50 albums
| RankAlbumArtist | Year | ★ Overall | ![]() | Critics | Users | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402 | ![]() | Naked City - John Zorn | 1990 | 85 | 76.8 | 95 | 84.3 | 85.6 | 90.6 | 77 | 86 |
| 453 | ![]() | Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson | 1973 | 84.8 | 80.8 | 88 | 84.8 | 82.7 | 90.2 | 81 | 85.8 |
| 566 | ![]() | Discipline - King Crimson | 1981 | 84.3 | 81.2 | 87 | 84.5 | 84.4 | 88.8 | 80 | 84 |
| 744 | ![]() | Arbeit Macht Frei - Area | 1973 | 83.6 | 75.8 | 90 | 81.7 | 86.2 | 91.2 | 75 | 85.4 |
| 783 | ![]() | Deceit - This Heat | 1981 | 83.5 | 78.6 | 90 | 80.8 | 79.6 | 92.2 | 78 | 85 |
| 827 | ![]() | The New Sound - Geordie Greep | 2024 | 83.3 | 79.2 | 83 | 86.9 | 84.2 | 93.6 | 79 | 77.2 |
| 862 | ![]() | Leaving Your Body Map - maudlin of the Well | 2001 | 83.2 | 76.8 | – | 83.6 | 84.1 | 92.8 | 76 | 85.8 |
| 897 | ![]() | De-Loused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta | 2003 | 83 | 77.4 | 77 | 84.8 | 84.5 | 91.2 | 79 | 87.4 |
| 911 | ![]() | Uncle Meat - The Mothers of Invention | 1969 | 83 | 76.2 | 95 | 80.1 | – | 87.2 | 78 | 81.6 |
| 924 | ![]() | 666 - Aphrodite's Child | 1972 | 83 | 74.8 | 95 | 80 | 80.3 | 89.2 | 77 | 84.6 |
| 991 | ![]() | Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta | 2005 | 82.8 | 78.8 | 74 | 87.6 | 87.6 | 90.4 | 78 | 83.4 |
| 1135 | ![]() | Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt | 1974 | 82.4 | 77.2 | 92 | 79.1 | 76.9 | 91.8 | 78 | 82 |
| 1156 | ![]() | Pawn Hearts - Van der Graaf Generator | 1971 | 82.4 | 78.4 | 80 | 81.5 | 82.7 | 89.4 | 79 | 85.6 |
| 1204 | ![]() | Hellfire - black midi | 2022 | 82.3 | 78.8 | 82 | 86.9 | 83.5 | 91.6 | 79 | 74 |
| 1220 | ![]() | One Size Fits All - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | 1975 | 82.2 | 78.4 | 75 | 82.8 | 84.6 | 90.2 | 80 | 84.6 |
| 1279 | ![]() | This Heat - This Heat | 1979 | 82.1 | 76.8 | 91 | 79.1 | 79.7 | 92.2 | 76 | 80 |
| 1315 | ![]() | Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant | 1971 | 82 | 76.2 | 90 | 79.5 | 79.8 | 88.8 | 78 | 82 |
| 1527 | ![]() | Octopus - Gentle Giant | 1972 | 81.6 | 76.4 | 85 | 79.1 | 80.6 | 89.4 | 79 | 82 |
| 1599 | ![]() | Disco Volante - Mr. Bungle | 1995 | 81.5 | 73.6 | 90 | 80.2 | 80 | 88.2 | 77 | 81.6 |
| 1668 | ![]() | Schlagenheim - black midi | 2019 | 81.4 | 77 | 81 | 84.7 | 82.2 | 89.8 | 79 | 75.8 |
| 1684 | ![]() | Third - Soft Machine | 1970 | 81.3 | 77.8 | 85 | 80.1 | 77 | 88.4 | 79 | 82 |
| 1731 | ![]() | Hostile Architecture - Ashenspire | 2022 | 81.2 | 74.4 | 90 | 80.8 | 81.3 | 89 | 74 | 79 |
| 1751 | ![]() | Free Hand - Gentle Giant | 1975 | 81.2 | 76 | 90 | 78.5 | 75.2 | 86.6 | 78 | 84 |
| 1998 | ![]() | Morir Saltando - Hesse Kassel | 2026 | 80.8 | 75.2 | – | 80.9 | 83.2 | 95 | 75 | 75.4 |
