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10 1 8 4 1 10 August And Everything After Souvlaki Vs. Enter The Wu-Tang Clan Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) A Tribe Called Quest 41 observing the critical performance of in the last 25 years. For the years 1991 to Red House Painters Tori Amos Pearl Jam Wu-Tang Clan Smashing Pumpkins Nirvana , Alternative Rock Shoegazing, Grunge, Alternative Rock , East Coast Hip Hop Grunge, Alternative Rock Grunge #504 all time #542 all time #324 all time #237 all time #208 all time #120 all time #60 all time #46 all time 2015, the 10 most critically acclaimed albums for every year have been chosen and 1993 1993 Debut rated on a scale. Blur Björk , #483 all time 61 #400 all time 2 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Pavement 1 12 Dummy The critical success of an is determined by its Rank Score. This score is calculated MTV Unplugged In New York Grace Indie Rock Portishead , Pop Punk Nirvana 79 58 Oasis #163 all time 121 #145 all time Trip Hop Alternative Rock, Acoustic Rock Hip Hop Britpop Alternative Rock, Folk Rock #79 all time #106 all time #90 all time #71 all time #43 all time 149 by the website besteveralbums.com. It is an aggregate of the album’s performance on 1994 1994 several “albums of the year” lists across the internet. The higher the number of lists it (The Blue Album) Weezer Blur Alternative Rock, , Alternative Rock Britpop #82 all time features in, and the better its rank on those lists, the higher its Rank Score. #157 all time #145 all time Wowee Zowee 9 1 16 1 4 Pavement Liquid Swords 32 Post Little Pill 1 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (What's The Story) Morning Glory? The Bends Indie Rock Elliott Smith GZA Björk Smashing Pumpkins Oasis #602 all time , Lo- Hardcore Hip Hop Trip Hop, Electronic Pop Alternative Rock, Post Grunge Alternative Rock, Rock, Britpop Alternative Rock, Indie Rock #515 all time #356 all time #329 all time #267 all time #69 all time #40 all time #15 all time This visualization also records the commercial success of the album by means of its 147 1995 1995 peak position on the of the USA. The album name, artist name, genre, Pulp PJ Harvey Britpop all time ranking, and artist’s country of origin is also mentioned. Alternative Rock, Rock #160 all time #610 all time 40

1 13 2 All Eyez On Me Tigermilk Everything Must Go Sublime Ænima Endtroducing..... If You’re Feeling Sinister 2Pac Belle & Sebastian Sublime Tool DJ Shadow Belle & Sebastian Gangsta Rap, Hip Hop , Chamber , Britpop , Alternative Rock Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal Hip Hop, Trip Hop Indie Pop, Indie Folk #560 all time #507 all time #450 all time #386 all time #175 all time #152 all time #119 all time 1996 1996 How to read Reasonable Doubt Pinkerton Jay-Z Weezer Hip Hop Alternative Rock Alternative Rock, Power Pop #472 all time #168 all time #100 all time 23 Ladies And Gentlemen 16 19 1 10 Are Floating In Space Either/Or OK Computer 21 Elliott Smith Radiohead Rank Score Alternative Rock, Post Grunge , Indie Rock Indie Folk, Lo- Alternative Rock, Art Rock #225 all time #206 all time #389 all time #330 all time #174 all time #1 all time

1997 1997 Years F#A#∞ The Lonesome Crowded West Homogenic Godspeed You! Emperor Modest Mouse Björk Trip Hop Post Rock, Experimental Rock Indie Rock, Punk Rock #305 all time #188 all time #155 all time Alternative Rock, Britpop 1 The Miseducation 28 63 #177 all time Of 2 Deserter’s Songs Lauryn Hill XO Music Has The Right To Children In The Aeroplane Over The Sea , Hip Hop Elliott Smith Boards Of Canada Neo Psychedelia, Art Rock #468 all time 104 Indie Pop, Indie Folk Hip Hop , Indie Rock, #540 all time #447 all time #350 all time #251 all time #17 all time

1998 Moon Safari 1998 Electro-Shock Blues Mezzanine Air Eels Pop, Electronica Indie Rock, Indie Pop Electronica, Trip Hop #463 all time #209 all time #137 all time #480 all time 51

