Top Art Rock Albums
Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
4
 The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground & Nico Experimental Rock 1967
2
8
 Radiohead OK Computer Alternative Rock 1997
3
21
 Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon Progressive Rock 1973
4
35
 Radiohead Kid A Electronic, Experimental Rock 2000
5
72
 David Bowie ★ [Blackstar] 2016
6
75
 David Bowie Hunky Dory Glam Rock, Pop Rock 1971
7
76
 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica Experimental Rock 1969
8
91
 Radiohead In Rainbows Alternative Rock 2007
9
122
 David Bowie Low Experimental Rock 1977
10
137
 Roxy Music For Your Pleasure Glam Rock 1973
11
147
 Queen A Night at the Opera Hard Rock 1975
12
154
 King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King Progressive Rock 1969
13
166
 Pink Floyd The Wall Progressive Rock, Rock Opera 1979
14
199
 The Velvet Underground White Light / White Heat Experimental Rock, Noise Rock, Proto-Punk 1968
15
212
 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Progressive Rock 1975
16
254
 Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom Canterbury Scene 1974
17
255
 Lou Reed Berlin 1973
18
269
 David Bowie "Heroes" Experimental Rock 1977
19
277
 Roxy Music Roxy Music Glam Rock 1972
20
285
 Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool Art Pop, Chamber Pop 2016
21
290
 Eno Another Green World 1975
22
335
 David Bowie Station to Station 1976
23
346
 Brian Eno - David Byrne My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Experimental Rock 1981
24
359
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree Singer/Songwriter 2016
25
368
 TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain Indie Rock 2006
26
432
 Eno Here Come the Warm Jets Experimental Rock 1974
27
501
 David Bowie Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) Pop Rock 1980
28
562
 Talking Heads Stop Making Sense New Wave, Post-Punk 1984
29
569
 David Bowie Aladdin Sane Glam Rock, Pop Rock 1973
30
575
 Radiohead Hail to the Thief Alternative Rock 2003
31
612
 Iggy Pop The Idiot Post-Punk 1977
32
632
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Push the Sky Away Alternative Singer/Songwriter 2013
33
649
 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (III) 1980
34
655
 Brian Eno Before and After Science 1977
35
681
 King Crimson Red Progressive Rock 1974
36
743
 Blur 13 Indie Rock 1999
37
831
 Pulp This Is Hardcore Britpop 1998
38
841
 Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band Clear Spot Blues Rock 1972
39
842
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Alternative Rock 2004
40
849
 Roxy Music Stranded Glam Rock 1973
41
928
 The Moody Blues Days of Future Passed Baroque Pop, Symphonic Prog 1967
42
929
 Roxy Music Siren Glam Rock, Pop Rock 1975
43
933
 King Krule The Ooz 2017
44
948
 The United States of America The United States of America Experimental Rock, Psychedelic Rock 1968
45
1112
 David Bowie Diamond Dogs Glam Rock, Pop Rock 1974
46
1134
 Roxy Music Country Life Glam Rock 1974
47
1164
 John Cale Music for a New Society 1982
48
1167
 Wild Beasts Two Dancers Indie Pop, Indie Rock 2009
49
1191
 dEUS The Ideal Crash Alternative Rock 1999
50
1223
 Liars Drum's Not Dead Experimental Rock 2006
51
1242
 TV on the Radio Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes Experimental Rock, Indie Rock 2004
52
1299
 The National Sleep Well Beast Indie Rock 2017
53
1320
 Supertramp Crime of the Century Progressive Rock 1974
54
1362
 Eno Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Art Pop 1974
55
1442
 Lou Reed and John Cale Songs for Drella 1990
56
1461
 King Crimson Discipline Progressive Rock 1981
57
1595
 The Velvet Underground VU 1985
58
1611
 John Cale Fear 1974
59
1644
 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (IV)/Security 1982
60
1659
 Pink Floyd Animals Progressive Rock 1977
61
1718
 Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) Experimental Rock 1978
62
1721
 Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino Psychedelic Pop 2018
63
1731
 Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band Doc at the Radar Station Experimental Rock 1980
64
1748
 dEUS Worst Case Scenario Indie Rock 1994
65
1750
