Os melhores discos de Math Rock
Analisamos 298 discos de 77 artistas de Math Rock usando avaliações do Discogs. Aplicamos uma média bayesiana ponderada para separar os melhores: álbuns com mais avaliações têm mais peso, mas discos menores também aparecem quando a qualidade justifica. Os 20 melhores estão em destaque abaixo; os demais 177 seguem na tabela.
Top 20
Pantheon
Dance Gavin Dance
2025
4.76 · 127 aval.
Artificial Selection
Dance Gavin Dance
2018
4.64 · 452 aval.
Downtown Battle Mountain
Dance Gavin Dance
2007
4.65 · 320 aval.
Happiness
Dance Gavin Dance
2009
4.64 · 304 aval.
Goat
The Jesus Lizard
1991
4.61 · 907 aval.
Mothership
Dance Gavin Dance
2016
4.62 · 426 aval.
Acceptance Speech
Dance Gavin Dance
2013
4.61 · 279 aval.
Hellfire
black midi
2022
4.58 · 1.056 aval.
Swell
Tiny Moving Parts
2018
4.62 · 162 aval.
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
2008
4.59 · 258 aval.
Liar
The Jesus Lizard
1992
4.54 · 721 aval.
…and everything in between
Unprocessed
2023
4.86 · 21 aval.
Masked Dancers: concern in so many things you forget where you are
The Brave Little Abacus
2009
4.63 · 56 aval.
Tripper
Hella
2011
4.56 · 100 aval.
Hold Your Horse Is
Hella
2002
4.51 · 307 aval.
Schlagenheim
black midi
2019
4.49 · 1.086 aval.
Instant Gratification
Dance Gavin Dance
2015
4.50 · 323 aval.
Celebrate
Tiny Moving Parts
2016
4.62 · 39 aval.
Downtown Battle Mountain II
Dance Gavin Dance
2011
4.50 · 224 aval.
Oxes
OXES
2000
4.58 · 52 aval.
Todos os 298 álbuns
| # | Álbum | Artista | Ano | Score | Nota | Aval. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Jackpot Juicer | Dance Gavin Dance | 2022 | 4.47 | 4.49 | 295 |
| 22 | Their / They're / Three | Their / They're / There | 2022 | 4.47 | 4.70 | 23 |
| 23 | Salad Days | Cheer-Accident | 2000 | 4.45 | 4.62 | 26 |
| 24 | The Why Album | Cheer-Accident | 1994 | 4.45 | 4.89 | 9 |
| 25 | Tasmanian Glow | Strawberry Girls | 2019 | 4.44 | 4.60 | 25 |
| 26 | Black Mirror | Wayne Szalinski | 2014 | 4.44 | 5.00 | 7 |
| 27 | Fruit Galaxy | standards | 2024 | 4.43 | 4.70 | 13 |
| 28 | C | a picture of her | 2013 | 4.43 | 4.69 | 13 |
| 29 | Afterburner | Dance Gavin Dance | 2020 | 4.42 | 4.43 | 369 |
| 30 | Rack | The Jesus Lizard | 2024 | 4.42 | 4.43 | 236 |
| 31 | Being Where I Thought I’d Be | Just Neighbors | 2017 | 4.42 | 4.62 | 13 |
| 32 | Not a Food | Cheer-Accident | 1996 | 4.41 | 4.56 | 16 |
| 33 | FRAGILE | fox capture plan | 2017 | 4.41 | 5.00 | 4 |
| 34 | Nullum Sonum | Marmalade butcher | 2013 | 4.40 | 4.80 | 5 |
| 35 | Uteruchesis | Marmalade butcher | 2014 | 4.40 | 4.80 | 5 |
| 36 | Logic Is An Infant | Cheer-Accident | 2021 | 4.40 | 5.00 | 3 |
| 37 | breathe | Tiny Moving Parts | 2019 | 4.40 | 5.00 | 3 |
| 38 | Ghetto Blaster | Chevreuil | 2001 | 4.40 | 5.00 | 3 |
| 39 | Fear Draws Misfortune | Cheer-Accident | 2009 | 4.40 | 4.48 | 21 |
| 40 | 真っ黒 | tricot | 2020 | 4.40 | 4.67 | 6 |
| 41 | ZAZEN BOYS 4 | ZAZEN BOYS | 2008 | 4.40 | 4.67 | 6 |
| 42 | Babies Shouldn't Smoke | Cheer-Accident | 1993 | 4.40 | 4.67 | 6 |
| 43 | The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets | Marmozets | 2014 | 4.40 | 4.43 | 47 |
