Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s by 
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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"Pick up here and chase the ride, the river empties to the tide. All of this is coming your way."
This is not the greatest album of all time. Far from it. However, it is my favourite.
Favourite Tracks: Nightswimming, Find The River, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Man On The Moon [First added to this chart: 10/24/2016]
This is not the greatest album of all time. Far from it. However, it is my favourite.
Favourite Tracks: Nightswimming, Find The River, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Man On The Moon [First added to this chart: 10/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1992
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20,423
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"Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all."
I know, I know, it's a meme and "entry-level" and whatever else you'd like to call it, but there's a reason that this album has the reputation that it does. Some of the most disturbingly surreal yet beautiful lyrics ever written that seem to contain a hidden story beneath them, yet nobody can really agree on what exactly that story is. I'd like to say that the story it tells is whatever story you decide to hear in it.
Favourite Tracks: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Two-Headed Boy Part 2, Holland 1945, Two-Headed Boy, Oh Comely [First added to this chart: 10/24/2016]
I know, I know, it's a meme and "entry-level" and whatever else you'd like to call it, but there's a reason that this album has the reputation that it does. Some of the most disturbingly surreal yet beautiful lyrics ever written that seem to contain a hidden story beneath them, yet nobody can really agree on what exactly that story is. I'd like to say that the story it tells is whatever story you decide to hear in it.
Favourite Tracks: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Two-Headed Boy Part 2, Holland 1945, Two-Headed Boy, Oh Comely [First added to this chart: 10/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1998
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39,429
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"Where you gonna be? Where will you spend eternity? I'm gonna be perfect from now on. I'm gonna be perfect, starting now."
Favourite Tracks: Randy Described Eternity, Untrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else), Velvet Waltz, I Would Hurt A Fly [First added to this chart: 05/08/2017]
Favourite Tracks: Randy Described Eternity, Untrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else), Velvet Waltz, I Would Hurt A Fly [First added to this chart: 05/08/2017]
Year of Release:
1997
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"You have to listen to him groan and say disgusting things, but, I suppose those things are only disgusting if that's the way you're looking at it."
Favourite Tracks: Helpless Child, The Sound, I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull, The Final Sacrifice, Animus [First added to this chart: 03/01/2017]
Favourite Tracks: Helpless Child, The Sound, I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull, The Final Sacrifice, Animus [First added to this chart: 03/01/2017]
Year of Release:
1996
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4,512
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"GET OFF MY ASS, YA WEE BITTY FUCK. IF I PULL OUT THE CLAYMORE, YER SHIT OUTTA LUCK."
Don't do drugs kids.
Favourite Tracks: She Wanted To Leave, Mutilated Lips, Ocean Man, Waving My Dick In The Wind, The Blarney Stone, The Mollusk [First added to this chart: 06/27/2017]
Don't do drugs kids.
Favourite Tracks: She Wanted To Leave, Mutilated Lips, Ocean Man, Waving My Dick In The Wind, The Blarney Stone, The Mollusk [First added to this chart: 06/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1997
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3,551
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"Neglected for now, but yo, it gots to be accepted. That what? That life is hectic."
Favourite Tracks: Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing to Fuck Wit, C.R.E.A.M., Shame On A Nigga, Bring da Ruckus, Da Mystery of Chessboxin', Protect Ya Neck [First added to this chart: 03/31/2017]
Favourite Tracks: Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing to Fuck Wit, C.R.E.A.M., Shame On A Nigga, Bring da Ruckus, Da Mystery of Chessboxin', Protect Ya Neck [First added to this chart: 03/31/2017]
Year of Release:
1993
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13,501
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"And I'll see you, and you'll see me, and I'll see you in the branches that blow."
Somehow manages to be even better than the original, in that it is not only a great soundtrack but also a great album.
Favourite Tracks: Sycamore Trees, The Pine Float, Theme From Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me, Don't Do Anything (I Wouldn't Do), Moving Through Time [First added to this chart: 10/15/2017]
Somehow manages to be even better than the original, in that it is not only a great soundtrack but also a great album.
Favourite Tracks: Sycamore Trees, The Pine Float, Theme From Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me, Don't Do Anything (I Wouldn't Do), Moving Through Time [First added to this chart: 10/15/2017]
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"Don't let yourself be hurt this time."
Probably the greatest soundtrack of all time (except for Fire Walk With Me).
Favourite Tracks: Twin Peaks Theme, Laura Palmer's Theme, Dance Of The Dream Man [First added to this chart: 09/05/2017]
Probably the greatest soundtrack of all time (except for Fire Walk With Me).
Favourite Tracks: Twin Peaks Theme, Laura Palmer's Theme, Dance Of The Dream Man [First added to this chart: 09/05/2017]
Year of Release:
1990
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1,560
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"Come down off the cross, we can use the wood."
Favourite Tracks: Come On Up To The House, Take It With Me, Big In Japan, Cold Water [First added to this chart: 01/21/2018]
Favourite Tracks: Come On Up To The House, Take It With Me, Big In Japan, Cold Water [First added to this chart: 01/21/2018]
Year of Release:
1999
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2,078
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"We walked down the hill, I feel the coming on of the fading sun. And I know for sure that you'll never be the one."
Favourite Tracks: Katy Song, Grace Cathedral Park, Strawberry Hill, Mistress, Funhouse, Brown Eyes [First added to this chart: 11/15/2017]
Favourite Tracks: Katy Song, Grace Cathedral Park, Strawberry Hill, Mistress, Funhouse, Brown Eyes [First added to this chart: 11/15/2017]
Year of Release:
1993
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
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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% | |
| Belle And Sebastian | 3 | 3% | |
| Aphex Twin | 3 | 3% | |
| Yo La Tengo | 3 | 3% | |
| Pulp | 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 39th Illmatic by Nas |
| Up 40 from 66th to 26th Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin |
| Up 30 from 50th to 20th Dummy by Portishead |
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| Down 26 from 26th to 52nd Pinkerton by Weezer |
| Down 23 from 18th to 41st Laughing Stock by Talk Talk |
| Down 19 from 16th to 35th Road Apples by The Tragically Hip |
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From CharlieBarley 02/15/2017 02:03
CharlieBarley 02/15/2017 02:03
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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