Top Experimental Albums
Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
79
 DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... Plunderphonics Experimental Hip Hop, Instrumental Hip Hop 1996
2
374
 The Avalanches Since I Left You Plunderphonics 2000
3
728
 The Knife Shaking the Habitual Electronic 2013
4
778
 SOPHIE Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides Deconstructed Club Bubblegum Bass 2018
5
797
 Laurie Anderson Big Science Art Pop 1982
6
826
 Fennesz Endless Summer Glitch 2001
7
871
 Oneohtrix Point Never Replica Plunderphonics 2011
8
1049
 Scott Walker Tilt Singer/Songwriter 1995
9
1107
 Danger Mouse The Grey Album Mashup Hip Hop 2004
10
1145
 Throbbing Gristle 20 Jazz Funk Greats Industrial 1979
11
1217
 Scott Walker The Drift Singer/Songwriter 2006
12
1258
 Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier Messe Pour Le Temps Present Musique concrète 1967
13
1303
 Terry Riley In C Indeterminacy Minimalism 1968
14
1410
 Einstürzende Neubauten Kollaps Industrial 1981
15
1471
 Björk Medulla A cappella, Art Pop 2004
16
1499
 William Basinski The Disintegration Loops Tape Music Ambient, Minimalism 2002
17
1510
 Einstürzende Neubauten 1/2 Mensch Industrial 1985
18
1708
 Throbbing Gristle Second Annual Report Industrial 1977
19
1762
 Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972 Drone Ambient 2011
20
1774
 Karlheinz Stockhausen Kontakte Electroacoustic Serialism 1960
21
1786
 Coil Horse Rotorvator Industrial 1986
22
1859
 Holly Herndon Platform Deconstructed Club, Glitch Glitch Pop 2015
23
1890
 Oval 94 Diskont Glitch 1995
24
1914
 DJ Shadow The Private Press Plunderphonics Experimental Hip Hop, Instrumental Hip Hop 2002
25
1975
 The Caretaker An Empty Bliss Beyond This World Turntable Music Ambient 2011
26
1978
 2 Many DJs As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 Mashup House 2002
27
2152
 Sunn O))) Monoliths And Dimensions Drone Drone Metal 2009
28
2153
 Ministry The Land of Rape and Honey Industrial Industrial Metal, Industrial Rock 1988
29
2171
 The Books Thought for Food Folktronica 2002
30
2175
 Yves Tumor Safe in the Hands of Love Industrial Art Pop, Neo-Psychedelia 2018
31
2294
 Julia Holter Aviary Ambient Pop, Art Pop, Progressive Pop 2018
32
2302
 Cabaret Voltaire Mix-Up Industrial Minimal Wave 1979
33
2375
 The Residents Eskimo 1979
34
2538
 Girl Talk Night Ripper Mashup 2006
35
2592
 Scott Walker Bish Bosch Singer/Songwriter 2012
36
2621
 Girl Talk Feed the Animals Mashup 2008
37
2645
 Pink Floyd Ummagumma Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock 1969
38
2672
 Cabaret Voltaire Red Mecca Industrial Post-Punk 1981
39
2687
 The Residents Meet The Residents 1974
40
2788
 Stars Of The Lid And Their Refinement Of The Decline Drone Ambient 2007
41
2826
 Arca Mutant Deconstructed Club IDM 2015
42
2871
 Oneohtrix Point Never R Plus Seven Vaporwave Progressive Electronic 2013
43
2909
 Kim Gordon No Home Record Industrial Noise Rock 2019
44
2919
 Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel Hole Industrial Industrial Rock 1984
45
2996
 John Cale The Academy in Peril Modern Classical 1972

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
John Cage Indeterminacy Indeterminacy Spoken Word 1959
Colin Stetson New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges Post-Minimalism 2011
The Avalanches Wildflower Plunderphonics 2016
Tim Hecker Virgins Drone Ambient 2013
Fuck Buttons Street Horrrsing Drone, Noise 2008
