Best Albums of the 1990s

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

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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	2,905	133,151	Violator (111th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,970	253,993	Nevermind (14th)by Nirvana
1992	3,129	167,919	Automatic For The People (48th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,326	189,189	Siamese Dream (55th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,571	281,860	Grace (57th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,816	214,540	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	3,995	183,552	If You're Feeling Sinister (126th)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,165	254,831	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,209	191,979	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,376	180,178	Ágætis Byrjun (74th)by Sigur Rós
Total	36,462	2,051,192

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

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Nevermind

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

3,147 charts

Rank Score:

40,989

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Average Rating:

87 (4,270 votes)

Comments:

407

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,136 charts

Rank Score:

32,590

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Average Rating:

86 (2,436 votes)

Comments:

311

Ten

Pearl Jam

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,812 charts

Rank Score:

19,896

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Average Rating:

83 (2,298 votes)

Comments:

179

18.

Spiderland

Slint

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,038 charts

Rank Score:

13,617

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Average Rating:

84 (1,254 votes)

Comments:

121

20.

Achtung Baby

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,298 charts

Rank Score:

12,716

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29.

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

973 charts

Rank Score:

10,808

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Overall Rank:

135

Average Rating:

85 (1,112 votes)

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35.

Laughing Stock

Talk Talk

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

755 charts

Rank Score:

9,323

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Overall Rank:

167

Average Rating:

84 (872 votes)

Comments:

40.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,084 charts

Rank Score:

8,647

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Overall Rank:

185

Average Rating:

79 (1,727 votes)

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45.

Metallica

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

939 charts

Rank Score:

7,401

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Overall Rank:

227

Average Rating:

78 (1,523 votes)

Comments:

60.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

721 charts

Rank Score:

5,531

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Overall Rank:

322

Average Rating:

80 (898 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	86	9%
1991	80	8%
1992	102	10%
1993	108	11%
1994	125	13%
1995	113	11%
1996	110	11%
1997	97	10%
1998	95	10%
1999	85	9%

Artist	Albums	%

Blur	6	1%
The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Pavement	5	0%
Stereolab	5	0%
Tori Amos	5	0%
Radiohead	5	0%
Sonic Youth	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	549	55%
	259	26%
	39	4%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	15	1%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

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