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The American online music publication Pitchfork has awarded a perfect score of 10 to more than 50 albums. Most of the scores were given in retrospective reviews of classic albums or reissues. Artists who have received perfect scores on release include Radiohead, Fiona Apple, Kanye West, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and Wilco. Compilation albums that received a perfect score on release, such as The Smile Sessions, are listed in both the "Awarded on release" and "Reissue" columns.
Date awarded | Title | Artist | Year | Review author | Awarded on release | Reissue | Sunday Review | Notes | Reference |
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16 January 1996 | El Producto | Walt Mink | 1996 | Ryan Schreiber | — | ||||
1 May 1996 | Gay? | 12 Rods | 1996 | Jason Josephes | — | ||||
April 1997 | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | 1959 | Ryan Schreiber | Published undated | ||||
May 1997 | Raw Power | Iggy & the Stooges | 1973 | Jason Josephes | |||||
OK Computer | Radiohead | 1997 | Ryan Schreiber | ||||||
July 1997 | Bricolage | Amon Tobin | 1997 | ||||||
1 September 1997 | This Nation's Saving Grace | The Fall | 1985 | Bruce Tiffee | — | ||||
October 1997 | Sketches of Spain | Miles Davis | 1960 | Ryan Schreiber | Published undated | ||||
March 1998 | Odds & Sods | The Who | 1971 | Jason Josephes | |||||
October 1998 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert | Bob Dylan | 1998 | Neil Lieberman | |||||
1 July 1999 | The Soft Bulletin | The Flaming Lips | 1999 | Jason Josephes | — | ||||
30 September 1999 | I See a Darkness | Bonnie "Prince" Billy | 1999 | Samir Khan | — | ||||
25 April 2000 | Animals | Pink Floyd | 1977 | James P. Wisdom | — | ||||
2 October 2000 | Kid A | Radiohead | 2000 | Brent DiCrescenzo | — | ||||
15 October 2001 | The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording | John Coltrane | 2001 | — | |||||
28 February 2002 | Source Tags and Codes | ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | 2002 | Matt LeMay | — | ||||
21 April 2002 | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | Wilco | 2002 | Brent S. Sirota | — | ||||
9 May 2002 | This Year's Model | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 2002 | Matt LeMay | — | ||||
9 July 2002 | English Settlement | XTC | 1982 | Chris Dahlen | — | ||||
19 June 2003 | The Ascension | Glenn Branca | 1981 | Andy Beta | — | ||||
9 December 2003 | Marquee Moon | Television | 1977 | Chris Dahlen | — | ||||
10 February 2004 | No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion | Various artists | 2004 | Eric Carr | — | ||||
30 March 2004 | Live at the Apollo | James Brown | 1963 | Dominique Leone | — | ||||
26 April 2004 | Music Has the Right to Children | Boards of Canada | 1998 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
21 September 2004 | London Calling | The Clash | 1979 | Amanda Petrusich | — | ||||
25 October 2004 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain | Pavement | 1994 | Mark Richardson | Review of the expanded reissue Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins | ||||
9 June 2005 | Endtroducing..... | DJ Shadow | 1996 | Chris Dahlen | — | ||||
26 September 2005 | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | Neutral Milk Hotel | 1998 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
18 November 2005 | Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | 1975 | — | |||||
5 May 2006 | Pink Flag | Wire | 1977 | Joe Tangari | — | ||||
Chairs Missing | 1978 | — | |||||||
13 June 2007 | Daydream Nation | Sonic Youth | 1988 | Nitsuh Abebe | — | ||||
29 October 2007 | Unknown Pleasures | Joy Division | 1979 | Joshua Klein | — | ||||
Closer | 1980 | — | |||||||
21 April 2008 | Let It Be | The Replacements | 1984 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
9 May 2008 | Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul | Otis Redding | 1965 | Nate Ptrin | — | ||||