2 Summerteeth 38 Play 13 Ágætis Byrjun Album name The Magnetic Fields Blur Sigur Rós USA Billboard 200 78 80 Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock Electronica, Roots Indie Rock, Indie Rock Pop, Neo Psychedelia Post Rock, Ambient 61 #413 all time #336 all time #314 all time #83 all time Artist name peak position #453 all time #74 all time 1999 1999 Subgenre #171 all time The Battle Of Emergency & I Californication 104 Rage Against The Machine Red Hot Chili Peppers All time ranking Keep It Like A Secret Rap Metal, Alternative Metal Built To Spill Indie Rock, Post Hardcore Alternative Rock, #409 all time #128 all time Indie Rock #437 all time Country of origin #441 all time Stories From The City, 3 1 1 Stories From The Sea Rated R 42 The Marshall Mathers LP The Moon & Antarctica PJ Harvey Modest Mouse Radiohead Alternative Rock Alternative Rock, Dance, Pop Hardcore Hip Hop Indie Rock, Experimental Rock Electronica, Experimental Rock #299 all time #371 all time #223 all time #172 all time #96 all time 120 #6 all time

2000 2000 Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Parachutes Lift Your Skinny Fists Like At The Drive-In OutKast Antennas To Aphex Twin 116 Post Hardcore Hip Hop Alternative Rock, Post Britpop Godspeed You! Black Emperor This album did not #412 all time #140 all time Post Rock, Experimental Rock #296 all time 51 Ambient Techno #132 all time chart on the USA 2 #304 all time Billboard 200 1 2 19 White Blood Cells 23 Oh, Inverted World Toxicity Discovery Origin Of Symmetry Amnesiac The White Stripes 61 33 Björk System Of A Down Muse Radiohead Garage Rock Indie Rock, Indie Pop Alternative Metal, Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock Electronica, Art Pop #171 all time Alternative Rock, Rock Electronica, Experimental Rock #397 all time #334 all time #246 all time #150 all time #122 all time #102 all time #24 all time 161 2001 2001 The Glow Pt. 2 The Tool Indie Rock, Lo-Fi , Progressive Metal #383 all time #170 all time

1 8 17 5 13 You Forgot It In People () Sea Change Songs For The Deaf Turn On The Bright Lights A Rush Of Blood To The Head Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Broken Social Sigur Rós 51 Beck Queens Of The Stone Age Interpol Coldplay Wilco Indie Rock, Post Rock, Art Rock Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock Alternative Rock, Folk Rock Indie Rock, Post Punk Revival Alternative Rock, Post Britpop Indie Rock, Alternative Rock Rock Hip Hop / Soul Pop Electronic Folk #301 all time #274 all time #250 all time #232 all time #121 all time #87 all time #70 all time #49 all time 158 2002 2002 By The Way Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Red Hot Chili Peppers The Flaming Lips Alternative Rock, Funk Rock Neo Psychedelia, Space Rock #286 all time #85 all time The glyph’s orientation does not carry any significance. This The Earth Is Not 2 4 3 6 A Cold Dead Place De-loused In The Comatorium 39 Elephant 55 The Strokes Radiohead The White Stripes was done merely to accomodate many glyphs in a small area Indie Rock, Garage Rock Post Rock Progressive Rock, Experimental Rock Garage Rock, Post Punk Revival Alternative Rock, Electronica Alternative Rock, Garage Rock #489 all time #416 all time #331 all time #272 all time #114 all time #58 all time 2003 2003 Absolution The Postal Service The Shins Muse 114 107 Indietronica, Indie Pop Indie Rock, Indie Pop Alternative Rock, Hard Rock Indie Rock, Alternative Rock #313 all time #293 all time #99 all time #326 all time 97 The lines on the right side indicate albums that come out every year. Every line indicates one Good News For People 5 15 18 7 Antics Who Love Bad News Franz Ferdinand Funeral album, and the colour indicates its genre. The lines are separated by genre when they terminate Keane Interpol Modest Mouse Franz Ferdinand Pop Rock, Rock Indie Rock, Post Punk Revival Alternative Rock, Indie Rock Indie Rock, Post Punk Revival Hip Hop Post Punk Revival, Indie Rock Indie Rock, Art Rock #521 all time #376 all time #249 all time #243 all time #183 all time #131 all time #9 all time at the far right end to indicate the number of albums by genre. 179 2004 2004 Smile Green Day , Hip Hop Pop Punk, Alternative Rock #509 all time #239 all time #124 all time

