| 1970 | Paranoid | Black Sabbath |
| 1971 | IV | Led Zeppelin |
| 1972 | Machine Head | Deep Purple |
| 1973 | Pronounced ‘lĕh-‘nérd ‘skin-‘nérd | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 1974 | Sheer Heart Attack | Queen |
| 1975 | A Night at the Opera | Queen |
| 1976 | High Voltage | AC/DC |
| 1977 | Nevermind the Bollocks | Sex Pistols |
| 1978 | Van Halen | Van Halen |
| 1979 | London Calling | The Clash |
| 1980 | Seventeen Seconds | The Cure |
| Ace of Spades | Motörhead |
| 1981 | Bad Reputation | Joan Jett |
| 1982 | Thriller | Michael Jackson |
| 1983 | Synchronicity | The Police |
| 1984 | Ride the Lightning | Metallica |
| 1985 | Loose Nut | Black Flag |
| 1986 | Master of Puppets | Metallica |
| 1987 | Appetite for Destruction | Guns N’ Roses |
| 1988 | Surfer Rosa | The Pixies |
| 1989 | Doolittle | The Pixies |
| The Real Thing | Faith No More |
| 1990 | Ritual de lo Habitual | Jane’s Addiction |
| 1991 | Nevermind | Nirvana |
| 1992 | Rage Against The Machine | Rage Against The Machine |
| Vulgar Display of Power | Pantera |
| 1993 | In Utero | Nirvana |
| Stain | Living Colour |
| 1994 | Welcome to Sky Valley | Kyuss |
| Superunknown | Soundgarden |
| 1995 | Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| One Hot Minute | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 1996 | Ænima | Tool |
| 1997 | Ok Computer | Radiohead |
| 1998 | Follow the Leader | Korn |
| 1999 | The Fragile | Nine Inch Nails |
| Significant Other | Limp Bizkit |
| 2000 | White Pony | Deftones |
| 2001 | Origin of Symmetry | Muse |
| 2002 | Songs for the Deaf | Queens of the Stone Age |
| 2003 | Thirteenth Step | A Perfect Circle |
| 2004 | Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) | Slipknot |
| 2005 | Team Sleep | Team Sleep |
| 2006 | First Impressions of Earth | The Strokes |
| 2007 | Favourite Worst Nightmare | Arctic Monkeys |
| 2008 | What Grabs Ya | Triggerfinger |
| 2009 | Mirror Mirror | Ghinzu |
| Only Revolution | Biffy Clyro |
| 2010 | Light Me Up | The Pretty Reckless |
| 2011 | Wasting Light | Foo Fighters |
| 2012 | L’enfant Sauvage | Gojira |
| 2013 | …Like Clockwork | Queens of the Stone Age |
| 2014 | Royal Blood | Royal Blood |
| 2015 | Mister Asylum | Higly Suspect |
| California Nights | Best Coast |
| 2016 | The Boy Who Died Wolf | Higly Suspect |
| 2017 | Emperor of the Sand | Mastodon |
| 2018 | Joy as an Act of Resistance | Idles |
| 2019 | Celebrity Mansions | Dinosaur Pile-Up |
| 2020 | In The Dead, Dead Wood | Vennart |
| Ultra Mono | Idles |