| 1951 | Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1 | Thelonious Monk | Album | 3.5 | 13 |
| 1956 | Ellington at Newport | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Album + Live | | 7 |
| 1957 | Blue Train | John Coltrane | Album | 4.65 | 44 |
| 1957 | Way Out West | Sonny Rollins | Album | 4 | 23 |
| 1957 | Birth of the Cool | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation | 4.4 | 27 |
| 1957 | Saxophone Colossus | Sonny Rollins | Album | 5 | 27 |
| 1958 | Ascenseur pour l’échafaud | Miles Davis | Album + Soundtrack | 4 | 26 |
| 1958 | Songs for Distingué Lovers | Billie Holiday | Album | | 12 |
| 1959 | Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson | Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson | Album | | 8 |
| 1959 | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | Album | 4.6 | 120 |
| 1960 | Portrait in Jazz | Bill Evans Trio | Album | 3 | 26 |
| 1960 | Sketches of Spain | Miles Davis | Album | 4.1 | 40 |
| 1960 | Soul Station | Hank Mobley | Album | 5 | 15 |
| 1961 | Dexter Calling… | Dexter Gordon | Album | | 7 |
| 1962 | Big Band Bossa Nova | Quincy Jones | Album | 5 | 9 |
| 1962 | Go | Dexter Gordon | Album | 3 | 13 |
| 1962 | Takin’ Off | Herbie Hancock | Album | 5 | 20 |
| 1963 | A New Perspective | Donald Byrd | Album | 3 | 5 |
| 1963 | Evolution | Grachan Moncur III | Album | | 7 |
| 1963 | One Step Beyond | Jackie McLean | Album | | 5 |
| 1963 | Page One | Joe Henderson | Album | | 11 |
| 1963 | The Pink Panther | Henry Mancini | Album + Soundtrack | | 12 |
| 1963 | The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | Album | 4.2 | 30 |
| 1963 | The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady | Charles Mingus | Album | 4 | 13 |
| 1964 | Idle Moments | Grant Green | Album | 4 | 14 |
| 1964 | Inventions & Dimensions | Herbie Hancock | Album | 4 | 8 |
| 1964 | Juju | Wayne Shorter | Album | 4 | 13 |
| 1964 | Search for the New Land | Lee Morgan | Album | | 8 |
| 1964 | Song for My Father | The Horace Silver Quintet | Album | 4.5 | 12 |
| 1964 | The Sidewinder | Lee Morgan | Album | 4 | 16 |
| 1964 | Out to Lunch! | Eric Dolphy | Album | 4.3 | 21 |
| 1965 | A Love Supreme | John Coltrane | Album | 4.55 | 37 |
| 1965 | Live at the Regal | B.B. King | Album + Live | 4.15 | 16 |
| 1965 | Speak No Evil | Wayne Shorter | Album | 5 | 11 |
| 1965 | Point of Departure | Andrew Hill | Album | | 8 |
| 1965 | Maiden Voyage | Herbie Hancock | Album | 4 | 16 |
| 1965 | Highway 61 Revisited | Bob Dylan | Album | 4.25 | 32 |
| 1965 | Rubber Soul | The Beatles | Album | 4.4 | 92 |
| 1966 | I Want to Hold Your Hand | Grant Green | Album | | 5 |
| 1966 | Miles Smiles | Miles Davis Quintet | Album | 5 | 20 |
| 1966 | Sounds of Silence | Simon & Garfunkel | Album | 4.4 | 28 |
| 1966 | Blonde on Blonde | Bob Dylan | Album | 4.3 | 49 |
| 1966 | Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys | Album | 4.45 | 53 |
| 1967 | Prokofiev: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-Dur / Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-Dur | Prokofiev, Ravel; Martha Argerich, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado | Album | | 6 |
| 1967 | The Real McCoy | McCoy Tyner | Album | | 13 |
| 1967 | The Doors | The Doors | Album | 4.6 | 41 |
| 1967 | The Velvet Underground & Nico | The Velvet Underground & Nico | Album | 4.5 | 38 |
| 1967 | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album | 4.55 | 66 |
| 1967 | Disraeli Gears | Cream | Album | 4.5 | 28 |
