PREVIOUS WINNERS

1997 BOB DYLAN Time Out Of Mind COLUMBIA

1998 MERCURY REV Deserter’s Songs V2

1999 THE FLAMING LIPS The Soft Bulletin WARNER BROS

2000 Nixon CITY LAMBCHOP SLANG

2001 RYAN ADAMS Gold LOST HIGHWAY

2002 THE FLAMING LIPS Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots WARNER BROS

2003 WARREN ZEVON The Wind ARTEMIS/RYKO

2004 BRIAN WILSON Smile NONESUCH

2005 ARCADE FIRE Funeral ROUGH TRADE

2006 BOB DYLAN Modern Times COLUMBIA

2007 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Sound Of Silver DFA/EMI

2008 PORTISHEAD Third ISLAND

2009 COLLECTIVE ANIMAL Merriweather Post Pavilion DOMINO

2010 JOANNA NEWSOM Have One On Me DRAG CITY

2011 PJ HARVEY Let England Shake ISLAND

2012 LEONARD COHEN Old Ideas COLUMBIA

2013 MY BLOODY VALENTINE mbv MY BLOODY VALENTINE

2014 THE WAR ON DRUGS Lost In The Dream

SECRETLY CANADIAN

2015 JULIA HOLTER Have You In My Wilderness DOMINO

2016 DAVID BOWIE H ISO/COLUMBIA

2017 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM American Dream DFA/EMI

2018 LOW Double Negative SUB POP