Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 58,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com! (Chart last updated: 7 hours ago).
You can customise how this chart is generated, browse the individual charts constituting the overall rankings from The Charts page, or submit your own chart from the My Charts page!
This chart is currently filtered to only show albums from the 1990s. (Remove this filter)
"Close your eyes, throw on some headphones, and float away..."
- FleaRHCP97 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +23 votes (30 helpful | 7 unhelpful) 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.
- FleaRHCP97 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +23 votes (30 helpful | 7 unhelpful) 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:
1997
Appears in:
Rank Score:
62,065
Rank in 1997:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
13.
Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain sensitive content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images.
""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)
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
Appears in:
Rank Score:
37,012
Rank in 1991:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"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)
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:
1998
Appears in:
Rank Score:
31,392
Rank in 1998:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"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)
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:
1995
Appears in:
Rank Score:
28,229
Rank in 1995:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"i dont understand how people can only get into only shallow when you have to here knows when, when you sleep, sometimes and Soon etc etc.oh well."
- | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +20 votes (22 helpful | 2 unhelpful) 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.
- | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +20 votes (22 helpful | 2 unhelpful) 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
Appears in:
Rank Score:
27,770
Rank in 1991:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"It was cool to watch REM grow and mature during the 80's and 90's. AFTP is a big part of that, a beautiful album by an important band."
-
Romanelli | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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:
1992
Appears in:
Rank Score:
19,168
Rank in 1992:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"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) 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.
- dlemond | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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
Appears in:
Rank Score:
18,174
Rank in 1991:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"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)
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:
1994
Appears in:
Rank Score:
17,822
Rank in 1994:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"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) 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.
- Rounder89 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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:
1993
Appears in:
Rank Score:
17,487
Rank in 1993:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"Wonderwall is almost the most annoying song on here."
-
Mother Nature's Son | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (12 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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:
1995
Appears in:
Rank Score:
17,349
Rank in 1995:
Rank in 1990s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 1,614. Page 1 of 162
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 37 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 304 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 715 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,442 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,436 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,614 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,725 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,999 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 726 | 7% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 26 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 25 | 0% | |
| Show all | |||
| Country | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
|
5,012 | 50% | |
|
2,664 | 27% | |
|
430 | 4% | |
|
316 | 3% | |
|
222 | 2% | |
|
159 | 2% | |
|
136 | 1% | |
| Show all | |||
If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
| 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 |