Fripp & Eno (No Pussyfooting) Drone Ambient 1973
Mica Levi Under the Skin [Original Soundtrack] Drone Film Score 2014
Evan Parker Monoceros Free Improvisation 1978
Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel Nail Industrial Experimental Rock 1985
Meat Beat Manifesto Storm the Studio Industrial 1989
Ben Frost A U R O R A Industrial Electronic 2014
Holly Herndon PROTO Glitch Pop 2019
Andy Stott Faith in Strangers Deconstructed Club UK Bass 2014
Jam City Classical Curves Deconstructed Club UK Bass 2012
Negativland Escape from Noise Plunderphonics 1987
Fennesz Venice Glitch Ambient 2004
Animal Collective Here Comes the Indian Experimental Rock, Neo-Psychedelia 2003
Macintosh Plus Floral Shoppe Vaporwave 2012
Lingua Ignota Caligula Death Industrial Neoclassical Darkwave 2019
Throbbing Gristle DOA: Third and Final Report Industrial 1978
Prurient Frozen Niagara Falls Industrial, Noise 2015
Tim Hecker Konoyo Drone, Electroacoustic Ambient 2018
Yello Solid Pleasure Synthpop 1980
The Books The Lemon of Pink Folktronica 2003
Múm Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK Glitch 2000
Matana Roberts Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee 2015
James Ferraro Far Side Virtual Vaporwave Sequencer & Tracker 2011
Evan Parker Saxophone Solos Free Improvisation European Free Jazz 1976
The Residents Not Available Experimental Rock 1978
Laibach Opus Dei Industrial Martial Industrial 1987
Derek Bailey Aida Free Improvisation 1981
Tim Hecker Love Streams Glitch Ambient 2016
Pharmakon Bestial Burden Death Industrial 2014
Bernhard Günter Un Peu de Neige Salie Lowercase, Microsound 1993
Chuck Person Eccojams Vol. I Vaporwave 2010
Loraine James For You and I Glitch IDM 2019
Colin Stetson New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light Post-Minimalism 2013
Fennesz Agora Electroacoustic Ambient 2019
Mount Eerie Ocean Roar Drone Post-Rock 2012
The Books Lost and Safe Folktronica 2005
Carla Bozulich Evangelista Singer/Songwriter 2006
Supersilent 8 Free Improvisation 2007
Vessel Punish, Honey Industrial Electronic 2014
Matmos The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast Electronic 2006
Fennesz Becs Electroacoustic, Glitch Ambient 2014
David Sylvian Manafon EAI, Reductionism Singer/Songwriter 2009
Pan Daijing Lack Industrial 2017
Amnesia Scanner Another Life Deconstructed Club Electro-Industrial 2018
Sunn O))) & Boris Altar Drone 2006
Ian William Craig A Turn of Breath Drone Ambient 2014
Lawrence English Wilderness of Mirrors Drone Ambient 2014
Lotic Power Deconstructed Club 2018
Autechre Exai IDM 2013
Gazelle Twin Pastoral Industrial Art Pop 2018
Nico Muhly Mothertongue Modern Classical 2008
Ben Frost By The Throat Industrial Dark Ambient, Electronic 2009
Wolf Eyes Human Animal Noise 2006
Gazelle Twin Unflesh Industrial Art Pop, Electronic 2014
Broadcast and The Focus Group Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age Musique concrète, Sound Collage Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop 2009
Tim Hecker An Imaginary Country Drone Ambient 2009
Pharmakon Abandon Death Industrial 2013
Murcof Cosmos Glitch Ambient 2007
Carter Tutti Void Transverse Industrial 2012
São Paulo Underground Principle of Intrusive Relationships Electroacoustic Avant-Garde Jazz, Electronic 2008
Yellow Swans Going Places Drone, Noise 2010
Kevin Drumm Imperial Distortion Drone Ambient 2008
Death Grips Government Plates Deconstructed Club Abstract Hip Hop, Glitch Hop, Industrial Hip Hop 2013