Criteria: -
These 'Alternative' albums were chosen for their
influence, cultural impact, popularity, and artistic innovation.
(This list includes 'Grunge' which is a sub-genre of 'Alternative' music.)
1. Nevermind - Nirvana 2. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth 3. The Queen is Dead - The Smiths 4. Remain in Light - Talking Heads 5. Murmur - R.E.M. 6. Doolittle - Pixies 7. OK Computer - Radiohead 8. The Joshua Tree - U2 9. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division 10. Closer - Joy Division 11. This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & the Attractions 12. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 13. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine 14. Ten - Pearl Jam 15. Kid A - Radiohead 16. Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü 17. Disintegration - The Cure 18. The Smiths - The Smiths 19. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins 20. Surfer Rosa - Pixies 21. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers 22. Spiderland - Slint 23. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel 24. Superunknown - Soundgarden 25. You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr. 26. Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement 27. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement 28. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails 29. Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain 30. Automatic for the People - R.E.M. 31. The Bends - Radiohead 32. 13 Songs - Fugazi 33. Pink Flag - Wire 34. In Utero - Nirvana 35. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis 36. My Aim is True - Elvis Costello 37. Is this It? - The Strokes 38. Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk 39. Vs. - Mission of Burma 40. Odelay - Beck 41. Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction 42. Let it Be - The Replacements 43. Metal Box/Second Edition - Public Image Ltd. 44. Technique - New Order 45. Entertainment! - Gang of Four 46. Dookie - Green Day 47. Violator - Depeche Mode 48. Auching, Baby! - U2 49. Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen 50. Debut - Bjork 51. This Nation's Saving Grace - The Fall 52. The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers 53. Parklife - Blur 54. Grace - Jeff Buckley 55. Hounds of Love - Kate Bush 56. All Mod Cons - The Jam 57. Screamadelica - Primal Scream 58. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco 59. Sister - Sonic Youth 60. Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins 61. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes 62. Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor 63. Pinkerton - Weezer 64. Funeral - Arcade Fire 65. War - U2 66. Suede - Suede 67. Dummy - Portishead 68. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk 69. The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips 70. Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads 71. Bee Thousand - Guided By Voices 72. New Day Rising - Hüsker Dü 73. I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo 74. Tim - The Replacements 75. Different Class - Pulp 76. Mellow Gold - Beck 77. Document - R.E.M. 78. Colossal Youth - Young Marble Giants 79. Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair 80. If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian 81. To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey 82. Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen 83. The Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse 84. Killing Joke - Killing Joke 85. Power, Corruption & Lies - New Order 86. Kaleidoscope - Siouxie & the Banshees 87. Chairs Missing - Wire 88. Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab 89. More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads 90. Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions 91. On Fire - Galaxie 500 92. Definitely Maybe - Oasis 93. Pornography - The Cure 94. The Unforgettable Fire - U2 95. Crazy Rhythms - The Feelies 96. Nowhere - Ride 97. In the Flat Field - Bauhaus 98. It'll End In Tears - This Mortal Coil 99. Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine 100. Hex Enduction Hour - The Fall 101. Either/Or - Elliot Smith 102. Fear of Music - Talking Heads 103. Script of the Bridge - The Chameleons 104. 16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens 105. Meat is Murder - The Smiths 106. Souvlaki - Slowdive 107. Urban Hymns - The Verve 108. Mogwai Young Team - Mogwai 109. Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise 110. Tender Prey - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 111. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure 112. Repeater - Fugazi 113. EVOL - Sonic Youth 114. Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney 115. In Rainbows - Radiohead 116. English Settlement - XTC 117. Hex - Bark Psychosis 118. 154 - Wire 119. Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers 120. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay 121. Songs About Fucking - Big Black 122. Argybargy - Squeeze 123. Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays 124. Rid of Me - PJ Harvey 125. II - Meat Puppets 126. Green - R.E.M. 127. () - Sigur Rós 128. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt 129. Sound Affects - The Jam 130. Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins 131. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam 132. Weezer (The Blue Album) - Weezer 133. Goo - Sonic Youth 134. Flood - They Might Be Giants 135. In the City - The Jam 136. First Issue/Public Image - Public Image Ltd. 137. Turn On the Bright Lights - Interpol 138. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips 139. Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode 140. Elephant - The White Stripes 141. Post - Bjork 142. Diary - Sunny Day Real Estate 143. Absolution - Muse 144. Goat - The Jesus Lizard 145. In My Tribe - 10,000 Maniacs 146. Setting Sons - The Jam 147. Dirty - Sonic Youth 148. Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters 149. I Could Live in Hope - Low 150. Atomizer - Big Black 151. Viva Hate - Morrissey 152. Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle - Olivia Tremor Control 153. Sea Change - Beck 154. Strangeways, Here We Come- The Smiths 155. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens 156. Return to Cookie Mountain - TV On the Radio 157. Emergency & I - The Dismemberment Plan 158. The Colour of Spring - Talk Talk 159. Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction 160. Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space - Spiritualized 161. Pure Guava - Ween 162. The Mollusk - Ween 163. Let Love In - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 164. A Picture of Nectar - Phish 165. f#a#(infinity) - Godspeed You! Black Emperor 166. The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters 167. Skylarking - XTC 168. From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 169. Hot Fuss - The Killers 170. Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs 171. You Forgot it in People - Broken Social Scene 172. 69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields 173. The Head on the Door - The Cure 174. Treasure - Cocteau Twins 175. Children of God - Swans 176. Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys 177. Blur - Blur 178. Cure for Pain - Morphine 179. Diesel and Dust - Midnight Oil 180. The Perfect Prescription - Spacemen 3 181. Hunkpapa - Throwing Muses 182. Bakesale - Sebadoh 183. Soul Mining - The The 184. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys 185. Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes 186. Buy - James Chance & The Controtions 187. Earth, Sun, Moon - Love and Rockets 188. Porcupine - Echo & the Bunnymen 189. The Specials - The Specials 190. And Don't the Kids Just Love It - Television Personalities 191. Purple - Stone Temple Pilots 192. Real Life - Magazine 193. Vauxhall and I - Morrissey 194. Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout 195. Californication - Red Hot Chilli Peppers 196. The Rise and Fall - Madness 197. Telephone Free Landslide Victory - Camper van Beethoven 198. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? - The Cranberries 199. Electro-Shock Blues - Eels 200. Jamboree - Beat Happening
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