Top alternative rock albums
The top-rated alternative rock album on Riffiter is The Sound of The Smiths by The Smiths, rated 4.4/5 by 38 listeners.
30,922 alternative rock albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 1,696 of 31,044 alternative rock albums, averaging 4.0/5, spanning 1934 to 2027.
02 Disintegration
The Cure · 1989
★ 4.3 · 144
03 Zooropa
U2 · 1993
★ 4.6 · 10
04 Time Flies… 1994-2009
Oasis · 2010
★ 4.6 · 10
05 Brothers
The Black Keys · 2010
★ 4.5 · 14
06 In Times New Roman
Queens of the Stone Age · 2023
★ 4.5 · 14
07 Sliver: The Best of the Box
Nirvana · 2005
★ 4.4 · 18
08 Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman · 1988
★ 4.3 · 140
09 Dookie
Green Day · 1994
★ 4.3 · 167
10 The Bends
Radiohead · 1994
★ 4.3 · 320
11 Doolittle
Pixies · 1989
★ 4.3 · 78
12 Koi No Yokan
Deftones · 2012
★ 4.4 · 19
13 Superunknown
Soundgarden · 1994
★ 4.4 · 22
14 MTV Unplugged in New York
Nirvana · 1994
★ 4.2 · 812
15 Live 2012
Coldplay · 2012
★ 4.2 · 267
16 OK Computer
Radiohead · 1997
★ 4.2 · 257
17 Greatest Hits
The Police · 1986
★ 4.3 · 38
18 In Rainbows
Radiohead · 2007
★ 4.2 · 439
19 Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1999
★ 4.2 · 264
20 In Utero
Nirvana · 1993
★ 4.2 · 249
21 Dirt
Alice in Chains · 1992
★ 4.3 · 21
22 Nevermind
Nirvana · 1991
★ 4.2 · 868
23 All Born Screaming
St. Vincent · 2024
★ 4.3 · 20
24 Greatest Hits
Foo Fighters · 2009
★ 4.2 · 343
25 That's the Spirit
Bring Me the Horizon · 2015
★ 4.2 · 133
26 Untouchables
Korn · 2002
★ 4.3 · 15
27 One Assassination Under God, Chapter 1
Marilyn Manson · 2024
★ 4.3 · 21
28 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins · 1995
★ 4.2 · 71
29 Live Through This
Hole · 1994
★ 4.4 · 10
30 brand new eyes
Paramore · 2009
★ 4.2 · 141
31 The Car
Arctic Monkeys · 2022
★ 4.2 · 67
32 Saturday Night Wrist
Deftones · 2006
★ 4.3 · 17
33 Where's My Utopia?
Yard Act · 2024
★ 4.3 · 15
34 Parachutes
Coldplay · 2000
★ 4.2 · 692
35 Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple · 2020
★ 4.3 · 10
36 Royal Blood
Royal Blood · 2014
★ 4.2 · 31
37 How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Florence + the Machine · 2015
★ 4.2 · 25
38 Brianstorm
Arctic Monkeys · 2007
★ 4.2 · 19
39 Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth · 1988
★ 4.2 · 19
40 AM
Arctic Monkeys · 2013
★ 4.1 · 868
41 Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters · 1995
★ 4.2 · 88
42 Villains
Queens of the Stone Age · 2017
★ 4.2 · 20
43 Ten
Pearl Jam · 1991
★ 4.1 · 149
44 A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coldplay · 2002
★ 4.1 · 727
45 Can We Please Have Fun
Kings of Leon · 2024
★ 4.2 · 21
46 Hot Fuss
The Killers · 2004
★ 4.1 · 205
47 Fallen
Evanescence · 2003
★ 4.1 · 449
48 The Surface Seems So Far
Seether · 2024
★ 4.2 · 15
49 Stadium Arcadium
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2006
★ 4.1 · 116
50 Diamond Eyes
Deftones · 2010
★ 4.1 · 140
51 Vs.
Pearl Jam · 1993
★ 4.2 · 16
52 Humbug
Arctic Monkeys · 2009
★ 4.1 · 100
53 Hard to Imagine the Neighbourhood Ever Changing
The Neighbourhood · 2018
★ 4.1 · 366
54 Hatful of Hollow
The Smiths · 1984
★ 4.1 · 270
55 From Zero
Linkin Park · 2024
★ 4.2 · 27
56 Bury Me at Makeout Creek
Mitski · 2014
★ 4.1 · 397
57 La Ouache
Matmatah · 1998
★ 4.2 · 18
58 Amnesiac
Radiohead · 2001
★ 4.2 · 28
59 Meteora
Linkin Park · 2003
★ 4.1 · 829
60 Songs for the Deaf
Queens of the Stone Age · 2002
★ 4.1 · 60
61 A LA SALA
Khruangbin · 2024
★ 4.2 · 15
62 The Big Bang
Busta Rhymes · 2006
★ 4.3 · 10
63 Pinkerton
Weezer · 1996
★ 4.3 · 10
64 Favourite Worst Nightmare
Arctic Monkeys · 2007
★ 4.1 · 791
65 The Best of Keane
Keane · 2013
★ 4.2 · 21
66 Smash
The Offspring · 1994
★ 4.2 · 21
67 Grace
Jeff Buckley · 1994
★ 4.1 · 134
68 …Like Clockwork
Queens of the Stone Age · 2013
★ 4.1 · 92
69 Louise attaque
Louise Attaque · 1997
★ 4.1 · 697
70 Hullabaloo Soundtrack (Eastwest Release)
Muse · 2010
★ 4.2 · 15
71 The New Abnormal
The Strokes · 2020
★ 4.1 · 48
72 Paramore
Paramore · 2013
★ 4.1 · 62
73 I'm Picky (Unplugged)
Shaka Ponk · 2024
★ 4.1 · 17
74 Idols
Yungblud · 2025
★ 4.2 · 10
75 Black Holes and Revelations
Muse · 2006
★ 4.1 · 833
76 Mechanical Animals
Marilyn Manson · 1998
★ 4.1 · 20
77 Showbiz
Muse · 1999
★ 4.1 · 206
78 Clancy
Twenty One Pilots · 2024
★ 4.1 · 21
79 Automatic for the People
R.E.M. · 1992
★ 4.1 · 22
80 Songs of a Lost World
The Cure · 2024
★ 4.1 · 22
81 Louder Than Bombs
The Smiths · 1987
★ 4.1 · 143
82 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Coldplay · 2008
★ 4.1 · 357
83 Hail to the Thief
Radiohead · 2003
★ 4.1 · 103
84 Lungs
Florence + the Machine · 2009
★ 4.1 · 24
85 American Idiot
Green Day · 2004
★ 4.1 · 249
86 Death of a Bachelor
Panic! at the Disco · 2016
★ 4.1 · 45
87 How to Save a Life
The Fray · 2005
★ 4.1 · 28
88 Weezer
Weezer · 2001
★ 4.0 · 206
89 Absolution
Muse · 2003
★ 4.0 · 260
90 Dead Club City
Nothing But Thieves · 2023
★ 4.1 · 13
91 Ænima
Tool · 1996
★ 4.1 · 39
92 Greatest Hits
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2003
★ 4.0 · 83
93 Parklife
Blur · 1994
★ 4.1 · 15
94 Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins · 1993
★ 4.1 · 15
95 El Camino
The Black Keys · 2011
★ 4.1 · 17
96 Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1991
★ 4.0 · 63
97 Live at Rome Olympic Stadium
Muse · 2013
★ 4.0 · 40
98 No Line on the Horizon
U2 · 2009
★ 4.1 · 24
99 Making Mirrors
Gotye · 2011
★ 4.0 · 47
100 X&Y
Coldplay · 2005
★ 4.0 · 700
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