Mixtape Monday "Best of" Compendium

1965 to present

For your reference and perusal — Mixtape Monday “best of” compilations in chronological order, noting the album of the year:

• 1965 — A Love Supreme, John Coltrane

• 1967 — The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Velvet Underground

• 1969 — Abbey Road, The Beatles

• 1970 — Bitches Brew, Miles Davis

• 1973 — Innervisions, Stevie Wonder

• 1975 — Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

• 1977 — Marquee Moon, Television

• 1978 — More Songs About Buildings and Food, Talking Heads

• 1980 — Remain in Light, Talking Heads

• 1984 — Purple Rain, Prince

• 1985 — Hounds of Love, Kate Bush

• 1988 — Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth

• 1990 — Repeater, Fugazi

• 1992 — Selected Ambient Works 85-92, Aphex Twin

• 1994 — Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Pavement

• 1997 — Dig Me Out, Sleater-Kinney

• 2001 — Vespertine, Björk

• 2004 — Sung Tongs, Animal Collective

• 2006 — Return to Cookie Mountain, TV on the Radio

• 2007 — Strawberry Jam, Animal Collective

• 2010s — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West (special decade boxset!)

• 2011 — w h o k i l l, Tune-Yards

• 2016 — Blonde, Frank Ocean

• 2018 — El mal querer, Rosalía

• 2019 — U.F.O.F. and Two Hands, Big Thief

• 2020s (so far) — Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, Big Thief

• 2020 — Græ, Moses Sumney

• 2021 — Promises, Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders, & The London Symphony Orchestra

• 2022 — Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, Big Thief

• 2023 — Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, Caroline Polachek

• 2024 — Bright Future, Adrienne Lenker