Best Albums of the 1990s

« View best albums of the 1980sView best albums of the 2000s »

Listed below are the best albums of the 1990s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

1990s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1990	2,942	133,493	Violator (108th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,995	252,212	Nevermind (14th)by Nirvana
1992	3,141	166,956	Automatic For The People (48th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,338	188,175	Siamese Dream (56th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,591	279,636	Grace (60th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,858	213,082	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	4,022	182,235	If You're Feeling Sinister (126th)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,201	252,929	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,242	190,991	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,419	179,100	Ágætis Byrjun (77th)by Sigur Rós
Total	36,749	2,038,809

The best artists of the 1990s were Radiohead, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Neutral Milk Hotel, Oasis, My Bloody Valentine, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Weezer and Nick Cave.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 982) (filtered)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

This chart is currently filtered to only show non live albums. (Remove this filter)

Sort by

OK Computer

Radiohead

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,380 charts

Rank Score:

72,060

Rank in 1997:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

92 (5,564 votes)

Comments:

846

Nevermind

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

3,161 charts

Rank Score:

40,737

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

87 (4,277 votes)

Comments:

407

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

2,411 charts

Rank Score:

36,827

Rank in 1998:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,147 charts

Rank Score:

32,057

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

2,641 charts

Rank Score:

31,574

Rank in 1995:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

87 (3,873 votes)

Comments:

315

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

1,793 charts

Rank Score:

19,838

Rank in 1992:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

84 (2,180 votes)

Comments:

174

Ten

Pearl Jam

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,817 charts

Rank Score:

19,562

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

83 (2,308 votes)

Comments:

179

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,587 charts

Rank Score:

19,090

Rank in 1993:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

85 (1,920 votes)

Comments:

150

Grace

Jeff Buckley

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,695 charts

Rank Score:

18,611

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

84 (1,936 votes)

Comments:

170

10.

In Utero

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,745 charts

Rank Score:

18,596

Rank in 1993:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

85 (2,645 votes)

Comments:

177

« prev
1
2
3
4
...
98
99
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 982. Page 1 of 99

Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	85	9%
1991	80	8%
1992	102	10%
1993	108	11%
1994	126	13%
1995	112	11%
1996	110	11%
1997	99	10%
1998	94	9%
1999	85	9%

Artist	Albums	%

The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Blur	6	1%
R.E.M.	5	0%
Pearl Jam	5	0%
The Smashing Pumpkins	5	0%
Aphex Twin	5	0%
Tori Amos	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	546	55%
	261	26%
	40	4%
	25	2%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	14	1%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	985	98%
Yes	16	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	19	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

« View best albums of the 1980sView best albums of the 2000s »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Best Albums of 1967
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico
3. The Doors by The Doors
4. Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
5. Forever Changes by Love
6. Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles
7. Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
8. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd
9. Axis: Bold As Love by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
10. Strange Days by The Doors
11. Disraeli Gears by Cream
12. Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
13. Days Of Future Passed by The Moody Blues
14. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin
15. Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks
16. The Who Sell Out by The Who
17. Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
18. Chelsea Girl by Nico
19. John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan
20. Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley