Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1954
1. How To Play the 5 String Banjo - Pete Seeger
2. Die Walkure (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) - Richard Wagner
3. La Boite a Joujoux (RIAS Symphony Orchestra - Claude Debussy
4. Hot Club Quintet - Quintet of the Hot Club of France
5. Boogie Disease - Dr. Ross
6. That Bad Eartha - Eartha Kitt
7. The Planets (Sir Malcolm Sargent/London Symphony Orchestra) - Gustav Holst
8. Clifford Brown & Max Roach
9. Symphony No. 5 (Wilhelm Furtwangler) - Ludwig Van Beethoven
10. Afro - Dizzy Gillepsie
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1955
1. Merry Christmas - Bing Crosby
2. Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter - Hank Williams
3. Satch Plays Fats - Louis Armstrong
4. In the Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra
5. Symphony No. 9 (Bayrcuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra) - Ludwig Van Beethoven
6. Symphony No. 6 Pathetique (Boston Symphony Orchestra) - Peter Tchaikovsky
7. The Milt Jackson Quartet - Milt Jackson
8. Concerto For Orchestra (Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner) - Bela Bartok
9. Exploring the Unknown - The Voices of Walter Schumann
10. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1956
1. Whaling and Sailing Songs From the Days of Moby Dick - Paul Clayton
2. Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar! - Johnny Cash
3. Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller
4. Bach: The Goldberg Variations - Glenn Gould
5. Rock n' Roll n' Robbins - Marty Robbins
6. Three Ragas - Ravi Shankar
7. Chamber Music of the New Jazz - Ahmad Jamal
8. La Boheme (Victoria de los Angeles/Jussi Bjorling/Thomas Beecham) - Giacomo Puccini
9. Cuban Fire! - Stan Kenton
10. Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus
Joel Presents the Top Albums of 1957
1. Foggie Mountain Jamboree - Lester Flatts & Earl Shrugg
2. Round About Midnight - Miles Davis
3. Walt Disney's Fantasia (The Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra ; L. Stokowski) - Various Artists
4. Porgy and Bess - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
5. Basie - Count Basie
6. Way Out West - Sonny Rollins
7. Ev Vou pra Maracangalha - Dorival Caymmi
8. Super Sonic Jazz - Sun Ra
9. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
10. Word Jazz - Ken Nordine
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1959
1. Das Rheingold (Vienna Philharmonic/Solti) - Richard Wagner
2. Rich Verses Roach - Buddy Rich & Max Roach
3. The Shape of Things To Come - Ornette Coleman
4. Also Sprach Zarathusta etc. (Vienna Philharmonic) - Richard Strauss
5. Brandenburg Concertos No. 1, 2, 3 (Hamburg Chamber Orchestra) Johann Sebastian Bach
6. Howl and Other Poems - Allen Ginsberg
7. T-Bone Blues - T-Bone Walker
8. Go Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
9. Blue Soul - Blue Mitchell
10. Exploring New Sounds of Hi-Fi - Esquivel
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1958
1. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor 'Choral' (Berlin Philharmonic) - Ludwig Van Beethoven
