Best Shoegaze Albums

6 artists on TakeRank are tagged shoegaze on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 31 of their albums. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine leads right now, ahead of Diamond Eyes by Deftones and Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.

6

Artists

31

Albums voted on

Top Shoegaze albums

  1. 1
    Loveless

    Loveless

    My Bloody Valentine (1991)

    1143

    12 votes

  2. 2
    Diamond Eyes

    Diamond Eyes

    Deftones (2010)

    1133

    43 votes

  3. 3
    Modern Life Is Rubbish

    Modern Life Is Rubbish

    Blur (1993)

    1118

    24 votes

  4. 4
    White Pony

    White Pony

    Deftones (2000)

    1107

    44 votes

  5. 5
    Parklife

    Parklife

    Blur (1994)

    1103

    22 votes

  6. 6
    private music

    private music

    Deftones (2025)

    1094

    43 votes

  7. 7
    Bleeds

    Bleeds

    Wednesday (2025)

    1073

    5 votes

  8. 8
    Revengeseekerz

    Revengeseekerz

    Jane Remover (2025)

    1055

    6 votes

  9. 9
    Rat Saw God

    Rat Saw God

    Wednesday (2023)

    1045

    5 votes

  10. 10
    Blur

    Blur

    Blur (1997)

    1039

    21 votes

  11. 11
    Around the Fur

    Around the Fur

    Deftones (1997)

    1038

    27 votes

  12. 12
    Koi no Yokan

    Koi no Yokan

    Deftones (2012)

    1031

    36 votes

  13. 13
    Census Designated

    Census Designated

    Jane Remover (2023)

    1027

    6 votes

  14. 14
    Think Tank

    Think Tank

    Blur (2003)

    1024

    22 votes

  15. 15
    Isn’t Anything

    Isn’t Anything

    My Bloody Valentine (1988)

    1015

    11 votes

  16. 16
    Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling ’em Up

    Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling ’em Up

    Wednesday (2022)

    1012

    5 votes

  17. 17
    Twin Plagues

    Twin Plagues

    Wednesday (2021)

    986

    5 votes

  18. 18
    Deftones

    Deftones

    Deftones (2003)

    977

    24 votes

  19. 19
    Saturday Night Wrist

    Saturday Night Wrist

    Deftones (2006)

    974

    43 votes

  20. 20
    The Ballad of Darren

    The Ballad of Darren

    Blur (2023)

    960

    19 votes

Top Shoegaze songs

  1. 1
    Around the Fur

    Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)

    Deftones - Around the Fur

    1105

    2 votes

  2. 2
    Loveless

    Sometimes

    My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

    1094

    1 vote

  3. 3
    Loveless

    When You Sleep

    My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

    1062

    1 vote

  4. 4
    Around the Fur

    My Own Summer (Shove It)

    Deftones - Around the Fur

    1031

    1 vote

  5. 5
    Around the Fur

    MX / Bong Hit / Damone

    Deftones - Around the Fur

    1016

    0 votes

  6. 6
    Loveless

    I Only Said

    My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

    1016

    0 votes

  7. 7
    Loveless

    Loomer

    My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

    1015

    0 votes

  8. 8
    Around the Fur

    Around the Fur

    Deftones - Around the Fur

    1015

    0 votes

  9. 9
    Loveless

    Soon

    My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

    1014

    0 votes

  10. 10
    Loveless

    Only Shallow

    My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

    1002

    0 votes

  11. 11
    Around the Fur

    Lhabia

    Deftones - Around the Fur

    1002

    1 vote

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