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Highest Rated Alternative Rock Albums of the 2000s
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1
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Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
October 16, 2007
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
,
Power Pop
Score
100
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2
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Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
August 27, 2002
Post-Britpop
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
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3
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Radiohead - In Rainbows
October 10, 2007
Art Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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4
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Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
February 22, 2000
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
100
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5
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PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
June 8, 2004
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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6
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Nirvana - Nirvana
October 29, 2002
Alternative Rock
,
Grunge
Score
100
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7
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U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
October 31, 2000
Pop Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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8
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Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum
August 10, 2004
Alternative Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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9
.
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
September 25, 2007
Alternative Rock
,
Post-Grunge
Score
100
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10
.
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
June 19, 2007
Blues Rock
,
Alternative Rock
,
Garage Rock Revival
Score
100
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11
.
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
August 27, 2002
Alternative Rock
,
Stoner Rock
,
Hard Rock
Score
100
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12
.
Caesars - Paper Tigers
April 26, 2005
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
August 4, 2003
Post-Britpop
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
September 29, 2009
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Punk
Score
100
Source →
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Music
Spotify
15
.
Morrissey - You Are the Quarry
May 17, 2004
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Richard Ashcroft - Human Conditions
October 21, 2002
Pop Rock
,
Post-Britpop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Nirvana - Live at Reading
November 3, 2009
Grunge
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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Music
Spotify
18
.
Gemma Hayes - Night on My Side
May 24, 2002
Indie Pop
,
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
May 9, 2000
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
April 3, 2007
Alternative Rock
,
Southern Rock
Score
91
Source →
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Music
Spotify
21
.
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
May 23, 2000
Alternative Rock
,
Alternative Metal
,
Progressive Rock
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
The Cure - Bloodflowers
February 15, 2000
Gothic Rock
,
Alternative Rock
,
Post-Punk
Score
91
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff
July 16, 2002
Pop Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast
October 3, 2000
Alternative Rock
,
Folk
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Beck - Guero
March 29, 2005
Alternative Rock
,
Trip Hop
,
Indie Rock
Score
91
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Music
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