2. I Put a Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
3. A Night at the "Village Vanguard" - Sonny Rollins
4. Merry Christmas - Johnny Mathis
5. Dance Mania - Tito Puente
6. Jazz in Silhouette - Sun Ra
7. The Music From Peter Gunn - Henri Mancini
8. Lady in Satin - Billie Holiday
9. Frank Sinatra Sings For Only the Lonely - Frank Sinatra
10. Folksongs and Instrumentals With Guitar - Elizabeth Cotton.
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1960
1. Link Wray and the Wraymen - Link Wray
2. The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery - Wes Montgomery
3. Harlem Street Singer - Rev. Gary Davis
4. Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters
5. Rockin' at the Hop - Chuck Berry
6. Last Session - Blind Willie McTell
7. Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky
8. At Last! - Etta James
9. Country Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
10. Blues and Roots - Charles Mingus
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1961
1. Don Giovanni (London Philharmonia Orchestra) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. This Is Our Music - Ornette Coleman
3. Showcase - Patsy Cline
4. Forbidden Fruit - Nina Simone
5. The Complete Violin Sonatas (Rosand w/Flissler) - Ludwig Von Beethoven
6. The Genius Sings the Blues - Ray Charles
7. We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach
8. Workshop - Chet Atkins
9. The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra - Sun Ra
10. Presents Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1962
1. First Time! The Count Meets the Duke - Duke Ellington and Count Basie
2. Sentimentally Yours - Patsy Cline
3. Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs - Woody Guthrie
4. Coltrane "Live" at the Village Underground - John Coltrane
5. Crying - Roy Orbison
6. The Fabulous Wailers at the Castle - The Fabulous Wailers
7. Money Jungle - Duke Ellington
8. Point of No Return - Frank Sinatra
9. Howlin' Wolf
10. No. 4 - Serge Gainsbourg
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1963
1. Live at Apollo - James Brown
2. King of the Surf Guitar - Dick Dale
3. The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark - Roy Clark
4. In Dreams - Roy Orbison
5. It's Gonna Work Out Fine - Ike and Tina Turner
6. Surfing - The Ventures
7. The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
8. Folksongs and Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
9. Reminiscing - Buddy Holly
10. All Kinds of Blues - Memphis Slim
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1964
1. Live at the Starclub, Hamburg - Jerry Lee Lewis
2. Ain't That Good News - Sam Cooke
3. The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
4. The Animals
5. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
6. Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers - Skip James
7. The Kinks
8. Doc Watson
9. Rock the House - Etta James
10. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus - Charles Mingus
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1965
1. Animal Tracks - The Animals
2. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
3. You've Lost That Loving Feeling - The Righteous Brothers
4. Papas Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown
5. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
6. My Generation - The Who
7. Start Here - The Zombies
8. For Your Love - The Yardbirds
9. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Beatles
10. Out Of Your Heads - The Rolling Stones
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1966
1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Sunshine Superman - Donovan
3. Fresh Cream - Cream
4. Revolver - The Beatles
5. From Nowhere - The Troggs
6. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
7. Boots - Nancy Sinatra
8. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - The Mamas and the Papas
9. Freak Out! - Frank Zappa
10. Fifth Dimension - The Byrds
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1968
1. White Album - The Beatles
2. Cheap Thrill - Big Brother and the Holding Company
3. Wee Tam and the Big Huge - The Incredible String Band
4. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
5. The Kinks are the Villege Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
6. The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
7. In Search of the Lost Chord - The Moody Blues
8. Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
9. Begger's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
10. Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1967
1. Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
2. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd
3. Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
4. Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix
5. Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen
6. Disraeli Gears - Cream
7. Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
8. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
9. Procol Harem
10. Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1969
1. Abbey Road - The Beatles
2. Odessa - The Bee Gees
3. Tommy - The Who
4. In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
5. At San Quentin - Johnny Cash
6. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young
7. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
8. Santana
9. II - Led Zeppelin
10. Willy and the Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1970
1. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
2. American Beauty - Grateful Dead
3. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominos
4. A Question of Balance - The Moody Blues
5. Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
6. III - Led Zeppelin
7. No Dice - Badfinger
8. Tea For the Tillerman - Cat Stevens
9. II - Chicago
10. Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon and Garfunkel
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1971
1. Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
2. Imagine - John Lennon
3. Electric Warrior - T.Rex
4. IV - Led Zeppelin
5. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
6. Meddle - Pink Floyd
7. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
8. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
9. Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson
10. Al Green Gets Next To You - Al Green
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1972
1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
2. Umanamente uomo: il sogno - Lucio Battisti
3. Machine Head - Deep Purple
4. Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
5. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
6. Seventh Sojourn - The Moody Blues
7. Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd
8. They Only Come Out at Night - Edgar Winter
9. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
10. Harvest - Neil Young
