Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
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Strangel 
- Chart updated: 12/07/2025 12:45
- (Created: 11/23/2016 21:44).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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The disintegration of the soul in music.
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1997
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63,592
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
6,657
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The depth of longing as felt through the duration of humanity's separation from its true origins.
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
4,153
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1996
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6,754
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Mind-membrane balloon-expansion.
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1999
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15,093
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Year of Release:
1995
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Rank Score:
29,136
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
16,645
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
17,898
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9. (=)
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
37,746
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2016]
Year of Release:
1991
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18,343
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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 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1991 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1992 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1993 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1994 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1995 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1996 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1997 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1998 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1999 | 7 | 7% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Aphex Twin | 4 | 4% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 4 | 4% | |
| Pearl Jam | 4 | 4% | |
| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| PJ Harvey | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Stone Temple Pilots | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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51 | 51% | |
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26 | 26% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 80 from 95th to 15th Richard D. James Album by Aphex Twin |
| Up 4 from 42nd to 38th Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden |
| Up 4 from 33rd to 29th Dirt by Alice In Chains |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 14 from 18th to 32nd In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel |
| Down 11 from 17th to 28th Portishead by Portishead |
| Down 7 from 11th to 18th MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana |
| New entries |
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| ...I Care Because You Do by Aphex Twin |
| Leavers |
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| Electro-Shock Blues by Eels |
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