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Year of Release:
1997
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62,065
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Top rated album (92/100 - 5670 votes)  92 (5,670 votes)
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""Nirvana is most certainly an all time favorite band of mine, but i think that Nirvana's album Nirvana has better songs than Nevermind." LOL, that might be because its a greatest hits collection."
- 1234567890 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +15 votes (19 helpful | 4 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1991
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37,012
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Top rated album (87/100 - 4359 votes)  87 (4,359 votes)
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"I'd never even heard of this before my obsession with this website. I've only listened to it I think 5 times through now, but I can totally understand its ranking. Easily the most unique sounding album I've ever heard. His voice isn't great...it's raw and imperfect, and over time it becomes very ..." [More]
- pearljammer13 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +15 votes (18 helpful | 3 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1998
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31,392
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2972 votes)  87 (2,972 votes)
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"Everyone got all crazy for Radiohead when they released OK Computer, but this album is just as good. It's definitely more mainstream alternative than pretty much everything they released after it, but it's a 90s classic."
- zdwyatt | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1995
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28,229
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Top rated album (87/100 - 3947 votes)  87 (3,947 votes)
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Year of Release:
1991
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27,770
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2492 votes)  86 (2,492 votes)
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1992
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19,168
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"Upon release it was like a breath of fresh rock air. Different from Nirvana but still very much a major force and factor in ushering in new rock music (call it grunge if you must). The residual influences can be seen very clearly decades later. Even today it stands on its own, and the strength of..." [More]
- dlemond | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
1991
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18,174
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"Jeff Buckley isn’t only the most beautiful voice of the century, in my opinion; he’s also the most under-rated artist, with no doubt. Grace is his legacy, the only album he made. 1994’s Grace is outstanding, mysterious and truly sad. The lead song, Mojo Pin, is like a ray of sun almost blocked by..." [More]
- arthurbittencourt | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1994
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17,822
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"This album is tremendous. One of the best of the 90s for sure. Standout tracks to me are Mayonaise, Today, and Hummer. blackflag29, great comment. I love the Mayonaise comparison to Loveless."
- Rounder89 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1993
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17,487
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Top rated album (85/100 - 1963 votes)  85 (1,963 votes)
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1995
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17,349
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Overall Chart composition

Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. Neil Young
10. Nirvana
11. The Velvet Underground
12. Kendrick Lamar
13. Miles Davis
14. The Smiths
15. R.E.M.
16. The Beach Boys
17. Kanye West
18. Bruce Springsteen
19. The Cure
20. Pixies