Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s by Mother Nature's Son

My favourite albums of the 1990s.

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Songs From A Secret Garden 

 Secret Garden

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Songs from the neoclassical corner of new age music. The songs could in fact be the soundtrack to entering a secret garden, judging from this album, a beautiful secret garden. Mainly performed with classical instruments and real vocals/choir, the sound is perfectly organic and understatedly beautiful.

Favourite tracks: "Pastorale" & "Sigma" [First added to this chart: 08/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

32

Rank in 1995:

467

Rank in 1990s:

4,401

Overall Rank:

27,253

Average Rating:

 72 (14 votes)

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Dark Ages Of Reason 

 Arcana (SE)

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10 songs of medieval mourning. If you've ever encountered an album with the most incredibly sombre atmosphere during the first minute or so only to be let down by a generic metal sound kicking in... well, this album is exactly like that except no metal ensemble ever pollutes this majestic fog of endless pain and suffering!

Favourite tracks: "Angel of Sorrow" & "Source of Light" [First added to this chart: 02/06/2020]

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

9

Rank in 1996:

959

Rank in 1990s:

9,003

Overall Rank:

56,956

Average Rating:

 74 (4 votes)

Comments:

0

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Rotator 

 Dizzy Mizz Lizzy

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Notice that the album isn't a revolver, but a rotator. A far less obvious Beatles reference than the song "11:07 PM", which is a direct tribute to John Lennon surrounding the day he was murdered. Besides the Beatles influences, "Rotator" is a straightforward hard rock album full of great riffs and a few ballads thrown in. The second and unfortunately final album by Dizzy Mizz Lizzy!

Favourite tracks: "11:07 PM" & "When the River Runs Dry" [First added to this chart: 12/15/2013]

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

51

Rank in 1996:

394

Rank in 1990s:

3,295

Overall Rank:

20,000

Average Rating:

 71 (8 votes)

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Mezzanine 

 Massive Attack

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Teardroppingly beautiful trip hop/downtempo music. A bit eerie at times, but mostly soothing and seducing!

Favourite tracks: "Angel" & "Exchange" [First added to this chart: 06/16/2014]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

1,001 charts

Rank Score:

10,254

Rank in 1998:

2

Rank in 1990s:

31

Overall Rank:

149

Average Rating:

 83 (1,236 votes)

Comments:

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Made In Heaven 

 Queen

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Heaven available for everyone with Queen's final album which truly sounds like it WAS made in heaven. With Freddie Mercury's vocals recorded before he passed away, obviously, and music recorded and finished after, the album is the remaining band members' uplifting, almost religiously spiritual tribute to the flamboyant frontman. Beautifully dreamy and way up in the clouds!

Favourite tracks: "Too Much Love Will Kill You" & "You Don't Fool Me" [First added to this chart: 12/02/2013]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

299

Rank in 1995:

91

Rank in 1990s:

808

Overall Rank:

4,634

Average Rating:

 68 (210 votes)

Comments:

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Richard D. James Album 

 Aphex Twin

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About as creepy as the album artwork. Richard D. James combines his chilling, often eerie ambient textures from his "Selected Ambient Works" series with brainy and fast beats. Intelligent, absolutely!

Favourite tracks: "4" & "To Cure a Weakling Child" [First added to this chart: 03/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

347 charts

Rank Score:

2,574

Rank in 1996:

11

Rank in 1990s:

120

Overall Rank:

705

Average Rating:

 79 (496 votes)

Comments:

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Accelerator 

 The Future Sound Of London

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The future sound of The Future Sound of London would prove to be much more ambient and otherworldly than this club-oriented debut, but even with something as danceable as this, FSoL managed to make something stunning and still quite spacey!

Favourite tracks: "Papua New Guinea" & "Pulse State" [First added to this chart: 07/02/2014]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

38

Rank in 1991:

344

Rank in 1990s:

3,982

Overall Rank:

24,560

Average Rating:

 74 (29 votes)

Comments:

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Mariah Carey 

 Mariah Carey

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Coming straight from the 80s, something easily recognizable when you hear the production, Mariah Carey presents for the first time her voice and her visions of love. Charmingly innocent and a little stuck in the decade that preceded this album, but a surprisingly nice sugar-coated debut that really shines in places.

Favourite tracks: "There's Got to Be a Way" & "All in Your Mind" [First added to this chart: 03/24/2014]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

236

Rank in 1990:

83

Rank in 1990s:

943

Overall Rank:

5,600

Average Rating:

 66 (89 votes)

Comments:

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Without You I'm Nothing 

 Placebo

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Without Placebo you're still something, but you're a lot richer with. Here, Placebo grant us with everything from tender ballads to adrenalizing angst-ridden guitar rock. Anyone who thinks the world needs more albums in the same vein as Radiohead's "The Bends" should drop by here.

Favourite tracks: "My Sweet Prince" & "Burger Queen" [First added to this chart: 02/04/2015]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

285 charts

Rank Score:

2,356

Rank in 1998:

11

Rank in 1990s:

134

Overall Rank:

761

Average Rating:

 77 (380 votes)

Comments:

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Pygmalion 

 Slowdive

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Blue skied an' clear. Unlike "Slovdive" not an epic explosion in the sky and 10000 times slower/quieter, but just as heavenly and dreamy. Divine borderline ambient music!

Favourite tracks: "Cello" & "Blue Skied an' Clear" [First added to this chart: 03/03/2015]

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

160 charts

Rank Score:

1,154

Rank in 1995:

26

Rank in 1990s:

277

Overall Rank:

1,500

Average Rating:

 77 (215 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%
1990	6	6%
1991	10	10%
1992	7	7%
1993	7	7%
1994	14	14%
1995	14	14%
1996	11	11%
1997	13	13%
1998	9	9%
1999	9	9%

Artist	Albums	%
Mariah Carey	5	5%
Aphex Twin	4	4%
The Smashing Pumpkins	3	3%
Orbital	3	3%
Oasis	3	3%
Alice In Chains	3	3%
The Future Sound Of London	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	54	54%
	24	24%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	2	2%
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100/100	01/02/2017 02:10	phantom1305	291	92/100
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80/100	07/01/2016 08:41	Leonard	319	88/100
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From buzzdainer 07/21/2016 14:57

A fascinating chart--full of surprises. Ok Computer, Grace, Nevermind, and The Bends are all fantastic albums deserving of their positions here. I've never listened to The Good Life, nor am I familiar with many Danish artists generally, so that's one I'm going to try out to expand my musical horizons. Thanks for sharing this list!

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From Leonard 07/01/2016 08:41

15 Points malus for Mariah Carey

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From pannkakesangen 08/01/2014 17:31

awesome!!!

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From chris lancaster 04/16/2014 00:43

Great chart. I like the way you've nailed your appreciation of Mariah Carey to the mast and put it out there, with her albums rubbing shoulders with more established classics. Kudos for making this chart a celebration of what you enjoy.

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From pa 04/13/2014 18:02

nice notes for "use your illusion" and "holy bible",
really good chart but..what about the last two ??
:-)

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