| 44 | Underwater | 大象體操 | 2018 | 4.40 | 4.42 | 62 |
| 45 | BUTTERFLY | fox capture plan | 2015 | 4.39 | 4.75 | 4 |
| 46 | 10 | tricot | 2020 | 4.39 | 4.75 | 4 |
| 47 | Fringements One | Cheer-Accident | 2020 | 4.39 | 4.75 | 4 |
| 48 | Waltz for Chroma | Marmalade butcher | 2012 | 4.39 | 4.75 | 4 |
| 49 | Artificial Void | Unprocessed | 2019 | 4.39 | 4.47 | 17 |
| 50 | Italian Ghosts | Strawberry Girls | 2017 | 4.39 | 4.44 | 27 |
| 51 | Map, Monitor, Surge | Craw | 1997 | 4.39 | 4.50 | 12 |
| 52 | Bodies for Strontium 90 | Craw | 2002 | 4.39 | 4.57 | 7 |
| 53 | Trading Balloons | Cheer-Accident | 1999 | 4.39 | 4.57 | 7 |
| 54 | CAPTURISM | fox capture plan | 2018 | 4.39 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 55 | すとーりーず | ZAZEN BOYS | 2012 | 4.39 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 56 | 美しい終末サイクル | JYOCHO | 2018 | 4.39 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 57 | Journal | jizue | 2013 | 4.39 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 58 | Vasectomy | Cheer-Accident | 2018 | 4.39 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 59 | Sketchbook | Cuzco | 2019 | 4.39 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 60 | SIMILAR | eleventwelfth | 2023 | 4.39 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 61 | French Ghetto | Strawberry Girls | 2013 | 4.39 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 62 | We’ve Been Talking | Enemies | 2010 | 4.39 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 63 | Aldine | Rob Scallon | 2014 | 4.39 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 64 | Pleasant Living | Tiny Moving Parts | 2014 | 4.39 | 4.40 | 114 |
| 65 | Actarus | Actarus | 2005 | 4.39 | 4.60 | 5 |
| 66 | Angel | Unprocessed | 2025 | 4.38 | 4.46 | 13 |
| 67 | Lost Nation Road | Craw | 1994 | 4.38 | 4.50 | 8 |
| 68 | Chicago XX | Cheer-Accident | 2019 | 4.38 | 4.43 | 14 |
| 69 | Distal | Crash of Rhinos | 2011 | 4.38 | 4.41 | 22 |
| 70 | Head | The Jesus Lizard | 1990 | 4.38 | 4.38 | 303 |
| 71 | DISCOVERY | fox capture plan | 2020 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 72 | Installation | LITE | 2013 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 73 | STRATA | LITE | 2024 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 74 | 不出来 | tricot | 2022 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 75 | らんど | ZAZEN BOYS | 2024 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 76 | Craw | Craw | 1994 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 77 | しあわせになるから、なろうよ | JYOCHO | 2022 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 78 | Strengths | Invalids | 2014 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 79 | Seeds | jizue | 2020 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 80 | Real That She Knows | stereo type | 2009 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 81 | Tokyo Blue | stereo type | 2012 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 82 | Patterns | hauste | 2020 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 83 | Horror in Heaven | Ephilexia | 2021 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 84 | Forever Existing