowie 1976

The Ramones The Ramones 1976

Aja Steely Dan 1977

Before & After Science Brian Eno 1977

C'est Chic Chic Manish 1977

Exodus Bob Marley & The Wailers 1977

Heavy Weather Weather Report 1977

Heroes David Bowie 1977

I Peter Gabriel 1977

Low David Bowie 1977

Lust for Life Iggy Pop 1977

Music From The Penguin Cafe Orchestra The Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1977

My Aim Is True Elvis Costello 1977

✓ Never Mind The Bollocks… The Sex Pistols 1977

New Boots & Panties Ian Dury & the Blockheads 1977

One World John Martyn 1977

Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra 1977

Oxygene Jean Michel-Jarre 1977

Pink Flag Wire 1977

Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers 1977

Rumours Fleetwood Mac 1977

Suicide Suicide 1977

Talking Heads "77 Talking Heads 1977

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✓ The Clash The Clash 1977

The Idiot Iggy Pop 1977

The Modern Dance Pere Ubu 1977

The Modern Lovers Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers 1977

The Stranger Billy Joel 1977

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 1977

Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk 1977

Zombie Fela Kuti 1977

All Mod Cons The Jam 1978

Ambient no.1: Music for Airports Brian Eno 1978

Another Music In a Different Kitchen Buzzcocks 1978

At Budokan Cheap Trick 1978

Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 1978

Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen 1978

Dire Straits Dire Straits 1978

DOA Throbbing Gristle 1978

Dub Housing Pere Ubu 1978

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents 1978

Eternally Yours The Saints 1978

Germ-Free Adolescents X-Ray Spex 1978

Hard Again Muddy Waters 1978

Here, My Dear Marvin Gaye 1978

Honky Tonk Masquarade Joe Ely 1978

Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy 1978

Marquee Moon Television 1978

More Songs About Buildings and Food Talking Heads 1978

One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic 1978

Parallel Lines Blondie 1978

Public Image Public Image 1978

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Devo 1978

Real Life Magazine 1978

Siembra Ruben Blades & Willie Colón 1978

Stardust Willie Nelson 1978

The Cars The Cars 1978

The Man Machine Kraftwerk 1978

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The Only Ones The Only Ones 1978

The Scream Siouxsie And The Banshees 1978

Third/Sister Lovers Big Star 1978

This Year's Model Elvis Costello 1978

tori amos The Adverts 1978

Van Halen 1 Van Halen 1978

Vento De Maio Elis Regina 1978

Armed Forces Elvis Costello 1979

Broken English Marianne Faithfull 1979

Cut The Slits 1979

Entertainment! Gang Of Four 1979

Fear of Music Talking Heads 1979

GI Germs 1979

✓ Highway to Hell AC/DC 1979

Live at the Witch Trials The Fall 1979

✓ London Calling The Clash 1979

Machine Gun Etiquette The Damned 1979

Metal Box/Second Edition Public Image 1979

Movies Holger Czukay 1979

Off The Wall Michael Jackson 1979

Pretenders Pretenders 1979

Quiet Life Japan 1979

Regatta De Blanc The Police 1979

Risqué Chic 1979

Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young 1979

Specials The Specials 1979

Street Life The Crusaders 1979

The B-52's The B-52's 1979

The Pleasure Principle Gary Numan 1979

The Undertones The Undertones 1979

The Wall Pink Floyd 1979

Tusk Fleetwood Mac 1979

✓ Unknown Pleasures Joy Division 1979

We Are Family Sister Sledge 1979

✓ Ace of Spades Motörhead 1980

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Arc Of A Diver Steve Winwood 1980

