Best Gothic Rock Albums of All Time

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113 albums

RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
42	Standing On A Beach: The Singles - The Cure	1986	89.1	83.8	100	88.8	88.8	90	84	88
56	Disintegration - The Cure	1989	88.7	85.2	87	90.3	89.1	92.8	86	90.4
89	Deathconsciousness - Have a Nice Life	2008	87.8	82.6	90	90.9	88.2	95	81	87
107	Leaves Turn Inside You - Unwound	2001	87.5	82.2	93	87.6	85.2	94	82	88.6
111	Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division	1979	87.5	82	95	86.3	83.8	92.2	86	87
144	Closer - Joy Division	1980	86.8	81.4	94	86.1	83	91	85	87.4
227	Substance - Joy Division	1988	86	82	90	85.9	85.1	91.2	82	86
330	Treasure - Cocteau Twins	1984	85.1	80	92	84.8	83.2	90.2	82	83.8
339	Script of the Bridge - The Chameleons	1983	85.1	79.4	90	83.8	84.2	92.8	80	85.6
347	To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey	1995	85.1	78.2	91	85.6	85.2	90.4	81	84.2
357	Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol	2002	85	79.8	82	87.3	85.2	91.4	84	85.4
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
509	Songs of a Lost World - The Cure	2024	84.2	77.2	91	83.5	80.1	92.6	81	84
544	154 - Wire	1979	84	79.4	93	83.6	79.1	91.8	79	82
631	Juju - Siouxsie and the Banshees	1981	83.7	79.4	84	84.8	83.7	90.2	80	83.6
692	From the Lions Mouth - The Sound	1981	83.4	76.8	90	81.5	82.3	92.4	79	82
697	Trilogy - The Weeknd	2012	83.4	79.2	82	88	87.4	88.2	79	80
708	Strange Times - The Chameleons	1986	83.4	76.8	90	82.8	81	90.8	78	84.2
715	Jeopardy - The Sound	1980	83.3	77.4	95	81.7	82	90.2	77	80
832	Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain	1985	82.9	74	100	78.4	78.5	90.4	79	80
864	Wildhoney - Tiamat	1994	82.8	75	90	79.6	78.1	92.4	79	85.4
885	What Does Anything Mean? Basically - The Chameleons	1985	82.7	76.2	90	81.4	81.2	90.4	78	82
1057	Tinderbox - Siouxsie & The Banshees	1986	82.2	78.6	80	85.1	84.4	87.4	78	82
1093	The Great Annihilator - Swans	1995	82.1	79	76	85.2	83.1	90.2	79	82.4
1138	Black Celebration - Depeche Mode	1986	82	77.2	80	82.2	83.8	91	78	82
1161	Spleen and Ideal - Dead Can Dance	1985	82	76.4	90	80.1	80.7	89.6	77	80
1184	EVOL - Sonic Youth	1986	81.9	76.6	89	80.4	79.1	89.2	77	82
1241	Floodland - The Sisters of Mercy	1987	81.8	75.4	84	79.8	82.4	89.8	79	82
1275	In the Flat Field - Bauhaus	1980	81.7	76.2	83	81.2	83.1	89.4	77	82
1369	Murder Ballads - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	1996	81.5	76.4	78	83.4	82.9	89.4	79	81.4
1377	Pornography - The Cure	1982	81.5	81.4	63	85.5	84.1	90.8	80	85.6
1378	Is This Desire? - PJ Harvey	1998	81.5	78	73	85.7	86.1	87.2	78	82.4
1416	First and Last and Always - The Sisters of Mercy	1985	81.4	75.8	80	80.8	84	89.6	76	83.6
1456	White Light from the Mouth of Infinity - Swans	1991	81.3	78.4	70	83.8	82.7	91.4	79	83.8
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
1562	Who Loves the Sun - Chat Pile	2026	81.1	76.6	82	82.1	78.1	95.4	73	80.4
1609	Skinty Fia - Fontaines D.C.	2022	81	73.4	87	80.6	81.8	92.2	76	76
1634	Tender Prey - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	1988	80.9	76.8	78	80.9	80.5	87.4	79	84
1642	Plays The Music of Twin Peaks - Xiu Xiu	2016	80.9	76.4	76	83.8	85.4	88.6	77	79.2
1693	Last Fair Deal Gone Down - Katatonia	2001	80.8	73.6	95	80.5	73.4	88.4	75	80
1744	The Good Son - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1990	80.7	77.6	74	81.4	82.7	88.2	79	82.2
1790	Wish - Cure	1992	80.7	76	80	83.2	82	89.4	78	76
1852	Birthing - Swans	2025	80.5	76	84	81.1	78	92.6	75	77
1874	The Spin - Messa	2025	80.5	73.8	84	77.8	80.3	93.8	75	78.8
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
2044	Killing Joke - Killing Joke	1980	80.2	74.2	85	77.5	75	90.4	77	82
2056	Hotel Usona - Protomartyr	2026	80.1	73.8	86	79	74.5	93.2	76	78.4
2091	Pain Is Beauty - Chelsea Wolfe	2013	80.1	73	80	81.7	78.7	89.2	78	79.8
