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The Best Experimental Rock Albums of All Time
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The Beatles - The Beatles
November 22, 1968
Critic Score
97
6
reviews
2
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David Bowie - "Heroes"
October 14, 1977
Critic Score
92
5
reviews
3
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The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
March 12, 1967
Critic Score
92
5
reviews
4
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This Heat - This Heat
September 1, 1979
Critic Score
91
5
reviews
5
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Super Furry Animals - Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1
October 4, 2004
Critic Score
91
7
reviews
6
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Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
September 16, 1991
Critic Score
90
5
reviews
7
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Radiohead - KID A MNESIA
November 5, 2021
Critic Score
90
15
reviews
8
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Menomena - I Am the Fun Blame Monster
June 20, 2003
Critic Score
89
5
reviews
9
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Sonic Youth - EVOL
May 1, 1986
Critic Score
89
5
reviews
10
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Elza Soares - A Mulher do Fim do Mundo
October 3, 2015
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
11
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Swans - To Be Kind
May 13, 2014
Critic Score
88
37
reviews
12
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TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
September 12, 2006
Critic Score
88
22
reviews
13
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Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
March 3, 2015
Critic Score
87
9
reviews
14
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Tom Waits - Bad as Me
October 25, 2011
Critic Score
87
38
reviews
15
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David Byrne & Brian Eno - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
February 1, 1981
Critic Score
87
10
reviews
16
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David Bowie - ★ [Blackstar]
January 8, 2016
Critic Score
86
43
reviews
17
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Swans - The Seer
August 28, 2012
Critic Score
86
33
reviews
18
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Portishead - Third
April 28, 2008
Critic Score
86
29
reviews
19
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Squid - Bright Green Field
May 7, 2021
Critic Score
85
28
reviews
20
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Oxbow - Thin Black Duke
May 19, 2017
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
21
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Jenny Hval - Innocence Is Kinky
May 14, 2013
Critic Score
85
11
reviews
22
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Radiohead - Kid A
October 2, 2000
Critic Score
85
13
reviews
23
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Evangelista - Prince of Truth
October 5, 2009
Critic Score
83
5
reviews
24
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Melt-Banana - Fetch
October 1, 2013
Critic Score
83
8
reviews
25
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Congotronics International - Where’s The One
April 29, 2022
Critic Score
83
6
reviews
1
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