Top 98 Music Albums of the 1990s
by 
HazeyTwilight 
The 90s were just a legendary period in music history.
- Chart updated: 12/01/2019 09:45
- (Created: 09/06/2013 22:28).
- Chart size: 98 albums.
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Top 98 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1991 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1992 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1993 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1994 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1995 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1996 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1997 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1998 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1999 | 10 | 10% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Flaming Lips | 6 | 6% | |
| Blur | 5 | 5% | |
| Sleater-Kinney | 4 | 4% | |
| Elliott Smith | 4 | 4% | |
| Built To Spill | 3 | 3% | |
| Pavement | 3 | 3% | |
| Red House Painters | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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54 | 55% | |
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27 | 28% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 98 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 8 from 20th to 12th Nowhere by Ride |
| Up 8 from 12th to 4th Emergency & I by The Dismemberment Plan |
| Up 3 from 30th to 27th Beautiful Freak by Eels |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 33 from 65th to 98th Definitely Maybe by Oasis |
| Down 16 from 81st to 97th Frigid Stars LP by Codeine |
| Down 13 from 70th to 83rd The Bed Is In The Ocean by Karate |
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| Top 80 Music Albums of the 2010s | HazeyTwilight | 2010s decade chart | 2016 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | HazeyTwilight | 2000s decade chart | 2015 | |
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| Top 71 Music Albums of the 1980s | HazeyTwilight | 1980s decade chart | 2015 | |
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Top 98 Music Albums of the 1990s ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2018 10:28 |  phantom1305 | 291 | 92/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2018 15:07 |  LedZep | 1,104 | 84/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2016 14:15 | ThomBjork | 35 | 91/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2016 16:47 |  buzzdainer | 669 | 90/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2015 17:33 | Imaybeparanoid | 179 | 89/100 |
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(*In practice, some charts can have several thousand ratings)
This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 90.2/100, a mean average of 93.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 93.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.8.
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LedZep 04/23/2017 11:16 | #189712
I agree with "The 90s were just a legendary period in music history" but that's just about it. Still although I disagree with most of this, it's a very personal journey and I have enjoyed your chart quite a bit. So many new albums to discover
buzzdainer 06/14/2016 16:48 | #168688
A really solid nineties chart! Very tough to argue with your rankings of the likes of OK Computer and Keep It Like a Secret.
HoldenM 10/30/2015 20:27 | #152307
More than half of the same entries. I dig it wholeheartedly.
SuedeSwede 01/09/2014 21:29 | #100310
31/36 in common... wow.
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