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Highest Rated Alternative Rock Albums of the 1980s
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1
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Pixies - Doolittle
April 18, 1989
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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2
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Pixies - Surfer Rosa
March 21, 1988
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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Spotify
3
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Sonic Youth - Sister
June 1, 1987
Alternative Rock
,
Noise Rock
Score
98
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4
.
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
October 24, 1983
Ethereal Wave
,
Gothic Rock
,
Dream Pop
,
Post-Punk
Score
96
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Spotify
5
.
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
August 23, 1988
Alternative Rock
,
Funk Rock
,
Hard Rock
Score
93
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Spotify
6
.
Dinosaur - You're Living All Over Me
December 14, 1987
Noise Rock
,
Slacker Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
91
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7
.
Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
November 4, 1987
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alternative Rock
,
Art Pop
Score
91
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8
.
A.R. Kane - 69
July 1, 1988
Dream Pop
,
Experimental Rock
,
Shoegaze
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
9
.
Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night
September 12, 1989
Dream Pop
,
Sophisti-Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
This Mortal Coil - It'll End In Tears
October 1, 1984
Ethereal Wave
,
Dream Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
This Mortal Coil - Filigree & Shadow
September 22, 1986
Dream Pop
,
Ethereal Wave
,
Neoclassical Darkwave
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Pixies - Come on Pilgrim
September 28, 1987
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
September 19, 1988
Dream Pop
,
Ethereal Wave
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Wake - Here Comes Everybody
November 1, 1985
Dream Pop
,
New Wave
,
Post-Punk
,
Indie Pop
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
A.R. Kane - “i”
April 5, 1989
Dream Pop
,
Alternative Dance
Score
77
Source →
Amazon
16
.
The Fall - The Frenz Experiment
February 29, 1988
Post-Punk
,
Alternative Rock
Score
74
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
October 31, 1988
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Noise Rock
,
Noise Pop
Score
73
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Dinosaur - Dinosaur
July 16, 1985
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Noise Rock
Score
62
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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