• 2016 (So Far)

1) Blackstar - David Bowie 2) A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead 3) Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown4) Weezer (The White Album) - Weezer 5) Blond - Frank Ocean

• 2015

1) The Magic Whip - Blur 2) To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar 3) Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens 4) My Love is Cool - Wolf Alice 5) Currents - Tame Impala

• 2014

1) Salad Days - Mac Demarco 2) Manhattan - Skaters 3) Royal Blood - Royal Blood 4) Run the Jewels 2 - Run the Jewels 5) Everything Will Be Alright in the End - Weezer

• 2013

1) ...Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age 2) Reflektor - Arcade Fire 3) Modern Vampires of the City - Vampire Weekend 4) AM - Arctic Monkeys 5) Yeezus - Kanye West

• 2012

1) Lonerism - Tame Impala 2) channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean 3) An Awesome Wave - alt-j 4) Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City - Kendrick Lamar 5) 2 - Mac Demarco

• 2011

1) Wasting Light - Foo Fighters 2) Section. 80 - Kendrick Lamar3) The King of Limbs - Radiohead 4) Take Care - Drake5) El Camino - The Black Keys

• 2010

1) The Suburbs - Arcade Fire 2) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West 3) Congratulations - MGMT 4) Tourist History - Two Door Cinema Club 5) This is Happening - LCD Soundsystem

• 2009

1) Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective 2) Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix 3) West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian 4) The Resistance - Muse 5) Bastard - Tyler, the Creator

• 2008

1) Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 2) The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow 3) Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 4) Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay 5) 808s and Heartbreak - Kanye West

• 2007

1) In Rainbows - Radiohead 2) Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem 3) Oracular Spectacular - MGMT 4) Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys 5) Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

• 2006

1) Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys 2) Black Holes & Revelations - Muse 3) The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance 4) 10,000 Days - Tool5) Ys - Joanna Newsom

• 2005

1) Illinois - Sufjan Stevens 2) Late Registration - Kanye West 3) Feels - Animal Collective4) Lullabies to Paralyze - Queens of the Stone Age 5) LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

• 2004

1) Funeral - Arcade Fire 2) Hot Fuss - The Killers 3) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand 4) American Idiot - Green Day 5) Madvillainy - Madvillain

• 2003

1) Absolution - Muse 2) Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone - THe Unicorns 3) Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 4) Elephant - The White Stripes 5) Hail to the Thief - Radiohead

• 2002

1) Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age 2) A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay 3) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco 4) Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips 5) You Forgot it in People - Broken Social Scene

• 2001

1) Origin of Symmetry - Muse 2) Is This It - The Strokes 3) Amnesiac - Radiohead 4) Discovery - Daft Punk 5) Bleed American - Jimmy Eat World

• 2000

1) Kid A - Radiohead 2) Rated R - Queens of the Stone Age 3) Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor 4) The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem5) Since I Left You - The Avalanches

• 1999

1) Emergency & I - The Dismemberment Plan2) Showbiz - Muse 3) The Slim Shady LP - Eminem 4) 13 - Blur 5) Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers

• 1998

1) In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel 2) Aquemini - OutKast 3) TNT - Tortoise 4) Electro-Shock Blues - eels 5) Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age

• 1997

1) OK Computer - Radiohead 2) Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space - Spiritualized 3) Homogenic - Bjork 4) The Mollusk - Ween5) Either/Or - Elliott Smith

• 1996

1) Pinkerton - Weezer 2) If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian 3) Beautiful Freak - eels 4) ATLiens - OutKast 5) On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel

• 1995

1) The Bends - Radiohead 2) Different Class - Pulp 3) Liquid Swords - GZA 4) (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis 5) Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

• 1994

1) Weezer (The Blue Album) - Weezer 2) Illmatic - Nas3) Superunknown - Soundgarden 4) The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails 5) Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement

• 1993

1) Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins2) In Utero - Nirvana 3) Souvlaki - Slowdive 4) Midnight Marauders - A Tripe Called Quest 5) Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan

• 1992

1) Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine2) Dirty - Sonic Youth 3) Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement 4) Television - Television5) Automatic For the People - R.E.M.

• 1991

1) Nevermind - Nirvana 2) Ten - Pearl Jam 3) Spiderland - Slint 4) Loveless - My Bloody Valentine 5) The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest

• 1990

1) Goo - Sonic Youth 2) Violator - Depeche Mode 3) Facelift - Alice in Chains

• 1989

1) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses2) Doolittle - Pixies3) Paul's Boutqiue - Beastie Boys

• 1988

1) Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth2) Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk 3) Surfer Rosa - Pixies

• 1987

1) Sister - Sonic Youth2) You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.3) Sign 'O' the Times - Prince

• 1986

1) EVOL - Sonic Youth2) The Queen is Dead - The Smiths3) Master of Puppets - Metallica

• 1985

1) Hounds of Love - Kate Bush2) Meat is Murder - The Smiths3) Rain Dogs - Tom Waits

• 1984

1) Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen2) The Smiths - The Smiths3) Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths

• 1983

1) Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes2) Murmur - R.E.M.3) The Photographer - Philip Glass

• 1982

1) Glassworks - Philip Glass2) Thriller - Michael Jackson3) The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

• 1981: Moving Pictures - Rush
• 1980: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
• 1979

1) Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division2) Fear of Music - Talking Heads3) The Wall - Pink Floyd

• 1978

1) Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich2) Adventure - Television 3) Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

• 1977:

1) Marquee Moon - Television2) Animals - Pink Floyd3) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

• 1976:

1) Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder2) Station to Station - David Bowie3) Presence - Led Zeppelin

• 1975

1) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd2) Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen3) A Night at the Opera - Queen

• 1974

1) Red - King Crimson2) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis3) On the Beach - Neil Young

• 1973

1) The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd2) Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin3) Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

• 1972

1) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie2) Close to the Edge - Yes3) Harvest - Neil Young

• 1971

1) Hunky Dory - David Bowie2) Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin3) Who's Next? - The Who

• 1970

1) Paranoid - Black Sabbath 2) John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon3) After the Gold Rush - Neil Young

• 1969

1) Abbey Road - The Beatles2) In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson3) In a Silent Way - Miles Davis

• 1968

1) Odessey and Orracle - Zombies 2) Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experienc3) We're Only in it For the Money - The Mothers of Invention

• 1967

1) Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles 2) Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience3) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

• 1966

1) Revolver - The Beatles 2) Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 3) Freak Out! - The Mothers of Invention

• 1965

1) A Love Supreme - John Coltrane2) Rubber Soul - The Beatles 3) Help! - The Beatles

• 1964: Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
• 1963: Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
• 1962: Jazz Samba - Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
• 1961: My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
• 1960: Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis
• 1959: Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
• 1958:
• 1957: Brilliant Corners - Thelonius Monk