Best Albums of the 1990s

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71.

Midnight Marauders 

 A Tribe Called Quest

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"Oh My God nearly started a brawl at a basketball game. I had been listening to Midnight Marauders on the way to the game. Oh My God got stuck in my head. During the game, I stole the ball from an opponent, who yelled 'oh my god'. We went down the court and scored, and I was singing Oh My God to m...""Oh My God nearly started a brawl at a basketball game. I had been listening to Midnight Marauders on the way to the game. Oh My God got stuck in my head. During the game, I stole the ball from an opponent, who yelled 'oh my god'. We went down the court and scored, and I was singing Oh My God to myself, cause he triggered it in my head. Instead, he thought I was chirping him, and went after me. Chaos ensued, teammates jumped in, he got ejected, and I got T'd up for trash talking. Such drama... Oh yeah - the album. Not as strong as Low End, but still a hip-hop masterpiece. Great jazzy samples and understated flow from Q-Tip and Phife. One of the two indispensable Tribe albums, and a landmark of early rap."  [+]  Reply

- junodog4 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +12 votes (12 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:

566 charts

Rank Score:

4,158

Rank in 1993:

7

Rank in 1990s:

71

Overall Rank:

397

Average Rating:

 83 (637 votes)

Comments:

29

72.

Rust In Peace 

 Megadeth

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"Oh Marty Friedman... why did you have to leave the world of metal? Tornado of Souls has one of my favorite guitar solos ever. This is technically speaking, Megadeth's best album. Holy Wars and Hanger 18 are immortal tracks."  Reply

- Jasonconfused | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 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:

505 charts

Rank Score:

4,097

Rank in 1990:

4

Rank in 1990s:

72

Overall Rank:

407

Average Rating:

 81 (770 votes)

Comments:

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73.

The Boatman's Call 

 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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"I remember when Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds toured this album. Theyopened with Into My Arms and Cave had a terrible time with the first line "I don' t believe in an interventionist god" it took him 4 or 5 gos to get through it and ages to complete the song. Had seen him live a number of times but...""I remember when Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds toured this album. Theyopened with Into My Arms and Cave had a terrible time with the first line "I don' t believe in an interventionist god" it took him 4 or 5 gos to get through it and ages to complete the song. Had seen him live a number of times but never struggle like this. Eventually the gig went well. Anyway this was the night Michael Hutchence did away with himself in the hotel room with Nick being the godfather of his child. Sad but true."  [+]  Reply

- stangetzaway | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 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:

585 charts

Rank Score:

4,039

Rank in 1997:

10

Rank in 1990s:

73

Overall Rank:

412

Average Rating:

 81 (703 votes)

Comments:

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74.

When The Pawn... 

 Fiona Apple

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"When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might so When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the ...""When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might so When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right."  [+]  Reply

- ctowner34 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 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:

1999

Appears in:

417 charts

Rank Score:

3,935

Rank in 1999:

5

Rank in 1990s:

74

Overall Rank:

426

Average Rating:

 82 (536 votes)

Comments:

25

75.

Bossanova 

 Pixies

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"The outerspace surfing expedition goes awry when sharks with lasers begin circling the crew."  Reply

- meccalecca | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 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:

605 charts

Rank Score:

3,894

Rank in 1990:

5

Rank in 1990s:

75

Overall Rank:

432

Average Rating:

 79 (951 votes)

Comments:

47

76.

XO 

 Elliott Smith

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"To fully appreciate and understand 'XO' context is really important The 'XO' journey really begins the year prior in 1997 with Smiths break through release 'Either/Or'as well as his appearance on the Good Will Hunting Soundtrack ("Miss Misery") and with their release the genie was out of the bott...""To fully appreciate and understand 'XO' context is really important The 'XO' journey really begins the year prior in 1997 with Smiths break through release 'Either/Or'as well as his appearance on the Good Will Hunting Soundtrack ("Miss Misery") and with their release the genie was out of the bottle - Smith was suddenly huge outside of the Portland area. Clearly the shy and reserved Smith struggled with his new found notoriety as his drinking , drug use and depression spiralled out of controlled around this same time , eventually friends and family would perform an intervention in Chicago resulting in Smith departing Portland and relocating to Brooklyn New York. Much of 'XO' was written around this tumultuous time in Smiths life Fast forward to 1998 and much the much of the angst Smith was feeling the year prior comes pouring out on 'XO' most notably in "Everybody Cares Everybody Understands" questioning the wisdom of the intervention and pretty much asking everyone to leave him the fuck alone , whilst "Waltz 2" (Lyrics: " XO, mom / It's ok, it's alright, nothing's wrong/Tell mr. man with impossible plans to just leave me alone" ) explores similar themes The title of 'XO' says it all - it's X (kiss ) O (Hug) , see ya later , all the best no hard feelings 'XO' is Smiths most accomplished work and is a diary of an artist struggling with fame and fraying apart at the seems seemingly into the abyss Its an often over used term but 'XO' isn't just Smith's masterpiece but it's a master class in song writing by a generational artist 'I'm never gonna know you now, but I'm gonna love you anyhow'"  [+]  Reply

- Brad1770 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 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:

1998

Appears in:

525 charts

Rank Score:

3,867

Rank in 1998:

7

Rank in 1990s:

76

Overall Rank:

435

Average Rating:

 82 (665 votes)

Comments:

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77.

