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	2,890	133,082	Violator (112th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,947	254,928	Nevermind (14th)by Nirvana
1992	3,089	167,799	Automatic For The People (48th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,311	189,512	Siamese Dream (55th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,542	282,402	Grace (57th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,769	215,031	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	3,956	183,356	If You're Feeling Sinister (124th)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,148	254,734	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,198	192,315	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,351	179,967	Ágætis Byrjun (77th)by Sigur Rós
Total	36,201	2,053,125

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

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Grace

Jeff Buckley

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,686 charts

Rank Score:

19,076

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Average Rating:

84 (1,920 votes)

Comments:

169

11.

Illmatic

Nas

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,329 charts

Rank Score:

18,397

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Average Rating:

86 (1,548 votes)

Comments:

110

13.

Dummy

Portishead

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,520 charts

Rank Score:

17,393

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Average Rating:

84 (1,671 votes)

Comments:

103

15.

Weezer (Blue Album)

Weezer

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,442 charts

Rank Score:

16,490

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Average Rating:

84 (1,909 votes)

Comments:

138

25.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,237 charts

Rank Score:

11,568

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32.

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

941 charts

Rank Score:

9,902

Rank in 1994:

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Overall Rank:

155

Average Rating:

83 (1,203 votes)

Comments:

34.

MTV Unplugged In New York
Live

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,036 charts

Rank Score:

9,670

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Overall Rank:

163

Average Rating:

86 (1,902 votes)

Comments:

36.

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Pavement

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

901 charts

Rank Score:

8,997

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Overall Rank:

177

Average Rating:

83 (1,128 votes)

Comments:

38.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

900 charts

Rank Score:

8,892

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Overall Rank:

180

Average Rating:

81 (1,185 votes)

Comments:

41.

Parklife

Blur

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

993 charts

Rank Score:

7,921

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Overall Rank:

209

Average Rating:

80 (1,359 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	86	9%
1991	81	8%
1992	102	10%
1993	107	11%
1994	127	13%
1995	113	11%
1996	108	11%
1997	97	10%
1998	94	9%
1999	85	9%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	548	55%
	259	26%
	40	4%
	24	2%
	22	2%
	15	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

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

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

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