Best Albums of the 1990s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1990s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 1 hour ago).
"I have a soft spot for early-2000s pop-punk. Its the musical equivalent of American Pie, yeah, its a little puerile and its not going to be picking many awards but its a bit of fun." Reply
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andy_hunter | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1999
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2,285
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"Still sounds as fresh today as it did back in '93. This a great album full of punchy rock'n'roll with a dose of punk. Gritty and great. Excellent." Reply
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1993
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2,271
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"Albini & PJ Harvey are like the indie rock dream team. I LOVE the production on this album. PJ Harvey had actually been touring with the Jesus Lizard (Albini was their producer at the time) in support of Dry the year prior so I remember not being too surprised at her decision to go all "Man-Size"..." [+] Reply
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1993
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2,261
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"This record was my introduction to Dream Theater nearly 4 years ago. I fell in love with it right away with the music, the story (with parts of songs set in the present day, and others set in 1928), the production, the players, and the way the songs were set up into Acts. It's a genius album riva..." [+] Reply
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AAL2014 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1999
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2,240
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"This album changed the way I perceive music, it is truly that powerful of an album... The introduction to 'Moya' will be etched in my mind until the day I die! Haunting stuff." Reply
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1999
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2,221
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"Outside of OK Computer, I don't know if there was ever a more necessary album for the well-being of a band. Blur was a thread away from being dead and buried for good, especially after a brutal trip to the US where our love for grunge was blinding us in 1992 and 1993 (I myself would not hear of B..." [+] Reply
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ShaneSpear | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1993
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2,204
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"this is better than the blueprint, sorry. at its heights his flow and wit on here is only outclassed in Illmatic. b4 kendrick lamar came along this was in my top 5 rap albums of all time and still might be. I need to spend more time with MBDTF though too... but it used to be this, illmatic, 36 ch..." [+] Reply
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1996
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2,189
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"This anticipates everything the Foos ever did and it gets bonus points for being the first album. At that time, no one ever thought we would hear anything more about or from Dave Grohl. The first three tracks are still unbeaten by anything they ever did in all the years later." Reply
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jhuik | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1995
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2,178
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"A chore to listen to in its entirety but what an original debut! Muse might possibly have been the most interesting act to follow since Radiohead's "OK, Computer" (1995). As a mediocre three-chord-guitarist, I humbly take off my imaginary hat to pay respect to Matthew Bellamy's obvious guitar vir..." [+] Reply
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1999
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2,167
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""Lord Kill The Pain" still one of my favourite tracks from the 90s." Reply
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Norman Bates | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (11 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1992
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2,167
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 14 of 100
Best Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 84 | 8% | |
| 1991 | 85 | 9% | |
| 1992 | 102 | 10% | |
| 1993 | 108 | 11% | |
| 1994 | 127 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 104 | 10% | |
| 1996 | 108 | 11% | |
| 1997 | 99 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 99 | 10% | |
| 1999 | 84 | 8% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Blur | 6 | 1% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 6 | 1% | |
| Beck | 5 | 1% | |
| Autechre | 5 | 1% | |
| Tori Amos | 5 | 1% | |
| Suede | 5 | 1% | |
| Pavement | 5 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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536 | 54% | |
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270 | 27% | |
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41 | 4% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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16 | 2% | |
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12 | 1% | |
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