13 

 Blur

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"This album was nearly as mind bending for me as Kid A the first time I heard it. I had never heard anything like it before. The perfect mix of excellent straightforward songs and brash experiments still resonates with me in a big way."  Reply

- chriskarman | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (12 helpful | 2 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:

1999

Appears in:

608 charts

Rank Score:

3,830

Rank in 1999:

6

Rank in 1990s:

77

Overall Rank:

440

Average Rating:

 79 (846 votes)

Comments:

63

78.

Keep It Like A Secret 

 Built To Spill

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"Some years ago a friend and I spent several summers climbing all seventeen county highpoints in Nevada. To reach all these, we had to do a lot of driving on bumpy dirt roads through the desert. Fortunately for us, we had two artists we both liked listening to: Neil Young and Built to Spill. Ridin...""Some years ago a friend and I spent several summers climbing all seventeen county highpoints in Nevada. To reach all these, we had to do a lot of driving on bumpy dirt roads through the desert. Fortunately for us, we had two artists we both liked listening to: Neil Young and Built to Spill. Riding in my old Nissan Pathfinder, this was the album we listened to more than any other. These tight, intensity-building songs, which never seem to end up anywhere near the place they started, were the perfect soundtrack to hikes that followed a similar trajectory. Opening tracks, and the opening to opening tracks, don't get much better than "The Plan.""  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

472 charts

Rank Score:

3,820

Rank in 1999:

7

Rank in 1990s:

78

Overall Rank:

442

Average Rating:

 82 (522 votes)

Comments:

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79.

Summerteeth 

 Wilco

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"I love this album. This was my first wilco record and I remember as a 14 year old St Louis music fan this album was a revelation! I was hooked! Yeah, just about every song is great! And the varied stylistic range of the tracks is super impressive. "How To Fight Loneliness" still gets me every tim...""I love this album. This was my first wilco record and I remember as a 14 year old St Louis music fan this album was a revelation! I was hooked! Yeah, just about every song is great! And the varied stylistic range of the tracks is super impressive. "How To Fight Loneliness" still gets me every time. The opener "Can't Stand It" while not a stand out track is a good energetic starter. "She's a Jar", "Via Chicago", "I'm Always In Love", "Shot In The Arm" and of course the Title track, and soooo much more on here are just downright masterful. It's hard to imagine how a band could too this... But they did with YHF, just barely. "  [+]  Reply

- Mercury | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 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:

1999

Appears in:

556 charts

Rank Score:

3,726

Rank in 1999:

8

Rank in 1990s:

79

Overall Rank:

453

Average Rating:

 82 (689 votes)

Comments:

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80.

Dog Man Star 

 Suede

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"Sometimes tension in the studio can remarkably create classic albums , The Beatles 'White Album' and Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours' are cases in point. You can also add Sued's 'Dog Man Star' to that list Rehearsals for 'Dog Man Star' were very tense and would split the band into two separate camps. Be...""Sometimes tension in the studio can remarkably create classic albums , The Beatles 'White Album' and Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours' are cases in point. You can also add Sued's 'Dog Man Star' to that list Rehearsals for 'Dog Man Star' were very tense and would split the band into two separate camps. Bernard Butler had his own agenda (an example of which was a 25 minute version of "Asphalt World" which included an 8 minute guitar solo) and frequently clashed with the rest of the band and producer Ed Buller eventually leaving the sessions with the album far from completion . That the album was not only completed but is so darn good is mind blowing Personally I prefer the cock sure swagger of their debut but 'D.M.S' is close behind with its glam rock , Bowie influenced grandness . It's not quite a masterpiece due to the weaker tracks "Daddy's Speeding" and "Black or Blue" but it sits comfortably as one of the 1990's best albums Incredible "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

456 charts

Rank Score:

3,649

Rank in 1994:

13

Rank in 1990s:

80

Overall Rank:

461

Average Rating:

 79 (549 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%
Beck	5	1%
Autechre	5	1%
Tori Amos	5	1%
Suede	5	1%
Pavement	5	1%
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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%