The best pop 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. 1Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe Beatles · 5 from 1 score
  2. 2Hounds of LoveKate Bush · 5 from 1 score
  3. 3RumoursFleetwood Mac · 5 from 1 score
  1. 4Abbey RoadThe Beatles5 from 1 score
  2. 5The BeatlesThe Beatles5 from 1 score
  3. 6The Best Damn ThingAvril Lavigne4.3 from 2 scores
  4. 7Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous KilljoysMy Chemical Romance4.3 from 2 scores
  5. 8ContinuumJohn Mayer4.5 from 1 score
  6. 9Songs From the Big ChairTears for Fears4.5 from 1 score
  7. 10Tango in the NightFleetwood Mac4.5 from 1 score
  8. 11ArrivalABBA4.5 from 1 score
  9. 12All Things Must PassGeorge Harrison4.5 from 1 score
  10. 13Let It BeThe Beatles4.5 from 1 score
  11. 14Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel4.5 from 1 score
  12. 15AMArctic Monkeys4 from 3 scores
  13. 16MannersPassion Pit4 from 3 scores
  14. 17Some NightsFun4 from 2 scores
  15. 18LungsFlorence + the Machine4 from 2 scores
  16. 19The ReminderFeist4 from 2 scores
  17. 20I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of itThe 19753.8 from 3 scores
  18. 21Eyes OpenSnow Patrol3.8 from 3 scores
  19. 22It’s Not Me, It’s YouLily Allen3.8 from 3 scores
  20. 23Out of the BlueElectric Light Orchestra4 from 1 score
  21. 24SAWAYAMARina Sawayama4 from 1 score
  22. 25Born This WayLady Gaga3.8 from 2 scores
  23. 26American Beauty/American PsychoFall Out Boy3.8 from 2 scores
  24. 27Sam’s TownThe Killers3.7 from 3 scores
  25. 28The 1975The 19753.7 from 3 scores
  26. 29American IdiotGreen Day3.7 from 3 scores
  27. 30NativeOneRepublic3.5 from 1 score
  28. 31Viva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsColdplay3.5 from 1 score
  29. 32In Between DreamsJack Johnson3.5 from 1 score
  30. 33That’s the SpiritBring Me the Horizon3.5 from 2 scores
  31. 34E•MO•TIONCarly Rae Jepsen3.5 from 3 scores
  32. 35Black Holes and RevelationsMuse3.5 from 3 scores
  33. 36Let GoAvril Lavigne3 from 1 score
  34. 37Costello MusicThe Fratellis3 from 1 score
  35. 38ParachutesColdplay3.3 from 2 scores
  36. 39HalcyonEllie Goulding3.3 from 3 scores
  37. 40The 2nd LawMuse3.3 from 3 scores
  38. 41Day & AgeThe Killers3.3 from 3 scores
  39. 42X&YColdplay3.2 from 3 scores
  40. 43OverexposedMaroon 53 from 2 scores
  41. 44BabelMumford & Sons3 from 2 scores
  42. 45PRISMKaty Perry3 from 2 scores
  43. 46A Thousand SunsLinkin Park2.5 from 1 score
  44. 47Walking on a DreamEmpire of the Sun3 from 3 scores
  45. 48Bad BloodBastille2 from 1 score
  46. 49Bleed AmericanJimmy Eat World2 from 1 score
  47. 50Only by the NightKings of Leon2.8 from 3 scores