Best Alt-Country Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
150	The Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse	1997	86.8	82	88	87.8	85.9	92	84	87.8
220	The Magnolia Electric Co. - Songs: Ohia	2003	86.1	82.4	83	88.6	87.9	92.2	82	86.4
238	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco	2001	85.9	79	91	86.2	83.2	92	85	85
404	Ghosts of the Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon	2003	84.7	81	82	86.9	84.7	91.6	82	84.8
501	Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You - Big Thief	2022	84.2	79.8	86	86.4	85.5	89.4	83	79.4
524	Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement	1994	84.1	79.2	86	84.3	80.7	90	83	85.6
609	summerteeth - wilco	1999	83.7	76.2	90	83.9	82.9	89.6	82	81.6
625	Didn't It Rain - Songs: Ohia	2002	83.7	78.8	88	84.5	82.7	90.4	77	84.4
689	Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains	2019	83.4	78.6	86	83	84.7	93	79	79.8
752	69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields	1999	83.2	76.8	91	81.6	79.2	90.2	80	83.4
825	Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris	1995	82.9	75.8	90	80.6	83.2	91.2	78	81.6
894	American Water - Silver Jews	1998	82.7	77.8	84	83.1	82.4	91.4	78	82.2
919	I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes	2005	82.6	73.8	85	85.2	85	89.2	78	82.2
966	Mule Variations - Tom Waits	1999	82.5	77.4	79	83.5	84.9	89.4	79	84
1032	Insignificance - Jim O'Rourke	2001	82.3	78.4	79	84.2	88.5	88.8	79	78
1116	I See a Darkness - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	1999	82.1	74.8	86	82	80.1	90.8	79	81.8
1201	Odelay - Beck	1996	81.9	73.6	92	81.7	76.2	87.4	80	82.2
1296	3D Country - Geese	2023	81.6	77	81	84.5	84	94	77	74
1380	Southeastern - Jason Isbell	2013	81.5	75.4	84	80.4	77.2	92.2	76	85.2
1383	A Sailor's Guide to Earth - Sturgill Simpson	2016	81.5	73.2	85	80.7	84.5	91	76	80
1427	Good Morning Spider - Sparklehorse	1998	81.4	74.8	87	82.5	80.7	85.8	77	81.8
1536	So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star	1993	81.1	73.6	83	80.5	82.9	90.8	79	78.2
1594	The Natural Bridge - Silver Jews	1996	81	78.4	76	82.7	81.8	89.2	76	83
1636	Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Neko Case	2006	80.9	74.8	84	81.1	80.7	87.8	78	80.2
1697	The Lioness - Songs: Ohia	2000	80.8	77.8	71	83.3	81.5	93.6	76	82.6
1727	The Execution of All Things - Rilo Kiley	2002	80.8	74.6	80	81.7	82.9	91	76	79.2
1735	Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams	1998	80.8	74.4	91	77.7	73.4	90.2	78	80.6
1815	The Wild Hunt - The Tallest Man on Earth	2010	80.6	71.6	79	79.5	83.6	88.2	77	85.4
1884	The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski	2023	80.5	73.8	88	82.6	82.5	90.4	76	70
1946	Z - My Morning Jacket	2005	80.3	72.6	84	80.4	79.4	87.6	78	80.4
1950	Sea Change - Beck	2002	80.3	72.4	81	80	77.5	91.4	80	80
2011	Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan	2009	80.2	75.4	80	80.4	77.8	90.8	79	78
2188	Manning Fireworks - MJ Lenderman	2024	79.9	74.4	82	77.4	78	93.8	77	76.6
2199	Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot - Sparklehorse	1995	79.9	74.6	80	80.6	80.6	86.6	77	79.6
2286	She Hangs Brightly - Mazzy Star	1990	79.7	72.4	80	79.3	82.1	89.8	78	76.4
2332	It Goes On - Westside Cowboy	2026	79.6	71.2	84	76.9	76.9	95.6	76	76.8
2351	Cardinal - Pinegrove	2016	79.6	71.8	78	78.6	82.5	91.2	76	79
2381	Purple - Stone Temple Pilots	1994	79.5	73.6	72	81.1	82.7	90	77	80.4
2432	Knock Knock - Smog	1999	79.5	73.8	82	78.2	75.6	90.6	78	78
2446	evermore - Taylor Swift	2020	79.4	68.2	84	81.2	86.6	94	74	68
2453	A Ghost Is Born - Wilco	2004	79.4	74.4	77	80.4	79.2	88.8	80	76
