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albums under 100 ratings [I.]

albums under 100 but over 50 ratings. if you're here for the user-rec'd list, it's not this one.
1Blu and Exile
Miles


Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, Boom Bap, Political Hip Hop, Neo-Soul
59 ratings
FFO: Milo, Ka/Hermit and the Recluse, Oddisee
2Ryuichi Sakamoto
Thousand Knives Of


Progressive Electronic, Synthpop, Abstract, Minimal
52 ratings
FFO: Steve Roach, Yellow Magic Orchestra, David Sylvain
3Mamaleek
Come and See


Experimental Rock, Avant-Garde Metal, Noise Rock, Jazz-Rock, Black Metal, Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore, Blues Rock
68 ratings
FFO: Imperial Triumphant, Thou, Portal
4Rorcal
Muladona


Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Spoken Word, Atmospheric Black Metal
84 ratings
FFO: Yellow Eyes, The Body, Ulcerate
5Hidden Orchestra
Night Walks


Nu Jazz, Downtempo, Trip Hop
87 ratings
FFO: The Cinematic Orchestra, Floex, Submotion Orchestra
6Owl John
Owl John


Indie Folk, Indie Rock
89 ratings
FFO: Frightened Rabbit (obvsly), Kings of Convenience, The Weakearthans
7The Raincoats
The Raincoats


Post-Punk, Art Punk, Indie Pop, Twee Pop
100 ratings (very freshly, but could use to go over it)
FFO: The Au Pairs, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Lizzy Mercier Descloux
8The Jezabels
The Man Is Dead


Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Post-Punk
53 ratings
FFO: Shearwater, Spoon, Metric
9The Jezabels
She's So Hard


Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Post-Punk
52 ratings
FFO: see above
10Susanne Sundfor
The Brothel


Art Pop, Electronic, Progressive Pop, Baroque Pop, Indietronica, Chamber Pop, Jazz-Rock
78 ratings
FFO: Julia Holter, Agnes Obel, Emma Ruth Rundle
11Gia Margaret
Mia Gargaret


Ambient, Field Recordings, Post-Minimalism, Folktronica
66 ratings
FFO: Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld
12X
Under The Big Black Sun


Punk Rock, Alternative Rock
68 ratings
FFO: Violent Femmes, Bratmobile, Swell Maps
13Bambara
Stray


Post-Punk, Punk Blues, Gothic Rock, Gothic Country, Noise Rock
99 rating (so close)
FFO: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Bauhaus, The Twilight Sad
14Weyes Blood
Front Row Seat to Earth


Psychedelic Folk, Baroque Pop, Chamber Folk, Ambient Pop, Art Pop, Psychedelic Pop
97 ratings
FFO: Julia Holter, Joanna Newsom, Enya
15Gil Scott-Heron
I'm New Here


Spoken Word, Blues, Poetry, Soul, Trip Hop, Electronic, Post-Industrial
91 ratings
FFO: Scott Walker, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic
16Pat Metheny
Bright Size Life


Jazz Fusion, ECM Style Jazz
92 ratings
FFO: Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, John Scofield
17Pat Metheny Group
Still Life (Talking)


Jazz Fusion, Smooth Jazz, Latin Jazz, Lounge
53 ratings
FFO: see above
18Chick Corea
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs


Post-Bop, Piano Jazz
56 ratings
FFO: Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report
19Black Eyes
Black Eyes


Post-Hardcore, Art Punk, Post-Punk, Noise Rock, Dance-Punk
88 ratings
FFO: Tropical Fuck Storm, Shellac, Metz
20Neat Beats
Cosmic Surgery


Instrumental Hip Hop, Glitch Hop, Downtempo, Plunderphonics, Chiptune
63 ratings
FFO: Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, M83
21Die Kreuzen
Die Kreuzen


Hardcore Punk, Post-Hardcore, Post-Punk
74 ratings
FFO: Richard Hell and The Voidoids, Negative Approach, The Ex
22Phil Ochs
I Ain't Marching Anymore


Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Protest Music
62 ratings
FFO: Joan Baez, Woody Guthrie, Neil Young
23Linda Perhacs
Parallelograms


Psychedelic Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Folk
90 ratings
FFO: Vashti Bunyan, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell
24Flying Saucer Attack
Further


Space Rock, Psychedelic Folk, Drone, Shoegaze, Post-Rock, Dream Pop
80 ratings
FFO: Hum, Russian Circles, Cloakroom
25Heilung
LIFA


