Top-Rated Albums

The following albums have scored at least a 9 on this site, 10/10s are in bold. There are lots of artists who I’d like to cover that I haven’t got to yet, including classic rock giants like The Kinks and The Who, and more music from the 21st century.

AABBA – The Visitors
Able Tasmans – Hey Spinner!
Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince
Alvvays – Blue Rev
Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos – From the Choirgirl Hotel
Ichiko Aoba – Windswept Adan
Arcade Fire – Funeral

BBad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
The Band – Music From Big Pink
The Band – The Band
Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions
The Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
The Beatles – Rubber Soul
The Beatles – Revolver
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
The Beths – Future Me Hates Me
Big Star – Radio City
Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
Big Thief – Two Hands
Big Thief – Dragon Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere
Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising
The Blue Nile – Hats
David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie – Station to Station
David Bowie – Low
Bressa Creeting Cake – Bressa Creeting Cake
Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger in the Alps
Jackson Browne – Late for the Sky
Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
Burna Boy – African Giant
Kate Bush – The Dreaming
Kate Bush – The Hounds of Love
The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers

CJohn Cale – Paris 1919
John Cale – Fear
Can – Tago Mago
Can – Future Days
Caribou – Suddenly
Charly Bliss – Guppy
Brighde Chaimbeul – Sunwise
CHVRCHES – Screen Violence
Gene Clark – White Light
Gene Clark – No Other
The Clash– The Clash (US Version)
The Clash – London Calling
Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Armed Forces
Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Imperial Bedroom
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy and the Poor Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
Marshall Crenshaw – Marshall Crenshaw
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young – Déjà Vu
Crowded House – Together Alone

DRichard Dawson & Circle – Henki
Richard Dawson – The Ruby Cord
The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
Sandy Denny – Sandy
Dijon – Baby
Dimmer – I Believe You Are A Star
Dire Straits – Love Over Gold
Dave Dobbyn – The Islander
Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake – Bryter Layter
Nick Drake – Pink Moon
The Dukes of Stratosphear – Chips From the Chocolate Fireball
Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan– Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan– John Wesley Harding
Bob Dylan –  Blood on the Tracks: The New York Sessions

EEcho & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
Avalon Emerson – & the Charm
Brian Eno – Another Green World
Brian Eno – Before And After Science

FFairport Convention – Liege and Lief
Faith No More – Angel Dust
Fleet Foxes – Shore
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Ben Folds – Rockin’ the Suburbs
Ben Folds Five – Whatever and Ever Amen
Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin – Spirit in the Dark
Mabe Fratti – Sentir Que No Sabes
Amaro Freitas – Y’Y
Ezra Furman – Goodbye Small Head

GPeter Gabriel – III (Melt)
Genesis – Foxtrot
Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
The Go-Betweens – Before Hollywood
The Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane
Ariana Grande – Sweetener
Amy Grant – Lead Me On
Laura Groves – Radio Red

HHAIM – Women in Music Part III
Emmylou Harris – Roses in the Snow
Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball
Richard Harris – The Yard Went On Forever
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Robyn Hitchcock – I Often Dream of Trains
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians – Fegmania!
The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness
Julia Holter – Aviary
Hüsker Dü – Zen Arcade
Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising

IJason Isbell – Southeastern
Jason Isbell – Weathervanes
Itasca – Imitation of War

JThe Jam – Setting Sons
The Jam – Sound Affects
Jellyfish – Spilt Milk
Carly Rae Jepsen – Emotion
Billy Joel – The Stranger
Elton John – Honky Chateau
Freedy Johnston – Can You Fly
Nic Jones – Penguin Eggs
Joy Division – Closer

KPaul Kelly and the Coloured Girls – Gossip
Paul Kelly and the Messengers – Hidden Things
Carole King – Tapestry
King Crimson – In The Court of the Crimson King
King Crimson – Red
Sofia Kourtesis – Madres
Kraftwerk – Computer World
Kraftwerk – The Mix

LMiranda Lambert – The Weight of These Wings
LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
Cate Le Bon – Pompeii
Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin– Physical Graffiti
Let’s Eat Grandma – Two Ribbons

MMagdalena Bay – Mercurial World
Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk
Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
John Martyn – One World
Curtis Mayfield – Curtis
Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly
Cass McCombs – Interior Live Oak
M.I.A. – Kala
Ela Minus – Acts of Rebellion
Ela Minus – DÍA
Joni Mitchell – Blue
Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark
Joni Mitchell– Hejira
Mitski – Be The Cowboy
Mk.Gee – Two Star & the Dream Police
The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
The Moody Blues – To Our Children’s Children’s Children
Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
Van Morrison– Astral Weeks
Van Morrison – Moondance
Van Morrison – Saint Dominic’s Preview
Van Morrison – Into The Music
Rich Mullins – A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band
Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
My Bloody Valentine – Loveless

