Best Albums of the 1990s
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"This album is an absolute treasure. Beautiful arrangment and haunting sometimes spooky lyrics that nail home the point quite effectively. One of the few albums past 1990 I can listen to all the way through." Reply
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1996
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2,017
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"Great grunge/hard rock/alternative metal album. Best 10 songs average is 92,8/100 and the album can get great 95/100. Best song is "Plush" - maximum rating. Followed by "Creep" and "Crackerman" both 95/100 and next "Sex type thing", "Wicked garden", "Piece of pie" and "Where the river goes" all 9..." Reply
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1992
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"Bone machine, is Tom Waits' industrial album. It's dark, unsettling, and has a kind of mechanical sound to it, like it was recorded in some nightmarish factory. First track, earth died screaming, is actually one of the more challenging songs, as if he wanted to scare the daylights out of any casu..." Reply
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1992
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1,999
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"I am a huge fan of the atmosphere, and game-changing impact that 85-92 had before this release. This album doesn't blow me away like that album did but it is a mesmerising listening experience. In Vol II you begin to hear Richard D James shift his ambient sounds from the comfortable, bliss-induci..." Reply
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Strangel | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 5
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1994
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1,990
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"This album has some great tracks on it but is really let down by the more bland filler tracks. If you cut the album down a little it would be a fantastic record but the elongated run time and the several tracks which made me zone out makes it hard to give this record a high ranking. While there a..." Reply
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1996
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1,963
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"The sequel to Harvest is maybe even better. Seriously this is one of my favorite Young releases and is when I decided I was a fan of him as an artist as a whole." Reply
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1992
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1,956
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"My favourite Sonic Youth album. A completely different beast to Daydream Nation it may not be as consistent but it's more varied and for me the highs are higher. The solo in Chapel Hill is one of my favourite moments in music." Reply
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1992
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"Imagine if Massive attack seriously took to quaaludes. For a year. The next day they swear they are NEVER going to touch that crazy ass shit again because they're paranoid as all fuck, and Tricky just shot a gun at the new guest vocalist because she was talking to another guy. BUT FIRST, you can'..." Reply
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1995
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1,940
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"Probably didn't help the album that Axl did a lot of talking in "Get in the Ring" and then allegedly couldn't/wouldn't back it up when Bob Guccione Jr. accepted the challenge. I mean if you're going to talk like that, even in song....." Reply
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1991
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"If Different Class is one of the happiest, better produced albums ever, Hardcore is the complete oposite. Dark, moody, lyrically sad, almost deppresive. It shows a band that has changed the dynamic and energy for a moment of reflextion. The result is almost cathartic. This is one of the greatest ..." Reply
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1998
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 16 of 100
Best Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 85 | 9% | |
| 1991 | 83 | 8% | |
| 1992 | 106 | 11% | |
| 1993 | 104 | 10% | |
| 1994 | 125 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 103 | 10% | |
| 1996 | 111 | 11% | |
| 1997 | 95 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 102 | 10% | |
| 1999 | 86 | 9% |
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| Neil Young | 6 | 1% | |
| Blur | 6 | 1% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 6 | 1% | |
| Nick Cave | 5 | 1% | |
| Beck | 5 | 1% | |
| Suede | 5 | 1% | |
| Tori Amos | 5 | 1% | |
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532 | 53% | |
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270 | 27% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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16 | 2% | |
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13 | 1% | |
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Best Albums of the 1990s chart changes
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Up 3 from 102nd to 99th |
Up 2 from 84th to 82nd |
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| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 80th to 83rd |
Down 2 from 42nd to 44th |
Down 2 from 85th to 87th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 3 from 102nd to 99th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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