The Best Albums of 1964
1. Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch!
2. Woody Guthrie – Library of Congress Recordings
3. Nina Simone – Nina Simone in Concert
4. Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
5. Bob Dylan – Another Side of Bob Dylan
6. Grant Green – Idle Moments
7. Jan Johansson – Jazz på svenska
8. The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
9. Herbie Hancock – Inventions and Dimensions
10. Andrew Hill – Judgement!
11. Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
12. Doc Watson – Doc Watson
13. John Coltrane – Crescent
14. Michael Garrick – Moonscape
15. Phil Ochs – All the News That’s Fit to Sing
16. The Ronettes – Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
17. Herbie Hancock – Empyrean Isles
18. Dave Van Ronk – Just Dave Van Ronk
19. Wayne Shorter – Juju
20. John Coltrane – Coltrane’s Sound
21. Sam Cooke – Ain’t That Good News
22. Buck Owens – Together Again / My Heart Skips a Beat
23. The Modern Jazz Quartet – Collaboration
24. Baden Powell – À Vontade
25. Johnny Cash – Bitter Tears
The Best Albums of 1963
1. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
2. Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
3. Pete Seeger – We Shall Overcome
4. John Coltrane – Impressions
5. Duke Ellington – Money Jungle
6. Sam Cooke – Night Beat
7. John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman – John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
8. Sandy Bull – Fantasias for Guitar & Banjo
9. John Coltrane – Ballads
10. Thelonious Monk – Monk’s Dream
11. James Brown – Live at the Apollo
12. Jorge Ben – Samba Esquema Novo
13. Solomon Burke – If You Need Me
14. The Dillards – Back Porch Bluegrass
15. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
16. John Coltrane – Live at Birdland
17. The Beatles – Please Please Me
18. Cecil Taylor – Live at the Café Montmartre
19. John Lee Hooker – Don’t Turn Me From Your Door
20. The Beatles – With The Beatles
21. Tony Bennett – I Wanna Be Around…
22. Jackie McLean – One Step Beyond
23. John Fahey – Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes
24. Hank Mobley – No Room for Squares
25. Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane – Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
The Best Albums of 1962
1. John Coltrane – Coltrane “Live” at the Village Vanguard
2. Charles Mingus – Oh Yeah
3. Bill Evans & Jim Hall – Undercurrent
4. Wes Montgomery – Full House
5. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
6. John Coltrane – Coltrane
7. Eric Dolphy – Far Cry
8. Charles Mingus – Tijuana Moods
9. Sonny Clark – Leapin’ and Lopin’
10. Max Roach – It’s Time
11. Roy Haynes – Out of the Afternoon
12. Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
13. Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery – Bags Meets Wes!
14. Woody Guthrie – Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs
15. Sonny Rollins – The Bridge
16. Hank Mobley – Workout
17. Leadbelly – His Guitar, His Voice, His Piano
18. Horace Silver – Tokyo Blues
19. Herbie Hancock – Takin’ Off
20. Vince Guaraldi – Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
21. Howlin’ Wolf – Howlin’ Wolf
22. John Coltrane – Coltrane Plays the Blues
23. Rahsaan Roland Kirk – We Free Kings
24. Roy Orbison – Crying
25. Dexter Gordon – Go
The Best Albums of 2011
1. Destroyer – Kaputt
2. Fallujah – The Harvest Wombs
3. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
4. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
5. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
6. Autopsy – Macabre Eternal
7. Mastodon – The Hunter
8. Grouper – A I A
9. Esoteric – Paragon of Dissonance
10. Wormrot – Dirge
11. Arch/Matheos – Sympathetic Resonance
12. Opeth – Heritage
13. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for My Halo
14. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
15. A Winged Victory for the Sullen – A Winged Victory for the Sullen
16. Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
17. Paul Wardingham – Assimilate Regenerate
18. Josh T Pearson – Last of the Country Gentlemen
19. Moonsorrow – Varjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa
20. The Psychic Paramount – II
21. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
22. Danny Brown – XXX
23. Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow
24. The Antlers – Burst Apart
25. Washed Out – Within and Without
Guest List: The Best Albums of 2011 – John Macintosh
1. Destroyer – Kaputt
2. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
3. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
4. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
5. Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
6. Atlas Sound – Parallax
7. Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
8. Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place
9. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
10. Panda Bear – Tomboy
11. Cass McCombs – Wit’s End
12. Clams Casino – Instrumentals
13. Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise
14. Burial – Street Halo
15. The Field – Looping State of Mind
16. ASAP Rocky – LiveLoveA$AP
17. James Blake – James Blake
18. Washed Out – Within and Without
19. Elite Gymnastics – RUIN
20. araabMUZIK – Electronic Dream
21. Real Estate – Days
22. The Weeknd – House of Balloons
23. John Maus – We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
24. Sepalcure – Sepalcure
25. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l
26. Yuck – Yuck
27. Radiohead – King Of Limbs
28. Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow
29. Secret Cities – Strange Hearts
30. Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact