Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s by 
Tamthebam 
This is my 2nd favourite decade after the 70's. Overall this was a great decade for all types of music great soul/RnB albums along with country/folk and indie music. I enjoy all types of music and for once in my life had the money to enable me to expand my collection.
- Chart updated: 08/12/2025 15:15
- (Created: 10/03/2013 18:27).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1991 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1992 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1993 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1994 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1995 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1996 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1997 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1998 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1999 | 9 | 9% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Mariah Carey | 4 | 4% | |
| R.E.M. | 4 | 4% | |
| Madonna | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Björk | 3 | 3% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 2 | 2% | |
| Blur | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 29th to 28th Automatic For The People by R.E.M. |
| Up 1 from 28th to 27th 13 by Blur |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 27th to 29th Pop Pop by Rickie Lee Jones |
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 85/100  | 03/14/2025 12:19 | SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
| 90/100 | 12/29/2022 22:04 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 100/100 | 02/25/2022 06:30 |  jnfbn | | 96/100 |
| 80/100 | 02/24/2022 13:14 |  Cytoma | | 90/100 |
| 90/100 | 09/07/2021 04:46 | leniad | | 85/100 |
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13 in common
nice to see Flaming Pie on a list
ForegroundNoise 06/10/2019 12:23
Interesting mix of stuff of both rock and pop!! I like your notes too, makes the chart seem really personal.
That said would be nice to see some stuff outside of those spheres; no hip hop, no electronic and nothing outside of the anglophonic bubble that isn't Bjork, (who still mostly sings in English), which I find kinda surprising for someone who has rated so many albums?
Anyway, I guess each to their own, and you clearly know your stuff. Great chart!
bobbyb5 02/04/2017 23:10
You are from Scotland and yet there's not one mention by you of Altered Images. EVEN I HAVE ALTETED IMAGES ON MY CHART!!! And I'm fuckin American!!! Pinky Blue is in my chart!!! Shame on you!!! Lol
CharlieBarley 01/04/2017 20:20
REM, Blur, Radiohead, Bjork. These are all artists I too liked in the 90s. Also the 90s are my 2nd favourite decade for music after the 70s. I even remember there being a bit of a 70s revival during the 90s. Fashion-wise there definitely was at my college. 30 albums in common you got some good ones
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buzzdainer 07/22/2016 16:40
Outstanding chart! Like you, I didn't listen to that much shoegaze music in the nineties, instead focusing on albums such as OK Computer, Grace, The Bends, and Automatic for the People. I appreciate seeing Adore in your top ten, as that's a Smashing Pumpkins album that doesn't get nearly the attention and affection that it deserves. Great work on this chart!
Mariah Carey has 3 but not even a single one from the whole shoegaze scene nice.
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