Best Rise Against Albums

The Top Ten

Sufferer & the Witness

Definitely the best Rise Against album and one of the most powerful and lyrically inspired records I know. The guys simply know how to play punk/melodic hardcore songs.
Take a look at fan favorites like Ready to Fall, Prayer of the Refugee, or The Good Left Undone, but also at songs like Drones or Behind Closed Doors. The entire album creates an awesome atmosphere while talking about serious themes, combining honest lyrical content and the musical maturity to make this the best album by Rise Against.

My favorite album of all time. A truly life-changing album. It has inspired me so much with songs like Ready to Fall, Survive, and Bricks. I remember the first time I heard Rise Against through Prayer of the Refugee, and I was amazed.
I would give 2 to The Black Market, 3 to Siren Song of the Counter Culture, 4 to Endgame, 5 to Revolutions per Minute, 6 to Appeal to Reason, 7 to The Unraveling, and 8 to Wolves.
Siren Song of the Counter-Culture

As a diehard Rise Against fan, I love all their albums. But this one takes the cake as the best of their albums. "State of the Union," "Dancing for Rain," "Rumors of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated," "Swing Life Away," "Blood to Bleed," and "Give It All" are among my favorite songs.
If I had to rank all my Rise Against albums, it would be:
1. Siren Song
2. RPM
3. Sufferer & The Witness
4. The Unraveling
5. Endgame
6. Black Market
7. Appeal to Reason.
That being said, all the albums are classic.

Siren Song, Sufferer and the Witness, and Appeal to Reason are my favourite Rise Against albums. I know how everyone says that Sufferer and the Witness is the best, but I might disagree.
Sufferer and the Witness is too similar from song to song. All the songs are very similar compared to Siren Song, which has much more variety in sound. I like these top three basically equally, but I'd have to say the Rise Against album with the most variety in sound (making it my favourite album as a whole) would have to be Siren Song.
Appeal to Reason

I listened to this album for the first time about 2 years ago. It was my first experience with Rise Against, and for some reason, I can't stay away from it for too long. I've only listened to Endgame and The Black Market, so I can't say I've heard every song or album that Rise Against has ever released, but so far, this is my favorite.

Every song is a classic and could be a single. No filler whatsoever. I love the Sufferer album too (in fact I love them all), but to me, this is their career standout. One of my all-time favorite albums.
Endgame

Compared to other albums like Appeal to Reason and The Sufferer and the Witness, this album stands out due to the fact that it took everything from all the other albums they've done and combined it into this harmonic sequence of songs telling a story of the roads we've been on.
One of my top 10 albums ever.

Are you kidding?! What sets this album apart from the rest is that Endgame has literally no bad songs! They're all masterpieces! Add to this the songs that still somehow rise above the others - Make It Stop, Help Is On The Way, Satellite to name a few - and you've got an incredible album that others can't compare to.
Revolutions per Minute

I started listening to RA between Appeal to Reason and Endgame, but after listening for 7 years and listening to everything they've made, I have come to like RPM and The Unraveling because it is where they truly shine under the punk genre.
The raw sound, fast and aggressive style really show that they put effort and energy into it. I recommend that anyone who listens to RA listen to their first two albums and realize and appreciate how good RA was from the beginning.

This is true Rise Against. The lyrics are better than nowadays, the songs are harder and also more touching. The only reason I can imagine RPM has only got 12% of all votes is that Rise Against hasn't played a lot of these songs at concerts in recent years.
But to all who would vote for Endgame or Appeal to Reason: just take your time and pay more attention to songs like Broken English or Torches and learn to love them. You won't regret it, I guarantee you.
The Unraveling

How the hell is this so low down! I love all Rise Against albums, but the raw punk rock sound of this one is chilling. I think this is so far down because not many people have listened to it, so if you haven't, I highly suggest you do.

This is the best of all their albums. I get excited whenever they play any songs from The Unraveling live in concert. I bought almost all of their albums, and this album is my go-to.

In my opinion, this album is superior to all their other ones. You can really hear the raw power and feel the anger and passion in young Tim's voice. I might be a little biased, though, since "Everchanging" is my favorite song in the world.
I do agree with other commentators that "The Unraveling" probably ranks low because it's quite an old album, and the band wasn't famous back then.
The Black Market

While it isn't their best album by far (my personal favorite is S&W), I love The Black Market. I just really got into RA this year, so TBM was the first album of theirs that I was anticipating. It helped me discover how awesome all their music is, and I wasn't disappointed.
I Don't Want To Be Here Anymore, Tragedy + Time, The Eco-Terrorist in Me, and The Great Die-Off are my favorites from it. I like that this album is less political and more personal and introspective. Don't get me wrong, their more politically-focused songs are just as great, but it's nice to see that they wanted to try something different from the themes of the past couple of albums. I'd give it an 8/10 overall.
Wolves
Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers (2000 - 2013)

This album has great songs. Historia Calamitatum and Death Blossoms are two great songs by Rise Against.

A collection of some of their best songs!
Nowhere Generation

2021 Generation Album by Rise Against is done well. This is Noise and Wolves also deserve more cheers perhaps.