( 1968 ) NICO – The Marble Index
( 1969 ) CAPTAIN BEEFHEART – Trout Mask Replica
( 1970 ) THE STOOGES – Fun House
( 1971 ) LEONARD COHEN – Songs Of Love And Hate
( 1972 ) CAN – Ege Bamyasi
( 1973 ) JOHN CALE – Paris 1919
( 1974 ) ROBERT WYATT – Rock Bottom
( 1975 ) PATTI SMITH – Horses
( 1976 ) THE RESIDENTS – Third Reich ‚N Roll
( 1977 ) GARY WILSON – You Think You Really Know Me
( 1978 ) PERE UBU – The Modern Dance
( 1979 ) JOY DIVISION – Unknown Pleasures
( 1980 ) JOY DIVISION – Closer
( 1981 ) THIS HEAT – Deceit
( 1982 ) THE FALL – Hex Enduction Hour
( 1983 ) THE FALL – Perverted By Language
( 1984 ) HÜSKER DÜ – Zen Arcade
( 1985 ) HÜSKER DÜ – Flip You Wig
( 1986 ) THE SMITHS – The Queen Is Dead
( 1987 ) BIG BLACK – Songs About Fucking
( 1988 ) TALK TALK – Spirit Of Eden
( 1989 ) BOB MOULD – Workbook
( 1990 ) CODEINE – Frigid Stars
( 1991 ) MY BLOODY VALENTINE – Loveless
( 1992 ) R.E.M. – Automatic For The People
( 1993 ) SLOWDIVE – Souvlaki
( 1994 ) SOUNDGARDEN – Superunknown
( 1995 ) THE SMASHING PUMPKINS – Mellon Collie And the Infinite Sadness
( 1996 ) STINA NORDENSTAM – Dynamite
( 1997 ) BJÖRK – Homogenic
( 1998 ) CHOKEBORE – Black Black
( 1999 ) BONNIE „PRINCE“ BILLY – I See A Darkness
( 2000 ) RADIOHEAD – Kid A
( 2001 ) NICK CAVE – No More Shall We Part
( 2002 ) BETH GIBBONS & RUSTIN‘ MAN – Out Of Season
( 2003 ) RADIOHEAD – Hail To The Thief
( 2004 ) XIU XIU – Fabulous Muscles
( 2005 ) ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS – I Am A Bird Now
( 2006 ) JOANNA NEWSOM – Ys
( 2007 ) PANDA BEAR – Person Pitch
( 2008 ) PORTISHEAD – Third
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