Here are some favorite recordings from a somewhat rock-centric historical perspective. The model for the color-coding is Dan Sallitt's ever-influential favorite film list: red indicates a masterpiece, but the others are all noteworthy to a lesser extent.
2009
- Broadfield Marchers - DISPLAYED IN REFLECTIONS
- Rebecca Turner - SLOWPOKES
- A.C. Newman - GET GUILTY
- Magic Christian - EVOLVER
- Tommy Keene - IN THE LATE BRIGHT
- The Mother Hips - PACIFIC DUST
- Glenn Tilbrook and the Fluffers - PANDEMONIUM ENSUES
- Neko Case - MIDDLE CYCLONE
- Phoenix - WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX
- Spoon - GOT NUFFIN
2008
- Broadfield Marchers - THE INEVITABLE CONTINUING
- The Crowd Scene - WITH COMPLETE GLOSSARY FOR SQUARES
- Winterpills - CENTRAL CHAMBERS
- The Well Wishers - JIGSAW DAYS
- The Mommyheads - YOU'RE NOT A DREAM
- Robert Forster - THE EVANGELIST
- Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - PERSHING
- Bob Mould - DISTRICT LINE
- Cat Power - JUKEBOX
- Old 97s - BLAME IT ON GRAVITY
- In Elvis Garage - WINNING BY CHEATING
- Times New Viking - RIP IT OFF
- Sam Phillips - DON'T DO ANYTHING
- White Denim - WORKOUT HOLIDAY
2007
- Elliott Smith - NEW MOON
- Richard X. Heyman - ACTUAL SIGHS
- Winterpills - THE LIGHT DIVIDES
- Spoon - GA GA GA GA GA
- Mitch Easter - DYNAMICO
- The Mother Hips - KISS THE CRYSTAL FLAKE
- The Shins - WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY
- Fountains of Wayne - TRAFFIC AND WEATHER
- Lucinda Williams - WEST
- Georgie James - PLACES
- Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - LIVING WITH THE LIVING
- The New Pornographers - CHALLENGERS
- Richard Thompson - SWEET WARRIOR
- Kim Richey - CHINESE BOXES
- Blitzen Trapper - WILD MOUNTAIN NATION
- Band of Horses - CEASE TO BEGIN
2006
- Magic Christian - TOO CLOSE TO ZERO
- Broadfield Marchers - WHEN THE LIFTED CONNIVE
- Liza and the Wonderwheels - MEET THE ANIMAL
- Rebecca Turner - LAND OF MY BABY
- The Long Winters - PUTTING THE DAYS TO BED
- The Loud Family and Anton Barbeau - WHAT IF IT WORKS?
- Scritti Politti - WHITE BREAD BLACK BEER
- Phoenix - IT’S NEVER BEEN LIKE THAT
- Neko Case - FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD
- Band of Horses - EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME
- Belle and Sebastian - THE LIFE PURSUIT
- Built to Spill - YOU IN REVERSE
- The Brother Kite - WAITING FOR THE TIME TO BE RIGHT
- L.E.O. - ALPACAS ORGLING
- Morrissey - RINGLEADER OF THE TORMENTORS
- Lindsey Buckingham - UNDER THE SKIN
- The Figurines - SKELETON
- The Hit Parade - THE RETURN OF THE HIT PARADE
- The Hold Steady - BOYS AND GIRLS IN AMERICA
2005
- Spoon - GIMME FICTION
- The Toms - SIMPLICITY
- Sleater-Kinney - THE WOODS
- The New Pornographers - TWIN CINEMA
- Big Star - IN SPACE
- The Clientele - STRANGE GEOMETRY
- Winterpills - S/T
- Rogue Wave - DESCENDED LIKE VULTURES
- Liz Phair - SOMEBODY’S MIRACLE
- Low - THE GREAT DESTROYER
- Silver Jews - TANGLEWOOD NUMBERS
- My Morning Jacket - Z
- The Long Winters - ULTIMATUM
- Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell - BEGONIAS
2004
- Eugene Edwards - MY FAVORITE REVOLUTION
- Rogue Wave - OUT OF THE SHADOW
- The Libertines - THE LIBERTINES
- A.C. Newman - THE SLOW WONDER
- The Hives - TYRANNOSAURUS HIVES
- The Lolas - SOMETHING YOU OUGHTA KNOW
- Brian Wilson - SMILE
- Jackie Greene - SWEET SOMEWHERE BOUND
- Old 97s - DRAG IT UP
- Chris Richards - MYSTERY SPOT
- Saturday Looks Good to Me - EVERY NIGHT
2003
- Liza Garelik - AND THE WONDERWHEELS
- The New Pornographers - ELECTRIC VERSION
- The Wrens - THE MEADOWLANDS
- Philip Price - HONEY IN THE CHEMICALS
- Liz Phair - LIZ PHAIR
- The Shins - CHUTES TOO NARROW
- Gene Clark - UNDER THE SILVERY MOON
- Fountains of Wayne - WELCOME INTERSTATE MANAGERS
- Lucinda Williams - WORLD WITHOUT TEARS
- The Innocence Mission - BEFRIENDED
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle - LA VACHE QUI PLEURE
- My Morning Jacket - IT STILL MOVES
- The Long Winters - WHEN I PRETEND TO FALL
- The Aislers Set - HOW I LEARNED TO WRITE BACKWARDS
- The Clientele - THE VIOLET HOUR
- Caitlin Cary - I’M STAYING OUT
- Stephen Duffy & the Lilac Time - KEEP GOING
- The Chesterfield Kings - THE MINDBENDING SOUNDS OF THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS
2002
- Phillip Price - 13 SONGS FOR RIGHT NOW
- Richard X. Heyman - BASIC GLEE
- The Libertines - UP THE BRACKET
- The Windbreakers - TIME MACHINE
- Spoon - KILL THE MOONLIGHT
- Sleater-Kinney - ONE BEAT
- Neko Case - BLACKLISTED
- Erica Smith - FRIEND OR FOE
- The Shazam - TOMORROW THE WORLD
- The Long Winters - THE WORST YOU CAN DO IS HARM
- Aimee Mann - LOST IN SPACE
- Pipitone - MUSIC FOR MINIVANS
2001
- Paula Carino - AQUACADE
- Spoon - GIRLS CAN TELL
- Continental Drifters - BETTER DAY
- Built to Spill - ANCIENT MELODIES OF THE FUTURE
- The Shins - OH, INVERTED WORLD
- Freedy Johnston - RIGHT BETWEEN THE PROMISES
- Keith Lubrant - FACE IN THE CROWD
- Leonard Cohen - TEN NEW SONGS
- The Lilac Time - LILAC6
- Splitsville - THE COMPLETE PET SOUL
- Ballroom - MAGIC TIME
- The Mother Hips - GREEN HILLS OF EARTH
2000
- Richard X. Heyman - HEYMAN, HOOSIER & HERMAN
- Elliott Smith - FIGURE 8
- The New Pornographers - MASS ROMANTIC
- Maggies - CRYPTIC VALENTINE
- Sleater-Kinney - ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE
- Steve Earle - TRANSCENDENTAL BLUES
- Aimee Mann - BACHELOR NO. 2
- Phoenix - UNITED
- The Hives - VENI VIDI VICIOUS
- George Usher Group - DAYS OF PLENTY
- Barenaked Ladies - MAROON
1999
- Freedy Johnston - BLUE DAYS BLACK NIGHTS
- Continental Drifters - VERMILLON
- Built to Spill - KEEP IT LIKE A SECRET
- Adam Elk - LABELLO
- Sleater-Kinney - THE HOT ROCK
- Jason Falkner - CAN YOU STILL FEEL
- Wilco - SUMMERTEETH
- The Olivia Tremor Control - BLACK FOLIAGE
- Aimee Mann - MAGNOLIA
- The Negro Problem - JOYS AND CONCERNS
- Scritti Politti - ANOMIE & BONHOMIE
- Ben Folds Five - THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF REINHOLD MESSNER
- Beulah - WHEN YOUR HEARTSTRINGS BREAK
- Velvet Crush - FREE EXPRESSION
1998
- Elliott Smith - X/O
- Maggies - HOMESICK
