Best Albums of the 1990s

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Operation: Doomsday 

 MF DOOM

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"After the breakup of DOOM's old band KMD, caused by the death of his brother and bandmate Subroc, DOOM (or Zen Love X as he was called at the time) went into a time of alcoholism and near homelessness. After some time he decided to get his shit together and return to the hip hop scene. He would w...""After the breakup of DOOM's old band KMD, caused by the death of his brother and bandmate Subroc, DOOM (or Zen Love X as he was called at the time) went into a time of alcoholism and near homelessness. After some time he decided to get his shit together and return to the hip hop scene. He would wear things like women's stockings and bandanas to cover his face, before ending up cutting up and spray painting a paper mask, creating the prototype for his trademark mask (you can see the original mask in his music videos from around that time). He came up with his supervillain persona based on the Marvel character Doctor Doom. The album has a rough and somewhat clumsy lo-fi sound that only brings the album a lot of charm. The album has some catchy hooks and lots of good self-made beats, some of which sample well-known songs like Sade's "Kiss of Love" (on "Doomsday") and The Beatles' "Glass Onion" (on "Tick, Tick..."). There's also a fair share of skits sampling cartoon and movie dialogues, holding together the supervillain theme of the album. We also get to see a more human side of DOOM, the Danial Dumile side, something that we never really get to hear on his later albums. An example of some more emotional and personal lyrics is "?" where he talks to his passed away brother about how "everything is going according to plan, man". But the album also has it's fair share of funny one-liners peppered all over, like you'd expect on a DOOM album. Def' another classic, and such an awesome cartoony cover!"  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

233 charts

Rank Score:

1,130

Rank in 1999:

32

Rank in 1990s:

271

Overall Rank:

1,517

Average Rating:

 80 (256 votes)

Comments:

9

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Ocean Songs 

 Dirty Three

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"I feel like I am on a small boat and I get carried away by the waves. Great atmosphere."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

175 charts

Rank Score:

1,121

Rank in 1998:

25

Rank in 1990s:

272

Overall Rank:

1,530

Average Rating:

 75 (193 votes)

Comments:

25

273.

Under The Pink 

 Tori Amos

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"Tori Amos kicks arse in a raw, confessional style. She's vaj-with-teeth (per se). She demonstrates what is beautiful and strong and vulnerable about women. "God" is the best track off of this album. ("God sometimes you just don't come through.") She's not as impenetrably raw as Kate Bush. She doe...""Tori Amos kicks arse in a raw, confessional style. She's vaj-with-teeth (per se). She demonstrates what is beautiful and strong and vulnerable about women. "God" is the best track off of this album. ("God sometimes you just don't come through.") She's not as impenetrably raw as Kate Bush. She doesn't experiment into off-kilter electronic arenas (for the most part) like bjork. She has her poetic eccentricities and runs with them, but unfortunately, her lyrical content sometimes becomes a bit convoluted."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

199 charts

Rank Score:

1,119

Rank in 1994:

41

Rank in 1990s:

273

Overall Rank:

1,535

Average Rating:

 77 (252 votes)

Comments:

7

274.

King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime 

 Faith No More

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"This is actually quite an underrated album. It's certainly Faith no more's most diverse and eclectic album. It features all kinds of sounds from metal to country, from funk to ballads, all delivered in that unique FNM way. A very good album, you may not realise how good it actually is."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

159 charts

Rank Score:

1,115

Rank in 1995:

23

Rank in 1990s:

274

Overall Rank:

1,540

Average Rating:

 77 (257 votes)

Comments:

5

275.

Wrecking Ball 

 Emmylou Harris

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"I'm glad to see that this album gets at least a little love on this site. I thought it might be down there in obscurity with Daniel Lanois' albums. I feel like more people might love it if they heard it. In some ways I feel like this is a Daniel Lanois album with Emmylou Harris on vocals. It cont...""I'm glad to see that this album gets at least a little love on this site. I thought it might be down there in obscurity with Daniel Lanois' albums. I feel like more people might love it if they heard it. In some ways I feel like this is a Daniel Lanois album with Emmylou Harris on vocals. It contains a couple of his best songs and sort of picks up where "The Beauty of Wynona" left off sonically. Of course most the songs are covers. I feel like there may be a world of good country music out there that I don't have exposure to. I would like Emmylou Harris to be my guide."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

185 charts

Rank Score:

1,109

Rank in 1995:

24

Rank in 1990s:

275

Overall Rank:

1,548

Average Rating:

 78 (172 votes)

Comments:

10

276.

