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@dontsimporishoot4439

3 жыл бұрын

Mine is all

@johnnyfountainS

3 жыл бұрын

Badmotororfinger and facelift. With never mind and you outta know.

@LuciusGeronimo

3 жыл бұрын

Weezer

@johnnyfountainS

3 жыл бұрын

I like how never mind killed glam.

@johnnyfountainS

3 жыл бұрын

Post by bjork.

smashing pumpkins - siamese dream foo fighters self titled debut soundgarden - ultramega ok nine inch nails - the downward spiral

@ianmason2003

3 жыл бұрын

One correction. Pretty Hate Machine. Ok two corrections, foo fighters offered nothing new. Enter faith no more angel dust

@briananderson1921

3 жыл бұрын

@@ianmason2003 Although, I might put Broken/Fixed ahead of Pretty Hate Machine… maybe.

@WhatAmIAStranger

7 ай бұрын

Greetings from the future.........BadMotorFinger over Ultramega Ok

Do a top 10 albums that changed music forever

@CPepas

3 жыл бұрын

Ok computer has got to be number 1 fasho (again*)

@Miist3rDuce1

3 жыл бұрын

@@CPepas not gonna happen

@christophermerlot3366

3 жыл бұрын

Black Sabbath. Invented a whole genre.

@CPepas

3 жыл бұрын

@@Miist3rDuce1 how???

@fspud0837

3 жыл бұрын

Appetite for Distruction has to be there

Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures" would be a glaring omission on this list considering it probably originated alternative rock.

@bblvrable

3 жыл бұрын

I think Unknown Pleasures would fall under "pre-dates the genre" (1979).

@chapter_black3234

3 жыл бұрын

@@bblvrable They had Murmur which released in 1983 and some could argue that Talking Heads were perhaps the first alternative rock band and they appeared much around the same time

@twistedviewlabs

3 жыл бұрын

JD were new wave before new wave was a thing.

@gsly6081

3 жыл бұрын

JD is post punk but i get it.

@jpratm1993

3 жыл бұрын

I think its considered more of Hard Rock Album. But man its amazing!!!

I would have thrown either Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness or Siamese Dreams on there but OK Computer was definitely a good choice.

@Bigvision121worship

3 жыл бұрын

Mellon Collie was a masterpiece by Siamese Dream was more groundbreaking IMO

@PhilP8980

3 жыл бұрын

Both great albums but I think The Bends is way better than OK Computer.

@calebdickerson2003

3 жыл бұрын

@@PhilP8980 nah man nah😂

@ben.futureprimitive

3 жыл бұрын

totally agree.. mellon collie and ok computer should top the list..

@jeremysamuelson9059

3 жыл бұрын

I was just about to comment the Mellon Collie deserves to be on this list. Disappointing that it’s not. There’s nothing else like it.

OK Computer - Radiohead The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths Murmur - R.E.M. Funeral - Arcade Fire Nevermind - Nirvana Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth Doolittle - The Pixies ALL MASTERPIECES

@gusfernanddes

3 жыл бұрын

@@duncan3998 Who said that? I just named my favourites, wtf?

@zackzallie8735

3 жыл бұрын

I love all those albums.

@jake6064

3 жыл бұрын

@Julian Sanchez no there is nothing sad about that

@obi-wankenobi8878

3 жыл бұрын

Especially Funeral

@riverkang785

2 жыл бұрын

radiohead's albums are all masterpieces

"Ritual de lo Habitual" or "Nothing's Shocking" of Jane's Addiction deserved an honorable mention

@Caffeine_Club

3 жыл бұрын

They deserved to be on the list compared to some of these entries. Then again, most of these seem to be related to mainstream acceptance, and or units sold.

@newdamage5945

3 жыл бұрын

O HELL YEAH THEY DO!!!!!!!!!!

@NativeSkeleton

3 жыл бұрын

Right? They were one of the pioneers of the Alternative scene.

@sttrogdor93

3 жыл бұрын

Clicked this list for at least one of them, and was disappointed.

@thomaswillingham4084

3 жыл бұрын

Easily top 3

Whoa majority of these albums are some of my all time favorites but where is My Bloody Valentine’s “Loveless”? It’s a masterpiece that made a huge impact on 90’s indie rock. Still a phenomenal top 10.

