Top 63 Music Albums of the 1990s
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Boltzmann 
First two are 10/10, until 14 is 9/10, the rest is 8/10, and the only ones of the decade that are.
- Chart updated: 08/21/2025 23:15
- (Created: 09/05/2018 23:26).
- Chart size: 63 albums.
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Dr. Dre is bringing hip hop back to its funk roots, while Snoop Dogg invents the definition of flow.
Why this hip hop album out of all the ones on this list? This was the first album where the rapping and the beats seem to complement each other. Rappers before have had improved their flow from the awkward early '80s rhyming (flow I cannot call it), like Eric B. and Rakim, or De La Soul. But on this track it seems complete; the flows are adjusted to the beats, and play together.
The album is very clearly a blueprint for many hip hop albums to come. [First added to this chart: 09/06/2018]
Why this hip hop album out of all the ones on this list? This was the first album where the rapping and the beats seem to complement each other. Rappers before have had improved their flow from the awkward early '80s rhyming (flow I cannot call it), like Eric B. and Rakim, or De La Soul. But on this track it seems complete; the flows are adjusted to the beats, and play together.
The album is very clearly a blueprint for many hip hop albums to come. [First added to this chart: 09/06/2018]
Year of Release:
1992
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3,672
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The '90s often come with a sinister feeling. Angst for the future and urban life. Trip hop catches that feeling perfectly.
[First added to this chart: 09/06/2018]
Year of Release:
1991
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5,209
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[First added to this chart: 07/22/2024]
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The last breath of rock's legacy. Kevin Shields fucks his guitars up so bad; a Hendrix fever dream, there was no way to go anymore. All the complexity is in the effects, the accents, de-emphases and nothing in the song-writing, -structure, as was the true meaning of rock (common misconception by prog-rockers). Noise finally found its place in music that was its own. And meanwhile it made the emo subculture.
[First added to this chart: 09/06/2018]
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1991
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28,531
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[First added to this chart: 12/27/2019]
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1994
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1,708
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[First added to this chart: 12/16/2019]
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1992
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6,647
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[First added to this chart: 07/02/2022]
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[First added to this chart: 09/06/2018]
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1994
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16,330
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It inspired among others Destiny's Child to change up their style from a Mary J. Blige knock-off to a more interesting TLC knock-off, and the rest is history.
[First added to this chart: 06/25/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 01/22/2020]
Year of Release:
1996
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639
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Total albums: 63. Page 1 of 7
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Top 63 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4 | 6% | |
| 1991 | 8 | 13% | |
| 1992 | 6 | 10% | |
| 1993 | 4 | 6% | |
| 1994 | 9 | 14% | |
| 1995 | 6 | 10% | |
| 1996 | 9 | 14% | |
| 1997 | 6 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 5 | 8% | |
| 1999 | 6 | 10% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Aphex Twin | 4 | 6% | |
| Massive Attack | 3 | 5% | |
| The Prodigy | 2 | 3% | |
| Björk | 2 | 3% | |
| TLC | 2 | 3% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 3% | |
| Nirvana | 2 | 3% | |
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| ! | 03/14/2022 14:06 |  arthurbittencour | 162 | 90/100 |
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