Best Alternative Rock Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
5	OK Computer - Radiohead	1997	91.7	86	95	92.8	90.7	94.4	92	91.2
22	In Rainbows - Radiohead	2007	89.7	86.6	88	92.8	91.3	94.2	89	86.2
37	Silent Hill 2 (Original Soundtracks) - Akira Yamaoka	2001	89.3	85.4	90	92	92.4	96.2	78	90.8
41	MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana	1994	89.1	83.4	92	91	90.5	92.8	86	88
54	Grace - Jeff Buckley	1994	88.8	82.6	90	91.5	91.8	92.8	84	88.8
61	Doolittle - Pixies	1989	88.5	81.6	100	84.4	84	92.8	88	88.6
111	Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division	1979	87.5	82	95	86.3	83.8	92.2	86	87
126	Nevermind - Nirvana	1991	87.2	81	91	89.5	87.4	92.8	87	81.6
127	Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins	1993	87.2	80.4	89	87.9	86.4	93.2	85	88.2
152	Canción Animal - Soda Stereo	1990	86.8	77.6	100	84	86.2	95.2	81	83.4
192	Superunknown - Soundgarden	1994	86.4	78	97	86.4	84.7	90.6	81	86.8
235	Re - Café Tacvba	1994	85.9	76.6	90	85.1	88.3	94.2	81	86.4
242	Let It Be - The Replacements	1984	85.9	77.8	100	82.2	81.7	91.8	82	85.8
243	Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains	1994	85.9	81	85	86.6	87.3	93	82	86.4
286	Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth	1988	85.6	80.6	87	85.1	82.9	91.6	84	87.8
316	When the Pawn... - Fiona Apple	1999	85.3	82.2	77	90.8	90.3	91.6	82	83.2
325	Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age	2002	85.2	80.2	82	88	85.3	92.4	83	85.4
346	Surfer Rosa - Pixies	1988	85.1	77.6	99	80.8	78	91	84	85.2
347	To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey	1995	85.1	78.2	91	85.6	85.2	90.4	81	84.2
367	Automatic for the People - R.E.M.	1992	84.9	77	97	82.4	79.8	89.6	84	84.8
388	The Singles 86>98 - Depeche Mode	1998	84.8	82.4	77	87.9	87.9	91.6	79	88
403	The Bends - Radiohead	1995	84.7	77.8	83	85.7	86.1	91.2	87	82.2
423	The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me - Brand New	2006	84.6	77.2	79	87	85.9	93.2	81	89
426	Definitely Maybe - Oasis	1994	84.6	74	95	82.6	86	92	80	82.6
447	Sister - The Sonic Youth	1987	84.5	78	95	82.5	80.3	90.6	80	85.2
464	Let Love In - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	1994	84.4	78.8	86	84.1	84.6	90.2	82	85.4
465	...Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age	2013	84.4	78.2	82	88.6	86	90.8	82	83.4
479	The Joshua Tree - U2	1987	84.4	73.2	100	80.6	81	89.2	83	83.6
480	Tim - The Replacements	1985	84.4	78	95	82.5	78.2	91.8	81	84
497	Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü	1984	84.3	77.8	95	83	78.2	90.8	79	86
504	Murmur - R.E.M.	1983	84.2	77.4	94	81.8	79.3	89.4	83	84.6
509	Songs of a Lost World - The Cure	2024	84.2	77.2	91	83.5	80.1	92.6	81	84
516	Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree	2007	84.2	76.8	81	85.2	88.3	93.2	81	83.6
576	Downward Is Heavenward - Hum	1998	83.9	77.2	87	84.5	83	94.8	76	84.6
586	Hand. Cannot. Erase. - Steven Wilson	2015	83.8	73.8	88	80.4	87.9	93.8	80	83
604	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins	1995	83.8	78.4	76	86.4	85.7	92.4	83	84.4
638	The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers	1994	83.7	76.6	84	84.8	86	89.4	78	86.8
691	Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes	1983	83.4	75.8	90	82.6	81.6	91	81	82
694	Sing to God - Cardiacs	1996	83.4	76.2	88	80.9	85	93.6	76	84.2
717	Ten - Pearl Jam	1991	83.3	75	78	83.7	85.3	92.2	82	87
746	Fantastic Planet - Failure	1996	83.2	75.8	83	83.5	83.3	95.4	75	86.4
767	Nirvana - Nirvana	2002	83.1	77.6	83	85.9	88.3	89.8	79	78
773	The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails	1999	83	80.2	71	87.6	86.3	92	79	85.2
812	You'd Prefer an Astronaut - Hum	1995	82.9	77.6	80	84.6	84.6	92.8	79	82
815	Comfort y música para volar - Soda Stereo	1996	82.9	83.4	60	86.4	90.9	94.8	79	86
823	How It Feels to Be Something On - Sunny Day Real Estate	1998	82.9	77	91	84.9	79.3	89.2	77	82
841	Demon Days - Gorillaz	2005	82.9	78	79	85.8	84	91.2	82	80
844	VOLCANIC BIRD ENEMY AND THE VOICED CONCERN - Lil Ugly Mane	2021	82.8	78.8	79	86.4	82.7	97.8	78	77.2
846	Koi No Yokan - Deftones	2012	82.8	78.6	82	85.9	84	91.4	77	81
