Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
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Onater 
My Top 20 songs of the 90s:
10. Mazzy Star - Fade Into You (So Tonight That I Might See, 1993)
9. Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, 1997)
8. Pavement - Gold Soundz (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1992)
7. The Tragically Hip - Fiddler's Green (Road Apples, 1991)
6. Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea (Washing Machine, 1995)
5. R.E.M. - Find The River (Automatic For The People, 1992)
4. R.E.M. - Nightswimming (Automatic For The People, 1992)
3. The Tragically Hip - Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man (Phantom Power, 1998)
2. The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon (Phantom Power, 1998)
1. The Tragically Hip - Ahead By A Century (Trouble At The Henhouse, 1996)
- Chart updated: 03/27/2019 09:15
- (Created: 10/25/2016 00:34).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Favourite Tracks: Dunkelheit, Jesus' Tod, Erblicket Die Töchter Des Firm [First added to this chart: 01/21/2018]
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Year of Release:
1996
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1991 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1992 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1993 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1994 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1995 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1996 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1997 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1999 | 12 | 12% |
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| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 5 | 5% | |
| The Tragically Hip | 4 | 4% | |
| Elliott Smith | 4 | 4% | |
| Aphex Twin | 3 | 3% | |
| Yo La Tengo | 3 | 3% | |
| Belle And Sebastian | 3 | 3% | |
| Ween | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 40 from 79th to 39thIllmatic by Nas |
| Up 40 from 66th to 26thSelected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin |
| Up 30 from 50th to 20thDummy by Portishead |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 26 from 26th to 52ndPinkerton by Weezer |
| Down 23 from 18th to 41stLaughing Stock by Talk Talk |
| Down 19 from 16th to 35thRoad Apples by The Tragically Hip |
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CharlieBarley 02/15/2017 02:03 | #185602
Great 90s chart with 20 in common with mine. Good to see REM's Automatic at number one. One of my very favourite 90s albums. Brings back good memories. And good to see Slint and plenty of Radiohead. Ace,
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