Best Alternative albums of the 2020s

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

1. 1
   Bubblegum XXMark Lanegan

   2024Alternative
   Chart score8.52avg 10.0 · 1 score
2. 2
   Eno: Retrace Your StepsBrian Eno

   2024Alternative
   Chart score8.52avg 10.0 · 1 score
3. 3
   Miami (Remastered 2020)The Gun Club

   2020Alternative
   Chart score8.52avg 10.0 · 1 score
4. 4
   Rembrandt Pussyhorse (2024 Remaster)Butthole Surfers

   2024Alternative
   Chart score8.52avg 10.0 · 1 score
5. 5
   Another Day, Another DollarGang Of Four

   2020Alternative
   Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
6. 6
   Fire of Love (Remastered 2020)The Gun Club

   2020Alternative
   Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
7. 7
   OdelayBeck

   2020Alternative
   Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
8. 8
   The Las Vegas Story (Remastered 2022)The Gun Club

   2022Alternative
   Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
9. 9
   Chomp (Remastered)Pylon

   2020Alternative
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
10. 10
    Colossal Youth (40th Anniversary Edition)Young Marble Giants

    2020Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
11. 11
    DeceitThis Heat

    2020Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
12. 12
    Mind HiveWire

    2020Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
13. 13
    Paris 1919 (Deluxe Edition)John Cale

    2024Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
14. 14
    Psychic.... Powerless.... Another Man's Sac (2024 Remaster)Butthole Surfers

    2024Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
15. 15
    PsychocandyThe Jesus And Mary Chain

    2023Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
16. 16
    Sweep It Into SpaceDinosaur Jr.

    2021Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
17. 17
    AbsolutionMuse

    2023Alternative
    Chart score7.95avg 7.7 · 1 score