Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
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pa 
- Chart updated: 06/11/2022 17:15
- (Created: 03/09/2014 16:21).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1990
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1990
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1990
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1990
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2,776
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1990
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1991 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1992 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1993 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1994 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1995 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1996 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1997 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1998 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1999 | 8 | 8% |
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| Soda Stereo | 2 | 2% | |
| Portishead | 1 | 1% | |
| R.E.M. | 1 | 1% | |
| カヒミ・カリィ[Kahimi Karie] | 1 | 1% | |
| Heavenly (UK) | 1 | 1% | |
| Another Sunny Day | 1 | 1% | |
| Oumou Sangaré | 1 | 1% | |
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44 | 44% | |
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25 | 25% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/12/2023 08:53 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/03/2022 19:23 | Johnnyo | 2,546 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/08/2020 01:52 |  Purplepash | 1,680 | 88/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2020 12:33 |  Larcx13 | 1,144 | 86/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2019 00:48 |  Rhyner | 1,454 | 99/100 |
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From Moondance 04/12/2023 08:57 | #295970
With only 3 albums in common, we clearly have vastly different musical tastes ~ the world-wide diversity in your chart is a big positive for me. Good to see a chart that doesn't conform to anyone's norms but yours!
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From Johnnyo 08/03/2022 19:24 | #288105
Really good, personal chart. Really like it
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From SamNassiri98 03/12/2018 14:29 | #210747
Interesting chart
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ForegroundNoise 03/12/2018 09:45 | #210740
ForegroundNoise 03/12/2018 09:45 | #210740
Love this chart!! Woulda liked to see Laughing Stock and Loveless but otherwise my list would be very similar
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Boltzmann 03/12/2018 09:10 | #210707
Boltzmann 03/12/2018 09:10 | #210707
Oh my god, @ the people in the comments: not everyone likes Radiohead, stop trying to make every chart on this site a duplicate of another.
Anyway, I like the chart. It starts off with some really weird picks, some stuff I really need to ckeck. And I see some variation, that’s great.
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From Ulf 03/12/2018 08:11 | #210704
I guess you only picked one album per artist but wheres radiohead or depeche mode?
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buzzdainer 07/25/2016 19:31 | #171803
buzzdainer 07/25/2016 19:31 | #171803
I greatly appreciate your inclusion of classics such as Grace, The La's, Carl Wheels on a Gravel Road, and In the Aeroplane Over the Sea on this chart. I also think your selection of Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance for your #1 pick is a really interesting one, as it boils down a lot of what was great about the nineties: grunge, yes, but also a stripping down to the essentials of great songwriting and performing. To me that's what the best of the nineties was all about. Excellent work on this chart!
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RoundTheBend 05/23/2016 02:41 | #166690
RoundTheBend 05/23/2016 02:41 | #166690
17 albums and 19 artists in common.
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From brun027 10/14/2014 22:57 | #124521
Yep, Mestre Ambrósio are the shit. All their three studio albums are fantastic if you haven't listened. You should also check out some of Siba's later stuff, he's one of the brightest figures in mpb over the last couple of decades imo.
Great chart btw, I always apreciate the huge variety in all of your charts.
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From 
greatson 07/25/2014 07:06 | #117756
greatson 07/25/2014 07:06 | #117756
...again lot´s of great "rar picks": Radio Tarifa, John Cale,
Loreena McKennitt and last not least: Kruder & Dorfmeister
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