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. 1
    Currents

    Currents

    Tame Impala (2015)

    1354

    91 votes

  2. 2
    In Rainbows

    In Rainbows

    Radiohead (2007)

    1341

    399 votes

  3. 3
    Disintegration

    Disintegration

    The Cure (1989)

    1333

    36 votes

  4. 4
    OK Computer

    OK Computer

    Radiohead (1997)

    1289

    401 votes

  5. 5
    Ten Thousand Fists

    Ten Thousand Fists

    Disturbed (2005)

    1240

    25 votes

  6. 6
    Ultraviolence

    Ultraviolence

    Lana Del Rey (2014)

    1234

    81 votes

  7. 7
    Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

    Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

    Arctic Monkeys (2005)

    1199

    166 votes

  8. 8
    Born to Die

    Born to Die

    Lana Del Rey (2012)

    1197

    79 votes

  9. 9
    Kid A

    Kid A

    Radiohead (2000)

    1190

    226 votes

  10. 10
    Sing the Sorrow

    Sing the Sorrow

    AFI (2003)

    1189

    16 votes

  11. 11
    Favourite Worst Nightmare

    Favourite Worst Nightmare

    Arctic Monkeys (2007)

    1184

    175 votes

  12. 12
    Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

    Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

    My Chemical Romance (2004)

    1174

    52 votes

  13. 13
    England Keep My Bones

    England Keep My Bones

    Frank Turner (2011)

    1169

    14 votes

  14. 14
    Norman Fucking Rockwell!

    Norman Fucking Rockwell!

    Lana Del Rey (2019)

    1156

    81 votes

  15. 15
    Wish

    Wish

    The Cure (1992)

    1150

    36 votes

  16. 16
    Tape Deck Heart

    Tape Deck Heart

    Frank Turner (2013)

    1145

    14 votes

  17. 17
    The Sickness

    The Sickness

    Disturbed (2000)

    1142

    25 votes

  18. 18
    Positive Songs for Negative People

    Positive Songs for Negative People

    Frank Turner (2015)

    1114

    14 votes

  19. 19
    The Art of Drowning

    The Art of Drowning

    AFI (2000)

    1107

    16 votes

  20. 20
    AM

    AM

    Arctic Monkeys (2013)

    1105

    169 votes

Top Alternative songs

  1. 1
    Sing the Sorrow

    The Great Disappointment

    AFI - Sing the Sorrow

    1329

    33 votes

  2. 2
    Sing the Sorrow

    Now the World / [The Spoken Word] / This Time Imperfect

    AFI - Sing the Sorrow

    1258

    34 votes

  3. 3
    DECEMBERUNDERGROUND

    37mm

    AFI - DECEMBERUNDERGROUND

    1174

    33 votes

  4. 4
    Sing the Sorrow

    Bleed Black

    AFI - Sing the Sorrow

    1139

    32 votes

  5. 5
    Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

    Mardy Bum

    Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

    1112

    8 votes

  6. 6
    The Bends

    Fake Plastic Trees

    Radiohead - The Bends

    1111

    4 votes

  7. 7
    Sing the Sorrow

    Synesthesia

    AFI - Sing the Sorrow

    1110

    32 votes

  8. 8
    I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love

    Demolition Lovers

    My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love

    1107

    2 votes

  9. 9
    DECEMBERUNDERGROUND

    Kill Caustic

    AFI - DECEMBERUNDERGROUND

    1103

    32 votes

  10. 10
    Sing the Sorrow

    The Leaving Song, Part II

    AFI - Sing the Sorrow

    1102

    32 votes

  11. 11
    Currents

    Eventually

    Tame Impala - Currents

    1093

    1 vote

  12. 12
    Humbug

    Crying Lightning

    Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

    1093

    1 vote

  13. 13
    How to Leave Town

    Hey, Space Cadet! (Beast Monster Thing in Space)

    Car Seat Headrest - How to Leave Town

    1092

    1 vote

  14. 14
    Ultraviolence

    Pretty When You Cry

    Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

    1092

    1 vote

  15. 15
    Born to Die

    Born to Die

    Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

    1091

    1 vote

  16. 16
    Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

    Candy Necklace

    Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

    1091

    1 vote

  17. 17
    The Bends

    The Bends

    Radiohead - The Bends

    1089

    3 votes

  18. 18
    England Keep My Bones

    I Am Disappeared

    Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones

    1082

    27 votes

  19. 19
    Tape Deck Heart

    Plain Sailing Weather

    Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart

    1080

    6 votes

  20. 20
    Nervous Young Man

    Boxing Day

    Car Seat Headrest - Nervous Young Man

    1080

    1 vote

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