Fällt mir leicher als eine Top-Irgendwas-Liste, obwohl- oder gerade vielleicht weil hier ein paar Sachen aus vermeintlich schwachen Jahrgängen (oder solche, aus denen ich kaum was kenne) dabei sind, an die ich in einer solchen nicht einmal denken würde.
1950: Yma Sumac – Voice of the Xtabay
1951: Les Baxter – Rituals of the Savage
1952: Yma Sumac – Legend of the Sun Virgin
1953: Nat King Cole – Sings for Two in Love
1954: Yma Sumac – Mambo!
1955: Julie London – Julie Is Her Name
1956: Martin Denny – Exotica
1957: The Miles Davis Quintett – Cookin‘
1958: Cannonball Adderley – Somethin‘ Else
1959: Art Blakey – Moanin‘
1960: Charles Mingus – Blues & Roots
1961: John Coltrane – My Favorite Things
1962: Duke Ellington – Money Jungle
1963: Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
1964: Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch
1965: Bob Dylan – Bringing it all Back Home
1966: Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
1967: The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968: Bobbie Gentry – The Delta Sweete
1969: Leonard Cohen – Songs from a Room
1970: Nico – Desertshore
1971: Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire de Melody Nelson
1972: Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
1973: John Cale – Paris 1919
1974: Brian Eno – Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)
1975: Bob Dylan – Blood On the Tracks
1976: Bob Dylan – Desire
1977: Television – Marquee Moon
1978: Blondie – Parallel Lines
1979: The Specials – Specials
1980: Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth
1981: This Heat – Deceit
1982: Kate Bush – The Dreaming
1983: Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers – Jonathan Sings!
1984: Arvo Pärt – Tabula Rasa
1985: The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
1986: Beastie Boys – Licence to Ill
1987: Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full
1988: EPMD – Strictly Business
1989: Julee Cruise – Floating Into the Night
1990: Naked City – Naked City
1991: My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
1992: R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
1993: Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1994: Nas – Illmatic
1995: The Smashing Pumkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
1996: R.E.M. – New Adventures in Hi-Fi
1997: The Verve – Urban Hymns
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel – In An Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999: Arvo Pärt – Alina
2000: Quasimoto – The Unseen
2001: Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
2002: El-P – Fantastic Damage
2003: The Books – The Lemon of Pink
2004: Madvillain – Madvillainy
2005: M.I.A. – Arular
2006: The Pipettes – We Are the Pipettes
2007: El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
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