Best Albums of the 1990s
Explore the best albums of the 1990s, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"When I was but a wee bit of a lad, THIS is what I dreamed Country music sounded like. Austere, plaintive & naked coupled with a crazed spiritual fervor. You can imagine my horror when I found out it was nothing more than a NEUTERED version of the hard rock of my junior high school years. Luckily ..." [+] Reply
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"takes a little longer to get into than reading writing and the maths, but it's ultimately the better of the two albums. a little more adult. a little less cutesy. musically, more confident. more mature. less snark. more romance." Reply
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"sorry but this bored me.1 or 2 tracks decent,but its sending me to sleep" Reply
"This is not the original track listing, but the 10th anniversary edition listing. On the original rease in 1994, substitute Thank You for The Rain Song. Thank You was the second track on the original album." Reply
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"There were moments I thought I might like this more than I expected, but those were overpowered by the moments that I couldn't wait for a song to end." Reply
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"Highly underrated. One of the best albums of the era." Reply
"Good album. Best 10 songs average is 86,0/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Best songs are "Revolution earth" and "Is that you Mo-Dean?" both 90/100. All other songs good 80-85/100. Genre: Pop Rock, Dance-Pop" Reply
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"S-K's amazing and best punk album. The riffs here are uniquely brilliant with Tucker and Brownstein inventing their unique way of interlocking vocals and guitar lines "Call the Doctor", "Hubcap" "Taste Test". Aggressive feminism tracks "I'm not Waiting" and 'Taking Me Home" really hot home. Macfa..." [+] Reply
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Best Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 86 | 9% | |
| 1991 | 83 | 8% | |
| 1992 | 106 | 11% | |
| 1993 | 104 | 10% | |
| 1994 | 128 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 103 | 10% | |
| 1996 | 110 | 11% | |
| 1997 | 97 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 102 | 10% | |
| 1999 | 85 | 9% |
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| Blur | 6 | 1% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 6 | 1% | |
| Neil Young | 6 | 1% | |
| Sonic Youth | 5 | 0% | |
| R.E.M. | 5 | 0% | |
| Pearl Jam | 5 | 0% | |
| Autechre | 5 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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534 | 53% | |
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270 | 27% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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16 | 2% | |
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12 | 1% | |
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Best Albums of the 1990s chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 84th to 80th |
Up 3 from 90th to 87th |
Up 2 from 63rd to 61st |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 80th to 83rd |
Down 3 from 81st to 84th |
Down 2 from 60th to 62nd |