Dark Folk, Nordic Folk Music, Ritual Ambient, Throat Singing, Tribal Ambient, Runolaulu, Spoken Word
71 ratings
FFO: Wardruna, Ivar Bjornson and Einar Selvik, Ɓrstƭưir Lƭfsins, Forndom
26Laurel Halo
Chance of Rain


Ambient Techno, IDM
63 ratings
FFO: James Ferraro, Oneohtrix Point Never, Archy Marshall
27Goldfrapp
Tales Of Us


Chamber Pop, Art Pop, Chamber Folk, Dream Pop, Ambient Pop
98 ratings
FFO: Peaches, Mount Kimbie, Roisin Murphy
28Melt Yourself Down
Melt Yourself Down


Afrobeat, Jazz-Rock, Art Punk, Afro-Funk, Dance-Punk
70 ratings
FFO: Fela Kuti, The Comet is Coming, Battles
29Leonard Cohen
Popular Problems


Singer/Songwriter, Blues, Contemporary Folk
75 ratings
FFO: Baxter Dury, Mark Lanegan with synths, Rufus Wainwright
30Moses Sumney
grae


Art Pop, Neo-Soul, Psychedelic Soul, Progressive Pop, Ambient Pop
79 ratings
FFO: Perfume Genius, Arca, Lianne La Havas
31Gang Gang Dance
Saint Dymphna


Neo-Psychedelia, Electropop, Alternative Dance, Electronic, Art Pop, Indietronica
83 ratings
FFO: Animal Collective, Dan Deacon, Liars
32The Maccabees
Given to the Wild


Indie Rock, Art Rock, Post-Punk Revival
85 ratings
FFO: The Cribs, The Vaccines, Glasvegas
33Comets on Fire
Avatar


Psychedelic Rock, Noise Rock, Heavy Psych, Blues Rock, Stoner Rock
86 ratings
FFO: The Black Angels, Samsara Blues Experiment, All Them Witches
34Thomas Azier
Love, Disorderly


Art Pop, Synthpop, Electropop, Synthwave, Minimal Synth
73 ratings
FFO: Mew, Royksopp, Cut Copy
35Odraza
Rzeczom


Black Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal
92 ratings
FFO: Mgla, Deathspell Omega, Peste Noire
36Terry Riley
In C


Neo-Classical, Minimalism, Indeterminacy
52 ratings
FFO: Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Yann Tiersen
37Mark Lanegan
Field Songs


Singer/Songwriter, Folk Rock, Acoustic Rock, Contemporary Folk, Acoustic Rock
77 ratings
FFO: Greg Dulli and The Afghan Whigs, Nick Cave, Tom Waits
38Kino (Rus)
Gruppa krovi


New Wave, Post-Punk, Coldwave
almost 50 ratings come on!!
FFO: New Order, Joy Division, Kraftwerk
39Life Without Buildings
Any Other City


Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Math Rock
74 ratings
FFO: Black Midi, Pere Ubu, Black Country New Road
40Bent Knee
Shiny Eyed Babies


Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Alternative Rock
69 ratings
FFO: Oceans of Slumber, Thank You Scientist, The Jezabels
41Bent Knee
Land Animal


Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Alternative Rock, Art Pop
75 ratings
FFO: The Jezabels, Anna Von Hausswolff, iamthemorning
42Glasser
Ring


Indietronica, Art Pop, Synthpop, Progressive Pop, Art Pop, Dream Pop
94 ratings
FFO: School of Seven Bells, Cocteau Twins, La Roux
43Magazine
Secondhand Daylight


Post-Punk, Art Punk, New Wave, Progressive Rock
61 ratings
FFO: Television, The Sound, HĆ¼sker DĆ¼
44Keiji Haino and Sumac
American Dollar Bill


Noise Rock, Free Improvisation, Sludge Metal, Experimental Rock
59 ratings
FFO: Bell Witch, Boris, idk something with yelling and devilish doom randomness
45Circulatory System
Circulatory System


Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop, Art Pop
80 ratings
FFO: The Olivia Tremor Control, Candy Claws, Turnover
46Fela Kuti
Roforofo Fight


Afrobeat
60 ratings
FFO: literally anything else Fela or any Kuti family member has done
47Kairon IRSE!
Ruination


Space Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Shoegaze, Heavy Psych
63 ratings
FFO: Motorpsycho, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Black Mountain
48Conway
From King To A God


