The best indie 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. 1The Moon & AntarcticaModest Mouse · 4.8 from 2 scores
  2. 2You Forgot It in PeopleBroken Social Scene · 4.5 from 2 scores
  3. 3AnticsInterpol · 4.2 from 3 scores
  1. 4LungsFlorence + the Machine4 from 2 scores
  2. 5For Emma, Forever AgoBon Iver4 from 2 scores
  3. 6The ReminderFeist4 from 2 scores
  4. 7CeremonialsFlorence + the Machine3.8 from 2 scores
  5. 8Give UpThe Postal Service3.8 from 2 scores
  6. 9We Were Dead Before the Ship Even SankModest Mouse3.7 from 3 scores
  7. 10DreamlandGlass Animals3.5 from 2 scores
  8. 11PlansDeath Cab for Cutie3.5 from 3 scores
  9. 12Wincing the Night AwayThe Shins3.5 from 3 scores
  10. 13I’m Wide Awake, It’s MorningBright Eyes3 from 2 scores
  11. 14Only by the NightKings of Leon2.8 from 3 scores
  12. 15Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons2.3 from 3 scores