The Best Albums of 1971


1. CanTago Mago


2. John PrineJohn Prine


3. Sly & the Family StoneThere’s a Riot Goin’ On


4. David BowieHunky Dory


5. Judee SillJudee Sill


6. John Cale & Terry RileyChurch of Anthrax


7. The WhoWho’s Next


8. Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin IV


9. Roy HarperStormcock


10. Black SabbathMaster of Reality


11. Catherine Ribeiro + AlpesÂme debout


12. The Mothers of InventionFilmore East – June 1971


13. Joni MitchellBlue


14. T. RexElectric Warrior


15. Uriah HeepLook at Yourself


16. Marvin GayeWhat’s Going On


17. The Rolling StonesSticky Fingers


18. FunkadelicMaggot Brain


19. Flamin’ GrooviesTeenage Head


20. Serge GainsbourgHistoire de Melody Nelson


21. Bill WithersJust As I Am


22. Eugene McDanielsHeadless Heroes of the Apocalypse


23. Popol VuhIn den Gärten Pharaos


24. The Allman BrothersAt Fillmore East


25. ComusFirst Utterance

Guest List: The Best Albums of 2015 – John Macintosh

1. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell

2. Viet Cong – Viet Cong

3. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly

4. Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete

5. Julia Holter – Have You in My Wilderness

6. Joanna Newsom – Divers

7. Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld – Never Were the Way She Was

8. Floating Points – Elaenia

9. FKA twigsM3LL155X

10. U.S. Girls – Half Free

11. Vince Staples – Summertime ‘06

12. Deafheaven – New Bermuda

13. Deerhunter – Fading Frontier

14. William Basinski – Cascade

15. Arca – Mutant

16. Björk– Vulnicura

17. Bell Witch – Four Phantoms

18. Jamie xx – In Colour

19. Alessandro Cortini – Risveglio

20. Tame Impala – Currents

21. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear

22. Beach House – Depression Cherry

23. Future – DS2

24. Vattnet Viskar – Settler

25. Anthony Naples – Body Pill

26. LoticAgitations

27. Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

28. Jennifer Hval – Apocalypse, girl

29. Destroyer – Poison Season

30. Carly Rae Jepson – Emotion

The Best Albums of 2015


1. Heroin in TahitiSun and Violence


2. 2 8 1 4新しい日の誕生


3. MyrkurM


4. Beaten to DeathUnplugged


5. Max RichterSleep


6. MasteryVALIS


7. Death GripsJenny Death


8. KovtunAndroginóforo


9. IntronautThe Direction of Last Things


10. FutureDS2


11. GorodA Maze of Recycled Creeds


12. FKA twigsM3LL155X


13. The InternetEgo Death


14. Earl SweatshirtI Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside


15. Paradise LostThe Plague Within


16. Father John MistyI Love You, Honeybear


17. LeviathanScar Sighted


18. The GiraffesWe Hear Music


19. Oneohtrix Point NeverGarden of Delete


20. Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly


21. SorcererIn the Shadow of the Inverted Cross


22. HorrendousAnareta


23. Snoop DoggBush


24. Swallow the SunSongs From the North


25. John CarpenterLost Themes

The Best Albums of 1970


1. Miles DavisBitches Brew


2. Black SabbathParanoid


3. The StoogesFun House


4. The Mothers of InventionWeasels Ripped My Flesh


5. John LennonJohn Lennon / Plastic Ono Band


6. Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty


7. NicoDesertshore


8. Van MorrisonMoondance


9. Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin III


10. Neil YoungAfter the Gold Rush


11. George HarrisonAll Things Must Pass


12. Jimi HendrixBand of Gypsys


13. The Velvet UndergroundLoaded


14. The Allman Brothers BandIdlewild South


15. Creedence Clearwater RevivalCosmo’s Factory


16. James BrownSex Machine


17. SantanaAbraxas


18. Simon & GarfunkelBridge Over Troubled Water


19. Syd BarrettThe Madcap Laughs


20. Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungDéjà vu


21. The Soft MachineThird


22. Curtis MayfieldCurtis


23. Tim BuckleyStarsailor


24. Joni MitchellLadies of the Canyon


25. Pretty ThingsParachute

The Best Albums of 2014


1. GridlinkLonghena


2. Flying LotusYou’re Dead!


3. FKA twigsLP1


4. D’AngeloBlack Messiah


5. The War on DrugsLost in the Dream


6. Couch SlutMy Life As a Woman


7. Run the JewelsRun the Jewels 2


8. TriptykonMelana Chasmata


9. BehemothThe Satanist


10. Kate TempestEverybody Down


11. OpethPale Communion


12. Aphex TwinSyro


13. At the GatesAt War With Reality


14. Brian Eno & Karl HydeSomeday World


15. FallujahThe Flesh Prevails


16. The OathThe Oath


17. PerturbatorDangerous Days


18. Animals as LeadersThe Joy of Motion


19. PharmakonBestial Burden


20. Robert PlantLullaby and the Ceaseless Roar


21. Bryan FerryAvonmore


22. SaorAura


23. SwansTo Be Kind


24. Full of Hell & MerzbowFull of Hell & Merzbow


25. David SylvianThere’s a Light That Enters Houses With No Other House in Sight