24 November 2008 | Murmur | R.E.M. | 1983 | Stephen M. Deusner | — | ||||
13 February 2009 | Paul's Boutique | Beastie Boys | 1989 | Nate Patrin | — | ||||
26 March 2009 | Histoire de Melody Nelson | Serge Gainsbourg | 1971 | Tom Ewing | — | ||||
16 April 2009 | The Bends | Radiohead | 1995 | Scott Plagenhoef | — | ||||
2 July 2009 | Reckoning | R.E.M. | 1984 | Matt LeMay | — | ||||
7 September 2009 | In Stereo/In Mono | The Beatles | 2009 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
9 September 2009 | Rubber Soul | 1965 | Scott Plagenhoef | Reviewed as part of the In Stereo and In Mono box set reissue of the Beatles' catalog | |||||
Revolver | 1966 | ||||||||
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1967 | ||||||||
Magical Mystery Tour | |||||||||
10 September 2009 | The Beatles | 1968 | Mark Richardson | ||||||
Abbey Road | 1969 | ||||||||
11 September 2009 | The Stone Roses | The Stone Roses | 1989 | Any Granzin | — | ||||
11 December 2009 | Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere | Neil Young | 1969 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
After the Gold Rush | 1970 | — | |||||||
2 March 2010 | Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space | Spiritualized | 1997 | Grayson Haver Currin | — | ||||
8 March 2010 | Quarantine the Past | Pavement | 2010 | Matthew Perpetua | — | ||||
30 March 2010 | On Fire | Galaxie 500 | 1989 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
19 May 2010 | Exile on Main St. | The Rolling Stones | 1972 | Rob Mitchum | — | ||||
10 June 2010 | Disintegration | The Cure | 1989 | Nitsuh Abebe | — | ||||
3 November 2010 | Pinkerton | Weezer | 1996 | Ian Cohen | — | ||||
22 November 2010 | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Kanye West | 2010 | Ryan Dombal | — | ||||
11 January 2011 | Emergency & I | The Dismemberment Plan | 1999 | Paul Thompson | — | ||||
27 September 2011 | Nevermind | Nirvana | 1991 | Jess Harvell | — | ||||
21 October 2011 | Laughing Stock | Talk Talk | 1991 | — | |||||
2 November 2011 | The Smile Sessions | The Beach Boys | 2011 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
18 November 2011 | Hatful of Hollow | The Smiths | 1984 | Douglas Wolk | — | ||||
The Queen is Dead | 1986 | — | |||||||
28 November 2011 | Siamese Dream | The Smashing Pumpkins | 1993 | Ned Raggett | — | ||||
7 December 2011 | 20 Jazz Funk Greats | Throbbing Gristle | 1979 | Drew Daniel | — | ||||
9 December 2011 | Tago Mago | Can | 1971 | Douglas Wolk | — | ||||
11 May 2012 | Isn't Anything | my bloody valentine | 1988 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
loveless | 1991 | — | |||||||
27 July 2012 | Liquid Swords | GZA | 1995 | Ian Cohen | — | ||||
13 August 2012 | For Your Pleasure | Roxy Music | 1973 | Tom Ewing | — | ||||
9 November 2012 | Blue | Joni Mitchell | 1971 | Jessica Hopper | — | ||||
Court and Spark | 1974 | — | |||||||
The Hissing of Summer Lawns | 1975 | — | |||||||
19 November 2012 | The Disintegration Loops | William Basinski | 2003 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
20 November 2012 | The Velvet Underground & Nico | The Velvet Underground & Nico | 1967 | Miles Raymer | — | ||||
12 December 2012 | Voodoo | D'Angelo | 2000 | Ryan Dombal | — | ||||
16 January 2013 | Donuts | J Dilla | 2006 | Nate Patrin | — | ||||
23 January 2013 | Illmatic | Nas | 1994 | Jeff Weiss | — | ||||
8 February 2013 | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | 1977 | Jessica Hopper | — | ||||
24 September 2013 | In Utero | Nirvana | 1993 | Stuart Berman | — | ||||
16 January 2014 | White Light/White Heat | The Velvet Underground | 1968 | Douglas Wolk | — | ||||
22 January 2014 | Pink Moon | Nick Drake | 1972 | Jayson Greene | — | ||||
9 April 2014 | The Infamous | Mobb Deep | 1995 | — | |||||
16 April 2014 | Spiderland | Slint | 1991 | Stuart Berman | — | ||||
