Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
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Nevermind 
United States Nirvana
Buy album United States
Produced by Butch Vig [First added to this chart: 11/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1991
Appears in:
3,251 charts
Rank Score:
36,005
Rank in 1991:
1
Rank in 1990s:
2
Overall Rank:
13
Average Rating:
Top rated album (87/100 - 4370 votes)  87 (4,370 votes)
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OK Computer 
United Kingdom Radiohead
Buy album United States
Produced by Nigel Godrich [First added to this chart: 11/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1997
Appears in:
4,472 charts
Rank Score:
59,514
Rank in 1997:
1
Rank in 1990s:
1
Overall Rank:
1
Average Rating:
Top rated album (92/100 - 5683 votes)  92 (5,683 votes)
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Grace 
United States Jeff Buckley
Buy album United States
Produced by Andy Wallace [First added to this chart: 11/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1994
Appears in:
1,754 charts
Rank Score:
17,509
Rank in 1994:
1
Rank in 1990s:
8
Overall Rank:
54
Average Rating:
 84 (1,992 votes)
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Automatic For The People 
United States R.E.M.
Buy album United States
Produced by Scott Litt [First added to this chart: 11/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1992
Appears in:
1,855 charts
Rank Score:
18,582
Rank in 1992:
1
Rank in 1990s:
6
Overall Rank:
45
Average Rating:
 84 (2,239 votes)
Comments:
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Dummy 
United Kingdom Portishead
Buy album United States
Produced by Portishead, Adrian Utley [First added to this chart: 11/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1994
Appears in:
1,583 charts
Rank Score:
16,159
Rank in 1994:
2
Rank in 1990s:
12
Overall Rank:
63
Average Rating:
 84 (1,748 votes)
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Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 
United States The Smashing Pumpkins
Buy album United States
Produced by Alan Moulder, Flood, Billy Corgan [First added to this chart: 11/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1995
Appears in:
1,522 charts
Rank Score:
14,388
Rank in 1995:
3
Rank in 1990s:
14
Overall Rank:
80
Average Rating:
 83 (1,879 votes)
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Spiderland 
United States Slint
Buy album United States
Produced by Brian Paulson [First added to this chart: 11/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1991
Appears in:
1,052 charts
Rank Score:
11,499
Rank in 1991:
4
Rank in 1990s:
20
Overall Rank:
107
Average Rating:
 83 (1,297 votes)
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American Football (1999) 
United States American Football
Buy album United States
Produced by Brendan Gamble [First added to this chart: 11/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1999
Appears in:
388 charts
Rank Score:
3,386
Rank in 1999:
11
Rank in 1990s:
89
Overall Rank:
509
Average Rating:
 80 (505 votes)
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Ágætis Byrjun 
Iceland Sigur Rós
Buy album United States
Produced by Ken Thomas [First added to this chart: 11/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1999
Appears in:
1,432 charts
Rank Score:
14,183
Rank in 1999:
1
Rank in 1990s:
16
Overall Rank:
83
Average Rating:
Top rated album (86/100 - 1729 votes)  86 (1,729 votes)
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Rage Against The Machine 
United States Rage Against The Machine
Buy album United States
Produced by GGGarth, Rage Against The Machine [First added to this chart: 11/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1992
Appears in:
1,312 charts
Rank Score:
11,133
Rank in 1992:
2
Rank in 1990s:
22
Overall Rank:
114
Average Rating:
 83 (1,674 votes)
Comments:
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition

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United States 62 62% Filter chart to just show these albums
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes

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Climber Up 16 from 72nd to 56th
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Ocean Songs
by Dirty Three
Climber Up 16 from 63rd to 47th
Four Great Points
by June Of 44
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 47 from 42nd to 89th
Summerteeth
by Wilco
Faller Down 43 from 35th to 78th
August And Everything After
by Counting Crows
Faller Down 22 from 50th to 72nd
Dookie
by Green Day
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The White Birch
by Codeine
Leavers
Leaver
Bossanova
by Pixies
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From 03/27/2017 00:55 | #188161
Great chart, lots of overlap with mine...but...username doesn't check out...
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From 11/27/2015 16:21 | #153577
A great classic list, particularly happy to see Red House Painters and PJ Harvey in there!
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