Best Albums of the 1990s by Slant Magazine (2011)

Slant Magazine is an American online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, theatre, video games and more. These are their best albums of 1990s.
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81.

The Slim Shady LP 

 Eminem

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Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

401 charts

Rank Score:

2,124

Rank in 1999:

17

Rank in 1990s:

154

Overall Rank:

836

Average Rating:

 77 (744 votes)

Comments:

25

82.

Different Class 

 Pulp

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Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

896 charts

Rank Score:

8,831

Rank in 1995:

4

Rank in 1990s:

39

Overall Rank:

185

Average Rating:

 82 (1,016 votes)

Comments:

65

83.

From The Choirgirl Hotel 

 Tori Amos

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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

674

Rank in 1998:

47

Rank in 1990s:

425

Overall Rank:

2,373

Average Rating:

 76 (175 votes)

Comments:

11

84.

Out Of Time 

 R.E.M.

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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

648 charts

Rank Score:

4,127

Rank in 1991:

12

Rank in 1990s:

78

Overall Rank:

435

Average Rating:

 77 (1,037 votes)

Comments:

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85.

Mutations 

 Beck

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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

252 charts

Rank Score:

1,107

Rank in 1998:

31

Rank in 1990s:

291

Overall Rank:

1,560

Average Rating:

 77 (400 votes)

Comments:

18

86.

Music Has The Right To Children 

 Boards Of Canada

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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

613 charts

Rank Score:

5,565

Rank in 1998:

6

Rank in 1990s:

61

Overall Rank:

323

Average Rating:

 82 (724 votes)

Comments:

54

87.

Dubnobasswithmyheadman 

 Underworld

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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

169 charts

Rank Score:

1,196

Rank in 1994:

43

Rank in 1990s:

266

Overall Rank:

1,448

Average Rating:

 77 (193 votes)

Comments:

13

88.

69 Love Songs 

 The Magnetic Fields

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Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

493 charts

Rank Score:

3,914

Rank in 1999:

9

Rank in 1990s:

83

Overall Rank:

459

Average Rating:

 80 (597 votes)

Comments:

50

89.

ATLiens 

 OutKast

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Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

350 charts

Rank Score:

3,025

Rank in 1996:

8

Rank in 1990s:

99

Overall Rank:

583

Average Rating:

 82 (460 votes)

Comments:

22

90.

The Fragile 

 Nine Inch Nails

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Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

329 charts

Rank Score:

2,430

Rank in 1999:

14

Rank in 1990s:

129

Overall Rank:

739

Average Rating:

 79 (507 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%
1990	4	4%
1991	10	10%
1992	10	10%
1993	10	10%
1994	15	15%
1995	10	10%
1996	9	9%
1997	10	10%
1998	10	10%
1999	12	12%

Artist	Albums	%
Beck	4	4%
Björk	3	3%
Madonna	3	3%
Nirvana	3	3%
PJ Harvey	3	3%
Weezer	2	2%
Tori Amos	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	64	64%
	26	26%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%

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[Slant Magazine was founded in 2001.]

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65/100	12/11/2020 08:01	pjohnsongolf	273	89/100
50/100	11/11/2020 13:08	Larcx13	1,090	86/100
85/100	08/17/2020 12:20	Chrispeater	138	82/100
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90/100	07/27/2020 14:40	Timestarter	114	90/100

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From mianfei 04/01/2019 00:44

This list is certainly rather better than some for the 1990s, but it suffer from the same fundamental problems found in virtually all magazine lists.

These problems are no doubt unconscious to the writers who vote for the albums, but they make them difficult to trust. Short-term focus and an emphasis on albums that were popular but neither special or easy to listen to repeatedly is the key issue, and the second issue is ignorance of music that may not fit in with the worldview of these professional critics.

Like ‘Rolling Stone’’s list form the 1990s, there is no metal, industrial, or post-rock in this list, and far too much “indie rock” that ranges from godawful to merely boring.

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From Bach 02/17/2017 11:13

Great list! I love it.

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45/100

From splashfoop 08/15/2016 21:16

Pésima lista.

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From mianfei 02/16/2016 07:16

This is certainly a rather better list than ‘Rolling Stone’ compiled, with a few more notable albums.

Still, it is hard to rate highly when it ignores metal so completely – maybe my reading of “janitor-x” a decade ago makes me expect magazines to acknowledge what they simply do not – and puts a vastly overrated artist like Beck upfront.

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60/100

From mickilennial 03/19/2014 23:39

Reads predictable and unexplored, though there are some greats in here.

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From sonicdiscourse 03/19/2014 22:39

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From nutso42 09/10/2013 14:33

Well, it's.... certainly there.

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