Best Noise Rock Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
47	The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico	1967	88.9	83.8	100	86.3	84	91.6	89	87.8
71	The Glow Pt. 2 - The Microphones	2001	88.3	83.6	93	90.6	86.1	94.4	83	87.2
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
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
261	White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground	1968	85.7	80.2	100	83	80.6	89.2	84	83.2
270	Raw Power - Iggy & The Stooges	1973	85.7	79.8	94	82.7	83	90.8	82	87.4
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
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
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
414	The Ascension - Glenn Branca	1981	84.7	79.4	92	84.7	82.9	90.6	79	84
447	Sister - The Sonic Youth	1987	84.5	78	95	82.5	80.3	90.6	80	85.2
451	Repetition - Unwound	1996	84.5	80.6	90	85.8	81.9	91.6	79	82.6
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
497	Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü	1984	84.3	77.8	95	83	78.2	90.8	79	86
519	Youth of America - Wipers	1981	84.1	78.8	91	82	78	92	81	86.2
532	We Are the Romans - Botch	1999	84.1	77.8	88	83.8	85.3	93.6	73	87
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
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
765	You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur	1987	83.1	78.6	78	83.5	82.5	90.4	82	86.6
767	Nirvana - Nirvana	2002	83.1	77.6	83	85.9	88.3	89.8	79	78
773	The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails	1999	83	80.2	71	87.6	86.3	92	79	85.2
776	Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement	1992	83	75.8	93	80.2	76.9	90	82	83.4
787	You Won't Get What You Want - Daughters	2018	83	76.4	85	83	83.3	91.4	80	82
813	The Woods - Sleater-Kinney	2005	82.9	77.4	85	83.8	83.4	89.2	79	82.8
819	Joy as an Act of Resistance. - IDLES	2018	82.9	74	88	83.9	84.2	91.2	80	79.2
832	Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain	1985	82.9	74	100	78.4	78.5	90.4	79	80
847	Yank Crime - Drive Like Jehu	1994	82.8	79	83	85	80.7	90.6	78	83.6
865	Bottomless Pit - Death Grips	2016	82.8	79.4	81	87.5	83.1	89.6	80	78.8
881	Pink - Boris	2005	82.7	78.8	81	86.6	82.2	90.6	79	81
939	Rid of Me - PJ Harvey	1993	82.5	76.2	83	84.3	83.7	89.2	79	82.4
995	Atomizer - Big Black	1986	82.4	77.6	90	82.4	78	90.6	76	82
1000	Goat - The Jesus Lizard	1991	82.4	75.4	90	79.5	79.6	92	76	84
1027	Bury Me at Makeout Creek - Mitski	2014	82.3	77.2	78	84.9	87.5	92.4	78	78
1093	The Great Annihilator - Swans	1995	82.1	79	76	85.2	83.1	90.2	79	82.4
1115	Streetcleaner - Godflesh	1989	82.1	76.2	89	79.1	77.6	91.8	75	85.8
1117	Broken - Nine Inch Nails	1992	82.1	78.8	76	85.2	84.5	90.6	78	81.4
1159	'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! - God's Pee	2012	82	75.8	83	86.5	81.5	87.4	80	79.6
1168	In On the Kill Taker - Fugazi	1993	81.9	77.2	87	82.1	80.5	89.4	77	80.4
1169	Hex Enduction Hour - The Fall	1982	81.9	76.6	82	80.2	82.4	91.4	77	84
1184	EVOL - Sonic Youth	1986	81.9	76.6	89	80.4	79.1	89.2	77	82
1271	SCHOOL GIRL DISTORTIONAL ADDICT - Number Girl	1999	81.7	74.2	91	81.1	80.9	91.8	75	78
1275	In the Flat Field - Bauhaus	1980	81.7	76.2	83	81.2	83.1	89.4	77	82
1301	At Action Park - Shellac	1994	81.6	75	90	79.9	79	91.4	75	81.2
1381	Pain to Power - Maruja	2025	81.5	73.4	86	84.8	82.8	93	73	77.4
1404	The Lamb as Effigy - Sprain	2023	81.4	74	85	82.3	82.2	95.6	77	74
1423	Vs. - Mission of Burma	1982	81.4	74.8	90	81.4	76.3	89.2	78	80
1430	Schlagenheim - black midi	2019	81.4	77	81	84.7	82.2	89.8	79	75.8
