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Highest Rated Alternative Rock Albums of the 2010s
Decade
2010s
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Alternative Rock
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Alternative Rock
Ambient
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Country
Electronic
Electropop
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Hip Hop
House
Indie Folk
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Jazz
Metal
Pop
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Psychedelia
R&B
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Synthpop
2010s
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2011
2012
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2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
1
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Beach House - Bloom
May 15, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
100
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2
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Soundgarden - Telephantasm
September 28, 2010
Grunge
,
Alternative Rock
,
Hard Rock
Score
90
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3
.
Black Belt Eagle Scout - At the Party With My Brown Friends
August 30, 2019
Indie Rock
,
Dream Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Butch Walker & the Black Widows - The Spade
August 30, 2011
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
90
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Spotify
5
.
Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
October 16, 2015
Dream Pop
Score
90
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Spotify
6
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The Twilight Sad - It Won/T Be Like This All the Time
January 18, 2019
Indie Rock
,
Shoegaze
,
Electronic
,
Post-Punk Revival
,
Post-Punk
Score
90
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Music
Spotify
7
.
Warpaint - Heads Up
September 23, 2016
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
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Music
Spotify
8
.
R.E.M. - Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011
November 15, 2011
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
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Music
Spotify
9
.
Alcest - Écailles de Lune
March 29, 2010
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
,
Shoegaze
Score
90
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Spotify
10
.
Julie Christmas - The Bad Wife
November 9, 2010
Alternative Rock
,
Alternative Metal
,
Post-Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
11
.
Carina Round - Tigermending
May 1, 2012
Alternative Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Hatchie - Keepsake
June 21, 2019
Dream Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Theatre Is Evil
September 11, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
May 18, 2010
Dance-Punk
,
Indietronica
,
Alternative Dance
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Lloyd Cole - Standards
June 21, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
The Church - Man Woman Life Death Infinity
October 6, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Alcest - Les Voyages de l'Âme
January 6, 2012
Shoegaze
,
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Bob Mould - Beauty & Ruin
June 3, 2014
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Breeders - All Nerve
March 2, 2018
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam Twenty
September 20, 2011
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
The Icarus Line - Slave Vows
July 8, 2013
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
22
.
Kitchens of Distinction - Folly
September 30, 2013
Dream Pop
,
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
No Joy - More Faithful
June 9, 2015
Dream Pop
,
Noise Pop
,
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Balthazar - Fever
January 25, 2019
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
The Antlers - Familiars
June 17, 2014
Art Pop
,
Dream Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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