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Best Album Covers

Rank	Album, Artist and Year
1	Journey through the Secret Life of Plants - Stevie Wonder - (1979 )
2	So Far - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - (1974)
3	Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel - (1970)
4	In Square Circle - Stevie Wonder - (1985)
5	Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack - (1980)
6	Nevermind - Nirvana - (1991)
7	Bitches Brew - Miles Davis - (1969)
8	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - (1967)
9	The Joy of Flying - Tony Williams - (1979)
10	River of Dreams - Billy Joel - (1993)
11	Man-Child - Herbie Hancock - (1975)
12	Technical Ecstasy - Black Sabbath - (1976)
13	Breakfast in America - Supertramp - (1979)
14	Sun Goddess - Ramsey Lewis - (1974)
15	...And Then There Were Three... - Genesis - (1978)
16	Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath - (1980)
17	Fat Albert Rotunda - Herbie Hancock - (1969)
18	New Conversations - Bill Evans - (1978)
19	Greatest Hits Volume II - Elton John - (1977)

Consider the Year Tables with ranks #1-5 as my picks for the five top contenders for Grammy Award for Record of the Year, with #1 as the winner.

Rank\Year	1982	1983	1984
1	Rosanna by Toto	Jokerman by Bob Dylan	Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen
2	Human Nature by Michael Jackson	Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder	Jump by Van Halen
3	I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) by Michael McDonald	That's All by Genesis	Like A Cannonball by Menudo
4	Ribbon in the Sky by Stevie Wonder	The Police	Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
5	Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Faithfully by Journey	Stuck on You by Lionel Richie

Rank\Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1	Say You, Say Me by Lionel Richie	If Ever You Are In My Arms Again by Peabo Bryson	Need You Tonight by INXS	Can't Stay Away From You by the Miami Sound Machine and Gloria Estefan	The B-52's
2	Somewhere by Barbra Streisand	Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer	Songbird by Kenny G	Forever Young by Rod Stewart	Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins
3	Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears	That's What Friends Are For by Dionne Warwick	Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac	Guns and Roses	Eternal Flame by The Bangles
4	Take on Me by a-ha	The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby	Don't Dream It's Over by Crowded House	Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin	If I Could Turn Back Time by Cher
5	Crazy for You by Madonna	On My Own by Michael McDonald and Patti LaBelle	In Too Deep by Genesis	Is This Love by Whitesnake	We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel

Rank\Year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
1	Reversal of Fortune	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	The Crying Game	The Piano	Forrest Gump
2	Home Alone	The Addams Family	Malcolm X	Philadelphia	Speed
3	Dances With Wolves	The Fisher King	The Last of the Mohicans	Dave	I.Q.
4	Rocky V	Backdraft	A League of Their Own	Groundhog Day	The Shawshank Redemption
5	Kindergarten Cop	Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead	Bebe's Kids	Mrs. Doubtfire	Muriel's Wedding

Rank\Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
1	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Monster's Ball	Minority Report	Mystic River	Million Dollar Baby
2	Cast Away	Training Day	The Pianist	Lost in Translation	De-Lovely
3	Pollock	The Royal Tenenbaums	Chicago	Monster	The Aviator
4	Traffic	A Beautiful Mind	Men in Black II	Seabiscuit	Ray
5	Remember the Titans	Crazy/Beautiful	Signs	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	The Bourne Supremacy