Top 50 Music Albums of the 1990s
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johnner 
Best Tracks of the 1990s:
1) The Drowners - Suede (1992 Nude)
2) The Only One I Know - The Charlatans (1990 Dead Dead Good)
3) Like A Daydream - Ride (1990 Creation)
4) De-luxe - Lush (1990 4AD)
5) Girls & Boys - Blur (1994 Food)
6) Soon - My Bloody Valentine (1990 Creation)
7) Busby Berkeley Dreams - Magnetic Fields (1999 Merge)
8) A To Fade In - Adorable (1992 Creation)
9) Catch The Breeze - Slowdive (1991 Creation)
10) Higher Than The Sun - Primal Scream (1991 Creation)
11) A Deeper Sleep For Steven - Pale Saints (1990 4AD)
12) Creep - Radiohead (1992 Parlophone)
13) Sally Free & Easy - Flying Saucer Attack (1996 Domino)
14) Empty Words - Bowery Electric (1996 Kranky)
15) Smells Like Teenspirit - Nirvana (1991 Geffen)
16) Sleep - The Third Eye Foundation (1996 Linda's Strange Vacation)
17) A Design For Life - Manic Street Preachers (1996 Columbia)
18) This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets (1990 Mute)
19) Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode (1990 Mute)
20) There She Goes - The La's (1990 Go! Discs)
21) The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes - The House Of Love (1991 Fontana)
22) Come Home - James (1990 Fontana)
23) Do You Remember The First Time? - Pulp (1994 Island)
24) Lazy Line Painter Jane - Belle & Sebastian (1997 Jeepster)
25) Kinky Afro - Happy Mondays (1990 Factory)
26) Where Angels Play - The Stone Roses (1991 Silvertone)
27) Falling Down - Chapterhouse (1990 Dedicated)
28) Dream Harder - Metrotone (1998 Enraptured)
29) This Bliss - Accelera Deck (1998 Endorphin)
30) Mad As Snow - Kitchens Of Distinction (1992 One Little Indian)
31) Big City - Spacemen 3 (1991 Fire)
32) Stutter - Elastica (1993 Deceptive)
33) Heaven Sent An Angel - Revolver (1991 Hut)
34) Lazy Day - The Boo Radleys (1992 Creation)
35) Plainsong - Seefeel (1993 Warp)
36) Svfen-G-Englar - Sigur Ros (1999 Fat Cat)
37) Does Your Heart Have Wings? - The Telstar Ponies (1996 Fire)
38) Her Jazz - Huggy Bear (1993 Wiija)
39) Summer - Mogwai (1996 Rock Action)
40) Departing The Body - Roy Montgomery (1995 Kranky)
41) Tantric Porno - Bardo Pond (1996 Matador)
42) S - Labradford (1997 Blast First)
43) Summer Babe - Pavement (1992 Big Cat)
44) Here It Comes - Doves (1999 Heavenly)
45) Drive - REM (1992 Warner Bros.)
46) Live Forever - Oasis (1994 Creation)
47) Chasing A Bee - Mercury Rev (1991 Mint Films)
48) Motr- Trans Am (1997 Thrill Jockey)
49) I Need A Sign - Badly Drawn Boy (1998 XL Recording Co.)
50) (A) Man Ray - Long Fin Killie (1995 Too Pure)
- Chart updated: 10/04/2026 23:45
- (Created: 01/05/2012 04:01).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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1993
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1991
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1994
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1994
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1993
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1999
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1991
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1997
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 13 | 26% | |
| 1991 | 7 | 14% | |
| 1992 | 4 | 8% | |
| 1993 | 6 | 12% | |
| 1994 | 5 | 10% | |
| 1995 | 5 | 10% | |
| 1996 | 3 | 6% | |
| 1997 | 2 | 4% | |
| 1998 | 2 | 4% | |
| 1999 | 3 | 6% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Blur | 6 | 12% | |
| Suede | 4 | 8% | |
| Slowdive | 3 | 6% | |
| Pulp | 2 | 4% | |
| The House Of Love | 2 | 4% | |
| Manic Street Preachers | 2 | 4% | |
| Ride | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 1990s chart changes
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Down 12 from 28th to 40th |
Down 10 from 22nd to 32nd |
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