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1.
Nirvana - Live at Reading
November 3, 2009
Critic Score
93
13
reviews
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2.
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
April 23, 2002
Critic Score
92
12
reviews
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3.
Super Furry Animals - Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1
October 4, 2004
Critic Score
91
7
reviews
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4.
Radiohead - In Rainbows
October 10, 2007
Critic Score
88
24
reviews
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5.
Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
May 9, 2000
Critic Score
87
6
reviews
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6.
Café Tacvba - Cuatro Caminos
July 1, 2003
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
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7.
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies
May 3, 2004
Critic Score
86
6
reviews
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8.
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
August 27, 2002
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
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9.
Beck - Sea Change
September 24, 2002
Critic Score
86
10
reviews
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10.
The Smiths - The Sound of The Smiths
November 10, 2008
Critic Score
85
11
reviews
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11.
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
April 6, 2004
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
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12.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
April 8, 2008
Critic Score
84
23
reviews
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Spotify
13.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus
October 26, 2004
Critic Score
84
13
reviews
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14.
Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
May 18, 2004
Critic Score
84
10
reviews
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15.
Wilco - Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
November 15, 2005
Critic Score
82
8
reviews
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16.
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
March 17, 2008
Critic Score
82
17
reviews
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17.
The Strokes - Room on Fire
October 28, 2003
Critic Score
82
13
reviews
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18.
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
November 14, 2006
Critic Score
82
16
reviews
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19.
Sonic Youth - Murray Street
June 25, 2002
Critic Score
82
9
reviews
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20.
Aereogramme - Seclusion
September 20, 2004
Critic Score
82
6
reviews
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21.
The Twilight Singers - Blackberry Belle
October 14, 2003
Critic Score
82
6
reviews
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22.
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
June 10, 2003
Critic Score
82
12
reviews
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23.
Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum
August 10, 2004
Critic Score
81
7
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
24.
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
May 19, 2009
Critic Score
81
17
reviews
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25.
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
June 8, 2004
Critic Score
81
11
reviews
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