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Best Experimental Albums

Top rated Experimental albums from 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

30 book albums · 30 user albums

Book Albums

Top 30, sorted by rating
The White Album by Beatles - album cover

The White Album

Beatles
1968
4.17 / 5
 In Rainbows by Radiohead - album cover

In Rainbows

Radiohead
2007
3.87 / 5
 Kid A by Radiohead - album cover

Kid A

Radiohead
2000
3.71 / 5
 Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush - album cover

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush
1985
3.63 / 5
 The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground - album cover

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground
1967
3.62 / 5
 Heroes by David Bowie - album cover

Heroes

David Bowie
1977
3.61 / 5
 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips - album cover

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips
2002
3.56 / 5
 Low by David Bowie - album cover

Low

David Bowie
1977
3.54 / 5
 Gorillaz by Gorillaz - album cover

Gorillaz

Gorillaz
2001
3.53 / 5
 Blackstar by David Bowie - album cover

Blackstar

David Bowie
2016
3.48 / 5
 Hail To the Thief by Radiohead - album cover

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead
2003
3.45 / 5
 Amnesiac by Radiohead - album cover

Amnesiac

Radiohead
2001
3.42 / 5
 Debut by Björk - album cover

Debut

Björk
1993
3.39 / 5
 The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails - album cover

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails
1994
3.36 / 5
 The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips - album cover

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips
1999
3.28 / 5
 Fun House by The Stooges - album cover

Fun House

The Stooges
1970
3.28 / 5
 Goo by Sonic Youth - album cover

Goo

Sonic Youth
1990
3.25 / 5
 Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin - album cover

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin
1992
3.21 / 5
 Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple - album cover

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple
2020
3.2 / 5
 Vespertine by Björk - album cover

Vespertine

Björk
2001
3.18 / 5
 Rain Dogs by Tom Waits - album cover

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits
1985
3.18 / 5
 Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta - album cover

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta
2003
3.18 / 5
 Third by Portishead - album cover

Third

Portishead
2008
3.13 / 5
 Dirty by Sonic Youth - album cover

Dirty

Sonic Youth
1992
3.11 / 5
 Another Green World by Brian Eno - album cover

Another Green World

Brian Eno
1975
3.11 / 5
 The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd - album cover

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd
1967
3.1 / 5
 NEU! 75 by Neu! - album cover

NEU! 75

Neu!
1975
3.1 / 5
 Roxy Music by Roxy Music - album cover

Roxy Music

Roxy Music
1972
3.1 / 5
 Autobahn by Kraftwerk - album cover

Autobahn

Kraftwerk
1974
3.09 / 5
 Before And After Science by Brian Eno - album cover

Before And After Science

Brian Eno
1977
3.08 / 5
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User Albums

Top 30, sorted by rating Community submitted
The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails - album cover

The Fragile

Nine Inch Nails
1999
3.61 / 5
 Homogenic by Björk - album cover

Homogenic

Björk
1997
3.47 / 5
 Madvillainy by Madvillain - album cover

Madvillainy

Madvillain
2004
3.41 / 5
 Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor - album cover

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
2000
3.39 / 5
 You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene - album cover

You Forgot It In People

Broken Social Scene
2002
3.33 / 5
 Wallsocket by underscores - album cover

Wallsocket

underscores
2023
3.21 / 5
 Apostrophe(') by Frank Zappa - album cover

Apostrophe(')

Frank Zappa
1974
3.19 / 5
 HEY WHAT by Low - album cover

HEY WHAT

Low
2021
3.19 / 5
 Mother Earth's Plantasia by Mort Garson - album cover

Mother Earth's Plantasia

Mort Garson
1976
3.18 / 5
 Menos El Oso by Minus the Bear - album cover

Menos El Oso

Minus the Bear
2005
3.17 / 5
 The Glow, Pt. 2 by The Microphones - album cover

The Glow, Pt. 2

The Microphones
2001
3.1 / 5
 All Hour Cymbals by Yeasayer - album cover

All Hour Cymbals

Yeasayer
2007
3.08 / 5
 California by Mr. Bungle - album cover

California

Mr. Bungle
1999
3.08 / 5
 Broken Social Scene by Broken Social Scene - album cover

Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene
2005
3.06 / 5
 Person Pitch by Panda Bear - album cover

Person Pitch

Panda Bear
2007
3.01 / 5
 Civilisation by Kero Kero Bonito - album cover

Civilisation

Kero Kero Bonito
2021
2.96 / 5
 The Money Store by Death Grips - album cover

The Money Store

Death Grips
2012
2.95 / 5
 Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown - album cover

Atrocity Exhibition

Danny Brown
2016
2.94 / 5
 22, A Million by Bon Iver - album cover

22, A Million

Bon Iver
2016
2.92 / 5
 To Be Kind by Swans - album cover

To Be Kind

Swans
2014
2.92 / 5
 Splendor & Misery by clipping. - album cover

Splendor & Misery

clipping.
2016
2.91 / 5
 An Empty Bliss Beyond This World by The Caretaker - album cover

An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

The Caretaker
2011
2.9 / 5
 [Angry Noises] by Ciśnienie - album cover

[Angry Noises]

Ciśnienie
2026
2.9 / 5
 Psychic by DARKSIDE - album cover

Psychic

DARKSIDE
2013
2.86 / 5
 Silent Hill 2 by Akira Yamaoka - album cover

Silent Hill 2

Akira Yamaoka
2001
2.86 / 5
 Zuckerzeit by Cluster - album cover

Zuckerzeit

Cluster
1974
2.85 / 5
 choke enough by Oklou - album cover

choke enough

Oklou
2025
2.84 / 5
 Nurture by Porter Robinson - album cover

Nurture

Porter Robinson
2021
2.83 / 5
 The Empyrean by John Frusciante - album cover

The Empyrean

John Frusciante
2009
2.8 / 5
 Zaireeka by The Flaming Lips - album cover

Zaireeka

The Flaming Lips
1997
2.79 / 5
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