This is a list of my favorite albums per month according to their release date.
When I love multiple albums released in the same month of the same year, which frequently happens because albums are primarily released in the fall, this list will only show my most favorite of the album of the month. Although this does cause many of my favorite albums over all to be eliminated, it gives you a better view of my favorite music over time.
I have also excluded compilation albums and albums with an unknown month of release.
Month |
Album |
Artist
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1956-04 |
My Fair Lady: Original Cast |
Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
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1966-01 |
Sounds of Silence |
Simon and Garfunkel
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1970-01 |
Bridge Over Troubled Water |
Simon and Garfunkel
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1970-11 |
Tea For the Tillerman |
Cat Stevens
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1971-08 |
Who's Next |
The Who
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1971-10 |
Teaser and the Firecat |
Cat Stevens
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1971-11 |
Madman Across the Water |
Elton John
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1971-12 |
Hunky Dory |
David Bowie
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1972-06 |
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars |
David Bowie
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1972-07 |
Never a Dull Moment |
Rod Stewart
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1973-03 |
The Dark Side of the Moon |
Pink Floyd
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1973-04 |
Desperado |
Eagles
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1973-07 |
Queen |
Queen
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1973-11 |
Piano Man |
Billy Joel
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1974-03 |
Queen II |
Queen
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1974-10 |
Streetlife Serenade |
Billy Joel
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1974-11 |
Sheer Heart Attack |
Queen
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1975-08 |
Born to Run |
Bruce Springsteen
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1975-09 |
Wish You Were Here |
Pink Floyd
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1975-11 |
A Night At the Opera |
Queen
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1976-05 |
Turnstiles |
Billy Joel
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1976-04 |
Live Bullet |
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
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1976-09 |
A New World Record |
Electric Light Orchestra
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1976-12 |
A Day At the Races |
Queen
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1977-07 |
The Grand Illusion |
Styx
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1977-09 |
The Stranger |
Billy Joel
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1977-10 |
News of the World |
Queen
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1978-04 |
Grease: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture |
Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
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1978-05 |
Stranger In Town |
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
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1978-11 |
Jazz |
Queen
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1979-11 |
The Wall |
Pink Floyd
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1980-01 |
Permanent Waves |
Rush
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1980-06 |
The Game |
Queen
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1981-07 |
Bella Donna |
Stevie Nicks
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1982-05 |
Hot Space |
Queen
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1982-06 |
The Nylon Curtain |
Billy Joel
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1983-04 |
Monty Python's: The Meaning of Life |
Eric Idle
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1983-08 |
An Innocent Man |
Billy Joel
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1984-02 |
The Works |
Queen
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1985-05 |
[[Highwayman |
The Highwaymen
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1985-11 |
Les Misérables: Original London Cast |
Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer
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1986-02 |
Balance of Power |
Electric Light Orchestra
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1986-03 |
Master of Puppets |
Metallica
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1986-06 |
A Kind of Magic |
Queen
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1987-07 |
Appetite For Destruction |
Guns N' Roses
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1987-09 |
Hold Your Fire |
Rush
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1988-11 |
Lies |
Guns N' Roses
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1989-04 |
Full Moon Fever |
Tom Petty
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1989-05 |
The Miracle |
Queen
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1989-10 |
Storm Front |
Billy Joel
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1991-02 |
Innuendo |
Queen
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1991-03 |
Out of Time |
R.E.M.
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1991-07 |
Hey Stoopid |
Alice Cooper
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1991-08 |
Metallica |
Metallica
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1991-09 |
Use Your Illusion I |
Guns N' Roses
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1991-10 |
Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
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1992-07 |
Gordon |
Barenaked Ladies
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1992-10 |
Grave Dancers Union |
Soul Asylum
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1993-02 |
Back to the Light |
Brian May
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1993-07 |
Siamese Dream |
Smashing Pumpkins
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1993-08 |
Seiken Densetsu 2: Original Sound Version |
Hiroki Kikuta
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1993-09 |
Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell |
Meatloaf
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1993-10 |
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Danny Elfman
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1993-11 |
Animaniacs: 16 Original Songs From the Hit TV Series |
Steve Bernstein, Julie Bernstein, Carl Johnson, Gordon Goodwin, Tim Kelly
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1994-02 |
Dookie |
Green Day
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1994-03 |
Final Fantasy VI: Original Sound Version |
Nobuo Uematsu
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1994-04 |
The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Elton John, Time Rice, Hans Zimmer
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1994-05 |
Weezer (Blue Album) |
Weezer
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1994-11 |
Wildflowers |
Tom Petty
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1995-02 |
Pieces of You |
Jewel
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1995-03 |
Chrono Trigger: Original Sound Version |
Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu
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1995-06 |
Jagged Little Pill |
Alanis Morissette
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1995-10 |
Different Class |
Pulp
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1995-11 |
Made In Heaven |
Queen
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1996-03 |
Born On a Pirate Ship |
Barenaked Ladies
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1996-09 |
Pinkerton |
Weezer
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1996-10 |
Yourself or Someone Like You |
Matchbox 20
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1996-11 |
Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
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1997-03 |
Nine Lives |
Aerosmith
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1997-09 |
Mario Kart 64: Original Soundtrack |
Kenta Nagata
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1997-10 |
Nimrod |
Green Day
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1997-11 |
Firecracker |
Lisa Loeb
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1998-04 |
Eve 6 |
Eve 6
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1998-05 |
Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods |
Dino Sound Sorisaem
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1998-06 |
The Devil's Bris |
Voltaire
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1998-07 |
Stunt |
Barenaked Ladies
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1998-08 |
Hellbilly Deluxe |
Rob Zombie
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1998-09 |
Dizzy Up the Girl |
Goo Goo Dolls
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1998-11 |
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie |
Alanis Morissette
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1998-12 |
Oceanborn |
Nightwish
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1999-01 |
Heroes and Cocktails |
Robb Roy
