Alternative · Albums
Top alternative albums
The top-rated alternative album on Riffiter is Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada, rated 4.9/5 by 4 listeners.
1,355 alternative albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 115 of 1,355 alternative albums, averaging 3.7/5, spanning 1979 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 Utero
Nirvana · 1993
★ 4.6 · 5
06 In Rainbows
Radiohead · 2007
★ 4.5 · 5
07 The Bends
Radiohead · 1995
★ 4.5 · 5
08 …Like Clockwork
Queens of the Stone Age · 2013
★ 4.5 · 5
09 Melodrama
Lorde · 2017
★ 4.4 · 7
10 A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead · 2016
★ 4.5 · 4
11 OK Computer
Radiohead · 1997
★ 4.4 · 5
12 Homogenic
Björk · 1997
★ 4.4 · 5
13 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins · 1995
★ 4.4 · 4
14 Kid A
Radiohead · 2000
★ 4.3 · 5
15 Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains · 1995
★ 5.0 · 1
16 On
Altın Gün · 2018
★ 5.0 · 1
17 Post
Björk · 1995
★ 5.0 · 1
18 The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance · 2006
★ 4.3 · 3
19 LUX
ROSALÍA · 2025
★ 4.3 · 3
20 Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1991
★ 4.3 · 4
21 Greatest Hits
Foo Fighters · 2009
★ 4.2 · 6
22 Dookie
Green Day · 1994
★ 4.1 · 5
23 Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1999
★ 4.2 · 3
24 Sister
Sonic Youth · 1987
★ 4.3 · 2
25 Pornography
The Cure · 1982
★ 4.3 · 2
26 Screaming Bloody Murder
Sum 41 · 2011
★ 4.5 · 1
27 Blunderbuss
Jack White · 2012
★ 4.5 · 1
28 This Is Why
Paramore · 2023
★ 4.5 · 1
29 Royal Blood
Royal Blood · 2014
★ 4.0 · 5
30 Black Holes and Revelations
Muse · 2006
★ 4.0 · 3
31 Vespertine
Björk · 2001
★ 4.0 · 3
32 Live at Rome Olympic Stadium
Muse · 2013
★ 4.0 · 1
33 Turn On the Bright Lights
Interpol · 2002
★ 4.0 · 1
34 White Blood Cells
The White Stripes · 2001
★ 4.0 · 1
35 The Resistance
Muse · 2009
★ 3.8 · 3
36 Origin of Symmetry
Muse · 2001
★ 3.8 · 3
37 American Idiot
Green Day · 2004
★ 3.8 · 2
38 Unlimited Love
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2022
★ 3.5 · 1
39 Amnesiac
Radiohead · 2001
★ 3.5 · 1
40 Hullabaloo Soundtrack (Eastwest Release)
Muse · 2010
★ 3.5 · 1
41 Richard D. James Album
Aphex Twin · 1996
★ 3.5 · 1
42 The Eternal
Sonic Youth · 2009
★ 3.5 · 1
43 TRON: Ares: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Nine Inch Nails · 2025
★ 3.5 · 1
44 De Stijl
The White Stripes · 2000
★ 3.5 · 1
45 Our Love to Admire
Interpol · 2007
★ 3.5 · 1
46 Lazaretto
Jack White · 2014
★ 3.7 · 3
47 Greatest Hits
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2003
★ 3.5 · 2
48 RIOT!
Paramore · 2007
★ 3.5 · 2
49 Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
My Chemical Romance · 2010
★ 3.5 · 2
50 Bullet in a Bible
Green Day · 2005
★ 3.5 · 2
51 Songs of a Lost World
The Cure · 2024
★ 3.5 · 2
52 Utopia
Björk · 2017
★ 3.5 · 2
53 El Pintor
Interpol · 2014
★ 3.5 · 2
54 After Laughter
Paramore · 2017
★ 3.5 · 3
55 Memento Mori
Depeche Mode · 2023
★ 3.5 · 3
56 The Best Of
Joy Division · 2008
★ 3.0 · 1
57 HAARP (Live from Wembley Stadium)
Muse · 2008
★ 3.0 · 1
58 Spirit
Depeche Mode · 2017
★ 3.0 · 1
59 Delta Machine
Depeche Mode · 2013
★ 3.0 · 1
60 The King of Limbs
Radiohead · 2011
★ 3.0 · 1
61 Chuck
Sum 41 · 2004
★ 3.0 · 1
62 Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies
Pixies · 2004
★ 3.0 · 1
63 Bossanova
Pixies · 1990
★ 3.0 · 1
64 Paris
The Cure · 1993
★ 3.0 · 1
65 The Other Side of Make‐Believe
Interpol · 2022
★ 3.0 · 1
66 Solar Power
Lorde · 2021
★ 3.0 · 1
67 Collapse Into Never - Live In Europe 2023
Placebo · 2023
★ 3.0 · 1
68 Father of All...
Green Day · 2020
★ 3.0 · 1
69 Lazarus (Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack)
Bonobo · 2025
★ 3.0 · 1
70 Spirit | The 12" Singles
Depeche Mode · 2024
★ 3.0 · 1
71 Paramore
Paramore · 2013
★ 3.5 · 4
72 I'm With You
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2011
★ 3.3 · 2
73 Memento Mori: Mexico City
Depeche Mode · 2025
★ 3.3 · 2
74 Pure Heroine
Lorde · 2013
★ 3.5 · 6
75 The 2nd Law
Muse · 2012
★ 3.3 · 3
76 Drones
Muse · 2015
★ 3.3 · 3
77 Showbiz
Muse · 1999
★ 3.3 · 3
78 Stadium Arcadium
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2006
★ 3.3 · 3
79 EAT ME, DRINK ME (International Version)
Marilyn Manson · 2007
★ 2.5 · 1
80 Punisher
Phoebe Bridgers · 2020
★ 2.5 · 1
81 4:13 Dream
The Cure · 2008
★ 2.5 · 1
82 All The Good Sh**. 14 Solid Gold Hits (2000-2008)
Sum 41 · 2009
★ 2.5 · 1
83 Geogaddi
Boards of Canada · 2002
★ 2.5 · 1
84 Singles Box '81 - '85
Duran Duran · 2005
★ 2.5 · 1
85 THINK LATER
Tate McRae · 2023
★ 2.5 · 1
86 Pablo Honey
Radiohead · 1993
★ 3.0 · 2
87 Angles
The Strokes · 2011
★ 3.0 · 2
88 Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
Avenged Sevenfold · 2001
★ 3.0 · 2
89 But Here We Are
Foo Fighters · 2023
★ 3.0 · 2
90 The Campfire Headphase
Boards of Canada · 2005
★ 3.0 · 2
91 The New Abnormal
The Strokes · 2020
★ 3.2 · 3
92 Simulation Theory (Super Deluxe)
Muse · 2018
★ 3.2 · 3
93 Death to the Pixies
Pixies · 1997
★ 2.0 · 1
94 By the Way
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2002
★ 2.0 · 1
95 Surfer Rosa (2007 Remaster)
Pixies · 1988
★ 2.0 · 1
96 Buddha
blink-182 · 1993
★ 2.0 · 1
97 Sling
Clairo · 2021
★ 2.0 · 1
98 Antics
Interpol · 2004
★ 2.0 · 1
99 Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots · 2010
★ 2.0 · 1
100 Faith
The Cure · 1981
★ 2.0 · 1
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