I might make a pretty picture at some point, for now:
1973 Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes
1974 Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
1975 Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
1976 David Bowie - Station to Station
1977 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Exodus
1978 Elvis Costello & the Attractions - This Year’s Model
1979 Tom Perry & the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
1980 Rush - Permanent Waves
1981 Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
1982 Prince - 1999
1983 Huey Lewis & the News - Sports
1984 The Cars - Heartbeat City
1985 Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
1986 Peter Gabriel - So
1987 Def Leppard - Hysteria
1988 Fugazi - Fugazi
1989 De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
1990 Depeche Mode - Violator
1991 A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
1992 The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
1993 Nirvana - In Utero
1994 Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
1995 Hardkiss - Delusions of Grandeur
1996 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing…
1997 Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
1998 OutKast - Aquemini
1999 The Roots - Things Falling Apart
2000 D’Angelo - Voodoo
2001 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2002 The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2003 Little Brother - The listening
2004 The Foreign Exchange - Connected
2005 Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
2006 TV On the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
2007 Radiohead - In Rainbows
2008 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
2009 Swell Season - Strict Joy
2010 The National - High Violet
2011 Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - The Goat Rodeo Sessions
2012 Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
2013 Beyoncé - Beyoncé
2014 D’Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
2015 Punch Brothers - The Phosphorescent Blues
2016 Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
2017 Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Navigator
2018 Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
2019 Kishi Bashi - Omoiyari
2020 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Reunions
2021 Allison Russell - Outside Child
2022 Makaya McCraven - In These Times
2023 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
2024 Amaro Freitas - Y’Y