@oaketree

3 жыл бұрын

That's a shoegaze record through and through

@leetorry

3 жыл бұрын

@@oaketree so? Still doesnt change the fact that it was associated with Alt rock

@AgustinRodriguez-dd6mj

3 жыл бұрын

@@oaketree shoegaze is alternative rock dude

@austintrousdale2397

3 жыл бұрын

Shoegaze isn’t dead! Love it

@RadioLaPrincess

3 жыл бұрын

Good call. I still pull it out. Only Shallow is one of the best songs ever, let alone the early '90s. I will always associate it with college.

I can't believe WM didn't even put "Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness" in the honorable mentions.

@JimmyStone54321

3 жыл бұрын

Or Siamese Dream

@wallpapereye

3 жыл бұрын

Siamese dreams!

@cristianhiguita8294

2 жыл бұрын

Actually Siamese Dream is more accurate to be on the list

I like how Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead composed the score for There Will Be Blood and other Paul Thomas Anderson films.

@GreenToast01

2 жыл бұрын

Radioheads newest album contains so much of jonnies orchestral experience in them.

I love Travis!! I haven't heard or thought of them in ages! Damn Rebecca you definitely know your music and I'm thoroughly impressed!

Great list, love every album on here! Some others I love to include would be Tim for the 80s and Siamese Dream for 90s. Definitely some Talking Heads too

Great list. Well done and thought it I think. I’d like to see Echo and the Bunnymen, Janes Addiction and Talking Heads on here, but honestly it would be hard to throw any of these others out to make room. Good job on this one!

Pavement "Slanted and Enchanted" is another great alternative rock album!

@HN-px7fx

2 жыл бұрын

very true

I was mad Nevermind wasn’t number 1 until I saw that OK Computer was. I’m good with that.

Ok Computer came out the year I graduated high school and completely changed my whole life. I listened to it every single day for months. Still get chills when I listen to it now.

Great video, it would be great a top 10 indie albums or bands of each decade from the 80's to the present.

Ok Computer - Radiohead. MY GOD, what a mindblowing record, what a genius band.

@user-qr9yq8fw7g

2 жыл бұрын

overrated dust

@GreenToast01

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-qr9yq8fw7g you are no one

@kkondedraculadoearl

2 жыл бұрын

Yea that album is great

@kengayoka1645

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-qr9yq8fw7g Sed No One cares Yo Opinion

@jonathanmartin8113

Ай бұрын

@@user-qr9yq8fw7g Yup!

smashing pumpkins - Siamese Dream that album is flawless

@davidtobin8782

2 жыл бұрын

The greatest album ever made

@tyisswag4569

2 жыл бұрын

Mellon collie is also good can’t tell witch is better

@mmmtsp

2 жыл бұрын

@@tyisswag4569 Mellon Collie is good, but can be a little self indulgent at times, to me Siamese is just a tighter Album.

@miameramusic

2 жыл бұрын

It's probably the most well produced album ever, along with Rage's Evil Empire. But Gish is also a masterpiece, Butch Vig had the Midus touch.

How did Pearl Jam's Ten not make it on this list?

@PhilP8980

3 жыл бұрын

I would give you 2 likes if I could. They probably consider it "grunge" and probably have a whole other list for it. Which doesn't explain Nirvana being on this list.

@dionbok1714

3 жыл бұрын

@@PhilP8980 yeah but nevermind was insanely influential for the whole of alt rock and ten is influential for just grunge imo

@GonzoShitcock

3 жыл бұрын

And where's Smashing Pumpkins or Beck (Odelay)?

@WhatAmIAStranger

7 ай бұрын

One grunge album per list

Depeche Mode is the most underrated band ever, like Violator or Songs Of Faith And Devotion aren't even a honorable mention. They influenced many and made timeless classics

@ghastlylife9836

3 жыл бұрын

I could not agree with you more. DM is for an introspective audience mind you.. Thats why i CANT stand anything else people deem as even close. ColdPlay? Give me a break.. ive been listening to DM since i was 8yrs old. Second to none. DM is more than just music. My hat is off to you for mentioning this!!