- Liz Phair - WHITECHOCOLATESPACEEGG
- Spoon - A SERIES OF SNEAKS
- Tommy Keene - ISOLATION PARTY
- Richard X. Heyman - CORNERSTONE
- Cheri Knight - THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM
- Lucinda Williams - CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD
- Death Cab for Cutie - SOMETHING ABOUT AIRPLANES
- David Grahame - TOY PLANE
- Quasi - FEATURING "BIRDS"
- Barenaked Ladies - STUNT
- The Minders - HOORAY FOR TUESDAY
- Sunny Day Real Estate - HOW IT FEELS TO BE SOMETHING ON
1997
- Elliott Smith - EITHER/OR
- The Mommyheads - THE MOMMYHEADS
- Freedy Johnston - NEVER HOME
- Chisel - SET YOU FREE
- Built to Spill - PERFECT FROM NOW ON
- Cotton Mather - KON TIKI
- Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - SPANISH DANCE TROUPE
- Sleater-Kinney - DIG ME OUT
- Ben Folds Five - WHATEVER AND EVER AMEN
- Walter Clevenger - THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES
- Gladhands - LA DI DA
- Catherine Wheel - ADAM AND EVE
- Dinosaur Jr. - HAND IT OVER
- Splitsville - ULTRASOUND
- Quasi - R&B TRANSMOGRIFICATION
1996
- DM3 - ROAD TO ROME
- Belle and Sebastian - IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER
- Babe the Blue Ox - PEOPLE
- Heatmiser - MIC CITY SONS
- The Wrens - SECAUCUS
- Liz Phair - WCSE SESSIONS
- Chris von Sneidern - GO!
- Richard Thompson - YOU? ME? US?
- Sleater-Kinney - CALL THE DOCTOR
- Jason Falkner - JASON FALKNER PRESENTS AUTHOR UNKNOWN
- Marshall Crenshaw - MIRACLE OF SCIENCE
- Wilco - BEING THERE
- Whiskeytown - FAITHLESS STREET
- Spoon - TELEPHONO
- Alex Chilton - 1970
- Syd Straw - WAR AND PEACE
- The Posies - AMAZING DISGRACE
- Mockingbirds - MOCKINGBIRDS
- Brendan Benson - ONE MISSISSIPPI
1995
- The Mommyheads - BINGHAM'S HOLE
- Ben Folds Five - BEN FOLDS FIVE
- Guided by Voices - ALIEN LANES
- Elliott Smith - ELLIOTT SMITH
- Cheri Knight - THE KNITTER
- Aimee Mann - I'M WITH STUPID
- Brad Jones - GILT-FLAKE
- Matthew Sweet - 100% FUN
- Elastica - ELASTICA
- Richard Thompson - MIRROR BLUE
- The Jayhawks - TOMORROW THE GREEN GRASS
- Pavement - WOWEE ZOWEE
- Blur - THE GREAT ESCAPE
- Wilco - A.M.
- Flop - WORLD OF TODAY
- Foo Fighters - FOO FIGHTERS
- Anton Barbeau - WATERBUGS & BEETLES
1994
- Built to Spill - THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH LOVE
- Guided by Voices - BEE THOUSAND
- The Grays - RO SHAM BO
- Elliott Smith - ROMAN CANDLE
- Continental Drifters - CONTINENTAL DRIFTERS
- The Mommyheads - FLYING SUIT
- Freedy Johnston - THIS PERFECT WORLD
- Liz Phair - WHIP-SMART
- Chris von Sneidern - BIG WHITE LIES
- Joni Mitchell - TURBULENT INDIGO
- Frank Black - TEENAGER OF THE YEAR
- Blood Oranges - THE CRYING TREE
- Weezer - WEEZER
- Elvis Costello - BRUTAL YOUTH
- Bill Lloyd - SET TO POP
- Sebadoh - BAKESALE
- Cardinal - CARDINAL
- Madder Rose - PANIC ON
1993
- Liz Phair - EXILE IN GUYVILLE
- Aimee Mann - WHATEVER
- DM3 - ONE TIME TWO TIMES THREE RED LIGHT
- Babe the Blue Ox - BOX
- The Posies - FROSTING ON THE BEATER
- Love Camp 7 - WHERE THE GREEN ENDS
- Flop - WHENEVER YOU'RE READY
