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: 2 hours ago).
"masterful electronica, i was quietly captivated throughout its entirety. this has inspired me to go through the rest of autechre's discography." Reply
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1995
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"For me the soundtrack to the summer of 96, great times! Just puts me in a good mood when I listen to it." Reply
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1996
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"Listening to this again and it just gets better every time. The whole album is driven by Staley's voice, which I really enjoy, so if you're not a fan you might be left cold. But it's a very driving album that rivals anything Alice in Chains (and Pearl Jam, for that matter) ever did. River of Dece..." [+] Reply
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babyBlueSedan | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1995
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"with Iris being possibly the best rock ballad EVER written and the rest of the album being a decent soft rock collection it bugs my mind how in the world this album is not in top 10 of '98 on this site." Reply
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zwiebel | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1998
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772
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"Couple of great songs on this (Teenage Angst, Nancy Boy). More placed on the average scale though. Going off on a bit of a rant here. I hate the hidden track concept. After 'Swallow' there's a 10 minute gap of silence then it goes into an instrumental piece that's actually quite good. It would of..." [+] Reply
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1996
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768
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"Holy shit! I think this might be the best Outkast record. And of course it has to be there debut. Now I do love the hell out of Atliens as well as Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. But this is something else. Putting ATL on the map as well as feeling like a movie where the outsiders ventured in Atlanta." Reply
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1994
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765
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"The lyrics are amazing, the work of Richey is more obvious than on Generation Terrorists. This album in particular seems to go unnoticed by some MSP fans, which is a bit unfair in my eyes, because I think it's one of their best, second only to The Holy Bible." Reply
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1993
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762
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"This was the album that got me into music. I found an old scrathed cd of it in the garage one day. For some reason I decided to put it in a cd player even though I was never really in to listening to music... Then the whole album electrified me. Megadeth really nailed this one. They took a more c..." [+] Reply
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1992
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"In the spring of 1994, a group of friends and I followed Uncle Tupelo around New England on what turned out to be their final tour. They were playing small venues then, so much so that by the third show, they were giving us comp tickets and inviting us to join them on their tour bus to play Sega ..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1993
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"While they had been produced by Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie for almost all their previous work, Lush teamed up with Mike Hedges on this record, and the result is clearer and tighter, and no less potent. Guitars (and vocals) keep building and building to wonderful effect. The 'Split' in question ..." [+] Reply
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1994
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 38 of 100
Best Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 84 | 8% | |
| 1991 | 85 | 9% | |
| 1992 | 105 | 11% | |
| 1993 | 105 | 11% | |
| 1994 | 127 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 103 | 10% | |
| 1996 | 108 | 11% | |
| 1997 | 98 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 101 | 10% | |
| 1999 | 84 | 8% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Blur | 6 | 1% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 6 | 1% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 5 | 1% | |
| Aphex Twin | 5 | 1% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 5 | 1% | |
| Beck | 5 | 1% | |
| Tori Amos | 5 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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529 | 53% | |
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271 | 27% | |
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42 | 4% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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16 | 2% | |
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12 | 1% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
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| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Neil Young | |
| 10. Nirvana |
