Alternative · Albums
Top alternative albums
The top-rated alternative album on Riffiter is In Utero by Nirvana, rated 4.6/5 by 7 listeners.
2,734 alternative albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 140 of 2,734 alternative albums, averaging 3.7/5, spanning 1978 to 2026.
02 Music Has the Right to Children
Boards of Canada · 1998
★ 4.5 · 9
03 Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth · 1988
★ 4.5 · 10
04 The Bends
Radiohead · 1995
★ 4.6 · 6
05 Disintegration
The Cure · 1989
★ 4.8 · 4
06 Homogenic
Björk · 1997
★ 4.4 · 10
07 OK Computer
Radiohead · 1997
★ 4.5 · 6
08 Doolittle
Pixies · 1989
★ 4.5 · 6
09 In Rainbows
Radiohead · 2007
★ 4.5 · 5
10 …Like Clockwork
Queens of the Stone Age · 2013
★ 4.5 · 5
11 A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead · 2016
★ 4.5 · 4
12 Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1999
★ 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 Greatest Hits
Foo Fighters · 2009
★ 4.2 · 6
16 Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1991
★ 4.3 · 4
17 The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance · 2006
★ 4.3 · 3
18 LUX
ROSALÍA · 2025
★ 4.3 · 3
19 ¡Uno!
Green Day · 2012
★ 5.0 · 1
20 Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains · 1995
★ 5.0 · 1
21 On
Altın Gün · 2018
★ 5.0 · 1
22 Post
Björk · 1995
★ 5.0 · 1
23 Dookie
Green Day · 1994
★ 4.1 · 5
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 Sports
Sports · 2026
★ 4.5 · 1
30 Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Super Deluxe)
This Is Lorelei · 2026
★ 4.5 · 1
31 Royal Blood
Royal Blood · 2014
★ 4.0 · 5
32 Melodrama
Lorde · 2017
★ 3.9 · 8
33 Black Holes and Revelations
Muse · 2006
★ 4.0 · 3
34 Vespertine
Björk · 2001
★ 4.0 · 3
35 The Resistance
Muse · 2009
★ 3.9 · 4
36 Live at Rome Olympic Stadium
Muse · 2013
★ 4.0 · 1
37 Turn On the Bright Lights
Interpol · 2002
★ 4.0 · 1
38 White Blood Cells
The White Stripes · 2001
★ 4.0 · 1
39 Zodeon at Crystal Hall
The Smashing Pumpkins · 2023
★ 4.0 · 1
40 Matters of Mind, Body and Soul
Clan of Xymox · 2014
★ 4.0 · 1
41 Drawing Restraint 9
Björk · 2005
★ 4.0 · 1
42 Cost Of Living Adjustment
Cola · 2026
★ 4.0 · 1
43 Fragile World
The Veils · 2026
★ 4.0 · 1
44 HEAVEN SENT ME
Alan Vuong · 2026
★ 4.0 · 1
45 Origin of Symmetry
Muse · 2001
★ 3.8 · 3
46 American Idiot
Green Day · 2004
★ 3.8 · 2
47 Lazaretto
Jack White · 2014
★ 3.7 · 3
48 Unlimited Love
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2022
★ 3.5 · 1
49 Amnesiac
Radiohead · 2001
★ 3.5 · 1
50 Hullabaloo Soundtrack (Eastwest Release)
Muse · 2010
★ 3.5 · 1
51 Richard D. James Album
Aphex Twin · 1996
★ 3.5 · 1
52 The Eternal
Sonic Youth · 2009
★ 3.5 · 1
53 TRON: Ares: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Nine Inch Nails · 2025
★ 3.5 · 1
54 De Stijl
The White Stripes · 2000
★ 3.5 · 1
55 Our Love to Admire
Interpol · 2007
★ 3.5 · 1
56 Remote Echoes
Duster · 2023
★ 3.5 · 1
57 Masked Dancers: Concern in So Many Things You Forget Where You Are
Brave Little Abacus · 2020
★ 3.5 · 1
58 Nonetheless
Pet Shop Boys · 2024
★ 3.5 · 1
59 +3
Samba Jean-Baptiste · 2026
★ 3.5 · 1
60 Age of Illusions
Common Saints · 2026
★ 3.5 · 1
61 outta time
Kelela · 2026
★ 3.5 · 1
62 Wedge
Vétuste · 2026
★ 3.5 · 1
63 Greatest Hits
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2003
★ 3.5 · 2
64 RIOT!
Paramore · 2007
★ 3.5 · 2
65 Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
My Chemical Romance · 2010
★ 3.5 · 2
66 Bullet in a Bible
Green Day · 2005
★ 3.5 · 2
67 Songs of a Lost World
The Cure · 2024
★ 3.5 · 2
68 Good News For People Who Love Bad News: 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition
Modest Mouse · 2024
★ 3.5 · 2
69 Utopia
Björk · 2017
★ 3.5 · 2
70 Sweating Someone Else's Fever
Hard-Fi · 2026
★ 3.5 · 2
71 El Pintor
Interpol · 2014
★ 3.5 · 2
72 After Laughter
Paramore · 2017
★ 3.5 · 3
73 Memento Mori
Depeche Mode · 2023
★ 3.5 · 3
74 the feeling
Steve Lacy · 2026
★ 3.6 · 7
75 Paramore
Paramore · 2013
★ 3.5 · 4
76 The Best Of
Joy Division · 2008
★ 3.0 · 1
77 HAARP (Live from Wembley Stadium)
Muse · 2008
★ 3.0 · 1
78 Spirit
Depeche Mode · 2017
★ 3.0 · 1
79 Delta Machine
Depeche Mode · 2013
★ 3.0 · 1
80 The King of Limbs
Radiohead · 2011
★ 3.0 · 1
81 Chuck
Sum 41 · 2004
★ 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 The Other Side of Make‐Believe
Interpol · 2022
★ 3.0 · 1
86 Solar Power
Lorde · 2021
★ 3.0 · 1
87 Collapse Into Never - Live In Europe 2023
Placebo · 2023
★ 3.0 · 1
88 Father of All...
Green Day · 2020
★ 3.0 · 1
89 Lazarus (Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack)
Bonobo · 2025
★ 3.0 · 1
90 Spirit | The 12" Singles
Depeche Mode · 2024
★ 3.0 · 1
91 Post Live
Björk · 2003
★ 3.0 · 1
92 Easy Listening
Pigface · 2005
★ 3.0 · 1
93 Honest Work
Odd Beholder · 2026
★ 3.0 · 1
94 Live @ Hellfest
God Is an Astronaut · 2026
★ 3.0 · 1
95 I'm With You
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2011
★ 3.3 · 2
96 Memento Mori: Mexico City
Depeche Mode · 2025
★ 3.3 · 2
97 Pure Heroine
Lorde · 2013
★ 3.5 · 6
98 The 2nd Law
Muse · 2012
★ 3.3 · 3
99 Drones
Muse · 2015
★ 3.3 · 3
100 Showbiz
Muse · 1999
★ 3.3 · 3
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