Best Albums of the 1990s
Explore the best albums of the 1990s, based on over 2 million album rankings across 61,000 charts
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"Autechre may be the most consistent electronic music act of the 90's." Reply
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1995
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750
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"For me the soundtrack to the summer of 96, great times! Just puts me in a good mood when I listen to it." Reply
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1996
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746
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"I can´t like a band, that tries its hardest to have a indeciferable sound, even if they excel at it to a extent. This album pretty much shows what they can do overall, instrumentally they have a ton of potential. Too much filler tho, second half below average." Reply
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1999
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744
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"She added a little grit to the somewhat "perky" debut, still doing everything as well as before. "home" is unofficially my favorite of all her songs, a longing ode for home, as in lyrics "Afraid of feeling nothing, no bees or butterflies / My head is full of voices and my house is full of lies". ..." Reply
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1996
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742
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"great record by another great minnesota artist. reminds me of the late 90s and being in college." Reply
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1992
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742
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"The third in a string of classic metal albums released by Pantera. Highlights are: Strength Beyond Strength, Slaughtered and Throes of Rejection" Reply
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1994
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742
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"It's like a softer Loveless. It's good!" Reply
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1994
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"I rated this only 55/100 after first hearing it a few years ago - it was an unfair judgement and I realised I was looking for more like Urban Hymns and not expecting this whimsical shoegaze / psychedelic outing. I've just given it a re-listen and need to reappraise my score up to 70 at least and ..." Reply
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1993
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733
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"Good indie album, at times a bit too close to grunge to me, though." Reply
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1994
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"Amazing album. The best of Sting" Reply
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1993
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 39 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% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 5 | 1% | |
| Manic Street Preachers | 5 | 1% | |
| Autechre | 5 | 1% | |
| Richard David James | 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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