- Catherine Wheel - CHROME
- Jellyfish - SPILT MILK
- The Hit Parade - THE SOUND OF THE HIT PARADE
- Eleventh Dream Day - EL MOODIO
- Frank Black - FRANK BLACK
1992
- Chris Bell - I AM THE COSMOS
- Freedy Johnston - CAN YOU FLY
- Neil Young - HARVEST MOON
- Sneakers - RACKET
- Falling Joys - PSYCHOHUM
- Leonard Cohen - THE FUTURE
- REM - AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE
- Pavement - SLANTED AND ENCHANTED
- The Jayhawks - HOLLYWOOD TOWN HALL
- The Loud Family - PLANTS AND BIRDS AND ROCKS AND THINGS
- Graham Parker - BURNING QUESTIONS
- The Mommyheads - COMING INTO BEAUTY
- Flop - & THE FALL OF THE MOPSQUEEZER
- XTC - NONSUCH
- Lindsey Buckingham - OUT OF THE CRADLE
- Sugar - COPPER BLUE
- Squire - BIG SMASHES
1991
- Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey - MAVERICKS
- Adam Schmitt - WORLD SO BRIGHT
- Matthew Sweet - GIRLFRIEND
- Liz Phair - GIRLYSOUND
- Richard Thompson - RUMOR AND SIGH
- Gene Clark & Carla Olson - SO REBELLIOUS A LOVER
- Marshall Crenshaw - LIFE'S TOO SHORT
- Pixies - TROMPE LE MONDE
- Dinosaur Jr. - GREEN MIND
- The Spongetones - OH YEAH!
- Kirsty MacColl - ELECTRIC LANDLADY
- Teenage Fanclub - BANDWAGONESQUE
- Eleventh Dream Day - LIVED TO TELL
- Graham Parker - STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
- Nirvana - NEVERMIND
- REM - OUT OF TIME
1990
- Richard X. Heyman - HEY MAN!
- The Schramms - WALK TO DELPHI
- The Posies - DEAR 23
- Neil Young - RAGGED GLORY
- The La's - THE LA'S
- Yo La Tengo - FAKEBOOK
- Freedy Johnston - THE TROUBLE TREE
- Teenage Fanclub - A CATHOLIC EDUCATION
- They Might Be Giants - FLOOD
- Sonic Youth - GOO
- The Chills - SUBMARINE BELLS
- Alex Chilton - BLACK LIST
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle - HEARTBEATS ACCELERATING
- Paul Simon - RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS
1989
- Neil Young - FREEDOM
- Pixies - DOOLITTLE
- XTC - ORANGES AND LEMONS
- Robyn Hitchcock - QUEEN ELVIS
- The Mommyheads - ACORN
- Kirsty MacColl - KITE
- Pere Ubu - CLOUDLAND
- Tommy Keene - BASED ON HAPPY TIMES
- The Replacements - DON'T TELL A SOUL
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - MOTHER'S MILK
1988
- Sam Phillips - THE INDESCRIBABLE WOW
- Scritti Politti - PROVISION
- Leonard Cohen - I'M YOUR MAN
- Richard X. Heyman - LIVING ROOM!!!
- Let's Active - EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY
- Pixies - SURFER ROSA
- Game Theory - TWO STEPS FROM THE MIDDLE AGES
- Jeanette - CORAZON DE POETA
- Richard Thompson - AMNESIA
- Wire - A BELL IS A CUP UNTIL IT IS STRUCK
- Dinosaur Jr. - BUG
- They Might Be Giants - LINCOLN
1987
- The dB's - THE SOUND OF MUSIC
- Game Theory - LOLITA NATION
- The Replacements - PLEASED TO MEET ME
- The Lilac Time - THE LILAC TIME
- The Smiths - STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME
- REM - DOCUMENT
- XTC - BLACK SEA
- Pixies - COME ON PILGRIM
- Bobby Sutliff - ONLY GHOSTS REMAIN
- Dinosaur Jr. - YOU’RE LIVING ALL OVER ME
- Redd Kross - NEUROTICA
- The Connells - BOYLAN HEIGHTS
- Sex Clark Five - STRUM & DRUM!
