Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
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cestuneblague 
"A 90's kid? Don't you mean Sad Adult?"
- Chart updated: 10/18/2025 01:15
- (Created: 11/30/2015 10:52).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/30/2015]
Year of Release:
1995
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2,768
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[First added to this chart: 11/30/2015]
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1992
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1,330
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Year of Release:
1997
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7,891
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1991
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8,749
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[First added to this chart: 11/30/2015]
Year of Release:
1990
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2,591
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1994
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1,422
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[First added to this chart: 11/30/2015]
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1993
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12,519
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[First added to this chart: 07/20/2021]
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1996
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3,822
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1999
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1,296
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[First added to this chart: 11/30/2015]
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1994
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3,616
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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 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1991 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1992 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1993 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1994 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1995 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1996 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1997 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1998 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1999 | 6 | 6% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Mazzy Star | 2 | 2% | |
| Lisa Germano | 1 | 1% | |
| Cat Power | 1 | 1% | |
| The Afghan Whigs | 1 | 1% | |
| Rowland S. Howard | 1 | 1% | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel | 1 | 1% | |
| Uncle Tupelo | 1 | 1% | |
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71 | 71% | |
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14 | 14% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 39 from 66th to 27th Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu |
| Up 9 from 82nd to 73rd New Plastic Ideas by Unwound |
| Up 8 from 58th to 50th Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde by The Pharcyde |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 28 from 41st to 69th It's Love by The Softies |
| Down 5 from 83rd to 88th Empty Bottles Broken Hearts by The Murder City Devils |
| Down 4 from 29th to 33rd CrazySexyCool by TLC |
| New entries |
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| Everything I Long For by Hayden |
| EndSerenading by Mineral |
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From buzzdainer 07/23/2016 15:47 | #171703
buzzdainer 07/23/2016 15:47 | #171703
I know what you mean about the nineties being the decade of the "sad adult"--though I myself was already theoretically an adult by the time the decade started. I love many of your selections here, especially I See a Darkness, In an Aeroplane Over the Sea, Homegrown, and Bone Machine. Dry is a pretty great top ten pick, too, though I've always hated that album cover. Yeesh.
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