Best Albums of the 1990s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 1990s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 1990s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 9,600 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	678	71,872	Violator (140th) by Depeche Mode
1991	721	243,688	Nevermind (6th) by Nirvana
1992	769	132,212	Automatic For The People (43rd) by R.E.M.
1993	793	131,423	In Utero (46th) by Nirvana
1994	815	227,799	Grace (40th) by Jeff Buckley
1995	833	181,558	The Bends (14th) by Radiohead
1996	927	133,647	Pinkerton (112th) by Weezer
1997	934	228,196	OK Computer (1st) by Radiohead
1998	875	150,072	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (18th) by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	925	133,073	Ágætis Byrjun (79th) by Sigur Rós
Total	8,270	1,633,541

The best bands of the 1990s were Radiohead, Nirvana, Oasis, Neutral Milk Hotel, Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins, R.E.M., My Bloody Valentine, Jeff Buckley and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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421.

Memorial Beach

a-ha

Year of Release:	1993	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 1993:	40	Rank Score:	492
Rank in 1990s	421	Overall Rank:	1,908
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422.

Electronic

Year of Release:	1991	Appears in:	21 charts
Rank in 1991:	29	Rank Score:	491
Rank in 1990s	422	Overall Rank:	1,912
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423.

Passion And Warfare

Steve Vai

Year of Release:	1990	Appears in:	16 charts
Rank in 1990:	33	Rank Score:	490
Rank in 1990s	423	Overall Rank:	1,917
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424.

Painful

Yo La Tengo

Year of Release:	1993	Appears in:	27 charts
Rank in 1993:	41	Rank Score:	489
Rank in 1990s	424	Overall Rank:	1,919
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425.

Supernatural

Santana

Year of Release:	1999	Appears in:	33 charts
Rank in 1999:	41	Rank Score:	488
Rank in 1990s	425	Overall Rank:	1,923
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426.

Doppelgänger

Curve

Year of Release:	1992	Appears in:	21 charts
Rank in 1992:	47	Rank Score:	488
Rank in 1990s	426	Overall Rank:	1,925
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427.

Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements

Stereolab

Year of Release:	1993	Appears in:	23 charts
Rank in 1993:	42	Rank Score:	487
Rank in 1990s	427	Overall Rank:	1,927
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428.

Human Clay

Creed

Year of Release:	1999	Appears in:	23 charts
Rank in 1999:	42	Rank Score:	484
Rank in 1990s	428	Overall Rank:	1,944
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429.

Ingénue

k.d. lang

Year of Release:	1992	Appears in:	20 charts
Rank in 1992:	48	Rank Score:	482
Rank in 1990s	429	Overall Rank:	1,951
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430.

Changesbowie

David Bowie

Year of Release:	1990	Appears in:	12 charts
Rank in 1990:	34	Rank Score:	481
Rank in 1990s	430	Overall Rank:	1,952
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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	83	8%
1991	87	9%
1992	101	10%
1993	97	10%
1994	114	11%
1995	111	11%
1996	109	11%
1997	105	11%
1998	102	10%
1999	91	9%

Band	Albums	%

Blur	6	1%
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds	5	1%
Metallica	5	1%
Alice In Chains	5	1%
Nirvana	5	1%
Tori Amos	5	1%
Pavement	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	562	56%
	263	26%
	32	3%
	24	2%
	18	2%
	18	2%
	14	1%
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