2 1 1 Takk... 6 Feels 1 27 X&Y Sigur Rós Kanye West Coldplay Australia France Scotland Post Rock Indie Rock, Experimental Rock Hip Hop Alt. Rock, Post Britpop Indie Rock, Post Punk Revival Alternative Rock, Alternative Hip Hop Indie Folk, Indie Pop #253 all time 114 #502 all time #345 all time #318 all time #227 all time #142 all time #66 all time 121 2005 2005 Canada Ireland USA Plans Alligator I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning Death Cab For Cutie The National Bright Eyes Indie Pop, Indie Rock Indie Rock, Post Punk Revival Indie Folk 116 Iceland #500 all time #297 all time #252 all time

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Silent Shout 1 2 9 9 Sam’s Town Ys Black Holes And Revelations 30 Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not Red Hot Chili Peppers The Killers Muse Synthpop, Funk Rock, Alternative Rock Alternative Rock, Indie Rock Soul, R&B Chamber Folk, Progressive Rock, Space Rock Indie Rock, Garage Rock Revival #498 all time #439 all time #349 all time #266 all time #182 all time 134 #153 all time #44 all time 2006 2006 Sources: The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me Alternative Rock, Brand New http://www.besteveralbums.com/ Electronica, Alternative Rock #415 all time Alternative Rock, Emo #487 all time 31 #364 all time http://en.wikipedia.org/ 2 2 7 1 Favourite Worst Nightmare Boxer For Emma, Forever Ago 38 46 MGMT Arctic Monkeys Radiohead LCD Soundsystem 68 The National , Psychedelia Neo Psychedelia, Synthpop Indie Rock, Garage Rock Dance Punk, Indie Rock, Post Punk Revival Indie Folk, Folk Rock Alternative Rock, Art Rock For more information on Rank Score: #303 all time #228 all time #202 all time #139 all time #125 all time #95 all time #16 all time 182 http://www.besteveralbums.com/howitworks.php

2007 2007 Untrue Arcade Fire Animal Collective Indie Rock, Baroque Pop , England Garage Experimental Pop #88 all time #575 all time 72 #311 all time

2 Með Suð í Eyrum Við 1 15 5 17 Deathconsciousness Spilum Endalaust Or Death And All His Friends Weekend Have A Nice Life Sigur Rós Coldplay Fleet Foxes Post Rock, Shoegazing Indie Rock, Shoegazing Alternative Rock, Alternative Rock, Art Rock Indie Rock, Baroque Pop Indie Folk, Baroque Pop #697 all time #535 all time #430 all time #185 all time #166 all time #98 all time 2008 The Seldom Seen Kid Third 2008 TV On The Radio Elbow Portishead 123 Indie Rock, Shoegazing Art Rock, Indie Rock Alternative Rock, Art Rock Electronica, Experimental Rock #525 all time #377 all time #348 all time #337 all time

14 12 7 8 Hospice Lungs xx 13 Merriweather Post Pavilion The Antlers Grizzly Bear Animal Collective Indie Rock, Post Rock Indie Rock, Indie Pop Indie Rock, Psychedelic Folk 92 Indie Pop, Dream Pop Psychedelic Pop, Electronica #187 all time #498 all time #300 all time #219 all time #92 all time 2009 2009 West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum Humbug The Resistance Sigh No More Arctic Monkeys Muse Mumford & Sons Phoenix 126 Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock Indie Rock, Stoner Rock Progressive Rock, Art Rock Folk Rock, Indie Folk Indie Pop, Synthpop #576 all time #531 all time #361 all time #342 all time #325 all time 37 15 3 2 7 3 3 1 1 The Adz 10 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy This Is Brothers 43 High Violet Sufjan Stevens LCD Soundsystem The National Kanye West Arcade Fire Indie Folk, Baroque Pop Dance Punk, Electronica Garage Rock, Dream Pop, Indie Rock Indie Rock, Post Punk Revival Hip Hop Indie Rock, Art Rock #428 all time #302 all time #302 all time #244 all time #158 all time #68 all time #38 all time 2010 2010 Contra Vampire Weekend Gorillaz Deerhunter Indie Rock Pop, Trip Hop Psychedelic Pop, Dream Pop #414 all time #373 all time #339 all time 37 1 2

