Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s by Onater

My Top 20 songs of the 90s:
10. Mazzy Star - Fade Into You (So Tonight That I Might See, 1993)
9. Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, 1997)
8. Pavement - Gold Soundz (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1992)
7. The Tragically Hip - Fiddler's Green (Road Apples, 1991)
6. Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea (Washing Machine, 1995)
5. R.E.M. - Find The River (Automatic For The People, 1992)
4. R.E.M. - Nightswimming (Automatic For The People, 1992)
3. The Tragically Hip - Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man (Phantom Power, 1998)
2. The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon (Phantom Power, 1998)
1. The Tragically Hip - Ahead By A Century (Trouble At The Henhouse, 1996)

• Chart updated: 03/27/2019 09:15
• (Created: 10/25/2016 00:34).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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91. (86) 5

Elliott Smith 

 Elliott Smith

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"Gonna walk walk walk, four more blocks, plus the one in my brain, down downstairs, to the man, he's gonna make it all okay."

Favourite Tracks: Needle In The Hay, The Biggest Lie, Christian Brothers, Coming Up Roses [First added to this chart: 10/20/2017]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

353 charts

Rank Score:

2,797

Rank in 1995:

9

Rank in 1990s:

107

Overall Rank:

638

Average Rating:

 81 (514 votes)

Comments:

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92. (87) 5

Mezzanine 

 Massive Attack

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"Teardrop on the fire, fearless on my breath."

Favourite Tracks: Teardrop, Inertia Creeps, Angel, Group Four [First added to this chart: 09/05/2017]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

1,002 charts

Rank Score:

10,244

Rank in 1998:

2

Rank in 1990s:

31

Overall Rank:

149

Average Rating:

 83 (1,236 votes)

Comments:

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93. (88) 5

The Good Son 

 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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"Father, why are all the children weeping? Oh they are merely crying son. Oh are they merely crying, father? Yes, true weeping is yet to come."

Favourite Tracks: The Ship Song, The Good Son, The Weeping Song, Foi Na Cruz [First added to this chart: 07/29/2017]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

289 charts

Rank Score:

2,070

Rank in 1990:

12

Rank in 1990s:

163

Overall Rank:

864

Average Rating:

 79 (387 votes)

Comments:

15

94. (90) 4

Millions Now Living Will Never Die 

 Tortoise

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Favourite Tracks: DJed, Glass Museum, Along The Banks Of Rivers [First added to this chart: 04/03/2018]

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

265 charts

Rank Score:

1,509

Rank in 1996:

24

Rank in 1990s:

222

Overall Rank:

1,174

Average Rating:

 79 (271 votes)

Comments:

7

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Keep It Like A Secret 

 Built To Spill

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"I don't like this air but that doesn't mean I'll stop breathing it. Who doesn't think they're at the center of the universe being it?"

Favourite Tracks: Carry The Zero, The Plan, Center Of The Universe [First added to this chart: 10/29/2017]

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

441 charts

Rank Score:

4,155

Rank in 1999:

7

Rank in 1990s:

76

Overall Rank:

433

Average Rating:

 82 (499 votes)

Comments:

37

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Eureka 

 Jim O'Rourke

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"One of life's greatest sins is that you're over when it begins."

Favourite Tracks: Ghost Ship in a Storm, Prelude to 110 or 220/Women of the World, Eureka [First added to this chart: 07/31/2018]

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

1,101

Rank in 1999:

32

Rank in 1990s:

293

Overall Rank:

1,566

Average Rating:

 79 (132 votes)

Comments:

9

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Long Season 

 フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans]

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"Get round in the long season!"

Favourite Tracks: Part 4, Part 1, Part 5 [First added to this chart: 06/27/2017]

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

390 charts

Rank Score:

5,363

Rank in 1996:

6

Rank in 1990s:

66

Overall Rank:

337

Average Rating:

 86 (471 votes)

Comments:

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Permutation 

 Amon Tobin

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"Sure, just cut them up like regular chickens."

Favourite Tracks: Bridge, Like Regular Chickens, Nightlife, Switch [First added to this chart: 04/03/2018]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

303

Rank in 1998:

82

Rank in 1990s:

797

Overall Rank:

4,581

Average Rating:

 78 (82 votes)

Comments:

3

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Post 

 Björk

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"All the modern things, like cars and such, have always existed. They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment."

Favourite Tracks: Isobel, Hyperballad, Headphones, It's Oh So Quiet [First added to this chart: 10/24/2016]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

767 charts

Rank Score:

6,797

Rank in 1995:

5

Rank in 1990s:

52

Overall Rank:

260

Average Rating:

 82 (1,053 votes)

Comments:

47

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Chocolate And Cheese 

 Ween

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"Mister, would you please help my pony? He's over there lookin' at me. He can't talk because he's a pony. I think it's his lung."

Favourite Tracks: What Deaner Was Talkin' About, Buenas Tardes Amigo, Freedom Of '76, Baby Bitch [First added to this chart: 09/05/2017]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

164 charts

Rank Score:

1,396

Rank in 1994:

38

Rank in 1990s:

234

Overall Rank:

1,262

Average Rating:

 81 (249 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%
1990	4	4%
1991	7	7%
1992	9	9%
1993	7	7%
1994	16	16%
1995	11	11%
1996	14	14%
1997	10	10%
1998	10	10%
1999	12	12%

Artist	Albums	%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	5%
The Tragically Hip	4	4%
Elliott Smith	4	4%
Belle And Sebastian	3	3%
Aphex Twin	3	3%
Yo La Tengo	3	3%
Pulp	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	49	49%
	27	27%
	6	6%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	3	3%
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 40 from 79th to 39th Illmatic by Nas
Up 40 from 66th to 26th Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin
Up 30 from 50th to 20th Dummy by Portishead

Biggest fallers
Down 26 from 26th to 52nd Pinkerton by Weezer
Down 23 from 18th to 41st Laughing Stock by Talk Talk
Down 19 from 16th to 35th Road Apples by The Tragically Hip

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Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory by Dream Theater
Goo by Sonic Youth
Violator by Depeche Mode
Nevermind by Nirvana
Ten by Pearl Jam
Images And Words by Dream Theater

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80/100	10/18/2019 10:25	mickilennial	717	77/100
90/100	02/10/2018 03:19	kadupheming	157	93/100
85/100	01/02/2018 18:01	PaperVinnie	453	81/100
85/100	09/15/2017 09:59	TheSmiths82-87	1,839	83/100
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From CharlieBarley 02/15/2017 02:03

Great 90s chart with 20 in common with mine. Good to see REM's Automatic at number one. One of my very favourite 90s albums. Brings back good memories. And good to see Slint and plenty of Radiohead. Ace,

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