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: 6 hours ago).
"In the rear view window, a seedy motel room, an empty pack of cigarettes, and the remnants of what once may have classified as love." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1993
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1,364
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"Easily the best Judas Priest album, but also one of the finest metal albums that exists on the face of the earth. Several great songs and perfect consistently throughout the tracks." Reply
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Madadude | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1990
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1,361
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"Some may not agree but this is the best Alice in chains album. While a couple songs arn't great, the other songs more than make up for it. This is a solid album and captures more of what the band really is to me in a time before they were just a little too polished" Reply
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1990
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1,342
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"Garbage's "version 2.0" built off of what they did on "1.0". It's a sum of the parts of 3 tech-savvy studio producers, guitars and shirley's snarl. "special" is the standout track, but other hits include "i think i'm paranoid", "push it" and "when i grow up". The non-hits are a little better than..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1998
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1,319
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"Incredible album, funny as hell and amazingly eclectic and complex when it comes to execution, it is one of those little gems that may be far more trascendental than what they appeared to be..." Reply
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covecove | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1990
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1,291
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"Dark electronics mixed with guitar rifts and even some orchestral strings. This was Depeche Mode's finest and most varied album which feels gothic at times." Reply
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1997
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1,285
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"First three songs and 47 are really, really impressive but after that the album just falls falls on it's back with hopeless repetitions of the same lyrics and instrumentation. I can sense the immense potential these guys had on this record but I was still super disappointed that it didn't pay off..." [+] Reply
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1994
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1,283
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"Lifelong PJH fan here and ‘Dry’ is where it’s at for me , the debut ground floor entry for an amazing catalogue and here’s why I simply love the guitars on this release from the driving “O Stella” to the classic “Sheela-na-gig “ and driving “Dress” the licks are on point and get me every time the..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1992
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1,281
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"Suede were always very large to put non-album tracks on their single releases so 19 of the bonus-tracks come from the singles "The Wild Ones" New Generation "," Trash "," Beautiful Ones "," Saturday Night "," Lazy "and " Filmstar ". The first two are actually "Dog Star Man" singles, but the recor..." [+] Reply
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1996
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1,275
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"I've heard in several places the Crooked Rain, Crooked rain is the most accessible Pavement album. However, after 3 listens, to my ears this seems to be the easiest to grasp. Really enjoying it so far, seems to be their most focused album. I'm falling in love with this band...too bad it's 2012" Reply
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pearljammer13 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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1,268
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 24 of 100
Best Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 84 | 8% | |
| 1991 | 85 | 9% | |
| 1992 | 106 | 11% | |
| 1993 | 106 | 11% | |
| 1994 | 126 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 103 | 10% | |
| 1996 | 108 | 11% | |
| 1997 | 99 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 100 | 10% | |
| 1999 | 84 | 8% |
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| Blur | 6 | 1% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 6 | 1% | |
| Pearl Jam | 5 | 0% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 5 | 0% | |
| Aphex Twin | 5 | 0% | |
| Manic Street Preachers | 5 | 0% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 5 | 0% | |
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531 | 53% | |
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271 | 27% | |
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42 | 4% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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15 | 1% | |
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12 | 1% | |
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