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Album lists made by Riffiter users: genre deep-dives, year rankings, personal canons. Make your own from any album page.

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  1. Mercury Prize winners

    Every Mercury Prize winner since the prize began in 1992. The UK and Ireland's album of the year, chosen by an independent panel.

    @riffiter · 34 albums · 1 like

  2. Essential punk albums

    Fifteen albums of punk's history — from proto-punk and '77 to hardcore and the 90s revival, in chronological order.

    @riffiter · 15 albums

  3. Essential jazz albums

    Fifteen records that map jazz from the hard-bop golden age to its 21st-century revival — a starting canon, in chronological order.

    @riffiter · 15 albums

  4. Essential metal albums

    From Sabbath's invention to modern extremity: 20 albums that map metal's whole family tree, in chronological order.

    @riffiter · 20 albums

  5. Best albums of the 2000s

    Twenty albums that defined the 2000s — indie's golden run, rap's auteur turn, and the decade the internet changed listening.

    @riffiter · 20 albums

  6. Best albums of the 1990s

    The 20 essential albums of the 1990s: grunge, golden-age hip-hop, britpop, trip-hop and electronica, in chronological order.

    @riffiter · 20 albums

  7. Best albums of the 1980s

    Twenty albums that defined the 1980s — pop's imperial phase, hip-hop's arrival, and the underground that built the next decade.

    @riffiter · 20 albums

  8. Best albums of the 1970s

    The albums that defined the 1970s, from soul's social awakening to punk's year zero — 20 essentials, in chronological order.

    @riffiter · 20 albums