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1973
1. Remember the Future - Nektar
2. Yessongs - Yes
3. Quadrophenia - The Who
4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
5. Montrose
6. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
7. Band on the Run - Wings
8. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
9. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
10. (pronounced 'leh-'nerd 'skin-'nerd) - Lyrnrd Skyrnd
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1974
1. Red - King Crimson
2. Secret Treaties - Blue Oyster Cult
3. Inspiration Information - Shuggie Otis
4. The Payback - James Brown
5. Starless and Bible Black - King Crimson
6. In For The Kill - Budgie
7. Meet the Residents - The Residents
8. Autobahn - Kraftwerk
9. Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
10. Fire - Ohio Players
Joel Presents the Top Albums of 1975
1. Chocolate City - Parliament
2. A Night at the Opera - Queen
3. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
4. Anvil Chorus - The Kids
5. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
6. The Who By Numbers - The Who
7. The Original Soundtrack - 10cc
8. Caught In the Act - Grand Funk Railroad
9. Dreamweaver - Gary Wright
10. Mother Focus - Focus
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1976
1. Songs In the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
2. Dreamboat Annie - Heart
3. Agents of Fortune - Blue Oyster Cult
4. 2112 - Rush
5. Sad Wings of Destiny - Judas Priest
6. Leftoverture - Kansas
7. A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra
8. Station To Station - David Bowie
9. Boston
10. Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1977
1. Bad Reputation - Thin Lizzy
2. Animals - Pink Floyd
3. Aja - Steely Dan
4. Out of the Blue - Electric Light Orchestra
5. On Stage - Rainbow
6. Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
7. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
8. Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
9. The Stranger - Billy Joel
10. Little Queen - Heart
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1978
1. Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Spex
2. The Last Waltz - The Band
3. Music For Films - Brian Eno
4. Van Halen - Van Halen
5. Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
6. The Cars - The Cars
7. Dire Straits - Dire Straits
8. Parallel Lines - Blondie
9. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo
10. City To City - Gerry Rafferty
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1979
1. The Wall - Pink Floyd
2. Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
3. The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan
4. Breakfast In America - Supertramp
5. London Calling - The Clash
6. Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.
7. Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
8. Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa
9. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
10. Stevie Wonder's Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants - Stevie Wonder
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1980
1. Freedom of Choice - Devo
2. Telekon - Gary Numan
3. Ace of Spades - Motorhead
4. Kurtis Blow
5. Killing Joke
6. Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
7. Lightning To the Nations - Diamond Head
8. British Steel - Judas Priest
9. Catholic Boy - Jim Carroll
10. Back In Black - AC/DCJoel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1981
1. Klaus Nomi
2. Killers - Iron Maiden
3. Heavy Metal Soundtrack
4. The Mob Rules! - Black Sabbath
5. Street Songs - Rick James
6. 4 - Foreigner
7. Beauty and the Beat - The Go Gos
8. Damaged - Black Flag
9. Fire of Unknown Origin - Blue Oyster Cult
10. Friday Night In San Francisco - Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, & Paco De Lucia
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1982
1. Spring Session M - Missing Persons
2. Thriller - Michael Jackson
3. Flock of Seagulls
4. What Time Is It? - The Time
5. The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
6. Conan the Barbarian - Basil Poledouris
7. Screaming For Vengeance - Judas Priest
8. Party's Over - Talk Talk
9. Live In London - Deep Purple
10. The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1983
1. Suicidal Tendencies
2. She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
3. The Final Cut - Pink Floyd
4. Shout At the Devil - Motley Crue
5. Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden
6. Melissa - Mercyful Fate
7. War - U2
8. Kill Em All - Metallica
9. Baby Snakes - Frank Zappa
10. Pyromania - Def Leppard
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1984
1. Purple Rain - Prince
2. Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister
3. Forever Young - Alphaville
4. 1984 - Van Halen
5. Powerslave - Iron Maiden
6. Don't Break the Oath - Mercyful Fate
7. Ride the Lightning - Metallica
8. This Is Spinal Tap - Spinal Tap
9. Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
10. It's My Life - Talk Talk
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1985
1. Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash - The Pogues
2. Southern Accents - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3. Songs From the Big Chair - Tears For Fears
4. A Zed and Two Noughts - Michael Nyman
5. Speak English or Die - S.O.D.
6. Afterburner - ZZ Top
7. The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
8. Once Upon a Time - Simple Minds
9. Big Sexy Land - Revolting Cocks
10. Frankenchrist - Dead Kennedys
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1986
1. Master Of Puppets - Metallica
2. Brighter Than A Thousand Suns - Killing Joke
3. Reign In Blood - Slayer
4. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? - Megadeth
5. Night Songs - Cinderella
6. Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden
7. Graceland - Paul Simon
8. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus - Candlemass
9. The Mission - Ennio Morricone
10. Please - Pet Shop Boys
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1987
1. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
2. Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani
3. Tribute - Ozzy Osbourne
4. Bad - Michael Jackson
5. The Perfect Prescription - Spacemen 3
6. The Joshua Tree - U2
7. Kick - INXS
8. Faith - George Michael
9. Join The Army - Suicidal Tendencies
10. Hysteria - Def Leppard
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1988
1. And Justice For All - Metallica
2. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
3. Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 - The Traveling Wilburys
4. Them - King Diamond
5. How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today - Suicidal Tendencies
6. Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche
7. L7
8. South Of Heaven - Slayer
9. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.
