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Alternative Rock
(115)
Black Metal
(60)
Britpop
(36)
Classical
(63)
East Coast Hip Hop
(32)
Electronic
(133)
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(25)
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(39)
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(29)
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(39)
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(108)
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(26)
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(58)
Metal
(179)
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(24)
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(124)
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(44)
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(30)
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(27)
Punk
(62)
R&B
(37)
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(313)
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(32)
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(32)
Western Classical Music
(47)
May 21
Radiohead
OK Computer
94
critic score
(10)
94
user score
(8,180)
Sep 23
Björk
Homogenic
91
critic score
(10)
91
user score
(3,818)
Aug 14
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F♯ A♯ ∞
84
critic score
(4)
90
user score
(1,882)
Feb 25
Elliott Smith
Either/Or
86
critic score
(7)
89
user score
(1,742)
Jan 20
Daft Punk
Homework
80
critic score
(7)
78
user score
(1,669)
Oct 28
Deftones
Around the Fur
79
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(1,557)
Jun 24
Ween
The Mollusk
77
critic score
(4)
86
user score
(1,195)
Nov 18
Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West
86
critic score
(7)
88
user score
(1,171)
Jun 16
Spiritualized
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
89
critic score
(8)
85
user score
(988)
Oct 7
Janet Jackson
The Velvet Rope
74
critic score
(5)
87
user score
(782)
Feb 10
Blur
Blur
80
critic score
(8)
80
user score
(769)
Sep 30
Portishead
Portishead
87
critic score
(8)
84
user score
(768)
May 20
Foo Fighters
The Colour & the Shape
62
critic score
(5)
78
user score
(744)
Mar 25
The Notorious B.I.G.
Life After Death
79
critic score
(6)
84
user score
(735)
Oct 14
Green Day
Nimrod
70
critic score
(8)
78
user score
(708)
Apr 22
Yo La Tengo
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
91
critic score
(7)
84
user score
(623)
Sep 23
Stereolab
Dots and Loops
84
critic score
(6)
84
user score
(599)
Jul 24
Fishmans
宇宙 日本 世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya]
87
user score
(584)
Jun 30
The Prodigy
The Fat of the Land
78
critic score
(7)
82
user score
(574)
Sep 16
Mariah Carey
Butterfly
70
critic score
(5)
85
user score
(562)
Jan 28
Built to Spill
Perfect From Now On
86
critic score
(8)
86
user score
(550)
Feb 3
David Bowie
Earthling
70
critic score
(8)
73
user score
(531)
Oct 6
Aphex Twin
Come to Daddy
76
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(526)
Feb 11
Erykah Badu
Baduizm
85
critic score
(5)
86
user score
(512)
Nov 18
Metallica
Reload
59
critic score
(5)
54
user score
(501)
Nov 4
Jay-Z
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
74
critic score
(5)
73
user score
(459)
Mar 3
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The Boatman's Call
87
critic score
(6)
82
user score
(449)
Aug 21
Oasis
Be Here Now
75
critic score
(10)
66
user score
(416)
Oct 21
Mogwai
Young Team
92
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(396)
Sep 29
The Verve
Urban Hymns
87
critic score
(8)
81
user score
(376)
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Apr 8
Sleater-Kinney
Dig Me Out
87
critic score
(7)
83
user score
(349)
Sep 16
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
88
critic score
(3)
85
user score
(327)
Feb 11
Pavement
Brighten the Corners
72
critic score
(7)
81
user score
(323)
Jun 17
Blink-182
Dude Ranch
77
critic score
(3)
71
user score
(322)
Apr 7
The Chemical Brothers
Dig Your Own Hole
88
critic score
(7)
83
user score
(321)
Nov 1
Kylie Minogue
Impossible Princess
67
critic score
(5)
82
user score
(316)
Jun 3
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Forever
81
critic score
(7)
80
user score
(311)
May 26
Radiohead
Paranoid Android
97
user score
(293)
Apr 8
Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
79
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(288)
Aug 25
Rammstein
Sehnsucht
62
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(260)
Jul 28
Company Flow
Funcrusher Plus
88
critic score
(5)
86
user score
(255)
Aug 6
Cornelius
Fantasma
73
critic score
(5)
81
user score
(254)
Dec 1
Racionais MC's
Sobrevivendo no Inferno
50
critic score
(1)
89
user score
(239)
Jul 15
Misfits
Static Age
85
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(231)
Sep 30
Bob Dylan
Time Out of Mind
86
critic score
(8)
81
user score
(230)
Jul 15
Missy Elliott
Supa Dupa Fly
85
critic score
(6)
79
user score
(228)
May 19
Amon Tobin
Bricolage
90
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(212)
Apr 17
Depeche Mode
Ultra
70
critic score
(6)
78
user score
(202)
Aug 25
Radiohead
Karma Police
95
user score
(201)
Jul 1
Limp Bizkit
Three Dollar Bill, Yall$
70
critic score
(1)
57
user score
(194)
Apr 28
Squarepusher
Hard Normal Daddy
100
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(193)
Jun 14
Sigur Rós
Von
73
critic score
(6)
65
user score
(184)
Sep 15
Björk
Jóga
60
critic score
(1)
97
user score
(178)
Oct 21
Biosphere
Substrata
90
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(173)
Mar 3
U2
Pop
75
critic score
(7)
63
user score
(168)
Oct 21
Grandaddy
Under The Western Freeway
85
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(157)
Dec 8
Björk
Bachelorette
50
critic score
(1)
97
user score
(151)
Sep 26
Shiro Sagisu
The End of Evangelion
90
user score
(150)
Sep 8
Christoph de Babalon
If You're Into It, I'm Out of It
90
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(144)
1997
Radiohead
Let Down / Karma Police
97
user score
(141)
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