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1999-02 |
Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Stephen Trask
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1999-04 |
Echo |
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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1999-05 |
The Shuffleboard Queens |
Deidre Flint
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1999-06 |
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut |
Trey Parker, Marc Shaiman
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1999-08 |
Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse) |
Nightwish
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1999-09 |
Rent: Original Broadway Cast Recording
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1999-11 |
Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics |
Trey Parker, Matt Stone
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2000-03 |
Swagger |
Flogging Molly
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2000-05 |
Mad Season |
Matchbox 20
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2000-06 |
Crush |
Bon Jovi
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2000-07 |
Horrorscope |
Eve 6
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2000-08 |
Almost Human |
Voltaire
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2000-09 |
Maroon |
Barenaked Ladies
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2001-01 |
Azure Ray |
Azure Ray
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2001-05 |
Weezer (Green album) |
Weezer
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2001-07 |
Take Offs and Landings |
Rilo Kiley
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2001-11 |
This Way |
Jewel
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2002-01 |
November |
Azure Ray
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2002-02 |
Under Rug Swept |
Alanis Morissette
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2002-04 |
Gutterflower |
Goo Goo Dolls
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2002-05 |
Century Child |
Nightwish
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2002-10 |
The Execution of All Things |
Rilo Kiley
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2002-11 |
Living In America |
The Sounds
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2003-03 |
Fallen |
Evanescence
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2003-04 |
Elephant |
The White Stripes
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2003-05 |
We Couldn't Think of a Title |
Psychostick
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2003-06 |
Liz Phair (album) |
Liz Phair
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2003-07 |
It's All In Your Head |
Eve 6
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2003-10 |
Everything to Everyone |
Barenaked Ladies
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2003-11 |
Man of the Hour |
Pearl Jam
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2004-05 |
So-Called Chaos |
Alanis Morissette
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2004-06 |
Once |
Nightwish
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2004-08 |
More Adventurous |
Rilo Kiley
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2004-09 |
American Idiot |
Green Day
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2005-05 |
Make Believe |
Weezer
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2005-09 |
Introducing... Hello Saferide |
Hello Saferide
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2005-11 |
One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back |
The Darkness
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2006-01 |
Rabbit Fur Coat |
Jenny Lewis
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2006-05 |
Foiled |
Blue October
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2006-06 |
Lost Horizons |
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
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2006-07 |
Casino Twilight Dogs |
Youth Group
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2006-09 |
Costello Music |
The Fratellis
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2007-01 |
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2007-02 |
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2007-03 |
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2007-04 |
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2007-05 |
Cookies |
1990s
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2007-06 |
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2007-07 |
New Wave |
Against Me
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2007-08 |
Under the Blacklight |
Rilo Kiley
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2007-09 |
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2007-10 |
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2007-11 |
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2007-12 |
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2008-01 |
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2008-02 |
You're Awful, I Love You |
Ludo
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2008-03 |
Love Ire & Song |
Frank Turner
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2008-04 |
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2008-05 |
Flavors of Entanglement |
Alanis Morissette
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2008-06 |
Weezer (Red Album) |
Weezer
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2008-07 |
Thanks For the Support |
Roy Zimmerman
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2008-08 |
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2008-09 |
More Modern Short Stories From Hello Saferide |
Hello Saferide
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2008-10 |
Consumption Junction |
Scissors For Lefty
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2008-11 |
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2008-12 |
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2009-01 |
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2009-02 |
Incredibad |
The Lonely Island
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2009-03 |
It's Blitz! |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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2009-04 |
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2009-05 |
21st Century Breakdown |
Green Day
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2009-06 |
Crossing the Rubicon |
The Sounds
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2009-07 |
Ready For This? |
Tim Minchin
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2009-08 |
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2009-09 |
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2009-10 |
No Smoke, No Mirrors |
The Holloways
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2009-11 |
Raditude |
Weezer
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2009-12 |
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2010-01 |
PPPPPP: The VVVVVV Soundtrack |
SoulEye
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2010-02 |
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2010-03 |
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2010-04 |
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2010-05 |
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2010-06 |
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2010-07 |
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2010-08 |
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2010-09 |
Drawing Down the Moon |
Azure Ray
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2010-10 |
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2010-11 |
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2010-12 |
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2011-01 |
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2011-02 |
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2011-03 |
Something to Die For |
The Sounds
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2011-04 |
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2011-05 |
The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording |
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone
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2011-06 |
England Keep My Bones |
Frank Turner
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2011-07 |
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2011-08 |
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2011-09 |
Portal 2: Songs to Test By - Volume 3 |
Jonathan Coulton
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2011-10 |
Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra |
Tim Minchin
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2011-11 |
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2011-12 |
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2012-04 |
Speak In Code |
Eve 6
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2012-10 |
Portal 2 Soundtrack: Songs To Test By Collectors Edition |
Jonathan Coulton
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2013-01 |
Heartthrob |
Tegan and Sara
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2013-04 |
RKives: Rilo Kiley Demos |
Rilo Kiley
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2015-09 |
Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording |
Lin-Manuel Miranda
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2016-11 |
Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Mark Mancina, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa'i
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