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 41,000 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	2,214	133,586	Violator (126th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,267	299,702	Nevermind (15th)by Nirvana
1992	2,398	184,541	Automatic For The People (58th)by R.E.M.
1993	2,501	204,501	Siamese Dream (54th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	2,708	322,988	Grace (59th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	2,745	239,209	The Bends (20th)by Radiohead
1996	2,871	207,928	Pinkerton (94th)by Weezer
1997	2,870	305,194	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	2,905	216,841	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (14th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	3,128	203,478	Ágætis Byrjun (64th)by Sigur Rós
Total	26,607	2,317,969

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

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11.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,457 charts

Rank Score:

23,576

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Average Rating:

84 (1,688 votes)

Comments:

150

12.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

1,202 charts

Rank Score:

22,909

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Average Rating:

86 (1,471 votes)

Comments:

124

13.

Weezer (The Blue Album)

Weezer

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,237 charts

Rank Score:

21,997

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Average Rating:

84 (1,627 votes)

Comments:

122

14.

Illmatic

Nas

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,061 charts

Rank Score:

20,110

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Average Rating:

86 (1,292 votes)

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15.

Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

1,271 charts

Rank Score:

19,989

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16.

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,272 charts

Rank Score:

19,975

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Average Rating:

84 (1,415 votes)

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17.

Spiderland

Slint

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

869 charts

Rank Score:

17,296

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Average Rating:

84 (1,026 votes)

Comments:

108

18.

Pinkerton

Weezer

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

954 charts

Rank Score:

16,697

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Average Rating:

83 (1,326 votes)

Comments:

124

19.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,073 charts

Rank Score:

15,876

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Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

1,094 charts

Rank Score:

15,837

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Overall Rank:

106

Average Rating:

83 (1,324 votes)

Comments:

106

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	82	8%
1991	80	8%
1992	102	10%
1993	102	10%
1994	129	13%
1995	108	11%
1996	114	11%
1997	99	10%
1998	98	10%
1999	86	9%

Artist	Albums	%

The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Blur	6	1%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	1%
Sonic Youth	5	1%
The Smashing Pumpkins	5	1%
Alice In Chains	5	1%
R.E.M.	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	546	55%
	252	25%
	39	4%
	28	3%
	21	2%
	17	2%
	15	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	19	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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