1976
| Stevie Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 9.7 |
| David Bowie | Station to Station | 9.1 |
| The Modern Lovers | The Modern Lovers | 9 |
| Steely Dan | The Royal Scam | 8.9 |
| Diana Ross | Diana Ross | 8.75 |
| Abyssinians | Satta Massagana | 8.7 |
| Bob Dylan | Desire | 8.7 |
| Blondie | Blondie | 8.6 |
| Queen | A Day at the Races | 8.6 |
| Rainbow | Rising | 8.6 |
| Roy Ayers | Everybody Loves the Sunshine | 8.57 |
| Tom Waits | Small Change | 8.55 |
| Peter Tosh | Legalise It | 8.5 |
| Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | 8.49 |
| Eagles | Hotel California | 8.48 |
| Mighty Diamonds | Right Time | 8.47 |
| Burning Spear | Man in the Hills | 8.46 |
| Jean Carn | Jean Carn | 8.46 |
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | 8.45 |
| Prince Far I | Psalms For I | 8.43 |
| Johnny Clarke | Authorised Rockers | 8.42 |
| Loleatta Holloway | Loleatta Holloway | 8.415 |
| Serge Gainsbourg | L’Homme a Tete Du Chou | 8.41 |
| Syl Johnson | Total Explosion | 8.41 |
| Larry Jon Wilson | Let Me Sing My Song For You | 8.4 |
| Max Romeo | War Ina Babylon | 8.38 |
| Fela Kuti & Africa 70 | Zombie | 8.37 |
| Barry White | Let The Music Play | 8.3 |
| Leroy Hutson | Feel the Spirit | 8.3 |
| Barry White | Is This Whatcha Wont? | 8.3 |
| Cluster | Sowiesoso | 8.3 |
| Bee Gees | Children of the World | 8.2 |
| Deaf School | 2nd Honeymoon | 8.2 |
| Gladiators | Trench Town Mix Up | 8.2 |
| Hot Chocolate | Man To Man | 8.2 |
| Marvin Gaye | I Want You | 8.2 |
| David Bowie | Live at Nassau Colliseum | 8.2 |
| Earth Wind & Fire | Spirit | 8.2 |
| Joan Armatrading | Joan Armatrading | 8.2 |
| Bob Marley | Rastaman Vibration | 8.1 |
| Rush | 2112 | 8.1 |
| Johnny Clarke | Rockers Time Now | 8.1 |
| Upsetters | Super Ape | 8.1 |
| Jacksons | The Jacksons | 8.1 |
| Led Zeppelin | Presence | 8.1 |
| Akofa Akoussah | Akofa Akoussah | 8 |
| Bunny Wailer | Blackheart Man | 8 |
| Ramones | Ramones | 8 |
| Aretha Franklin | Sparkle | 7.9 |
| Doobie Bros. | Taking It To The Streets | 7.9 |
| Ned Doheny | Hard Candy | 7.9 |
| Sparks | Big Beat | 7.9 |
| Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson | From South Africa to South Carolina | 7.9 |
| Keith Hudson | Too Expensive | 7.9 |
| Abba | Arrival | 7.8 |
| AC/DC | High Voltage | 7.8 |
| Boston | Boston | 7.8 |
| ELO | A New World Record | 7.8 |
| Rolling Stones | Black and Blue | 7.8 |
| Beginning of the end | The Beginning of the End | 7.8 |
| Bill Withers | Naked & Warm | 7.7 |
| Blue Oyster Cult | Agents of Fortune | 7.7 |
| Nathan Davis | If | 7.7 |
| Randy Crawford | Everything Must Change | 7.6 |
| Leroy Hutson | Hutson II | 7.6 |
| Dillinger | CB200 | 7.5 |
| Laura Nyro | Smile | 7.5 |
| Curtis Mayfield | Give, Get, Take and Have | 7.5 |
| Bothy Band | Old Hag You Have Killed Me | 7.5 |
| First Choice | So Let Us Entertain You | 7.4 |
| Leo Sayer | Endless Flight | 7.4 |
| Jr. Walker & The All-Stars | Hot Shot | 7.4 |
| Burning Spear | Garvey's Ghost | 7.4 |
| Isaac Hayes | Juicy Fruit | 7.3 |
| Los Nombres | Los Nombres | 7.3 |
| Peter Frampton | Frampton Comes Alive | 7.3 |
| Steve Reid | Nova | 7.3 |
| Chocolate Milk | Chocolate Milk | 7.2 |
| Black Sabbath | Technical Ecstacy | 7.2 |
| Tangerine Dream | Stratosfear | 7.2 |
| Penguin Café Orchestra | Music From the Penguin Café | 7.1 |
| Anonymous | Inside the Shadow | 7 |
| Be Bop Deluxe | Sunburst Finish | 7 |
| Can | Flow Motion | 7 |
| Lamont Dozier | Right There | 6.9 |
| Lou Rawls | All Things In Time | 6.9 |
| Dion | Streetheart | 6.8 |
| Chicago | Chicago X | 6.8 |
| Far East Family Band | Parallel World | 6.8 |
| Love Unlimited Orchestra | My Sweet Summer Suite | 6.7 |
| King Errison | Magic Man | 6.6 |
| Michael Nyman | Decay Music | 6.5 |
| Billy Ocean | Billy Ocean | 6.4 |
| Smokey Robinson | Smokey Family Robinson | 6.4 |
| Impact | Impact | 6.3 |
| Gene Page | Lovelock | 6.3 |
| Dexter Wansel | Life on Mars | 6.3 |
| Gloria Jones | Vixen | 6.2 |
| Bob Dylan | Hard Rain | 6.2 |
| Pino Donaggio | Carrie | 6.1 |
| Richard Pryor | Bicentennial Nigger | 6 |
| Derek & Clive | (Live) | 6 |
| Barbra Streisand Kris Krisstofferson | A Star is Born | 5.9 |
| Martha Reeves | The Rest of My Life | 5.2 |
| Starcastle | Starcastle | 4.8 |
| Thelma Houston | Any Way You Like It | |
| Cloud One | Atmosphere Strut |
