Best Albums of the 1990s : Best Ever Albums

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 39,000 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	2,149	191,513	Violator (132nd)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,191	491,615	Nevermind (10th)by Nirvana
1992	2,312	288,090	Automatic For The People (56th)by R.E.M.
1993	2,387	310,202	In Utero (53rd)by Nirvana
1994	2,575	505,381	Grace (49th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	2,599	379,680	The Bends (18th)by Radiohead
1996	2,774	314,325	Pinkerton (98th)by Weezer
1997	2,770	491,797	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	2,804	336,163	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	3,000	307,203	Ágætis Byrjun (67th)by Sigur Rós
Total	25,561	3,615,969

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

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11.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,318 charts

Rank Score:

37,803

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Average Rating:

85 (1,575 votes)

Comments:

128

12.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

1,163 charts

Rank Score:

34,422

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Average Rating:

86 (1,416 votes)

Comments:

122

13.

Weezer (The Blue Album)

Weezer

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,201 charts

Rank Score:

33,514

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Average Rating:

84 (1,580 votes)

Comments:

119

14.

Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

1,239 charts

Rank Score:

32,631

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Average Rating:

83 (1,524 votes)

Comments:

139

15.

Achtung Baby

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,093 charts

Rank Score:

30,526

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16.

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,226 charts

Rank Score:

30,153

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Average Rating:

84 (1,365 votes)

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17.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,042 charts

Rank Score:

29,842

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Average Rating:

80 (1,583 votes)

Comments:

127

18.

Illmatic

Nas

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,025 charts

Rank Score:

29,768

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Average Rating:

86 (1,239 votes)

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19.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

1,064 charts

Rank Score:

26,658

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Average Rating:

83 (1,286 votes)

Comments:

103

20.

Rage Against The Machine

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

1,018 charts

Rank Score:

26,458

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Average Rating:

82 (1,358 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	82	8%
1991	83	8%
1992	98	10%
1993	102	10%
1994	126	13%
1995	108	11%
1996	112	11%
1997	100	10%
1998	101	10%
1999	88	9%

Artist	Albums	%

Blur	6	1%
The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Tori Amos	5	1%
R.E.M.	5	1%
The Smashing Pumpkins	5	1%
Pavement	5	1%
Suede	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	547	55%
	253	25%
	36	4%
	25	3%
	24	2%
	19	2%
	14	1%
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