✓ Back in Black AC/DC 1980

British Steel Judas Priest 1980

Closer Joy Division 1980

Crocodiles Echo & The Bunnymen 1980

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys 1980

Group Sex Circle Jerks 1980

Heartattack and Vine Tom Waits 1980

Hypnotised The Undertones 1980

III Peter Gabriel 1980

Iron Maiden Iron Maiden 1980

Kilimanjaro Teardrop Explodes 1980

Killing Joke Killing Joke 1980

Kings Of The Wild Frontier Adam & The Ants 1980

More Specials The Specials 1980

Remain in Light Talking Heads 1980

Searching for the Young Soul Rebels Dexys Midnight Runners 1980

Seventeen Seconds The Cure 1980

Signing Off UB40 1980

Songs The Lord Taught Us The Cramps 1980

Sound Affects The Jam 1980

Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys 1980

Beauty And The Beat Go-Go's 1981

Damaged Black Flag 1981

Dare Human League 1981

Fire Of Love The Gun Club 1981

Juju Siouxsie And The Banshees 1981

Kollaps Einsturzende 1981

Mask Bauhaus 1981

Moving Pictures Rush 1981

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Brian Eno 1981

No Sleep 'til Hammersmith Motörhead 1981

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Soft Cell 1981

Penthouse and Pavement Heaven 17 1981

Talk Talk Talk Psychedelic Furs 1981

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The Poet Bobbie Womack 1981

The Tom Tom Club The Tom Tom Club 1981

The Visitors Abba 1981

Wild Gift X 1981

1999 Prince 1982

Black Metal Venom 1982

Imperial Bedroom Elvis Costello 1982

Junkyard The Birthday Party 1982

Nebraska Bruce Springsteen 1982

New Gold Dream Simple Minds 1982

Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden 1982

Pelican West Haircut 100 1982

Pornography The Cure 1982

Rip It Up Orange Juice 1982

Rise & Fall Madness 1982

Sulk The Associates 1982

The Dreaming Kate Bush 1982

The Lexicon of Love ABC 1982

The Message Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five 1982

The Nightfly Donald Fagen 1982

Thriller Michael Jackson 1982

Too Rye-Ay Dexy's Midnight Runners 1982

Violent Femmes Violent Femmes 1982

Architecture & Morality OMD 1983

Back to Mystery City Hanoi Rocks 1983

Colour By Numbers Culture Club 1983

Duck Rock Malcolm McLaren 1983

Eliminator ZZ Top 1983

Hearts and Bones Paul Simon 1983

Meat Puppets II Meat Puppets 1983

Murmur REM 1983

Out Of Step Minor Threat 1983

Porcupine Echo & The Bunnymen 1983

Pyromania Def Leppard 1983

Rio Duran Duran 1983

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Soul Mining The The 1983

Sweet Dreams Eurythmics 1983

Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits 1983

Synchronicity The Police 1983

War U2 1983

1984 Van Halen 1984

A Walk Across The Rooftops The Blue Nile 1984

Born in the USA Bruce Springsteen 1984

Café Bleu Style Council 1984

Diamond Life Sade 1984

Double Nickels On The Dime Minutemen 1984

Immigrés Youssou N'Dour 1984

Let It Be The Replacements 1984

Ocean Rain Echo & The Bunnymen 1984

Private Dancer Tina Turner 1984

Purple Rain Prince and The Revolution 1984

Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole And The Commotions 1984

Run-DMC Run-DMC 1984

She's So Unusual Cindy Lauper 1984

Treasure Cocteau Twins 1984

Welcome to the Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood 1984

Brothers In Arms Dire Straits 1985

Cupid and Psyche Scritti Politti 1985

Don't Stand Me Down Dexys Midnight Runners 1985

Fear and Whiskey The Mekons 1985

Hounds of Love Kate Bush 1985

Hunting High And Low A-Ha 1985

Low Life New Order 1985

Meat is Murder The Smiths 1985

Picture Book Simply Red 1985

Psychocandy The Jesus & Mary Chain 1985

Rain Dogs Tom Waits 1985

Rum, Sodomy and the Lash The Pogues 1985

Songs from the Big Chair Tears for Fears 1985

Steve McQueen Prefab Sprout 1985

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Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega 1985

