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May 26
Eminem
The Eminem Show
72
critic score
(9)
81
user score
(3,545)
Aug 20
Interpol
Turn On The Bright Lights
82
critic score
(11)
87
user score
(3,298)
Aug 27
Queens of the Stone Age
Songs for the Deaf
85
critic score
(11)
88
user score
(3,293)
Apr 23
Wilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
91
critic score
(16)
87
user score
(2,580)
Aug 27
Coldplay
A Rush of Blood to the Head
79
critic score
(18)
81
user score
(2,566)
Jul 16
The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
85
critic score
(15)
84
user score
(1,819)
Nov 26
System of a Down
Steal This Album!
77
critic score
(8)
79
user score
(1,511)
Feb 19
Boards of Canada
Geogaddi
84
critic score
(12)
87
user score
(1,466)
Jul 23
My Chemical Romance
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
63
critic score
(7)
68
user score
(1,338)
May 14
Weezer
Maladroit
71
critic score
(10)
72
user score
(1,222)
Nov 11
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Yanqui U.X.O.
73
critic score
(9)
83
user score
(1,191)
Jul 9
Red Hot Chili Peppers
By The Way
76
critic score
(13)
78
user score
(1,040)
Oct 28
Sigur Rós
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82
critic score
(14)
85
user score
(1,007)
Oct 15
Broken Social Scene
You Forgot It In People
87
critic score
(11)
86
user score
(1,003)
Jun 4
Avril Lavigne
Let Go
56
critic score
(9)
75
user score
(912)
Jun 25
Maroon 5
Songs About Jane
60
critic score
(6)
71
user score
(896)
May 14
El-P
Fantastic Damage
90
critic score
(8)
86
user score
(762)
Sep 24
Beck
Sea Change
80
critic score
(15)
80
user score
(758)
Aug 6
dälek
From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots
74
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(704)
Dec 13
Nas
God's Son
74
critic score
(9)
76
user score
(660)
2002
William Basinski
The Disintegration Loops
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(584)
Jun 11
David Bowie
Heathen
73
critic score
(10)
72
user score
(576)
Aug 13
Agalloch
The Mantle
90
critic score
(2)
85
user score
(564)
Oct 22
The Streets
Original Pirate Material
86
critic score
(14)
79
user score
(557)
Nov 19
Audioslave
Audioslave
61
critic score
(13)
73
user score
(496)
Feb 19
Xiu Xiu
Knife Play
79
critic score
(5)
81
user score
(496)
Aug 20
Clipse
Lord Willin'
64
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(483)
Mar 19
Hella
Hold Your Horse Is
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(479)
Aug 6
Carissa's Wierd
Songs About Leaving
77
critic score
(3)
85
user score
(474)
Mar 12
N.E.R.D
In Search of...
79
critic score
(9)
80
user score
(473)
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Sep 24
Porcupine Tree
In Absentia
67
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(468)
Oct 22
Foo Fighters
One by One
67
critic score
(13)
69
user score
(465)
Nov 5
Justin Timberlake
Justified
64
critic score
(10)
67
user score
(464)
Nov 12
JAY-Z
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse
69
critic score
(10)
63
user score
(459)
Oct 29
Christina Aguilera
Stripped
60
critic score
(8)
75
user score
(457)
Nov 26
The Roots
Phrenology
83
critic score
(14)
79
user score
(396)
Sep 23
Nas
The Lost Tapes
80
critic score
(6)
82
user score
(393)
Jul 2
Oasis
Heathen Chemistry
43
critic score
(12)
53
user score
(375)
Aug 13
Bright Eyes
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
81
critic score
(12)
84
user score
(352)
Jun 11
Korn
Untouchables
69
critic score
(7)
69
user score
(340)
Feb 26
Norah Jones
Come Away with Me
76
critic score
(5)
79
user score
(328)
Oct 28
Eminem
Lose Yourself
93
user score
(318)
Feb 19
The Mountain Goats
All Hail West Texas
85
critic score
(6)
84
user score
(318)
Aug 20
Spoon
Kill The Moonlight
78
critic score
(8)
80
user score
(318)
Jun 25
Sonic Youth
Murray Street
81
critic score
(12)
78
user score
(313)
Oct 14
The Libertines
Up The Bracket
75
critic score
(10)
78
user score
(311)
May 28
Mastodon
Remission
83
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(306)
Nov 26
Sum 41
Does This Look Infected?
60
critic score
(5)
74
user score
(296)
Apr 26
Boris
Heavy Rocks
80
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(289)
Dec 3
Mariah Carey
Charmbracelet
45
critic score
(7)
61
user score
(288)
Nov 5
Johnny Cash
American IV: The Man Comes Around
69
critic score
(10)
82
user score
(286)
Nov 12
Opeth
Deliverance
72
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(274)
Nov 5
The Mountain Goats
Tallahassee
77
critic score
(10)
83
user score
(263)
Jun 11
Atmosphere
God Loves Ugly
77
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(260)
Mar 26
Taking Back Sunday
Tell All Your Friends
83
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(254)
Sep 16
ISIS
Oceanic
97
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(251)
May 7
Tom Waits
Blood Money
81
critic score
(11)
81
user score
(251)
May 24
Racionais MC's
Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia
70
critic score
(1)
88
user score
(240)
Feb 26
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
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80
critic score
(15)
80
user score
(239)
Jun 4
Frou Frou
Details
65
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(215)
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