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Appreciate the kind comment, OH - thank you!

Hope you find something of interest. Just thought I'd post my unedited list here (this was really difficult and I'm bemoaning some of my choices):

1955 Ali Akbar Khan – Music of India: Morning & Evening Ragas, Mahalia Jackson – The World’s Greatest Gospel Singer
1956 Moondog – More Moondog, Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus
1957 Little Richard – Here’s Little Richard!, Charles Mingus – The Clown
1958 Sun Ra – Jazz In Silhouette, Buddy Holly – Buddy Holly
1959 Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz To Come, Howlin’ Wolf – Moanin’ in the Moonlight, Charles Mingus – Ah Um
1960 John Coltrane – Giant Steps, Cecil Taylor – The World of Cecil Taylor
1961 Ornette Coleman – Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation, Yusef Lateef – Eastern Sounds
1962 Howlin’ Wolf – Howlin’ Wolf, Charles Mingus – Oh Yeah, Lightnin’ Hopkins – Mojo Hand
1963 Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady, Albert Ayler – My Name Is Albert Ayler
1964 Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch!, Roland Kirk – I Talk With The Spirits, The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night, The Ronettes – Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica – Umm Kulthum – Inta Omri
1965 John Coltrane – A Love Supreme, Albert Ayler – Spiritual Unity, Roland Kirk – Rip, Rig & Panic, The Sonics – Here Are The Sonics!!!
1966 John Coltrane – Ascension, Cecil Taylor – Unit Structures, The Sonics – Boom
1967 The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico, Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Leonard Cohen, Captain Beefheart – Safe As Milk
1968 Silver Apples – Silver Apples, Albert Ayler – Love Cry, Joni Mitchell – Song To a Seagull, The United States of America – The United States of America
1969 Pharaoh Sanders – Karma, King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King, Miles Davis – In a Silent Way, Moondog – Moondog, Sun Ra – Atlantis, Don Cherry – Eternal Rhythm
1970 Alice Coltrane – Ptah the El Daoud, Miles Davis – Bitches Brew, The Stooges – Fun House
1971 Sly & The Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On, Can – Tago Mago, Pharaoh Sanders – Black Unity, John Coltrane – Sun Ship
1972 Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly, Miles Davis – On The Corner, Roxy Music – Roxy Music, Can – Ege Bamyasi, Marvin Gaye – Trouble Man, Fela Kuti – Rofoforo Fight
1973 Brian Eno – Here Come The Warm Jets, Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure, Fela Kuti – Gentleman, New York Dolls – New York Dolls, Can – Future Days
1974 Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom, Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark, John Coltrane – Interstellar Space
1975 Brian Eno – Another Green World, Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti, Neu! – Neu! 75, Don Cherry – Don Cherry (Brown Rice)
1976 The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers, The Specials – The Specials, The Ramones – The Ramones
1977 Television – Marquee Moon, Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols – Suicide – Suicide, David Bowie – Low, Ornette Coleman – Dancing In Your Head
1978 Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance, Pere Ubu – Dub Housing, Public Image Ltd – First Issue, Cecil Taylor – Cecil Taylor Unit
1979 Public Image Ltd – Metal Box, The Clash – London Calling, Henry Cow – Western Culture
1980 Talking Heads – Remain In Light, X – Los Angeles, The Pretenders – The Pretenders
1981 Brian Eno & David Byrne – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, King Sunny Adé - The Message, X – Wild Gift, Public Image Ltd – Flowers of Romance, Roscoe Mitchell – Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin’ Shoes
1982 Ornette Coleman – Of Human Feelings, Brian Eno – Ambient 4: On Land, Don Cherry & Latif Khan – Music / Sangam
1983 Virginia Astley – From Gardens Where We Feel Secure, Daniel Johnston – Hi, How Are You?, Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones, R.E.M. – Murmur
1984 The Smiths – The Smiths, The Replacements – Let It Be, R.E.M. - Reckoning
1985 Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love, Tom Waits – Rain Dogs, The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
1986 The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead, Sonny Sharrock – Guitar
1987 The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come, Tom Waits – Frank’s Wild Years, The Go-Betweens – Tallulah
1988 My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything, Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
1989 Public Image Ltd – 9, The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
1990 Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs For Drella, Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
1991 My Bloody Valentine – Loveless, Sonny Sharrock – Ask The Ages, Amy Denio – Birthing Chair Blues
1992 Morrissey – Your Arsenal
1993 Suede - Suede
1994 Latin Playboys – Latin Playboys
1995 Pulp – Different Class, John Coltrane – Stellar Regions
1996 Neutral Milk Hotel – On Avery Island, Chuck D – Autobiography of Mistachuck
1997 Robert Wyatt – Shleep
1998 Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children
2000 Godspeed You! Black Emperor! – Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea, Gas - Pop
2001 The Microphones – The Glow Pt. 2, Avalanches – Since I Left You
2002 Boards of Canada – Geogaddi
2003 The Books – The Lemon of Pink
2004 Arild Anderson/John Marshall/Vasillis Tsabropoulos – The Triangle, Brian Wilson – SMiLE
2005 Sleater-Kinney – The Woods
2006 J Dilla – Donuts, Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther
2007 Burial – Untrue
2008 Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
2009 Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
2010 Owen Pallett – Heartland