1953 Charlie Parker Jazz at Massey Hall 731
1954 Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours 180
1955 Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin' Lovers 334
1956 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley 138
1957 Little Richard Here's Little Richard 150
1958 Art Blakey Moanin' 680
1959 Miles Davis Kind of Blue 47
1960 Muddy Waters At Newport 406
1961 Etta James At Last! 193
1962 Ray Charles Modern Songs in County... 180
1963 James Brown Live at the Apollo 83
1964 John Coltrane A Love Supreme 81
1965 The Beatles Rubber Soul 16
1966 The Beatles Revolver 1
1967 The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's 4
1968 The Beatles The White Album 2
1969 The Beatles Abbey Road 5
1970 Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water 49
1971 Marvin Gaye What's Going On? 18
1972 The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street 14
1973 Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 6
1974 Joni Mitchell Court and Spark 98
1975 Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks 9
1976 The Eagles Hotel California 39
1977 Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollucks 13
1978 Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town 84
1979 The Clash London Calling 12
1980 Joy Division Closer 52
1981 The Rolling Stones Tattoo You 250
1982 Michael Jackson Thriller 35
1983 R.E.M. Murmur 94
1984 Prince Purple Rain 70
1985 Dire Straits Brothers in Arms 112
1986 The Smiths The Queen is Dead 26
1987 U2 The Joshua Tree 8
1988 Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions 48
1989 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses 31
1990 Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet 212
1991 Nirvana Nevermind 3
1992 R.E.M. Automatic for the People 19
1993 Nirvana In Utero 114
1994 Jeff Buckley Grace 65
1995 Radiohead The Bends 20
1996 Beck Odelay 100
1997 Radiohead OK Computer 10
1998 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of... 177
1999 Moby Play 130
2000 U2 All That You Can't Leave... 96
2001 Strokes Is This It 104
2002 Eminem The Eminem Show 275
2003 The White Stripes Elephant 365
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