25 April 2014 | Surfer Rosa | Pixies | 1988 | Mike Powell | Reviewed in conjunction with Pixies' discography | ||||
Doolittle | 1989 | ||||||||
12 June 2014 | Led Zeppelin II | Led Zeppelin | 1969 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
16 July 2014 | Heaven or Las Vegas | Cocteau Twins | 1990 | Stephen M. Deusner | — | ||||
5 November 2014 | The Lonesome Crowded West | Modest Mouse | 1997 | Brian Howe | — | ||||
24 November 2014 | The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground | 1969 | Stuart Berman | — | ||||
25 November 2014 | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back | Public Enemy | 1988 | Craig Jenkins | — | ||||
Fear of a Black Planet | 1990 | — | |||||||
24 February 2015 | Physical Graffiti | Led Zeppelin | 1975 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
19 June 2015 | Sticky Fingers | The Rolling Stones | 1971 | — | |||||
1 October 2015 | Hunky Dory | David Bowie | 1971 | Douglas Wolk | — | ||||
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 1972 | — | |||||||
4 November 2015 | Loaded | The Velvet Underground | 1970 | Stuart Berman | — | ||||
6 November 2015 | Astral Weeks | Van Morrison | 1968 | Stephen Thomas Erlewine | — | ||||
13 November 2015 | People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | A Tribe Called Quest | 1990 | kris ex | — | ||||
25 November 2015 | A Love Supreme | John Coltrane | 1965 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
22 January 2016 | "Heroes" | David Bowie | 1977 | Ryan Dombal | Published as part of a series of reviews following the death of David Bowie | ||||
Low | Laura Snapes | ||||||||
24 February 2016 | Off the Wall | Michael Jackson | 1979 | Ryan Dombal | — | ||||
13 April 2016 | Ride the Lightning | Metallica | 1984 | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | — | ||||
29 April 2016 | Dirty Mind | Prince | 1980 | Barry Walters | Awarded as part of a series of reviews following the death of Prince | ||||
Purple Rain | 1984 | Carvell Wallace | |||||||
30 April 2016 | Sign o' the Times | 1987 | Nelson George | ||||||
1999 | 1982 | Maura Johnston | |||||||
12 June 2016 | Hounds of Love | Kate Bush | 1985 | Barry Walters | First Sunday Review | ||||
26 June 2016 | Tonight's the Night | Neil Young | 1975 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
30 July 2016 | Nina Simone in Concert | Nina Simone | 1964 | Carvell Wallace | — | ||||
21 August 2016 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | 1976 | Alan Light | — | ||||
18 September 2016 | Another Green World | Brian Eno | 1975 | Mike Powell | — | ||||
1 October 2016 | Music for 18 Musicians | Steve Reich | 1978 | Seth Colter Walls | — | ||||
30 October 2016 | Blood on the Tracks | Bob Dylan | 1975 | Jesse Jarnow | — | ||||
1 November 2016 | Metal Box | Public Image Ltd | 1979 | Simon Reynolds | — | ||||
14 November 2016 | Einstein on the Beach | Philip Glass | 1979 | Seth Colter Walls | — | ||||
15 January 2017 | Germfree Adolescents | X-Ray Spex | 1978 | Jenn Pelly | — | ||||
5 February 2017 | Homogenic | Björk | 1997 | Philip Sherburne | Originally given a 9.9 rating on release in 1997 | ||||
26 February 2017 | Weezer | Weezer | 1994 | Jill Mapes | — | ||||
7 March 2017 | Either/Or | Elliott Smith | 1997 | Matt LeMay | — | ||||
9 March 2017 | Ready to Die | The Notorious B.I.G. | 1994 | Matthew Trammell | Reviewed to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. | ||||
26 March 2017 | Bach: The Goldberg Variations | Glenn Gould | 1956 | Seth Colter Walls | Two separate scores of two separate recordings of the same piece | ||||
Bach: The Goldberg Variations | 1982 | ||||||||
2 April 2017 | Optimo EP | Liquid Liquid | 1983 | Sasha Frere-Jones | — | ||||
4 June 2017 | Supreme Clientele | Ghostface Killah | 2000 | Jeff Weiss | — | ||||
16 July 2017 | Appetite for Destruction | Guns N' Roses | 1987 | Maura Johnston | — | ||||
3 August 2017 | Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) | Brian Eno | 1974 | Douglas Wolk | — | ||||
