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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"Shortlisted for R&B albums of the year at the 1997 Grammys. The winner was Words by Tony Rich" 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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"For whatever reason I always liked this more than Fugazi. It's heavy and unrelenting but not at all boring." Reply
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"Ms. Gray adds her unique voice to some great songs. As a vocalist and a songwriter she is underrated." Reply
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"She's one whose voice is a truly amazing instrument. Not many can pull off songs with no accompanying music or just vocals with piano quite like her. One of her best albums with some of her best songs. I feel it's one that gets overlooked" Reply
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"A fantastic and very underrated record. Features Will’s old friends Pajo, McMahan, Walford and Brashear of Slint fame, as well as Grant Barger and Paul Greenlaw. Its bare-bones, honest and raw songwriting is maybe not I See A Darkness great, but it’s a sign of what’s to come. Country, folk and oc..." Reply
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"This record was such a disappointment. It's way over produced and I just felt like "so what"." Reply
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"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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"Great album. One of Anthrax's best. Bit more ferocious than some of there earlier stuff. Some of there best ever songs are on this, 'Intro to Reality' segueing into 'Belly of the Beast' being my pick of the bunch." Reply
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Best Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 86 | 9% | |
| 1991 | 83 | 8% | |
| 1992 | 105 | 11% | |
| 1993 | 104 | 10% | |
| 1994 | 126 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 103 | 10% | |
| 1996 | 110 | 11% | |
| 1997 | 96 | 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 | 1% | |
| R.E.M. | 5 | 1% | |
| Pearl Jam | 5 | 1% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 5 | 1% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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