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: 3 hours ago).
"You Do Something To Me, and Broken Stones would be regarded as standards if they were released 60 years ago." Reply
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badfaith | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1995
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903
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"Their most commercial album but none the worse for it. Every track is spot on. It starts with For Even Less - a brilliant, haunting tale of lost youth and friendship. Piano Lessons follows - for anyone who has ever taken any, it aches with memories. Slave Called Shiver and This Is No Rehearsal al..." [+] Reply
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1999
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897
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"Despite Cave and company's thoughts that this album's sound was too tampered with post-recording, I find it to be one of his most fun, rocking albums. "Straight to You" is arguably his best song ever. Favorite tracks: "Straight to You", "Jack the Ripper", "Papa Won't Leave You, Henry"" Reply
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badseed | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1992
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889
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"The first two tracks, "irresponsible hate anthem" and "beautiful people", along with the title track, NAIL his sound -- sin, god & rock'n'roll. He does what alice cooper did before him but perverts the idea a little more. All tracks feel grimy and filthy, a sound made possible by the grinding gui..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1996
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880
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"An impressive collection of beats. I confess that I don't understand dance music or club culture whatsoever, but as Leftism managed to make it accessible and enjoyable to even a simpleton such as myself, that's got to be worth something!" Reply
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spigelwii | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1995
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879
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"Music and lyrics go great together. It must have been a fine day when they found that out! Over time the idea stuck and lyric writing became a way to vent frustration, anger, sadness, joy, etc. Many other artists are do it to get their "message" across. I'm not sure where this album lies. Very ve..." [+] Reply
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1996
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874
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"As a Pixies devote I got in on the ground floor with this one purchasing the vinyl album the week it came out & it did not disappoint , it fact it blew me away how superb it was and remains so today in 2018 some 28 years on So where does 'Pod' sit in the Pixies / Breeders chronology ? 1989: 'Dool..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1990
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874
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"I am an honest man when I‘m not lying… Nothing plays better than the doomed but repentant sinner man feverishly begging to have his sins absolved. The sinner who firmly believes in hell but is dammed there anyways by his hunger & compulsions to fill that emptiness inside him with cards, whores, a..." [+] Reply
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1996
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872
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"Soda Stereo is one of the few non-anglophone bands whose discography can give artists like The Beatles and Radiohead a run for their money, pioneering all the way through to their final album. Although Canción Animal is normally regarded as their greatest work, its follow-up, Dynamo, is much more..." [+] Reply
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1992
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858
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"Working my way backwards through the manic catalog, i'm surprised to find a manic album with the soundtrack provided by a mid-80s hair metal band. The vocals are the only thing keeping me from thinking this is a motley crue cover band. Very odd. And as other reviews state, they attempt to make a ..." [+] Reply
- paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1992
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 34 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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