Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
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- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1999-WARNER BROS
Produced By RICK RUBIN
1. Around The World
2. Parallel Universe
3. Scar Tissue
4. Otherside
5. Get On Top
6. Californication
7. Easily
8. Porcelain
9. Emit Remmus
10. I Like Dirt
11. This Velvet Glove
12. Savior
13. Purple Stain
14. Right On Time
15. Road Trippin'
In their long and surprisingly successful career, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have made some fairly bland music, and a small handful of good albums: BloodSugarSexMajic (which, while loaded with filler, contains their best songs), the surprisingly excellent By The Way, and Californication. Dave Navarro had just left the band, and John Frusciante returned to take his place. The result is the band's most mature record aside from By The Way, and almost contains enough actual songs to be consistent. Almost.
Flea is, of course, Flea, which is a good thing. Anthony Kiedis remains both entertaining and somewhat annoying. And, like BloodSugar, this is a bit (but not quite as) long, so it tends to drag. The highs here are great, the lows are disappointing. If you're a fan, it's essential. If not...you can live without this. [First added to this chart: 03/01/2012]
Produced By RICK RUBIN
1. Around The World
2. Parallel Universe
3. Scar Tissue
4. Otherside
5. Get On Top
6. Californication
7. Easily
8. Porcelain
9. Emit Remmus
10. I Like Dirt
11. This Velvet Glove
12. Savior
13. Purple Stain
14. Right On Time
15. Road Trippin'
In their long and surprisingly successful career, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have made some fairly bland music, and a small handful of good albums: BloodSugarSexMajic (which, while loaded with filler, contains their best songs), the surprisingly excellent By The Way, and Californication. Dave Navarro had just left the band, and John Frusciante returned to take his place. The result is the band's most mature record aside from By The Way, and almost contains enough actual songs to be consistent. Almost.
Flea is, of course, Flea, which is a good thing. Anthony Kiedis remains both entertaining and somewhat annoying. And, like BloodSugar, this is a bit (but not quite as) long, so it tends to drag. The highs here are great, the lows are disappointing. If you're a fan, it's essential. If not...you can live without this. [First added to this chart: 03/01/2012]
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1999
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1999-SOULDUMP
Produced By EARL HICKS & DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
1. Bulldozers And Dirt
2. Nine Bullets
3. Uncle Frank
4. Too Much Sex (Too Little Jesus)
5. Box Of Spiders
6. One Of These Days
7. Margo And Harold
8. The Company I Keep
9. The President’s Penis Is Missing
10. Tales Facing Up
11. Love Like This
12. Mrs. Dubose
13. Zoloft
14. The Night G.G. Allin Came To Town
The second album from Drive-By Truckers was released in 1999, then got a wider distribution from a re-release on the larger New West Records in 2005. The album contains songs that continue in the vein of their raucous debut, Gangstabilly, but also shows that the band has the ability to turn out ballads like the solid opener, “Bulldozers And Dirt”. The album also features guitarist Mike Cooley stretching out as a songwriter, contributing three songs to the album along with bass player Rob Malone ‘s “Mrs. Dubose”, a change from having all but one of Gangstabilly’s songs written by Patterson Hood…and a change that would continue to grow from album to album. But the main writer here is still Hood, and some of his more memorable songs are on this album. Less country than Gangstabilly, this is also not much like the next album, the much more solid Southern Rock Opera.
Tracks like “Bulldozers And Dirt”, “Nine Bullets” and Cooley’s “Uncle Frank” are rock solid…but Pizza Deliverance ultimately suffers from a bit too much padding. At 14 tracks and well over an hour, there’s a lot to get through, particularly in the middle, which is broken up only by the strange “The President’s Penis Is Missing”. But if you’re a fan of the Truckers, and a fan of Southern Rock, then Pizza Deliverance should be just fine for you. Ultimately, this album is a lot of fun, and contains enough songs you’ll want to own to make it worthwhile. At this point, the band was not perfect, but was growing very quickly. This is an important part of the evolution of one of the more interesting and fun bands we have today. Recommended! [First added to this chart: 12/04/2011]
Produced By EARL HICKS & DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
1. Bulldozers And Dirt
2. Nine Bullets
3. Uncle Frank
4. Too Much Sex (Too Little Jesus)
5. Box Of Spiders
6. One Of These Days
7. Margo And Harold
8. The Company I Keep
9. The President’s Penis Is Missing
10. Tales Facing Up
11. Love Like This
12. Mrs. Dubose
13. Zoloft
14. The Night G.G. Allin Came To Town
The second album from Drive-By Truckers was released in 1999, then got a wider distribution from a re-release on the larger New West Records in 2005. The album contains songs that continue in the vein of their raucous debut, Gangstabilly, but also shows that the band has the ability to turn out ballads like the solid opener, “Bulldozers And Dirt”. The album also features guitarist Mike Cooley stretching out as a songwriter, contributing three songs to the album along with bass player Rob Malone ‘s “Mrs. Dubose”, a change from having all but one of Gangstabilly’s songs written by Patterson Hood…and a change that would continue to grow from album to album. But the main writer here is still Hood, and some of his more memorable songs are on this album. Less country than Gangstabilly, this is also not much like the next album, the much more solid Southern Rock Opera.
Tracks like “Bulldozers And Dirt”, “Nine Bullets” and Cooley’s “Uncle Frank” are rock solid…but Pizza Deliverance ultimately suffers from a bit too much padding. At 14 tracks and well over an hour, there’s a lot to get through, particularly in the middle, which is broken up only by the strange “The President’s Penis Is Missing”. But if you’re a fan of the Truckers, and a fan of Southern Rock, then Pizza Deliverance should be just fine for you. Ultimately, this album is a lot of fun, and contains enough songs you’ll want to own to make it worthwhile. At this point, the band was not perfect, but was growing very quickly. This is an important part of the evolution of one of the more interesting and fun bands we have today. Recommended! [First added to this chart: 12/04/2011]
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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% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Uncle Tupelo | 4 | 4% | |
| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| Pearl Jam | 3 | 3% | |
| The Lemonheads | 2 | 2% | |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 2% | |
| Yo La Tengo | 2 | 2% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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79 | 79% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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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 92nd to 85th I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One by Yo La Tengo |
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| Down 1 from 85th to 86th Come On Feel The Lemonheads by The Lemonheads |
| Down 1 from 86th to 87th Time's Up by Living Colour |
| Down 1 from 87th to 88th Ænima by Tool |
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87/100 (from 45 votes)
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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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From jonatascv1990 02/06/2023 02:27
Good chart!
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100/100
From Larcx13 02/10/2022 00:44
Larcx13 02/10/2022 00:44
Good descriptions and a bunch of new records for me to check out. Favorited.
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95/100
From henrygreen0203 05/04/2021 18:49
This is an excellent list. Lots of "alt-country" here, which is much more Replacements-Meets-Bruce Springsteen than traditional folk or country.
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seb7 05/03/2021 18:04
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
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90/100
From Johnnyo 05/03/2021 09:28
Great chart
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90/100
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ExTeaSea 01/18/2020 16:05
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.
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85/100
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ForegroundNoise 05/30/2019 07:36
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!
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90/100
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RoundTheBend 05/30/2019 02:57
RoundTheBend 05/30/2019 02:57
23 albums in common. Solid other picks!
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100/100
From edubs 05/29/2019 20:20
awesome chart!
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100/100
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HoldenM 10/01/2017 05:52
HoldenM 10/01/2017 05:52
Ahhh... That's a great chart right there.
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