This Nation's Saving Grace The Fall 1985

Water From An Ancient Well Abdullah Ibrahim 1985

Atomizer Big Black 1986

Blood and Chocolate Elvis Costello 1986

EVOL Sonic Youth 1986

Graceland Paul Simon 1986

Guitar Town Steve Earle 1986

I Against I Bad Brains 1986

Infected The The 1986

Last fo the True Believers Nanci Griffith 1986

Licensed to Ill Beastie Boys 1986

✓ Master of Puppets Metallica 1986

Peace Sells... But Who's Buying Megadeth 1986

Planet Rock: The Album Afrika Bambaataa 1986

Raising Hell Run-DMC 1986

Rapture Anita Baker 1986

Reign in Blood Slayer 1986

Skylarking XTC 1986

Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi 1986

So Peter Gabriel 1986

Talking With The Taxman About Poetry Billy Bragg 1986

The Queen is Dead The Smiths 1986

Throwing Muses Throwing Muses 1986

Actually Pet Shop Boys 1987

Among The Living Anthrax 1987

Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses 1987

Astor Piazzolla The New Tango (with Gary Burton) 1987

✓ Bad Michael Jackson 1987

Calenture The Triffids 1987

Colour of Spring Talk Talk 1987

Darklands The Jesus & Mary Chain 1987

Document REM 1987

Electric The Cult 1987

Faith George Michael 1987

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Floodland Sisters of Mercy 1987

Hysteria Def Leppard 1987

Introducing The Hardline Terence Trent D'Arby 1987

Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers 1987

Music For The Masses Depeche Mode 1987

Opus Dei Laibach 1987

Scum Napalm Death 1987

Shaka Zulu Ladysmith Black Mambazo 1987

Sign o' the Times Prince 1987

Sister Sonic Youth 1987

Spy Vs Spy John Zorn 1987

Strangeways Here We Come The Smiths 1987

The Joshua Tree U2 1987

Trio Emmylou Harris, Lisa Rondstadt, Dolly Parton 1987

Warehouse: Songs & Stories Hüsker Dü 1987

You're Living All Over Me Dinosaur Jr 1987

16 Lover's Lane Go-Betweens 1988

Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam 1988

Bug Dinosaur Jr 1988

Bummed Happy Mondays 1988

California American Music Club 1988

Daydream Nation Sonic Youth 1988

Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys 1988

I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen 1988

Idlewild Everything But the Girl 1988

If I Should Fall from Grace with God The Pogues 1988

Isn't Anything My Bloody Valentine 1988

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy 1988

Life's Too Good The Sugarcubes 1988

Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction 1988

Shadowland k.d. lang 1988

Straight Outta Compton NWA 1988

Superfuzz Bigmuff Mudhoney 1988

Surfer Rosa The Pixies 1988

Tank Battles Dagmar Krause 1988

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The Trinity Sessions Cowboy Junkies 1988

Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman 1988

Truth And Soul Fishbone 1988

Viva Hate Morrissey 1988

Vivid Living Colour 1988

… And Justice For All Metallica 1988

809:30:00 808 State 1989

All Hail the Queen Queen Latifah 1989

Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul 1989

Djam Leeli Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck 1989

Done By the Forces of Nature Jungle Brothers 1989

Doolittle The Pixies 1989

Fromohio Firehose 1989

Green REM 1989

L'eau Rouge The Young Gods 1989

Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz 1989

Like a Prayer Madonna 1989

Moss Side Story Barry Adamson 1989

Nick of Time Bonnie Raitt 1989

Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys 1989

Playing with Fire Spacemen 3 1989

Pump Aerosmith 1989

Raw Like Sushi Neneh Cherry 1989

Rhythm Nation 1814 Janet Jackson 1989

Technique New Order 1989

The Healer John Lee Hooker 1989

The Real Thing Faith No More 1989

The Sensual World Kate Bush 1989

The Stone Roses The Stone Roses 1989

Three Feet High and Rising De La Soul 1989

What's That Noise? Coldcut 1989

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Ice Cube 1990

Behaviour Pet Shop Boys 1990

Bossanova The Pixies 1990

Disintegration The Cure 1990

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En-Tact The Shamen 1990

Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy 1990

Goo Sonic Youth 1990

Heaven or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins 1990

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Sinead O'Connor 1990

Listen Without Prejudice George Michael 1990

Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J 1990

Nowhere Ride 1990

People's Instinctive Paths A Tribe Called Quest 1990

Pills 'n' Thrills 'n' Bellyaches Happy Mondays 1990

Ragged Glory Neil Young 1990

Repeater Fugazi 1990

Ritual De Lo Habitual Jane's Addiction 1990

Rust In Peace Megadeth 1990

Sex Packets Digital Underground 1990

Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes 1990

The La's The La's 1990

The White Room KLF 1990

Violator Depeche Mode 1990

World Clique Deee-Lite 1990

Achtung Baby U2 1991

Apocalypse '91 … The Enemy Strikes Black Public Enemy 1991

Arise Sepultura 1991

Bandwagonesque Teenage Fanclub 1991

✓ Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers 1991

Blue Lines Massive Attack 1991

Cypress Hill Cypress Hill 1991

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Mudhoney 1991

Foxbase Alpha Saint Etienne 1991

Haut de Gamme–Koweit Rive Gauche Koffi Olomide 1991

Loveless My Bloody Valentine 1991

Metallica Metallica 1991

✓ Nevermind Nirvana 1991

O.G. Original Gangster Ice-T 1991

Peggy Suicide Julian Cope 1991

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Rising Above Bedlam Jah Wobble And the Invaders of the Heart 1991

Screamadelica Primal Scream 1991

Spiderland Slint 1991

Step in the Arena Gang Starr 1991

The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest 1991

Woodface Crowded House 1991

A Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera 1992

Automatic for the People REM 1992

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde The Pharcyde 1992

Bone Machine Tom Waits 1992

Connected Stereo MC's 1992

Copper Blue Sugar 1992

Devotional Songs Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party 1992

Dirt Alice in Chains 1992

Dirty Sonic Youth 1992

Dry P.J. Harvey 1992

Henry's Dream Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 1992

Hiphoprisy Is The Greatest Luxury Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy 1992

Ingénue k.d. lang 1992

It's A Shame About Ray The Lemonheads 1992

Lam Toro Baaba Maal 1992

Lazer Guided Melodies Spiritualized 1992

Little Earthquakes Tori Amos 1992

Psalm 69 Ministry 1992

Selected Ambient Works '85–'92 Aphex Twin 1992

Ten Pearl Jam 1992

Three Years, Five Months, And Two Days In The Life Of... Arrested Development 1992

Your Arsenal Morrissey 1992

Aimee Mann Whatever 1993

Bubble & Scrape Sebadoh 1993

Debut Björk 1993

Doggy Style Snoop Doggy Dogg 1993

Emergency on Planet Earth Jamiroquai 1993

Enter The Wu-Tang Wu-Tang Clan 1993

Fuzzy Grant Lee Buffalo 1993

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Gentleman The Afghan Whigs 1993

Giant Steps The Boo Radleys 1993

✓ In Utero Nirvana 1993

Modern Life is Rubbish Blur 1993

New Wave Auteurs 1993

Orbital II Orbital 1993

Qui Seme Le Vent Recolte Le Tempo MC Solar 1993

✓ Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine 1993

Rid Of Me P.J. Harvey 1993

Siamese Dream Smashing Pumpkins 1993

Slanted And Enchanted Pavement 1993

Strange Cargo III William Orbit 1993

Suede Suede 1993

The Chronic Dr Dre 1993

The Infotainment Scan The Fall 1993

The Predator Ice Cube 1993

Tuesday Night Music Club Sheryl Crow 1993

Venus Luxure No1 Baby Girls Against Boys 1993

Very Pet Shops Boys 1993

Wild Wood Paul Weller 1993

Brutal Youth Elvis Costello 1994

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Pavement 1994

✓ Definitely Maybe Oasis 1994

Dog Man Star Suede 1994

✓ Dookie Green Day 1994

Dummy Portishead 1994

Exile in Guyville Liz Phair 1994

G Love & Special Sauce G Love & Special Sauce 1994

Haunted Dancehall Sabres Of Paradise 1994

Ill Communication Beastie Boys 1994

Illmatic Nas 1994

Live Through This Hole 1994

Me Against the World Tupac Shakur 1994

Music for the Jilted Generation Prodigy 1994

✓ Parklife Blur 1994

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✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