| 1967 | Songs of Leonard Cohen | Leonard Cohen | Album | 4.55 | 19 |
| 1968 | At Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash | Album + Live | 4 | 16 |
| 1968 | Now He Sings, Now He Sobs | Chick Corea | Album | | 47 |
| 1968 | Wheels of Fire | Cream | Album | 3.9 | 27 |
| 1968 | Electric Ladyland | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Album | 4.1 | 51 |
| 1969 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.5 | 61 |
| 1969 | In a Silent Way | Miles Davis | Album | 4.3 | 21 |
| 1969 | Five Leaves Left | Nick Drake | Album | 4.45 | 15 |
| 1969 | In the Court of the Crimson King | King Crimson | Album | 4.6 | 71 |
| 1969 | Led Zeppelin II | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.4 | 59 |
| 1970 | Bitches Brew | Miles Davis | Album | 4.7 | 38 |
| 1970 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon and Garfunkel | Album | 4 | 40 |
| 1970 | Live at Leeds | The Who | Album + Live | 4.5 | 30 |
| 1970 | Deep Purple in Rock | Deep Purple | Album | 4.35 | 37 |
| 1970 | After the Gold Rush | Neil Young | Album | 4.7 | 27 |
| 1970 | Abraxas | Santana | Album | 4.6 | 30 |
| 1970 | Tea for the Tillerman | Cat Stevens | Album | 4.35 | 32 |
| 1971 | Pearl | Janis Joplin | Album | 4.25 | 33 |
| 1971 | Tapestry | Carole King | Album | 4 | 179 |
| 1971 | Aqualung | Jethro Tull | Album | 4 | 49 |
| 1971 | L.A. Woman | The Doors | Album | 4 | 43 |
| 1971 | What’s Going On | Marvin Gaye | Album | 4.65 | 42 |
| 1971 | Blue | Joni Mitchell | Album | 4.25 | 21 |
| 1971 | Shaft: Music From the Soundtrack | Isaac Hayes | Album + Soundtrack | 4.5 | 13 |
| 1971 | Who’s Next | The Who | Album | 4.4 | 58 |
| 1971 | Santana | Santana | Album | 4.25 | 21 |
| 1971 | Imagine | John Lennon | Album | 4.1 | 41 |
| 1971 | [Led Zeppelin IV] | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.75 | 76 |
| 1971 | Fragile | Yes | Album | 4.4 | 45 |
| 1971 | Hunky Dory | David Bowie | Album | 4.4 | 35 |
| 1972 | Transformer | Lou Reed | Album | 4.2 | 25 |
| 1972 | Harvest | Neil Young | Album | 4.5 | 27 |
| 1972 | Pink Moon | Nick Drake | Album | 4.25 | 15 |
| 1972 | Paul Simon | Paul Simon | Album | 5 | 14 |
| 1972 | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars | David Bowie | Album | 4.55 | 57 |
| 1972 | All Directions | The Temptations | Album | 3.5 | 6 |
| 1972 | Talking Book | Stevie Wonder | Album | 4.5 | 22 |
| 1973 | (pronounced ’lĕh-’nérd ’skin-’nérd) | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Album | 4.4 | 16 |
| 1973 | La bohème | Puccini; Freni, Pavarotti, Harwood, Panerai, Maffeo, Ghiaurov, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | Album | | 8 |
| 1973 | Light as a Feather | Chick Corea and Return to Forever | Album | 4.5 | 10 |
| 1973 | Houses of the Holy | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.45 | 44 |
| 1973 | Countdown to Ecstasy | Steely Dan | Album | 5 | 19 |
| 1973 | Tres hombres | ZZ Top | Album | 4 | 21 |
| 1973 | Innervisions | Stevie Wonder | Album | 5 | 33 |
| 1973 | Let’s Get It On | Marvin Gaye | Album | 4.25 | 22 |
| 1973 | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Elton John | Album | 4 | 55 |
| 1973 | Head Hunters | Herbie Hancock | Album | 3.6 | 28 |
| 1974 | 461 Ocean Boulevard | Eric Clapton | Album | 4.5 | 24 |
| 1974 | Symphonies nos. 4, 5 & 6 “Pathétique” | Tchaikovsky; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky | Album | | 10 |
| 1974 | Fulfillingness’ First Finale | Stevie Wonder | Album | 4.55 | 13 |
| 1975 | Blood on the Tracks | Bob Dylan | Album | 4.25 | 27 |
