Genre
Alternative Rock
The best alternative rock albums, ranked: Hybrid Theory, Nevermind and Meteora and 117 more.
Artists
Deftones
Korn
Def Leppard
Manic Street PreachersThe best alternative rock albums · 120
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park · 2000
Nevermind
Nirvana · 1991
Meteora
Linkin Park · 2003
The Wall
Pink Floyd · 1979
In Utero
Nirvana · 1993
American Idiot
Green Day · 2004
OK Computer
Radiohead · 1997
Minutes to Midnight
Linkin Park · 2007
Dookie
Green Day · 1994
In Rainbows
Radiohead · 2007
The Bends
Radiohead · 1995
Kid A
Radiohead · 2000
From Zero
Linkin Park · 2024
Pablo Honey
Radiohead · 1993
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
Oasis · 1995
Ten
Pearl Jam · 1991
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins · 1995
Bleach
Nirvana · 1989
A Thousand Suns
Linkin Park · 2010
The Hunting Party
Linkin Park · 2014
Reload
Metallica · 1997
Living Things
Linkin Park · 2012
The Colour and the Shape
Foo Fighters · 1997
Amnesiac
Radiohead · 2001
21st Century Breakdown
Green Day · 2009
nimrod.
Green Day · 1997
Hail to the Thief
Radiohead · 2003
MTV Unplugged in New York
Nirvana · 1994
A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead · 2016
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins · 1993
Definitely Maybe
Oasis · 1994
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters · 1995
Dirt
Alice in Chains · 1992
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails · 1994
Superunknown
Soundgarden · 1994
Insomniac
Green Day · 1995
There Is Nothing Left to Lose
Foo Fighters · 1999
The King of Limbs
Radiohead · 2011
Wasting Light
Foo Fighters · 2011
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters · 2007
Lateralus
Tool · 2001
Warning:
Green Day · 2000
Vs.
Pearl Jam · 1993
In Your Honor
Foo Fighters · 2005
Ænima
Tool · 1996
One by One
Foo Fighters · 2002
Load
Metallica · 1996
Be Here Now
Oasis · 1997
Vitalogy
Pearl Jam · 1994
Weezer
Weezer · 1994
10,000 Days
Tool · 2006
Renegades
Rage Against the Machine · 2000
Pinkerton
Weezer · 1996
Diamond Eyes
Deftones · 2010
Revolution Radio
Green Day · 2016
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains · 1995
The Fragile
Nine Inch Nails · 1999
Facelift
Alice in Chains · 1990
Undertow
Tool · 1993
Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails · 1989
Saviors
Green Day · 2024
Koi no Yokan
Deftones · 2012
Sonic Highways
Foo Fighters · 2014
Concrete and Gold
Foo Fighters · 2017
¡Uno!
Green Day · 2012
Adore
The Smashing Pumpkins · 1998
Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden · 1991
Weezer
Weezer · 2001
Yield
Pearl Jam · 1998
Saturday Night Wrist
Deftones · 2006
With Teeth
Nine Inch Nails · 2005
But Here We Are
Foo Fighters · 2023
Angel Dust
Faith No More · 1992
Jar of Flies
Alice in Chains · 1994
No Code
Pearl Jam · 1996
The Real Thing
Faith No More · 1989
Incesticide
Nirvana · 1992
Medicine at Midnight
Foo Fighters · 2021
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
Oasis · 2000
Dizzy Up the Girl
Goo Goo Dolls · 1998
Blew
Nirvana · 1989
MACHINA/the machines of God
The Smashing Pumpkins · 2000
¡Dos!
Green Day · 2012
Down on the Upside
Soundgarden · 1996
¡Tré!
Green Day · 2012
Your Favorite Toy
Foo Fighters · 2026
Gish
The Smashing Pumpkins · 1991
Lightning Bolt
Pearl Jam · 2013
Don’t Believe the Truth
Oasis · 2005
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam · 2006
Ohms
Deftones · 2020
Dig Out Your Soul
Oasis · 2008
KID A MNESIA
Radiohead · 2021
Make Believe
Weezer · 2005
With the Lights Out
Nirvana · 2004
Gore
Deftones · 2016
Weezer
Weezer · 2008
Broken
Nine Inch Nails · 1992
Binaural
Pearl Jam · 2000
Weezer
Weezer · 2019
Jar of Flies/ Sap
Alice in Chains · 2016
Backspacer
Pearl Jam · 2009
King for a Day… Fool for a Lifetime
Faith No More · 1995
Hurley
Weezer · 2010
The Slip
Nine Inch Nails · 2008
Everything Will Be Alright in the End
Weezer · 2014
MTV Unplugged
Alice in Chains · 1996
Dark Matter
Pearl Jam · 2024
Weezer
Weezer · 2016
Riot Act
Pearl Jam · 2002
Black Gives Way to Blue
Alice in Chains · 2009
OK Human
Weezer · 2021
Zeitgeist
The Smashing Pumpkins · 2007
Machina II/the friends and enemies of modern music
The Smashing Pumpkins · 2000
Creep
Radiohead · 1992
Maladroit
Weezer · 2002
Pisces Iscariot
The Smashing Pumpkins · 1994
Gigaton
Pearl Jam · 2020
One More Light Live
Linkin Park · 2017
Hail to the Thief: Live Recordings 2003–2009
Radiohead · 2025