Protection Massive Attack 1994

Ready to Die Notorious B.I.G. 1994

Smash Offspring 1994

Snivilisation Orbital 1994

Superunknown Soundgarden 1994

Talking Timbuktu Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder 1994

Teenager of the Year Frank Black 1994

The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails 1994

The Holy Bible The Manic Street Preachers 1994

The Sun Rises In The East Jeru The Damaja 1994

Tical Method Man 1994

✓ Unplugged Nirvana 1994

Vauxhall and I Morrissey 1994

Yank Crime Drive Like Jehu 1994

(What's The Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 1995

A Northern Soul The Verve 1995

Alien Lanes Guided By Voices 1995

Brown Sugar D'Angelo 1995

CrazySexyCool TLC 1995

Different Class Pulp 1995

Elastica Elastica 1995

Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers 1995

Femi Kuti Femi Kuti 1995

✓ Foo Fighters Foo Fighters 1995

Garbage Garbage 1995

✓ Grace Jeff Buckley 1995

I Should Coco Supergrass 1995

Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 1995

Leftism Leftfield 1995

Liquid Swords Genius/GZA 1995

Maxinquaye Tricky 1995

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Smashing Pumpkins 1995

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Raekwon 1995

Scream, Dracula, Scream! Rocket From The Crypt 1995

Smoker's Delight Nightmares on Wax 1995

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✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

✓ The Bends Radiohead 1995

Timeless Goldie 1995

1977 Ash 1996

Antichrist Superstar Marilyn Manson 1996

Beautiful Freak The Eels 1996

Being There Wilco 1996

Better Living Through Chemistry Fatboy Slim 1996

Casanova The Divine Comedy 1996

Come Find Yourself The Fun Lovin' Criminals 1996

Dr Octagonecologyst Dr Octagon 1996

Dust Screaming Trees 1996

Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab 1996

Endtroducing... DJ Shadow 1996

Everything Must Go The Manic Street Preachers 1996

First Band On The Moon The Cardigans 1996

Fuzzy Logic Super Furry Animals 1996

If You're Feeling Sinister Belle & Sebastian 1996

Logical Progression LTJ Bukem 1996

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite Maxwell 1996

Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise 1996

Murder Ballads Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 1996

Now I Got Worry Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 1996

Odelay Beck 1996

Oedipus Schmoedipus Barry Adamson 1996

Roots Sepultura 1996

Second Toughest in the Infants Underworld 1996

Tellin' Stories The Charlatans 1996

The Score The Fugees 1996

Tidal Fiona Apple 1996

Tigermilk Belle & Sebastian 1996

Walking Wounded Everything But the Girl 1996

A Short Album About Love The Divine Comedy 1997

Blur Blur 1997

Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club 1997

Butterfly Mariah Carey 1997

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Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney 1997

Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers 1997

Either/Or Elliott Smith 1997

Homework Daft Punk 1997

In It For The Money Supergrass 1997

Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space Spiritualized 1997

Let's Get Killed David Holmes 1997

Life Thru A Lens Robbie Williams 1997

Maverick A Strike Finlay Quaye 1997

New Forms Roni Size/Reprazent 1997

✓ OK Computer Radiohead 1997

Schleep Robert Wyatt 1997

Supa Dupa Fly Missy Elliott 1997

The Boatman's Call Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1997

The Fat of the Land Prodigy 1997

Time Out of Mind Bob Dylan 1997

Urban Hymns The Verve 1997

Vanishing Point Primal Scream 1997

When I Was Born For The 7th Time Cornershop 1997

Apocalypse Dudes Turbonegro 1998

Bob Dylan Live 1966 ('Royal Albert Hall' Bootleg) Bob Dylan 1998

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams 1998

Celebrity Skin Hole 1998

Clandestino Manu Chao 1998

Deserter's Songs Mercury Rev 1998

Devil Without A Cause Kid Rock 1998

Follow the Leader Korn 1998

I See A Darkness Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 1998

Kenza Khaled 1998

Mermaid Avenue Billy Bragg/Wilco 1998

Moon Safari Air 1998

Music Has the Right to Children Boards of Canada 1998

OK Talvin Singh 1998

Queens Of The Stone Age Queens Of The Stone Age 1998

Ray of Light Madonna 1998

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✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

