70's Arena Rock

10. Pat Benatar - In The Heat of the Night
9. Eagles - Hotel California
8. Journey - Infinity
7. Scorpions - Lovedrive
6. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
5. Police - Reggatta De Blanc
4. Alice Cooper - Killer
3. Boston - Boston
2. Queen - A Night at the Opera
1. Van Halen - Van Halen


Alternative Rock

10. Muse - Origin of Symmetry
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
8. Weezer - Weezer [Blue Album]
7. U2 - Achtung Baby
6. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
5. Soundgarden - Superunknown
4. The Smiths - The Smiths
3. Nirvana - In Utero
2. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
1. Radiohead - OK Computer


Art Rock

10. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
9. Queen - Queen II
8. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star
7. Magazine - Real Life
6. Brian Eno - Another Green World
5. David Bowie - Low
4. King Crimson - Discipline
3. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Clear Spot
2. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
1. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico


Avant-Prog

10. Thinking Plague - In This Life
9. Art Zoyd - Musique pour l'Odyssée
8. Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
7. Samla Mammas Manna - Måltid
6. Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
5. Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat
4. Etron fou Leloublan - Batelages
3. Univers zéro - Hérésie
2. Fred Frith - Gravity
1. Aqsak Maboul - Un peu de l'âme des bandits


Britpop

10. Elastica - Elastica
9. The Verve - Urban Hymns
8. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
7. Travis - The Man Who
6. The Auteurs - New Wave
5. Pulp - Different Class
4. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
3. Suede - Dog Man Star
2. Doves - Lost Souls
1. Blur - Parklife


Country Rock

10. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
9. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - Hearts of Stone
8. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
7. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
5. Grateful Dead - American Beauty
4. J.J. Cale - Naturally
3. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
2. Gene Clark - No Other
1. Neil Young - Harvest


Crust Punk

10. Dystopia - The Aftermath
9. Mammoth Grinder - Extinction of Humanity
8. Anti Cimex - Scandinavian Jawbreaker
7. Aus-Rotten - The System Works for Them
6. Extreme Noise Terror - A Holocaust In Your Head
5. Skitsystem - Stigmata
4. Doom - Total Doom
3. Wolfpack - A New Dawn Fades
2. Amebix - Arise
1. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing


Emo

10. The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Whenever, If Ever
9. Mineral - Endserenading
8. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
7. American Football - American Football
6. The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace is There
5. Cursive - Domestica
4. The Get Up Kids - Four Minute Mile
3. Cap'n Jazz - Shmap'n Shmazz
2. Title Fight - Floral Green
1. Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me


Experimental Rock

10. Mr. Bungle - California
9. The Red Krayola - Parable of Arable Land
8. Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
7. This Heat - This Heat
6. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
5. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
4. Radiohead - Kid A
3. Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
2. The Residents - Duck Stab / Buster & Glen
1. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica


Folk Rock

10. The Pentangle - Basket of Light
9. Songs: Ohia - Didn't it Rain
8. The Band - The Band
7. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
6. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
5. Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
4. Joni Mitchell - Blue
3. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
2. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
1. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited


Free Rock

10. Orthrelm - 2nd 18/O4 Norildivoth Crallos Lomrixth Urthiln
9. The Suite Unraveling - The Suite Unraveling
8. Noxagt - Noxagt
7. Ultralyd - Inertiadrome
6. Many Arms - Suspended Definition
5. Zs - Arms
4. Laddio Bolocko - Strange Warmings of Laddio Bolocko
3. The Flying Luttenbachers - Infection and Decline
2. The Thing - Bag It!
1. Zu - Igneo


Funk Rock

10. Eddie Hazel - Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs
9. Living Colour - Vivid
8. Beck - Midnite Vultures
7. Faith No More - The Real Thing
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
5. Prince - Sign O the Times
4. Primus - Frizzle Fry
3. Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A.
2. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
1. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain


Garage Rock

10. The Litter - Distortions
9. The Seeds - The Seeds
8. The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
7. The Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head
6. The White Stripes - Elephant
5. The Dirtbombs - Ulltraglide in Black
4. The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us
3. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
2. The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
1. The Stooges - Fun House


Glam Rock

10. Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
9. Sweet - Desolation Boulevard
8. Slade - Slayed
7. T-Rex - Electric Warrior
6. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
5. Hanoi Rocks - Back to Mystery City
4. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
3. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
2. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
1. Lou Reed - Transformer


Gothic Rock

10. The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
9. Fields of the Nephilim - Elizium
8. Swans - White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
7. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
6. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
5. Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
4. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
3. The Cure - Disintegration
2. Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss
1. Killing Joke - Night Time


Grunge

10. Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
9. Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia
8. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
7. Green River - Rehab Doll
6. Love Battery - Dayglo
5. Tad - 8-Way Santa
4. Mad Season - Above
3. Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
1. Alice In Chains - Dirt


Hard Rock

10. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
9. Kiss - Destroyer
8. AC/DC - Back in Black
7. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
6. Deep Purple - Machine Head
5. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
4. The Who - Who’s Next
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid


Indie Rock

10. The Strokes - Is This It
9. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
8. Arcade Fire - Funeral
7. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
6. Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
5. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
4. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
3. Pixies - Doolittle
2. Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
1. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain


Jazz-Rock

10. Morphine - Cure for Pain
9. Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
8. Steely Dan - Aja
7. Gong - Shamal
6. Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
5. Embryo - Rock Session
4. Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North
3. Santana - Caravanserai
2. Naked City - Radio
1. Magma - Magma


Math Rock

10. June of 44 - Tropics and Meridians
9. Don Caballero - American Don
8. This Town Needs Guns - Animals
7. LITE - Filmlets
6. Piglet - Lava Land
5. Faraquet - The View From This Tower
4. Tera Melos - Tera Melos
3. Battles - Gloss Drop
2. Hella - Hold Your Horse Is
1. Shellac - At Action Park


Neo-Psychedelia

10. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
9. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
8. Tame Impala - Lonerism
7. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
6. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
5. Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage Animation Music Vol. 1
4. The Gris Gris - The Gris Gris
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
1. Fishmans - Long Season


New Wave

10. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
9. Duran Duran - Rio
8. Blondie - Parallel Lines
7. The Police - Synchronicity
6. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
5. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
4. The B-52's - The B-52's
3. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
2. Depeche Mode - Violator
1. The Cars - The Cars


No Wave

10. Circle X - Untitled
9. The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire
8. Swans - Filth
7. Mars - The Complete Studio Recordings NYC 1977-1978
6. DNA - DNA on DNA
5. Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex
4. Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Everything
3. Massacre - Killing Time
2. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
1. James Chance and the Contortions - Buy


Noise Rock

10. Boredoms - Pop Tatari
9. Big Black - Songs About Fucking
8. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
7. Unsane - Scattered, Smothered, and Covered
6. Harry Pussy - Harry Pussy
5. Les Rallizes Dénudés - Heavier Than a Death in the Family
4. Fushitsusha - 悲愴
3. Cows - Sexy Pee Story
2. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
1. The Jesus Lizard - Goat


Pop Rock

10. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
9. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
8. U2 - The Joshua Tree
7. Peter Gabriel - So
6. Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
5. XTC - Skylarking
4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
3. The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
2. Beatles - Abbey Road
1. R.E.M. - Murmur


Post-Punk Revival

10. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
9. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
8. The Sounds - Living In America
7. The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows
6. Editors - The Back Room
5. The National - Boxer
4. Savages - Silence Yourself
3. The Rapture - Echoes
2. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
1. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!


Post-Rock

10. Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet
9. A Silver Mt. Zion - He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms...
8. Bark Psychosis - Hex
7. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
6. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
5. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
4. Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
3. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
1. Slint - Spiderland


Power Pop

10. Weezer - Pinkerton
9. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
8. The Jam - All Mod Cons
7. Sugar - Copper Blue
6. Supergrass - I Should Coco
5. Squeeze - Argybargy
4. Cheap Trick - At Budokan
3. Badfinger - Straight Up
2. Big Star - #1 Record
1. The Replacements - Tim


Psychedelic Rock

10. Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
9. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
8. Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron
7. The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
6. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
5. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
4. Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
3. The Doors - The Doors
2. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1. Love - Forever Changes


Punk Rock

10. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
9. Agent Orange - Living In Darkness
8. Wipers - Youth of America
7. The Clash - London Calling
6. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
5. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
4. Xray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
3. Ramones - Ramones
2. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
1. X - Los Angeles


Revival Battle #1

10. Nirvana - Nevermind
9. Depeche Mode - Violator
8. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
7. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
6. Ramones - Ramones
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
4. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
3. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
2. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
1. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!


Rock and Roll

10. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
9. The Crickets - The "Chirping" Crickets
8. Bo Diddley - Have Guitar, Will Travel
7. Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up
6. The Animals - The Animals
5. The Who - My Generation
4. Chuck Berry - Berry Is On Top
3. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
2. Small Faces - Small Faces
1. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath


Shoegaze

10. Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons
9. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
8. Asobi Seksu - Citrus
7. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
6. Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
5. Lilys - In the Presence of Nothing
4. Ride - Nowhere
3. A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
2. Lush - Spooky
1. Slowdive - Souvlaki


Ska / 2-Tone

10. The Soul Brothers - Hot Shot
9. Madness - One Step Beyond...
8. Bad Manners - Ska 'n' B
7. The Wailing Wailers - The Wailing Wailers
6. Toots and the Maytals - Sweet and Dandy
5. Prince Buster - I Feel the Spirit
4. The Skatalites - Ska-Boo-Da-Ba
3. The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
2. The Specials - The Specials
1. The Selecter - Too Much Pressure


Symphonic Prog

10. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
9. Gentle Giant - Octopus
8. Camel - Mirage
7. Genesis - Foxtrot
6. Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
5. Änglagård - Hybris
4. Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
3. Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
2. Yes - Close to the Edge
1. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King


Zeuhl

10. Alain Eckert Quartet - Alain Eckert Quartet
9. Shub Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
8. Kōenjihyakkei - Nivraym
7. Ruins - Burning Stone
6. Christian Vander - Tristan et Iseult
5. Dün - Eros
4. Eskaton - 4 Visions
3. Guapo - Five Suns
2. Zao - Shekina
1. Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh