Best Alternative albums of all time

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

1. 101
   PsychocandyThe Jesus And Mary Chain

   2023Alternative
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
2. 102
   Signals, Calls and MarchesMission Of Burma

   1981Alternative
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
3. 103
   SpiderlandSlint

   1991Alternative
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
4. 104
   Spiral ScratchBuzzcocks

   2017Alternative
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
5. 105
   Surfer Rosa (2007 Remaster)Pixies

   1988Alternative
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
6. 106
   Sweep It Into SpaceDinosaur Jr.

   2021Alternative
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
7. 107
   The Ideal CopyWire

   2000Alternative
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
8. 108
   The Unutterable (Special Deluxe Edition)The Fall

   2010Alternative
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
9. 109
   This Nation's Saving GraceThe Fall

   1985Alternative
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
10. 110
    Three Imaginary BoysThe Cure

    2008Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
11. 111
    Today's Active LifestylesPolvo

    2013Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
12. 112
    Vainajan muotokuvaEleanoora Rosenholm

    2014Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
13. 113
    VehicleThe Clean

    2013Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
14. 114
    vs.Mission Of Burma

    2008Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
15. 115
    Wrong Way UpBrian Eno

    2013Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
16. 116
    Youth of AmericaWipers

    1981Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
17. 117
    VitalogyPearl Jam

    1994Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 2 scores
18. 118
    AbsolutionMuse

    2023Alternative
    Chart score7.95avg 7.7 · 1 score
19. 119
    Your Future Our ClutterThe Fall

    2010Alternative
    Chart score7.90avg 7.5 · 1 score
20. 120
    In UteroNirvana

    1993Alternative
    Chart score7.82avg 7.5 · 2 scores
21. 121
    Nothing's ShockingJane's Addiction

    1988Alternative
    Chart score7.80avg 7.1 · 1 score
22. 122
    BackspacerPearl Jam

    2009Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
23. 123
    Cerebral CausticThe Fall

    2011Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
24. 124
    Come To DaddyAphex Twin

    1997Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
25. 125
    ElectriclarrylandButthole Surfers

    1996Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
26. 126
    Extricate (Expanded Edition)The Fall

    2013Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
27. 127
    Gyrate (Remastered)Pylon

    1980Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
28. 128
    La CucarachaWeen

    2010Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
29. 129
    Out Of TimeR.E.M.

    1991Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
30. 130
    piouhgd + Widowermaker!Butthole Surfers

    2007Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
31. 131
    PodThe Breeders

    1992Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
32. 132
    Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!Devo

    1988Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
33. 133
    Sub-Lingual TabletThe Fall

    2015Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
34. 134
    Terror TwilightPavement

    1999Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
35. 135
    The Infotainment ScanThe Fall

    2008Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
36. 136
    The Shutov AssemblyBrian Eno

    2006Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
37. 137
    The SmithsThe Smiths

    2001Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
38. 138
    A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is StruckWire

    1988Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
39. 139
    Alien SoundtracksChrome

    2007Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
40. 140
    Are You Are Missing WinnerThe Fall

    2001Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
41. 141
    Imperial Wax SolventThe Fall

    2008Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
42. 142
    PornographyThe Cure

    2008Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
43. 143
    Reformation Post TLC (Expanded Edition)The Fall

    2007Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
44. 144
    Seventeen SecondsThe Cure

    1980Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
45. 145
    The Academy in PerilJohn Cale

    1972Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
46. 146
    The Frenz ExperimentThe Fall

    1988Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
47. 147
    The Marshall SuiteThe Fall

    1999Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
48. 148
    The ShipBrian Eno

    2016Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
49. 149
    White Hot MoonPity Sex

    2016Alternative
    Chart score7.52avg 6.0 · 1 score
50. 150
    LevitateThe Fall

    1997Alternative
    Chart score7.27avg 5.0 · 1 score