Vauxhall And I 

 Morrissey

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"I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this is better than the Queen is Dead. I'll go hide under a rock now."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

263 charts

Rank Score:

1,105

Rank in 1994:

42

Rank in 1990s:

276

Overall Rank:

1,554

Average Rating:

 78 (348 votes)

Comments:

18

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Mechanical Animals 

 Marilyn Manson

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""mechanical animals" was marilyn manson's "david bowie album" and probably lost him a few metal fans because of it. But for me, it's my favorite manson album, rising above the usual manson-whored metal template to put a glam sheen on depravity. That "rock is dead" song from the matrix is here, bu..."""mechanical animals" was marilyn manson's "david bowie album" and probably lost him a few metal fans because of it. But for me, it's my favorite manson album, rising above the usual manson-whored metal template to put a glam sheen on depravity. That "rock is dead" song from the matrix is here, but there are other rockin' highlights as well. "Posthuman" (where he sings "god is just a statistic") match "rock"'s ferocity. The mood is set with opener "great big white world" with marilyn singing "In space the stars are no nearer / They just glitter like a morgue / And I dreamed I was a spaceman / Burned like a moth in a flame" adding synth FX after the first verse (and i like the squealing guitar/synth at the end). "the dope show" ("cops and queers make good looking models") and "i don't like the drugs (but the drugs like me)" (ha ha) were the post-"rock is dead" radio hits, but songs "new model no. 15", "the speed of pain" and "user friendly" ("i'm not in love but i'm gonna f*ck you 'til somebody better comes along") are just as wide-audience worthy. As usual with manson, it's a god, drugs & rock'n'roll show. The title track's repeated verse states "you were..as hollow as the 'o' in 'god') and "drugs" says "Our God is white and unforgiving / We're piss tested and we're prayin'" On the subject of drugs there's "There's a hole in our soul / That we're fillin' with dope / And we're feeling fine" I like the backing vox in the spacey, slow-build of "speed of pain" where "the crack inside your f@cking heart is me". But for my money, it's ironic that "rock is dead" is the best song simply being a pretty straight-forward rock song. This definitely non-metal style has since been abandoned by Marilyn, and it's a shame."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

170 charts

Rank Score:

1,099

Rank in 1998:

26

Rank in 1990s:

277

Overall Rank:

1,564

Average Rating:

 68 (280 votes)

Comments:

17

278.

Where You Been 

 Dinosaur Jr.

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"If I could only choose one Dinosaur Jr album for the rest of my life, it'd probably be Where you Been. One of the best hard rock albums of all time IMNSHO. :lol: It's more richly produced than his other albums & is embellished with strings & instruments Phil Spector-style, but I think that only g...""If I could only choose one Dinosaur Jr album for the rest of my life, it'd probably be [i]Where you Been[/i]. One of the best hard rock albums of all time IMNSHO. :lol: It's more richly produced than his other albums & is embellished with strings & instruments Phil Spector-style, but I think that only gives it a timeless feel."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

206 charts

Rank Score:

1,089

Rank in 1993:

26

Rank in 1990s:

278

Overall Rank:

1,578

Average Rating:

 78 (229 votes)

Comments:

8

279.

Up 

 R.E.M.

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"I must confess, this is my favourite REM album. After Bill Berry left the band had to do something different and this a great leftfield turn. There's certainly no rockers on here, it's more of an electronic album. I wouldn't say there's any great individual tracks, maybe apart from at my most bea...""I must confess, this is my favourite REM album. After Bill Berry left the band had to do something different and this a great leftfield turn. There's certainly no rockers on here, it's more of an electronic album. I wouldn't say there's any great individual tracks, maybe apart from at my most beautiful, a wonderful Beach Boys pastiche, but it's got a real album feel. Daysleeper, is about the only song on the album that has that conventional REM sound, but that's a good thing, it's what the band needed to do. Opener, airportman, is probably the weirdest thing the band ever did. In fact, if it wasn't for Michael Stipe's voice you wouldn't know it was REM at all. It's definitely their best without Berry with, you're in the air, sad professor and walk unafraid personal faves. Other good tracks are the lovely, suspicion, the apologist, and closing track, fall to climb. Diminished, and, hope(which features the music from Leonard Cohen's, Suzzanne), are also excellent. Great album if you give it enough spins. Their last great album. "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

199 charts

Rank Score:

1,084

Rank in 1998:

27

Rank in 1990s:

279

Overall Rank:

1,586

Average Rating:

 69 (327 votes)

Comments:

28

280.

White Ladder 

 David Gray

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"When 'Babylon' cam bursting on to the airwaves in the year 2000 I was introduced to one of Englands best kept secrets....little did I know that the UK was really only discovering him as well. The singles are stand out, " Please Forgive me' & 'Sail Away'. There are no filler songs here every track...""When 'Babylon' cam bursting on to the airwaves in the year 2000 I was introduced to one of Englands best kept secrets....little did I know that the UK was really only discovering him as well. The singles are stand out, " Please Forgive me' & 'Sail Away'. There are no filler songs here every track has a prupose to play. This album is not for those that like their music hard, heavy or electronic, but if you like a ,melody and solid song writing you'll love this album..........."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

214 charts

Rank Score:

1,083

Rank in 1998:

28

Rank in 1990s:

280

Overall Rank:

1,587

Average Rating:

 73 (277 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Year	Albums	%
1990	84	8%
1991	85	9%
1992	106	11%
1993	105	11%
1994	126	13%
1995	103	10%
1996	108	11%
1997	99	10%
1998	100	10%
1999	84	8%

Artist	Albums	%
Blur	6	1%
The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Pavement	5	1%
Yo La Tengo	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Sonic Youth	5	1%
Stereolab	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	530	53%
	271	27%
	42	4%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	15	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	19	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	8	1%