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1
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Manic Street Preachers - Futurology
July 7, 2014
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
81
24
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Mr Twin Sister - Mr Twin Sister
September 23, 2014
Dream Pop
,
Downtempo
,
Alternative Dance
Critic Score
80
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Marmozets - The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets
September 30, 2014
Post-Hardcore
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
79
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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The Antlers - Familiars
June 17, 2014
Art Pop
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
79
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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LCD Soundsystem - The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live At Madison Square Garden
April 19, 2014
Dance-Punk
,
Indietronica
,
Alternative Dance
Critic Score
77
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea When Absent
June 24, 2014
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
77
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Alcest - Shelter
January 17, 2014
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
77
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Mark Lanegan - Has God Seen My Shadow? An Anthology 1989-2011
January 13, 2014
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
76
12
reviews
Amazon
9
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The Pineapple Thief - Magnolia
September 15, 2014
Alternative Rock
,
Progressive Rock
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Nothing - Guilty of Everything
March 4, 2014
Shoegaze
Critic Score
76
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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The Horrors - Luminous
May 5, 2014
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
76
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Pulled Apart By Horses - Blood
September 1, 2014
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
75
8
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
13
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Engineers - Always Returning
August 11, 2014
Dream Pop
Critic Score
75
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Bob Mould - Beauty & Ruin
June 3, 2014
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
75
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Esben And The Witch / Thought Forms - Split LP
April 7, 2014
Shoegaze
Critic Score
74
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
16
.
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Chambers
March 3, 2014
Shoegaze
Critic Score
74
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Cheatahs - Cheatahs
February 11, 2014
Shoegaze
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
74
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Melvins - Hold It In
October 14, 2014
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
74
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Black Keys - Turn Blue
May 13, 2014
Psychedelic Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
74
36
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
R.E.M. - Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
April 19, 2014
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
74
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
21
.
Warpaint - Warpaint
January 21, 2014
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
73
40
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Mark Lanegan Band - Phantom Radio
October 21, 2014
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
73
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Eternal Summers - The Drop Beneath
March 3, 2014
Indie Pop
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
73
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
June 17, 2014
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Art Pop
,
Psychedelic Rock
Critic Score
72
39
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
August 25, 2014
Alternative Rock
,
Hard Rock
,
Stoner Rock
Critic Score
72
26
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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