@SuperCartmanlp

3 жыл бұрын

@@ghastlylife9836 Thank you for saying this :) I'm just 21 years old but I grew up listening to it kinda involuntarily but the older I got I became more invested in their music and history and their music just feels different to any one elses. I love them :)

@serdarkoc3975

3 жыл бұрын

I'm totally agree

@daromirfirunsson

3 жыл бұрын

Agree, they had a huge influence on bands like NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, Linkin Park and more. Violator is timeless and SOFAD was a great mixture of electronic sound and rock.

@ghastlylife9836

3 жыл бұрын

Daromir Firunsson SOFAD was indeed another level

"OK Computer"-Radiohead, "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"-The Smashing Pumpkins "In Utero" -Nirvana, "Ten"-Pearl Jam, "Funeral"-Arcade Fire, "Dirt"-Alice in Chains, & "The Joshua Tree"-U2

Psychocandy by The Jesus & Mary Chain deserved at least an honorable mention, that album is massively influential, or at least Loveless by My Bloody Valentine.

Great video and I enjoyed it and have a blessed day

The Strokes ❤️‍🔥

@jg6551

3 жыл бұрын

amen

I’m a simple man. I see Thom Yorke, I click.

@nickname7908

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple man. I see Julian Casablancas, I click.

@Miley-vk1sw

3 жыл бұрын

Wait what that’s Julian Casablancas in the thumbnail not Thom Yorke

Smashing Pumpkins - mellon collie and the infinite sadness & siamese dream

\O/ so glad you included the Cure Disintegration I love that album..it was the soundtrack to my highschool days

This video deserves applause.....many congrats!!!!!

Smells like Teen Spirit literally made my childhood

@bunyan4.20

3 жыл бұрын

Not me but i am with you best album ever i love Nirvana so much I love every once in awhile just putting on Nirvana MTV Unplugged live performance because that is a great album and performance

Radiohead super fan here. I just discovered a band called Blonde Redhead...I may be late to the party but they are incredible. Just wanted to share the love.

@BearFattfilm

3 ай бұрын

Much like Radiohead, Blonde Redhead have stayed together for decades and have always evolved their sound with each new release. Great band and probably underrated.

Mellon collie and the infinite sadness is easily my favorite album of all time. So many amazing songs and variety

"Turn On the Bright Lights" by Interpol deserved an honorable mention, as did Garbage. Agree with everyone else who said Beck.

@jbass_1993

3 жыл бұрын

Turn on the bright lights is massively underrated

@miameramusic

2 жыл бұрын

Garbage is so underrated, Butch Vig + Shirley Manson = Godhead

The Cure's Disintegration is up in my top 10 for rock/metal albums ever!

No mention of Husker Du? They literally invented alternative rock

@austintrousdale2397

3 жыл бұрын

Which one of their albums would you nominate? Which one would it replace on the list?

@Drkenoreno

3 жыл бұрын

@@austintrousdale2397 a personal choice, but I'd put HD's Zen Arcade and the Replacements' Let It Be in place of The Cure and the Smiths. Then again, I'm not British.

@davidharrison9324

3 жыл бұрын

@@austintrousdale2397 candy apple grey.. replace the cure

@briananderson1921

3 жыл бұрын

Well then and The Matt’s

@robeson1231

3 жыл бұрын

@@Drkenoreno Spot on 👍

Interesting and worthwhile video.

"The Velvet Underground & Nico" was one of the main albums that INVENTED "Alternative Rock".

@te9591

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of goth rock guitar tuning really emulates the tone from Venus in Furs.

@asocialfairy

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'd say VU are proto-alternative rock.

@ChrisOliver4307

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that would be No. 1.

@vigor6042

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment that. You get a like from me

Yes!!!! I was listening to Karma Police last night. Radiohead, The Strokes, The Cure are definitely iconic albums for me. Personally as black girl Morning View by Incubus was influential for me getting into Alt Rock, which has being my favorite genre since 2001-2003 era.

GREAT list! I'd have to agree with them all, really. I still tear up when I hear Photographs and Losing My Religion. Anybody remember "girlfriend's in a coma I know I know it's serious"? My favorite song by The Smiths ❤

@tameramorrison8966

3 жыл бұрын

I really hope she pulls through!

YES YES YES !! Good List! I havnt even seen #1 yet... guessing...... Any other Sonic Youth album?