1 21 27 The Smile Sessions 4 2 15 1 Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming Adelle 32 Bon Iver, Bon Iver M83 Soul, Pop Foo Fighters PJ Harvey Psychedelic Pop, Art Rock Fleet Foxes Bon Iver Electronica, Dream Pop #528 all time Alternative Rock, Post Grunge Folk Rock #351 all time Folk, Folk Rock Indie Folk, Baroque Pop #559 all time #490 all time #372 all time #235 all time #197 all time 2011 2011 El Camino Kaputt The Black Keys Destroyer Radiohead Garage Rock, Blues Rock Indie Pop, Baroque Pop Electronica, Experimental Rock #340 all time #530 all time #353 all time 2 6 Visions The Seer 34 Swans ∆ (alt-j) 80 Synthpop, Dream Pop 98 Post Rock, Experimental Rock Indie Rock, Indie Pop Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelic Pop 114 #629 all time #524 all time #288 all time #115 all time 2012 2012 Blunderbuss The Idler Wheel... Bloom Good Kid, M.A.A.D City The Money Store Beach House 130 Blues Rock, Garage Rock Avant Garde, Art Rock Dream Pop Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap Experimental Hip Hop, Alternative R&B, Neo Soul #533 all time #484 all time #392 all time #113 all time #562 all time #320 all time 2 1 3 7 2 1 6 1 1 Sunbather Modern Of The City AM Vampire Weekend Kanye West Arctic Monkeys Arcade Fire , Post Metal 130 Indie Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock, Hard Rock Art Rock, Dance Rock #848 all time #184 all time #405 all time #321 all time #241 all time 2013 2013 Psychic Trouble Will Find Me …Like Clockwork 163 MBV Darkside The National Queens Of The Stone Age Daft Punk My Bloody Valentine Downtempo, Electronica Indie Rock, Post Punk Revival Alternative Rock, Hard Rock Disco, Electronica Shoegazing #871 all time #406 all time #346 all time #335 all time #729 all time

3 1 1 5 12 You’re Dead 19 Black Messiah St. Vincent 37 D'Angelo And The Vanguard St. Vincent Swans Hip Hop Funk, Soul Art Rock, Indie Rock Experimental Rock, #1210 all time #935 all time #700 all time #604 all time 2014 2014 Salad Days 2 Benji Lost In The Dream This Is All Yours Mac DeMarco Run The Jewels The War On Drugs Royal Blood ∆ (alt-j) Royal Blood Pop, Indie Rock Hip Hop Folk Rock, Indie Folk Indie Rock, Americana Indie Rock, Electronica #764 all time #657 all time 75 #473 all time #323 all time Hard Rock, Blues Rock 50 #1154 all time #1207 all time 30 26 10 1 Hand. Cannot. Erase. 4 17 39 17 36 I Love You, Honeybear Carrie & Lowell Grimes Father John Misty Sufjan Stevens Kendrick Lamar Progressive Rock Art Pop, Synthpop Indie Folk, Indie Rock Indie Folk Hip Hop #1804 all time #1091 all time #815 all time #322 all time #236 all time 2015 2015 Divers Blur Joanna Newsom Alternative Rock, Indie Rock Chamber Folk, Avant Garde In Colour Sometimes I Sit And Think, Currents #1728 all time #1391 all time And Sometimes I Just Sit Tame Impala 30 Electronica, Dance Courtney Burnette Psychedelic Pop, Disco 24 #1257 all time Indie Rock #818 all time 21 #1212 all time 20 4

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