Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
by 
SomeoneInNewYork 
My Favorite albums of the nineties, each with their corresponding flavor, color, feeling, emotion, location, place, atmosphere, texture, smell, or really anything i guess.
also not complete and soon to be updated.
Not in order.
- Chart updated: 08/17/2015 16:15
- (Created: 07/12/2015 02:53).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Mysticism and micro-organisms.
[First added to this chart: 07/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1992
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6,769
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Release and reflection.
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2015]
Year of Release:
1990
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9,783
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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2015]
Year of Release:
1993
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1,121
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4. (3) 1
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Vanilla ice cream and black licorice.
[First added to this chart: 07/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1996
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2,521
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Sunlight and sugar.
[First added to this chart: 07/22/2015]
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1999
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14,946
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Coca-cola and rat poison.
[First added to this chart: 07/14/2015]
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1991
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1,862
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White cheese and fog.
[First added to this chart: 07/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1998
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31,746
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Moonshine and wheat.
[First added to this chart: 07/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1999
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3,430
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Marshmallows and milk.
[First added to this chart: 07/14/2015]
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1991
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5,158
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Electric shocks and radio wire.
[First added to this chart: 07/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1993
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1,328
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1991 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1992 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1993 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1994 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1995 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1996 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1997 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1998 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1999 | 10 | 10% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Guided By Voices | 3 | 3% | |
| Massive Attack | 2 | 2% | |
| Stereolab | 2 | 2% | |
| Spiritualized® | 2 | 2% | |
| Aphex Twin | 2 | 2% | |
| Low | 2 | 2% | |
| Pavement | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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56 | 56% | |
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26 | 26% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 77 from 80th to 3rdCure For Pain by Morphine |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 3rd to 4thTigermilk by Belle And Sebastian |
| Down 1 from 4th to 5thÁgætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós |
| Down 1 from 5th to 6thYerself Is Steam by Mercury Rev |
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| 08/25/2025 13:05 | Johnnyo | 2,576 | 80/100 | |
| 07/22/2015 13:41 |  pa | 457 | 91/100 | |
| 07/17/2015 18:30 | gon2bed | 136 | 77/100 | |
| 07/16/2015 14:55 |  decemberhotel | 54 | 83/100 |
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From Johnnyo 08/25/2025 13:06 | #310679
Some really excellent albums listed here. Great chart
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| Best Artists of the 2000s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Arcade Fire | |
| 3. The Strokes | |
| 4. Coldplay | |
| 5. Sufjan Stevens | |
| 6. Muse | |
| 7. Arctic Monkeys | |
| 8. Wilco | |
| 9. The White Stripes | |
| 10. Animal Collective | |
| 11. Kanye West | |
| 12. Phil Elverum | |
| 13. Interpol | |
| 14. Modest Mouse | |
| 15. Queens Of The Stone Age | |
| 16. Madvillain | |
| 17. LCD Soundsystem | |
| 18. Godspeed You! Black Emperor | |
| 19. The National | |
| 20. The Flaming Lips |
