Ranga's Top 10

Ten essential albums ranked from one to ten, shared about 2 months ago.

Ranked 1–10 Shortlist included

Inside the selection

The shape of this Top 10.

This ten travels from 1997 to 2010, with choices from 3 decades. 6 of the ten land in the 2000s, making that era its centre of gravity. Every choice comes from a different artist. Alternative Rock is the strongest MusicBrainz genre thread, shared by 8 of the ten. All ten are studio albums.

Years: 1997–2010
Era focus: 2000s
Artists: 10/10
Genre data: 10/10

Chronology

Release timeline

Span · 13 years Median year · 2005.5

1997 OK Computer Radiohead
2002 Believe Disturbed
2004 Futures Jimmy Eat World
2005 Saturday Night Wrist Deftones
2005 X&Y Coldplay
2006 Meds Placebo
2009 Wait for Me Moby
2010 Cohesion Gyroscope
2010 Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place Anberlin
2010 Emperor’s Box Katie Noonan & the Captains

Distribution

Era mix

2000s · 6/10

1990s · 1 2000s · 6 2010s · 3

Album types

1 type

Studio · 10

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Genre signals

29 distinct

Alternative Rock 8/10

8 of 10

Rock 7/10

7 of 10

Electronic 4/10

4 of 10

Pop 4/10

4 of 10

Alternative Metal 2/10

2 of 10

Each bar shows how many choices share that MusicBrainz genre signal. One album can contribute to more than one genre.

The final ten

The ranking

Number one is the first choice.

1

Believe

Disturbed · 2002

2000s Studio Alternative Metal Heavy Metal
2

Cohesion

Gyroscope · 2010

2010s Studio Alternative Rock Indie Folk
3

Emperor’s Box

Katie Noonan & the Captains · 2010

2010s Studio Alternative Rock Electronic
4

Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place

Anberlin · 2010

2010s Studio Alternative Rock Rock
5

X&Y

Coldplay · 2005

2000s Studio Pop Rock Alternative Rock
6

Saturday Night Wrist

Deftones · 2005

2000s Studio Alternative Metal Alternative Rock
7

Meds

Placebo · 2006

2000s Studio Alternative Rock Rock
8

OK Computer

Radiohead · 1997

1990s Studio Alternative Rock Art Rock
9

Futures

Jimmy Eat World · 2004

2000s Studio Alternative Rock Alternative Punk
10

Wait for Me

Moby · 2009

2000s Studio Ambient Downtempo