- Green - ELAINE MACKENZIE
- John Hiatt - BRING THE FAMILY
- Midnight Oil - DIESEL AND DUST
1986
- Steve Earle - GUITAR TOWN
- Let's Active - BIG PLANS FOR EVERYBODY
- Tommy Keene - SONGS FROM THE FILM
- REM - LIFES RICH PAGEANT
- The Left Banke - VOICES CALLING
- Richard Thompson - DARING ADVENTURES
- XTC - SKYLARKING
- The Smiths - THE QUEEN IS DEAD
- Game Theory - THE BIG SHOT CHRONICLES
- Smithereens - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
- Guadalcanal Diary - JAMBOREE
- Alex Chilton - NO SEX
- Elvis Costello - BLOOD & CHOCOLATE
1985
- Husker Du - NEW DAY RISING
- Scritti Politti - CUPID PSYCHE ‘85
- Kate Bush - HOUNDS OF LOVE
- The Smiths - MEAT IS MURDER
- Leonard Cohen - VARIOUS POSITIONS
- Prefab Sprout - STEVE McQUEEN
- Richard Thompson - ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM
- Marshall Crenshaw - DOWNTOWN
- Dexy's Midnight Runners - DON'T STAND ME DOWN
- Game Theory - REAL NIGHTTIME
- Dramarama - CINEMA VERITE
- REM - FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION
- Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - FEGMANIA!
- Joni Mitchell - DOG EAT DOG
1984
- Let's Active - CYPRESS
- The Replacements - LET IT BE
- The Moberlys - SEXTEEN
- The Smiths - THE SMITHS
- Gene Clark - FIREBYRD
- Guadalcanal Diary - WALKING IN THE SHADOW OF THE BIG MAN
- Robyn Hitchcock - I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS
- REM - RECKONING
- Game Theory - DISTORTION
- The X-Teens - LOVE AND POLITICS
- Hoodoo Gurus - STONEAGE ROMEOS
1983
- Richard Thompson - HAND OF KINDNESS
- REM - MURMUR
- Let's Active - AFOOT
- The dB's - REPERCUSSION
- The Embarrassment - DEATH TRAVELS WEST
- The X-Teens - THE X-TEENS
- Marshall Crenshaw - FIELD DAY
- The Replacements - HOOTENANNY
- The Three O'Clock - SIXTEEN TAMBOURINES
- The Rain Parade - EMERGENCY THIRD RAIL POWER TRIP
- The Smithereens - BEAUTY AND SADNESS
- Billy Bragg - LIFE'S A RIOT WITH SPY VS. SPY
1982
- Utopia - UTOPIA
- Scritti Politti - SONGS TO REMEMBER
- REM - CHRONIC TOWN
- XTC - ENGLISH SETTLEMENT
- The Dream Syndicate - THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
- Richard and Linda Thompson - SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS
- Marshall Crenshaw - MARSHALL CRENSHAW
- The Spongetones - BEAT MUSIC
- The Bangles - THE BANGLES
- Michael Jackson - THRILLER
1981
- The dB's - STANDS FOR DECIBELS
- Squeeze - EAST SIDE STORY
- Roky Erickson and the Aliens - THE EVIL ONE
- Elvis Costello - IMPERIAL BEDROOM
- ABBA - THE VISITORS
- Robyn Hitchcock - BLACK SNAKE DIAMOND ROLE
- Elvis Costello - TRUST
- James Taylor - DAD LOVES HIS WORK
1980
- Phil Seymour - PHIL SEYMOUR
- The Soft Boys - UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT
- D.L. Byron - THIS DAY AND AGE
- David Bowie - SCARY MONSTERS
- The Records - CRASHES
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle - THE FRENCH RECORD
- Elvis Costello - GET HAPPY!!
