Best Indie Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
41	The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths	1986	89.1	82.6	100	87.3	85.8	91.6	88	88.6
62	Doolittle - Pixies	1989	88.5	81.6	100	84.4	84	92.8	88	88.6
65	loveless - my bloody valentine	1991	88.5	85	91	88.6	86.2	93.2	86	89.2
71	The Glow Pt. 2 - The Microphones	2001	88.3	83.6	93	90.6	86.1	94.4	83	87.2
77	Illinois - Sufjan Stevens	2005	88.1	82.8	92	90.6	87.7	91.4	86	86
92	Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths	1984	87.8	82.2	95	88	85.2	91	85	88
94	Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens	2015	87.7	81.8	91	89.1	88.2	92.2	86	85.8
96	Vespertine - Björk	2001	87.7	85.6	83	92.8	90.7	91	83	87.8
107	Leaves Turn Inside You - Unwound	2001	87.5	82.2	93	87.6	85.2	94	82	88.6
110	Either/Or - Elliott Smith	1997	87.5	83.6	84	89.4	89.1	92.8	84	89.4
150	The Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse	1997	86.8	82	88	87.8	85.9	92	84	87.8
153	In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel	1998	86.8	81.6	87	87.7	84.2	91.8	87	88
192	Ants From Up There - Black Country, New Road	2022	86.3	80.8	88	90.2	88	94.2	85	78.2
208	Velocity : Design : Comfort. - Sweet Trip	2003	86.2	81.6	85	88.3	85.2	95	82	86.4
219	The Magnolia Electric Co. - Songs: Ohia	2003	86.1	82.4	83	88.6	87.9	92.2	82	86.4
235	Louder than Bombs - The Smiths	1987	85.9	82.8	89	86	85.4	91.4	83	84
237	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco	2001	85.9	79	91	86.2	83.2	92	85	85
246	Funeral - Arcade Fire	2004	85.9	78.4	91	86.4	82	89.4	88	85.8
265	Is This It - The Strokes	2001	85.7	80	86	87.3	86.4	91.2	86	83
267	just got back from the discomfort—we're alright - Brave Little Abacus	2010	85.7	78.4	100	85	84	94	76	82.4
269	Perfect from Now On - Built to Spill	1997	85.7	81.4	86	86.2	84.5	91.2	84	86.4
274	A Crow Looked at Me - Mount Eerie	2017	85.6	79.8	90	89.1	86.7	93.2	80	80.6
288	Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith	1995	85.6	80.8	86	87.8	86.3	91	81	86
324	A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead	2016	85.2	79.2	87	87.5	83.9	91	87	81
328	XO - Elliott Smith	1998	85.2	80.4	84	87.3	86.3	90.2	82	86
331	Emergency & I - The Dismemberment Plan	1999	85.1	78.6	91	84.8	81.8	93.2	81	85.6
346	Surfer Rosa - Pixies	1988	85.1	77.6	99	80.8	78	91	84	85.2
349	you made me realise - my bloody valentine	1988	85.1	79.6	90	80.6	81.9	95.6	83	84.8
357	Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol	2002	85	79.8	82	87.3	85.2	91.4	84	85.4
376	Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem	2007	84.9	79.2	86	87.8	84.1	90.8	84	82.2
377	If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian	1996	84.9	79.4	90	84.9	82.4	90	83	84.4
423	The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me - Brand New	2006	84.6	77.2	79	87	85.9	93.2	81	89
425	For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver	2007	84.6	76.4	84	86.8	86.4	90.4	83	85.2
440	Building Nothing Out of Something - Modest Mouse	2000	84.5	82.2	90	86	81	88.6	80	84
499	You Forgot It in People - Broken Social Scene	2002	84.2	78.4	87	85.9	83.4	90	82	83
501	Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You - Big Thief	2022	84.2	79.8	86	86.4	85.5	89.4	83	79.4
522	Dots and Loops - Stereolab	1997	84.1	80.8	83	85.5	84.9	91.8	80	82.8
523	Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement	1994	84.1	79.2	86	84.3	80.7	90	83	85.6
538	Hasta la raíz - Natalia Lafourcade	2015	84	74.8	90	85	85.9	94.4	78	80
540	You Will Never Know Why - Sweet Trip	2009	84	81.2	80	86.4	85.2	91.6	81	82.6
549	MAGDALENE - FKA twigs	2019	84	77	88	86.6	87.1	91.8	80	77.2
562	Stratosphere - Duster	1998	83.9	79.4	89	84.7	83.3	92.8	77	81.2
563	Diamond Jubilee - Cindy Lee	2024	83.9	78	86	83.6	86.6	95.4	80	77.8
572	Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters	1993	83.9	78.6	89	84	83	88.4	80	84.2
574	Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers	2020	83.9	75.4	88	86.4	88.3	92.4	80	76.6
587	The Moon & Antarctica - Modest Mouse	2000	83.8	79.2	81	85.5	81.5	90	83	86.6
593	Vacation - Bomb the Music Industry!	2011	83.8	76.6	86	84.6	87.4	93.6	77	81.4
601	Bona Drag - Morrissey	1990	83.8	79.6	87	85.1	81.5	90.2	79	84
605	Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes	2011	83.8	78	83	86.9	85.4	88.6	82	82.4
