1956 Johnny Burnette And The Rock’n’Roll Trio- Johnny Burnette And The Rock’n’Roll Trio
1957 The Crickets- The „Chirping“ Crickets
1958 Buddy Holly- Buddy Holly
1959 Charles Mingus- Ah Um
1960 Muddy Waters- Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill Broonzy
1961 The John Coltrane Quartet- Africa/Brass
1962 John Coltrane- Live At The Village Vanguard
1963 Sam Cooke- Night Beat
1964 Muddy Waters- Folk Singer
1965 Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
1966 Bob Dylan- Blonde On Blonde
1967 The Velvet Underground And Nico- The Velvet Underground And Nico
1968 Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
1969 Nick Drake- Five Leaves Left
1970 Randy Newman- 12 Songs
1971 The Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers
1972 Townes Van Zandt- The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
1973 Planxty- Planxty
1974 Gram Parsons- Grievous Angel
1975 Bob Dylan- Blood On The Tracks
1976 Sammy Walker- Sammy Walker
1977 Television- Marquee Moon
1978 Big Star- Third
1979 The Clash- London Calling
1980 Emmylou Harris- Roses In The Snow
1981 Justin Trouble- Justin Trouble
1982 The Fall- Hex Enduction Hour
1983 Scott Walker- Climate Of Hunter
1984 The Pandoras- It’s About Time
1985 Jacobites- Robespierre’s Velvet Basement
1986 Lyle Lovett- Lyle Lovett
1987 Sonic Youth- Sister
1988 Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
1989 The Stone Roses- The Stone Roses
1990 Sonic Youth- Goo
1991 A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
1992 The Jayhawks- Hollywood Town Hall
1993 Tindersticks- Tindersticks
1994 Portishead- Dummy
1995 Scott Walker- Tilt
1996 Wilco- Being There
1997 Bob Dylan- Time Is Out Of Mind
1998 Dakota Suite- Songs For A Barbed Wire Fence
1999 Beth Orton- Central Reservation
2000 Goldfrapp- Felt Mountain
2001 Pulp- We Love Life
2002 Beth Gibbons And Rustinman- Out Of Season
2003 Shack- …Here’s Tom With The Weather
2004 Marissa Nadler- Ballads Of Living And Dying
2005 The Duke Spirit- Cuts Across The Land
2006 Cast King- Saw Mill Man
2007 Sarabeth Tucek- Sarabeth Tucek
2008 Portishead- Third
2009 David S. Ware Quartet- Live In Vilnius
2010 Jack Rose- Luck In The Valley
2011 Matana Roberts- Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres
2012 Beth Orton- Sugaring Season
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