Place | Pace House | 2016 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 85 | Hypothermia | Actarus | 2002 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 86 | Trials | Mutiny on the Bounty | 2012 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 87 | Trials | Mutiny on the Bounty | 2012 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 88 | Summer | Rob Scallon | 2008 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 89 | The Winter’s Months | Rob Scallon | 2011 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 90 | Rob Scallon | Rob Scallon | 2012 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 91 | Crowded Rooms | Rob Scallon | 2024 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 92 | T H E | tricot | 2013 | 4.38 | 4.44 | 9 |
| 93 | Sever Roots Tree Dies | Cheer-Accident | 1988 | 4.38 | 4.41 | 17 |
| 94 | Alter Schwede | My Disco | 2021 | 4.38 | 4.50 | 4 |
| 95 | The Flowers of Romance | mouse on the keys | 2015 | 4.38 | 4.50 | 4 |
| 96 | Trinity | fox capture plan | 2013 | 4.37 | 4.50 | 2 |
| 97 | completeplan | fox capture plan | 2019 | 4.37 | 4.50 | 2 |
| 98 | Nebula | fox capture plan | 2021 | 4.37 | 4.50 | 2 |
| 99 | Tres | mouse on the keys | 2018 | 4.37 | 4.50 | 2 |
| 100 | Some Soviet Station | Some Soviet Station | 2000 | 4.37 | 4.50 | 2 |
| 101 | Murphy Radio | Murphy Radio | 2018 | 4.37 | 4.50 | 2 |
| 102 | Recreational Drugs | Recreational Drugs | 2022 | 4.37 | 4.50 | 2 |
| 103 | The Scene Is Dead | Rob Scallon | 2017 | 4.37 | 4.50 | 2 |
| 104 | Multiple | LITE | 2019 | 4.37 | 4.40 | 5 |
| 105 | Tiny Moving Parts | Tiny Moving Parts | 2022 | 4.37 | 4.40 | 5 |
| 106 | #1 | Gaston | 2001 | 4.37 | 4.40 | 5 |
| 107 | ...In a Letter to the Sandbox | By the End of Tonight | 2003 | 4.37 | 4.40 | 5 |
| 108 | Catharsis | Covet | 2023 | 4.37 | 4.37 | 44 |
| 109 | Bookshelf | jizue | 2010 | 4.36 | 4.33 | 3 |
| 110 | story | jizue | 2016 | 4.36 | 4.33 | 3 |
| 111 | Life Isn't Like That | Cheer-Accident | 1986 | 4.36 | 4.33 | 3 |
| 112 | Perception | Unprocessed | 2016 | 4.36 | 4.33 | 3 |
| 113 | Deep in the Blue | Tiny Moving Parts | 2024 | 4.36 | 4.33 | 3 |
| 114 | Embark, Embrace | Enemies | 2013 | 4.36 | 4.33 | 3 |
| 115 | Covenant | Unprocessed | 2018 | 4.36 | 4.33 | 9 |
| 116 | Introducing Lemon | Cheer-Accident | 2003 | 4.36 | 4.35 | 37 |
| 117 | Fades | Cheer-Accident | 2018 | 4.36 | 4.34 | 18 |
| 118 | Technicolor | Covet | 2020 | 4.36 | 4.33 | 12 |
| 119 | Xronicle | fox capture plan | 2021 | 4.36 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 120 | 上出来 | tricot | 2021 | 4.36 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 121 | Fruit Island | standards | 2020 | 4.36 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 122 | Shiori | jizue | 2014 | 4.36 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 123 | Songs | Piglet | 2014 | 4.36 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 124 | Hope Is Our God | Ephilexia | 2018 | 4.36 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 125 | Pink Elephant | Ephilexia | 2020 | 4.36 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 126 | Car Crash Lullabies | Ephilexia | 2024 | 4.36 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 127 | Replication | loqto | 2015 | 4.36 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 128 | Gold | Unprocessed | 2022 | 4.36 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 129 | Full Of | Kash | 2012 | 4.36 | 4.00 | 1 |
