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 .)

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Year of Release:
1997
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Rank Score:
67,972
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Year of Release:
1995
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Rank Score:
30,498
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Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
35,029
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Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
39,671
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Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
5,130
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Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
30,386
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Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
17,219
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Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
15,818
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Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
1,251
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Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
9,574
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100

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).

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