Best Ethereal Wave Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
56	Disintegration - The Cure	1989	88.7	85.2	87	90.3	89.1	92.8	86	90.4
132	Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins	1990	87	84.2	85	89.9	88.3	92.4	84	85.4
330	Treasure - Cocteau Twins	1984	85.1	80	92	84.8	83.2	90.2	82	83.8
509	Songs of a Lost World - The Cure	2024	84.2	77.2	91	83.5	80.1	92.6	81	84
605	Floating into the Night - Julee Cruise	1989	83.8	79.4	78	86.3	88.4	91.2	79	84
680	Preacher’s Daughter - Ethel Cain	2022	83.5	74.2	85	86.1	89.6	96.6	74	78.8
736	October Rust - Type O Negative	1996	83.2	77.4	80	83.5	85.1	92.2	79	85.4
864	Wildhoney - Tiamat	1994	82.8	75	90	79.6	78.1	92.4	79	85.4
886	Bloom - Beach House	2012	82.7	77.8	76	87.3	85.4	92	82	78.6
915	Teen Dream - Beach House	2010	82.6	76.2	82	85.2	82.7	90.4	83	79
927	Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You - Ethel Cain	2025	82.6	75.2	83	84.5	83.7	96.2	76	79.6
1046	Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill - Grouper	2008	82.2	76.8	82	82.6	83.7	92.4	78	80.2
1057	Tinderbox - Siouxsie & The Banshees	1986	82.2	78.6	80	85.1	84.4	87.4	78	82
1076	Dead Magic - Anna von Hausswolff	2018	82.2	77.4	78	85	86.8	91.2	76	80.8
1093	The Great Annihilator - Swans	1995	82.1	79	76	85.2	83.1	90.2	79	82.4
1161	Spleen and Ideal - Dead Can Dance	1985	82	76.4	90	80.1	80.7	89.6	77	80
1456	White Light from the Mouth of Infinity - Swans	1991	81.3	78.4	70	83.8	82.7	91.4	79	83.8
1676	Blue Bell Knoll - Cocteau Twins	1988	80.9	77.2	78	83.3	82.5	89	78	78
1799	Mandylion - The Gathering	1995	80.6	75.4	73	79.6	83.9	91.2	78	83.4
1879	7 - Beach House	2018	80.5	73.4	81	82.1	80.5	88.2	80	78.2
1934	It'll End in Tears - This Mortal Coil	1984	80.4	71.8	90	78.8	79.2	89.8	77	76
2032	Head Over Heels - Cocteau Twins	1983	80.2	75.8	83	80.5	78.1	88.8	77	78
2043	Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? - The Cranberries	1993	80.2	74.2	79	82.7	84	89.2	76	76
2051	Once Twice Melody - Beach House	2022	80.1	74.8	81	81.1	79.7	90.4	80	74
2061	Natural Born Losers - Nicole Dollanganger	2015	80.1	73	70	82.8	86.6	98.4	74	76
2091	Pain Is Beauty - Chelsea Wolfe	2013	80.1	73	80	81.7	78.7	89.2	78	79.8
2100	Hiss Spun - Chelsea Wolfe	2017	80	73.4	79	80.2	83.1	90	75	79.6
2102	Depression Cherry - Beach House	2015	80	74.2	79	82.7	82.7	89.6	78	74
2139	Abyss - Chelsea Wolfe	2015	80	74.2	78	81.6	81.5	89.8	75	79.6
2143	Watermark - Enya	1988	80	71.8	93	80.6	78.5	84.8	73	78
2616	Four-Calendar Café - Cocteau Twins	1993	79.1	75.4	75	82.2	85.4	89.4	76	70
2680	Trinity - Eartheater	2019	79	73.8	73	81.3	82.3	92.4	74	76
2807	Just for a Day - Slowdive	1991	78.7	76.8	65	81.9	82.1	90.2	78	77.2
2814	BLACK METAL - Dean Blunt	2014	78.7	75.2	77	79.7	79.4	91.8	74	74
2874	Shepherd Moons - Enya	1991	78.6	72.6	76	81.9	82.6	85.2	74	78
2909	Visions - Grimes	2012	78.6	71	79	80.1	80.8	88	77	74
3012	Pygmalion - Slowdive	1995	78.3	74.2	78	77	72.4	90.2	77	79.6
3135	Inbred - Ethel Cain	2021	78.1	69	78	79.8	79.2	95.8	71	74
3192	Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance	1984	78	72.2	80	76	80.1	88.4	75	74
3241	Victorialand - Cocteau Twins	1986	77.8	74.6	69	77.2	79.7	88.4	78	78
3261	Bloweyelashwish - lovesliescrushing	1993	77.8	71	80	76.4	74.8	90.4	76	76
3362	Suntub - ML Buch	2023	77.6	73.2	82	79.6	80.7	95.6	70	62
3406	Spooky - Lush	1992	77.5	71	75	79	76.6	86.8	78	76
3724	Ἀποκάλυψις [Apokalypsis] - Chelsea Wolfe	2011	76.7	71.8	67	77.8	77.6	88.8	76	78
4182	Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex	2017	75.4	63.6	74	71	82.1	91.2	74	72
4185	(III) - Crystal Castles	2012	75.4	67.4	73	76.6	77.8	87	74	72
4441	Mazy Fly - SPELLLING	2019	74.6	67.2	79	75.2	78.7	78	74	70
4541	Thank Your Lucky Stars - Beach House	2015	74.2	67	74	75.4	75.7	85.6	76	66
4589	Halfaxa - Grimes	2010	74	65.2	78	72.8	75.2	86	73	68
4794	Garlands - Cocteau Twins	1982	73	69.8	63	72	75.5	89.4	73	68
4949	Become - Beach House	2023	72	67.6	69	73.5	71.9	89	73	60
4961	Love of Life - Swans	1992	71.9	68.8	57	71.5	72.5	89.4	72	72

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