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

My favourite albums of the 1990s.

• Chart updated: 02/06/2020 23:45
• (Created: 09/01/2013 20:01).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Photograph Smile 

 Julian Lennon

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Julian's most mature and organic-sounding album yet. A highly nostalgic feel to it, as illustrated on the album cover, with strong influence from none other than his father/The Beatles, to the point where he almost lifts his own daddy's melodies (not in a bad way), including "Way to the Heart" which clearly references "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", the song that his father wrote based on a drawing Julian made as child.

Favourite tracks: "Day After Day" & "Believe" [First added to this chart: 01/04/2016]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

77

Rank in 1998:

240

Rank in 1990s:

2,436

Overall Rank:

14,580

Average Rating:

 72 (7 votes)

Comments:

0

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This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 

 Manic Street Preachers

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Ready for drowning? This Manic Street Preachers album will wash over you like an everlasting tsunami with its melancholy and tenderness. Probably the most lofty collection of songs you get from these guys!

Favourite tracks: "The Everlasting", "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" & "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" [First added to this chart: 05/11/2014]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

195 charts

Rank Score:

1,077

Rank in 1998:

32

Rank in 1990s:

300

Overall Rank:

1,599

Average Rating:

 73 (283 votes)

Comments:

12

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Adore 

 The Smashing Pumpkins

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"Adore" is the sound of a band falling apart. Billy Corgan sounds more depressed this time and he sounded very depressed on previous albums! The aggressive rockers on "Mellon Collie" were mostly great, but often I'm not in the mood for that kind of trashing music. This much more mellow album, I'm always in the mood for as long as I'm in a melancholic state of mind. It's really adorable in places!

Favourite tracks: "To Sheila" & "Appels + Oranjes" [First added to this chart: 09/22/2013]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

328 charts

Rank Score:

2,107

Rank in 1998:

13

Rank in 1990s:

156

Overall Rank:

843

Average Rating:

 77 (546 votes)

Comments:

36

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Ray Of Light 

 Madonna

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Swim in this drowned world of Madonna. It's very dreamy, trippy, kinda frozen, but incredible!

Favourite tracks: "Skin", "Sky Fits Heaven" & "Frozen" [First added to this chart: 06/28/2014]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

410 charts

Rank Score:

2,578

Rank in 1998:

10

Rank in 1990s:

119

Overall Rank:

702

Average Rating:

 74 (609 votes)

Comments:

43

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Music Has The Right To Children 

 Boards Of Canada

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Turquoise hexagon sun with a strangely aquatic feel to it. You need to hear it to just slightly comprehend what it is!

Favourite tracks: "Telephasic Workshop", "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" & "Aquarius" [First added to this chart: 06/11/2014]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

614 charts

Rank Score:

5,611

Rank in 1998:

6

Rank in 1990s:

61

Overall Rank:

321

Average Rating:

 82 (727 votes)

Comments:

54

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Moon Safari 

 Air

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Watch the stars while listening to this seeeexxxyy aaalbummm. It's the perfect experience!

Favourite tracks: "Sexy Boy" & "Kelly Watch the Stars" [First added to this chart: 08/16/2014]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

805 charts

Rank Score:

7,021

Rank in 1998:

3

Rank in 1990s:

49

Overall Rank:

247

Average Rating:

 81 (982 votes)

Comments:

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Saturnzreturn 

 Goldie

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Goldie's super ambtitious follow-up to the also quite expansive "Timeless". Musically, it still follows the fascinating combination of drum 'n' bass and ambient textures, but with quite a few more ideas. The most notable track perhaps is the 60 minutes long opener (!), "Mother", which has a quite unusual progression starting with ambience and an orchestral part before it moves into drum 'n' bass territory and ends in ambient and orchestral soundscapes again.

Favourite tracks: "Mother" & "Dragonfly" [First added to this chart: 09/16/2013]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

32

Rank in 1998:

446

Rank in 1990s:

4,370

Overall Rank:

27,067

Average Rating:

 71 (13 votes)

Comments:

0

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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:

1,002 charts

Rank Score:

10,251

Rank in 1998:

2

Rank in 1990s:

31

Overall Rank:

148

Average Rating:

 83 (1,236 votes)

Comments:

62

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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:

286 charts

Rank Score:

2,370

Rank in 1998:

11

Rank in 1990s:

133

Overall Rank:

753

Average Rating:

 77 (380 votes)

Comments:

16

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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%
Alice In Chains	3	3%
The Future Sound Of London	3	3%
Slowdive	3	3%
The Smashing Pumpkins	3	3%
Orbital	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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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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