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1. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

June 22, 1993

Critic Score

96

5 reviews

2. The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I

The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I

October 26, 1999

Critic Score

95

8 reviews

3. Arcade Fire - Funeral

Arcade Fire - Funeral

September 14, 2004

Critic Score

94

16 reviews

4. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

April 23, 2002

Critic Score

92

12 reviews

5. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

April 22, 1997

Critic Score

91

7 reviews

6. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand

Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand

June 21, 1994

Critic Score

91

5 reviews

7. Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle

Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle

November 23, 1993

Critic Score

90

5 reviews

8. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

November 7, 2000

Critic Score

90

7 reviews

9. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

August 3, 2010

Critic Score

89

35 reviews

10. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

February 2, 1994

Critic Score

89

5 reviews

11. Low - Things We Lost in the Fire

Low - Things We Lost in the Fire

February 6, 2001

Critic Score

89

7 reviews

12. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica

June 13, 2000

Critic Score

88

6 reviews

13. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs

September 29, 1998

Critic Score

88

7 reviews

14. Elastica - Elastica

Elastica - Elastica

March 13, 1995

Critic Score

88

5 reviews

15. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

May 10, 1994

Critic Score

88

5 reviews

16. Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows

Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows

May 9, 2000

Critic Score

87

6 reviews

17. Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love

January 20, 2015

Critic Score

87

33 reviews

18. Les Savy Fav - Inches

Les Savy Fav - Inches

April 20, 2004

Critic Score

87

6 reviews

19. The Olivia Tremor Control - Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle

The Olivia Tremor Control - Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle

August 6, 1996

Critic Score

87

6 reviews

20. Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider

Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider

July 20, 1998

Critic Score

87

6 reviews

21. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

August 22, 2002

Critic Score

87

10 reviews

22. The Strokes - Is This It

The Strokes - Is This It

August 27, 2001

Critic Score

87

11 reviews

23. Wilco - Summerteeth

Wilco - Summerteeth

March 9, 1999

Critic Score

87

5 reviews

24. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out

April 8, 1997

Critic Score

87

7 reviews

25. St. Vincent - St. Vincent

St. Vincent - St. Vincent

February 25, 2014

Critic Score

87

36 reviews

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