- Utopia - DEFACE THE MUSIC
- SVT - EXTENDED PLAY
- Dexy's Midnight Runners - SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNG SOUL REBELS
- Kate Bush - NEVER FOR EVER
- Stiv Bators - DISCONNECTED
- Squeeze - ARGYBARGY
- Dire Straits - MAKING MOVIES
- The Embarrassment - PATIO SET/SEX DRIVE
- The English Beat - I JUST CAN'T STOP IT
- Split Enz - TRUE COLORS
- Jim Carroll - CATHOLIC BOY
- Gary Myrick & the Figures - GARY MYRICK & THE FIGURES
1979
- The Toms - THE TOMS
- Shoes - PRESENT TENSE
- The Scruffs - TEENAGE GURLS
- Scritti Politti - 4 A-SIDES
- XTC - DRUMS AND WIRES
- The Rubinoos - BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD
- Starjets - GOD BLESS THE STARJETS
- Joe Jackson - I'M THE MAN
- Richard and Linda Thompson - SUNNYVISTA
- Graham Parker - SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS
- Leonard Cohen - RECENT SONGS
- Off Broadway - ON
- Neil Young - RUST NEVER SLEEPS
- Elvis Costello - ARMED FORCES
- Wire - 154
- The Beat - THE BEAT
- Fleetwood Mac - TUSK
- The Records - THE RECORDS
- Nick Lowe - LABOUR OF LUST
- James Taylor - FLAG
- The Soft Boys - CAN OF BEES
- Electric Light Orchestra - DISCOVERY
- Richard Lloyd - ALCHEMY
- The Romantics - THE ROMANTICS
- Roy Loney and the Phantom Movers - OUT AFTER DARK
1978
- Big Star - THIRD/SISTER LOVERS
- Elvis Costello - THIS YEAR'S MODEL
- Kate Bush - THE KICK INSIDE
- The Albion Band - RISE UP LIKE THE SUN
- The Flamin Groovies - NOW
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle - PRONTO MONTO
- The Real Kids - THE REAL KIDS
- Richard and Linda Thompson - FIRST LIGHT
- The Rolling Stones - SOME GIRLS
- The Jam - ALL MOD CONS
- Todd Rundgren - HERMIT OF MINK HOLLOW
- The Only Ones - THE ONLY ONES
1977
- The Scruffs - WANNA MEET THE SCRUFFS?
- Van Duren - ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- Joni Mitchell - HEJIRA
- Television - MARQUEE MOON
- Leonard Cohen - DEATH OF A LADIES MAN
- Fleetwood Mac - RUMOURS
- Cheap Trick - CHEAP TRICK
- Gene Clark - TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY
- Richard Hell and the Voidoids - BLANK GENERATION
- Elvis Costello - MY AIM IS TRUE
- Electric Light Orchestra - OUT OF THE BLUE
- Bryan Ferry - IN YOUR MIND
- Jimmy Webb - EL MIRAGE
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle - DANCER WITH BRUISED KNEES
- David Bowie - LOW
- Talking Heads - '77
- David Bowie - HEROES
- Shoes - BLACK VINYL SHOES
- Neil Young - AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS
- The Rubinoos - THE RUBINOOS
- NRBQ - ALL HOPPED UP
- ABBA - THE ALBUM
- The Bee Gees - SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER SOUNDTRACK
- Dwight Twilley Band - TWILLEY DON'T MIND
- James Taylor - JT
- Utopia - OOPS! WRONG PLANET
- Steely Dan - AJA
1976
- The Nerves - THE NERVES
- Sneakers - SNEAKERS
- The Beckies - THE BECKIES
- ABBA - ARRIVAL
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
- The Flamin Groovies - SHAKE SOME ACTION
- James Taylor - IN THE POCKET
- Dwight Twilley Band - SINCERELY
- Heart - DREAMBOAT ANNIE
1975
- Neil Young - TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
- Richard and Linda Thompson - POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle - KATE AND ANNA McGARRIGLE
- Richard and Linda Thompson - HOKEY POKEY
- The Tubes - THE TUBES
- Neil Young - ZUMA
- The Kinks - SCHOOLBOYS IN DISGRACE
- ABBA - ABBA
- Steely Dan - KATY LIED
- Bob Dylan - BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
- Joni Mitchell - THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS
- Elton John - CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY
- Bob Dylan and the Band - THE BASEMENT TAPES
- Queen - A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
- James Taylor - GORILLA
1974
- Big Star - RADIO CITY
- Neil Young - ON THE BEACH
- Richard and Linda Thompson - I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT
- Badfinger - WISH YOU WERE HERE
- Gene Clark - NO OTHER
- Joni Mitchell - COURT AND SPARK
- Jeanette - PORQUE TE VAS
- Electric Light Orchestra - ELDORADO
- Sparks - KIMONO MY HOUSE
- Leonard Cohen - NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY
- ABBA - WATERLOO
- Steely Dan - PRETZEL LOGIC
- John Lennon - WALLS AND BRIDGES
- Queen - SHEER HEART ATTACK
- Jackson Browne - LATE FOR THE SKY
- Jimmy Webb - LAND'S END
- Grand Funk Railroad - ALL THE GIRLS IN THE WORLD BEWARE!!!
