|
Year
|
|
Genre
|
|
Avg. Score
|
|
Answer
|
|
1958
|
|
Hard Bop
|
|
87
|
|
John Coltrane - Blue Train
|
|
1959
|
|
Cool Jazz/Modal Jazz
|
|
91
|
|
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
|
|
1960
|
|
Hard Bop
|
|
86
|
|
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
|
|
1961
|
|
Post-Bop
|
|
87
|
|
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
|
|
1962
|
|
Hard Bop
|
|
84
|
|
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Mosaic
|
|
1963
|
|
Avant-Garde Jazz
|
|
92
|
|
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
|
|
1964
|
|
Bossa Nova
|
|
87
|
|
Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
|
|
1965
|
|
Spiritual Jazz
|
|
90
|
|
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
|
|
1966
|
|
Pop Rock/Psychedelic Pop
|
|
89
|
|
The Beatles - Revolver
|
|
1967
|
|
Psychedelic Pop/Pop Rock
|
|
88
|
|
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
|
|
1968
|
|
Psychedelic Rock/Blues Rock/Acid Rock
|
|
91
|
|
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
|
|
1969
|
|
Pop Rock
|
|
92
|
|
The Beatles - Abbey Road
|
|
1970
|
|
Jazz Fusion
|
|
90
|
|
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
|
|
1971
|
|
Progressive Soul
|
|
92
|
|
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
|
|
1972
|
|
Glam Rock/Pop Rock
|
|
91
|
|
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
|
|
1973
|
|
Progressive Rock/Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock
|
|
91
|
|
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
|
|
1974
|
|
Progressive Rock/Art Rock
|
|
90
|
|
King Crimson - Red
|
|
1975
|
|
Art Rock/Progressive Rock
|
|
94
|
|
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
|
|
1976
|
|
Soul/Progressive Soul
|
|
94
|
|
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
|
|
1977
|
|
Progressive Rock/Art Rock
|
|
91
|
|
Pink Floyd - Animals
|
|
1978
|
|
Minimalism
|
|
87
|
|
Steve Reich and Musicians - Music for 18 Musicians
|
|
1979
|
|
Disco
|
|
89
|
|
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
|
|
1980
|
|
New Wave/Post-Punk
|
|
90
|
|
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
|
|
1981
|
|
Jazz Fusion/Jazz Rock
|
|
89
|
|
Masayoshi Takanaka - THE RAINBOW GOBLINS
|
|
1982
|
|
Dance-Pop/Contemporary R&B
|
|
90
|
|
Michael Jackson - Thriller
|
|
1983
|
|
Salsa/Salsa Dura
|
|
88
|
|
Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe - Vigilante
|
|
1984
|
|
Pop Rock/Synth Funk
|
|
91
|
|
Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain
|
|
1985
|
|
Art Pop/Progressive Pop
|
|
90
|
|
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
|
|
1986
|
|
Thrash Metal
|
|
89
|
|
Metallica - Master of Puppets
|
|
1987
|
|
Contemporary R&B
|
|
87
|
|
Prince - Sign "☮︎" the Times
|
|
1988
|
|
Hardcore Hip Hop/East Coast Hip Hop/Conscious Hip Hop/Political Hip Hop
|
|
86
|
|
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
|
|
1989
|
|
Gothic Rock/Post-Punk/Dream Pop
|
|
90
|
|
The Cure - Disintegration
|
|
1990
|
|
Dream Pop/Ethereal Wave
|
|
90
|
|
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
|
|
1991
|
|
Jazz Rap/East Coast Hip Hop/Conscious Hip Hop
|
|
90
|
|
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
|
|
1992
|
|
Smooth Soul/Sophisti-Pop/Downtempo
|
|
91
|
|
Sade - Love Deluxe
|
|
1993
|
|