2466	Fevers and Mirrors - Bright Eyes	2000	79.4	72.4	76	81.7	84.4	86.4	75	79.8
2489	Time (The Revelator) - Gillian Welch	2001	79.3	75	82	79.5	71.6	88.6	77	81.6
2495	The Shepherd's Dog - Iron & Wine	2007	79.3	72	85	81.4	75.1	86.8	77	78
2552	Brighten the Corners - Pavement	1997	79.2	76	74	81.6	79.2	87.6	78	78
2622	Bleeds - Wednesday	2025	79.1	73	85	77.3	76.3	93.2	73	75.6
2725	Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams	2000	78.9	71.4	79	77	75.5	90	77	82.4
2753	April - Sun Kil Moon	2008	78.9	73.2	78	80	75.4	87	79	79.4
2755	New Adventures in Hi-Fi - R.E.M.	1996	78.9	72.6	83	78.2	79.2	86	77	76
2770	Wowee Zowee - Pavement	1995	78.8	76.4	68	80.5	79.3	88.4	79	80.2
2849	Ask Me Tomorrow - Mojave 3	1995	78.7	73.8	70	83.2	84.3	87.4	78	74
2879	4D Country - Geese	2023	78.6	73.6	80	80.6	78.6	93.4	74	70
2887	Among My Swan - Mazzy Star	1996	78.6	74.8	62	81.3	85.6	89.4	78	79
2906	Rat Saw God - Wednesday	2023	78.6	71.2	85	77	75.6	90.2	76	75
2920	The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies	1988	78.5	71.8	83	75	77.1	88.8	76	78
2974	Boat Songs - MJ Lenderman	2022	78.4	73	82	78.2	78.5	91.2	72	74
3010	Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee	2024	78.4	69.4	87	75	74.7	91.4	76	75
3021	Let's Get Out of This Country - Camera Obscura	2006	78.3	73.4	72	79.8	80.7	87.4	79	76
3197	Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? - Kara Jackson	2023	77.9	70.8	84	78.9	74.9	90.4	72	74.6
3232	Sky Blue Sky - Wilco	2007	77.9	71.4	75	79.4	80.7	89.6	77	72
3237	God Save the Animals - Alex G	2022	77.9	71.8	83	75	73.6	90	76	75.6
3253	Mutations - Beck	1998	77.8	70.8	84	78.4	76.6	84	77	74
3297	An Overview On Phenomenal Nature - Cassandra Jenkins	2021	77.7	70.6	82	77	77.8	91.6	73	72
3353	Static & Silence - The Sundays	1997	77.6	73.4	67	81.3	87.5	89	75	70
3357	Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee	2020	77.6	67.8	82	75	77.8	90.6	76	74
3380	Starlite Walker - Silver Jews	1994	77.6	71.2	80	76	75.1	86.6	76	78
3492	Nothing's About to Happen to Me - Mitski	2026	77.3	67.6	85	76.9	74.5	93	74	70
3510	Pony - Orville Peck	2019	77.2	69.4	76	75.8	81.3	91.2	75	72
3560	Atlanta Millionaires Club - Faye Webster	2019	77.1	69.8	79	77.9	80.2	91	74	68
3576	SAYA - Saya Gray	2025	77.1	68.8	78	75.4	75.7	90.8	74	77
3611	Rocket - (Sandy) Alex G	2017	77	71.8	76	77.1	78.2	90	74	72
3643	The Whole Love - Wilco	2011	76.9	70	81	76	74.5	85	76	76
3648	Terror Twilight - Pavement	1999	76.9	72.4	74	79	78.4	85.6	77	72
3716	Double Infinity - Big Thief	2025	76.7	70	82	76	74.6	91.6	75	68
3726	Out of Time - R.E.M.	1991	76.7	70	80	76	74.7	86.2	78	72
3812	Cease to Begin - Band of Horses	2007	76.5	68.6	75	76.5	78.7	86.6	76	74
3970	I Know I'm Funny haha - Faye Webster	2021	76	69	76	76.8	79.2	91.2	72	68
3994	Gold - Ryan Adams	2001	76	68.8	79	70.4	73.3	87.2	75	78
4058	Everything All The Time - Band of Horses	2006	75.8	67.8	73	77.4	76.2	86.2	76	74
4224	b'lieve i'm goin down... - Kurt Vile	2015	75.3	68.4	76	77.5	73.3	87.8	76	68
4384	For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) - Japanese Breakfast	2025	74.8	66.8	83	75	71.6	89.2	72	66
4683	12 Golden Country Greats - Ween	1996	73.6	71.2	54	75	76.1	91.8	75	72
4693	The King is Dead - The Decemberists	2011	73.5	66.2	73	72.2	76	85.4	74	68
4703	Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers - The National	2003	73.5	67.4	73	72.5	71.6	84	74	72
4890	Wilco (The Album) - Wilco	2009	72.3	65.8	76	72.4	69.6	81.4	75	66
4963	A.M. - Wilco	1995	71.9	65.4	74	69.6	68.8	85.4	74	66
5327	The National - The National	2001	67.1	57.6	73	62.8	66.4	79.6	70	60

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