Best Experimental Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
10	Revolver - The Beatles	1966	91	84.6	100	89.2	88.7	93.2	91	90.2
12	The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Mingus	1963	90.7	86.6	96	91.4	89.3	93.8	86	91.8
18	In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson	1969	90	86.6	90	91.3	89.4	92.4	89	91.4
20	Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience	1968	89.9	83.2	100	90.6	88	92.2	86	89.2
27	Madvillainy - Madvillain	2004	89.5	86.4	89	92.2	89.8	94.6	86	88.8
30	The Smile Sessions - The Beach Boys	2011	89.5	85	96	88	89.4	93	85	90
36	Remain in Light - Talking Heads	1980	89.3	85.2	97	89.2	85.9	91	87	89.8
39	Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! - Godspeed You Black Emperor!	2000	89.2	85.4	87	93.2	90	92.8	86	90
45	Red - King Crimson	1974	89	85.4	92	89.9	86.9	92.8	86	89.8
47	The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico	1967	88.9	83.8	100	86.3	84	91.6	89	87.8
57	F♯ A♯ ∞ - Godspeed You Black Emperor!	1997	88.7	83.4	95	89.6	86.6	92.4	84	89.8
67	Everywhere at the end of time - The Caretaker	2019	88.4	78.4	100	90	88.6	91.8	82	88
71	The Glow Pt. 2 - The Microphones	2001	88.3	83.6	93	90.6	86.1	94.4	83	87.2
81	Low - David Bowie	1977	87.9	82.6	95	87.8	84.8	90.6	86	88.8
85	Soundtracks for the Blind - Swans	1996	87.9	83	93	88.7	86.1	93	83	88.4
89	Deathconsciousness - Have a Nice Life	2008	87.8	82.6	90	90.9	88.2	95	81	87
90	Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow	1996	87.8	82.6	92	88.1	84.7	93.2	84	89.8
100	Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada E.P. - Godspeed You Black Emperor!	1999	87.7	83.8	87	90.5	88	91	84	89.4
101	Aquemini - OutKast	1998	87.6	82.6	90	89.9	86.9	92.6	83	88.4
112	Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus	1972	87.5	81.6	100	87.5	87.2	87.2	82	86.8
114	Rain Dogs - Tom Waits	1985	87.4	80.8	99	85.2	83	91.2	84	88.8
118	Kid A - Radiohead	2000	87.3	85	79	90.3	86.7	92.4	89	88.8
119	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West	2010	87.3	81.6	91	89.3	89.7	90	85	84.6
130	★ [Blackstar] - David Bowie	2016	87.1	83	86	89.7	86.6	92.4	86	86
157	Tago Mago - Can	1971	86.7	81	98	85.3	80.4	92.4	83	87
169	Fun House - The Stooges	1970	86.6	81.2	97	83.1	79.8	93.2	83	88.6
177	In Utero - Nirvana	1993	86.5	81.4	90	89	85.8	90.8	85	83.2
204	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy	1988	86.3	79	99	86.4	81.1	90.6	80	87.8
207	Donuts - J Dilla	2006	86.2	82.8	83	89	87.9	94.4	81	85.4
208	The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails	1994	86.2	82.2	83	89.4	85.5	92.6	82	88.8
216	Live at Reading - Nirvana	2009	86.2	81.4	89	88	88.1	89.6	81	86
229	To Be Kind - Swans	2014	86	81.2	88	88.6	85	92.6	82	84.6
240	Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys	1989	85.9	78.6	95	83.6	82.2	92.4	82	87.6
241	Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown	2016	85.9	82.6	84	89.5	85.8	92	83	84.4
252	Spiderland - Slint	1991	85.8	83.2	80	87.6	85.3	93	83	88.6
261	White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground	1968	85.7	80.2	100	83	80.6	89.2	84	83.2
267	just got back from the discomfort—we're alright - The Brave Little Abacus	2010	85.7	78.4	100	85	84	94	76	82.4
270	Raw Power - Iggy & The Stooges	1973	85.7	79.8	94	82.7	83	90.8	82	87.4
273	Since I Left You - The Avalanches	2000	85.6	81.6	85	88.8	85.5	90.8	82	85.8
278	The Dance of the Moon and the Sun - Natural Snow Buildings	2006	85.6	80.8	86	88.6	89	92.2	78	84.6
283	Laughing Stock - Talk Talk	1991	85.6	82.6	82	86.6	84.7	91.2	83	89
284	flood - Boris	2000	85.6	81.6	80	87.9	88.8	94	81	85.8
285	Agharta - Miles Davis	1975	85.6	82	90	86.6	84.9	91.6	80	84
286	Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth	1988	85.6	80.6	87	85.1	82.9	91.6	84	87.8
289	Rock Dream - Boris	2007	85.6	84.2	80	92	94.9	88.8	77	82
290	IGOR - Tyler, The Creator	2019	85.5	82.2	85	90.4	89	92.4	83	76.8
295	Structures from Silence - Steve Roach	1984	85.5	78.2	100	84.2	81.4	93.8	77	83.8
296	Mount Eerie - The Microphones	2003	85.5	80.8	93	88	85.3	92	79	80.2
300	Vaudeville Villain - Viktor Vaughn	2003	85.4	80	92	86.8	81.5	92.6	81	84.2