| 2116 | ![]() | A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window - Cardiacs | 1988 | 80.6 | 76.2 | 70 | 81.2 | 83.3 | 93.8 | 76 | 83.6 |
| 2181 | ![]() | Three Friends - Gentle Giant | 1972 | 80.5 | 75.6 | 80 | 80.3 | 81.8 | 87.6 | 78 | 80 |
| 2648 | ![]() | Cavalcade - black midi | 2021 | 79.7 | 75.2 | 82 | 82.8 | 80.3 | 86.8 | 79 | 72 |
| 2699 | ![]() | Zappa in New York - Frank Zappa | 1978 | 79.7 | 78.2 | 70 | 82.6 | – | 88.2 | 75 | 84 |
| 2752 | ![]() | In a Glass House - Gentle Giant | 1973 | 79.6 | 76.6 | 70 | 80.1 | 77.8 | 88.2 | 80 | 84.4 |
| 2936 | ![]() | Faust - Faust | 1971 | 79.3 | 74.6 | 80 | 77.6 | 77.4 | 88.6 | 77 | 80 |
| 2975 | ![]() | Vol.II - Angine de Poitrine | 2026 | 79.2 | 70.8 | 85 | 77.3 | 76.8 | 94 | 78 | 72.8 |
| 3045 | ![]() | Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 1969 | 79.1 | 72.4 | 100 | 69.1 | 71.1 | 88.2 | 74 | – |
| 3047 | ![]() | Burnt Weeny Sandwich - The Mothers of Invention | 1970 | 79.1 | 74.6 | 85 | 77 | – | 87.2 | 77 | 74 |
| 3048 | ![]() | Lick My Decals Off, Baby - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band | 1970 | 79.1 | 74.4 | 87 | 75.4 | 75 | 87 | 76 | – |
| 3076 | ![]() | La Brea - Hesse Kassel | 2025 | 79.1 | 71.6 | – | 79.7 | 83.9 | 90.2 | 75 | 74 |
| 3229 | ![]() | Relayer - Yes | 1974 | 78.9 | 77.6 | 64 | 83.1 | 80.5 | 84.8 | 78 | 84 |
| 3264 | ![]() | Mirrored - Battles | 2007 | 78.8 | 71 | 82 | 80.2 | 77.4 | 86 | 77 | 78 |
| 3326 | ![]() | Starless and Bible Black - King Crimson | 1974 | 78.7 | 74.6 | 80 | 77.2 | 75 | 88 | 78 | 78 |
| 3789 | ![]() | Weasels Ripped My Flesh - The Mothers of Invention | 1970 | 77.9 | 72.4 | 85 | 76.9 | 70.7 | 85.2 | 77 | 78 |
| 3843 | ![]() | The Power and the Glory - Gentle Giant | 1974 | 77.8 | 77 | 60 | 80 | 82 | 88.4 | 77 | 80 |
| 3898 | ![]() | Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 1973 | 77.7 | 72 | 75 | 77.5 | 80.2 | 84.4 | 77 | – |
| 3973 | ![]() | The Third Reich 'n Roll - The Residents | 1976 | 77.6 | 70.6 | 80 | 76.2 | – | 89.6 | 73 | 76 |
| 4511 | ![]() | Amputechture - The Mars Volta | 2006 | 76.4 | 73 | 66 | 80.6 | 82.1 | 87.2 | 74 | 72 |
| 4743 | ![]() | In Praise of Learning - Henry Cow | 1975 | 75.9 | 73.4 | 70 | 76 | 78.1 | 84.6 | 71 | 78 |
| 4767 | ![]() | The Bedlam in Goliath - The Mars Volta | 2008 | 75.8 | 71.6 | 61 | 78.8 | 83 | 87.2 | 73 | 76 |
| 5057 | ![]() | Islands - King Crimson | 1971 | 75.1 | 74.8 | 60 | 80.4 | 77.3 | 87 | 76 | 70 |
| 5366 | ![]() | 馬 [Uma] - betcover!! | 2023 | 74.2 | 74.2 | – | 78.5 | – | – | 74 | 70 |
| 5477 | ![]() | The Worm - HMLTD | 2023 | 73.8 | 69.4 | 74 | 71.4 | 72 | 87.6 | 72 | 70 |
| 5563 | ![]() | Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes | 1973 | 73.4 | 70.6 | 57 | 76.3 | 76.4 | 82.6 | 75 | 76 |
| 6014 | ![]() | Three of a Perfect Pair - King Crimson | 1984 | 70.8 | 68.2 | 60 | 69.1 | 72.4 | 84 | 72 | 70 |
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