List of Top Albums by Year

List of Top Albums by Year

Although I am not a huge fan of subjectively constructed «best-of» lists, there probably has to be some sort of con­cise guide to the Only Solitaire system of judgements and values, so, as a quick first aid, here is an overall list of those records, reviewed on the blog, that I consider truly excellent. The list will be updated on a regular basis as I review more, moving past the A's and the B's.

All albums here are arranged in chronological rather than alphabetic order, so the list can be used as some sort of  historical in­tro­duction. Albums marked in bold fall into the category of «Great» — what I'd like to think of as major artistic statements with lotsa cultural value. The rest are «Very good» — not particularly original or influential, per­haps, but solid quality all the way through, and consistently enjoyable. Recommended compilations are listed at the bottom; those aren't specifically divided into «great» or «very good» subcategories, because, well, a compilation is a compilation.

1955

Bill Haley: Rock Around The Clock

1956

B. B. King: Singin' The Blues

Bill Haley: Rock'n'Roll Stage Show

1957

Buddy Holly: The «Chirping» Crickets

1958

Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley

Carl Perkins: Dance Album Of Carl Perkins

Big Joe Williams: Piney Woods Blues

Bill Haley: Rockin' The Joint

Billie Holiday: Lady In Satin

Buddy Holly: Buddy Holly

1959

Bo Diddley: Go Bo Diddley

1960

B. B. King: The Great B. B. King

Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger

Brenda Lee: Brenda Lee

Brenda Lee: This Is... Brenda

1961

Bobby Bland: Two Steps From The Blues

Aretha Franklin: Aretha

Brenda Lee: All The Way

1962

Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley

Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan

Bobby Bland: Here's The Man!!!

Booker T. & The M.G.'s: Green Onions

1963

Beatles, The: Please Please Me

Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin'

Beach Boys, The: Surfer Girl

Beatles, The: With The Beatles

Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley's Beach Party

1964

Animals, The: The Animals

Beatles, The: A Hard Day's Night

Bob Dylan: Another Side Of Bob Dylan

Beach Boys, The: All Summer Long

Beach Boys, The: Shut Down Vol. 2

Beach Boys, The: Concert

Beatles, The: Beatles For Sale

Bob Dylan: The Times They Are A-Changin'

Rolling Stones, The: England's Newest Hitmakers

Rolling Stones, The: 12 x 5

1965

Beach Boys, The: Today!

Beatles, The: Help!

Beatles, The: Rubber Soul

Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited

Byrds, The: Mr. Tambourine Man

Rolling Stones, The: Now!

Animals, The: On Tour

Animals, The: Animal Tracks

B. B. King: Live At The Regal

Beach Boys, The: Summer Days (And Summer Nights)

Beau Brummels, The: Introducing The Beau Brummels

Butterfield Blues Band, The: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Byrds, The: Turn! Turn! Turn!

Rolling Stones, The: Out Of Our Heads

1966

13th Floor Elevators: The Psychedelic Sounds Of...

Beach Boys, The: Pet Sounds

Beatles, The: Revolver

Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde

Byrds, The: Fifth Dimension

Rolling Stones, The: Aftermath

Animals, The: Animalisms

Association, The: And Then Along Comes...

Big Mama Thornton: In Europe

Blues Magoos: Psychedelic Lollipop

Blues Project, The: Projections

Buffalo Springfield: Buffalo Springfield

Butterfield Blues Band, The: East–West

1967

Albert King: Born Under A Bad Sign

Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You

Beach Boys, The: The SMiLe Sessions [released 2011]

Beatles, The: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles, The: Magical Mystery Tour