| 130 | For All the Innocence | LITE | 2011 | 4.36 | 4.25 | 4 |
| 131 | Tanknology | That Fucking Tank | 2009 | 4.36 | 4.25 | 4 |
| 132 | Breakthroughs In Modern Art | Six Gallery | 2010 | 4.36 | 4.25 | 4 |
| 133 | ZAZEN BOYS III | ZAZEN BOYS | 2006 | 4.36 | 4.29 | 7 |
| 134 | The Devil Isn't Red | Hella | 2004 | 4.35 | 4.35 | 115 |
| 135 | Permanence | Invalids | 2022 | 4.35 | 4.30 | 10 |
| 136 | BRIDGE | fox capture plan | 2013 | 4.35 | 4.00 | 2 |
| 137 | Irreversible | mouse on the keys | 2011 | 4.35 | 4.00 | 2 |
| 138 | Ones We Loved | Ephilexia | 2017 | 4.35 | 4.00 | 2 |
| 139 | Knots | Crash of Rhinos | 2013 | 4.35 | 4.00 | 2 |
| 140 | géo- | loqto | 2018 | 4.35 | 4.00 | 2 |
| 141 | Cavalcade | black midi | 2021 | 4.35 | 4.35 | 970 |
| 142 | Matt Aspinwall / The Brave Little Abacus | The Brave Little Abacus | 2008 | 4.35 | 4.20 | 5 |
| 143 | All of my Friends are Familiar and the Steps I Took to Realize This | Panucci’s Pizza | 2014 | 4.35 | 4.25 | 8 |
| 144 | Wall | fox capture plan | 2014 | 4.34 | 4.00 | 3 |
| 145 | midnight | mouse on the keys | 2024 | 4.34 | 4.00 | 3 |
| 146 | Tourism | Champagne Colored Cars | 2020 | 4.34 | 4.00 | 3 |
| 147 | Find the Sun | Bear Claw | 2004 | 4.34 | 4.17 | 6 |
| 148 | Refuse This Gift | Bear Claw | 2010 | 4.34 | 4.22 | 9 |
| 149 | Enduring the American Dream | Cheer-Accident | 1997 | 4.34 | 4.28 | 18 |
| 150 | Perch Patchwork | Maps & Atlases | 2010 | 4.34 | 4.33 | 101 |
| 151 | Hong Kong | Cheer-Accident | 2021 | 4.34 | 3.00 | 1 |
| 152 | Melancholia | Ephilexia | 2020 | 4.34 | 3.00 | 1 |
| 153 | High on Bikes | Dios Trio | 2012 | 4.34 | 3.00 | 1 |
| 154 | Sweet Drunk Everyone | Cats and Cats and Cats | 2006 | 4.34 | 3.00 | 1 |
| 155 | What Sequel? | Cheer-Accident | 2006 | 4.34 | 4.20 | 10 |
| 156 | Here Comes the Sunset | Cheer-Accident | 2022 | 4.34 | 4.23 | 13 |
| 157 | Cubic | LITE | 2016 | 4.33 | 4.13 | 8 |
| 158 | ZAZEN BOYS | ZAZEN BOYS | 2004 | 4.33 | 4.00 | 5 |
| 159 | TFT | That Fucking Tank | 2012 | 4.33 | 3.50 | 2 |
| 160 | End Paths | The Reptilian | 2016 | 4.33 | 3.50 | 2 |
| 161 | Severe | My Disco | 2015 | 4.33 | 4.29 | 41 |
| 162 | Little Joy | My Disco | 2010 | 4.33 | 4.28 | 36 |
| 163 | Danger Mouth | Mutiny on the Bounty | 2009 | 4.33 | 4.17 | 12 |
| 164 | Knowing What You Know Now | Marmozets | 2018 | 4.33 | 4.30 | 71 |
| 165 | Church Gone Wild / Chirpin Hard | Hella | 2005 | 4.32 | 4.28 | 46 |
| 166 | Filmlets | LITE | 2006 | 4.32 | 4.10 | 10 |
| 167 | The Day of Death by Bono Adrenalin Shock | That Fucking Tank | 2005 | 4.32 | 3.75 | 4 |
| 168 | Lop Abuse On Somebody | Lop Abuse On Somebody | 2012 | 4.32 | 3.75 | 4 |
| 169 | novel | jizue | 2012 | 4.32 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 170 | biotop | jizue | 2023 | 4.32 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 171 | A Tribute to Tigers | By the End of Tonight | 2005 | 4.31 | 4.23 | 30 |
