The best electronic 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. 2Atrocity ExhibitionDanny Brown · 4.5 from 4 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. 6Speakerboxxx / The Love BelowOutKast4.5 from 3 scores
  4. 7UntrueBurial4.5 from 3 scores
  5. 8SyroAphex Twin4.4 from 4 scores
  6. 9Random Access MemoriesDaft Punk4.3 from 4 scores
  7. 10CosmogrammaFlying Lotus4.3 from 3 scores
  8. 11Dawn FMThe Weeknd4.3 from 3 scores
  9. 12KalaM.I.A.4.3 from 3 scores
  10. 13Kid ARadiohead4.5 from 2 scores
  11. 14folkloreTaylor Swift4.5 from 2 scores
  12. 15Music Has the Right to ChildrenBoards of Canada5 from 1 score
  13. 16Pretty Hate MachineNine Inch Nails5 from 1 score
  14. 17Hounds of LoveKate Bush5 from 1 score
  15. 18DummyPortishead5 from 1 score
  16. 19DrunkThundercat4.1 from 4 scores
  17. 20SettleDisclosure4.1 from 4 scores
  18. 21CurrentsTame Impala4.2 from 3 scores
  19. 22Happier Than EverBillie Eilish4.3 from 2 scores
  20. 23The Bones of What You BelieveCHVRCHES4.3 from 2 scores
  21. 24Future NostalgiaDua Lipa4.3 from 2 scores
  22. 25DangerousMichael Jackson4.5 from 1 score
  23. 26Tango in the NightFleetwood Mac4.5 from 1 score
  24. 27ArrivalABBA4.5 from 1 score
  25. 28GeogaddiBoards of Canada4.5 from 1 score
  26. 29MezzanineMassive Attack4.5 from 1 score
  27. 30Selected Ambient Works 85–92Aphex Twin4.5 from 1 score
  28. 31Talkie WalkieAir4 from 3 scores
  29. 32It’s Blitz!Yeah Yeah Yeahs4 from 3 scores
  30. 33MannersPassion Pit4 from 3 scores
  31. 34Every Open EyeCHVRCHES4 from 3 scores
  32. 35ChromaticaLady Gaga4 from 2 scores
  33. 36DiscoveryDaft Punk4 from 2 scores
  34. 37Some NightsFun4 from 2 scores
  35. 38After HoursThe Weeknd4 from 2 scores
  36. 39Bottomless PitDeath Grips4 from 2 scores
  37. 40Oops!…I Did It AgainBritney Spears4 from 1 score
  38. 41✝Justice4 from 1 score
  39. 42RareSelena Gomez4 from 1 score
  40. 43AdventureMadeon4 from 1 score
  41. 44Ray of LightMadonna4 from 1 score
  42. 45LCD SoundsystemLCD Soundsystem3.8 from 3 scores
  43. 46Miss AnthropoceneGrimes3.8 from 3 scores
  44. 47It’s Not Me, It’s YouLily Allen3.8 from 3 scores
  45. 48James BlakeJames Blake3.8 from 3 scores
  46. 49Alive 2007Daft Punk3.8 from 3 scores
  47. 50The King of LimbsRadiohead3.8 from 3 scores