Best Albums of the 1990s

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391.

Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 

 David Zinman / London Sinfonietta / Dawn Upshaw

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"I just want to say that the third part of this, Cantabile semplice, is one of the best pieces of music that I have heard."  Reply

- 19loveless91 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

716

Rank in 1992:

41

Rank in 1990s:

391

Overall Rank:

2,249

Average Rating:

 80 (64 votes)

Comments:

4

392.

Fantasma 

 Cornelius

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"You feel like you've just caught a taxi to fulfill your next mundane task at hand with your dysfunctional relationship with life; but your cab driver is an eccentric Japanese man and he sends you to space and takes you on a 50 minute tour exploring the universe. It's the dreamiest and most beauti...""You feel like you've just caught a taxi to fulfill your next mundane task at hand with your dysfunctional relationship with life; but your cab driver is an eccentric Japanese man and he sends you to space and takes you on a 50 minute tour exploring the universe. It's the dreamiest and most beautiful thing you'll ever experience."  [+]  Reply

- HazeyTwilight | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

714

Rank in 1997:

38

Rank in 1990s:

392

Overall Rank:

2,255

Average Rating:

 79 (124 votes)

Comments:

4

393.

Songs For Drella 

 Lou Reed / John Cale

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"Songs for Drella is a musical retelling of the life of Andy Warhol as told by two of the great musicians whose careers he launched. Every song feels unique, and every one brings something to the table, my only complaint would be that Lou Reed sings the vast majority of the songs, John Cale only s...""Songs for Drella is a musical retelling of the life of Andy Warhol as told by two of the great musicians whose careers he launched. Every song feels unique, and every one brings something to the table, my only complaint would be that Lou Reed sings the vast majority of the songs, John Cale only singing a third of them, but that’s only a problem if, like me, your more of a John Cale fan. You really feel the love these two had for old Andy, but they don’t act as if it was all good times, the album really does portray the life of someone who they (Reed particularly) loved and hated in equal mesure at different times in their lives. The best tracks here are most of the tracks on which Cale provides the vocal (“Style It Takes”, “Forever Changed” and the spoken word story “The Dream” particularly) and Reed’s brilliant “Slip Away”, “I Believe” and the beautiful, haunting “Hello It’s Me”, which may be my favourite song Lou Reed has sang since the Velvet Underground."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

142 charts

Rank Score:

713

Rank in 1990:

31

Rank in 1990s:

393

Overall Rank:

2,258

Average Rating:

 76 (139 votes)

Comments:

4

394.

Fuzzy 

 Grant Lee Buffalo

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"one of the best discoveries in this website ! beautiful music."  Reply

- cartoken | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

120 charts

Rank Score:

710

Rank in 1993:

37

Rank in 1990s:

394

Overall Rank:

2,267

Average Rating:

 75 (132 votes)

Comments:

6

395.

1. Outside 

 David Bowie

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"I don´t understand why critics don´t use to talk about this album as one of the best of his career. It is his most ambitious, complex, conceptual, interesting and longest album. I really think it's one of his 5 greatest masterpieces."  Reply

- Steven | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (6 helpful | 1 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

190 charts

Rank Score:

709

Rank in 1995:

43

Rank in 1990s:

395

Overall Rank:

2,268

Average Rating:

 75 (381 votes)

Comments:

24

396.

Ben Folds Five 

 Ben Folds Five

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""jackson cannery" is good, but the ben folds five debut album doesn't truly kick in until "philosophy" ("go ahead, you can laugh all you want, but i've got my philosophy"), a sort-of- parody of all the alternative artists taking themselves and their "angst" so serious. They only bring piamo (ben ..."""jackson cannery" is good, but the ben folds five debut album doesn't truly kick in until "philosophy" ("go ahead, you can laugh all you want, but i've got my philosophy"), a sort-of- parody of all the alternative artists taking themselves and their "angst" so serious. They only bring piamo (ben folds), bass & drums, but it doesn't sound like these sounds are lacking at all. "underground" rocks (which starts out "I was never cool in school / I'm sure you don't remember me / and now it's been ten years / I'm still wondering who to be / and I love to mix in circles, / cliques and social coteries, that's me" and ben sings "And we'll be decked / in all black / slamming the pit fantastic / Officer Friendly's little boy's / got a mohawk / and he knows just where we're coming from" even adding in a cowbell, aka cattle call). Ben Folds was the best, most playful piano player since the billy joel & elton john 80s hey day. (tori's good too, but her piano work is more elegant and brooding.) Ben Folds had a way of accessing sentimentality and longing without being sappy, injecting quirkiness in the lyrics and varying the piano arrangements, which shows on numbers like "alice childress", "best imitation of myself" ("i feel like a quote out of context") and "boxing" ("Ambition has given way to / desperation and I / lost the fight for my eyes")."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

