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 45,000 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	2,487	137,809	Violator (124th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,563	284,716	Nevermind (15th)by Nirvana
1992	2,713	180,299	Automatic For The People (56th)by R.E.M.
1993	2,846	201,560	Siamese Dream (54th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,105	313,329	Grace (58th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,231	232,857	The Bends (20th)by Radiohead
1996	3,418	204,384	Pinkerton (110th)by Weezer
1997	3,421	289,468	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	3,381	211,241	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	3,548	198,211	Ágætis Byrjun (66th)by Sigur Rós
Total	30,713	2,253,872

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

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Nevermind

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,912 charts

Rank Score:

49,531

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Average Rating:

87 (4,017 votes)

Comments:

392

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,005 charts

Rank Score:

40,576

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Average Rating:

86 (2,249 votes)

Comments:

299

Ten

Pearl Jam

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,681 charts

Rank Score:

23,598

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Average Rating:

82 (2,170 votes)

Comments:

168

17.

Spiderland

Slint

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

980 charts

Rank Score:

16,503

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Average Rating:

84 (1,144 votes)

Comments:

113

22.

Achtung Baby

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,200 charts

Rank Score:

14,263

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32.

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

882 charts

Rank Score:

11,590

Rank in 1991:

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Overall Rank:

152

Average Rating:

85 (1,021 votes)

Comments:

35.

Laughing Stock

Talk Talk

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

679 charts

Rank Score:

10,325

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Overall Rank:

172

Average Rating:

84 (801 votes)

Comments:

36.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,008 charts

Rank Score:

10,240

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Overall Rank:

174

Average Rating:

79 (1,626 votes)

Comments:

50.

Metallica

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

839 charts

Rank Score:

7,833

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Overall Rank:

243

Average Rating:

78 (1,419 votes)

Comments:

59.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

678 charts

Rank Score:

6,267

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Overall Rank:

308

Average Rating:

80 (858 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	84	8%
1991	76	8%
1992	101	10%
1993	102	10%
1994	128	13%
1995	117	12%
1996	116	12%
1997	100	10%
1998	94	9%
1999	82	8%

Artist	Albums	%

The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Blur	6	1%
Ween	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Sonic Youth	5	1%
Suede	5	1%
Green Day	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	540	54%
	257	26%
	37	4%
	27	3%
	25	3%
	17	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	980	98%
Yes	20	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	8	1%

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