1960: Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
1961: John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane*
1962: Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent
1963: Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
1964: Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles
1965: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1966: Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
1967: Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
1968: Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
1969: David Bowie - David Bowie
1970: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
1971*: Comus - First Utterance
1972: Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
1973: Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
1974: Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three
1975: Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1976: Hermann Szobel - Szobel
1977: Pink Floyd - Animals
1978: Rush - Hemispheres
1979: Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
1980: The Police - Zenyattà Mondatta
1981: Nya Ljudbolaget - Nya Ljudbolaget
1982: James Horner - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1983: Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
1984: Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1985: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
1987: Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
1988: Metallica - ...And Justice for All
1989: After Dinner - Paradise of Replica
1990: They Might Be Giants - Flood
1991: Nirvana - Nevermind
1992: Änglagård - Hybris
1993: Сергей Курёхин [Sergey Kuryokhin] - Воробьиная оратория (Sparrow Oratorium)
1994: Beck - Mellow Gold
1995: Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
1996: Księżyc - Księżyc
1997: Iva Bittová & Vladimír Václavek - Bílé Inferno
1998: Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera
1999: Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
2000: Vladimir Martynov, Opus Posth Ensemble, Dmitry Pokrovsky Folk Ensemble - Night in Galicia
2001: Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa - Wiosna Ludu
2002: The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2003: Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
2004: Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
2005: of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
2006: Tenhi - Maaäet
2007: of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
2008: Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
2009: ДахаБраха [DakhaBrakha] - На межі
2010: Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
2011: Lisa Hannigan - Passenger
2012: Kishi Bashi - 151a
2013: Sturgill Simpson - High Top Mountain
2014: Kishi Bashi - Lighght
2015: Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
2016: Wardruna - Runaljod – Ragnarok
2017: Ayreon - The Source
2018: (so far) Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik - Hugsjá
*the best year in music
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