Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
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JMGL95 
EXTRA: Favourite songs of the 90s (1 per artist) ->
1. Radiohead - Paranoid Android [OK Computer]
2. Pearl Jam - Black [Ten]
3. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah [Grace]
4. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea [In the Aeroplane Over the Sea]
5. The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight [Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]
6. Slowdive - When the Sun Hits [Souvlaki]
7. Elliott Smith - Between the Bars [Either/Or]
8. Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger [(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]
9. R.E.M - Losing my Religion [Out of Time]
10. Nas - N.Y. State of Mind [Illmatic]
- Chart updated: 05/03/2026 12:15
- (Created: 02/13/2015 11:47).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1997
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1996
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9,491
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1995
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27,255
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1994
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15,122
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1998
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29,595
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1994
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14,112
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1996
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1997
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1991 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1992 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1993 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1994 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1995 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1996 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1997 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1998 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1999 | 12 | 12% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Pillows | 4 | 4% | |
| 平沢進 [Susumu Hirasawa] | 4 | 4% | |
| フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans] | 3 | 3% | |
| hide (JP) | 3 | 3% | |
| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| Oasis | 3 | 3% | |
| Elliott Smith | 2 | 2% | |
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45 | 45% | |
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25 | 25% | |
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16 | 16% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
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Down 4 from 7th to 11th |
Down 2 from 4th to 6th |
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| ! | 03/29/2022 10:44 |  Purplepash | 1,850 | 88/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2020 18:30 | DJENNY | 4,335 | 100/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2016 02:48 |  buzzdainer | 664 | 90/100 |
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/06/2016 02:49 | #167991
Excellent chart! I've not heard Merveilles, but it must be worth checking out to be surrounded by classics such as OK Computer and Keep It Like a Secret.
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