swap_horiz Blackstar Alternatives

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Kid A

Kid A is a 2000 studio album by Radiohead. It blends electronic music with elements of art rock and experimental soundsc...

Electronic Experimental Art Rock 00S

9.5 Brilliant

2

In Rainbows

In Rainbows is the 2007 seventh studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, notable for its groundbreaking pay-what...

Art Rock Alternative Rock Melodic 00S

9.4 Excellent

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Station to Station

Station to Station is the tenth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released in 1976 and introducing his perso...

Experimental Art Rock Krautrock 70S

9.0 Excellent

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Scary Monsters

Scary Monsters is the fourteenth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released in 1980 and featuring the new wa...

Experimental Art Rock New Wave 80S

8.7 Great

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L.A. Woman

The Doors' sixth and final studio album (1971), released months before Jim Morrison's death, featuring a raw blues-rock...

Classic Final 70S Blues Rock

8.7 Great

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Amnesiac

Amnesiac is the 2001 fifth studio album by English rock band Radiohead, compiled from the same recording sessions as the...

Experimental Art Rock Jazz Influenced 00S

8.6 Great

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Firepower

Firepower is the 2018 eighteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, marking a return to their classi...

Comeback Energetic Heavy Metal 10S

8.5 Great

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A Moon Shaped Pool

A Moon Shaped Pool is the 2016 ninth studio album by English rock band Radiohead, noted for its lush orchestral arrangem...

Art Rock Orchestral Melancholic 10S

8.5 Great

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Aladdin Sane

Aladdin Sane is the sixth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released in 1973 and renowned for its iconic lig...

Experimental Art Rock 70S Glam Rock

8.4 Great

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Hail to the Thief

Hail to the Thief is the 2003 sixth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, blending electronic experimentation...

Electronic Art Rock Political 00S

8.3 Great

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Wasting Light

Foo Fighters' seventh studio album (2011), recorded on analog tape in Dave Grohl's garage, winning the Grammy for Best R...

Analog Alternative Rock Hard Rock 10S

8.3 Great

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Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

Arctic Monkeys' sixth studio album (2018), a major stylistic departure inspired by lounge music and science fiction, top...

Experimental Art Rock Lounge 10S

8.0 Great

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The Final Frontier

The Final Frontier is the 2010 fifteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, notable for its space exp...

Progressive Space Heavy Metal 10S

7.8 Good

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Wrecking Ball

Wrecking Ball is the seventeenth studio album by American rocker Bruce Springsteen, released in 2012 and noted for its e...

Folk Rock Political Heartland Rock 10S

7.8 Good

15

The Book of Souls

The Book of Souls is the 2015 sixteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, notable for being their lo...

Epic Heavy Metal Double Album 10S

7.7 Good

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Suck It and See

Arctic Monkeys' fourth studio album (2011), a more melodic and accessible record that debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums...

Melodic INDIE Rock Garage Rock 10S

7.6 Good

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No Code

1996 Pearl Jam album that deliberately avoided mainstream promotion yet still debuted at #1 in the US despite reduced co...

Experimental Art Rock Alternative Rock 90S

7.5 Good

18

King Animal

2012 Soundgarden album, their first in 16 years following a 1997 breakup and subsequent reunion, debuting at #5 on the B...

Alternative Rock Melodic Reunion 10S

7.5 Good

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Hardwired...to Self-Destruct

Hardwired... to Self-Destruct is the 2016 tenth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, serving as their fi...

Energetic Heavy Metal Thrash Metal 10S

7.5 Good

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The King of Limbs

The King of Limbs is the 2011 eighth studio album by English rock band Radiohead, characterized by its heavy use of elec...

Electronic Minimal Art Rock 10S

7.5 Good