Best Album per Year by 
RoundTheBend 
Here's a first stab at best album per year since 1940.
I'm seeing discrepancies on years I got from this database 4 years ago... oh well...
- Chart updated: 05/07/2022 05:45
- (Created: 01/31/2020 06:05).
- Chart size: 81 albums.
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1960: Blues & Roots by Charles Mingus
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1960
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,248
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9
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1961: Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1961
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,113
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1962: Crying by Roy Orbison (possibly not the best album, but artist for me is important)
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2020]
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1963: Live at the Apollo by James Brown
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1963
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,679
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1964: The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1964
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Rank Score:
3,605
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1965: A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1965
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Rank Score:
17,084
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1966: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
3,605
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1967: Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (tie with The Doors and Beatles get 69)
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
Rank Score:
24,240
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1968: At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash... maybe White Light/White Heat by VU...
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1968
Appears in:
Rank Score:
5,411
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1969: Abbey Road by The Beatles (part of me wants Sly and The Family Stone or VU here)
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
Rank Score:
65,427
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Total albums: 81. Page 3 of 9
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Best Album per Year composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 9 | 11% | |
| 1950s | 8 | 10% | |
| 1960s | 11 | 14% | |
| 1970s | 10 | 12% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 11 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 10 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 10 | 12% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 1% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Beck | 2 | 2% | |
| Fiona Apple | 2 | 2% | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2 | 2% | |
| Hank Williams | 1 | 1% | |
| Tom Waits | 1 | 1% | |
| Thrice | 1 | 1% | |
| Bob Dylan | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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61 | 75% | |
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9 | 11% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Best Album per Year chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 1 from 82nd to 81st Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple |
| Up 1 from 81st to 80th Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood |
| Up 1 from 80th to 79th The Road Is Just A Surface by Anja Garbarek |
| New entries |
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 Dust Bowl Balladsby Woody Guthrie |
| What's Going On by Marvin Gaye |
| Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder |
| Ys by Joanna Newsom |
| Black Messiah by D'Angelo And The Vanguard |
| ★ (Blackstar) by David Bowie |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 100/100 | 09/23/2020 00:40 |  CharlieBarley | | 94/100 |
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|---|---|
| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Prince | |
| 3. Pixies | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
| 8. Kate Bush | |
| 9. R.E.M. | |
| 10. The Stone Roses | |
| 11. Sonic Youth | |
| 12. Michael Jackson | |
| 13. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 14. Tom Waits | |
| 15. Iron Maiden | |
| 16. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 17. Joy Division | |
| 18. New Order | |
| 19. Talk Talk | |
| 20. Rush |