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1
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Super Furry Animals - Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1
October 4, 2004
Experimental Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
91
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
2
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Nirvana - Live at Reading
November 3, 2009
Grunge
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
89
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Radiohead - In Rainbows
October 10, 2007
Art Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
87
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Café Tacvba - Cuatro Caminos
July 1, 2003
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
86
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies
May 3, 2004
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
86
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
March 12, 2007
Dance-Punk
,
Indietronica
,
Alternative Dance
Critic Score
85
29
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
August 27, 2002
Alternative Rock
,
Stoner Rock
,
Hard Rock
Critic Score
85
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
July 3, 2001
Alternative Rock
,
Garage Rock Revival
Critic Score
85
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus
September 20, 2004
Art Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
85
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
February 22, 2000
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
84
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
The xx - xx
August 17, 2009
Indie Pop
,
Indietronica
,
Dream Pop
,
Alt-Pop
Critic Score
84
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
April 8, 2008
Alternative Rock
,
Post-Punk
Critic Score
84
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Say Anything - ...Is a Real Boy
August 3, 2004
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Punk
,
Emo-Pop
Critic Score
83
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Streetcore
October 21, 2003
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
83
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
15
.
Broadcast - The Noise Made By People
March 20, 2000
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indietronica
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
83
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Blur - Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur
July 28, 2009
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
83
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
June 9, 2003
Art Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
83
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Sigur Rós - Takk...
September 13, 2005
Post-Rock
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
83
24
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
September 13, 2004
Indietronica
,
Sampledelia
,
Alternative Dance
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
82
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
June 6, 2000
Alternative Rock
,
Stoner Rock
Critic Score
82
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
July 17, 2001
Alternative Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
82
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Broadcast - Haha Sound
August 12, 2003
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Dream Pop
,
Indietronica
Critic Score
82
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
March 17, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Post-Britpop
Critic Score
82
24
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Aereogramme - Seclusion
September 20, 2004
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
82
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Patti Smith & Kevin Shields - The Coral Sea
July 11, 2008
Shoegaze
,
Spoken Word
Critic Score
82
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
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