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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2010: Brothers by The Black Keys
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2020]
Year of Release:
2010
Appears in:
Rank Score:
5,112
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Average Rating:
Comments:
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2011: Major/Minor by Thrice
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2020]
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2012: The Idler Wheel... by Fiona Apple
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2020]
Year of Release:
2012
Appears in:
Rank Score:
5,711
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2013: ...Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2020]
Year of Release:
2013
Appears in:
Rank Score:
7,972
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2014: Black Messiah by D'Angelo and the Vanguard
Year of Release:
2014
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,518
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2015: To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2020]
Year of Release:
2015
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Rank Score:
37,253
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2016: Blackstar by David Bowie
Year of Release:
2016
Appears in:
Rank Score:
12,599
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2017: A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2020]
Year of Release:
2017
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,388
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2018: The Road Is Just A Surface by Anja Garbarek
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2020]
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2019: Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood
[First added to this chart: 09/21/2020]
Year of Release:
2019
Appears in:
Rank Score:
5,419
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Total albums: 81. Page 8 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% | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2 | 2% | |
| Fiona Apple | 2 | 2% | |
| Woody Guthrie | 1 | 1% | |
| Pink Floyd | 1 | 1% | |
| D'Angelo And The Vanguard | 1 | 1% | |
| Thelonious Monk | 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  | 09/28/2020 05:17 |  Rhyner | | 99/100 |
| 100/100 | 09/23/2020 00:40 |  CharlieBarley | | 94/100 |
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