Hardcore Hip Hop/Boom Bap/East Coast Hip Hop
|
|
91
|
|
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
|
|
1994
|
|
Boom Bap/East Coast Hip Hop/Hardcore Hip Hop
|
|
93
|
|
Nas - Illmatic
|
|
1995
|
|
Gangsta Rap/East Coast Hip Hop/Boom Bap
|
|
90
|
|
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
|
|
1996
|
|
Neo-Psychedelia/Dream Pop/Ambient Pop
|
|
90
|
|
Fishmans - LONG SEASON
|
|
1997
|
|
Alternative Rock/Art Rock
|
|
93
|
|
Radiohead - OK Computer
|
|
1998
|
|
Neo-Soul/Contemporary R&B/East Coast Hip Hop
|
|
91
|
|
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
|
|
1999
|
|
Piano Rock/Singer-Songwriter/Alternative Rock
|
|
91
|
|
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
|
|
2000
|
|
Post-Rock
|
|
93
|
|
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
|
|
2001
|
|
Art Pop/Electronic
|
|
93
|
|
Björk - Vespertine
|
|
2002
|
|
Avant-Folk/Psychedelic Folk
|
|
88
|
|
The Microphones - Mount Eerie
|
|
2003
|
|
Instrumental Hip Hop/Jazz Rap
|
|
90
|
|
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music
|
|
2004
|
|
Abstract Hip Hop/Experimental Hip Hop
|
|
92
|
|
Madvillain - Madvillainy
|
|
2005
|
|
Chamber Pop/Singer-Songwriter
|
|
91
|
|
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
|
|
2006
|
|
Progressive Folk/Chamber Folk/Singer-Songwriter/Freak Folk
|
|
89
|
|
Joanna Newsom - Ys
|
|
2007
|
|
Art Rock/Alternative Rock
|
|
93
|
|
Radiohead - In Rainbows
|
|
2008
|
|
Post-Punk/Shoegaze/Post-Rock/Gothic Rock
|
|
91
|
|
Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
|
|
2009
|
|
Progressive Metal
|
|
88
|
|
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
|
|
2010
|
|
Pop Rap
|
|
89
|
|
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
|
|
2011
|
|
Industrial Hip Hop/Hardcore Hip Hop/Experimental Hip Hop/Abstract Hip Hop
|
|
89
|
|
Death Grips - Exmilitary
|
|
2012
|
|
West Coast Hip Hop/Conscious Hip Hop
|
|
94
|
|
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
|
|
2013
|
|
Alternative Rock
|
|
89
|
|
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
|
|
2014
|
|
Gangsta Rap
|
|
90
|
|
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
|
|
2015
|
|
Conscious Hip Hop/Jazz Rap/West Coast Hip Hop/Political Hip Hop
|
|
95
|
|
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
|
|
2016
|
|
Art Rock/Experimental Rock/Jazz Rock
|
|
90
|
|
David Bowie - ★ [Blackstar]
|
|
2017
|
|
Singer-Songwriter/Indie Folk
|
|
89
|
|
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
|
|
2018
|
|
Indie Rock
|
|
90
|
|
Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)
|
|
2019
|
|
Neo-Soul/Alternative R&B
|
|
91
|
|
Tyler, The Creator - IGOR
|
|
2020
|
|
Chamber Folk/Singer-Songwriter
|
|
88
|
|
Ichiko Aoba - Windswept Adan
|
|
2021
|
|
Experimental Hip Hop/Hardcore Hip Hop
|
|
90
|
|
JPEGMAFIA - LP! (Offline Version)
|
|
2022
|
|
Art Rock/Post-Rock/Chamber Pop
|
|
90
|
|
Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
|
|
2023
|
|
Experimental Hip Hop/Hardcore Hip Hop/Glitch Hop
|
|
87
|
|
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
|
|
2024
|
|
Neo-Psychedelia/Synthpop
|
|
90
|
|
Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
|
|
2025
|
|
Gangsta Rap/Southern Hip Hop
|
|
87
|
|
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
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