The best art 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. 1FuneralArcade Fire · 4.8 from 3 scores
  2. 2In RainbowsRadiohead · 4.7 from 3 scores
  3. 3Since I Left YouThe Avalanches · 4.8 from 2 scores
  1. 4Be the CowboyMitski4.8 from 2 scores
  2. 5Merriweather Post PavilionAnimal Collective4.5 from 3 scores
  3. 6Hounds of LoveKate Bush5 from 1 score
  4. 7Puberty 2Mitski4.3 from 3 scores
  5. 8Titanic RisingWeyes Blood4.5 from 1 score
  6. 9The Velvet Underground & NicoThe Velvet Underground4.5 from 1 score
  7. 10WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?Billie Eilish4 from 2 scores
  8. 11LungsFlorence + the Machine4 from 2 scores
  9. 12The Gods We Can TouchAURORA4 from 1 score
  10. 13SAWAYAMARina Sawayama4 from 1 score
  11. 14Ray of LightMadonna4 from 1 score
  12. 15I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of itThe 19753.8 from 3 scores
  13. 16Miss AnthropoceneGrimes3.8 from 3 scores
  14. 17James BlakeJames Blake3.8 from 3 scores
  15. 18CeremonialsFlorence + the Machine3.8 from 2 scores
  16. 19Viva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsColdplay3.5 from 1 score
  17. 20ReflektorArcade Fire3.7 from 3 scores
  18. 21DreamlandGlass Animals3.5 from 2 scores
  19. 22All My Demons Greeting Me as a FriendAURORA3.5 from 2 scores
  20. 23Pure HeroineLorde3.5 from 3 scores
  21. 24If You WaitLondon Grammar3.3 from 3 scores
  22. 25An Awesome Wavealt‐J3 from 2 scores
  23. 26Born to DieLana Del Rey3.2 from 3 scores