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Compilation
(3)
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(10)
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(5)
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(188)
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(39)
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Alternative Metal
(20)
Alternative Rock
(97)
Black Metal
(41)
Boom Bap
(21)
Britpop
(26)
Contemporary R&B
(22)
Death Metal
(20)
East Coast Hip Hop
(25)
Electronic
(95)
Experimental Rock
(20)
Folk
(28)
Gangsta Rap
(26)
Hardcore Punk
(29)
Hip Hop
(95)
Indie Rock
(45)
Metal
(148)
Pop
(98)
Pop Rock
(33)
Post-Hardcore
(27)
Psychedelic
(20)
Punk
(46)
R&B
(31)
Rock
(249)
Singer-Songwriter
(25)
West Coast Hip Hop
(32)
May 21
Radiohead
OK Computer
94
critic score
(10)
93
user score
(5,579)
Aug 14
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F♯ A♯ ∞
84
critic score
(4)
89
user score
(1,250)
Jun 24
Ween
The Mollusk
77
critic score
(4)
86
user score
(842)
Nov 18
Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West
86
critic score
(7)
88
user score
(810)
Jun 16
Spiritualized
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
85
critic score
(6)
84
user score
(751)
Feb 10
Blur
Blur
79
critic score
(6)
80
user score
(533)
May 20
Foo Fighters
The Colour & the Shape
62
critic score
(5)
78
user score
(509)
Apr 22
Yo La Tengo
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
91
critic score
(7)
85
user score
(481)
Jan 28
Built to Spill
Perfect From Now On
86
critic score
(8)
85
user score
(375)
Nov 18
Metallica
Reload
64
critic score
(4)
54
user score
(345)
Oct 21
Mogwai
Young Team
92
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(324)
Sep 29
The Verve
Urban Hymns
85
critic score
(7)
82
user score
(296)
Apr 8
Sleater-Kinney
Dig Me Out
87
critic score
(7)
83
user score
(294)
Feb 11
Pavement
Brighten the Corners
79
critic score
(6)
82
user score
(237)
May 26
Radiohead
Paranoid Android
96
user score
(213)
Apr 8
Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
79
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(203)
Sep 30
Bob Dylan
Time Out of Mind
87
critic score
(7)
82
user score
(182)
Aug 25
Radiohead
Karma Police
94
user score
(160)
Apr 17
Depeche Mode
Ultra
67
critic score
(5)
78
user score
(153)
Jan 14
Sigur Rós
Von
73
critic score
(6)
67
user score
(146)
Mar 3
U2
Pop
78
critic score
(6)
63
user score
(140)
Oct 21
Grandaddy
Under The Western Freeway
85
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(125)
1997
Radiohead
Let Down
97
user score
(105)
Apr 15
Ground-Zero
Consume Red
90
critic score
(1)
87
user score
(99)
Sep 9
Incubus
S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
79
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(88)
Aug 25
Super Furry Animals
Radiator
90
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(87)
Dec 1
Radiohead
Lucky
92
user score
(86)
Jun 3
Faith No More
Album of the Year
60
critic score
(6)
73
user score
(85)
1997
Radiohead
Airbag
93
user score
(74)
May 5
Paul McCartney
Flaming Pie
75
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(73)
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Oct 28
The Flaming Lips
Zaireeka
79
critic score
(7)
74
user score
(73)
Sep 23
Dream Theater
Falling into Infinity
60
critic score
(1)
64
user score
(72)
Jul 7
Primal Scream
Vanishing Point
87
critic score
(6)
79
user score
(70)
1997
Ween
Ocean Man
95
user score
(66)
Sep 29
The Rolling Stones
Bridges to Babylon
61
critic score
(5)
53
user score
(64)
Mar 18
Ben Folds Five
Whatever and Ever Amen
78
critic score
(7)
81
user score
(62)
Apr 21
Supergrass
In It for the Money
84
critic score
(9)
79
user score
(59)
Sep 15
Ornatos Violeta
Cão!
82
user score
(54)
May 20
Weezer
Pink Triangle
85
user score
(48)
Jul 8
Primus
Brown Album
57
critic score
(3)
70
user score
(46)
Sep 1
Genesis
Calling All Stations
38
critic score
(3)
33
user score
(46)
May 13
Modest Mouse
The Fruit That Ate Itself
59
critic score
(3)
71
user score
(44)
Mar 25
Dinosaur Jr.
Hand It Over
69
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(42)
Aug 11
Morrissey
Maladjusted
64
critic score
(6)
59
user score
(41)
Nov 12
Robert Wyatt
Shleep
87
critic score
(4)
75
user score
(41)
Feb 3
Silverchair
Freak Show
57
critic score
(5)
74
user score
(40)
Mar 18
Aerosmith
Nine Lives
57
critic score
(4)
61
user score
(40)
Apr 7
Blur
Song 2
90
user score
(40)
Aug 18
Foo Fighters
Everlong
94
user score
(38)
Sep 29
Robbie Williams
Life Thru a Lens
73
critic score
(3)
64
user score
(37)
Sep 22
The Hives
Barely Legal
70
critic score
(2)
68
user score
(35)
Nov 24
Yes
Open Your Eyes
49
critic score
(2)
44
user score
(35)
Feb 17
Mansun
Attack of the Grey Lantern
81
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(34)
Jul 8
Smash Mouth
Fush Yu Mang
80
critic score
(2)
59
user score
(34)
Aug 26
Creed
My Own Prison
80
critic score
(1)
54
user score
(34)
Feb 25
Marcy Playground
Marcy Playground
69
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(33)
Sep 23
Chumbawamba
Tubthumper
78
critic score
(3)
65
user score
(33)
Nov 24
Natalie Imbruglia
Left of the Middle
55
critic score
(4)
70
user score
(33)
Aug 26
John Frusciante
Smile From The Streets You Hold
30
critic score
(2)
58
user score
(32)
Jul 29
Harvey Danger
Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?
61
critic score
(4)
76
user score
(31)
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