Bee Gees: 1st

Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding

Buffalo Springfield: Buffalo Springfield Again

Byrds, The: Younger Than Yesterday

Captain Beefheart: Safe As Milk

Rolling Stones, The: Between The Buttons

Rolling Stones, The: Flowers

Rolling Stones, The: Their Satanic Majesties' Request

13th Floor Elevators: Easter Everywhere

Al Stewart: Bedsitter Images

Aretha Franklin: Aretha Arrives

Association, The: Insight Out

Beach Boys, The: Wild Honey

Beau Brummels, The: Triangle

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The: Gorilla

1968

Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul

Arthur Brown: The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

Band, The: Music From Big Pink

Beach Boys, The: Friends

Beatles, The: The Beatles

Bee Gees: Horizontal

Blood, Sweat & Tears: Child Is Father To The Man

Al Kooper: I Stand Alone

Albert King: Live Wire/Blues Power

Amboy Dukes, The: Journey To The Center Of The Mind

Animals, The: The Twain Shall Meet

Animals, The: Love Is

Aphrodite's Child: End Of The World

Aretha Franklin: Aretha Now

Association, The: Birthday

B. B. King: Lucille

Bee Gees: Idea

Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills: Super Session

Blue Cheer: Vincebus Eruptum

Beau Brummels, The: Bradley's Barn

Bobby Womack: Fly Me To The Moon

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The: The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse

Cake: A Slice Of Cake

Canned Heat: Boogie With Canned Heat

Canned Heat: Living The Blues

1969

Allman Brothers Band, The: The Allman Brothers Band

B. B. King: Completely Well

Band, The: The Band

Beatles, The: Abbey Road

Bee Gees: Odessa

Al Kooper: You Never Know Who Your Friends Are

Aphrodite's Child: It's Five O'Clock

Argent: Argent

B. B. King: Live & Well

Beach Boys, The: 20/20

Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It

Blind Faith: Blind Faith

Blood, Sweat & Tears: Blood, Sweat & Tears

Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline

Bobby Bland: Spotlighting The Man

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The: Tadpoles

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The: Keynsham

Byrds: Ballad Of Easy Rider

Can: Monster Movie

Captain Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica

Cher: 3614 Jackson Highway

1970

Al Kooper: Easy Does It

Allman Brothers Band, The: Idlewild South

Amon Düül II: Yeti

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Jesus Christ Superstar [original cast]

Aretha Franklin: Spirit In The Dark

Badfinger: No Dice

Beach Boys, The: Sunflower

Black Sabbath: Paranoid

Bob Dylan: New Morning

Can: Soundtracks

Affinity: Affinity

Amazing Blondel: Evensong

Aretha Franklin: This Girl's In Love With You

B. B. King: Indianola Mississippi Seeds

Badfinger: Magic Christian Music

Band, The: Stage Fright

Barclay James Harvest: Barclay James Harvest

Beatles, The: Let It Be

Bee Gees: 2 Years On

Billy Preston: Encouraging Words

Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath

Bloodrock: Bloodrock

Bo Diddley: The Black Gladiator

Bob Dylan: Self Portrait

Bob Marley: Soul Rebels

Carole King: Writer

1971

Alice Cooper: Love It To Death

Alice Cooper: Killer

Allman Brothers Band, The: At Fillmore East

Amon Düül II: Tanz Der Lemminge

Ash Ra Tempel: Ash Ra Tempel

Atomic Rooster: Death Walks Behind You

Beach Boys, The: Surf's Up

Bee Gees: Trafalgar

Bill Withers: Just As I Am

Black Sabbath: Master Of Reality

Can: Tago Mago

Carole King: Tapestry

Al Green: Gets Next To You

Al Kooper: New York City (You're A Woman)

Alan Stivell: Renaissance De La Harpe Celtique

Amazing Blondel: Fantasia Lindum

Aretha Franklin: Live At Fillmore West

Argent: Ring Of Hands

Badfinger: Straight Up

Barclay James Harvest: Once Again

Barclay James Harvest: ...And Other Short Stories

Bobby Womack: Communication

Bonnie Raitt: Bonnie Raitt

Cher: Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves

1972

Al Green: I'm Still In Love With You

Allman Brothers Band, The: Eat A Peach

Amon Düül II: Wolf City

Aphrodite's Child: 666

Aretha Franklin: Young, Gifted And Black

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso: Darwin!

