The best alternative pop albums

Ranked by every score on sleeves, critics' and listeners'. An album with few scores is pulled toward the average until more come in, so one perfect score cannot top the list.

  1. 1In RainbowsRadiohead · 4.7 from 3 scores
  2. 2Pretty Hate MachineNine Inch Nails · 5 from 1 score
  3. 3folkloreTaylor Swift · 4.5 from 2 scores
  1. 4CurrentsTame Impala4.2 from 3 scores
  2. 5Happier Than EverBillie Eilish4.3 from 2 scores
  3. 6AMArctic Monkeys4 from 3 scores
  4. 7Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m NotArctic Monkeys4 from 3 scores
  5. 8Favourite Worst NightmareArctic Monkeys4 from 3 scores
  6. 9WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?Billie Eilish4 from 2 scores
  7. 10Suck It and SeeArctic Monkeys3.8 from 3 scores
  8. 11It’s Not Me, It’s YouLily Allen3.8 from 3 scores
  9. 12James BlakeJames Blake3.8 from 3 scores
  10. 13In ColourJamie xx3.8 from 4 scores
  11. 14LoverTaylor Swift3.5 from 2 scores
  12. 15DreamlandGlass Animals3.5 from 2 scores
  13. 16E•MO•TIONCarly Rae Jepsen3.5 from 3 scores
  14. 17MeteoraLinkin Park3 from 1 score
  15. 18BADLANDSHalsey2.5 from 1 score
  16. 19Born to DieLana Del Rey3.2 from 3 scores
  17. 20Bad BloodBastille2 from 1 score