Top Experimental Rock Albums
1 |
4 |
The Velvet Underground & Nico |
The Velvet Underground & Nico |
|
Art Rock
|
1967 |
2 |
35 |
Radiohead |
Kid A |
|
Art Rock,
Electronic
|
2000 |
3 |
64 |
Sonic Youth |
Daydream Nation |
|
Alternative Rock,
Noise Rock
|
1988 |
4 |
76 |
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band |
Trout Mask Replica |
|
Art Rock
|
1969 |
5 |
105 |
Tom Waits |
Rain Dogs |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
1985 |
6 |
122 |
David Bowie |
Low |
|
Art Rock
|
1977 |
7 |
144 |
Tom Waits |
Swordfishtrombones |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
1983 |
8 |
199 |
The Velvet Underground |
White Light / White Heat |
|
Art Rock,
Noise Rock,
Proto-Punk |
1968 |
9 |
226 |
Portishead |
Third |
|
Electronic
|
2008 |
10 |
244 |
Public Image Ltd. |
Metal Box/Second Edition |
|
Post-Punk
|
1979 |
11 |
261 |
Can |
Tago Mago |
Krautrock
|
Psychedelic Rock
|
1971 |
12 |
263 |
The Mothers of Invention |
Freak Out! |
|
Satire
|
1966 |
13 |
269 |
David Bowie |
"Heroes" |
|
Art Rock
|
1977 |
14 |
294 |
The Mothers of Invention |
We're Only in It for the Money |
|
Satire
|
1968 |
15 |
328 |
Kraftwerk |
Autobahn |
Krautrock
|
Progressive Electronic
|
1974 |
16 |
346 |
Brian Eno - David Byrne |
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts |
|
Art Rock
|
1981 |
17 |
416 |
Tortoise |
Millions Now Living Will Never Die |
|
Post-Rock
|
1996 |
18 |
432 |
Eno |
Here Come the Warm Jets |
|
Art Rock
|
1974 |
19 |
508 |
Radiohead |
Amnesiac |
|
Electronic
|
2001 |
20 |
573 |
Tom Waits |
Bone Machine |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
1992 |
21 |
586 |
Neu! |
Neu! |
Krautrock
|
|
1972 |
22 |
641 |
Stereolab |
Emperor Tomato Ketchup |
|
Art Pop
|
1996 |
23 |
644 |
Can |
Ege Bamyasi |
Krautrock
|
|
1972 |
24 |
782 |
Can |
Future Days |
Krautrock
|
|
1973 |
25 |
807 |
Todd Rundgren |
A Wizard, a True Star |
|
Art Pop,
Pop Rock
|
1973 |
26 |
816 |
Swans |
The Seer |
|
Post-Rock
|
2012 |
27 |
838 |
Tim Buckley |
Starsailor |
|
Avant-Folk,
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter |
1970 |
28 |
839 |
Sonic Youth |
EVOL |
|
Noise Rock
|
1986 |
29 |
948 |
The United States of America |
The United States of America |
|
Art Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
1968 |
30 |
1004 |
Swans |
To Be Kind |
|
Post-Rock
|
2014 |
31 |
1010 |
Pere Ubu |
Dub Housing |
|
Art Punk,
Post-Punk
|
1978 |
32 |
1033 |
The Pop Group |
Y |
|
Art Punk,
Post-Punk
|
1979 |
33 |
1130 |
Animal Collective |
Feels |
|
Neo-Psychedelia
|
2005 |
34 |
1166 |
The Flaming Lips |
Embryonic |
|
Neo-Psychedelia,
Noise Pop
|
2009 |
35 |
1223 |
Liars |
Drum's Not Dead |
|
Art Rock
|
2006 |
36 |
1234 |
Neu! |
Neu! 75 |
Krautrock
|
|
1975 |
37 |
1242 |
TV on the Radio |
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes |
|
Art Rock,
Indie Rock
