The best album of each year over the past half-century (as voted on by music lovers).
| 68 – The Beatles |
| Pop Rock, Rock |
|
Progressive Rock, Art Rock
|
| Paranoid |
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Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
|
| Hard Rock |
| 72 – David Bowie |
|
Glam Rock, Pop Rock
|
| 73 – Pink Floyd |
|
Art Rock, Progressive Rock
|
| Red |
|
Progressive Rock, Art Rock
|
| 75 – Pink Floyd |
|
Progressive Rock, Art Rock
|
| 76 – David Bowie |
| Art Rock |
| 77 – Pink Floyd |
| Animals |
|
Progressive Rock, Art Rock
|
| 78 – Kraftwerk |
|
Electronic, Synthpop
|
| 79 – Joy Division |
| Post-Punk |
| Remain in Light |
|
New Wave, Post-Punk
|
| 81 – Rush |
| Moving Pictures |
|
Progressive Rock, Hard Rock
|
| 82 – The Cure |
| Pornography |
|
Gothic Rock, Post-Punk
|
| 83 – Tom Waits |
|
Singer/Songwriter, Experimental Rock
|
| 84 – Metallica |
| Thrash Metal |
| 85 – Tom Waits |
| Rain Dogs |
|
Singer/Songwriter, Experimental Rock
|
| 86 – The Smiths |
|
Jangle Pop, Indie Pop
|
| Sister |
|
Noise Rock, Alternative Rock
|
| 88 – Sonic Youth |
|
Noise Rock, Alternative Rock
|
| 89 – Pixies |
| Doolittle |
|
Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
|
| 90 – Megadeth |
| Rust in Peace |
|
Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
|
| Loveless |
|
Shoegaze, Noise Pop
|
| 92 – Aphex Twin |
|
Ambient Techno, IDM
|
|
East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Hardcore Hip Hop
|
| 94 – Nas |
| Illmatic |
|
East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Hardcore Hip Hop
|
| 95 – Radiohead |
| The Bends |
| Alternative Rock |
| 96 – DJ Shadow |
| Endtroducing….. |
|
Instrumental Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Plunderphonics
|
| 97 – Radiohead |
| OK Computer |
|
Alternative Rock, Art Rock
|
|
Indie Folk, Indie Rock
|
| 99 – Sigur Rós |
| Ágætis byrjun |
| Post-Rock |
| 00 – Radiohead |
| Kid A |
|
Art Rock, Experimental Rock, Electronic
|
| 01 – Radiohead |
| Amnesiac |
|
Experimental Rock, Art Rock
|
| 02 – Interpol |
|
Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock, Post-Punk
|
| 03 – Radiohead |
| Hail to the Thief |
|
Alternative Rock, Art Rock
|
| 04 – Arcade Fire |
| Funeral |
|
Indie Rock, Chamber Pop
|
| Illinois |
|
Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop
|
| 06 – J Dilla |
| Donuts |
| 07 – Radiohead |
| In Rainbows |
|
Art Rock, Alternative Rock
|
| 08 – Portishead |
| Third |
|
Electronic, Experimental Rock
|
|
Psychedelic Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
|
| 10 – Kanye West |
|
Hip Hop, Pop Rap
|
| 11 – PJ Harvey |
|
Singer/Songwriter, Art Rock
|
|
West Coast Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop
|
| 13 – Kanye West |
| Yeezus |
|
Experimental Hip Hop
|
| 14 – Swans |
| To Be Kind |
|
Experimental Rock, Post-Rock
|
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Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
|
| 16 – David Bowie |
| ★ [Blackstar] |
| Art Rock |
| Flower Boy |
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West Coast Hip Hop
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