Yes! First time I totally agree with a number one spot on watchmojo. Radiohead rules.

The cure is still one of my favorite bands of all time

How Kyle said: “Disintegration is the best album ever!”

@nickalleye

3 жыл бұрын

Hard to argue with that one

@nathaliavaleriano8015

3 жыл бұрын

So perfect!!!

Insane how a channel this big has such good taste.

Enjoyable Greatest Hits list. The main glaring omissions though seem to be 'Unknown Pleasures' Joy Division, Husker Du's 'Zen Arcade' or 'New Day Rising' and a Replacements record along with 'Psychocandy' Jesus and Mary Chain and 'Loveless' by MBV in the Honourable Mentions at least

I am a big fan of The Cure. I hope WatchMojo does an top Ten Trip Hop bands/albums some day.

nirvana has a special place in my heart

@heather2340

3 жыл бұрын

and oasis omfg

@vb2388

3 жыл бұрын

Radiohead ❤️ One of the few Artists with a flawless discography 👌🏻

Great list. Murmur remains one of my all-time favorites, but didn't get it until the late 80s. OK Computer is a great choice for no. 1 - also a fave. It grabbed me just a few notes into the first song, and I believe I bought more of their albums than any other band. You know, back when people used to buy albums, or rather CDs. I was thinking that NIN's Pretty Hate Machine might be on this list, but that's not really the appropriate genre, but surely that would be at the top of the influential industrial albums.

@austintrousdale2397

3 жыл бұрын

FWIW, I too would’ve liked to have seen Pretty Hate Machine here

@michaelmalone7231

Жыл бұрын

Alternative is not a genre. It's an umbrella term for many genres. Industrial is an alternative genre.

Happy to see Arcade Fire's "Funeral" get an honorable mention @ № 12.

"Definitely Maybe" was the first CD I ever bought and I still love it

@miameramusic

2 жыл бұрын

YES! Definitely, not maybe! And it was their best. Just a solid album of non-stop rockers.

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

This is an excellent list and OK Computer is where it belongs. I don't think we'll ever hear anything like it. What a masterpiece.

Ok computer was mind blowing back in the day. So different and amazing.

OK Computer considered to be not just a most important alternative rock album ever... but also... *_worldwide masterpiece._*

@Laurent_08

3 жыл бұрын

Most of these albums are worldwide masterpieces.

@velvet_victor

3 жыл бұрын

Still prefer The Bends

@seanferrari6825

3 жыл бұрын

@@velvet_victor The bends is wonderful,totally underestimated

@ND-OPS

7 ай бұрын

How? Radiohead is just one hit wonder and Creep is not even on that computer thing album lol

@jakeisrandom3343

6 ай бұрын

​@@ND-OPSthis is such an anti-radiohead reply

OK Computer was the soundtrack to my senior year of high school!

So happy DM was on this

Great to see REM’s Murmur in the top 10 alternative band list along with The Smiths, Urbana, Radio Head etc. REM is a very versatile band that absorbed many musical styles but came out with its unique signature style .

I do really enjoy, and agree with some of selections on this list, but there were some glaring omissions that deserved to be on here in at least an honorable mention capacity. I'll list some of the albums that I can think of off the top of my head: Jar of Flies - Alice In Chains Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins Ten - Pearl Jam Loveless - My Bloody Valentine Live Through This - Hole Superunknown - Sound Garden Odelay - Beck (Even though Watch Mojo obviously considered it. Lol!) If I actually thought about it, I'm certain I could list a few more, but this was simply just the ones that immediately came to mind.😊

Nevermind is easily number 1 for me. I still go back to it each year and the lokdown has given me a new appreciation for the singles Lithium, Come As You Are and Smells Like Teen Spirit in the form of Singstar karaoke.

@pascalswager9100

3 жыл бұрын

I'm listening to it every day all over again in My 39th year cause My 14 y/o Daughter is obsessed with it!

@miameramusic

2 жыл бұрын

Right? I know it's a total layup, but that record is just too good to be real. So hard to believe it's been 30 years!

@buccy55

Жыл бұрын

It beats the hell out of anything that Radiohead will ever do!