|
2004 |
38 |
1363 |
Frank Zappa |
Uncle Meat |
Avant-Prog
|
|
1969 |
39 |
1421 |
Can |
Monster Movie |
Krautrock
|
Psychedelic Rock
|
1969 |
40 |
1493 |
Faust |
So Far |
Krautrock
|
|
1972 |
41 |
1554 |
Stereolab |
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements |
|
Noise Pop
|
1993 |
42 |
1683 |
Tom Waits |
Real Gone |
|
|
2004 |
43 |
1714 |
Tortoise |
TNT |
|
Electronic,
Post-Rock
|
1998 |
44 |
1718 |
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band |
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) |
|
Art Rock
|
1978 |
45 |
1731 |
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band |
Doc at the Radar Station |
|
Art Rock
|
1980 |
46 |
1750 |
Frank Zappa/The Mothers |
Over-Nite Sensation |
|
Art Rock
|
1973 |
47 |
1767 |
Amon Düül II |
Phallus Dei |
Krautrock
|
Psychedelic Rock
|
1969 |
48 |
1788 |
The Flaming Lips |
Zaireeka |
|
Neo-Psychedelia
|
1997 |
49 |
1794 |
Faust |
The Faust Tapes |
Krautrock
|
|
1973 |
50 |
1819 |
Various Artists |
No New York |
No Wave
|
|
1978 |
51 |
1857 |
The Mothers of Invention |
Absolutely Free |
|
Jazz-Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
1967 |
52 |
1913 |
Swans |
Children of God |
|
Post-Punk
|
1987 |
53 |
1918 |
Tom Waits |
Bad As Me |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2011 |
54 |
1922 |
Faust |
Faust |
Krautrock
|
|
1971 |
55 |
1951 |
black midi |
Schlagenheim |
|
Math Rock,
Noise Rock
|
2019 |
56 |
2080 |
This Heat |
Deceit |
|
Post-Punk
|
1981 |
57 |
2106 |
Radiohead |
The King of Limbs |
|
Electronic
|
2011 |
58 |
2241 |
The Residents |
The Third Reich 'n' Roll |
|
Musical Parody,
Satire
|
1976 |
59 |
2249 |
Faust |
IV |
Krautrock
|
|
1973 |
60 |
2281 |
Magma |
Mëkanïk Dëstruktï? Kömmandöh |
Zeuhl
|
|
1973 |
61 |
2344 |
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band |
Lick My Decals Off, Baby |
|
Art Rock
|
1970 |
62 |
2367 |
The Soft Machine |
Volume Two |
|
Canterbury Scene,
Jazz-Rock,
Psychedelic Rock |
1969 |
63 |
2382 |
Mercury Rev |
Yerself Is Steam |
|
Neo-Psychedelia
|
1991 |
64 |
2428 |
Can |
Soon Over Babaluma |
Krautrock
|
|
1974 |
65 |
2441 |
Popol Vuh |
In den Gärten Pharaos |
Krautrock
|
Ambient
|
1971 |
66 |
2473 |
The Red Krayola |
The Parable of Arable Land |
|
Psychedelic Rock
|
1967 |
67 |
2518 |
Frank Zappa |
Apostrophe (') |
|
Art Rock,
Jazz-Rock
|
1974 |
68 |
2574 |
Glenn Branca |
The Ascension |
No Wave
|
Noise Rock
|
1981 |
69 |
2631 |
Boredoms |
Vision Creation Newsun |
|
Psychedelic Rock
|
1999 |
70 |
2640 |
Butthole Surfers |
Locust Abortion Technician |
|
Noise Rock
|
1987 |
71 |
2654 |
Cluster |
Zuckerzeit |
Krautrock
|
Electronic
|
1974 |
72 |
2746 |
Robert Fripp |
Exposure |
|
Art Rock
|
1979 |
73 |
2762 |
Amon Düül II |
Yeti |
Krautrock
|
Psychedelic Rock
|
1970 |
74 |
2766 |
Boredoms |
Super AE |
|
