The Top 100 Albums by VH1 (2001)

VH1 is an American basic cable television network based in New York City. These are their best albums of all time. VH1 is an American cable television channel that was created in 1985. Their list of 100 greatest albums was devised in 2001 from a poll of 500 rock journalists and musicians, including Britney Spears, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Roberta Flack, Art Garfunkel, Wyclef Jean and Carole King.
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2.

Nevermind 

 Nirvana

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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

3,107 charts

Rank Score:

41,979

Rank in 1991:

1

Rank in 1990s:

2

Overall Rank:

14

Average Rating:

 87 (4,233 votes)

Comments:

407

37.

The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 

 Lauryn Hill

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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

604 charts

Rank Score:

5,662

Rank in 1998:

5

Rank in 1990s:

60

Overall Rank:

318

Average Rating:

 77 (777 votes)

Comments:

41

65.

Achtung Baby 

 U2

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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,284 charts

Rank Score:

12,961

Rank in 1991:

5

Rank in 1990s:

20

Overall Rank:

109

Average Rating:

 80 (1,788 votes)

Comments:

142

73.

Grace 

 Jeff Buckley

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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,666 charts

Rank Score:

19,258

Rank in 1994:

1

Rank in 1990s:

9

Overall Rank:

59

Average Rating:

 84 (1,905 votes)

Comments:

169

79.

Ten 

 Pearl Jam

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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,788 charts

Rank Score:

20,079

Rank in 1991:

3

Rank in 1990s:

7

Overall Rank:

51

Average Rating:

 83 (2,279 votes)

Comments:

178

94.

OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,334 charts

Rank Score:

76,947

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,496 votes)

Comments:

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96.

Exile In Guyville 

 Liz Phair

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

367 charts

Rank Score:

2,388

Rank in 1993:

15

Rank in 1990s:

132

Overall Rank:

749

Average Rating:

 76 (436 votes)

Comments:

33

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The Top 100 Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	1	1%
1960s	28	28%
1970s	45	45%
1980s	19	19%
1990s	7	7%
2000s	0	0%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	5	5%
Bob Dylan	4	4%
The Rolling Stones	4	4%
The Who	3	3%
Led Zeppelin	3	3%
Aretha Franklin	3	3%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	59	59%
	28	28%
	7	7%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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55/100	10/19/2022 16:54	AlvaroIesus	66	78/100
60/100	10/15/2022 10:40	animals0809	57	93/100
85/100	10/06/2022 02:26	MattBarber	2	78/100
50/100	09/27/2022 17:03	Phileas	6	35/100
100/100	09/26/2022 12:19	Yannick1398	6	97/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 19.8.

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From pinkfreud1981 12/12/2022 13:08

They really need to take a look outside the US borders

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50/100

From Phileas 09/27/2022 17:06

58 of the 100 entries are from the USA, which left out a number of albums from abroad that had a better claim to be in this list.

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From cooldude2000 03/28/2022 19:08

Pet Sounds is trick played by Americans to try and knock some UK acts off these lists.

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85/100

From gregthealien 05/03/2021 06:38

Good list not much to surprise you though

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75/100

From Guigou 04/16/2021 14:39

Tres bonne sélection mais trop d'artistes similaires, c'est dommage

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From toddmckenzye 12/22/2020 06:17

Liked chart

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From MM1Barker 07/29/2020 16:29

Agree with most placings, 7 and 8 should be switched however.

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From teague 06/29/2020 23:19

I was expecting this to be hot trash coming from VH1, but this list is fine. Not awful, but not particularly adventurous either.

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70/100

From 0129114 06/27/2020 15:18

Good overall. However... WHERE IS COLTRANE!?!?

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60/100

From Larcx13 06/17/2020 17:35

Rolling Stone's top 20 of their 500 was better than this. Good props to Sex Pistols and Nirvana but they were placed too high. I don't see these albums as better than London Calling, Highway 61, or Blood on the Tracks.

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