@rottensalad7263

Жыл бұрын

@@buccy55 lol

@symptomaticseb2303

Жыл бұрын

@@buccy55 They're both equally revolutionary and influential so you can't really say that about either of the two in my opinion

Got my first Sony portable CD player in 99 with BNL Stunt as my first album for Christmas. The first Album I ever bought was OK Computer and my mind was blown.

5:18 I always wondered what this flash was in the music video of last night, after rewinding and pausing I finally found it. It’s just space

My favorite Alternative Rock album would be Meteora. That album changed my life and made me dig deeper into the genre.

@izounokuda5461

Жыл бұрын

Yesss but that's would be the towards mid era of alternative rock

@siftwram

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t that be considered a nu metal album

That three days grace albulm “one x” is SOLID... front to back.

@carolinemixonbraxton4963

3 жыл бұрын

Agree one of my fave albums ever

@johngibble75

3 жыл бұрын

Solid top to bottom 👌

My fave off of this list would be Disintegration by far. That is the only one that really made an impact on me. The one album that did make a serious impact and did change my mind about alt rock music/alternative was Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by The Cure. That was watershed for me.

While I would've done a top 20 and put most of them in a different order, OK Computer is my generation's Dark Side Of The Moon. It really raised the bar super high as far as what makes a timeless & truly amazing albums. I'm also happy that you guys FINALLY gave Pinkerton the recognition it's always deserved. I wouldn't say it gave way to emo. That's reserved to Sunny Day Real Estate's debut album Diary. Also, if we didn't have SDRE, we wouldn't have had the Foo Fighters. Nate Mendel still plays with them and FF are badass

"Angel Dust" by Faith No More should of been on the list.

@continueeducation7277

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry but not even close however I do believe the list is off. I’m not sure how you could leave janes addiction of this though

@subeeinsuresh5896

2 жыл бұрын

Its specifically alternative metal

No My Bloody Valentine Loveless? One of the few "year zero" albums and since the album's release continues to grow in stature.

@miameramusic

2 жыл бұрын

So true, especially as time flew by, so many bands of every genre sight them as a major influence. I'm surprised there was no mention of Elliott Smith.

I listen a lot to Radiohead, almost everything Thom Yorke makes is special and I love it, and with OK Computer in the background my parents and I often went on holiday when I was little and we drove to South France. Muse with Black Holes and Revelations album is also great.

Great list, I have most of the albums that you metioned on the video, but I would take out the weezer album and put instead "Different Class" by Pulp or "Parklife" by Blur

@austintrousdale2397

3 жыл бұрын

A Gallagher just downvoted your comment 😜

OK Computer is also my #1 ❤️ This list should’ve been a Top 20

"Pretty Hate Machine" by NIN and "Suffer" by Bad Religion were two albums that quite literally changed my little pubescent life. There was an amazing radio station in Salt Lake City called KJQ that played what they called 'modern rock', and I ate it up. They were ahead of their time, for sure.

Thank you for the udpate, WatchMojo..!! When Nirvana's Nevermind came out in 1991, people actually lined up to buy the album. In my city's downtown record store alone, they sold over 1 million CDs. I used to study while listening to the album on my standard speaker equipped CD player, but later learned there was a hidden track on the 13th position that sounded like a demonic crap. I listened to that multiple times not even knowing that track was hidden on the CD. @.@

So many good albums on this list. For me, it's OK Computer and Disintegration, in that order, the later mostly when I was younger.

Yes Ok computer is number one. That one definitely is most influential cuz that's the one I personally most remember besides nevermind

Closer or Unknown Pleasures by joy division or dookie by green day?

Two of my go to albums were on the list: Nevermind and OK Computer.

Thank you!

U2's The Joshua Tree deserves a nomination here. But I love me some Radiohead!

@jimbo9208

3 жыл бұрын

u2 is not a alterative rock band

@jebheinst6465

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimbo9208 have you ever listened to zooropa? Sounds alternative to me

@sir8923

3 жыл бұрын

They are not an alternative Rock band doesn't mean they do not have alternative songs

@jebheinst6465

3 жыл бұрын

@@sir8923 they have alternative albums, a few too. The joshua tree however is not one of them

@sir8923

3 жыл бұрын

I mean albums aswell, what are albums but a collection of songs. They are overall not alternative

Velvet Underground and Nico. Wasn’t that the album that *begat* “alternative” rock? Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie (or Siamese Dream)

I was looking for Sarah McLachlin's "Fumbling Toward Ecstasy" (aka The Album That Launched a Thousand Chick Acts) to get at least an Honorable Mention.