| 172 | ZAZEN BOYS II | ZAZEN BOYS | 2004 | 4.31 | 3.80 | 5 |
| 173 | Low Health | The Reptilian | 2013 | 4.31 | 3.80 | 5 |
| 174 | In Concretion | Unprocessed | 2014 | 4.31 | 3.83 | 6 |
| 175 | Wrong | Cleft | 2016 | 4.31 | 3.33 | 3 |
| 176 | Phantasia | LITE | 2008 | 4.31 | 4.08 | 13 |
| 177 | Down | The Jesus Lizard | 1994 | 4.31 | 4.30 | 499 |
| 178 | Putting Off Death | Cheer-Accident | 2017 | 4.30 | 4.07 | 14 |
| 179 | Gumballhead the Cat | Cheer-Accident | 2003 | 4.29 | 4.00 | 13 |
| 180 | OXXXES | OXES | 2002 | 4.29 | 4.21 | 48 |
| 181 | Environment | My Disco | 2019 | 4.29 | 3.00 | 3 |
| 182 | Slow Speed: Deep Owls | Bear Claw | 2007 | 4.29 | 3.00 | 3 |
| 183 | There’s No 666 in Outer Space | Hella | 2007 | 4.28 | 4.24 | 115 |
| 184 | No Ifs, Ands or Dogs | Cheer-Accident | 2011 | 4.27 | 3.92 | 13 |
| 185 | Chateauvallon | Chevreuil | 2003 | 4.27 | 4.00 | 17 |
| 186 | Paradise | My Disco | 2008 | 4.27 | 3.50 | 6 |
| 187 | Shot | The Jesus Lizard | 1996 | 4.27 | 4.25 | 277 |
| 188 | Panda Park | 90 Day Men | 2004 | 4.27 | 4.21 | 90 |
| 189 | Cancer | My Disco | 2006 | 4.25 | 3.86 | 14 |
| 190 | Dumb Ask | Cheer-Accident | 1991 | 4.25 | 3.95 | 20 |
| 191 | Lightlessness Is Nothing New | Maps & Atlases | 2018 | 4.24 | 3.77 | 13 |
| 192 | Sport | Chevreuil | 2003 | 4.21 | 3.25 | 8 |
| 193 | Beware and Be Grateful | Maps & Atlases | 2012 | 4.21 | 4.06 | 51 |
| 194 | (((Capoëira))) | Chevreuil | 2006 | 4.19 | 3.57 | 14 |
| 195 | To Everybody | 90 Day Men | 2002 | 4.17 | 4.08 | 103 |
| 196 | (It (Is) It) Critical Band | 90 Day Men | 2000 | 4.16 | 4.00 | 63 |
| 197 | Blue | The Jesus Lizard | 1998 | 4.09 | 4.02 | 189 |
Sobre Math Rock
O math rock surgiu no final dos anos 1980 em Chicago e no meio-oeste americano, com bandas como Slint, Don Caballero e Shellac construindo uma abordagem radicalmente diferente para o rock: compassos assimétricos, métricas irregulares, estruturas que resistiam à expectativa do verso-refrão e se recusavam a resolver suas tensões harmonicamente.
Slint e seu álbum Spiderland (1991) são frequentemente citados como o ponto de origem: as guitares cruzadas de David Pajo e Brian McMahan, as narrativas faladas de Will Oldham, a dinâmica extrema de sussurro a explosão — tudo isso criou um template que seria seguido por décadas. Tecnicamente virtuoso mas emocionalmente perturbador.
A cena japonesa adotou o math rock e o transformou em algo mais melódico e contemplativo. Bands como Toe, Mice Parade e Elt aplicaram as estruturas rítmicas complexas a composições que podiam ser ao mesmo tempo desafiadoras e belas. O resultado foi um subgênero globalizado, com seguidores fervorosos na Europa, Japão e América do Sul.
Battles, com Mirrored (2007), trouxe o math rock ao mainstream: a fusão de instrumentos acústicos com produção eletrônica densa criou um som que soava tanto com artistas eletrônicos quanto com guitarristas, ampliando a audiência do gênero sem diluir sua essência. No vinil, a textura rítmica do math rock ganha uma dimensão extra — a riqueza tonal das guitares duplas preenche o espaço estéreo de forma que poucos gêneros conseguem.