- David Bowie - DIAMOND DOGS
- The Raspberries - STARTING OVER
- Badfinger - BADFINGER
- Todd Rundgren - TODD
1973
- Neil Young - TIME FADES AWAY
- Judee Sill - HEART FOOD
- John Lennon - MIND GAMES
- David Bowie - ALADDIN SANE
- Stevie Wonder - INNERVISIONS
- Steely Dan - COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY
- Stories - ABOUT US
- Todd Rundgren - A WIZARD/A TRUE STAR
- Elton John - GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
- The Carpenters - NOW AND THEN
- Roxy Music - FOR YOUR PLEASURE
- Lou Reed - BERLIN
- Sandy Denny - LIKE AN OLD FASHIONED WALTZ
- Paul Simon - THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON
- ABBA - RING RING
- Happy End - HAPPY END
- The Rolling Stones - GOATS HEAD SOUP
1972
- Richard Thompson - HENRY THE HUMAN FLY
- Steely Dan - CAN'T BUY A THRILL
- Big Star - #1 RECORD
- Neil Young - HARVEST
- Elton John - HONKY CHATEAU
- Nick Drake - PINK MOON
- The Rolling Stones - EXILE ON MAIN STREET
- David Bowie - THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
- Gene Clark - ROADMASTER
- Joni Mitchell - FOR THE ROSES
- Stories - STORIES
- Todd Rundgren - SOMETHING/ANYTHING?
- Paul Simon - PAUL SIMON
- The Incredible String Band - EARTHSPAN
- Jimmy Webb - LETTERS
- James Taylor - ONE MAN DOG
- The Raspberries - RASPBERRIES
- The Raspberries - FRESH RASPBERRIES
1971
- Joni Mitchell - BLUE
- Gene Clark - WHITE LIGHT
- Judee Sill - JUDEE SILL
- Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band - NO ROSES
- Elton John - MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER
- The Beach Boys - SURF'S UP
- Sandy Denny - THE NORTH STAR GRASSMAN AND THE RAVENS
- John Lennon - IMAGINE
- David Bowie - HUNKY DORY
- Emitt Rhodes - THE AMERICAN DREAM
- Francoise Hardy - LA QUESTION
- Todd Rundgren - THE BALLAD OF TODD RUNDGREN
- The Rolling Stones - STICKY FINGERS
- Emitt Rhodes - MIRROR
- Leonard Cohen - SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE
- The Band - CAHOOTS
- Nazz - NAZZ III
- The Flamin Groovies - TEENAGE HEAD
- James Taylor - MUD SLIDE SLIM AND THE BLUE HORIZON
- Jimmy Webb - AND SO: ON
- David Crosby - IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME
- The Kinks - MUSWELL HILLBILLIES
- Badfinger - STRAIGHT UP
- Daddy Cool - DADDY WHO? DADDY COOL!
- Van Morrison - TUPELO HONEY
- Paul McCartney - RAM
1970
- Simon & Garfunkel - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
- Neil Young - AFTER THE GOLD RUSH
- Nick Drake - BRYTER LAYTER
- John Lennon - PLASTIC ONO BAND
- Fairport Convention - FULL HOUSE
- Badfinger - NO DICE
- The Beatles - LET IT BE
- The Velvet Underground - LOADED
- The Beach Boys - SUNFLOWER
- The Kinks - LOLA VS. POWERMAN AND THE MONEYGOROUND
- Emitt Rhodes - EMITT RHODES
- Cat Stevens - MONA BONE JAKON
- George Harrison - ALL THINGS MUST PASS
- Vashti Bunyan - JUST ANOTHER DIAMOND DAY
- Jimmy Webb - WORDS AND MUSIC
- James Taylor - SWEET BABY JAMES
- Derek and the Dominoes - LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS
- Joni Mitchell - LADIES OF THE CANYON
- Jade - FACES OF JADE
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - COSMO'S FACTORY
- The Move - SHAZAM
- The Delfonics - THE DELFONICS
- Neil Diamond - TAP ROOT MANUSCRIPT
- Linda Perhacs - PARALLELOGRAMS
- The Band - STAGE FRIGHT
- Todd Rundgren - RUNT
- Crabby Appleton - CRABBY APPLETON
- Happy End - HAPPY END
- Badfinger - MAGIC CHRISTIAN MUSIC
- Bob Dylan - NEW MORNING
- Elton John - ELTON JOHN
1969
- The Beatles - ABBEY ROAD
- The Velvet Underground - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
