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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"Such an underrated album. Agree that heal the world can fuck off though. -10 just for that." Reply
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Zoso | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (6 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1991
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2,125
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"Beautiful album, it gets some listens to get used to it though. 8/10." Reply
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luigybetis | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1992
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2,122
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"Three producers, including Butch Vig (who produced Nevermind), and Shirley Manson (from Angelfish) proved to be a better combination than i'd've guessed. The album brings a load of FX fun with shirley's vixen vocals. Songs "queer" and "vow" still rock." Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1995
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2,120
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"Almost on par with Dookie for mid-nineties pop-punk. Decent." Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1994
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2,112
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"So I'm currently working at an Applebees as a server. They have one of those TouchTunes jukeboxes and I just downloaded the app for it. That way I can play music without being judged by others for my superior taste. Around 11 PM I played "Stagger Lee" and followed it up with "O'Malley's Bar." It ..." [+] Reply
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badseed | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1996
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2,090
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"This album just gets better with age.......love burger queen, every you every me, and of course pure morning." Reply
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1998
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2,086
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"The Good Son is a very underrated album that has great songwriting as well as having a strong powerful atmosphere created through deep personal lyrics and great instrumentation" Reply
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1990
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2,079
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"Better than Evil Empire, but not as exhilarating as their debut. A little "Safe" in comparison, but wtf, it's a good album." Reply
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1999
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2,051
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"Black Francis was pist! Perhaps it was the relative tepid reception Bossanova received after the lovefest that showered Doolittle. Perhaps it was having to play second fiddle next to fan fave Kim Deal in HIS own fucking band. (That had to hurt, right?) I don't really care! Because he transformed ..." [+] Reply
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1991
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2,037
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"A way underrated album. They took a chance as artists and the critics trashed it. Sophisticated production with the usual intelligent lyrics make this record a gem." Reply
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1996
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2,027
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 15 of 100
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% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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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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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 |
