Best Albums of the 1990s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1990s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1990s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1990	2,784	133,660	Violator (114th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,839	256,213	Nevermind (14th)by Nirvana
1992	3,000	168,408	Automatic For The People (49th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,210	189,855	Siamese Dream (54th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,468	283,990	Grace (59th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,669	216,828	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	3,867	185,254	If You're Feeling Sinister (122nd)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,040	259,840	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,092	193,541	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,208	181,478	Ágætis Byrjun (71st)by Sigur Rós
Total	35,177	2,069,068

The best artists of the 1990s were Radiohead, Nirvana, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, Oasis, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Weezer and Richard David James.

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206.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

296 charts

Rank Score:

1,649

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

206

Overall Rank:

1,073

Average Rating:

79 (312 votes)

Comments:

210.

Innuendo

Queen

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

285 charts

Rank Score:

1,599

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

210

Overall Rank:

1,103

Average Rating:

74 (464 votes)

Comments:

227.

Use Your Illusion I

Guns N' Roses

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

296 charts

Rank Score:

1,454

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

227

Overall Rank:

1,220

Average Rating:

73 (572 votes)

Comments:

229.

Goat

The Jesus Lizard

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

182 charts

Rank Score:

1,438

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

229

Overall Rank:

1,233

Average Rating:

76 (190 votes)

Comments:

259.

Just For A Day

Slowdive

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

200 charts

Rank Score:

1,212

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

259

Overall Rank:

1,425

Average Rating:

78 (272 votes)

Comments:

331.

White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity

Swans

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

167 charts

Rank Score:

947

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

331

Overall Rank:

1,781

Average Rating:

79 (244 votes)

Comments:

362.

Sailing The Seas Of Cheese

Primus

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

162 charts

Rank Score:

839

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

362

Overall Rank:

1,985

Average Rating:

76 (222 votes)

Comments:

376.

Human

Death (Metal)

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

801

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

376

Overall Rank:

2,070

Average Rating:

81 (143 votes)

Comments:

404.

Weld
Live

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

714

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

404

Overall Rank:

2,264

Average Rating:

77 (148 votes)

Comments:

409.

Mama Said

Lenny Kravitz

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

145 charts

Rank Score:

698

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

409

Overall Rank:

2,300

Average Rating:

73 (191 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	86	9%
1991	81	8%
1992	104	10%
1993	107	11%
1994	125	13%
1995	111	11%
1996	109	11%
1997	96	10%
1998	96	10%
1999	85	9%

Artist	Albums	%

Blur	6	1%
The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Pavement	5	1%
Manic Street Preachers	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Stereolab	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	546	55%
	257	26%
	40	4%
	27	3%
	21	2%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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