Alternative Rock · Albums
Top alternative rock albums
The top-rated alternative rock album on Riffiter is Grace by Jeff Buckley, rated 4.9/5 by 5 listeners.
2,904 alternative rock albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 128 of 2,904 alternative rock albums, averaging 3.7/5, spanning 1972 to 2026.
02 Doolittle
Pixies · 1989
★ 4.7 · 5
03 Disintegration
The Cure · 1989
★ 4.8 · 4
04 Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth · 1988
★ 4.8 · 4
05 In Rainbows
Radiohead · 2007
★ 4.5 · 5
06 The Bends
Radiohead · 1995
★ 4.5 · 5
07 …Like Clockwork
Queens of the Stone Age · 2013
★ 4.5 · 5
08 Songs for the Deaf
Queens of the Stone Age · 2002
★ 4.5 · 4
09 A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead · 2016
★ 4.5 · 4
10 OK Computer
Radiohead · 1997
★ 4.4 · 5
11 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins · 1995
★ 4.4 · 4
12 Kid A
Radiohead · 2000
★ 4.3 · 5
13 The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance · 2006
★ 4.3 · 3
14 Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1991
★ 4.3 · 4
15 Greatest Hits
Foo Fighters · 2009
★ 4.2 · 6
16 Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1999
★ 4.2 · 3
17 El Silencio
Caifanes · 1992
★ 4.3 · 2
18 Boxer
The National · 2007
★ 4.3 · 2
19 Sister
Sonic Youth · 1987
★ 4.3 · 2
20 Pornography
The Cure · 1982
★ 4.3 · 2
21 Let England Shake
PJ Harvey · 2011
★ 4.5 · 1
22 The Colour and the Shape
Foo Fighters · 1997
★ 4.5 · 1
23 Blur
Blur · 1997
★ 4.5 · 1
24 Sea Change
Beck · 2002
★ 4.5 · 1
25 Blunderbuss
Jack White · 2012
★ 4.5 · 1
26 This Is Why
Paramore · 2023
★ 4.5 · 1
27 Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins · 1993
★ 4.5 · 1
28 That's the Spirit
Bring Me the Horizon · 2015
★ 4.0 · 4
29 Black Holes and Revelations
Muse · 2006
★ 4.0 · 3
30 Demon Days
Gorillaz · 2005
★ 4.0 · 2
31 Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand · 2004
★ 4.0 · 2
32 Parklife
Blur · 1994
★ 4.0 · 2
33 Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · 2016
★ 4.0 · 2
34 Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Phoenix · 2009
★ 4.0 · 2
35 Death of a Bachelor
Panic! at the Disco · 2016
★ 4.0 · 1
36 Live at Rome Olympic Stadium
Muse · 2013
★ 4.0 · 1
37 Kaleidoscope EP
Coldplay · 2017
★ 4.0 · 1
38 Tell Me I'm Pretty
Cage the Elephant · 2015
★ 4.0 · 1
39 In Your Honor
Foo Fighters · 2005
★ 4.0 · 1
40 Urban Hymns
The Verve · 1997
★ 4.0 · 1
41 High Violet
The National · 2010
★ 4.0 · 1
42 13
Blur · 1999
★ 4.0 · 1
43 Trouble Will Find Me
The National · 2013
★ 4.0 · 1
44 Push the Sky Away
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · 2013
★ 4.0 · 1
45 Surfer Rosa
Pixies · 1988
★ 4.0 · 1
46 The Resistance
Muse · 2009
★ 3.8 · 3
47 Origin of Symmetry
Muse · 2001
★ 3.8 · 3
48 Post Human: Survival Horror
Bring Me the Horizon · 2020
★ 3.8 · 3
49 Notes on a Conditional Form
The 1975 · 2020
★ 3.8 · 2
50 Unlimited Love
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2022
★ 3.5 · 1
51 Amnesiac
Radiohead · 2001
★ 3.5 · 1
52 Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
Gorillaz · 2020
★ 3.5 · 1
53 Dear Agony
Breaking Benjamin · 2009
★ 3.5 · 1
54 Don't Panic
All Time Low · 2012
★ 3.5 · 1
55 The Eternal
Sonic Youth · 2009
★ 3.5 · 1
56 Melophobia
Cage the Elephant · 2013
★ 3.5 · 1
57 Everyday Life
Coldplay · 2019
★ 3.5 · 1
58 An Awesome Wave
alt-J · 2012
★ 3.5 · 1
59 This Is All Yours
alt-J · 2014
★ 3.5 · 1
60 First Two Pages of Frankenstein
The National · 2023
★ 3.7 · 3
61 Lazaretto
Jack White · 2014
★ 3.7 · 3
62 A Head Full of Dreams
Coldplay · 2015
★ 3.5 · 2
63 Greatest Hits
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2003
★ 3.5 · 2
64 Gorillaz
Gorillaz · 2001
★ 3.5 · 2
65 RIOT!
Paramore · 2007
★ 3.5 · 2
66 Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
My Chemical Romance · 2010
★ 3.5 · 2
67 Songs of a Lost World
The Cure · 2024
★ 3.5 · 2
68 Colors
Beck · 2017
★ 3.5 · 2
69 I Inside the Old Year Dying
PJ Harvey · 2023
★ 3.5 · 2
70 Utopia
Björk · 2017
★ 3.5 · 2
71 After Laughter
Paramore · 2017
★ 3.5 · 3
72 Native
OneRepublic · 2013
★ 3.0 · 1
73 Concrete and Gold
Foo Fighters · 2017
★ 3.0 · 1
74 The Now Now
Gorillaz · 2018
★ 3.0 · 1
75 Morning Phase
Beck · 2014
★ 3.0 · 1
76 The King of Limbs
Radiohead · 2011
★ 3.0 · 1
77 One by One
Foo Fighters · 2002
★ 3.0 · 1
78 Sacred Hearts Club
Foster the People · 2017
★ 3.0 · 1
79 Best Of
The Cardigans · 2008
★ 3.0 · 1
80 From Zero
Linkin Park · 2024
★ 3.0 · 1
81 Christmas Lights
Coldplay · 2010
★ 3.0 · 1
82 Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies
Pixies · 2004
★ 3.0 · 1
83 Bossanova
Pixies · 1990
★ 3.0 · 1
84 Paris
The Cure · 1993
★ 3.0 · 1
85 Paramore
Paramore · 2013
★ 3.5 · 4
86 I'm With You
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2011
★ 3.3 · 2
87 The 2nd Law
Muse · 2012
★ 3.3 · 3
88 Drones
Muse · 2015
★ 3.3 · 3
89 Showbiz
Muse · 1999
★ 3.3 · 3
90 Stadium Arcadium
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2006
★ 3.3 · 3
91 Amo
Bring Me the Horizon · 2019
★ 3.3 · 3
92 Rid of Me
PJ Harvey · 1993
★ 3.3 · 3
93 American Beauty / American Psycho
Fall Out Boy · 2015
★ 2.5 · 1
94 Infinity on High
Fall Out Boy · 2007
★ 2.5 · 1
95 Mother's Milk
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1989
★ 2.5 · 1
96 What Hits!?
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1992
★ 2.5 · 1
97 Don't Panic: It's Longer Now!
All Time Low · 2013
★ 2.5 · 1
98 Caifanes
Caifanes · 1993
★ 2.5 · 1
99 Is This Desire?
PJ Harvey · 1998
★ 2.5 · 1
100 Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Alanis Morissette · 1998
★ 2.5 · 1
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