NNas – Illmatic
Me’shell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book
New Order – Technique
The New Pornographers – The Electric Version
The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
Randy Newman – Sail Away
Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
Laura Nyro – Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro – New York Tendaberry

OAngel Olsen – All Mirrors
Angel Olsen – Big Time
Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens
Kelly Lee Owens – Dreamstate

POwen Pallett – Island
Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
Tom Petty – Wildflowers
The Phoenix Foundation – Buffalo
Pink Floyd – Meddle
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Pixies – Trompe Le Monde
Pixies – Doolittle
Portishead – Dummy
Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout – Jordan: The Comeback
Natalie Prass – The Future and The Past
Katie Pruitt – Expectations

QQueen – Queen II
Queen – A Night At The Opera

RRadiohead – The Bends
Radiohead – Kid A
Radiohead – In Rainbows
The Raincoats – The Raincoats
Real Lies – Lad Ash
Nadia Reid –Preservation
R.E.M. – Murmur
R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant
R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
The Replacements – Let It Be
The Replacements – Tim
The Replacements – Pleased To Meet Me
Maggie Rogers – Surrender
The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St.
Rosalía – El Mal Querer
Rosalía – Lux
Josh Rouse – Nashville
Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music –Country Life
Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren – A Wizard, A True Star

STiwa Savage – Celia
Sigur Rós – Ágætis byrjun
Sigur Rós – Takk
Simon and Garfunkel – Bookends
Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
Paul Simon – Graceland
Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Slint – Spiderland
The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
Snail Mail – Valentine
Soccer Mommy – Clean
Cleo Sol – Rose in the Dark
Cleo Sol – Mother
Sparks – Kimono My House
Sparks – No. 1 in Heaven
Spirit – Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Split Enz – Mental Notes
Split Enz – Time and Tide
Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis
Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan – The Royal Scam
Steely Dan – Aja
Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman
Sting – The Soul Cages
The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell
Sun-El Musician – African Electronic Dance Music
Straitjacket Fits – Life In One Chord (EP)
Sun Kil Moon – April
Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend
Matthew Sweet – In Reverse
Taylor Swift – Red
Taylor Swift – 1989
Taylor Swift – Folklore
SZA – SOS

TTalk Talk – The Colour of Spring
Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden
Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
Talking Heads – Fear of Music
Talking Heads – Remain in Light
Television – Marquee Moon
These New Puritans – Crooked Wing
Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard and Linda Thompson – Shoot Out The Lights
Tinashe – 333
Tiny Ruins – Ceremony
Tirzah – Trip9Love…???
Transatlantic – The Whirlwind
Tricot – Makkuro (真っ黒)
Tricot – 10
Tyler, the Creator – Igor
Tyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost

UU2 – Boy
U2 – The Joshua Tree

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VVampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride
Townes Van Zandt – Our Mother The Mountain
The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico

WTom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
Tom Waits – Mule Variations
Scott Walker – 4
Scott Walker – Tilt
The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement
Jessie Ware – What’s Your Pleasure?
The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues
Waxahatchee – Tiger’s Blood
The Weather Station – Ignorance
The Weather Station – Humanhood
Jimmy Webb – El Mirage
Jimmy Webb – Ten Easy Pieces
Ween – The Mollusk
Weezer – Pinkerton
Gillian Welch – Time (The Revelator)
Paul Westerberg – Stereo
Wilco – Being There
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Marlon Williams – My Boy
Bill Withers – Just As I Am
Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend
Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness’ First Finale
Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life
Jamila Woods – Legacy! Legacy!
Jamila Woods – Water Made Us
Steve Wynn – Here Come The Miracles

XXTC – Skylarking
XTC – Apple Venus, Vol. 1
Charli XCX – Brat

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YNilüfer Yanya – Painless
Yellow Magic Orchestra – Solid State Survivor
Yes – Close To The Edge
Yes – Relayer
Neil Young – After The Gold Rush
Neil Young – On The Beach
Neil Young – Rust Never Sleeps

ZWarren Zevon – Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle

1The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It
The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form

Compilations and Live Albums

The Bangles – Greatest Hits
Jackson Browne – The Very Best Of
The Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady
John Cale – Fragments of a Rainy Season
The Cars – Greatest Hits
The Chills – Kaleidoscope World
Curtis Mayfield – Curtis/Live!
Paul Kelly – Songs from the South
The Mutton Birds – Flock: The Best of the Mutton Birds
New Order – Substance 1981-1987
Pet Shop Boys – Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Greatest Hits or Anthology: Through the Years
The Police – Greatest Hits
Split Enz – Spellbound
Teenage Fanclub – Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Six Seconds – a Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub
Townes Van Zandt – Live at The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
Suzanne Vega – Retrospective
Bill Withers – Live At Carnegie Hall
Neil Young – Decade