Big Star: #1 Record

Bill Withers: Still Bill

Blue Öyster Cult: Blue Öyster Cult

Al Kooper: A Possible Projection Of The Future

Al Stewart: Orange

Alan Stivell: A L'Olympia

Albert King: I'll Play The Blues For You

Alex Harvey: Framed

Alice Cooper: School's Out

Amazing Blondel: England

Ash Ra Tempel: Schwingungen

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso: Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso

Band, The: Rock Of Ages

Beach Boys, The: Carl And The Passions/So Tough

Bee Gees: To Whom It May Concern

Bo Diddley: Where It All Began

Bobby Womack: Understanding

Can: Ege Bamyasi

1973

10cc: 10cc

Al Stewart: Past, Present & Future

Alan Price: O Lucky Man!

Alex Harvey: Next

Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies

Allman Brothers Band, The: Brothers And Sisters

Betty Davis: Betty Davis

Bob Marley: Catch A Fire

Brian Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets

Aerosmith: Aerosmith

Al Green: Call Me

Al Kooper: Naked Songs

Alan Stivell: Chemins De Terre

Amboy Dukes, The: Call Of The Wild

Amon Düül II: Utopia

Amon Düül II: Vive La Trance

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Jesus Christ Superstar [soundtrack]

Aretha Franklin: Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)

Ash Ra Tempel: Join Inn

Ash Ra Tempel: Starring Rosi

Average White Band, The: Show Your Hand

B. B. King: To Know You Is To Love You

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso: Io Sono Nato Libero

Beach Boys, The: Holland

Bill Withers: Live At Carnegie Hall

Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Bob Dylan: Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid

Bob Marley: Burnin'

Bobby Bland: His California Album

Bonnie Raitt: Takin' My Time

Budgie: Never Turn Your Back On A Friend

Camel: Camel

Can: Future Days

Carole King: Fantasy

1974

10cc: Sheet Music

Aerosmith: Get Your Wings

Bad Company: Bad Company

Badfinger: Wish You Were Here

Bob Marley: Natty Dread

Al Green: Explores Your Mind

Alan Price: Between Today And Yesterday

Albert King: I Wanna Get Funky

Alex Harvey: The Impossible Dream

Alice Cooper: Muscle Of Love

Amboy Dukes, The: Tooth, Fang & Claw

Argent: Nexus

Average White Band, The: AWB

Baker Gurvitz Army: Baker Gurvitz Army

Barclay James Harvest: Everyone Is Everybody Else

Be-Bop Deluxe: Axe Victim

Bee Gees: Mr. Natural

Big Star: Radio City

Billy Preston: The Kids & Me

Blue Öyster Cult: Secret Treaties

Bobby Bland: Dreamer

Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle

Can: Soon Over Babaluma

Carole King: Wrap Around Joy

1975

ABBA: ABBA

Aerosmith: Toys In The Attic

Alice Cooper: Welcome To My Nightmare

Amon Düül II: Made In Germany

Black Sabbath: Sabotage

Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks

Brian Eno: Another Green World

10cc: The Original Soundtrack

AC/DC: T.N.T.

Al Stewart: Modern Times

Alan Price: Metropolitan Man

Argent: Circus

Armageddon: Armageddon

Arthur Brown: Dance

Baker Gurvitz Army: Elysian Encounter

Band, The: Northern Lights — Southern Cross

Bee Gees: Main Course

Betty Davis: Nasty Gal

Bobby Bland & B. B. King: Together For The First Time... Live

Camel: Snow Goose

Can: Landed

1976

ABBA: Arrival

Aerosmith: Rocks

Al Stewart: Year Of The Cat

Alan Parsons Project: Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

Blondie: Blondie

Bob Dylan: Desire

10cc: How Dare You!

