Best Alternative Rock Albums

83 artists on TakeRank are tagged alternative rock on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 646 of their albums. Currents by Tame Impala leads right now, ahead of Definitely Maybe by Oasis and In Rainbows by Radiohead. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.

83

Artists

646

Albums voted on

Top Alternative Rock albums

  1. 1
    Currents

    Currents

    Tame Impala (2015)

    1354

    91 votes

  2. 2
    Definitely Maybe

    Definitely Maybe

    Oasis (1994)

    1346

    82 votes

  3. 3
    In Rainbows

    In Rainbows

    Radiohead (2007)

    1341

    399 votes

  4. 4
    Disintegration

    Disintegration

    The Cure (1989)

    1333

    36 votes

  5. 5
    Pinkerton

    Pinkerton

    Weezer (1996)

    1332

    46 votes

  6. 6
    Hybrid Theory

    Hybrid Theory

    Linkin Park (2000)

    1320

    119 votes

  7. 7
    Meteora

    Meteora

    Linkin Park (2003)

    1310

    119 votes

  8. 8
    The New Abnormal

    The New Abnormal

    The Strokes (2020)

    1309

    86 votes

  9. 9
    Station to Station

    Station to Station

    David Bowie (1976)

    1309

    58 votes

  10. 10
    (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

    (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

    Oasis (1995)

    1304

    86 votes

  11. 11
    The Downward Spiral

    The Downward Spiral

    Nine Inch Nails (1994)

    1292

    30 votes

  12. 12
    OK Computer

    OK Computer

    Radiohead (1997)

    1289

    401 votes

  13. 13
    Is This It

    Is This It

    The Strokes (2001)

    1282

    85 votes

  14. 14
    Americana

    Americana

    The Offspring (1998)

    1267

    47 votes

  15. 15
    Low

    Low

    David Bowie (1977)

    1266

    54 votes

  16. 16
    Transatlanticism

    Transatlanticism

    Death Cab for Cutie (2003)

    1264

    30 votes

  17. 17
    Smash

    Smash

    The Offspring (1994)

    1263

    42 votes

  18. 18
    Lovely Little Lonely

    Lovely Little Lonely

    The Maine (2017)

    1252

    22 votes

  19. 19
    Take Off Your Pants and Jacket

    Take Off Your Pants and Jacket

    blink‐182 (2001)

    1237

    37 votes

  20. 20
    Slipknot

    Slipknot

    Slipknot (1999)

    1237

    36 votes

Top Alternative Rock 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
    Good Mourning

    This Could Be Love

    Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning

    1179

    26 votes

  4. 4
    DECEMBERUNDERGROUND

    37mm

    AFI - DECEMBERUNDERGROUND

    1174

    33 votes

  5. 5
    Dirt

    Would?

    Alice in Chains - Dirt

    1155

    1 vote

  6. 6
    Futures

    23

    Jimmy Eat World - Futures

    1150

    6 votes

  7. 7
    The New Abnormal

    Ode to the Mets

    The Strokes - The New Abnormal

    1148

    8 votes

  8. 8
    Futures

    Work

    Jimmy Eat World - Futures

    1140

    6 votes

  9. 9
    Sing the Sorrow

    Bleed Black

    AFI - Sing the Sorrow

    1139

    32 votes

  10. 10
    Toxicity

    Chop Suey!

    System of a Down - Toxicity

    1139

    15 votes

  11. 11
    Enema of the State

    Dumpweed

    blink‐182 - Enema of the State

    1132

    1 vote

  12. 12
    Definitely Maybe

    Married With Children

    Oasis - Definitely Maybe

    1132

    2 votes

  13. 13
    Toxicity

    Needles

    System of a Down - Toxicity

    1129

    13 votes

  14. 14
    Mezmerize

    This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I’m on This Song

    System of a Down - Mezmerize

    1127

    13 votes

  15. 15
    A Thousand Suns

    The Catalyst

    Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns

    1125

    3 votes

  16. 16
    American Candy

    English Girls

    The Maine - American Candy

    1121

    21 votes

  17. 17
    Comedown Machine

    One Way Trigger

    The Strokes - Comedown Machine

    1117

    0 votes

  18. 18
    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

  19. 19
    Futures

    Kill

    Jimmy Eat World - Futures

    1112

    6 votes

  20. 20
    Good Mourning

    All on Black

    Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning

    1112

    27 votes

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