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Alternative Rock
(24)
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(35)
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(23)
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(18)
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(34)
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(20)
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(29)
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(24)
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(21)
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(20)
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(31)
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(22)
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(93)
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(23)
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(127)
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(63)
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(36)
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(40)
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(19)
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(20)
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(179)
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(33)
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(47)
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(28)
Aug 31
Michael Jackson
Bad
84
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(1,186)
Jul 21
Guns N' Roses
Appetite for Destruction
92
critic score
(7)
73
user score
(905)
Mar 31
Prince
Sign "O" the Times
100
critic score
(7)
88
user score
(850)
Sep 28
The Smiths
Strangeways, Here We Come
81
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(830)
Oct 19
Swans
Children of God
80
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(751)
Mar 9
U2
The Joshua Tree
100
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(750)
Sep 7
Pink Floyd
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
33
critic score
(3)
53
user score
(657)
May 25
The Cure
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
80
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(625)
Jun 1
Sonic Youth
Sister
100
critic score
(4)
84
user score
(625)
Dec 14
Dinosaur Jr.
You're Living All Over Me
90
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(569)
Jul 7
Eric B. & Rakim
Paid in Full
93
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(447)
Sep 28
Depeche Mode
Music for the Masses
78
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(419)
Sep 10
Big Black
Songs About Fucking
85
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(410)
Apr 27
David Bowie
Never Let Me Down
45
critic score
(4)
41
user score
(405)
Apr 13
Fleetwood Mac
Tango In The Night
70
critic score
(6)
80
user score
(341)
Sep 1
R.E.M.
Document
90
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(317)
May 25
Death
Scream Bloody Gore
95
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(309)
Sep 28
Pixies
Come on Pilgrim
84
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(266)
Mar 30
The Smiths
Louder Than Bombs
89
critic score
(4)
87
user score
(264)
Oct 18
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Darklands
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(254)
Jul 27
Dead Can Dance
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
80
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(225)
Sep 29
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
70
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(212)
Nov 2
George Michael
Faith
86
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(203)
Mar 1
Butthole Surfers
Locust Abortion Technician
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(197)
Sep 7
Pet Shop Boys
Actually
87
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(197)
Mar 22
Anthrax
Among the Living
90
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(184)
Jul 1
Napalm Death
Scum
92
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(172)
Aug 3
Def Leppard
Hysteria
93
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(169)
Jun 2
Whitney Houston
Whitney
57
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(168)
Oct 19
INXS
Kick
81
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(167)
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Oct 9
Bruce Springsteen
Tunnel of Love
99
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(164)
Jul 7
The Replacements
Pleased to Meet Me
80
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(157)
Aug 17
Tom Waits
Franks Wild Years
70
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(155)
Mar 3
Boogie Down Productions
Criminal Minded
100
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(149)
Nov 4
Sinéad O'Connor
The Lion and the Cobra
88
critic score
(5)
82
user score
(137)
Jul 27
Rick Astley
Never Gonna Give You Up
79
user score
(131)
Nov 13
The Sisters of Mercy
Floodland
83
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(123)
Apr 1
Public Enemy
Yo! Bum Rush the Show
95
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(122)
1987
Himiko Kikuchi
Flying Beagle
81
user score
(121)
Aug 17
New Order
Substance
90
critic score
(4)
90
user score
(115)
May 11
Bathory
Under the Sign of the Black Mark
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(113)
Nov 9
Candlemass
Nightfall
90
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(107)
Nov 7
David Sylvian
Secrets of the Beehive
91
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(106)
Aug 16
Mayhem
Deathcrush
50
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(102)
Nov 1
Black Sabbath
The Eternal Idol
40
critic score
(2)
49
user score
(102)
Nov 2
George Harrison
Cloud Nine
75
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(98)
Sep
Spacemen 3
The Perfect Prescription
93
critic score
(3)
82
user score
(92)
May 23
Helloween
Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I
93
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(80)
Sep 8
Rush
Hold Your Fire
57
critic score
(3)
61
user score
(80)
Jun 1
Dead Kennedys
Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
80
critic score
(3)
82
user score
(77)
Apr 1
Faith No More
Introduce Yourself
80
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(68)
Apr 21
Testament
The Legacy
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(66)
Jan 5
Hüsker Dü
Warehouse: Songs and Stories
80
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(65)
Feb 24
King Diamond
Abigail
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(65)
Jan 6
The Flaming Lips
Oh My Gawd!!!
60
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(63)
Aug 18
Aerosmith
Permanent Vacation
60
critic score
(2)
65
user score
(63)
May 15
Mötley Crüe
Girls, Girls, Girls
70
critic score
(2)
62
user score
(61)
Aug 1
Midnight Oil
Diesel and Dust
85
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(61)
Sep 17
Yes
Big Generator
40
critic score
(1)
53
user score
(61)
Oct 13
Sting
...Nothing Like the Sun
90
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(61)
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