2096	Romance - Fontaines D.C.	2024	80.1	70.2	89	78.9	79.9	92.4	78	72
2100	Hiss Spun - Chelsea Wolfe	2017	80	73.4	79	80.2	83.1	90	75	79.6
2139	Abyss - Chelsea Wolfe	2015	80	74.2	78	81.6	81.5	89.8	75	79.6
2324	Night Time - Killing Joke	1985	79.6	76.6	75	80.1	79.7	86	76	84
2341	Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure	1987	79.6	73.2	80	80.6	79.6	87.8	78	78
2497	Still - Joy Division	1981	79.3	74	76	80.3	83.8	88.2	77	76
2542	She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She - Chelsea Wolfe	2024	79.2	72.8	82	78.3	77.3	91.2	74	79
2562	Everybody Scream - Florence + the Machine	2025	79.2	69.4	83	77.1	78.9	94.6	73	78.4
2581	Your Funeral... My Trial - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1986	79.1	74	82	77.7	77.3	88	77	78
2699	"Nada!" - Death In June	1985	78.9	72	80	76.4	79.8	91.4	75	78
2731	Kaleidoscope - Siouxsie and the Banshees	1980	78.9	73.8	80	79.5	78.7	88.2	78	74
2739	Children of God - Swans	1987	78.9	76.4	60	80.9	79.8	90.6	80	84.4
2740	A Kiss in the Dreamhouse - Siouxsie and the Banshees	1982	78.9	75.6	75	80.5	81.6	86.4	77	76
2831	Primary Colours - The Horrors	2009	78.7	71.4	79	78.8	80.2	87.6	76	78
2842	Psychedelic Jungle - The Cramps	1981	78.7	72.2	80	75.2	78.6	90.8	74	80
2869	Exploding Head - A Place to Bury Strangers	2009	78.6	72.4	79	79.2	77.6	88.2	78	76
2908	Plowing Into the Field of Love - Iceage	2014	78.6	72.4	78	81.4	79.1	86	77	76
2946	Dopamine Chamber - Fontaines D.C.	2026	78.5	66	84	78	76.4	95	77	73
2951	Ocean Rain - Echo & the Bunnymen	1984	78.5	74	73	78.1	76.9	88.2	79	80
2962	Viva Emptiness - Katatonia	2003	78.4	72	75	80.3	78.8	89	76	78
3034	Razorblade Romance - HIM	2000	78.3	68	73	79.9	89.9	89.4	74	74
3085	Mask - Bauhaus	1981	78.2	72.4	80	77.6	76.7	86.8	76	78
3094	Faith - The Cure	1981	78.2	76.4	65	80	78.7	90.2	77	80
3097	This Mirror Weighs a Ton - Interpol	2026	78.2	70.8	80	77.8	73.1	94.2	76	75.4
3147	The Scream - Siouxsie and the Banshees	1978	78.1	72	80	75.9	76.7	87	77	78
3192	Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance	1984	78	72.2	80	76	80.1	88.4	75	74
3250	The Unnatural World - Have a Nice Life	2014	77.8	72.8	70	81.6	79.8	89.6	73	78
3315	Love - The Cult	1985	77.7	72.4	73	76.8	75.9	87.6	76	82
3359	Seventeen Seconds - The Cure	1980	77.6	75.2	65	77.8	78.7	90.4	78	78
3406	Spooky - Lush	1992	77.5	71	75	79	76.6	86.8	78	76
3490	A Hero's Death - Fontaines D.C.	2020	77.3	69.2	81	76	75.4	89.4	76	74
3581	Porcupine - Echo & the Bunnymen	1983	77.1	72.6	70	77	76.1	84.8	77	82
3603	Silence Yourself - Savages	2013	77	67.2	80	79.1	76.8	85.2	77	74
3724	Ἀποκάλυψις [Apokalypsis] - Chelsea Wolfe	2011	76.7	71.8	67	77.8	77.6	88.8	76	78
3746	Adore - The Smashing Pumpkins	1998	76.6	72.6	68	79.9	78	87	77	74
3771	Peepshow - Siouxsie and the Banshees	1988	76.6	71.6	70	77.4	77.9	85.2	76	78
3778	Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes	1988	76.6	69.2	80	75.7	73.9	84.2	77	76
3904	The Sky's Gone Out - Bauhaus	1982	76.2	73.4	60	78	80.2	86.8	77	78
4009	Gigi's Recovery - The Murder Capital	2023	75.9	67	83	75	72.9	87.6	74	72
4104	Movement - New Order	1981	75.7	70.6	71	76.1	73.3	88.6	76	74
4119	Thursday - The Weeknd	2011	75.6	67.6	76	74.4	74.6	90.8	72	74
4161	Formal Growth in the Desert - Protomartyr	2023	75.5	68.8	82	74	68	89.6	72	74
4188	From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave featuring The Bad Seeds	1984	75.4	69.6	78	72.4	71.5	85.2	75	76
4247	Preoccupations - Preoccupations	2016	75.2	67.8	78	76.3	75.1	83.4	74	72
4249	Heaven Up Here - Echo & the Bunnymen	1981	75.2	73	60	76.8	75.5	86.2	77	78
4264	Our Love to Admire - Interpol	2007	75.2	67.2	74	78.8	78.5	84.8	75	68
4278	The Back Room - Editors	2005	75.1	67.6	75	75.6	75.8	86	74	72
4332	Japanese Whispers - The Cure	1983	75	71.2	70	74.7	78.5	85.4	75	70
4418	Bloodflowers - The Cure	2000	74.7	71.6	65	77.3	77.4	85.4	74	72

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