Before and After Science | 1977 | — | |||||||
2 December 2017 | Master of Puppets | Metallica | 1986 | Andy O'Connor | — | ||||
18 March 2018 | Nebraska | Bruce Springsteen | 1982 | Mark Richardson | — | ||||
28 April 2018 | Trout Mask Replica | Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band | 1969 | Marc Masters | — | ||||
2 May 2018 | Exile in Guyville | Liz Phair | 1993 | Amanda Petruisch | Review focuses on box set version Girly-Sound to Guyville, which includes three tapes from Phair's Girly-Sound series | ||||
3 June 2018 | Live Through This | Hole | 1994 | Sasha Geffen | — | ||||
10 June 2018 | The Band | The Band | 1969 | Steven Hyden | — | ||||
16 September 2018 | Rid of Me | PJ Harvey | 1993 | Judy Berman | — | ||||
23 September 2018 | 3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul | 1989 | Jeff Chang | — | ||||
11 October 2018 | The Singles | Bikini Kill | 1998 | Jenn Pelly | — | ||||
21 October 2018 | Remain in Light | Talking Heads | 1980 | Dan Brooks | — | ||||
13 January 2019 | Spirit of Eden | Talk Talk | 1988 | Jeremy D. Larson | — | ||||
3 February 2019 | Journey in Satchidananda | Alice Coltrane | 1971 | Josephine Livingstone | — | ||||
5 May 2019 | Selected Ambient Works Volume II | Aphex Twin | 1994 | Philip Sherburne | — | ||||
19 June 2019 | The Complete Birth of the Cool | Miles Davis | 1957 | Nate Chinen | — | ||||
11 November 2019 | In the Court of the Crimson King | King Crimson | 1969 | Ryan Reed | — | ||||
20 November 2019 | Aja | Steely Dan | 1977 | Amanda Petrusich | Awarded as part of "Steely Dan Day" | ||||
15 December 2019 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre | 1992 | Sheldon Pearce | — | ||||
22 December 2019 | Tapestry | Carole King | 1971 | Jenn Pelly | — | ||||
8 March 2020 | Post | Björk | 1995 | — | |||||
5 April 2020 | Head Hunters | Herbie Hancock | 1973 | Jeremy D. Larson | — | ||||
17 April 2020 | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | 2020 | Jenn Pelly | — | ||||
23 April 2020 | Fear of Music | Talking Heads | 1979 | Jayson Greene | Awarded as part of "Talking Heads Day" | ||||
21 June 2020 | Maggot Brain | Funkadelic | 1971 | Dave Segal | — | ||||
31 October 2020 | American Beauty | Grateful Dead | 1970 | Andy Cush | — | ||||
19 September 2021 | Look-Ka Py Py | The Meters | 1969 | Hanif Abdurraqib | — | ||||
5 October 2021 | Discovery | Daft Punk | 2001 | Noah Yoo | Awarded as part of a 2021 list in which Pitchfork amended the scores of 19 previously reviewed albums | ||||
12 December 2021 | Juju Music | King Sunny Adé | 1982 | Will Hernes | — | ||||
27 February 2022 | Talking Book | Stevie Wonder | 1972 | Carol Cooper | Awarded as part of "Stevie Wonder Day" | ||||
Innervisions | 1973 | Craig Jenkins | |||||||
9 October 2022 | Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | Wu-Tang Clan | 1993 | Dylan Green | Awarded as part of a series of articles on the Wu-Tang Clan | ||||
4 December 2022 | Hejira | Joni Mitchell | 1976 | Jenn Pelly | — | ||||
5 February 2023 | Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3 | Various artists | 1952 | Grayson Haver Currin | — | ||||
2 April 2023 | Warren Zevon | Warren Zevon | 1976 | Andy Cush | — | ||||
23 September 2023 | Tim | The Replacements | 1985 | Jeremy D. Larson | — | ||||
24 September 2023 | Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 | Sam Cooke | 1985 | Marc Hogan | — | ||||
7 January 2024 | Ambient 1: Music for Airports | Brian Eno | 1978 | Grayson Haver Currin | — | ||||
4 February 2024 | Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo | Jeff Mills | 1996 | Gabriel Szatan | — | ||||
19 May 2024 | Judy at Carnegie Hall | Judy Garland | 1961 | Harry Tafoya | — | ||||
17 November 2024 | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | 1975 | Sam Sodomsky | — | ||||
15 December 2024 | Solid Air | John Martyn | 1973 | Tal Rosenberg | — |
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