Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
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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: 10/01/2025 11:45
- (Created: 10/03/2013 18:27).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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The most together/cohesive Madonna album. Full of atmosphere and great songs courtesy of William Orbit. Frozen, Skin the title track and To Have & Not To Hold being my faves. A wonderful album that deserves more recognition
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1998
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Madonna's 2nd best album I.M.O. I really like the way the final few tracks blend into each other for the last 22 mins. Starting with Forbidden Love - Love Tried To Welcome Me - Sanctuary - Bedtime Story & Take A Bow a fantastic 5 track mini album with Madonna at her best singing about love/sex. The album also contains forgotten gems Survival, Secret and Inside Of Me.
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One of the best Madonna albums out there, full of different styles of dance & pop music it is a tad overlong the track Did You Do It as far as I can tell doesn't feature Madonna at all. The remainder of the album however more than makes up for it. Erotica, Deeper & Deeper, Where Life Begins, Rain, In This Life & Bad Girl being the standout tracks.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |
| Elliott Smith | 2 | 2% | |
| PJ Harvey | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 37th to 36thLove Symbol by Prince & The New Power Generation |
| Up 1 from 36th to 35thBehaviour by Pet Shop Boys |
| Up 1 from 35th to 34thMusic Box by Mariah Carey |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 33rd to 37thThe Division Bell by Pink Floyd |
| Down 1 from 4th to 5thOlder by George Michael |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/14/2025 12:19 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2022 22:04 | Johnnyo | 2,565 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2022 06:30 |  jnfbn | 310 | 96/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2022 13:14 |  Cytoma | 171 | 90/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2021 04:46 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 9% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 88.1/100, a mean average of 86.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.0/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 16.8.
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From Johnnyo 12/29/2022 22:05 | #292315
Love this chart.
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From leniad 09/07/2021 04:46 | #273405
good
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From vancevisuals 06/10/2019 21:11 | #237389
13 in common
nice to see Flaming Pie on a list
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ForegroundNoise 06/10/2019 12:23 | #237371
ForegroundNoise 06/10/2019 12:23 | #237371
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!
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bobbyb5 02/04/2017 23:10 | #184915
bobbyb5 02/04/2017 23:10 | #184915
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
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CharlieBarley 01/04/2017 20:20 | #181741
CharlieBarley 01/04/2017 20:20 | #181741
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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From Musyahid 01/04/2017 14:09 | #181714
Intresting Woman You Are
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buzzdainer 07/22/2016 16:40 | #171668
buzzdainer 07/22/2016 16:40 | #171668
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!
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From Roal 09/21/2014 07:44 | #122357
Mariah Carey has 3 but not even a single one from the whole shoegaze scene nice.
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