10. No Exit - Fates Warning
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1989
1. The Real Thing - Faith No More
2. Disintegration - The Cure
3. Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
4. Extreme
5. Bleach - Nirvana
6. Beneath The Remains - Sepultura
7. Flying In A Blue Dream - Joe Satriani
8. Sonic Temple - The Cult
9. Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty
10. As Nasty As They Wanna Be - 2 Live Crew
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1990
1. Painkiller - Judas Priest
2. Seasons In The Abyss - Slayer
3. Lights, Camera, Revolution - Suicidal Tendencies
4. Facelift - Alice In Chains
5. Rust In Peace - Megadeth
6. Naive - KMFDM
7. Naked City - John Zorn
8. Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
9. Persistence of Time - Anthrax
10. Empire - Queensryche
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1991
1. Human - Death
2. Nevermind - Nirvana
3. Ten - Pearl Jam
4. Mr. Bungle
5. The Pod - Ween
6. Use Your Illusion II - Guns N Roses
7. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
8. Sailing The Seas Of Cheese - Primus
9. Use Your Illusion I - Guns N Roses
10. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1992
1. Dirt - Alice In Chains
2. Angel Dust - Faith No More
3. Amused To Death - Roger Waters
4. Images And Words - Dream Theater
5. Wish - The Cure
6. Psalm 69 - Ministry
7. The Art Of Rebellion - Suicidial Tendencies
8. Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
9. Core - Stone Temple Pilots
10. The Crimson Idol - W.A.S.P.
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1993
1. Holy Mountain - Sleep
2. River Runs Red - Life Of Agony
3. Music - 311
4. Angst - KMFDM
5. Hearwork - Carcass
6. Souvlaki - Slowdive
7. Houdini - Melvins
8. London Suede - Suede
9. Chaos A.D. - Sepultura
10. Bloody Kisses - Type O Negative
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1994
1. Korn
2. Awake - Dream Theater
3. Pandemonium - Killing Joke
4. Superunknown - Soundgarden
5. When The Kite String Pop - Acid Bath
6. Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
7. Deliverence - Corrosion Of Conformity
8. Second Coming - The Stone Roses
9. Bewitched - Luna
10. Point Blank - Nailbomb
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1995
1. Disco Volante - Mr. Bungle
2. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
3. Domination - Morbid Angel
4. The Bends - Radiohead
5. Demanufacture - Fear Factory
6. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
7. Post - Bjork
8. Clutch
9. Sleater-Kinney
10. Raza Odiada - Brujeria
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1996
1. Paegan Terrorism Tactics - Acid Bath
2. Pinkerton - Weezer
3. Elegy - Amorphis
4. Labradford
5. Roots - Sepultura
6. Democracy - Killing Joke
7. On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel
8. The Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera
9. Rude Awakening - Prong
10. Beautiful Freak - The Eels
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1997
1. Ok Computer - Radiohead
2. The More Things Change - Machinehead
3. Homogenic - Bjork
4. One Second - Paradise Lost
5. Urban Hymns - The Verve
6. Around The Fur - Deftones
7. The Action Is Go - Fu Manchu
8. Aftertaste - Helmet
9. Album Of The Year - Faith No More
10. Under The Western Freeway - Grandaddy
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1998
1. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
2. Darkest Days - Stabbing Westward
3. The Elephant Riders - Clutch
4. Much Against Everyone's Advice - Soulwax
5. My Arms, Your Hearse - Opeth
6. Obsolete - Fear Factory
7. Soulfly
8. Imprint - Vision Of Disorder
9. Obscura - Gorguts
10. Prolonging The Magic - Cake
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 1999
1. Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From a Memory - Dream Theater
2. Still Life - Opeth
3. The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails
4. Euphoria Morning - Chris Cornell
5. Scream For Me Brazil - Bruce Dickinson
6. King Of The Road - Fu Manchu