708

Rank in 1995:

44

Rank in 1990s:

396

Overall Rank:

2,269

Average Rating:

 77 (141 votes)

Comments:

5

397.

Cowboys From Hell 

 Pantera

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"Title track is amazing! Very loud album and one which I can sit a listen to till the end."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

179 charts

Rank Score:

705

Rank in 1990:

32

Rank in 1990s:

397

Overall Rank:

2,275

Average Rating:

 77 (292 votes)

Comments:

10

398.

Dr. Octagon 

 Dr. Octagon

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"The production maintains this cold, artificial, alien, minimal sound - at times it comes close to sounding too empty, but it never does, it manages to keep your interest throughout the whole running time of the album, not to mention there are tracks like I'm Destructive that provide a welcome -if...""The production maintains this cold, artificial, alien, minimal sound - at times it comes close to sounding too empty, but it never does, it manages to keep your interest throughout the whole running time of the album, not to mention there are tracks like I'm Destructive that provide a welcome -if not much needed- change of pace. His eccentric rapping requires a peculiar taste that I wanna say I possess, but the truth is I don't, not 100% at least, there are some parts where it gets tiring and I find myself losing attention. The lyrics, well, where do you even begin? A bit of comedy, science fiction, sophistication and non sense blended together in a unique, surreal construction ("The plane managed to land, the skeleton at the controls A place called the Twilight Zone Are extraterrestrials able to accomplish this? I will explain but you'd become more puzzled at the possibilities Earth ending trilogies, wacky stuff Like gas passing dinosaurs While I stroll in circles blindfolded Gave a lady some wrinkle cream out of rat poop You might just laugh so hard your skull cracks Brain spills thick blood shooting out like a champagne cork"). When it comes to highlights, Blue Flowers is simply impossible to ignore, a haunting beat accompanied by his highly distressing delivery ("Listen to your heartbeat—delete, beep, beep, beep! Your insurance is high, but my price is cheap"). Also, General Hospital has to be one of the greatest under 30 seconds tracks ever and a perfect sum up of the album. To sum it up, approach with caution, but it's quite a ride. Plus, you have to give it some -many actually- extra points if you compare it with everything else that was going on in hip hop back then."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

704

Rank in 1996:

43

Rank in 1990s:

398

Overall Rank:

2,280

Average Rating:

 79 (157 votes)

Comments:

7

399.

Chill Out 

 The KLF

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"Ambient masterpiece. All done in one take from start to finish with lots of beautiful and varied samples laid over the original music of the KLF. It's just a really interesting album. I, clearly and emphatically, love it from start to finish. Recommended for anyone who likes ambient or electronic...""Ambient masterpiece. All done in one take from start to finish with lots of beautiful and varied samples laid over the original music of the KLF. It's just a really interesting album. I, clearly and emphatically, love it from start to finish. Recommended for anyone who likes ambient or electronic or sample-based experimental, or ambient house, or super chill and creative music."  [+]  Reply

- Mercury | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

704

Rank in 1990:

33

Rank in 1990s:

399

Overall Rank:

2,283

Average Rating:

 76 (127 votes)

Comments:

5

400.

Performance And Cocktails 

 Stereophonics

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"Purchased this the same day as 'Man Who:Travis' Stereos best album alot of good no.s on here my favs Hurry Up & Wait,Plastic California,Bartender,Just Looking..now Oasis are gone this is the Band to follow"  Reply

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Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

703

Rank in 1999:

40

Rank in 1990s:

400

Overall Rank:

2,287

Average Rating:

 73 (170 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	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	%
Blur	6	1%
The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Tori Amos	5	1%
Suede	5	1%
Pavement	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Stereolab	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%
	536	54%
	270	27%
	41	4%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	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%