314	The Seer - Swans	2012	85.3	80.2	86	88.2	86	91.6	81	84.2
321	Boris at Last -Feedbacker- - Boris	2003	85.3	81	89	87.2	85.4	90.6	78	85.6
337	MM..FOOD - MF DOOM	2004	85.1	82.8	80	88.6	86.2	93.2	82	83
346	Surfer Rosa - Pixies	1988	85.1	77.6	99	80.8	78	91	84	85.2
366	Wrong - NoMeansNo	1989	85	80	90	84.7	81.1	93	80	86
373	We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service - A Tribe Called Quest	2016	84.9	81	87	89	85.4	90.2	82	79.6
397	Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson	1973	84.8	80.8	88	84.8	82.7	90.2	81	85.8
409	Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits	1983	84.7	78.8	95	82.7	80	89.4	81	86
414	The Ascension - Glenn Branca	1981	84.7	79.4	92	84.7	82.9	90.6	79	84
418	Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple	2020	84.6	76	93	86.2	86.5	92.4	81	77.4
441	The Money Store - Death Grips	2012	84.5	82.2	83	87.7	83.4	92.4	82	81
444	And Their Refinement of the Decline - Stars of the Lid	2007	84.5	78.6	87	84.3	86.2	93.4	77	85.2
447	Sister - The Sonic Youth	1987	84.5	78	95	82.5	80.3	90.6	80	85.2
449	Exmilitary - Death Grips	2011	84.5	84	80	89.1	88.5	91	81	78
451	Repetition - Unwound	1996	84.5	80.6	90	85.8	81.9	91.6	79	82.6
454	Stankonia - OutKast	2000	84.5	78.6	90	87.7	83.7	89.4	80	82
458	The Dreaming - Kate Bush	1982	84.5	81.2	81	87.6	86	87.6	81	86.8
461	Bone Machine - Tom Waits	1992	84.5	79.2	89	84.2	85.6	88.2	79	86
470	1969: Velvet Underground Live with Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground	1974	84.4	78.6	100	82.2	82.8	86.4	79	82
492	LP! (OFFLINE) - JPEGMAFIA	2021	84.3	79.8	82	89.2	85.5	94.2	79	80.2
497	Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü	1984	84.3	77.8	95	83	78.2	90.8	79	86
500	Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2016	84.2	76.8	91	84.5	84	88	82	83.4
502	Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030	2000	84.2	78.6	82	87.4	83.7	92.2	79	86.6
519	Youth of America - Wipers	1981	84.1	78.8	91	82	78	92	81	86.2
521	songs - Adrianne Lenker	2020	84.1	79.2	84	86.2	88.5	94.2	78	78.8
522	Before and After Science - Brian Eno	1977	84.1	78.8	94	83.5	81	89.6	80	82
525	The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox	2001	84.1	77.6	86	84.2	83.4	93.4	79	85.2
526	Parallelograms - Linda Perhacs	1970	84.1	77	89	84.6	85.2	90	81	82
532	We Are the Romans - Botch	1999	84.1	77.8	88	83.8	85.3	93.6	73	87
544	154 - Wire	1979	84	79.4	93	83.6	79.1	91.8	79	82
572	The Glowing Man - Swans	2016	83.9	80	80	89.5	86.7	91	81	79
587	The Powers That B - Death Grips	2015	83.8	81.2	78	87.6	84.9	91.2	80	84
591	Pop - GAS	2000	83.8	76.8	97	80.7	79.8	93	78	81.4
603	KID A MNESIA - Radiohead	2021	83.8	78.2	90	82	84.4	92.8	79	80
635	Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse	2006	83.7	79	85	85.6	82.8	91	80	82.2
649	Microphones in 2020 - The Microphones	2020	83.6	79	85	85.6	87	92.2	78	78.4
663	あくまのうた [Akuma no uta] - Boris	2003	83.5	78.2	90	85.4	82.6	89.2	79	80.4
666	Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels	2014	83.5	76	87	84.9	81.6	91.6	82	81.6
669	Selected Ambient Works Volume II - Aphex Twin	1994	83.5	79.2	82	86.1	84.3	92	79	82
671	Deceit - This Heat	1981	83.5	78.8	90	80.8	79.7	92.2	78	85
687	SCARING THE HOES - JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown	2023	83.4	78	85	86.6	82.7	93	80	78.8
688	The Mollusk - Ween	1997	83.4	79.8	77	85.8	84.1	91.4	82	84
694	Sing to God - Cardiacs	1996	83.4	76.2	88	80.9	85	93.6	76	84.2
696	Dronevil -Final- - Boris	2006	83.4	76.8	80	89	88.8	90.8	78	80.4
698	A I A : Alien Observer - Grouper	2011	83.4	78.6	81	84.4	84.3	92.4	80	83
704	Africa/Brass - The John Coltrane Quartet	1961	83.4	80	83	84.3	83.1	91.6	80	81.6
711	Harmony in Ultraviolet - Tim Hecker	2006	83.3	78	86	84.8	81.8	92.6	75	85.2
727	Musick to Play in the Dark - Coil	1999	83.3	77.6	88	80.9	80.1	94.8	79	82.4
730	Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 6 - The Caretaker	2019	83.3	75.4	88	84.7	87.1	92.8	77	77.8
732	Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy	1990	83.2	76.8	92	83.1	77.4	89.4	78	86
737	Ambient 1: Music For Airports - Brian Eno	1979	83.2	76.2	90	82.7	81.7	90	80	82

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