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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"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]
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1997
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"One day, I am going to grow wings, a chemical reaction, hysterical and useless, hysterical and..."
I've listened to this album at least a hundred times, and I swear, it just gets better every time. Every single track from it has been my favourite at some point (yes, even Fitter Happier).
Favourite Tracks: Let Down, No Surprises, Exit Music (For A Film), Paranoid Android, Airbag, The Tourist [First added to this chart: 10/24/2016]
I've listened to this album at least a hundred times, and I swear, it just gets better every time. Every single track from it has been my favourite at some point (yes, even Fitter Happier).
Favourite Tracks: Let Down, No Surprises, Exit Music (For A Film), Paranoid Android, Airbag, The Tourist [First added to this chart: 10/24/2016]
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1997
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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]
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1997
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3,146
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"The skyline was beautiful on fire, all twisted metal stretching upwards, everything washed in a thin orange haze. I said kiss me, you're beautiful, these are truly the last days. You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream, or a fever."
The CD version is better than the Vinyl version listed on this site.
Favourite Tracks: The Dead Flag Blues (Intro), The Dead Flag Blues (Outro), The Cowboy, Dead Metheny, The Sad Mafioso [First added to this chart: 11/21/2016]
The CD version is better than the Vinyl version listed on this site.
Favourite Tracks: The Dead Flag Blues (Intro), The Dead Flag Blues (Outro), The Cowboy, Dead Metheny, The Sad Mafioso [First added to this chart: 11/21/2016]
Year of Release:
1997
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"I would think about you all the time. Now it just feels weird that there you are."
Favourite Tracks: Autumn Sweater, Sugarcube, Damage, Shadows, Deeper Into Movies, We're An American Band, My Little Corner Of The World [First added to this chart: 06/27/2017]
Favourite Tracks: Autumn Sweater, Sugarcube, Damage, Shadows, Deeper Into Movies, We're An American Band, My Little Corner Of The World [First added to this chart: 06/27/2017]
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1997
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"Drink up, baby, stay up all night, with the things you could do, you won't, but you might."
Favourite Tracks: Say Yes, Between The Bars, Angeles, Speed Trials, Alameda, Punch And Judy [First added to this chart: 03/26/2017]
Favourite Tracks: Say Yes, Between The Bars, Angeles, Speed Trials, Alameda, Punch And Judy [First added to this chart: 03/26/2017]
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1997
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"Out of sorrow entire worlds have been built. Out of longing great wonders have been willed."
Favourite Tracks: Into My Arms, (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?, People Ain't No Good, Lime Tree Arbour [First added to this chart: 01/03/2017]
Favourite Tracks: Into My Arms, (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?, People Ain't No Good, Lime Tree Arbour [First added to this chart: 01/03/2017]
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1997
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4,151
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"So please put your sweet hand in mine, and float in space, and drift in time."
Favourite Tracks: Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, Cop Shoot Cop, Broken Heart, Cool Waves, Come Together [First added to this chart: 03/01/2017]
Favourite Tracks: Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, Cop Shoot Cop, Broken Heart, Cool Waves, Come Together [First added to this chart: 03/01/2017]
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1997
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"I'm a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl. You're the bird on the brim, hypnotized by the whirl."
Favourite Tracks: Bachelorette, Jòga, Hunter, All Is Full Of Love [First added to this chart: 01/03/2017]
Favourite Tracks: Bachelorette, Jòga, Hunter, All Is Full Of Love [First added to this chart: 01/03/2017]
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1997
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13,194
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"Cause this music can put a human being in a trance like state and deprive it for the sneaking feeling of existing."
Favourite Tracks: Mogwai Fear Satan, Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home, R U Still In 2 It, Like Herod [First added to this chart: 04/20/2017]
Favourite Tracks: Mogwai Fear Satan, Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home, R U Still In 2 It, Like Herod [First added to this chart: 04/20/2017]
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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% | |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 2% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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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
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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