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1
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Lovely Creatures
May 5, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Alternative Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
90
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Manic Street Preachers - National Treasures: Complete Singles
November 8, 2011
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
87
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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my bloody valentine - m b v
February 3, 2013
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
,
Noise Pop
Critic Score
87
42
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Suede - The Best of Suede
November 1, 2010
Britpop
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
86
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
R.E.M. - Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011
November 15, 2011
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
86
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Frank Iero and The Patience - Parachutes
October 28, 2016
Post-Hardcore
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
7
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Black Foxxes - I'm Not Well
August 19, 2016
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Sparrow & the Workshop - Crystals Fall
April 11, 2010
Indie Folk
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
my bloody valentine - EPs 1988-1991
May 7, 2012
Shoegaze
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
Amazon
10
.
Brand New - Science Fiction
August 17, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Emo
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
85
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Confidence Man - Confident Music For Confident People
April 13, 2018
Alternative Dance
Critic Score
84
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Bahamas - Earthtones
January 19, 2018
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
84
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
The Wonder Years - Sister Cities
April 6, 2018
Emo
,
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Punk
Critic Score
84
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Paramore - After Laughter
May 12, 2017
New Wave
,
Pop Rock
,
Alternative Dance
Critic Score
83
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
May 18, 2010
Dance-Punk
,
Indietronica
,
Alternative Dance
Critic Score
83
38
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
PVRIS - All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell
August 25, 2017
Pop Rock
,
Synthpop
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
83
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Black Foxxes - REIðI
March 16, 2018
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
83
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
The Icarus Line - Slave Vows
July 8, 2013
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
83
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
19
.
Oliver Wilde - A Brief Introduction to Unnatural Light Years
July 22, 2013
Indie Folk
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
83
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
June 4, 2013
Alternative Rock
,
Stoner Rock
Critic Score
83
49
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Beach House - Teen Dream
January 26, 2010
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
83
36
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Dirty Shirt Rock ‘n’ Roll: The First Ten Years
March 30, 2010
Blues Rock
,
Punk Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
82
6
reviews
Amazon
23
.
SWMRS - Berkeley's On Fire
February 15, 2019
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Punk
,
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
82
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life
September 29, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
82
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Basement - Beside Myself
October 12, 2018
Alternative Rock
,
Emo
Critic Score
82
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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