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2011 Alternative Rock Album Releases
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Oct 18
M83
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
75
critic score
(40)
81
user score
(1,527)
Apr 12
Foo Fighters
Wasting Light
73
critic score
(37)
79
user score
(811)
Aug 30
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I'm With You
65
critic score
(29)
60
user score
(501)
May 18
wowaka
アンハッピーリフレイン [Unhappy Refrain]
88
user score
(482)
Sep 27
blink-182
Neighborhoods
65
critic score
(15)
66
user score
(421)
Jan 11
Cage the Elephant
Thank You Happy Birthday
70
critic score
(24)
68
user score
(408)
Sep 27
Youth Lagoon
The Year of Hibernation
77
critic score
(22)
80
user score
(348)
Nov 8
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
68
critic score
(34)
75
user score
(230)
Jul 26
The Horrors
Skying
81
critic score
(33)
78
user score
(223)
Sep 27
Wilco
The Whole Love
81
critic score
(37)
76
user score
(218)
Oct 10
Lana Del Rey
Video Games
70
critic score
(3)
91
user score
(213)
Sep 27
Kasabian
Velociraptor!
73
critic score
(26)
72
user score
(208)
Nov 23
東京酒吐座 [Tokyo Shoegazer]
Crystallize
82
user score
(192)
Aug 16
M83
Midnight City
100
critic score
(1)
94
user score
(188)
Feb 15
Yuck
Yuck
75
critic score
(34)
78
user score
(183)
Oct 7
Evanescence
Evanescence
57
critic score
(10)
64
user score
(177)
Mar 29
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Belong
75
critic score
(31)
76
user score
(148)
Mar 8
R.E.M.
Collapse Into Now
70
critic score
(33)
68
user score
(147)
May 10
Sleeping with Sirens
Let's Cheers to This
70
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(126)
Mar 16
Boris
New Album
77
critic score
(10)
68
user score
(119)
Nov 1
Low Roar
Low Roar
60
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(116)
Dec 19
Radiohead
The Daily Mail / Staircase
88
user score
(105)
Sep 12
Primus
Green Naugahyde
72
critic score
(9)
72
user score
(100)
Dec 14
Paramore
Singles Club
77
user score
(99)
Mar 29
Craft Spells
Idle Labor
69
critic score
(4)
74
user score
(94)
Apr 12
Elbow
Build a Rocket Boys!
82
critic score
(28)
75
user score
(92)
Jan 6
Capital Cities
Safe and Sound
86
user score
(86)
Jan 18
White Lies
Ritual
57
critic score
(29)
61
user score
(86)
May 24
Boris
Attention Please
70
critic score
(17)
56
user score
(85)
May 24
Friendly Fires
Pala
73
critic score
(21)
76
user score
(84)
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Nov 21
Nickelback
Here and Now
54
critic score
(8)
40
user score
(84)
Jul 12
Incubus
If Not Now, When?
53
critic score
(13)
54
user score
(76)
Sep 6
The Rapture
In The Grace of Your Love
66
critic score
(30)
75
user score
(73)
Mar 8
Ringo Deathstarr
Colour Trip
70
critic score
(10)
73
user score
(66)
Sep 27
Nirvana
Nevermind [20th Anniversary Edition]
91
critic score
(17)
90
user score
(66)
Aug 2
tricot
Bakuretsu Tricot San
81
user score
(65)
Sep 20
Thrice
Major / Minor
79
critic score
(7)
77
user score
(65)
Nov 14
Snow Patrol
Fallen Empires
58
critic score
(20)
58
user score
(62)
Dec 6
Chevelle
Hats Off to the Bull
63
critic score
(4)
68
user score
(61)
Oct 18
Puscifer
Conditions of My Parole
64
critic score
(5)
67
user score
(59)
Apr 16
Deftones
Covers
72
user score
(59)
Mar 15
The Joy Formidable
The Big Roar
77
critic score
(18)
78
user score
(58)
Jun 18
wowaka
Rolling Girl
94
user score
(57)
Jan 4
AWOLNATION
Sail
70
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(57)
Jul 19
They Might Be Giants
Join Us
69
critic score
(16)
77
user score
(54)
Feb 9
The Strokes
Under Cover Of Darkness
80
critic score
(1)
89
user score
(53)
Jun 26
Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday
73
critic score
(5)
71
user score
(51)
Oct 11
Still Corners
Creatures of an Hour
75
critic score
(13)
76
user score
(50)
Nov 1
Angels & Airwaves
Love: Part Two
54
critic score
(6)
66
user score
(50)
Feb 1
Red
Until We Have Faces
60
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(45)
Feb 1
Panic! at the Disco
The Ballad of Mona Lisa
79
user score
(42)
Mar 11
Burrrn
Blaze Down His Way Like the Space Show
75
user score
(41)
May 17
Seether
Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray
50
critic score
(4)
63
user score
(40)
Jan 11
CAKE
Showroom of Compassion
71
critic score
(14)
66
user score
(40)
Aug 23
Active Child
You Are All I See
75
critic score
(18)
75
user score
(39)
Sep 2
GROUPLOVE
Tongue Tied
85
user score
(38)
Apr 12
Thursday
No Devolucion
76
critic score
(7)
78
user score
(37)
May 24
Thurston Moore
Demolished Thoughts
73
critic score
(26)
77
user score
(36)
Nov 15
Gym Class Heroes
The Papercut Chronicles II
61
critic score
(4)
61
user score
(36)
Nov 1
Blouse
Blouse
70
critic score
(8)
77
user score
(35)
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