Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
by Imaybeparanoid 
Honorable mentions:
Painful - Yo La Tengo | Heartworm - Whipping Boy | Ocean Songs - Dirty Three
Grand Prix - Teenage Fanclub | Tindersticks - Tindersticks | Quique - Seefeel
For Your Own Special Sweetheart - Jawbox | Diary - Sunny Day Real Estate
Fully Completely - The Tragically Hip | Hips And Makers - Kristin Hersh
In The Presence Of Nothing - Lilys | To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise | I See a Darkness - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Faithless Street - Whiskeytown | Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot - Sparklehorse
Today's Active Lifestyles - Polvo | Seamonsters - The Wedding Present | Transaction De Novo - Bedhead
Downward Is Heavenward - Hum | Sweet Oblivion - Screaming Trees | Bakesale - Sebadoh
Anodyne - Uncle Tupelo | You Turn Me On - Beat Happening | Maxinquaye - Tricky
Screamadelica - Primal Scream | Houdini - Long Fin Killie | Wild Wood - Paul Weller
I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell | Yank Crime - Drive Like Jehu | Penthouse - Luna
Last Splash - The Breeders | Viva Last Blues - Palace Music | Spilt Milk - Jellyfish
Tomorrow The Green Grass - The Jayhawks | It's A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads
- Chart updated: 06/20/2020 17:45
- (Created: 08/25/2015 14:53).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 08/25/2015]
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1998
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31,625
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1997
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62,589
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1993
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10,656
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1995
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28,412
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1994
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14,511
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[First added to this chart: 08/31/2015]
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1990
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4,501
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[First added to this chart: 04/04/2016]
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1994
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15,932
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[First added to this chart: 10/17/2015]
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1996
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10,019
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[First added to this chart: 12/28/2015]
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1997
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10,132
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10. (=)
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[First added to this chart: 08/25/2015]
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1991
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37,226
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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 | % | |
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| 1990 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1991 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1992 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1993 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1994 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1996 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1997 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1999 | 12 | 12% |
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| Built To Spill | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Elliott Smith | 2 | 2% | |
| Nirvana | 2 | 2% | |
| Catherine Wheel | 2 | 2% | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel | 2 | 2% | |
| Stereolab | 2 | 2% | |
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29 | 29% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 23rd to 24thDummy by Portishead |
| Down 1 from 24th to 25thHomogenic by Björk |
| Down 1 from 25th to 26thThe Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers |
| New entries |
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| The Infamous by Mobb Deep |
| Leavers |
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| I See A Darkness by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 09/06/2024 15:20 |  Larcx13 | 1,138 | 86/100 | |
| 08/27/2021 22:34 |  VoicelessAuthor | 30 | 88/100 | |
| 06/20/2020 17:46 |  buzzdainer | 664 | 90/100 | |
| 01/18/2017 23:55 |  CharlieBarley | 476 | 94/100 | |
| 01/05/2017 01:14 | Seab | 2,001 | 93/100 |
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From buzzdainer 06/20/2020 17:48 | #253998
buzzdainer 06/20/2020 17:48 | #253998
We've got 16 albums in common on our charts, but what really strikes me are the number of albums on your chart that just missed by 1990s chart, but probably shouldn't have. Makes me want to go make and make some major revisions. I mean, seriously, how did Souvlaki not make my nineties chart? A pretty egregious oversight that deserves reconsideration. Looking forward to checking out some of your selections that are less familiar to me, as I have no doubt they are good.
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From CharlieBarley 01/18/2017 23:56 | #183306
CharlieBarley 01/18/2017 23:56 | #183306
Really good chart dude. 27 albums in common. Wicked selection. Quite a few I've still to hear. Great stuff.
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From chriskarman 06/07/2016 16:19 | #168115
Love this chart, a lot of albums in common!
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