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).
"Just like any popular radio band, Sublime seems to attract an unforgivably annoying, loyal fan base. I can't tell you how many girls I've bumped into since the mid-90's who've lived their lives with this album as a soundtrack. Yikes. In all honesty, I hate listening to Sublime around humans becau..." [+] Reply
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1996
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1,965
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"I admit that nostalgia is probably why I like this album so much. But listening to it again reminds me of just how great it sounds. The production is incredible - the pianos echo so hauntingly. The angst is still here, but it's contained into a more melancholic sound (funny how Mellon Collie was ..." [+] Reply
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babyBlueSedan | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1998
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1,963
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"Neil Young has a knack for making exactly the album his most ardent fans don't want at any given moment. In 1992, on the heels of what was arguably his loudest, most feedback-drenched tour, the one that produced the live albums Arc and Weld, Neil Young recorded...a folk album? The sequel to his t..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1992
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1,955
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"Well having been a defender of this album against popular opinion for so many years but realising that for the last 15 years whenever I fancy lisening to R.E.M it's never Monster, I came on here to exhume some ghosts and finally admit it's not very good. Only to find popular opinion has changed i..." [+] Reply
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1994
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1,950
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"Use Your Illusion should have been one disc. Would have gone down in history. My perfect Use Your Illusion: 1. Civil War 2. Yesterdays 3. Don't Cry (original) 4. November Rain 5. Perfect Crime 6. Double Talkin Jive 7. Estranged 8. You Could Be Mine 9. Garden of Eden 10. Coma Submit your own. Can'..." [+] Reply
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1991
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1,943
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"Among the greatest Metal/Thrash albums ever recorded. For me, Black Sabbath Black Sabbath, Metallica Ride the Lightning, Metallica Master Of Puppets, Metallica ...And Justice For All, Pantera Vulgar display of Power. A great change from Metallica's Black Album, at the time. Crazy concert too. '94..." [+] Reply
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1992
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1,943
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"Strange how this classic isn't ranked higher in the charts. There something quite intriguing about this, the combination of live instrumentation and conscious lyrics really put something special" Reply
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1999
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1,942
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"Though it's not Violator by any means, it's a damn good album with great songs! Very interesting how the Mode branched out to natural instruments and took influences from other genres" Reply
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1993
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1,934
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"I love a band that can be both wistfully beautiful and crushingly powerful within the same album. The amount of different sounds they tackle on this album is staggering. The playing is fantastic especially the drums. Clearly Like Herod and Mogwai Fear Satan are the big guns here if you’re thinkin..." [+] Reply
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1997
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1,928
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"This is really uneven. It has a couple great songs in "Plush" and "Creep," but it's mostly filler, especially on the second half." Reply
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zdwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1992
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 17 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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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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