607	This Is Happening - LCD Soundsystem	2010	83.7	78.8	84	88	85.4	90	82	78
608	summerteeth - Wilco	1999	83.7	76.2	90	83.9	82.9	89.6	82	81.6
618	The Smiths - The Smiths	1984	83.7	76.8	89	82.5	82.6	90	83	82
621	Teens of Denial - Car Seat Headrest	2016	83.7	78.4	82	87.4	84.6	90.8	83	79.6
622	The Argument - Fugazi	2001	83.7	79.2	85	83.9	82.9	90	80	84.8
624	Didn't It Rain - Songs: Ohia	2002	83.7	78.8	88	84.5	82.7	90.4	77	84.4
632	WORRY. - Jeff Rosenstock	2016	83.7	78.2	80	84.9	86	93	79	84.6
647	Javelin - Sufjan Stevens	2023	83.6	78.8	88	86.5	83.7	88.6	81	78.6
648	Microphones in 2020 - The Microphones	2020	83.6	79	85	85.6	87	92.2	78	78.4
649	Giles Corey - Giles Corey	2011	83.6	77	82	86.8	85.6	94.2	77	82.6
657	Songs About Leaving - Carissa's Wierd	2002	83.6	80	77	87.8	86.5	90.8	78	84.8
661	I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo	1997	83.5	78	88	82.6	80.2	91.2	81	83.8
677	Preacher’s Daughter - Ethel Cain	2022	83.5	74.2	85	86.1	89.6	96.6	74	78.8
686	Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains	2019	83.4	78.6	86	83	84.7	93	79	79.8
697	All Hail West Texas - The Mountain Goats	2002	83.4	77.4	85	83.2	84.9	91.4	78	83.8
750	69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields	1999	83.2	76.8	91	81.6	79.2	90.2	80	83.4
762	Brother, Sister - mewithoutYou	2006	83.1	74.8	78	81.7	88.6	93.6	78	87
763	You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur	1987	83.1	78.6	78	83.5	82.5	90.4	82	86.6
774	Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement	1992	83	75.8	93	80.2	76.9	90	82	83.4
776	Split Personalities - 12 RODS	1998	83	76.4	89	82.9	83.2	93	77	79.8
778	The Midnight Organ Fight - Frightened Rabbit	2008	83	74	80	82.2	88.1	94.4	77	85.6
779	What It Takes to Move Forward - Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)	2009	83	72.2	100	81.6	79.3	88.8	76	83.4
782	Boxer - The National	2007	83	74.8	84	82.2	82.4	89.2	82	86.6
794	Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective	2009	83	75.2	91	83.6	81.1	88	82	80
812	The Woods - Sleater-Kinney	2005	82.9	77.4	85	83.8	83.4	89.2	79	82.8
815	Bee Thousand - Guided by Voices	1994	82.9	76.6	88	80	80.3	92.2	79	84.4
822	How It Feels to Be Something On - Sunny Day Real Estate	1998	82.9	77	91	84.9	79.3	89.2	77	82
831	Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain	1985	82.9	74	100	78.4	78.5	90.4	79	80
832	Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab	1996	82.9	77.6	88	82.7	81.5	90.4	80	80
843	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
858	Eureka - Kinoko Teikoku	2013	82.8	75.6	90	84	82.6	92.4	77	78
860	Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes	2008	82.8	75.4	88	84.5	82.4	88.2	83	78
861	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys	2006	82.8	74.2	83	84.6	84.7	90.4	83	79.6
863	High Violet - The National	2010	82.8	74.2	84	82.3	82	90	82	85
871	Getting Killed - Geese	2025	82.8	76.8	88	84.5	82.4	93.6	80	74
883	Have You in My Wilderness - Julia Holter	2015	82.7	76.6	88	85.1	84.1	86.6	80	78.8
886	Bloom - Beach House	2012	82.7	77.8	76	87.3	85.4	92	82	78.6
894	American Water - Silver Jews	1998	82.7	77.8	84	83.1	82.4	91.4	78	82.2
897	The Suburbs - Arcade Fire	2010	82.7	73.6	88	83.8	82.3	89.2	84	78
898	American Football - American Football	1999	82.7	77.6	78	84	82.6	91.8	80	84.8
913	Teen Dream - Beach House	2010	82.6	76.2	82	85.2	82.7	90.4	83	79
917	I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes	2005	82.6	73.8	85	85.2	85	89.2	78	82.2
918	Halfway to a Threeway - Jim O'Rourke	1999	82.6	80.2	80	84.4	86.8	89.2	77	80.8
919	Lost Weekend - Phoebe Bridgers	2026	82.6	72.4	91	83.6	82.2	96.4	76	76.8
923	Dawn - Mount Eerie	2008	82.6	76.8	90	83.5	81.7	91.2	77	78
924	Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You - Ethel Cain	2025	82.6	75.2	83	84.5	83.7	96.2	76	79.6
930	Frengers - Mew	2003	82.6	74.6	83	82.7	86.1	90.4	77	84.2
938	Keep It Like a Secret - Built to Spill	1999	82.5	79.2	74	84.8	82.3	91	82	84.4
946	From a Basement on the Hill - Elliott Smith	2004	82.5	77.8	84	82.8	83.8	88.4	80	80.8
956	Michigan - Sufjan Stevens	2003	82.5	77	87	84.2	82.5	86.8	80	79.8
962	Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - The Sundays	1990	82.5	77.2	84	83.3	84.1	91.2	77	80.4

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