✓ System Of A Down System Of A Down 1998

The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill 1998

This is Hardcore Pulp 1998

White Ladder David Gray 1998

You've Come a Long Way, Baby Fatboy Slim 1998

69 Love Songs The Magnetic Fields 1999

Agaetis Byrjun Sigur Ros 1999

Apple Venus Vol. 1 XTC 1999

Beyond Skin Nitin Sawhney 1999

✓ Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 1999

Central Reservation Beth Orton 1999

Darkdancer Les Rhythmes Digitales 1999

HMS Fable Shack 1999

Le Tigre Le Tigre 1999

Make Yourself Incubus 1999

Play Moby 1999

Remedy Basement Jaxx 1999

S&M Metallica 1999

✓ Slipknot Slipknot 1999

Suba Sao Paulo Tales 1999

The Contino Sessions Death in Vegas 1999

The Man Who Travis 1999

The Slim Shady LP Eminem 1999

The Soft Bulletin Flaming Lips 1999

All That You Can't Leave Behind U2 2000

Felt Mountain Goldfrapp 2000

Figure 8 Elliott Smith 2000

Heartbreaker Ryan Adams 2000

✓ Kid A Radiohead 2000

Like Water For Chocolate Common 2000

Lost Souls The Doves 2000

Mama's Gun Erykah Badu 2000

Music Madonna 2000

Nixon Lambchop 2000

Our Aim is to Satisfy Red Snapper 2000

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✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

✓ Parachutes Coldplay 2000

Punishing Kiss Ute Lemper 2000

Red Dirt Girl Emmylou Harris 2000

Since I Left You The Avalanches 2000

Sincere MJ Cole 2000

Stankonia Outkast 2000

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey 2000

Tanto Tempo Bebel Gilberto 2000

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Badly Drawn Boy 2000

The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 2000

The Virgin Suicides Air 2000

Welcome to the Aftterfuture Mike Ladd 2000

Bright Flight Silver Jews 2001

Gold Ryan Adams 2001

✓ Is This It The Strokes 2001

La Revancha del Tango Gotan Project 2001

Melody A.M. Royksopp 2001

Rings Around the World Super Furry Animals 2001

Southern Rock Opera Drive-By Truckers 2001

The Blueprint Jay-Z 2001

Time (The Revelator) Gillian Welch 2001

Vespertine Björk 2001

White Blood Cells The White Stripes 2001

A Little Deeper Ms Dynamite 2002

✓ A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 2002

American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash 2002

Come Away With Me Norah Jones 2002

Hotel Yankee Foxtrot Wilco 2002

Phrenology The Roots 2002

Power in Numbers Jurassic 5 2002

Sea Change Beck 2002

The Coral The Coral 2002

The Last Broadcast The Doves 2002

The Rising Bruce Springsteen 2002

Under Construction Missy Elliott 2002

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✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots The Flaming Lips 2002

Boy in da Corner Dizzee Rascal 2003

De-loused at the Crematorium The Mars Volta 2003

Elephant The White Stripes 2003

Fever To Tell Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2003

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Outkast 2003

Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt 2003

A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets 2004

Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 2004

✓ American Idiot Green Day 2004

Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine Cee-Lo 2004

Destroy Rock & Roll Mylo 2004

Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 2004

Funeral Arcade Fire 2004

Penance Soiree The Icarus Line 2004

Rejoicing in the Hands Devendra Banhart 2004

Street Signs Ozomatli 2004

The College Dropout Kanye West 2004

Want Two Rufus Wainwright 2004

You Are The Quarry Morrissey 2004

Be Common 2005

Cole's Cornes Richard Hawley 2005

Illinois Sufjan Stevens 2005

Back to Black Amy Winehouse 2006

Fishscale Ghostface Killah 2006

Food & Liqour Lupe Fiasco 2006

Savane Ali Farka Touré 2006

Whatever People Say I Am Arctic Monkeys 2006

Ys Joanna Newsom 2006

Cross Justice 2007

In Rainbows Radiohead 2007

Kala MIA 2007

The Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem 2007

All Hope is Gone Slipknot 2008

Dear Science TV on the Radio 2008

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✓ Album Title Artist Release Date Year Albums

Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes 2008

Oracular Spectacular MGMT 2008

Seldom See Kid Elbow 2008

The Renaissance Q-Tip 2008

Third Portishead 2008

Bitte Orca Dirty Projectors 2009

Fever Ray Fever Ray 2009

It's Blitz Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2009

Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective 2009

Sometimes I Wish I Were an Eagle Bill Callahan 2009

Two Dancers Wild Beasts 2009

Veckatimest Grizzly Bear 2009

xx The xx 2009

Brothers The Black Keys 2010

Halcyon Digest Deerhunter 2010

High Violet The National 2010

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West 2010

Queen of Denmark John Grant 2010

Teen Dream Beach House 2010

The ArchAndroid Janelle Monae 2010

The Suburbs Arcade Fire 2010