Albums That Defined Their Genre

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Before and after these, the genre was different.

1
Nevermind
Nevermind
Nirvana · 1991 · alternative rock, grunge
3.9
2
Ramones
Ramones
Ramones · 1976 · hardcore punk, pop punk
2.8
3
Loveless
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine · 1991 · dream pop, shoegaze
3.8
4
Illmatic
Illmatic
Nas · 1994 · boom bap, east coast hip hop
3.5
5
Paranoid
Paranoid
Black Sabbath · 1970 · hard rock, doom metal
4.0
6
OK Computer
OK Computer
Radiohead · 1997 · alternative rock, art rock
4.0
7
Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis · 1959 · cool jazz
3.5
8
Dummy
Dummy
Portishead · 1994 · alternative rock, electropop
4.0
9
Reign in Blood
Reign in Blood
Slayer · 1986 · thrash metal
3.6
10
London Calling
London Calling
The Clash · 1979 · hardcore punk, post-punk
3.9
11
Spiderland
Spiderland
Slint · 1991 · noise rock, post-rock
3.7