Best Alternative albums of the 1990s

36 records · chart score = each record's average, pulled toward the site average (8.0) until it has more than a few scores

1. 1
   DustScreaming Trees

   1996Alternative
   Chart score8.60avg 9.5 · 2 scores
2. 2
   45 84 89 : B SidesThe Fall

   1990Alternative
   Chart score8.52avg 10.0 · 1 score
3. 3
   Crooked Rain, Crooked RainPavement

   1994Alternative
   Chart score8.52avg 10.0 · 1 score
4. 4
   Slanted & EnchantedPavement

   1992Alternative
   Chart score8.52avg 10.0 · 1 score
5. 5
   Talk Talk TalkThe Psychedelic Furs

   1992Alternative
   Chart score8.52avg 10.0 · 1 score
6. 6
   Trompe le MondePixies

   1998Alternative
   Chart score8.52avg 10.0 · 1 score
7. 7
   Where You BeenDinosaur Jr.

   1993Alternative
   Chart score8.50avg 9.2 · 2 scores
8. 8
   Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (Super Deluxe Edition) (2021 Remaster)Stone Temple Pilots

   1996Alternative
   Chart score8.37avg 9.4 · 1 score
9. 9
   Californication (Deluxe Edition)Red Hot Chili Peppers

   1999Alternative
   Chart score8.35avg 9.3 · 1 score
10. 10
    DookieGreen Day

    1992Alternative
    Chart score8.32avg 9.2 · 1 score
11. 11
    Chocolate and CheeseWeen

    1994Alternative
    Chart score8.32avg 8.8 · 2 scores
12. 12
    Bend SinisterThe Fall

    1996Alternative
    Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
13. 13
    Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Deluxe Edition)Red Hot Chili Peppers

    1991Alternative
    Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
14. 14
    Brighten the CornersPavement

    1997Alternative
    Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
15. 15
    Fables Of The ReconstructionR.E.M.

    1998Alternative
    Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
16. 16
    I Am Kurious OranjThe Fall

    1999Alternative
    Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
17. 17
    The Pod (US Release)Ween

    1991Alternative
    Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
18. 18
    The Winding SheetMark Lanegan

    1990Alternative
    Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
19. 19
    Uncle AnesthesiaScreaming Trees

    1991Alternative
    Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
20. 20
    Whatever's Cool With MeDinosaur Jr.

    1991Alternative
    Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
21. 21
    Pure GuavaWeen

    1992Alternative
    Chart score8.17avg 8.6 · 1 score
22. 22
    Purple (2019 Remaster)Stone Temple Pilots

    1994Alternative
    Chart score8.05avg 8.1 · 1 score
23. 23
    Automatic For The PeopleR.E.M.

    1992Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
24. 24
    Hand It OverDinosaur Jr.

    1997Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
25. 25
    Modern Rock (Remastered)The Clean

    1994Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
26. 26
    New Adventures In Hi-FiR.E.M.

    1996Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
27. 27
    SpiderlandSlint

    1991Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
28. 28
    VitalogyPearl Jam

    1994Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 2 scores
29. 29
    In UteroNirvana

    1993Alternative
    Chart score7.82avg 7.5 · 2 scores
30. 30
    Come To DaddyAphex Twin

    1997Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
31. 31
    ElectriclarrylandButthole Surfers

    1996Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
32. 32
    Out Of TimeR.E.M.

    1991Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
33. 33
    PodThe Breeders

    1992Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
34. 34
    Terror TwilightPavement

    1999Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
35. 35
    The Marshall SuiteThe Fall

    1999Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
36. 36
    LevitateThe Fall

    1997Alternative
    Chart score7.27avg 5.0 · 1 score