The best indie rock 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. 3The Moon & AntarcticaModest Mouse · 4.8 from 2 scores
  1. 4Be the CowboyMitski4.8 from 2 scores
  2. 5Turn On the Bright LightsInterpol4.8 from 2 scores
  3. 6Fleet FoxesFleet Foxes4.5 from 3 scores
  4. 7Merriweather Post PavilionAnimal Collective4.5 from 3 scores
  5. 8In the Aeroplane Over the SeaNeutral Milk Hotel5 from 1 score
  6. 9The Queen Is DeadThe Smiths5 from 1 score
  7. 10Yankee Hotel FoxtrotWilco4.5 from 2 scores
  8. 11You Forgot It in PeopleBroken Social Scene4.5 from 2 scores
  9. 12Puberty 2Mitski4.3 from 3 scores
  10. 13CurrentsTame Impala4.2 from 3 scores
  11. 14The SuburbsArcade Fire4.2 from 3 scores
  12. 15AnticsInterpol4.2 from 3 scores
  13. 16Neon BibleArcade Fire4.2 from 3 scores
  14. 17VeckatimestGrizzly Bear4.2 from 3 scores
  15. 18The Devil and God Are Raging Inside MeBrand New4.2 from 3 scores
  16. 19ContinuumJohn Mayer4.5 from 1 score
  17. 20Titanic RisingWeyes Blood4.5 from 1 score
  18. 21Mellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing Pumpkins4.5 from 1 score
  19. 22Different ClassPulp4.5 from 1 score
  20. 23AMArctic Monkeys4 from 3 scores
  21. 24Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m NotArctic Monkeys4 from 3 scores
  22. 25Favourite Worst NightmareArctic Monkeys4 from 3 scores
  23. 26High VioletThe National4 from 3 scores
  24. 27It’s Blitz!Yeah Yeah Yeahs4 from 3 scores
  25. 28MannersPassion Pit4 from 3 scores
  26. 29Good News for People Who Love Bad NewsModest Mouse4 from 3 scores
  27. 30Depression CherryBeach House4 from 3 scores
  28. 31Some NightsFun4 from 2 scores
  29. 32LungsFlorence + the Machine4 from 2 scores
  30. 33For Emma, Forever AgoBon Iver4 from 2 scores
  31. 34Ants From Up ThereBlack Country, New Road4 from 1 score
  32. 35American FootballAmerican Football4 from 1 score
  33. 36MelophobiaCage the Elephant4 from 1 score
  34. 37BoxerThe National3.8 from 3 scores
  35. 38Suck It and SeeArctic Monkeys3.8 from 3 scores
  36. 39I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of itThe 19753.8 from 3 scores
  37. 40Eyes OpenSnow Patrol3.8 from 3 scores
  38. 41The King of LimbsRadiohead3.8 from 3 scores
  39. 42CeremonialsFlorence + the Machine3.8 from 2 scores
  40. 43Fever to TellYeah Yeah Yeahs3.8 from 2 scores
  41. 44Give UpThe Postal Service3.8 from 2 scores
  42. 45Figure 8Elliott Smith3.8 from 2 scores
  43. 46ZABAGlass Animals3.5 from 1 score
  44. 47HozierHozier3.5 from 1 score
  45. 48Broken Boy SoldiersThe Raconteurs3.7 from 3 scores
  46. 49We Were Dead Before the Ship Even SankModest Mouse3.7 from 3 scores
  47. 50Sam’s TownThe Killers3.7 from 3 scores