855	The Best of 1980-1990 - U2	1998	82.8	78.8	79	85.6	84.5	88.8	83	80
879	Weezer (Blue Album) - Weezer	1994	82.7	77.4	77	83.1	79.7	90.8	84	87.2
911	Sound Awake - Karnivool	2009	82.7	75	80	83.6	87.2	92.4	77	83.4
931	Repeater - Fugazi	1990	82.6	78	80	82.2	84.2	91.2	80	82.4
939	Rid of Me - PJ Harvey	1993	82.5	76.2	83	84.3	83.7	89.2	79	82.4
953	Angel Dust - Faith No More	1992	82.5	77.2	78	83.3	82.5	90.4	78	88
975	Achtung Baby - U2	1991	82.4	73.4	92	79.8	80.7	89.2	80	82
983	Spilt Milk - Jellyfish	1993	82.4	74.2	90	79.5	83.2	91.4	75	83.6
1005	Quebec - Ween	2003	82.3	80.8	67	86.2	84.9	91.8	82	83.6
1017	Dookie - Green Day	1994	82.3	73	92	81.6	80.6	89.4	79	80.6
1021	Songs of Faith and Devotion - Depeche Mode	1993	82.3	76.6	79	84.3	84.6	91.2	77	83.4
1026	Judgement - Anathema	1999	82.3	74.4	90	79.7	82.2	88.2	77	84.6
1030	Science Fiction - Brand New	2017	82.3	72.4	85	82.7	83.7	91.4	79	81.8
1056	Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind	1997	82.2	75	82	83.9	84.7	90	74	86
1058	Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - PJ Harvey	2000	82.2	77.6	77	84.8	84.5	89.6	81	81
1075	Chocolate and Cheese - Ween	1994	82.2	77.6	79	83.8	83	92.8	81	78
1079	Lifes Rich Pageant - R.E.M.	1986	82.2	76.2	90	81	79	87	80	82
1084	The Power of Failing - Mineral	1997	82.2	76.2	83	82.2	82.9	91.8	76	83
1088	MTV Unplugged - Alice in Chains	1996	82.1	83.4	50	90.1	91.7	93.8	80	86
1090	Pinkerton - Weezer	1996	82.1	76.6	72	83.8	82	90.6	83	87
1110	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2004	82.1	76.6	85	82.7	81.5	87.6	80	81.2
1123	Diary - Sunny Day Real Estate	1994	82.1	76.8	80	83.1	81.5	91.2	78	83.8
1145	Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters	2009	82	74.2	80	81.1	87.5	90.4	81	80
1191	Clarity - Jimmy Eat World	1999	81.9	76.2	82	84	83.4	91	73	83.6
1201	Odelay - Beck	1996	81.9	73.6	92	81.7	76.2	87.4	80	82.2
1224	Deadwing - Porcupine Tree	2005	81.8	76.8	71	83.5	85.8	92.4	80	83.2
1240	Dry - PJ Harvey	1992	81.8	74.4	87	81.8	80.5	90.8	79	79
1256	GLOW ON - Turnstile	2021	81.7	72.8	88	81.1	80.5	94	77	78.8
1263	Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party - Hayley Williams	2025	81.7	71.2	92	81.1	82.2	97.6	74	74
1264	Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos	1992	81.7	75.6	76	84.1	83.7	88.6	79	85
1284	Floral Green - Title Fight	2012	81.7	77.8	75	84.2	85.1	94.6	77	78
1303	you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love - Olivia Rodrigo	2026	81.6	73.2	85	82.9	84.8	96.6	75	74
1313	Cure for Pain - Morphine	1993	81.6	75.2	82	80.2	80.6	92.4	78	83
1314	Origin of Symmetry - Muse	2001	81.6	73.8	79	84.5	84.3	88.8	79	82
1315	♡ - Jane Remover	2025	81.6	79.8	76	84.1	81.5	96	74	80
1341	Sueño Stereo - Soda Stereo	1995	81.5	76.8	80	82.6	81.2	93.4	77	79.8
1349	New York - Lou Reed	1989	81.5	74	93	80.8	78.6	87.4	77	80
1369	Murder Ballads - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	1996	81.5	76.4	78	83.4	82.9	89.4	79	81.4
1378	Is This Desire? - PJ Harvey	1998	81.5	78	73	85.7	86.1	87.2	78	82.4
1388	(What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis	1995	81.5	74.8	73	81.8	85.5	91.2	81	83
1406	Ahí vamos - Gustavo Cerati	2006	81.4	72.4	80	80.5	83.5	91.4	80	82.2
1407	Ferment - Catherine Wheel	1992	81.4	71.2	90	80.1	77.9	90.8	78	82
1410	From the Choirgirl Hotel - Tori Amos	1998	81.4	77	74	87.4	86.7	84.4	77	83.4
1474	Elephant - The White Stripes	2003	81.3	74.6	81	82.2	79.6	90.4	83	78
1479	Diamond Eyes - Deftones	2010	81.2	75.6	76	83.6	82.5	91.8	76	83.2
1529	Document - R.E.M.	1987	81.2	74.2	90	80.2	76.7	87	80	80
1535	White Blood Cells - The White Stripes	2001	81.1	73.6	87	80.7	77.7	88.2	81	79.8
1540	Apologies to the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade	2005	81.1	72.8	81	81.2	82.4	90	79	81.6
1547	Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers	1996	81.1	74.4	85	82.1	83.8	84.6	77	81
1558	Greatest Hits - The Cure	2001	81.1	78	69	83	89.3	91.4	79	78
1559	The Head on the Door - The Cure	1985	81.1	77.2	75	83	82.6	88.8	81	80

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