Singular Masterpiece Albums

Albums that not only created genres and built their own distinctive worlds, but are also 10/10

You will know pretty quickly whether or not this album is... more
One of the most influential albums ever recorded, MBV's L... more
Made largely using a homemade synthesizer(!) consisting o... more
Believe it or not, Can's Monster Movie is their more comm... more
An album I've held close to the chest since I first heard... more
Wizard Steve Albini, mentioned more than a handful of tim... more

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Defying the odds, known weirdos Modest Mouse put out thei... more
Stripped down, heavily distorted, noise, disheveled, home... more
Serving as Japanese composer, producer and steel pan play... more
This album is four aliens having a lively conversation us... more
Produced by Frank Zappa in LA after 8 months of grueling ... more
A few Kate Bush albums fit the brief here, however none h... more
Even though it is technically Icelandic heroes Sigur Ros'... more
Cryptic music that at once feels from the future and foun... more
As the story goes, Devo created a bidding war of sorts wh... more
Launching a thousand post-punk bands in its wake, Televis... more
Looking at their discography now, I think there at least ... more
With all due respect to The Stone Roses, and plenty is du... more
Dan the Automator (as the Cantankerous Captain Aptos), De... more
Creating an otherworldly Americana atmosphere of its own,... more
As a supergroup (arguably hip hop's first) formed by disi... more
The Books came out swinging with a truly unique blend of ... more
Instantly memorable melodies, audacious song structures a... more
Industrial, feral, and fractured are not often words to d... more
Incredibly goofy and yet incredibly confident, Montreal's... more
Based on a short story written by their lead singer, in w... more
Released on September 11th 2001, Phil Elverum's hushed, l... more
Easily the most cohesive outing by the genre-bending, end... more
A second, sequential masterclass in reinvention from indi... more
Made with just an Akai MPC60 sampler and two years time, ... more

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