My Favorite Rock Albums by Year 1963 - 1980 and several others

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  • 1963 – Beatles - With the Beatles [Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan]
  • 1964 – Beatles - A Hard Days Night
  • 1965 – Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited [Beatles - Rubber Soul; Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads U.K.]
  • 1966 – Beach Boys – Pet Sounds [Beatles - Revolver]
  • 1967 – Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico; The Who - The Who Sell Out]
  • 1968 – Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet [Van Morrison - Astral Weeks]
  • 1969 – Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground [The Band - The Band; Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed]
  • 1970 – Van Morrison - Moondance [Neil Young - After the Goldrush; Randy Newman - 12 Songs]
  • 1971 – Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story [Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers; The Who - Who's Next]
  • 1972 – Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street [Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Manfred Mann's Earth Band]
  • 1973 – Neil Young - Time Fades Away [David Bowie – Aladdin Sane; The Who - Quadrophenia]
  • 1974 – Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic [Randy Newman - Good Old Boys]
  • 1975 – Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks [Neil Young - Tonight's the Night; Patti Smith - Horses]
  • 1976 – Brian Eno - Another Green World [Ramones - Ramones]
  • 1977 – The Clash - The Clash [Television – Marquee Moon]
  • 1978 – Talking Heads - More Songs about Buildings and Food
  • 1979 – The Clash - London Calling [Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps]
  • 1980 – Bruce Springsteen - The River [Talking Heads - Remain in Light; Pretenders - Pretenders]
  • 1983 – Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
  • 1984 – The Replacements - Let It Be [Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.]
  • 1985 – Velvet Underground - V.U. [Talking Heads - Little Creatures; Tom Waits - Rain Dogs]
  • 1987 – REM - Document
  • 1989 – Neil Young - Freedom
  • 1991 – Nirvana - Nevermind [REM - Out of Time]
  • 1993 – Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
  • 1994 – Hole - Live through This [Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain]
  • 1998 – Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
  • 1999 – Randy Newman - Bad Love
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NOTA BENE: Runners-up are in brackets.