Alex Harvey: SAHB Stories

Alice Cooper: Goes To Hell

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Evita

Barclay James Harvest: Octoberon

Be-Bop Deluxe: Sunburst Finish

Be-Bop Deluxe: Modern Music

Blue Öyster Cult: Agents Of Fortune

Boston: Boston

Brand X: Unorthodox Behaviour

Camel: Moonmadness

Can: Flow Motion

1977

ABBA: The Album

AC/DC: Let There Be Rock

Aerosmith: Draw The Line

Beach Boys, The: Love You

Bob Marley: Exodus

Brian Eno: Before And After Science

Cheap Trick: In Color

Al Green: The Belle Album

Alan Parsons Project: I Robot

Alan Stivell: Raok Dilestra

Alice Cooper: Lace And Whiskey

Ashra: Blackouts

Billy Joel: The Stranger

Blondie: Plastic Letters

Can: Saw Delight

Cheap Trick: Cheap Trick

1978

Adverts, The: Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts

Bee Gees et al.: Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack

Blondie: Parallel Lines

Bruce Springsteen: Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Cars, The: The Cars

Cheap Trick: Heaven Tonight

AC/DC: Powerage

Alan Parsons Project: Pyramid

Albert Collins: Ice Pickin'

Alice Cooper: From The Inside

B. B. King: Midnight Believer

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso: ...Di Terra

Big Star: Third/Sister Lovers

Billy Joel: 52nd Street

Boomtown Rats, The: A Tonic For The Troops

Buzzcocks: Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Camel: Breathless

1979

AC/DC: Highway To Hell

Alan Stivell: Symphonie Celtique

B-52's, The: The B-52's

Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady

ABBA: Voulez-Vous

Adam & The Ants: Dirk Wears White Sox

Adverts, The: Cast Of Thousands

Aerosmith: Night In The Ruts

Alan Parsons Project: Eve

Allman Brothers Band, The: Enlightened Rogues

Ashra: Correlations

Bad Brains: Black Dots [released 1996]

Badfinger: Airwaves

Blondie: Eat To The Beat

Bob Dylan: Slow Train Coming

Cheap Trick: Dream Police

Cheap Trick: Live At Budokan

1980

AC/DC: Back In Black

Alan Parsons Project: The Turn Of A Friendly Card

B-52's, The: Wild Planet

Buggles: The Age Of Plastic

ABBA: Super Trouper

Adam & The Ants: Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Albert Collins: Frostbite

Alice Cooper: Flush The Fashion

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tell Me On A Sunday

Ashra: Belle Alliance

Associates, The: The Affectionate Punch

Atomic Rooster: Atomic Rooster

Bauhaus: In The Flat Field

Billy Joel: Glass Houses

Black Sabbath: Heaven And Hell

Blondie: Autoamerican

1981

ABBA: The Visitors

Adolescents: Adolescents

Black Flag: Damaged

Accept: Breaker

Agent Orange: Living In Darkness

Al Stewart: Live / Indian Summer

Alice Cooper: Special Forces

Associates: Fourth Drawer Down

Bad Religion: How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

Birthday Party: Prayers On Fire

Bob Dylan: Shot Of Love

Brian Eno/David Byrne: My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Camel: Nude

1982

ABC: The Lexicon Of Love

Accept: Restless And Wild

Alan Parsons Project: Eye In The Sky

Arthur Brown: Requiem

Birthday Party: Junkyard

Adam Ant: Friend Or Foe

Adrian Belew: Lone Rhino

Aerosmith: Rock In A Hard Place

Angry Samoans: Back From Samoa

Asia: Asia

B-52's, The: Mesopotamia

Cabaret Voltaire: 2x45

1983

Alice Cooper: DaDa

Aztec Camera: High Land, Hard Rain

Accept: Balls To The Wall

AC/DC: Flick Of The Switch

Asia: Alpha

Atomic Rooster: Headline News

B-52's, The: Whammy!

Bad Brains: Rock For Light

1984

Art Of Noise, The: Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise?

