Best Albums of the 1990s
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"One of my favourite albums, Local Boy in the Photograph is the best track." Reply
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Goliath | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1997
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"This was the fourth Death album I'vle listened to and so far it's the weakest (but still really good of course since it's Death) in my opinion. I may have not been in the right mood, but on this album I understood the complaints about the vocals. On Spiritual Healing, Sound of Perseverance, and S..." [+] Reply
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1991
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772
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"This masterpiece, great songs, dark and gloomy songs to pasive ones. And where is the Youtube full album??? It was there" Reply
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1991
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"My favourite MSP album, I like its punky energy, played this one to death when it first came out." Reply
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1993
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770
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"River of Orchids, Easter Theatre and I Can't Own Her are the three best songs XTC ever did" Reply
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flamingyesdept | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1999
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769
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"This was the album that got me into music. I found an old scrathed cd of it in the garage one day. For some reason I decided to put it in a cd player even though I was never really in to listening to music... Then the whole album electrified me. Megadeth really nailed this one. They took a more c..." [+] Reply
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1992
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767
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"With musicians from Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Screaming Trees, this record could be the epilogue of the grunge era. For sure, in the top ten of 1995" Reply
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1995
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759
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"This album should be much higher, David Bowie could see the potential here, give this a listen." Reply
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1996
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758
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"The best was yet to come but this is an incredible debut. Player's Ball especially!" Reply
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1994
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757
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"Music to get down and dirty to.." Reply
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1995
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756
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 38 of 100
Best Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 85 | 9% | |
| 1991 | 83 | 8% | |
| 1992 | 105 | 11% | |
| 1993 | 104 | 10% | |
| 1994 | 127 | 13% | |
| 1995 | 102 | 10% | |
| 1996 | 109 | 11% | |
| 1997 | 98 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 102 | 10% | |
| 1999 | 85 | 9% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Neil Young | 6 | 1% | |
| Blur | 6 | 1% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 6 | 1% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 1% | |
| Yo La Tengo | 5 | 1% | |
| Alice In Chains | 5 | 1% | |
| Sonic Youth | 5 | 1% | |
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533 | 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 96th to 93rd |
Up 3 from 90th to 87th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 80th to 83rd |
Down 2 from 60th to 62nd |
Down 2 from 79th to 81st |
4. War by U2
