Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s by Giant2015 
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9. Elliott Smith
10. Pavement/John Zorn/A Tribe Called Quest (tie)
- Chart updated: 05/09/2021 19:45
- (Created: 01/03/2017 05:27).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Plunderphonics; instrumental hip-hop; trip hop
Key song: "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt" [First added to this chart: 02/28/2017]
Key song: "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt" [First added to this chart: 02/28/2017]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
10,301
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Midwest emo; math rock; post-rock
Key song: "Never Meant" [First added to this chart: 02/28/2017]
Key song: "Never Meant" [First added to this chart: 02/28/2017]
Year of Release:
1999
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3,838
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Neo-soul; R&B; hip-hop
Key song: "Doo-Wop (That Thing)" [First added to this chart: 04/16/2018]
Key song: "Doo-Wop (That Thing)" [First added to this chart: 04/16/2018]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
5,663
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Pop punk; emo pop; skate punk
Key song: "Going Away to College" [First added to this chart: 06/10/2019]
Key song: "Going Away to College" [First added to this chart: 06/10/2019]
Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
2,568
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Singer-songwriter; indie folk; indie pop; chamber pop
Key song: "Waltz #2 (XO)" [First added to this chart: 02/28/2017]
Key song: "Waltz #2 (XO)" [First added to this chart: 02/28/2017]
Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
4,040
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East Coast hip-hop; boom bap
Key song: "One Love" [First added to this chart: 02/28/2017]
Key song: "One Love" [First added to this chart: 02/28/2017]
Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
18,539
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Indie rock; alternative rock; slowcore; alt-country
Key song: "Cow" [First added to this chart: 06/10/2019]
Key song: "Cow" [First added to this chart: 06/10/2019]
Year of Release:
1995
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Rank Score:
1,158
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Post-rock; experimental; dark ambient; drone; spoken word; industrial
Key song: "I Was a Prisoner In Your Skull" [First added to this chart: 04/16/2018]
Key song: "I Was a Prisoner In Your Skull" [First added to this chart: 04/16/2018]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
4,521
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Chamber pop; psychedelic pop; neo-psychedelia
Key song: "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" [First added to this chart: 04/16/2018]
Key song: "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" [First added to this chart: 04/16/2018]
Year of Release:
1999
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12,150
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Grunge; noise rock; post-hardcore
Key song: "Heart-Shaped Box" [First added to this chart: 04/18/2020]
Key song: "Heart-Shaped Box" [First added to this chart: 04/18/2020]
Year of Release:
1993
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18,958
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1991 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1992 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1993 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1994 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1995 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1996 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1997 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1998 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1999 | 17 | 17% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smashing Pumpkins | 3 | 3% | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel | 2 | 2% | |
| Blur | 2 | 2% | |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | 2 | 2% | |
| Stereolab | 2 | 2% | |
| Everything But The Girl | 2 | 2% | |
| Belle And Sebastian | 2 | 2% | |
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