Top-rated albums of the 1990s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1990s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

21.

Either/Or 

 Elliott Smith

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

955 charts

Rank Score:

11,508

Rank in 1997:

3

Rank in 1990s:

28

Overall Rank:

131

Average Rating:

 84 (1,124 votes)

Comments:

68

22.

Automatic For The People 

 R.E.M.

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Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

1,773 charts

Rank Score:

20,374

Rank in 1992:

1

Rank in 1990s:

6

Overall Rank:

49

Average Rating:

 84 (2,163 votes)

Comments:

174

23.

The Lonesome Crowded West 

 Modest Mouse

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

712 charts

Rank Score:

9,080

Rank in 1997:

4

Rank in 1990s:

37

Overall Rank:

179

Average Rating:

 84 (936 votes)

Comments:

65

24.

Heaven Or Las Vegas 

 Cocteau Twins

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Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

785 charts

Rank Score:

9,793

Rank in 1990:

2

Rank in 1990s:

33

Overall Rank:

161

Average Rating:

 84 (821 votes)

Comments:

52

25.

Perfect From Now On 

 Built To Spill

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

548 charts

Rank Score:

6,320

Rank in 1997:

6

Rank in 1990s:

53

Overall Rank:

279

Average Rating:

 84 (617 votes)

Comments:

35

26.

Dick's Picks Volume Four: Fillmore East 2/13 - 14/70 
Live

 Grateful Dead

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Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

102

Rank in 1996:

227

Rank in 1990s:

1,919

Overall Rank:

11,328

Average Rating:

 84 (38 votes)

Comments:

0

27.

Grace 

 Jeff Buckley

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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,675 charts

Rank Score:

19,253

Rank in 1994:

1

Rank in 1990s:

10

Overall Rank:

57

Average Rating:

 84 (1,910 votes)

Comments:

169

28.

Spiderland 

 Slint

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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,024 charts

Rank Score:

13,897

Rank in 1991:

4

Rank in 1990s:

17

Overall Rank:

93

Average Rating:

 84 (1,241 votes)

Comments:

120

29.

The Hits/The B-Sides 
Compilation

 Prince

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

40

Rank in 1993:

391

Rank in 1990s:

3,862

Overall Rank:

23,815

Average Rating:

 84 (66 votes)

Comments:

4

30.

Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada 

 Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

263 charts

Rank Score:

2,336

Rank in 1999:

16

Rank in 1990s:

138

Overall Rank:

770

Average Rating:

 84 (415 votes)

Comments:

17

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).