- Neil Young - EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
- Fairport Convention - LIEGE & LIEF
- The Band - S/T
- Fairport Convention - UNHALFBRICKING
- Dillard & Clark - THROUGH THE MORNING, THROUGH THE NIGHT
- The Zombies - ODESSEY & ORACLE
- Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - SERGE GAINSBOURG ET JANE BIRKIN
- The Kinks - ARTHUR (OR THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE)
- Leonard Cohen - SONGS FROM A ROOM
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS
- The Rolling Stones - LET IT BLEED
- Nick Drake - FIVE LEAVES LEFT
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - GREEN RIVER
- Montage - MONTAGE
- The Beach Boys - 20/20
- Joni Mitchell - CLOUDS
- Laura Nyro - NEW YORK TENDABERRY
- Peter Sarstedt - PETER SARSTEDT
1968
- Dillard & Clark - THE FANTASTIC EXPEDITION OF DILLARD AND CLARK
- The Beatles - THE BEATLES
- The Velvet Underground - WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT
- Simon & Garfunkel - BOOKENDS
- The Band - MUSIC FROM BIG PINK
- The Kinks - THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN APPRECIATION SOCIETY
- Neil Diamond - VELVET GLOVES AND SPIT
- Leonard Cohen - THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
- Duncan Browne - GIVE ME TAKE YOU
- Van Morrison - ASTRAL WEEKS
- The Rolling Stones - BEGGARS BANQUET
- Nazz - NAZZ
- The Beach Boys - FRIENDS
- Donovan - THE HURDY GURDY MAN
- Kaleidoscope - SIDE TRIPS
1967
- Gene Clark - WITH THE GOSDIN BROTHERS
- The Beatles - SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
- The Velvet Underground - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
- The Left Banke - WALK AWAY RENEE/PRETTY BALLERINA
- The Merry-Go-Round - THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
- The Beatles - MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
- The Incredible String Band - THE 5000 SPIRITS OR THE LAYERS OF THE ONION
- Jefferson Airplane - SURREALISTIC PILLOW
- Neil Diamond - JUST FOR YOU
- The Bee Gees - FIRST
- The Beach Boys - WILD HONEY
- Moby Grape - MOBY GRAPE
- The 13th Floor Elevators - EASTER EVERYWHERE
- The Beach Boys - SMILEY SMILE
- The Kinks - SOMETHING ELSE BY THE KINKS
- The Seeds - FUTURE
1966
- The Beach Boys - PET SOUNDS
- The Beatles - REVOLVER
- Bob Dylan - BLONDE ON BLONDE
- Neil Diamond - THE FEEL OF NEIL DIAMOND
- The Seeds - A WEB OF SOUND
- Simon & Garfunkel - PARSLEY SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME
- The Kinks - FACE TO FACE
- Laura Nyro - THE FIRST SONGS
- The Everly Brothers - TWO YANKS IN ENGLAND
- The Byrds - FIFTH DIMENSION
- Gordon Lightfoot - LIGHTFOOT!
- The Dovers - WE'RE NOT JUST ANYBODY
- The 13th Floor Elevators - THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS OF...
- The Monkees - MORE OF THE MONKEES
1965
- The Beatles - RUBBER SOUL
- Bob Dylan - HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED
- The Beach Boys - SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS)
- The Byrds - TURN! TURN! TURN!
- The Beach Boys - TODAY!
- The Beatles - HELP!
- The Byrds - MR. TAMBOURINE MAN
- Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - GOING TO A GO-GO
- Simon & Garfunkel - THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE
- The Temptations - THE TEMPTATIONS SING SMOKEY
1964
- The Beach Boys - ALL SUMMER LONG
- The Beatles - A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
- The Beatles - THE BEATLES’ SECOND ALBUM
- The Beach Boys - SHUT DOWN VOLUME 2
1963
- The Beach Boys - LITTLE DEUCE COUPE
- The Beatles - PLEASE PLEASE ME
- The Beach Boys - SURFER GIRL