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Highest Rated Alternative Rock Albums of the 2010s
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Beach House - Teen Dream
January 26, 2010
Dream Pop
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Indie Pop
Score
100
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Arcade Fire - Reflektor
September 9, 2013
Alternative Dance
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
April 15, 2016
Alternative Rock
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Art Rock
Score
90
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R.E.M. - Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
April 19, 2014
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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Wilco - The Whole Love
September 27, 2011
Alternative Rock
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Indie Rock
Score
90
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Pixies - Head Carrier
September 30, 2016
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
November 10, 2014
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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8
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Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires
November 14, 2011
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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Warpaint - Warpaint
January 21, 2014
Dream Pop
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Indie Rock
Score
80
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The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger
June 21, 2019
Blues Rock
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Alternative Rock
,
Garage Rock Revival
Score
80
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Umphrey's McGee - Zonkey
November 11, 2016
Mashup
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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12
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The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
July 24, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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13
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Lloyd Cole - Standards
June 21, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
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Alternative Rock
Score
80
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14
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
March 2, 2015
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
80
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15
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Jack's Mannequin - People and Things
October 4, 2011
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
80
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16
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Mark Lanegan Band - Phantom Radio
October 21, 2014
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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17
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The Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast
April 14, 2014
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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18
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Throwing Muses - Purgatory/Paradise
November 11, 2013
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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19
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R.E.M. - Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011
November 15, 2011
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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20
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Pity Sex - White Hot Moon
April 29, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Shoegaze
,
Emo
Score
80
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21
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My Morning Jacket - Circuital
May 31, 2011
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
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22
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Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
April 12, 2011
Alternative Rock
,
Post-Grunge
Score
80
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23
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Mark Lanegan - Has God Seen My Shadow? An Anthology 1989-2011
January 13, 2014
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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24
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Beach House - Bloom
May 15, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
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25
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Stereophonics - Graffiti on the Train
March 4, 2013
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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