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).
"'The Three E.P.'s' is a compilation album of the first three releases by The Beta Band, comprising the EPs: (1) Champion Versions 1997 (2) The Patty Patty Sound 1998 (3) Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos 1998 Recalling loving The Beta Band from when these EP's first came out I recently went back and r..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1998
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"A criminally underrated album, "One Hot Minute" is one of the strongest RHCP albums if you want my opinion. It is the proggiest album they've ever done, and I like that. I think the RHCP have a tendency to use a recipe when they're writing songs nowadays, but this is definitely not the case on th..." [+] Reply
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1995
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853
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"Baffles me why people put walk among us or legacy of brutality on their charts when clearly this is the superior album. Unfortunately not released till the 90s people had to rely on those release which had overdubs by the singer due to not wanting to pay royalties to his past band mates.I find it..." [+] Reply
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1997
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850
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"Classic power pop from a sadly departed quartet, these guys should have been as big as anyone but remain criminally neglected." Reply
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1993
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841
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"The first part of this album doesn`t count. It`s a compilation... Fantastic work, but available on proper albums. I rank this based on the second part - it`s almost better than Dangerous. Scream is underrated, and Stranger in Moscow is fantastic." 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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837
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"I know I might get a lot of crap for this, but as my chart suggests, this is my very favorite Roger Waters album with or without Pink Floyd. The only exception is The Wall, but even that gap has gotten closer recently. I find it amazing and somewhat sad how relevant the album continues to be toda..." [+] Reply
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HyperBully | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (10 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1992
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831
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"One of the three albums that began stoner rock, this album has a lot going on melodically beneath the surface, which is why it is not just another Black Sabbath clone. The vocals, soloing, even base fills are playing harmonies which give the feeling of depth under the wall of sound power chords. ..." [+] Reply
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1992
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826
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"Might be one of the best production on an hip hop album ever alongside illmatic, college dropout and MBDTF. The self-titled track is one of my top 10 hip hop song of all time and it's a must listen for every hip hop fan. Top 10 hip hop album of all time, IMO. Rip Guru" Reply
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1998
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825
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"I have approached few albums in my lifetime with as much anticipation as I did this one when it was first released in 1995. At the time I was fully convinced that Jay Farrar was the real talent behind Uncle Tupelo, so when they broke up it was Farrar's work, rather than Jeff Tweedy's, that I most..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1995
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821
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"A album overlooked by the prejudice that James are a one hit wonder whose only good song is "Laid". This album totally blew me away after I lifted my own prejudice against it." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1993
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 35 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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