Noise Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
1998 |
75 |
2803 |
Ash Ra Tempel |
Schwingungen |
Krautrock
|
Psychedelic Rock
|
1972 |
76 |
2875 |
Sonic Youth |
Bad Moon Rising |
No Wave
|
Noise Rock
|
1985 |
77 |
2879 |
Sonic Youth |
Washing Machine |
|
Alternative Rock,
Noise Rock
|
1995 |
78 |
2882 |
Half Japanese |
1/2 Gentlemen / Not Beasts |
|
Noise Rock,
Punk Rock
|
1980 |
79 |
2902 |
Captain Beefheart |
The Spotlight Kid |
|
Blues Rock
|
1972 |
80 |
2948 |
The Mars Volta |
Frances the Mute |
|
Art Rock,
Progressive Rock
|
2005 |
81 |
2955 |
Neu! |
Neu! 2 |
Krautrock
|
|
1973 |
Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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James Chance & The Contortions |
Buy |
No Wave
|
|
1979 |
|
|
Disco Inferno |
D. I. Go Pop |
|
Post-Rock
|
1994 |
|
|
Robert Wyatt |
Cuckooland |
Avant-Prog
|
Canterbury Scene
|
2003 |
|
|
Henry Cow |
Unrest |
Rock in Opposition
|
|
1974 |
|
|
Deerhunter |
Cryptograms |
|
Indie Rock,
Neo-Psychedelia
|
2007 |
|
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Royal Trux |
Twin Infinitives |
|
Noise Rock
|
1990 |
|
|
HEALTH |
Get Color |
|
Noise Rock
|
2009 |
|
|
Tom Waits |
Blood Money |
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2002 |
|
|
This Heat |
This Heat |
|
|
1979 |
|
|
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) |
Soused |
|
Drone Metal
|
2014 |
|
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Frank Zappa |
Sheik Yerbouti |
|
Art Rock
|
1979 |
|
|
Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel |
Nail |
|
Industrial
|
1985 |
|
|
Stereolab |
Mars Audiac Quintet |
|
Art Pop,
Indie Pop
|
1994 |
|
|
Area |
Arbeit macht frei |
Avant-Prog
|
|
1973 |
|
|
Swans |
My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky |
|
|
2010 |
|
|
A.R.Kane |
69 |
|
Dream Pop
|
1988 |
|
|
Laurie Anderson |
Mister Heartbreak |
|
Art Pop
|
1984 |
|
|
Black Dice |
Beaches and Canyons |
|
Neo-Psychedelia
|
2002 |
|
|
Tuxedomoon |
Half Mute |
|
Post-Punk
|
1980 |
|
|
Public Image Ltd. |
The Flowers of Romance |
|
Post-Punk
|
1981 |
|
|
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band |
Ice Cream for Crow |
|
Art Rock,
Blues Rock
|
1982 |
|
|
Sonic Youth |
A Thousand Leaves |
|
Alternative Rock,
Noise Rock
|
1998 |
|
|
Brainiac |
Hissing Prigs in Static Couture |
|
Art Punk,
Noise Rock
|
1996 |
|
|
Tuxedomoon |
Desire |
|
Post-Punk
|
1981 |
|
|
Frank Zappa |
Joe's Garage, Act 1 |
|
Comedy Rock,
Rock Opera
|
1979 |
|
|
Henry Cow |
In Praise of Learning |
Rock in Opposition
|
|
1975 |
|
|
Deerhoof |
The Runners Four |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
Boredoms |
Soul Discharge/Soul Discharge 99 |
|
Noise Rock
|
1989 |
|
|
Ween |
Pure Guava |
|
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
|
1992 |
|
|
Holger Czukay |
Movies |
Krautrock
|
Art Rock
|
1979 |
|
|
