Top 10 Best Alternative Albums of All Time
Definitely the best album in a very long while. Radiohead has been the best in transforming from what I was calling dirty alternative rock to dirty electronic rock. That was just before their electronic turn, and sometimes I regret that we don't get the OK Computer sound on their new albums.
Find me a singer who can put more emotion in his voice. I have yet to find a single one.
Good God, what is wrong with you people? Sure, Linkin Park is great as an artist and Hybrid Theory is a great album, but let's talk about quality here. Radiohead is the greatest alternative artist of all time, and OK Computer is the Dark Side of the Moon of the '90s. Not to mention, it's the best album of the '90s.
This album is amazing.
It is full of energy, mournfulness, and melody.
Kurt expressed so much in his music, with songs such as Lithium, Breed, Drain You, Polly, Come As You Are, In Bloom, and Smells Like Teen Spirit. This album defines alternative music!
Thank you to Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl, and Butch Vig.
One of the best albums of all time, and definitely the best alternative album.
This song/album changed the world.
One of the greatest albums of all time. Every single song on this album is also great.
Way overshadowed by Nevermind. Also, it has "Black."
Amazing album! From the opening riff of "Cherub Rock" to '90s favorite "Today," throw in "Mayonnaise," "Rocket," "Soma," and "Disarm." This album, from top to bottom, is as solid as they come. Awesome!
Great album all the way through.
Radiohead, in general, is the obvious number one choice here.
More than 30 million copies sold worldwide. All the songs on this album are great. It should be at the top.
This album is epic! It should be first!
People don't know how much energy and soul Layne put into singing every song on this album. When you have songs like Down in a Hole, Rain When I Die, Them Bones, Sick Man, Rooster, and Would? all on the same album, you know you did something right. Not to mention how much chemistry developed between Mike and Jerry to create such great instrumentals.
I'm not the biggest fan of alternative, but this album is without a doubt the best in my opinion. It's a perfect combination of metal and alternative, and this album shows who the true best grunge band is.
How is this behind Gorillaz? Ever heard of Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Holiday, Jesus of Suburbia, American Idiot, Wake Me Up When September Ends? Also, OK Computer deserves to be higher than Nevermind. Karma Police, Paranoid Android, the list goes on.
I like the band Green Day because their songs are cool.
This album, along with The Bends by Radiohead, should be number one. Kid A is a close second. Also, where is Parachutes by Coldplay on this list? As you can probably tell, Coldplay and Radiohead are my favorite bands. I love OK Computer, but I find it to be overrated. The first half of the album is a lot better than the second half. I know Lucky and No Surprises are good, but I have never understood The Tourist, Electioneering, and Climbing Up the Walls.
But going back to AROBTH, this album is great from start to finish. It starts with probably my favorite song, "Politik," which is loud and has emotional piano from beginning to end. It ends with one of my favorite ballads of all time, "Amsterdam." People need to stop giving Coldplay crap and realize that they are a great band that doesn't just make pop music.
They make music that actually has substance, more than all of the pop artists. Just because they get more recognition than other alternative bands doesn't mean that they write meaningless pop music. Overall, I recommend this incredible album to everyone because it is one of the best albums that I have ever listened to.
The Newcomers
Glad it's in the top 10. Extremely underrated album by an extremely underrated band that definitely needs more recognition.
If there weren't Nevermind, there would be no OK Computer. But without Doolittle, there would be no Nevermind. This should be at least in the top 8.
I think this should be in the top 5. At least, it should be number 1. Nevermind, Ritual De Lo Habitual, Doolittle, OK Computer, Dirt.
Great from start to finish. It has such a distinct sound from anything else, and that makes it even better! The theme and message of this album are clear and persistent in every song. Every single song sounds so different from the others. But every song is absolutely incredible, especially Lovers in Japan, Lost!, and Death and All of His Friends.
This album has no bad songs! It should be higher.
Should be way higher! Absolutely incredible album from start to finish. Every song is great, and the band really shows what they are capable of. The lyrics are also immeasurable.
Pure genius. Every song captures a new emotion and stage in life. I might just be biased because this album got me through some hard times, but I honestly can't even begin to explain my love for this album.
Love all the songs on this album! Especially Feel Good Inc. and Dirty Harry!
Amazing. Each song is just so unique and great.
Ah, the good old days of high school, when no one even knew who The Cure was.
My god, what has this world come to? This album at NO. 26? Good lord, you've got to be kidding me.
Especially if it's below three albums I haven't even heard of, as well as being below 22 albums I have heard of! The only other albums that can compete with this one are "Nevermind" (also by Nirvana), "OK Computer" (Radiohead), "Dirt" (Alice in Chains), "Superunknown" (Soundgarden), and "The Blue Album" (Weezer). That, and maybe a couple of other albums, are literally it. At worst, this should be at No. 3. At best, it should DEFINITELY deserve the top spot.
Sure, Nirvana's earlier albums are great, and I know a lot of people would kill me for saying this is better than "Nevermind," which is also an absolute masterpiece. But like Nirvana themselves, I thought that while "Nevermind"'s production was stellar, it just seemed too mainstream and polished, and I'm not the biggest fan of that. I like albums with more rawness and grit, both production-wise, musically, AND lyrically.
I thought "In Utero" was going to be just like "Nevermind" and be ANOTHER poppy grunge album. But, for one of the first times in my life as a MUSIC EXPERT (and that's not an exaggeration even though I'm 13 - literally, ask me almost anything and I bet I could dive deep into a conversation about it), I was COMPLETELY WRONG. It was everything I hadn't expected it to be, which just made it all the more brilliant.
"Serve the Servants" opens the album with a single, crunching guitar noise, and after that, Kurt and co. delve into a world where everything and nothing seamlessly merge together. It's a world where people are just like them - pissed off at the world, depressed, and looking for an escape from the hellholes they are in. It's a triumph of will, yet also a statement. It wasn't meant for the people who were introduced to Nirvana via "Nevermind" (which, believe it or not, I was), but instead, it was meant for the people who were fans of their music from day one (i.e.,... more