7. I See A Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
8. The Light At The End Of The World - My Dying Bride
9. Dreaming Neon Black - Nevermore
10. Surrender - The Chemical Brothers
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 2000
1. The Sophtware Slump - Grandaddy
2. White Pony - Deftones
3. Broken By Whispers - Trembling Blue Stars
4. Nixon - Lambchop
5. The Night - Morphine
6. Kid A - Radiohead
7. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
8. If_Then_Else - The Gathering
9. Physicist - Devin Townsend
10. Dopethrone - Electric Wizard
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 2001
1. Danse Macabre - The Faint
2. Blackwater Park - Opeth
3. Hymns - Godflesh
4. Infinite Love Songs - Maximillian Hecker
5. The Director's Cut - Fantomas
6. 604 - Ladytron
7. The Dreadful Hours - My Dying Bride
8. Lateralus - Tool
9. Amnesiac - Radiohead
10. Toxicity - System Of A Down
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 2002
1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - Dream Theater
2. Is A Woman - Lambchop
3. Deliverence - Opeth
4. ( ) - Sigur Ros
5. Hate - The Delgados
6. Last Broadcast - Doves
7. Sea Change - Beck
8. D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat - Junior Senior
9. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
10. Untouchables - Korn
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 2003
1. It Stills Moves - My Morning Jacket
2. Viva Emptiness - Katatonia
3. De-Loused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta
4. Absolution - Muse
5. Down The River Of Golden Dreams - Okkervil River
6. Sleep And Release - Aereogramme
7. Hail To The Thief - Radiohead
8. Underachievers Please Try Harder - Camera Obscura
9. Sumday - Grandaddy
10. Old World Underground - Metric
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 2004
1. Talkie Walkie - Air
2. Vol. 3: The Sumbliminal Verses - Slipknot
3. When It Falls - Zero 7
4. Leviathan - Mastodon
5. Funeral - Arcade Fire
6. Misery Is A Butterfly - Blonde Redhead
7. Ashes Of The Wake - Lamb Of God
8. Blue Cathedral - Comets On Fire
9. Scissor Sisters
10. Of Natural History - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 2005
1. Frances The Mute - The Mars Volta
2. Ghost Reveries - Opeth
3. Live It Out - Metric
4. Team Sleep
5. Anomalies - Cephalic Carnage
6. Alien - Strapping Young Lad
7. Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
8. The Understanding - Royksopp
9. Strange We Should Meet Here - Idiot Pilot
10. Alaska - Between The Buried And Me
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 2006
1. Just Like The Fambly Cat - Grandaddy
2. Saturday Night Wrist - Deftones
3. Blood Mountain - Mastodon
4. Synchestra - Devin Townsend
5. Score X0X - Dream Theater
6. Okonokos - My Morning Jacket
7. Hosannas From The Basements of Hell - Killing Joke
8. Ashes Against The Grain - Agalloch
9. Pitch Black Progress - Scar Symmetry
10. Time Will Fuse Its Worth - Kylesa
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 2007
1. Colors - Between the Buried and Me
2. 23 - Blonde Redhead
3. Systematic Chaos - Dream Theater
4. Dethalbum - Dethklok
5. The Blackening - Machine Head
6. In Rainbows - Radiohead
7. Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
8. Silent Waters - Amorphis
9. Two Rooms - Wolves In The Throne Room
10. Ziltoid The Omniscient - Devin Townsend
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 2008
1. In The Future - Black Mountain
2. Death Magnetic - Metallica
3. Devotion - Beach House
4. Watershed - Opeth
5. Holographic Universe - Scar Symmetry
6. 01011001 - Ayreon
7. Dichotomy - Becoming The Archetype
8. Ozben - Meshuggah
9. Inflikted - Cavalera Conspiracy
10. Gods Of The Earth - The Sword
Joel Presents the Top 10 Albums of 2009
1. Junior - Royksopp
2. Addicted - Devin Townsend
3. Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
4. The Great Misdirect - Between the Buried and Me
5. Two Suns - Bat For Lashes
6. Crack the Skye - Mastodon
7. Fantasies - Metric
8. Cosmogenesis - Obscura
9. The Lustrate Process - The Project Hate
10. Endgame - Megadeth