Best Alternative Albums
14 artists on TakeRank are tagged alternative on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 113 of their albums. Currents by Tame Impala leads right now, ahead of In Rainbows by Radiohead and Disintegration by The Cure. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.
14
Artists
113
Albums voted on
Top Alternative albums
- 1

Currents
Tame Impala (2015)
135491 votes
- 2

In Rainbows
Radiohead (2007)
1341399 votes
- 3

Disintegration
The Cure (1989)
133336 votes
- 4

OK Computer
Radiohead (1997)
1289401 votes
- 5

Ten Thousand Fists
Disturbed (2005)
124025 votes
- 6

Ultraviolence
Lana Del Rey (2014)
123481 votes
- 7

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Arctic Monkeys (2005)
1199166 votes
- 8

Born to Die
Lana Del Rey (2012)
119779 votes
- 9

Kid A
Radiohead (2000)
1190226 votes
- 10

Sing the Sorrow
AFI (2003)
118916 votes
- 11

Favourite Worst Nightmare
Arctic Monkeys (2007)
1184175 votes
- 12

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
My Chemical Romance (2004)
117452 votes
- 13

England Keep My Bones
Frank Turner (2011)
116914 votes
- 14

Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Lana Del Rey (2019)
115681 votes
- 15

Wish
The Cure (1992)
115036 votes
- 16

Tape Deck Heart
Frank Turner (2013)
114514 votes
- 17

The Sickness
Disturbed (2000)
114225 votes
- 18

Positive Songs for Negative People
Frank Turner (2015)
111414 votes
- 19

The Art of Drowning
AFI (2000)
110716 votes
- 20

AM
Arctic Monkeys (2013)
1105169 votes
Top Alternative songs
- 1

The Great Disappointment
AFI - Sing the Sorrow
132933 votes
- 2

Now the World / [The Spoken Word] / This Time Imperfect
AFI - Sing the Sorrow
125834 votes
- 3

37mm
AFI - DECEMBERUNDERGROUND
117433 votes
- 4

Bleed Black
AFI - Sing the Sorrow
113932 votes
- 5

Mardy Bum
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
11128 votes
- 6

Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead - The Bends
11114 votes
- 7

Synesthesia
AFI - Sing the Sorrow
111032 votes
- 8

Demolition Lovers
My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
11072 votes
- 9

Kill Caustic
AFI - DECEMBERUNDERGROUND
110332 votes
- 10

The Leaving Song, Part II
AFI - Sing the Sorrow
110232 votes
- 11

Eventually
Tame Impala - Currents
10931 vote
- 12

Crying Lightning
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
10931 vote
- 13

Hey, Space Cadet! (Beast Monster Thing in Space)
Car Seat Headrest - How to Leave Town
10921 vote
- 14

Pretty When You Cry
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
10921 vote
- 15

Born to Die
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
10911 vote
- 16

Candy Necklace
Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
10911 vote
- 17

The Bends
Radiohead - The Bends
10893 votes
- 18

I Am Disappeared
Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
108227 votes
- 19

Plain Sailing Weather
Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart
10806 votes
- 20

Boxing Day
Car Seat Headrest - Nervous Young Man
10801 vote
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