Moonshake |
Eva Luna |
|
Noise Pop
|
1992 |
|
|
Animal Collective |
Here Comes the Indian |
|
Experimental,
Neo-Psychedelia
|
2003 |
|
|
Gastr del Sol |
Camoufleur |
|
Chamber Folk,
Post-Rock
|
1998 |
|
|
Liars |
WIXIW |
|
Electronic
|
2012 |
|
|
Gastr del Sol |
Upgrade & Afterlife |
|
Post-Rock
|
1996 |
|
|
Liars |
Liars |
|
Art Rock
|
2007 |
|
|
Xiu Xiu |
Fabulous Muscles |
|
Art Pop
|
2004 |
|
|
The Young Gods |
The Young Gods |
|
Industrial Rock
|
1987 |
|
|
Café Tacvba |
Revés/Yo soy |
|
Art Rock
|
1999 |
|
|
Liars |
Sisterworld |
|
|
2010 |
|
|
The Dead C |
Harsh 70s Reality |
|
Noise Rock
|
1992 |
|
|
Amon Düül II |
Tanz der Lemminge |
Krautrock
|
Psychedelic Rock
|
1971 |
|
|
The Residents |
Not Available |
|
Experimental
|
1978 |
|
|
Swans |
The Glowing Man |
|
Post-Rock
|
2016 |
|
|
Chrome |
Half Machine Lip Moves |
|
Post-Punk
|
1979 |
|
|
Nine Inch Nails |
Bad Witch |
|
Industrial Rock
|
2018 |
|
|
Swans |
leaving meaning. |
|
Post-Rock
|
2019 |
|
|
Ash Ra Tempel |
Ash Ra Tempel |
Krautrock
|
Psychedelic Rock
|
1971 |
|
|
Girl Band |
The Talkies |
|
Noise Rock,
Post-Punk
|
2019 |
|
|
Silver Apples |
Contact |
|
Electronic,
Psychedelic Rock
|
1968 |
|
|
The Mothers of Invention |
Burnt Weeny Sandwich |
Avant-Prog
|
Jazz-Rock
|
1970 |
|
|
Beak> |
>>> |
|
Electronic
|
2018 |
|
|
The Mothers of Invention |
Weasels Ripped My Flesh |
Avant-Prog
|
|
1970 |
|
|
Half Japanese |
Charmed Life |
|
Alternative Rock
|
1988 |
|
|
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band |
Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band |
|
|
1970 |
|
|
Swans |
Soundtracks for the Blind |
|
Post-Rock
|
1996 |
|
|
Dirty Beaches |
Badlands |
|
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
|
2011 |
|
|
Frank Zappa |
Chunga's Revenge |
|
Jazz-Rock
|
1970 |
|
|
Frank Zappa |
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2: The Helsinki Concert |
|
Comedy Rock,
Jazz-Rock
|
1988 |
|
|
Ween |
God Ween Satan - The Oneness |
|
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
|
1990 |
|
|
Jack White |
Boarding House Reach |
|
Blues Rock
|
2018 |
|
|
Deerhoof |
Breakup Song |
|
Indie Rock
|
2012 |
|
|
Oxbow |
Thin Black Duke |
|
Art Rock
|
2017 |
|
|
Angels of Light |
We Are Him |
|
Folk Rock
|
2007 |
|
|
Oneida |
Secret Wars |
|
Neo-Psychedelia
|
2004 |
|
|
Oren Ambarchi |
Hubris |
Krautrock
|
|
2016 |
|
|
OOIOO |
Taiga |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
Fujiya & Miyagi |
Transparent Things |
Krautrock
|
Indietronica
|
2006 |
|
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Man Man |
Six Demon Bag |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
The Mars Volta |
The Bedlam in Goliath |
|
Progressive Rock
|
2008 |
|
|
Deerhoof |
Offend Maggie |
|
Art Pop
|
2008 |
|
|
Dirty Beaches |
Drifters/Love is the Devil |
|
Ambient,
Post-Punk
|
2013 |