Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
by meccalecca

This is the decade when a hell of a lot of people thought Limp Bizkit kicked ass. I'm happy to say, I wasn't one of them.

• Chart updated: 06/07/2024 20:45
• (Created: 03/19/2013 01:08).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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14. (9) 5

Heaven Or Las Vegas 

 Cocteau Twins

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[First added to this chart: 03/19/2013]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

841 charts

Rank Score:

9,716

Rank in 1990:

2

Rank in 1990s:

30

Overall Rank:

142

Average Rating:

 84 (866 votes)

Comments:

53

31. (28) 3

Bossanova 

 Pixies

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[First added to this chart: 03/19/2013]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

602 charts

Rank Score:

3,948

Rank in 1990:

5

Rank in 1990s:

75

Overall Rank:

432

Average Rating:

 79 (948 votes)

Comments:

47

33. (60) 27

1990 

 Daniel Johnston

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[First added to this chart: 05/16/2013]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

452

Rank in 1990:

47

Rank in 1990s:

552

Overall Rank:

3,308

Average Rating:

 77 (115 votes)

Comments:

14

35. (93) 58

The Good Son 

 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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[First added to this chart: 11/15/2013]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

303 charts

Rank Score:

2,186

Rank in 1990:

11

Rank in 1990s:

139

Overall Rank:

790

Average Rating:

 79 (405 votes)

Comments:

15

39. (79) 40

Reading, Writing And Arithmetic 

 The Sundays

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[First added to this chart: 03/19/2013]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

281 charts

Rank Score:

1,762

Rank in 1990:

13

Rank in 1990s:

188

Overall Rank:

988

Average Rating:

 77 (291 votes)

Comments:

21

45. (26) 19

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Hardcore Devo: Volume One 

 Devo

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[First added to this chart: 05/28/2013]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

29

Rank in 1990:

389

Rank in 1990s:

4,587

Overall Rank:

29,565

Average Rating:

 72 (14 votes)

Comments:

0

52. (54) 2

People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm 

 A Tribe Called Quest

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[First added to this chart: 11/11/2018]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

280 charts

Rank Score:

1,130

Rank in 1990:

23

Rank in 1990s:

276

Overall Rank:

1,515

Average Rating:

 79 (316 votes)

Comments:

16

54.

Violator 

 Depeche Mode

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Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

1,203 charts

Rank Score:

12,214

Rank in 1990:

1

Rank in 1990s:

19

Overall Rank:

101

Average Rating:

 83 (1,392 votes)

Comments:

100

56. (7) 49

Repeater 

 Fugazi

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[First added to this chart: 03/19/2013]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

413 charts

Rank Score:

2,767

Rank in 1990:

8

Rank in 1990s:

103

Overall Rank:

618

Average Rating:

 80 (499 votes)

Comments:

26

100.

Croaker 

 Chris Knox

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Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

37

Rank in 1990:

333

Rank in 1990s:

3,938

Overall Rank:

25,160

Average Rating:

 75 (7 votes)

Comments:

0

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition

Country	Albums	%
	66	66%
	23	23%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
95/100  !	02/09/2019 18:55	RoundTheBend	372	92/100
95/100  !	02/09/2019 11:12	ForegroundNoise	473	87/100
100/100  !	02/08/2019 21:30	carpents	50	93/100
90/100  !	02/08/2019 20:44	imimesis	54	83/100
100/100  !	02/08/2019 16:02	Rhyner	1,457	99/100

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This chart is rated in the top 3% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.6/100, a mean average of 90.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.8/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.9.

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From ForegroundNoise 02/09/2019 11:13 | #231619

Seriously good 90s chart; lots of great variety that doesn't get too bogged down in the genres from that decade which haven't aged well, plus your write-ups are often beautiful! Well done!!

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From imimesis 02/08/2019 20:44 | #231584

Good and interesting list. Thanks for sharing!

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From Granny-Smith 02/08/2019 12:20 | #231561

Great Chart, thank you.

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From dihansse 01/04/2016 18:26 | #155755

I love a lot of albums in this list and of course also your witty comments. I think I need to check out mr bungle

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From louisjwyatt 03/22/2015 16:24 | #137510

@meccalecca Fair enough sir, fair enough

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From louisjwyatt 03/18/2015 20:58 | #137261

So many albums I've tried listening to and couldn't get into. You might just have sparked my re-interest in them! My only qualm: where's Sonic Youth man?

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From sssvnnn 03/18/2015 19:22 | #137254

Thats a good Chart and i like the personal descriptions.

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From Ollie 03/18/2015 16:13 | #137219

BEA-utiful

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From NeverHuman 03/18/2015 12:49 | #137200

Good list. I like the way you described a lot of these albums, especially ok computer and in the aeroplanes over the sea.

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From HoldenM 03/18/2015 10:31 | #137198

Amazing stuff.

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