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Highest Rated Alternative Rock Albums of the 2010s
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1
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my bloody valentine - EPs 1988-1991
May 7, 2012
Shoegaze
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
2
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R.E.M. - Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011
November 15, 2011
Alternative Rock
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Arcade Fire - Reflektor
October 29, 2013
Alternative Dance
,
Indie Rock
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
May 18, 2010
Dance-Punk
,
Indietronica
,
Alternative Dance
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Beach House - Bloom
May 15, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
my bloody valentine - m b v
February 3, 2013
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
,
Noise Pop
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
M83. - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.
October 18, 2011
Synthpop
,
Dream Pop
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Beach House - Teen Dream
January 26, 2010
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Beach House - Norway
January 18, 2010
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
10
.
Beach House - 7
May 11, 2018
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
89
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
How to Dress Well - Love Remains
October 19, 2010
Alternative R&B
,
Dream Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Youth Lagoon - Wondrous Bughouse
March 5, 2013
Dream Pop
,
Psychedelic Pop
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Chromatics - Kill for Love
March 26, 2012
Synthpop
,
Dream Pop
,
Synthwave
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Suede - The Best of Suede
November 1, 2010
Britpop
,
Alternative Rock
Score
87
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Jay Som - Everybody Works
March 10, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Slowdive - Slowdive
May 5, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Shoegaze
Score
86
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea When Absent
June 24, 2014
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Beach House - Depression Cherry
August 28, 2015
Dream Pop
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Frankie Rose - Interstellar
February 21, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Alcest - Écailles de Lune
March 29, 2010
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
,
Shoegaze
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana
July 9, 2013
Grunge
,
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
,
Noise Pop
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
October 16, 2015
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance
April 2, 2012
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indie Rock
,
Shoegaze
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
September 27, 2011
Bedroom Pop
,
Dream Pop
Score
84
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
DIIV - Oshin
June 26, 2012
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
,
Post-Punk
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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