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Favourite Albums

 

Year Title Artist Notes
1967 Songs of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen Canadian folk singer-songwriter 
1968 James Taylor James Taylor American singer-songwriter
1969 Volunteers Jefferson Airplane American psychedelic rock band
1970 Paranoid Black Sabbath English rock band
1971 Pictures at an Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer English progressive rock band
1972 Foxtrot Genesis English progressive rock band
1973 The Six Wives of Henry VIII Rick Wakeman English keyboardist 
1974 Relayer Yes English progressive rock band 
1975 Red Octopus Jefferson Starship American successor to Jefferson Airplane
1976 Trick of the Tail Genesis Post Peter Gabriel Genesis
1977 Deceptive Bends 10CC Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman
1978 Parallel Lines Blondie American rock band
1979 The Specials The Specials Debut album by British band
1980 Pretenders The Pretenders Debut studio album by British-American band
1981 Duran Duran Duran Duran US band
1982      
1983 Eliminator ZZ Top Texan rock band
1984 Diamond Life Sade English band
1985 No Jacket Required Phiil Collins Solo studio album
1986 Graceland Paul Simon American singer-songwriter
1987      
1988      
1989      
1990      
1991      
1992      
1993      
1994 Dummy Portishead English electronic band
1995      
1996      
1997      
1998 Big Calm Morcheeba Electronic music group
1999      
2000      
2001 Simple Things Zero 7 Studio Album featuring Sia ad others
2002 Come away with me Norah Jones American recording artist 
2003 Frank Amy Winehouse Debut album
2003 The Dresden Dolls The Dresden Dolls American Brechtian Punk Cabaret duo
2004 Eye to the Telescope KT Tunstall Scottish singer-songwriter
2005 Supernature Goldfrapp English electronic music duo
2006 Rodrigo y Gabriela Rodrigo y Gabriela Mexican guitar duo
2007 Anchors and Anvils Amy Lavere Upright bass player
2008 Third Portishead Third album
2009 Lungs Florence and the Machine English indie rock band
2010 Wrong side of the Dream Dawn Kinnard Singer songwriter from Pennsylvania
2011 Blood Pressures The Kills Indie rock band
2012      
2013      
2014 Stardust Bronwynne Brent Mississippi Delta Songstress
2015 Bashed Out This is the Kit Studio album by British band
2016 So Long Solemn Bouche Rebekah Bouche
2017 Capacity Big Thief American band
2018 Con Todo El Mundo Khruangbin American trio
2019      
2020      
2021