'67 -'17: The Cool Edition |
1 |  | Art Supernatural Fairy Tales
1967 - Psych Rock
Honorable Mention: Love - Forever Changes |
2 |  | Ray Barretto Acid
1968 - Latin Jazz
Honorable mention: Van Morrison - Astral Weeks |
3 |  | Gal Costa Gal Costa
1969 - Tropicalia/Psych Pop
Honorable Mention: It's A Beautiful Day - S/T |
4 |  | The Web i spider
1970 - Prog Rock/Jazz Rock
Honorable Mention: Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day |
5 |  | Happy End Kazemachi Roman
1971 - Folk Rock
Honorable mention: The Beach Boys - Surf's Up |
6 |  | David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
1972 - Glam rock
Honorable Mention: Neil Young - Harvest |
7 |  | Kim Jung Mi Now
1973 - Folk Pop/Psychedelic Folk
Honorable Mention: Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star |
8 |  | Mott the Hoople The Hoople
1974 - Glam Rock
Honorable Mention: Sparks - Propoganda |
9 |  | Patti Smith Horses
1975 - Proto-Punk
Honorable Mention: Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run |
10 |  | Mort Garson Plantasia
1976 - Progressive Electronic
Honorable Mention: Rainbow - Rising |
11 |  | Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy
1977 - Jazz Fusion
Honorable Mention: Fleetwood Mac - Rumors |
12 |  | Haruomi Hosono/Shigeru Suzuki/Tatsuro Yamashita Pacific
1978 - City Pop
Honorable Mention: Willie Nelson - Stardust |
13 |  | The Specials Specials
1979 - 2 Tone/Ska
Honorable Mention: Contortions - Buy |
14 |  | Wipers Is This Real?
1980 - Punk
Honorable Mention: Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids |
15 |  | Keith Hudson Playing It Cool & Playing It Right
1981 - Dub/Reggae
Honorable Mention: Massacre - Killing Time |
16 |  | Descendents Milo Goes to College
1982 - Punk
Honorable Mention: Paris France Transit - S/T |
17 |  | Art of Noise Into Battle with the Art of Noise
1983 - Electro
Honorable Mention: Daniel Johnston - Hi, How Are You? |
18 |  | Ini Kamoze Ini Kamoze
1984 - Dub/Reggae
Honorable Mention: Leonard Cohen - Various Positions |
19 |  | Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair
1985 - Pop/New Wave
Honorable Mention: N/A |
20 |  | Hasil Adkins Out to Hunch
1986 - Rockabilly/Outsider Music
Honorable Mention: Paul Simon - Graceland |
21 |  | Pet Shop Boys Actually
1987 - Pop
Honorable Mention: David Sylvian - Secrets From the Beehive |
22 |  | Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman
1988 - Singer/Songwriter
Honorable Mention: Embrace - Embrace |
23 |  | The Field Mice Snowball
1989 - Indie Pop
Honorable Mention: always - Thames Valley Leather Club |
24 |  | George Michael Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
1990 - Soul Pop
Honorable Mention: Alabama Kids - What Goes Down (good luck finding this album lmao) |
25 |  | BUCK-TICK Kurutta Taiyou
1991 - Alt Rock
Honorable Mention: Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque |
26 |  | Suzanne Vega 99.9 F°
1992 - Folk Pop
Honorable Mention: Sublime - 40 Oz. to Freedom |
27 |  | Digable Planets Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
1993 - Hip Hop
Honorable Mention: Tindersticks - S/T |
28 |  | Organized Konfusion Stress: The Extinction Agenda
1994 - Hip Hop
Honorable Mention: The Cranberries - No Need to Argue |
29 |  | Ol' Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
1995 - Hip Hop
Honorable Mention: BT - Ima |
30 |  | Vinterland Welcome My Last Chapter
1996 - Black Metal
Honorable Mention: Lamb - S/T |
31 |  | Camp Lo Uptown Saturday Night
1997 - Hip Hop
Honorable Mention: The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good |
32 |  | Eels Electro-Shock Blues
1998 - Indie Pop
Honorable Mention: Sunhouse - Crazy on the Weekend |
33 |  | Dido No Angel
1999 - Trip Hop/Pop
Honorable Mention: Kazumoto Endo - While You Were Out |
34 |  | Five Eight The Good Nurse
2000 - Indie Rock
Honorable Mention: Discordance Axis - Inalienable Dreamless |
35 |  | Sparklehorse It's a Wonderful Life
2001 - Singer/Songwriter
Honorable Mention: The Crash - Wildlife |
36 |  | Bad Astronaut Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem
2002 - Pop Rock
Honorable Mention: Carissa's Wierd - Songs About Leaving |
37 |  | Sweet Trip Velocity : Design : Comfort
2003 - Glitch Pop
Honorable Mention: Paula Kelly - The Trouble With Success |
38 |  | Flotation Toy Warning Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck
2004 - Art Pop
Honorable Mention: Flat Earth Society - Isms |
39 |  | David Thomas Broughton The Complete Guide to Insufficiency
2005 - Free Folk
Honorable Mention: Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself |
40 |  | The Arrogant Sons of Bitches Three Cheers For Disappointment
2006 - Ska Punk
Honorable Mention: Ashram - Shining Silver Skies |
41 |  | The Antlers In the Attic of the Universe
2007 - Singer/Songwriter
Honorable Mention: Anberlin - Cities |
42 |  | Thomas Feiner & Anywhen The Opiates Revised
2008 - Singer-Songwriter/Chamber Pop
Honorable Mention: Why? - Alopecia |
43 |  | LIGHTS The Listening
2009 - Pop
Honorable Mention: Eyedea and Abilities - By the Throat |
44 |  | Shoe SDAASLOI
2010 - Rock
Honorable Mention: Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels |
45 |  | Supercell Today is a Beautiful Day
2011 - J Rock
Honorable Mention: Bitter Jews - Public After Irrelevant Nobodies |
46 |  | The Menzingers On the Impossible Past
2012 - Pop Punk
Honorable Mention: Mukimukimanmansu - 2012 |
47 |  | There Will Be Fireworks The Dark, Dark Bright
2013 - Post Rock
Honorable Mention: Jason Isbell - Southeastern |
48 |  | Brand-new Idol Society Who Killed Idol?
2014 - J-Pop
Honorable Mention: Gavin Clark - Beautiful Skeletons |
49 |  | Clarence Clarity No Now
2015 - Glitch Pop
Honorable Mention: Everything Everything - Get to Heaven |
50 |  | All Human Teenagers, You Don't Have to Die
2016 - Indie Rock
Honorable Mention: Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY. |
51 |  | Brockhampton Saturation
2017 - Hip Hop
Honorable Mention: Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me |
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