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XIII. Albums Of The Year 1965-2009

1965: Rubber Soul-The Beatles
1966: Revolver-The Beatles
1967: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-The Beatles
1968: The Beatles-The Beatles
1969: Abbey Road-The Beatles
1970: Bridge Over Troubled Water-Simon & Garfunkel
1971: Who's Next-The Who
           Led Zeppelin IV-Led Zeppelin (tie)
1972: Talking Book-Stevie Wonder
1973: Quadrophenia-The Who
1974: Court And Spark-Joni Mitchell
1975: Born To Run-Bruce Springsteen
1976: Songs In The Key Of Life-Stevie Wonder
1977: The Stranger-Billy Joel
1978: 52nd Street-Billy Joel
1979: The Wall-Pink Floyd
1980: Glass Houses-Billy Joel
1981: Moving Pictures-Rush
1982: 1999-Prince
1983: Synchronicity-The Police
1984: Purple Rain-Prince and The Revolution
1985: The Dream Of The Blue Turtles-Sting
1986: So-Peter Gabriel
1987: The Joshua Tree-U2
1988: Faith-George Michael
1989: Oranges And Lemons-XTC
1990: Nomads*Indians*Saints-Indigo Girls
1991: Acthung, Baby-U2
1992: Rites Of Passage-Indigo Girls
1993: Vs.-Pearl Jam
1994: Grace-Jeff Buckley
1995: The Bends-Radiohead
1996: The Beatles Anthology
1997: Time Out Of Mind-Bob Dylan
1998: Painted From Memory-Elvis Costello/Burt Bacharach
1999: Midnite Vultures-Beck
2000: All That You Can't Leave Behind-U2
2001: Love And Theft-Bob Dylan
2002: Travelogue-Joni Mitchell
2003: Want One-Rufus Wainwright
2004: Brian Wilson Presents Smile-Brian Wilson
2005: Extraordinary Machine-Fiona Apple
2006: Modern Times-Bob Dylan
2007: Release The Stars-Rufus Wainwright
2008: Tell Tale Signs-Bob Dylan
2009: Lotus Flow3r/MPLSound-Prince
2010: Recovery-Eminem
2011: So Beautiful Or So What-Paul Simon
2012: A Different Kind Of Truth - Van Halen
2013: Wise Up Ghost - Elvis Costello & The Roots