I love Pinkerton, Disintegration , and OK Computer ❤️

Am here 4 "No Surprises"❤ Radiohead❤

No Joy Division or New Order? NO Depeche Mode? Not even honorable mention? WTF!

Pretty solid list! These choices are personal, but this would be my list: Husker Du - Zen Arcade Replacements - Let It Be Pixies - Surfer Rosa or Doolittle Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out Weezer - Blue Album or Pinkerton Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Stone Roses - Stone Roses Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret Radiohead - OK Computer Yes, I know that's 11

You read my mind about Nevermind but I do accept you guys really thought about this! Let me throw in Mellon Collie due to its epic scope and ability to counterbalance heavy depressing angst with elegant and gentle melodies in a conceptual package. But maybe that's for another list.

I don't think anyone was surprised with no1. Easily one of the greatest albums of all time. Tom York's voice is unreal and beautiful.

Even if we regard punk as a separate genre/subgenre, we're just going to pretend that Björk, They Might Be Giants, Ween, Garbage, Linkin Park, The Flaming Lips, Devo, The B-52s, Tom Waits, Talking Heads, Suzanne Vega, The Pet Shop Boys, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden & vintage alternative such as Frank Zappa, Residents & Todd Rundgren (yes, Rundgren, I'm not kidding) don't count/don't exist???

@lars38010

3 жыл бұрын

Björk is a lot. And i am not sure of Linkin Park. I used to call their first 2 albums Nu-Metal.

@BooBooGlue1

2 жыл бұрын

Violent Femmes?????

I was in LA on a business trip and saw OK Computer on sale for 10 bucks at a Target (This was probably 2000-ish), I took a chance because I heard that they were very popular and I wanted to hear what all the fuss was about. I played that CD to death. Holy Sh!t, I was blown away and became a Radiohead fan from that album. Although I love a lot of there other albums, this one is still their best work.

Radiohead ok computer is soundtrack of my life 😍😍😍😍 which list is just awesome!!! 💙💘💚💜🎶🎵♩🎼🎧😍

And of these 10, pretty sure all 10 can trace their musical DNA back to “The Velvet Underground & Nico.” EDIT: As James points out in a reply, Rebecca specifically addresses VU in the intro which I'd fast-forwarded through due to time constraint. Rebecca, WatchMojo: my apologies.

@jimbo9208

3 жыл бұрын

did you not watch the intro they dont count

@RonnieBarzel

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimbo9208 Ha! That's what I get for fast-forwarding through the intro to the list itself. Thanks for pointing this out!

Ok computer deserves the no.1 but why no Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie, or Loveless

@yeloe4479

2 жыл бұрын

loveless and melancholy ❤

@miameramusic

2 жыл бұрын

Loveless for sure! Thank you so much! So many bands drop MBV as a major influence, but none of them sound quite like it. Ever.

The one I listened to the most? certainly Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation, because it's the one that brought me and my group of friends together! We listened to Pixies and Sonic Youth all the time! The one I listened to the most by myself, of all those, is the Cure's Disintegration. I do agree with a lot of commenters that some important albums were not mentioned, like Loveless, but overall this is a pretty solid 'list'!

Would have been nice to see the three below but it was a better list than I was expecting. Should do a follow up Pearl Jam/Ten They Might Be Giants/Flood Violent Femmes/self titled

I seriously expected Disintegration to be #1. Hit singles and total LP combined.

Nirvana, Radiohead and R.E.M. are the one I listen to

The quality of the work put out by Radiohead in the ten years, from 1997 to 2007, is some of the very best by any band ever.....they are without parallel - their music is totally unique and revolutionary.

Heard nearly all of them save for a couple ahaha. OK Computer is definitely my favorite in the group tho

Define alternative rock.

Probably could've made a top 50 and still left great albums off..I would say Violator by Depeche mode..

Glaring omissions, Smash by Offspring (best selling Indie record), Dookie by Green Day (popularized punk), Superunknown by Soundgarden (helped further popularize grunge after Nevermind).