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Highest Rated Alternative Rock Albums of All Time
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Alternative Rock
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Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Contemporary R&B
Country
Dance
Dance-Pop
East Coast Hip Hop
Electronic
Folk
Hard Rock
Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Metal
Pop
Pop Rap
Pop Rock
Psychedelia
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
1
.
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
November 9, 1999
Piano Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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2
.
PJ Harvey - Dry
March 30, 1992
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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3
.
Radiohead - In Rainbows
October 10, 2007
Art Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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4
.
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
September 29, 1998
Downtempo
,
Alternative Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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5
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U2 - Zooropa
July 5, 1993
Alternative Rock
,
Art Pop
Score
100
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6
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R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
October 5, 1992
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
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7
.
Soundgarden - Superunknown
March 8, 1994
Grunge
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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8
.
Jeff Buckley - Grace
August 23, 1994
Alternative Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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9
.
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
August 27, 2002
Alternative Rock
,
Stoner Rock
,
Hard Rock
Score
100
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10
.
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
September 25, 2007
Alternative Rock
,
Post-Grunge
Score
100
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11
.
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union
October 6, 1992
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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12
.
The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
April 21, 2012
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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13
.
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
February 28, 1995
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alternative Rock
,
Blues Rock
Score
100
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14
.
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
September 29, 2009
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Punk
Score
100
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15
.
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
November 1, 1994
Acoustic Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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16
.
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
March 18, 1997
Piano Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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17
.
U2 - The Joshua Tree
March 9, 1987
Pop Rock
,
Heartland Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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18
.
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
June 19, 2007
Blues Rock
,
Alternative Rock
,
Garage Rock Revival
Score
100
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19
.
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
October 31, 2000
Pop Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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20
.
Nirvana - Live at Reading
November 3, 2009
Grunge
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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21
.
U2 - Achtung Baby
November 18, 1991
Alternative Rock
,
Alternative Dance
,
Glam Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
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22
.
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
June 8, 2004
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
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Music
Spotify
23
.
Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
May 9, 2000
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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24
.
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
October 24, 1995
Alternative Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
100
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25
.
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
September 9, 1996
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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