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The Best Indie Pop Albums of All Time
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1
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The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
November 12, 1984
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
,
Post-Punk
Critic Score
92
5
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2
.
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
July 5, 2005
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
91
26
reviews
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3
.
The Smiths - The Smiths
February 20, 1984
Jangle Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Post-Punk
Critic Score
91
5
reviews
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4
.
Arcade Fire - Funeral
September 14, 2004
Indie Rock
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
90
23
reviews
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5
.
Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
May 15, 2020
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
90
32
reviews
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6
.
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
September 7, 1999
Indie Pop
,
Twee Pop
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
90
13
reviews
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7
.
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
September 29, 1998
Chamber Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Critic Score
89
8
reviews
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8
.
Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
February 4, 2022
Art Rock
,
Post-Rock
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
89
30
reviews
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9
.
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
November 18, 1996
Indie Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Twee Pop
Critic Score
89
6
reviews
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10
.
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
February 25, 2021
Chamber Pop
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
88
30
reviews
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11
.
Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
September 15, 2023
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
88
29
reviews
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12
.
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
August 3, 2010
Indie Rock
,
Baroque Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
88
43
reviews
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13
.
ANOHNI and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
February 1, 2005
Chamber Pop
,
Soul
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
88
19
reviews
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14
.
Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
September 25, 2015
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
88
37
reviews
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15
.
The 6ths - Wasps' Nests
March 21, 1995
Indie Pop
,
Twee Pop
,
Synthpop
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
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16
.
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
May 8, 2016
Art Pop
,
Art Rock
,
Chamber Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Critic Score
87
49
reviews
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17
.
Taylor Swift - folklore
July 24, 2020
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Pop
,
Indie Folk
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
87
38
reviews
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18
.
The Divine Comedy - Casanova
April 29, 1996
Chamber Pop
,
Baroque Pop
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
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19
.
Richard Hawley - Lowedges
February 10, 2003
Singer-Songwriter
,
Baroque Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
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20
.
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
June 4, 2021
Indie Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Synthpop
Critic Score
86
27
reviews
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21
.
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
October 21, 2003
Indie Pop
Critic Score
86
19
reviews
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22
.
Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
October 4, 2019
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
,
Baroque Pop
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
86
37
reviews
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23
.
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
June 9, 2009
Indie Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Art Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Freak Folk
Critic Score
86
38
reviews
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24
.
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
February 6, 2001
Slowcore
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
86
11
reviews
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25
.
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
September 12, 2011
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
86
37
reviews
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