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: 2 hours ago).
"Who could of imagined that the missing ingredient to Kraftwerk’s Man-Machine was actually a French Woman? Those crazy Brits that’s who. Perhaps it took a little continental separation to realize that a chanteuse was the tonic to krautrock’s gin. Blend in secret weapon extraordinaire Mary Hansen’s..." [+] Reply
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1996
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1,741
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"I don;t think it's so much an album about the end of times as it is a study of the human soul in an enviorment without the artificial conviencies of modern society to distract us. It's a stark, thorny album that never gives you the pat on the shoulder we all seem to eventually be asking for, but ..." [+] Reply
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1999
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1,724
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"This album is often overlooked, even in indie circles. I usually just see BTS mentioned in the context of Modest Mouse and not as their own band." Reply
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1994
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1,714
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"Upbeat, creative and catchy. A nice antithesis to the gloom of the early 90s." Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1995
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1,705
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"The music world needed this album and this woman in the worst way. Badu is the definition of real. There's no pretention, or attempts to be something she's not. There's just the coolest woman in the business putting it out on a soulful, funky record. Brilliant." Reply
- junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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1,697
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"There is some truth in the comparison has been made of this album compared to the Beatles' White Album, the album combines national folklore rhythms with rock, punk, bolero, in short it is an eclectic album. an instant classic" Reply
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serpico | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (7 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1994
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1,692
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"Despising this Album at first, it quickly grew on me. Now its one of my absolute favorites, from the trippy feel of Dramamine to Space Travel is Boring. It established Modest Mouse as a unique alternative band." Reply
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1996
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1,673
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"Your drug dealer and priest are the same person and you've just been baptized." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1995
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1,670
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"i love tupac, prolly my second favorite rapper after nas but this album always bothered me. it feels like the producers took the artistic merit out from under pacs feet with all these funky radio-ready beats and SO MUCH GOD DAMN FILLER, minus 15 songs woulda helped a lot. i guess this is what hap..." [+] Reply
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1996
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1,666
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"Sinead's vocal performance is excessively stunning. Her powerful and "breaking" switch between her modal voice and falsetto is sheer awesomeness. But I found the album not much interesting on the whole. I still prefer her debut, where there are more impressive songs such as Drink Before the War a..." [+] Reply
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ilovelctr | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1990
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1,658
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 20 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% |
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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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