Bangles: All Over The Place

Al Stewart: Russians & Americans

Alan Parsons Project: Ammonia Avenue

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Starlight Express

Bathory: Bathory

Black Flag: Slip It In

Bruce Springsteen: Born In The USA

1985

Accept: Metal Heart

Adam Ant: Vive Le Rock

A-ha: Hunting High And Low

Amon Düül (UK): Meetings With Menmachines

Anthrax: Spreading The Disease

Associates: Perhaps

Beat Happening: Beat Happening

Black Flag: Loose Nut

Camper Van Beethoven: Telephone Free Landslide Victory

1986

Big Black: The Hammer Party

Agent Orange: This Is The Voice

A-ha: Scoundrel Days

Art Of Noise, The: In Visible Silence

Bangles: Different Light

Big Black: Atomizer

1987

Anthrax: Among The Living

10,000 Maniacs: In My Tribe

ABC: Alphabet City

Art Of Noise, The: In No Sense? Nonsense!

Bats, The: Daddy's Highway

Big Black: Songs About Fucking

Butthole Surfers: Locust Abortion Technician

1988

808 State: Newbuild

Bad Religion: Suffer

Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson

Cardiacs: A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window

Cardiacs: Live

1989

Adrian Belew: Mr. Music Head

Alice Cooper: Trash

Art Of Noise, The: Below The Waste

B-52's, The: Cosmic Thing

Bad Religion: No Control

Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy

1990

Alice In Chains: Facelift

Bathory: Hammerheart

AC/DC: The Razors Edge

Adrian Belew: Young Lions

A-ha: East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon

Allman Brothers Band, The: Seven Turns

Ani DiFranco: Ani DiFranco

Anthrax: Persistence Of Time

Aztec Camera: Stray

Babes In Toyland: Spanking Machine

Bad Religion: Against The Grain

Blind Guardian: Tales From The Twilight World

1991

Alice Cooper: Hey Stoopid

Allman Brothers Band, The: Shades Of Two Worlds

Atheist: Unquestionable Presence

Bathory: Twilight Of The Gods

Bats, The: Fear Of God

Billy Bragg: Don't Try This At Home

1992

Alice In Chains: Dirt

Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Barenaked Ladies: Gordon

10,000 Maniacs: Our Time In Eden

Adrian Belew: Inner Revolution

Allman Brothers Band, The: An Evening With The Allman Brothers Band

Änglagård: Hybris

Babes In Toyland: Fontanelle

Bob Dylan: Good As I Been To You

Catherine Wheel: Ferment

1993

Auteurs, The: New Wave

Björk: Debut

Accept: Objection Overruled

Afghan Whigs, The: Gentlemen

Aimee Mann: Whatever

Al Stewart: Famous Last Words

Alan Parsons: Try Anything Once

Amorphis: Tales From The Thousand Lakes

Angra: Angels Cry

Anthrax: Sound Of White Noise

Apoptygma Berzerk: Soli Deo Gloria

Aztec Camera: Dreamland

Blur: Modern Life Is Rubbish

Bob Dylan: World Gone Wrong

Butthole Surfers: Independent Worm Saloon

1994

Alice Cooper: The Last Temptation

Beck: Mellow Gold

Blur: Parklife

Cardigans, The: Emmerdale

Adrian Belew: Here

Al Kooper: Rekooperation

Alice In Chains: Jar Of Flies

Auteurs, The: Now I'm A Cowboy

1995

Alice In Chains: Alice In Chains

Autechre: Tri Repetae

Björk: Post

Blur: The Great Escape

Adam Ant: Wonderful

Aimee Mann: I'm With Stupid

Al Stewart: Between The Wars

Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill

Amon Düül II: Nada Moonshine #

Aphex Twin: ...I Care Because You Do

Archers Of Loaf, The: Vee Vee

Aztec Camera: Frestonia

Bardo Pond: Bufo Alvarius, Amen 29:15

Bats, The: Couchmaster

Ben Folds Five: Ben Folds Five

Blind Guardian: Imaginations From The Other Side

Cardigans, The: Life

1996

Angra: Holy Land

Bardo Pond: Amanita

Beck: Odelay