 Frank Zappa/The Mothers Over-Nite Sensation Experimental Rock 1973
66
1780
 David Bowie The Next Day 2013
67
2012
 Lou Reed Magic and Loss 1992
68
2127
 These New Puritans Field of Reeds Post-Rock 2013
69
2164
 Lou Reed Coney Island Baby Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1975
70
2210
 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (I) 1977
71
2225
 Spiritualized And Nothing Hurt Neo-Psychedelia 2018
72
2278
 PJ Harvey The Hope Six Demolition Project Alternative Rock 2016
73
2327
 WU LYF Go Tell Fire to the Mountain Indie Rock 2011
74
2336
 Blur The Magic Whip Alternative Rock 2015
75
2344
 Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band Lick My Decals Off, Baby Experimental Rock 1970
76
2518
 Frank Zappa Apostrophe (') Experimental Rock, Jazz-Rock 1974
77
2535
 Scott Walker Climate of Hunter Art Pop 1984
78
2647
 Electric Light Orchestra Eldorado Symphonic Prog 1974
79
2685
 David Bowie Lodger 1979
80
2746
 Robert Fripp Exposure Experimental Rock 1979
81
2948
 The Mars Volta Frances the Mute Experimental Rock, Progressive Rock 2005

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Kevin Ayers Whatevershebringswesing Canterbury Scene 1972
dEUS In a Bar, Under the Sea Alternative Rock 1996
Procol Harum Shine On Brightly Progressive Rock 1968
Brian Eno & John Cale Wrong Way Up Art Pop 1990
Patti Smith Group Radio Ethiopia Proto-Punk 1976
Grizzly Bear Painted Ruins Neo-Psychedelia 2017
Elbow Asleep in the Back Indie Rock 2001
Frank Zappa Sheik Yerbouti Experimental Rock 1979
John Cale Slow Dazzle Singer/Songwriter 1975
Durutti Column The Return of The Durutti Column Post-Punk 1980
Blonde Redhead Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons Indie Rock 2000
The Alan Parsons Project I, Robot Progressive Rock 1977
Anna Calvi Anna Calvi Alternative Singer/Songwriter 2011
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band Ice Cream for Crow Blues Rock, Experimental Rock 1982
Simple Minds Sons and Fascination New Wave, Synthpop 1981
David Bowie Heathen Alternative Rock 2002
Peter Gabriel Us Pop Rock 1992
Elza Soares A mulher do fim do mundo Samba, Vanguarda paulista 2015
Holger Czukay Movies Krautrock 1979
Anna Calvi Hunter 2018
John Cale Vintage Violence Baroque Pop 1970
TV on the Radio Nine Types of Light Indie Rock 2011
Liars Liars Experimental Rock 2007
Frank Zappa Zoot Allures Jazz-Rock 1976
His Name Is Alive Mouth by Mouth Dream Pop 1993
Café Tacvba Revés/Yo soy Experimental Rock 1999
FFS FFS Glam Rock 2015
Richard Dawson 2020 Singer/Songwriter 2019
Elbow The Take Off and Landing of Everything Indie Rock 2014
Steven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase. Progressive Rock 2015
King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon Progressive Rock 1970
Karen O and Danger Mouse Lux Prima Indie Pop 2019
The Good, the Bad & the Queen Merrie Land 2018
Suede The Blue Hour Britpop 2018
The Maccabees Given to the Wild Indie Rock 2012
Menomena I Am the Fun Blame Monster Indie Rock 2003
Elbow Leaders of the Free World Indie Rock 2005
John Cale Hobosapiens 2003
Rustin Man Drift Code 2019
Muse The 2nd Law Alternative Rock, Pop Rock 2012
Suuns Hold/Still 2016
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything Post-Rock 2014
Nadine Shah Holiday Destination 2017
Gaz Coombes Matador Indie Rock 2015
Patti Smith Peace and Noise 1997
Anna Calvi One Breath Alternative Singer/Songwriter 2013
Dirty Projectors Rise Above Progressive Pop 2007
Elbow Giants of All Sizes Chamber Pop 2019
PJ Harvey & John Parish A Woman A Man Walked By Alternative Rock 2009
Iggy Pop Free 2019
Oxbow Thin Black Duke Experimental Rock 2017
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead So Divided Indie Rock 2006
The Drones Feelin Kinda Free 2016
EMA Exile in the Outer Ring 2017
The Drones I See Seaweed Punk Blues 2013
Gaz Coombes World's Strongest Man Indie Rock 2018
Adult Jazz Gist Is Art Pop 2014
Die Goldenen Zitronen Lenin Post-Punk 2006
Wild Beasts Limbo, Panto Indie Pop 2008
Niño de Elche Voces del extremo 2015
Roger Waters Is This the Life We Really Want? 2017
Patti Smith Banga Singer/Songwriter 2012
Breton Other People's Problems Indie Rock 2012
Thrice The Alchemy Index: Vols. I & II - Fire & Water Post-Hardcore 2007