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: 5 hours ago).
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1990s decade summaryThe best artists of the 1990s were Radiohead, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Neutral Milk Hotel, Oasis, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Cave and Björk.
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1995
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318
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"This is a very underated record by the lead singer of soundgarden.Its no secret that Chris Cornell has probably the most powerful voices of the last 30 years but for this record he experimented with more Beatle/Buckley esque melodies and really solid songwriting. His best solo record and a must l..."  [+]  Reply
- thedudeabides | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help 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.
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1999
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316
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"Great, great memories with this one. It never gets old and I always enjoy it a lot. It also has one of my favourites ever: 'Send me An Angel'. What a great way to end a classic album"  Reply
- ponkine | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help 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.
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1990
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316
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"In the mid 90s one still felt rock music hadn't exhausted its possibilities of progression. The amount of new, exhilarating stuff coming from Japan at this time certainly pushed that idea aside. In America, some of the most innovative rock was being labeled "math rock" and Polvo, with their own u..."  [+]  Reply
- RioBravo | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help 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.
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1993
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"Sometimes I think the first disc of this live album is the best of Swans' post-rock styled releases. It sounds like a rawer version of the Soundtracks for the Blind sound. Feel Happiness brilliantly transforms from noise jam to heartbreaking lullaby, Jarboe gives a disturbing vocal performance in..."  [+]  Reply
- | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help 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.
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1998
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315
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"THEY COULD HAVE BEEN AS BIG AS.... DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE!!! Indie Rock used to be scary. I’m not shitting you. I was there! When bands like Jesus Lizard who would just as much fight you as play for you. At least it seemed that way. I mean the bass player would just give you this death stare for the..."  [+]  Reply
- Repo | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help 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.
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1999
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"This album effectively combines rock, rap, R&B, gospel, and pop music along with faith based lyrics to create a classic album. It is considered a landmark album in the Contemporary Christian Music scene."  Reply
- | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help 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.
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1995
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314
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"This album needs more love on this site. Sure, its less adventurous than some of their discography.. but for me this album doesn't tire and is incredibly consistent. Oh and might I add catchy as f*ck without sacrificing the head-banging solo factor."  Reply
- masonfuchs | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help 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.
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1994
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"Although Wild Wood pretty much set the ball rolling for me in all my musical travels, and Stanley Road has some unquestionably classic songs on, this is the one that gets played most often... the songs are great throughout (not one skipped track!) It's more of a proper rock album than those other..."  [+]  Reply
- badfaith | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help 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.
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1992
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313
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"Contains a single unbelievable 24-minute song (A Change of Seasons, and a few decent covers. A must-own for Dream Theater/prog fans; the 24-minute epic is as close to classic prog as Dream Theater would come until Octavarium 10 years later."  Reply
- Deckiller | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help 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.
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1995
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