Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
by 
Romanelli 
- Chart updated: 4 days ago
- (Created: 12/04/2011 20:30).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1. Return To Hot Chicken
2. Moby Octopad
3. Sugarcube
4. Damage
5. Deeper Into Movies
6. Shadows
7. Stockholm Syndrome
8. Autumn Sweater
9. Little Honda
10. Green Arrow
11. One PM Again
12. The Lie And How We Told It
13. Center Of Gravity
14. Spec Bebop
15. We’re An American Band
16. My Little Corner Of The World
Yo La Tengo has successfully flown under the radar of stardom for a long time. A very long time. Formed in 1984 by the couple Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, almost everything about this band is interesting. They are named for a humorous story involving the 1962 New York Mets. They have had 14 bass players in their history, but only one since 1992. They are loved by critics, and have a small but fiercely loyal fan base. They played the Velvet Underground in a film, and they played a Night Ranger tribute band on Parks And Recreation. Their taste in cover songs is impeccable. And they have made mostly pretty great albums. I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One is maybe their finest…if not, it’s one of their very best. Kaplan and Hubley trade lead vocals, all of them low key and deep down in the mix almost as far as the guitars. And the result is that they sound undeniably cool. Undeniably.
The appeal of this album over their other great efforts is that this one branches out and tries the most different sounds. And almost everything works like a charm. The heaviest track is a surprise cover of The Beach Boy’s “Little Honda”. It sounds nothing like the original. Which makes it so cool. This album changes sound almost track by track, showing a stunning versatility. It also shows how good their songwriting is, and how unafraid they are to step out of their comfort zone. This album stands alongside the best of the longtime indie bands like Sonic Youth, and shows that even after so many years together, they were nowhere close to running out of ideas. This is a band and an album that gets lost in the shuffle way too often. They deserve to be heard, and this album, along with a few others by them, should be essential parts of a good rock collection. Take a listen, if you haven’t already. You’ll be happy you did. [First added to this chart: 05/06/2025]
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1991 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1992 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1993 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1994 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1996 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1997 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1998 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1999 | 2 | 2% |
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| Uncle Tupelo | 4 | 4% | |
| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| Pearl Jam | 3 | 3% | |
| Son Volt | 2 | 2% | |
| The Jayhawks | 2 | 2% | |
| Wilco | 2 | 2% | |
| The Lemonheads | 2 | 2% | |
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79 | 79% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
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| Up 7 from 66th to 59th Foolish by Superchunk |
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| Down 1 from 59th to 60th Get A Grip by Aerosmith |
| Down 1 from 60th to 61st Core by Stone Temple Pilots |
| Down 1 from 61st to 62nd I Am The Cosmos by Chris Bell |
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 50/100  | 02/09/2023 22:04 |  pedro1976 | | 85/100 |
| 65/100 | 02/06/2023 02:26 | jonatascv1990 | | 78/100 |
| 100/100 | 02/10/2022 00:40 |  Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
| 90/100 | 06/26/2021 23:01 |  zwiebel | | 86/100 |
| 100/100 | 05/03/2021 09:53 |  jnfbn | | 96/100 |
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Good chart!
Larcx13 02/10/2022 00:44
Good descriptions and a bunch of new records for me to check out. Favorited.
This is an excellent list. Lots of "alt-country" here, which is much more Replacements-Meets-Bruce Springsteen than traditional folk or country.
seb7 05/03/2021 18:04
I can't really give a good rating because I haven't listened to 96 of these albums, but I just want to say that I am convinced that Romanelli and AM are the same person
Great chart
ExTeaSea 01/18/2020 16:05
I really appreciate some of the more personal picks. This is a really good chart. 14 albums in common is pretty good. Perhaps one day I'll check out Uncle Tupelo.
ForegroundNoise 05/30/2019 07:36
Really love the detailed notes and careful selections!! I still feel it's a little too focused on American alt-rock for my liking however, would be nice to see some electronic releases/more hip hop besides Public Enemy at no.73!
RoundTheBend 05/30/2019 02:57
23 albums in common. Solid other picks!
awesome chart!
HoldenM 10/01/2017 05:52
Ahhh... That's a great chart right there.
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