Pitchfork's Best Rock Albums

Not ranked in any particular order.

David Bowie

Heroes

Oct 14, 1977

Experimental Rock
  1. Beauty and the
    Beast
  2. Joe the Lion
  3. Heroes
  4. Sons of the Silent
    Age
  5. Blackout

Pixies

Surfer Rosa

Mar 21, 1988

Alternative Rock
Indie Rock
  1. Bone Machine
  2. Break My Body
  3. Something
    Against You
  4. Broken Face
  5. Gigantic
  6. River Euphrates
  7. Where Is My Mind?
  8. Cactus
  9. Tony's Theme
  10. Oh My Golly!
  11. Vamos
  12. I'm Amazed
  13. Brick Is Red

Weezer

Weezer
(Blue Album)

May 10, 1994

Alternative Rock
Power Pop
  1. My Name Is
    Jonas
  2. No One Else
  3. The World Has
    Turned And Left
    Me Here
  4. Buddy Holly
  5. Undone -
    The Sweater Song
  6. Surf Wax America
  7. Say It Ain't So
  8. In The Garage
  9. Holiday
  10. Only In Dreams

The Beatles

Rubber Soul

Dec 3, 1965

Pop Rock
Folk Rock
  1. Drive My Car
  2. Norwegian Wood
  3. You Won't See
    Me
  4. Nowhere Man
  5. Think For Yourself
  6. The Word
  7. Michelle
  8. What Goes On
  9. Girl
  10. I'm Looking
    Through You
  11. In My Life
  12. Wait
  13. If I Needed
    Someone
  14. Run For Your Life

Radiohead

Ok Computer

May 21, 1997

Art Rock
Alternative Rock
  1. Airbag
  2. Paranoid Android
  3. Subterranean
    Homesick Alien
  4. Exit Music
    (For A Film)
  5. Let Down
  6. Karma Police
  7. Fitter Happier
  8. Electioneering
  9. Climbing Up
    The Walls
  10. No Surprises
  11. Lucky the Tourist

Neutral Milk Hotel

In the Aeroplane
Over the Sea

Feb 10, 1988

Indie Rock
Psychedelic Folk
  1. The King Of
    Carrot Flowers,
    Pt. One
  2. The King Of
    Carrot Flowers,
    Pts. Two & Three
  3. In The Aeroplane
    Over The Sea
  4. Two-Headed
    BoyThe Fool
  5. Holland, 1945
  6. Communist
    Daughter
  7. Oh Comely
  8. Ghost
  9. Untitled
  10. Two-Headed
    Boy, Pt. Two

Radiohead

Kid A

Oct 2, 2000

Electronic
Experimental Rock
  1. Everything In Its
    Right Place
  2. Kid A
  3. The National
    Anthem
  4. How To Disappear Completely
  5. Treefingers
  6. Idioteque
  7. Morning Bell
  8. Motion Picture
    Soundtrack
  9. OptimisticIn
    Limbo

The Who

Odds & Sods

Oct 4, 1974

Hard Rock
  1. Postcard
  2. Now I'm A Farmer
  3. Put The Money
    Down
  4. Little Billy
  5. Too Much Of
    Anything
  6. Glow Girl
  7. Pure And Easy
  8. Faith In
    Something Bigger
  9. I'm The Face
  10. Naked Eye
  11. Long Live Rock

Modest Mouse

The Lonesome
Crowded West

Nov 18, 1997

Indie Rock
Midwest Emo
  1. Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
  2. Heart Cooks
    Brain
  3. Convenient
    Parking 
  4. Lounge
    (Closing Time) 
  5. Jesus Christ
    Was An Only Child 
  6. Doin' The
    Cockroach 
  7. Cowboy Dan 
  8. Trailer Trash 
  9. Out Of Gas 
  10. Long Distance
    Drunk 
  11. Shit Luck 
  12. Truckers Atlas 

The Beatles

Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts
Club Band

Jun 1, 1967

Pop Rock
Psychedelic Rock

  1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  2. With A Little Help From My Friends
  3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
  4. Getting Better
  5. Fixing A Hole
  6. She's Leaving Home
  7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
  8. Within You Without You
  9. When I'm Sixty-Four
  10. Lovely Rita
  11. Good Morning Good Morning
  12. A Day In The Life

Arcade Fire

Funeral

Sep 14, 2004

Indie Rock
Chamber Pop
  1. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
  2. Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)
  3. Une année sans lumière
  4. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
  5. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)
  6. Crown of Love
  7. Wake Up
  8. Haïti
  9. Rebellion (Lies)
  10. In the Backseat

Interpol

Turn On The
Bright Lights

Aug 20, 2002

Post-Punk Revival
Indie Rock
  1. Untitled
  2. Obstacle 1
  3. NYC
  4. PDA
  5. Say Hello to the Angels
  6. Hands Away
  7. Obstacle 2
  8. Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down
  9. Roland
  10. The New
  11. Leif Erikson

R.E.M.

New Adventures
in Hi-Fi

Sep 9, 1996

Alternative Rock
  1. How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us
  2. The Wake-Up Bomb
  3. New Test Leper
  4. Undertow
  5. E-Bow the Letter
  6. Leave
  7. Departure
  8. Bittersweet Me
  9. Be Mine
  10. Binky the Doormat
  11. Zither
  12. So Fast, So Numb
  13. Low Desert
  14. Electrolite

Blur

Parklife

Apr 25, 1994

Britpop
Alternative Rock
  1. Girls & Boys
  2. Tracy Jacks
  3. End of a Century
  4. Parklife
  5. Bank Holiday
  6. Badhead
  7. The Debt Collector
  8. Far Out
  9. To the End
  10. London Loves
  11. Trouble in the Message Center
  12. Clover Over Dover
  13. Magic America
  14. Jubilee
  15. This is a Low
  16. Lot 105

Manic Street Preachers

This Is My Truth
Tell Me Yours

Sep 14, 1998

Alternative Rock
Britpop
  1. The Everlasting
  2. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
  3. You Stole the Sun from My Heart
  4. Ready for Drowning
  5. Tsunami
  6. My Little Empire
  7. I'm Not Working
  8. You're Tender and You're Tired
  9. Born a Girl
  10. Be Natural
  11. Black Dog On My Shoulder
  12. Prologue To History
  13. S.Y.M.M.

Sonic Youth

EVOL

May 1, 1986

Noise Rock
Experimental Rock
  1. Tom Violence
  2. Shadow Of A Doubt
  3. Star Power
  4. In The Kingdom # 19
  5. Green Light
  6. Death To Our Friends
  7. Secret Girls
  8. Marilyn Moore
  9. Expressway To Yr. Skull

Fleetwood Mac

Tusk

Oct 12, 1979

Pop Rock
Soft Rock
  1. Angel
  2. That's Enough From Me
  3. Brown Eyes
  4. Never Make Me Cry
  5. I Know I'm Not Wrong
  6. Honey Hi
  7. Beautiful Child
  8. Walk a Thin Line
  9. Tusk
  10. Never Forget

Kate Bush

The Sensual World

Oct 16, 1989

Art Pop
Art Rock

  1. The Sensual World
  2. Love And Anger
  3. The Fog
  4. Reaching Out
  5. Heads We're Dancing
  6. Deeper Understanding
  7. Between A Man And A Woman
  8. Never Be Mine
  9. Rocket's Tail
  10. This Woman's Work
  11. Walk Straight Down The Middle