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 49,000 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	2,599	137,291	Violator (118th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,669	272,658	Nevermind (15th)by Nirvana (US)
1992	2,820	174,923	Automatic For The People (52nd)by R.E.M.
1993	2,977	196,054	Siamese Dream (54th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,256	300,789	Grace (61st)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,408	227,684	The Bends (22nd)by Radiohead
1996	3,647	195,901	Pinkerton (117th)by Weezer
1997	3,773	278,594	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	3,796	203,999	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	3,821	192,523	Ágætis Byrjun (66th)by Sigur Rós
Total	32,766	2,180,416

The best artists of the 1990s were Radiohead, Nirvana (US), 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 (US)

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

3,013 charts

Rank Score:

45,567

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Average Rating:

87 (4,130 votes)

Comments:

400

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,056 charts

Rank Score:

37,551

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Average Rating:

86 (2,338 votes)

Comments:

301

Ten

Pearl Jam

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,745 charts

Rank Score:

22,055

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Average Rating:

83 (2,232 votes)

Comments:

174

17.

Spiderland

Slint

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

996 charts

Rank Score:

15,185

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Average Rating:

84 (1,198 votes)

Comments:

116

20.

Achtung Baby

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,251 charts

Rank Score:

13,677

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29.

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

922 charts

Rank Score:

11,425

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Overall Rank:

140

Average Rating:

85 (1,070 votes)

Comments:

34.

Laughing Stock

Talk Talk

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

714 charts

Rank Score:

10,039

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Overall Rank:

167

Average Rating:

84 (834 votes)

Comments:

39.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,035 charts

Rank Score:

9,461

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Overall Rank:

186

Average Rating:

79 (1,678 votes)

Comments:

46.

Metallica

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

883 charts

Rank Score:

7,774

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Overall Rank:

233

Average Rating:

78 (1,472 votes)

Comments:

62.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

696 charts

Rank Score:

5,870

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Overall Rank:

321

Average Rating:

80 (880 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	88	9%
1991	80	8%
1992	103	10%
1993	103	10%
1994	126	13%
1995	111	11%
1996	110	11%
1997	101	10%
1998	96	10%
1999	82	8%

Artist	Albums	%

The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Blur	6	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Alice In Chains	5	1%
Pearl Jam	5	1%
Green Day	5	1%
Ween	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	540	54%
	255	26%
	40	4%
	26	3%
	23	2%
	17	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	980	98%
Yes	20	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	19	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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