Can you name the winners of the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music album?

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Year	Album	Artist
1991		Sinéad O'Connor
1992		R.E.M.
1993		Tom Waits
1994		U2
1995		Green Day
1996		Nirvana
1997		Beck
1998		Radiohead
1999		Beastie Boys
2000		Beck
2001		Radiohead

Year	Album	Artist
2002		Coldplay
2003		Coldplay
2004		The White Stripes
2005		Wilco
2006		The White Stripes
2007		Gnarls Barkley
2008		The White Stripes
2009		Radiohead
2010		Phoenix
2011		The Black Keys
2012		Bon Iver

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Grammy Alternative Albums Quiz

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Created by: Kicking222 -
Published: July 11th, 2009
Category: Music
Plays: 14,957

Tags: Artist Quizzes, Album Quizzes, best, winner, award, grammy, alternative, Grammy Award

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	JohnJF:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 18:09 GMT	15 points
	Like most Grammy categories, this one seems to always lag behind. "MTV Unplugged" won but not "Nevermind." "Zooropa" won but not "Achtung Baby." "Icky Thump" won but not "White Blood Cells." It's not quite as bad as the Best Album rule of thumb of "Make something great and then wait 20-25 years", but still.

	sideshowjim:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 18:14 GMT	11 points
	To quote the Hon. Chuck D.: "Who gives a **** about a goddamn grammy?" Now the Teen Choice Awards.....there's an redible acknowledgment from the arts community.

	Jon:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 18:21 GMT	7 points
	The term alternative hasn't gotten any less dubious in the last 20 years. U2 was mainstream in 1994, just as Radiohead is in 2009. It's a ridiculous category! That's from someone who called themselves a fan of "alternative" music in 1992, rocking the night away to Pearl Jam, as well as a collection of white boy bands that played stuff that wasn't metal or hard rock - just something a little less loud, a little more melodic, with oh so important lyrics. Alternative is essentially "college radio"...

	rbartlewski:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 18:37 GMT	2 points
	i didnt know music i liked won grammys. i always think of it as the whats popular now awards.

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	Foghorn:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 19:00 GMT	0 points
	I agree with MovieDynamic: you should give the titles and have to guess the artist.

	yes:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 19:05 GMT	8 points
	Tom Waits is awesome.

plixgirl:

Jul 11th, 2009 at 19:09 GMT

7 points

Coldplay is alternative?I'm pretty sure I can't get through one day without hearing them somewhere,like maybe on a commercial...

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	SporcleAdmin:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 19:31 GMT	3 points
	@ MovieDYnamic and Foghorn, ok we can do that. Added a link to the top of the page and released the artists version. Enjoy!

	BrettCaudill:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 19:39 GMT	7 points
	i don't even know what "alternative" means anymore. this grammy should just be called "best non-hip-hop-pop-or-country album".

	jaymc:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 20:27 GMT	-1 points
	@zalagreensbury: Funny, "Icky Thump" was the only one I missed. Just couldn't think of the name.

	Kicking222:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 20:30 GMT	0 points
	Hey everyone, hope you're having a good weekend, and hope you enjoyed the quiz. I personally still prefer it having to guess the album- after all, it's the Grammy for Best Alternative Album- but here's the magic of Sporcle: everyone can have it their own way! We all win!

	tikkamurph:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 21:06 GMT	2 points
	love the quiz. the choices are pretty shocking, the albums are good in their own right but the way they've stuck avidly to the white stripes is evidence of a serious lack of care. also the fact zooropa was chosen in '94 reflects badly, to put things into perspective, in '92 they released achtung baby, amazing album. zooropa was basically a runaway EP

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	aroth22:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 21:58 GMT	-2 points
	Stop dissing the Grammy's. Sure, Achtung Baby was better than Zooropa and White Blood Cells was better than Get Behind Me Satan, but there were other great albums those years and it can't always work out that the best work get the most appreciation. Also, everyone is bringing up a problem with the genre "alternative music." There is no real "sound" that defines it, so it's dumb how whenever someone becomes popular they're no longer part of that genre of music.

	Kaytayyyyyyy:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 22:28 GMT	-2 points
	i thought it was viva la vida for 2009.

	RedLIon:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 22:36 GMT	5 points
	Tom Waits is the absolutely greatest. No one makes the kind of music he does.

	marpocky:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 07:08 GMT	3 points
	Why does it accept "Kid" for "Kid A"?

	John Lambeth:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 19:33 GMT	1 point
	U2 and Wilco won Grammys for the worst albums (respectively) they every recorded.

	chrispaz:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 22:21 GMT	2 points
	@Kevin & RedLIon, I agree, Tom Waits is fantastic. I love Rain Dogs. Have to disagree with John Lambeth though - that Wilco album is fantastic, certainly better than their first album at least.

	Jaksiel:	Jul 13th, 2009 at 05:38 GMT	5 points
	Odelay is a word. Just look it up in the Becktionary.

	Catherine_F:	Jul 13th, 2009 at 12:17 GMT	1 point
	Doing the other quiz first reeeeeally helped here.

	dxman:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 20:03 GMT	-1 points
	Out of Time has only 20%? How?