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: 03/22/2024 15:45
- (Created: 10/03/2013 18:27).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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George Michaels most moving & sad album beautifully written & sung with great emotion. The songs Jesus To A Child, You Have Been Loved & To Be Forgiven were influenced by the recent death of his lover. There are also some mid tempo songs such as Fastlove & Star People both hit singles and the title track, The Strangest Thing & Spin The Wheel are also 3 of the best songs he has written. Again Gone Too Soon.
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This to me sounds like the 4th chapter in the Low, heroes, Lodger era. That's not too surprising as Brian Eno is back on board as a writer and creator. The album should be listened to as a whole and to make it more cohesive I would skip the spoken tracks (5,10,15 & 18). There is an apocalyptic feel about the album similar to the Diamond Dogs project. It has an atmosphere and needs to be listened to 3 or 4 times for it all to sink in. A classic album from the 90's.
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1995
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A great album and still their best I listen to this every 3 or 4 months and it changes depending on how I feel I don't have a favourite track as it changes all the time. Haven't liked anything else they have done after this except In Rainbows & Moon Shaped Pool.
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1997
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One of my favourite albums of all time. This 19 song epic has grown better with time, I now consider it their best (Steve McQueen a close 2nd). The stand out tracks being Lookin For Atlantis, We Let The Stars Go, Wild Hoses, Doo Wop In Harlem & Carnival 2000. Hear how Paddy McAloon's lyrics/songs cover his preoccupations with Love God & Elvis. A sprawling double album well worth a few listens before you judge it.
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The best album by Blur contains a more experimental sound (c/o W.Orbit) a good listen from start to finish. Lyrically it is much darker and musically experimental than anything they had done before.
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1999
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1992
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A great album full of adult themes and social commentary - Praying For Time, Mothers Pride and a They Won't Go When I Go being highlights but the love songs are still where he pours out his anguish - Cowboys & Angels, Heal The Pain, Waiting for The Day it also contains two great "dance " tracks Soul Free & Freedom '90. An all round great album that is just as relevant today as it was when it was released.
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1990
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3rd best Radiohead album. This OK Computer & Rainbows are the best albums that they have created, that is my opinion but to me this album is much better than Kid A or Amnesiac.
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1995
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This was the first Pink Floyd album I actually owned. I had heard bits & pieces of Floyd through the years from Meddle onwards but never thought they would be my cup of tea, how wrong was I. So I really like this album not just because it's a good album but because it made me investigate everything else they recorded. Unlike most people I prefer Meddle & W.Y.W.H. to Dark Side O Moon.
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1994
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1991 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1992 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1993 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1994 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1995 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1996 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1997 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1998 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1999 | 9 | 9% |
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| R.E.M. | 4 | 4% | |
| Mariah Carey | 4 | 4% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 3 | 3% | |
| Björk | 3 | 3% | |
| Madonna | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 2% | |
| U2 | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
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| Up 1 from 22nd to 21st Achtung Baby by U2 |
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88/100 (from 24 votes)
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 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 |
| 85/100 | 06/28/2021 21:04 |  Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
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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 86.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.1/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 17.2.
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90/100
From Johnnyo 12/29/2022 22:05
Love this chart.
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90/100
From leniad 09/07/2021 04:46
good
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85/100
From vancevisuals 06/10/2019 21:11
13 in common
nice to see Flaming Pie on a list
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85/100
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ForegroundNoise 06/10/2019 12:23
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!
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75/100
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bobbyb5 02/04/2017 23:10
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
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95/100
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CharlieBarley 01/04/2017 20:20
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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100/100
From Musyahid 01/04/2017 14:09
Intresting Woman You Are
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100/100
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buzzdainer 07/22/2016 16:40
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!
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From Roal 09/21/2014 07:44
Mariah Carey has 3 but not even a single one from the whole shoegaze scene nice.
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