1437	Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements - Stereolab	1993	81.3	77	81	81.5	79.7	90.6	79	80.6
1485	Kick Out the Jams - MC5	1969	81.2	73	100	78.2	70.9	87.6	77	82
1505	Yanqui U.X.O. - Godspeed You! Black Emperor	2002	81.2	77.8	75	86.3	83.2	88	80	78
1509	Super æ - Boredoms	1998	81.2	75.2	78	81.9	86.2	89.2	79	78.8
1522	New Plastic Ideas - Unwound	1994	81.2	80	70	84.3	83	89.6	79	82.2
1555	Drive Like Jehu - Drive Like Jehu	1991	81.1	75.8	85	79.6	82.7	88.6	77	79
1562	Who Loves the Sun - Chat Pile	2026	81.1	76.6	82	82.1	78.1	95.4	73	80.4
1567	Diaspora Problems - Soul Glo	2022	81.1	74.6	85	82.5	80.6	93.4	73	78.4
1572	Young Team - Mogwai	1997	81.1	74.2	81	80.8	79.4	89.6	80	82.4
1602	Goo - Sonic Youth	1990	81	76.6	78	82.9	81.7	89.8	80	78
1612	Penis Envy - Crass	1981	81	74.4	90	81	85.9	88.6	69	78
1642	Plays The Music of Twin Peaks - Xiu Xiu	2016	80.9	76.4	76	83.8	85.4	88.6	77	79.2
1652	Strangers from the Universe - Thinking Fellers Union Local 282	1994	80.9	74.8	91	78.9	78	89	76	78.6
1659	Frizzle Fry - Primus	1990	80.9	76.8	73	84.5	81.5	89.2	76	85.2
1669	Red Medicine - Fugazi	1995	80.9	77	78	82.5	80.6	88.6	77	82.4
1690	Brutalism - IDLES	2017	80.8	72.8	86	80.8	79.7	90.4	78	78.2
1710	Night Palace - Mount Eerie	2024	80.8	76.8	82	83.2	79	93.6	75	76
1711	13 - Blur	1999	80.8	76	80	84.4	81	85.4	79	79.8
1738	The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu	1978	80.7	75.2	90	77.5	75.9	90.6	78	78
1759	Relatives in Descent - Protomartyr	2017	80.7	74.2	83	80.4	81.7	89.6	77	79
1785	No Name - Jack White	2024	80.7	74.2	85	81	77.9	92.6	78	76
1789	SAPPUKEI - Number Girl	2000	80.7	77	84	82.9	80.9	86.8	72	81
1847	God’s Country - Chat Pile	2022	80.5	74.6	83	82.1	79.3	92.4	74	78.4
1852	Birthing - Swans	2025	80.5	76	84	81.1	78	92.6	75	77
1862	Dirty - Sonic Youth	1992	80.5	74.4	87	81.6	80.4	88.2	78	74
1882	Songs About Fucking - Big Black	1987	80.5	74.6	85	79.6	78.3	88.8	77	80
1891	Cool World - Chat Pile	2024	80.5	75.6	83	81.7	78.1	92.4	73	79.4
1904	Today's Active Lifestyles - Polvo	1993	80.4	73.8	85	79	79.8	89.4	76	80
1955	Enemy of the Sun - Neurosis	1993	80.3	75.6	80	81	79	88.8	78	79.8
1975	Damaged - Black Flag	1981	80.3	72.8	94	76.8	71.8	89.6	75	82
1978	Washing Machine - Sonic Youth	1995	80.3	76	83	81.6	80.7	87.6	77	76
1980	Public Strain - Women	2010	80.3	75.4	78	80.2	82.7	90.2	76	79.4
2012	Mclusky Do Dallas - mclusky	2002	80.2	75.2	79	80.2	80.2	89	76	81.8
2016	春と修羅 [Haru to shura] - HARU NEMURI	2018	80.2	73.8	80	80.7	82.5	92.4	76	76
2044	Killing Joke - Killing Joke	1980	80.2	74.2	85	77.5	75	90.4	77	82
2048	Blonder Tongue Audio Baton - Swirlies	1993	80.2	73.4	86	77.9	79	92.2	75	77.6
2056	Hotel Usona - Protomartyr	2026	80.1	73.8	86	79	74.5	93.2	76	78.4
2063	Attempted Martyr - Prostitute	2024	80.1	76	81	81.5	78.4	94.2	74	75.6
2086	Hypermagic Mountain - Lightning Bolt	2005	80.1	75.6	83	80.9	82.9	88	74	76
2097	Pugnello - Gilla Band	2026	80.1	73.2	88	77	76.2	97	72	77
2110	It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water - The Microphones	2000	80	74	82	81.1	78.6	89.4	79	76
2122	Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney	1988	80	72.4	87	77.7	76.8	90	74	82
2215	Fetch - Melt-Banana	2013	79.8	74.4	83	80.2	77.8	88.4	76	79
2221	...Burn, Piano Island, Burn - The Blood Brothers	2003	79.8	73	79	82	82.6	88.6	72	81.6
2252	Hold Your Horse Is - !!A⅃⅃ƎH	2002	79.8	74.2	80	80.5	78.4	90.4	75	79.8
2257	Chrome - Catherine Wheel	1993	79.8	72.8	76	80.4	81.1	88.2	77	82.8

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