Best Albums of the 1990s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1990s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 4 hours ago).
"The musicianship on this album is just astonishing. I really do think this is the punk masterpiece of the 90's and should be put on a much higher pedestal." Reply
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1998
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1,735
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"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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1,731
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"The more you listen to it, it keeps getting better and better, thanks to Youtube for showing me this in the recommended section." Reply
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yuppie | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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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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1,706
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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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1,679
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"While the album as a whole may not be musically that dark, there is a haunting and gloomy aura hovering over the album, especially on tracks such as I'm Going Slightly Mad, Bijou and The Show Must Go On. Mercury was a dying man, but you genuinely cannot tell just by listening to the sheer power i..." [+] Reply
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1991
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1,676
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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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1,668
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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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1,664
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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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1,663
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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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1,659
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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 | 86 | 9% | |
| 1991 | 85 | 9% | |
| 1992 | 106 | 11% | |
| 1993 | 107 | 11% | |
| 1994 | 126 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 103 | 10% | |
| 1996 | 108 | 11% | |
| 1997 | 99 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 101 | 10% | |
| 1999 | 87 | 9% |
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| Blur | 6 | 1% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 6 | 1% | |
| Pavement | 5 | 0% | |
| Yo La Tengo | 5 | 0% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 0% | |
| Sonic Youth | 5 | 0% | |
| Stereolab | 5 | 0% | |
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532 | 53% | |
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272 | 27% | |
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42 | 4% | |
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30 | 3% | |
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25 | 2% | |
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15 | 1% | |
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12 | 1% | |
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