Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s
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Purplepash 
My favourite decade of music especially the first half of the decade.
- Chart updated: 10/14/2025 09:45
- (Created: 06/05/2017 00:36).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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This is here on my all time favourites chart for a couple of reasons - nostalgia and live shows. Loving grunge in the '90s silverchair and Grinspoon where the two go to bands. This debut album was just full of great songs and got played over and over again. There is some variety here to, more than a lot of other grunge albums of the time, from heavy grunge, to thrashy grunge, to poppy grunge, and even a dash of funk and psych. They were also an incredible live band. I probably saw Grinspoon play live more times than any other band until this decade, and they always put on a fun filled energetic show
10/10 songs: Just Ace, Champion, Post Enebriated Anxiety [First added to this chart: 06/04/2017]
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1991 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1992 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1993 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1994 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1995 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1996 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1997 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1998 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1999 | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Nirvana | 6 | 6% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 5 | 5% | |
| Various Artists | 4 | 4% | |
| Pixies | 3 | 3% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Björk | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 53rd to 52nd Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement |
| Up 1 from 52nd to 51st Hormoaning by Nirvana |
| Up 1 from 51st to 50th Live Seeds by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 17 from 36th to 53rd This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About by Modest Mouse |
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 90/100  | 03/28/2025 17:04 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 95/100 | 12/12/2024 02:11 | KineticEchoes02 | | 88/100 |
| 100/100 | 09/14/2024 00:55 | mrmcrook | | 92/100 |
| 95/100 | 07/04/2024 23:20 | matterhornrider | | 93/100 |
| 90/100 | 10/12/2023 08:22 | Moondance | | 85/100 |
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Another great decades chart. Great stuff
Really cool chart - great stuff! I grew up in the 90s so a lot of this stuff was frequently in my 5 CD stacker, very nostalgic. Loved seeing the Aussie acts in there, especially Grinspoon - agree they are an awesome live band.
Love the notes. They can be good guidelines on what to check out for me as to what's within my own tastes.
Love this chart - including the Aussie selections.
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Well, classics are classic ! Cool list!
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