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The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
October 26, 1999
Critic Score
94
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Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
June 22, 1993
Critic Score
94
6
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3
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Arcade Fire - Funeral
September 14, 2004
Critic Score
93
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Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
April 23, 2002
Critic Score
92
13
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5
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The Wrens - The Meadowlands
September 9, 2003
Critic Score
92
6
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6
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Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
April 22, 1997
Critic Score
91
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Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
June 21, 1994
Critic Score
91
6
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8
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Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle
November 23, 1993
Critic Score
90
5
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9
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Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
February 2, 1994
Critic Score
89
5
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10
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Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
February 6, 2001
Critic Score
89
7
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11
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Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
August 3, 2010
Critic Score
88
37
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12
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Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
June 13, 2000
Critic Score
88
6
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13
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The Strokes - Is This It
August 27, 2001
Critic Score
88
12
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14
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Wilco - Summerteeth
March 9, 1999
Critic Score
88
7
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15
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Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
September 29, 1998
Critic Score
88
7
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16
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Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
January 20, 2015
Critic Score
88
38
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17
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Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
November 7, 2000
Critic Score
88
6
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18
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Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
May 24, 2005
Critic Score
88
13
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19
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Elastica - Elastica
March 13, 1995
Critic Score
88
5
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20
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Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
May 10, 1994
Critic Score
88
5
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21
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Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
May 9, 2000
Critic Score
87
6
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22
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Les Savy Fav - Inches
April 20, 2004
Critic Score
87
6
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23
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Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider
July 20, 1998
Critic Score
87
6
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24
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The Olivia Tremor Control - Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle
August 6, 1996
Critic Score
87
6
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25
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Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
August 22, 2002
Critic Score
87
10
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