East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Gangsta Rap
85 ratings
FFO: Griselda crew (Westside Gunn and Benny the Butcher), Boldy James, The Alchemist
49Breach
It's Me God


Post-Hardcore, Sludge Metal, Metalcore, Noise Rock
90 ratings
FFO: Fugazi, City of Caterpillar, Unwound
50Breach
Venom


Post-Hardcore, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Post-Metal
59 ratings
FFO: see above
51Breach
Kollapse


Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
88 ratings
FFO: see above
52Wayne Shorter
Night Dreamer


Post-Bop, Modal Jazz
61 ratings
FFO: Dave Brubeck, Garry Mulligan, McCoy Tyner
53Steve Roach
Dreamtime Return


Tribal Ambient, Ambient, Indigenous Australian Music, Progressive Electronic, New Age
79 ratings
FFO: Nils Frahm, Brian Eno, Jon Hassell
54The Whitest Boy Alive
Dreams


Indie Pop, Jangle Pop, Alternative Dance
68 ratings
FFO: Kings of Convenience, Feist, Bombay Bicycle Club
55Jon Hassell
Dream Theory in Malaya


Tribal Ambient, New Age, Malay Folk Music, Southeast Asian Folk Music, Electronic, Gamelan
49 ratings (so close)
FFO: Steve Roach, Steve Reich, Ryuichi Sakamoto (early)
56Menomena
I Am The Fun Blame Monster!


Indie Rock, Art Rock, Experimental Rock, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Progressive Pop, Post-Rock
94 ratings
FFO: The Shins, The New Pornographers, The Flaming Lips
57Marianne Faithfull
Broken English


New Wave, Post-Punk, Art Rock
53 ratings
FFO: Nico, The Human League, Roxy Music
58The Moldy Peaches
The Moldy Peaches


Anti-Folk, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Indie Pop, Twee Pop, Folk Punk
81 ratings
FFO: AJJ, Daniel Johnston, Elliott Smith
59Hop Along
Freshman Year


Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Anti-Folk, Folk Punk, Freak Folk, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
74 ratings
FFO: Laura Stevenson, The Microphones, Courtney Barnett
60Ka
The Night's Gambit


East Coast Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap
81 ratings
FFO: Roc Marciano mostly, Nas, MF Doom
61Ka
Descendants Of Cain


East Coast Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap, Experimental Hip Hop
64 ratings
FFO: see above + gospel themes
62Steel Train
Steel Train


Pop Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Power Pop
61 ratings
FFO: The Killers, Arcade Fire, fun.
63Slum Village
Fantastic, Vol. 2


Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Neo-Soul
87 ratings
FFO: J Dilla, A Tribe Called Quest, D12
64Pond (AUS)
Hobo Rocket


Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Rock, Heavy Psych
90 ratings
FFO: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Osees, Ty Segall
65Dumbo Gets Mad
Elephants At The Door


Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Dream Pop
53 ratings
FFO: Allah-Las, Blue Cheer, The Olivia Tremor Control
66The Wedding Present
Seamonsters


Indie Rock, Noise Pop, C86, Post-Punk, Jangle Pop, Shoegaze
67 ratings
FFO: The Strangers, Galaxie 500, Teenage Fanclub
67Signals Midwest
Latitudes & Longitudes


Pop Punk, Midwest Emo, Post-Hardcore
51 ratings
FFO: The Menzingers, The Weakearthans, Los Campesinos!
68The The
Infected


Art Pop, Synthpop, New Wave, Post-Punk
89 ratings
FFO: New Order, The Psychedelic Furs, Japan
69Patti Smith
Wave


Singer/Songwriter, Rock, Art Punk, New Wave
82 ratings
FFO: it's just Patti Smith, you should already know her, c'mon
70Metz
Strange Peace


Noise Rock, Garage Punk, Post-Hardcore
67 ratings
FFO: Shellac, Drive Like Jehu, The Jesus Lizard
71Cold War Kids
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts


Indie Rock, Indie Pop
70 ratings
FFO: Keane, Cage the Elephant, Modest Mouse
72Snarky Puppy
Ground UP


Jazz Fusion, Nu Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Progressive Big Band, Post-Rock
59 ratings
FFO: Keleketla!, Esperanza Spalding, Tigran Hamasyan
73Keleketla!
Keleketla!


Afro-Jazz, Afrobeat, Jazz-Funk, Nu Jazz
55 ratings
FFO: Fela Kuti, Art Blakey, The Comet Is Coming
74Cluster
Zuckerzeit


Krautrock, Electronic, Ambient, Minimal Synth
68 ratings
FFO: Tangerine Dream, Neu!, Kraftwerk
75The Gun Club
Miami


Post-Punk, Punk Blues, Psychobilly, Garage Punk
68 ratings
FFO: Wipers, The Birthday Party, The Sound
76Wild Beasts
Limbo, Panto


Indie Pop, Art Rock, Art Pop, Progressive Pop
84 ratings
FFO: Everything Everything, Future Islands, Mid-Air Thief
77Camera Obscura
Underachievers Please Try Harder


Twee Pop, Indie Pop, Chamber Pop, Folk Pop
51 ratings
FFO: Kings of Convenience, Belle and Sebastian, The Radio Dept.
78Patrick Watson
Adventures in Your Own Backyard


Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Art Pop
65 ratings
FFO: Damien Rice, Owen Pallett, Agnes Obel
79Heilung
LIFA


Dark Folk, Nordic Folk Music, Ritual Ambient, Throat Singing, Tribal Ambient, Runolaulu, Spoken Word
73 ratings
FFO: Solstafir, Ivar Bjornson and Einar Selvik, Wardruna
80Arab Strap
Philophobia


Slowcore
74 ratings
FFO: Belle and Sebastian, The Notwist, Low
81Jaga Jazzist
The Stix


Nu Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Electronic
81 ratings
FFO: The Cinematic Orchestra, Hidden Orchestra, Tortoise
82Flotation Toy Warning
Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck


Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Pop, Chamber Pop, Dream Pop
74 ratings
FFO: The Frightened Rabbit, The Postal Service, Fleet Foxes
83Flotation Toy Warning
The Machine That Made Us


Chamber Pop, Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Dream Pop, Progressive Pop
85 ratings
FFO: see above
84Alaskan
Despair, Erosion, Loss


Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Hardcore
53 ratings
FFO: Mamaleek, Rorcal, Neurosis
85Codeine
Barely Real


Slowcore, Post-Rock
52 ratings
FFO: Low, Duster, Beat Happening
86Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Talk About the Weather


Post-Punk
64 ratings
FFO: Gang of Four, The Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim
87Alice Coltrane
Ptah, The El Daoud


Spiritual Jazz, Post-Bop
52 ratings
FFO: John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra
88Arab Strap
As Days Get Dark


Indietronica, Chamber Pop, Spoken Word, Post-Punk, Slowcore
88 ratings
FFO: The Twilight Sad, Low, Belle and Sebastian
89Royal Headache
Royal Headache


Garage Punk, Power Pop, Lo-Fi, Slacker Rock
51 ratings
FFO: The Saints, The Replacements, Sheer Mag
90Royal Headache
High


Power Pop, Garage Rock, Garage Punk
64 ratings
FFO: see above
91Marissa Nadler
For My Crimes


Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Dream Pop, Gothic Country
62 ratings
FFO: Emily Jane White, Sibylle Baier, Linda Perhacs
92Sibylle Baier
Colour Green


Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk
74 ratings
FFO: Linda Perhacs, Vashti Bunyan, Tim Buckley
93The Saints
(I'm) Stranded


Punk Rock, Garage Punk
85 ratings
FFO: MC5, The Stooges, Radio Birdman
94Benjamin Clementine
At Least For Now


Singer/Songwriter, Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Vocal Jazz, Soul
57 ratings
FFO: Nina Simone, Michael Kiwanuka, Antony and the Johnsons
95White Lies
Big TV


Post-Punk Revival, Synthpop, New Wave
69 ratings
FFO: The Killers, Interpol, Glasvegas
96Gabor Szabo
Dreams


Jazz manouche, Chamber Jazz, Lounge, Jazz Fusion, Psychedelic Rock
57 ratings
FFO: Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, Santana
97Author and Punisher
Beastland


Industrial, Drone Metal, Power Noise
52 ratings
FFO: Godflesh, Ministry in their good days, Nine Inch Nails
98Cop Shoot Cop
Ask Questions Later


Industrial Rock, Noise Rock, Post-Punk
51 ratings
FFO: Cherubs, The Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid
99Son Lux
Brighter Wounds


Art Pop, Electronic, Chamber Pop, Trip-Hop
65 ratings
FFO: Apparat, Woodkid, Agnes Obel
100Cows
Cunning Stunts


Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore, Punk Blues, Post-Punk
99 ratings
FFO: Cop Shoot Cop, Unsane, Shellac
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