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 55,000 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	2,945	132,876	Violator (108th)by Depeche Mode
1991	3,022	250,422	Nevermind (13th)by Nirvana
1992	3,159	165,953	Automatic For The People (49th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,358	187,237	Siamese Dream (55th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,620	278,083	Grace (61st)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,878	211,258	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	4,040	181,138	If You're Feeling Sinister (125th)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,229	250,016	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,260	190,527	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,446	178,071	Ágætis Byrjun (77th)by Sigur Rós
Total	36,957	2,025,581

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

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10.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,702 charts

Rank Score:

18,367

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Average Rating:

84 (1,942 votes)

Comments:

170

12.

Illmatic

Nas

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,342 charts

Rank Score:

17,660

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Average Rating:

86 (1,562 votes)

Comments:

110

13.

Dummy

Portishead

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,537 charts

Rank Score:

17,230

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Average Rating:

84 (1,694 votes)

Comments:

104

15.

Weezer (Blue Album)

Weezer

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,465 charts

Rank Score:

15,868

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Average Rating:

84 (1,921 votes)

Comments:

139

24.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,248 charts

Rank Score:

11,556

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33.

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

959 charts

Rank Score:

9,816

Rank in 1994:

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Overall Rank:

152

Average Rating:

83 (1,219 votes)

Comments:

34.

MTV Unplugged In New York
Live

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,048 charts

Rank Score:

9,638

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Overall Rank:

158

Average Rating:

86 (1,922 votes)

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36.

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Pavement

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

916 charts

Rank Score:

8,947

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Overall Rank:

173

Average Rating:

83 (1,138 votes)

Comments:

37.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

920 charts

Rank Score:

8,653

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Overall Rank:

180

Average Rating:

81 (1,199 votes)

Comments:

41.

Parklife

Blur

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,007 charts

Rank Score:

7,793

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Overall Rank:

208

Average Rating:

80 (1,371 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	86	9%
1991	82	8%
1992	102	10%
1993	109	11%
1994	127	13%
1995	112	11%
1996	108	11%
1997	97	10%
1998	96	10%
1999	85	9%

Artist	Albums	%

Blur	6	1%
The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Sonic Youth	5	0%
Pavement	5	0%
Manic Street Preachers	5	0%
Radiohead	5	0%
Suede	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	543	54%
	264	26%
	42	4%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	15	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	20	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	11	1%

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