| 1992 | 1991 | Road to Freedom | Young Disciples | Album | | 5 |
| 1992 | 1991 | Foxbase Alpha | Saint Etienne | Album | 3 | 19 |
| 1992 | 1991 | Rising Above Bedlam | Jah Wobble’s Invaders of the Heart | Album | 2 | 5 |
| 1992 | 1991 | Chorus | Erasure | Album | 5 | 8 |
| 1992 | 1991 | Stars | Simply Red | Album | 3.65 | 14 |
| 1992 | 1991 | Achtung Baby | U2 | Album | 4.4 | 40 |
| 1992 | 1992 | Celebration | Bheki Mseleku | Album | | 1 |
| 1992 | 1992 | Honey’s Dead | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Album | 3.65 | 11 |
| 1992 | 1992 | Tavener: The Protecting Veil / Britten: Cello Suite No 3 / Tavener: Thrinos | John Tavener, Britten; Steven Isserlis, London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvenski | Album | | 2 |
| 1992 | 1992 | Soul Murder | Barry Adamson | Album | | 2 |
| 1992 winner | 1991 | Screamadelica | Primal Scream | Album | 3.15 | 18 |
| 1993 | 1992 | Connected | Stereo MC’s | Album | 4 | 7 |
| 1993 | 1992 | Portraits Plus | Stan Tracey Octet | Album | | 2 |
| 1993 | 1993 | Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet | Gavin Bryars | Album | | 2 |
| 1993 | 1993 | So Close | Dina Carroll | Album | | 4 |
| 1993 | 1993 | New Wave | The Auteurs | Album | 4 | 6 |
| 1993 | 1993 | Ten Summoner’s Tales | Sting | Album | 4.2 | 23 |
| 1993 | 1993 | Rid of Me | PJ Harvey | Album | 4.45 | 11 |
| 1993 | 1993 | Republic | New Order | Album | 3.45 | 18 |
| 1993 | 1993 | No Reservations | Apache Indian | Album | | 2 |
| 1993 winner | 1993 | Suede | Suede | Album | 4 | 18 |
| 1994 | 1993 | What Silence Knows | Shara Nelson | Album | 3.5 | 2 |
| 1994 | 1993 | Wild Wood | Paul Weller | Album | 2 | 12 |
| 1994 | 1994 | The Piano Concerto / MGV | Michael Nyman | Album | | 2 |
| 1994 | 1994 | Troublegum | Therapy? | Album | 4.75 | 8 |
| 1994 | 1994 | Everything Changes | Take That | Single | | 3 |
| 1994 | 1994 | Give Out but Don’t Give Up | Primal Scream | Album | 4 | 10 |
| 1994 | 1994 | His ’n’ Hers | Pulp | Album | 4 | 11 |
| 1994 | 1994 | Parklife | Blur | Album | 4 | 21 |
| 1994 | 1994 | Head Like a Rock | Ian McNabb | Album | | 2 |
| 1994 | 1994 | Music for the Jilted Generation | The Prodigy | Album | 3.9 | 29 |
| 1994 winner | 1993 | Elegant Slumming | M People | Album | 4 | 8 |
| 1995 | 1994 | Into the Blue | Guy Barker | Album | | 1 |
| 1995 | 1994 | Definitely Maybe | Oasis | Album | 4.25 | 36 |
| 1995 | 1995 | To Bring You My Love | PJ Harvey | Album | 4.55 | 10 |
| 1995 | 1995 | Leftism | Leftfield | Album | 3.6 | 16 |
| 1995 | 1995 | Maxinquaye | Tricky | Album | 4.15 | 16 |
| 1995 | 1995 | Elastica | Elastica | Album | 3.5 | 8 |
| 1995 | 1995 | Wake Up! | The Boo Radleys | Album | 4 | 5 |
| 1995 | 1995 | Seven Last Words from the Cross | James MacMillan | Album | | 1 |
| 1995 | 1995 | I Should Coco | Supergrass | Album | 4 | 11 |
| 1995 | 1995 | Days Like This | Van Morrison | Album | | 5 |
| 1995 winner | 1994 | Dummy | Portishead | Album | 4.4 | 18 |
| 1996 | 1995 | Modern Day Jazz Stories | Courtney Pine | Album | | 3 |
| 1996 | 1995 | It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah | Black Grape | Album | 4 | 7 |
| 1996 | 1995 | Help | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | | 5 |
| 1996 | 1995 | (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? | Oasis | Album | 3.85 | 32 |
| 1996 | 1996 | Norma Waterson | Norma Waterson | Album | | 1 |
| 1996 | 1996 | The Beltane Fire / Caroline Mathilde (Concert Suite from Act II of the Ballet) | Peter Maxwell Davies; BBC Philharmonic, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies | Album | | 1 |
| 1996 | 1996 | Second Toughest in the Infants | Underworld | Album | 3.85 | 15 |
| 1996 | 1996 | Return of the Mack | Mark Morrison | Album | 5 | 8 |
| 1996 | 1996 | Everything Must Go | Manic Street Preachers | Album | 3 | 13 |
| 1996 winner | 1995 | Different Class | Pulp | Album | 3.9 | 17 |
| 1997 | 1996 | Coming Up | Suede | Album | 4.5 | 17 |
| 1997 | 1996 | Your Rockaby | Mark-Anthony Turnage | Album | | 1 |
| 1997 | 1996 | Spice | Spice Girls | Album | 4.45 | 28 |
| 1997 | 1996 | Trailer Park | Beth Orton | Album | 4.25 | 11 |
| 1997 | 1997 | Svyati | John Tavener; Steven Isserlis | Album | | 1 |
| 1997 | 1997 | Dig Your Own Hole | The Chemical Brothers | Album | 3.9 | 15 |
| 1997 | 1997 | OK Computer | Radiohead | Album | 4.55 | 39 |
| 1997 | 1997 | Vanishing Point | Primal Scream | Album | 3.25 | 8 |
| 1997 | 1997 | The Fat of the Land | The Prodigy | Album | 4.15 | 38 |
| 1997 winner | 1997 | New Forms | Roni Size / Reprazent | Album | 3 | 12 |
| 1998 | 1997 | Proverbs And Songs | John Surman | Album | | 1 |
| 1998 | 1997 | When I Was Born for the 7th Time | Cornershop | Album | 4 | 9 |
| 1998 | 1997 | Life Thru a Lens | Robbie Williams | Album | 3 | 7 |
| 1998 | 1997 | Urban Hymns | The Verve | Album | 3.5 | 16 |
| 1998 | 1998 | Red Rice | Eliza Carthy | Album | | 3 |
| 1998 | 1998 | Decksandrumsandrockandroll | Propellerheads | Album | 4.5 | 15 |
| 1998 | 1998 | International Velvet | Catatonia | Album | 3.35 | 5 |
| 1998 | 1998 | This Is Hardcore | Pulp | Album | 3.4 | 16 |
| 1998 | 1998 | Mezzanine | Massive Attack | Album | 4.35 | 23 |
| 1998 | 1998 | Rafi's Revenge | Asian Dub Foundation | Album | 5 | 10 |
| 1998 | 1998 | Two Pages | 4hero | Album | | 6 |
| 1998 winner | 1998 | Bring It On | Gomez | Album | 5 | 11 |
| 1999 | 1998 | Bengali Bantam Youth Experience! | Black Star Liner | Album | | 1 |
| 1999 | 1998 | This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours | Manic Street Preachers | Album | 3.35 | 16 |
| 1999 | 1998 | Sunday 8pm | Faithless | Album | 4.5 | 20 |
| 1999 | 1999 | Be Where You Are | Denys Baptiste | Album | 5 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1999 | Sleepless | Kate Rusby | Album | | 2 |
| 1999 | 1999 | Beaucoup Fish | Underworld | Album | 4 | 14 |
| 1999 | 1999 | Performance and Cocktails | Stereophonics | Album | | 8 |
| 1999 | 1999 | Central Reservation | Beth Orton | Album | 4.15 | 7 |
| 1999 | 1999 | 13 | Blur | Album | 4.25 | 17 |
| 1999 | 1999 | Surrender | The Chemical Brothers | Album | 4.15 | 21 |
| 1999 | 1999 | Asyla | Thomas Adès; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Simon Rattle | Album | | 2 |
| 1999 winner | 1998 | OK | Talvin Singh | Album | 2 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1999 | Beyond Skin | Nitin Sawhney | Album | 3.65 | 6 |
| 2000 | 1999 | The Contino Sessions | Death in Vegas | Album | 3.5 | 11 |
| 2000 | 1999 | Rhythm and Stealth | Leftfield | Album | 4.2 | 12 |
| 2000 | 1999 | Violin Concerto | Nicholas Maw; Joshua Bell, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington | Album | | 3 |
| 2000 | 2000 | Little Black Numbers | Kathryn Williams | Album | 4 | 3 |
| 2000 | 2000 | Lost Souls | Doves | Album | 3.8 | 7 |
| 2000 | 2000 | The Great Eastern | The Delgados | Album | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2000 | 2000 | Alone With Everybody | Richard Ashcroft | Album | 3 | 6 |
| 2000 | 2000 | Parachutes | Coldplay | Album | 4.1 | 34 |
| 2000 | 2000 | Sincere | MJ Cole | Album | | 10 |
| 2000 | 2000 | How to Steal the World | Helicopter Girl | Album | 3 | 1 |
| 2000 declined | 2001 | Gorillaz | Gorillaz | Album | 4 | 33 |
| 2000 winner | 2000 | The Hour of Bewilderbeast | Badly Drawn Boy | Album | 3.75 | 6 |