Aaliyah: One In A Million

Alice In Chains: Unplugged

Amorphis: Elegy

Ani DiFranco: Dilate

Belle And Sebastian: Tigermilk

Belle And Sebastian: If You're Feeling Sinister

Boo Radleys, The: C'mon Kids

Cardigans, The: First Band On The Moon

1997

Björk: Homogenic

Bob Dylan: Time Out Of Mind

ABC: Skyscraping

Apples In Stereo, The: Tone Soul Evolution

Blur: Blur

1998

AIR: Moon Safari

Archers Of Loaf, The: White Trash Heroes

Beta Band, The: The Three E.P.'s

Black Box Recorder: England Made Me

Afghan Whigs, The: 1965

Autechre: LP5

Ayreon: Into The Electric Castle

Barenaked Ladies: Stunt

Beck: Mutations

Billy Bragg & Wilco: Mermaid Avenue

Boo Radleys, The: Kingsize

1999

Beck: Midnite Vultures

Agalloch: Pale Folklore

Amorphis: Tuonela

Andrew Bird: Oh! The Grandeur

Arab Strap: Mad For Sadness

Arch Enemy: Burning Bridges

Auteurs, The: How I Learned To Love The Bootboys

Beta Band, The: The Beta Band

Ben Folds Five: The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner

Blur: 13

2000

Aimee Mann: Bachelor No. 2

Black Box Recorder: The Facts Of Life

AC/DC: Stiff Upper Lip

A-ha: Minor Earth Major Sky

AIR: The Virgin Suicides

Alice Cooper: Brutal Planet

Amon Tobin: Supermodified

Antony & The Johnsons: Antony And The Johnsons

Apples In Stereo, The: The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone

Arthur Brown: Tantric Lover

At The Drive-In: Relationship Of Command

Ayreon: Universal Migrator

Badly Drawn Boy: The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Barenaked Ladies: Maroon

Broadcast: The Noise Made By People

2001

Andrew Bird: The Swimming Hour

Björk: Vespertine

Alice Cooper: Dragontown

Arch Enemy: Wages Of Sin

Bardo Pond: Dilate

Bathory: Destroyer Of Worlds

Bob Dylan: Love And Theft

Buddy Guy: Sweet Tea

2002

Agalloch: The Mantle

Aimee Mann: Lost In Space

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: Source Tags & Codes

Beck: Sea Change

Bruce Springsteen: The Rising

Alanis Morissette: Under Rug Swept

Badly Drawn Boy: About A Boy

Bees, The: Sunshine Hit Me

Black Keys, The: The Big Come Up

2003

Andrew Bird: Weather Systems

Alice Cooper: The Eyes Of Alice Cooper

Alicia Keys: The Diary Of Alicia Keys

Allman Brothers Band, The: Hittin' The Note

Amy Winehouse: Frank

Animal Collective: Here Comes The Indian

Aphex Twin: 26 Mixes For Cash

Arthur Brown: Vampire Suite

Belle And Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress

Black Box Recorder: Passionoia

Blitzen Trapper: Blitzen Trapper

Broadcast: HaHa Sound

Carbon Based Lifeforms: Hydroponic Garden

Cardigans, The: Long Gone Before Daylight

Cat Power: You Are Free

2004

Arcade Fire: Funeral

AIR: Talkie Walkie

Animal Collective: Sung Tongs

Arthur Russell: The World Of Arthur Russell

Avett Brothers, The: Mignonette

Black Dice: Creature Comforts

Black Keys, The: Rubber Factory

Blitzen Trapper: Field Rexx

2005

Broadcast: Tender Buttons

Adolescents: OC Confidential

Adrian Belew: Side One

A-ha: Analogue

Aimee Mann: The Forgotten Arm

Al Stewart: A Beach Full Of Shells

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: Worlds Apart

Andrew Bird: The Mysterious Production Of Eggs

Animal Collective: Feels

Antony & The Johnsons: I Am A Bird Now

Apoptygma Berzerk: You And Me Against The World

Arab Strap: The Last Romance

Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock & Roll

Beck: Guero

Ben Folds: Songs For Silverman

Black Mountain: Black Mountain

Bloc Party: Silent Alarm

2006

Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am...

Avett Brothers, The: Four Thieves Gone

Band Of Horses: Everything All The Time

Bat For Lashes: Fur And Gold

Beach House: Beach House

Beirut: Gulag Orkestar

Belle And Sebastian: The Life Pursuit

Burial: Burial

2007

Amy Winehouse: Back To Black

Alcest: Souvenirs D'Un Autre Monde

Aliens: Astronomy For Dogs

Amon Tobin: Foley Room

Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam

Apples In Stereo, The: New Magnetic Wonder

Arcade Fire: Neon Bible

Avett Brothers, The: Emotionalism

Avril Lavigne: The Best Damn Thing

Band Of Horses: Cease To Begin

Baroness: Red Album

Battles: Mirrored

Blitzen Trapper: Wild Mountain Nation

Caribou: Andorra

2008

Adebisi Shank: This Is The Album Of A Band Called...

Adele: 19

Al Stewart: Sparks Of Ancient Light

Aliens: Luna

Asia: Phoenix

B-52's, The: Funplex

Barenaked Ladies: Snacktime!

Black Mountain: In The Future

2009

Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: The Century Of Self

Antlers, The: Hospice

Avett Brothers, The: I And Love And You

BATS: Red In Tooth & Claw

2010

Arcade Fire: The Suburbs

Allo Darlin': Allo Darlin'

Antony & The Johnsons: Swanlights

Apples In Stereo, The: Travellers In Space And Time

Ash: A-Z Vol. 1

Autechre: Oversteps

Band Of Horses: Infinite Arms

Beach House: Teen Dream

Black Keys, The: Brothers

2011

Adele: 21

Black Keys, The: El Camino

Antlers, The: Burst Apart

2012

Aimee Mann: Charmer

Alabama Shakes: Boys & Girls

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: Lost Songs

Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself

Baroness: Yellow & Green

Bat For Lashes: The Haunted Man

Beach House: Bloom

Burial: Street Halo / Kindred

2013

Bettie Serveert: Oh, Mayhem!

2014

Adebisi Shank: This Is The Third Album...

Brian Eno (w. Karl Hyde): High Life

2016

Bat For Lashes: The Bride

Beyoncé: Lemonade

Black Mountain: IV

Compilations:

Action: The Ultimate Action (1965-1968)

Albert Collins: The Cool Sound Of Albert Collins (1958-1965)

Amos Milburn: Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie (1946-1955)

Arthur Alexander: The Greatest (1961-1965)

Beatles, The: Past Masters Vol. 1 (1962-1965)

Beatles, The: Past Masters Vol. 2 (1965-1970)

Bessie Smith: Complete Vol. 1 (1923-1924)

Bessie Smith: Complete Vol. 2 (1924-1925)

Big Joe Turner: Shout, Rattle & Roll (1938-1954)

Big Mama Thornton: They Called Me Big Mama (1950-1954)

Billie Holiday: Lady Day — The Master Takes And Singles (1933-1944)

Billie Holiday: The Commodore Master Takes (1939-1944)

Billie Holiday: The Complete Decca Recordings (1944-1950)

Blind Blake: Complete Vol. 1 (1926-1927)

Blind Lemon Jefferson: Complete Vol. 1 (1925-1926)

Blind Lemon Jefferson: Complete Vol. 2 (1927)

Blind Willie Johnson: The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1927-1931)

Blind Willie McTell: Complete Vol. 1 (1927-1931)

Bobby Bland: The "3B" Blues Boy — The Early Years (1952-1959)

Bukka White: Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (1930-1940)

Carl Perkins: The Essential Sun Collection (1955-1958)

Charley Patton: Complete Recordings Vol. 1 (1929)

Archival releases:

Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966 (1966/1998)

Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975 (1975/2002)

Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1: Rare & Unreleased (1961-1963; 1991)

Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Live 1964 (1964/2004)

+Cactus: Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs (1971-1972)