Best Albums of the 1990s

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51.

Ænima 

 Tool

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"hearing a sinister sounding man on your answering machine saying calmly, " You wanna know something? Fuck you! I want your balls smashed. Eat shit...." to the sound of a beautiful piano, priceless."  Reply  
- eatkhash | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

738 charts

Rank Score:

6,503

Rank in 1996:

4

Rank in 1990s:

51

Overall Rank:

247

Average Rating:

 81 (1,003 votes)

Comments:

70

52.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space 

 Spiritualized®

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"When you combine Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd and The Velvet Underground, this is your result: ZOMGEGNIUARGBRVBARGQR[GH3TYH37THQGIVFBNYGAVBVPGHSOWHYDIDNTIDISCOVERTHISSOONERBGYUVF0PVTJEUGVBBNVZJFHTYHVNFHGHUVUBB it's good."  Reply  
- HazeyTwilight | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +15 votes (15 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

767 charts

Rank Score:

6,363

Rank in 1997:

6

Rank in 1990s:

52

Overall Rank:

250

Average Rating:

 82 (954 votes)

Comments:

66

53.

Odelay 

 Beck

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"For years, I thought the cover was a bale of hay jumping over a hurdle, an image I thought perfectly captured the dada-ist vibe of the music and lyrics. When I read on wikipedia that it is actually a dog (a Komondor) and Beck was uncertain of the cover right through pressing, it made me wonder. B...""For years, I thought the cover was a bale of hay jumping over a hurdle, an image I thought perfectly captured the dada-ist vibe of the music and lyrics. When I read on wikipedia that it is actually a dog (a Komondor) and Beck was uncertain of the cover right through pressing, it made me wonder. But the image still captures the strangeness and indeterminacy of the music. Yeah... this album is a mopdog clearing a hurdle, whatever that means to you."  [More]  Reply  
- jhuik | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

968 charts

Rank Score:

6,097

Rank in 1996:

5

Rank in 1990s:

53

Overall Rank:

267

Average Rating:

 81 (1,322 votes)

Comments:

67

54.

The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 

 Lauryn Hill

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"My god this site underrates this record"  Reply  
- LebowskiRams | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +14 votes (14 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

671 charts

Rank Score:

6,050

Rank in 1998:

4

Rank in 1990s:

54

Overall Rank:

272

Average Rating:

 78 (831 votes)

Comments:

50

55.

Perfect From Now On 

 Built To Spill

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"It combines indie and noise rock in a really awesome way. The combination of experimentation with traditional indie music leads to a fantastic sound. There are some great moments with the string sections and the guitar played in reverse on "Unstrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else)". The lyricism ...""It combines indie and noise rock in a really awesome way. The combination of experimentation with traditional indie music leads to a fantastic sound. There are some great moments with the string sections and the guitar played in reverse on "Unstrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else)". The lyricism is great as well. I love the way Doug Martsh structures his lyrics. It gives each song a dynamic sense of purpose and direction. Not only this, but they're very poetic and authentic sounding. At times, this album feels conversational. This adds a significantly more personal element to it, which adds so much volume and dimension to an already personal and introspective album. I was captivated from the first lyrics of "Randy Described Eternity", and to be honest I've rarely heard eternity described better than how Randy describes it."  [More]  Reply  
- slurpdurp | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

583 charts

Rank Score:

5,967

Rank in 1997:

7

Rank in 1990s:

55

Overall Rank:

276

Average Rating:

 84 (650 votes)

Comments:

35

56.

Aquemini 

 OutKast

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"I have trouble understanding why this album isn't universally recognized as their best when it's far more consistent than Stankonia. Stankonia loses its steam after putting all its best songs towards the beginning and it just doesn't reach the watermark set by this album. I also don't understand ...""I have trouble understanding why this album isn't universally recognized as their best when it's far more consistent than Stankonia. Stankonia loses its steam after putting all its best songs towards the beginning and it just doesn't reach the watermark set by this album. I also don't understand why Da Art OF Storytelling (Part 1) doesn't get the acclaim it deserves because it's a fucking awesome song."  [More]  Reply  
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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

693 charts

Rank Score:

5,963

Rank in 1998:

5

Rank in 1990s:

56

Overall Rank:

277

Average Rating:

 83 (765 votes)

Comments:

38

57.

Urban Hymns 

 The Verve

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"Britpop's softer and most eloquent side. A songbook for the disenfranchised, Urban Hymns is beautiful from start to finish, capturing the disgruntled tinge of its contemporaries and presenting it in a conversational and delicate attire. It's a flawed masterpiece, too long and too soft for its own...""Britpop's softer and most eloquent side. A songbook for the disenfranchised, Urban Hymns is beautiful from start to finish, capturing the disgruntled tinge of its contemporaries and presenting it in a conversational and delicate attire. It's a flawed masterpiece, too long and too soft for its own good in places, but it's hard to deny how reassuring and how comforting Richard Ashcroft's words are. I have a lot of sentiment with this record. It came out just around the time I was born, and the CD copy I still play in the car all the time is the same as the one my parents bought shortly after its release; Lucky Man inadvertently soundtracked a lot of big moments in my life, and very aptly too I must add; the album has opened me up to a hell of a lot of other 90s alternative bands, and continues to shape my taste to this day. It's for those reasons that I can forgive the slow pacing and dragged feel that others pick out. Urban Hymns packs the depth and approachability that I crave on occasion - a healthy dose of slightly dreamy alt rock, with enough 90s guitar riffs for all the family and a diorama of melancholic, politically tinged lyrics - and has been there for me enough to have earned a prized place among my collection. A flawed masterpiece for sure, but like all flawed masterpieces, it's what you see in it that matters most. "  [More]  Reply  
- DeusExMackia | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

853 charts

Rank Score:

5,585

Rank in 1997:

8

Rank in 1990s:

57

Overall Rank:

293

Average Rating:

 77 (1,118 votes)

Comments:

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58.

Long Season 

 フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans]

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"I'm glad this band is starting to gain some traction here cuz they're absolutely brilliant"  Reply  
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Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

427 charts

Rank Score:

5,465

Rank in 1996:

6

Rank in 1990s:

58

Overall Rank:

307

Average Rating:

 85 (516 votes)

Comments:

35

59.

Liquid Swords 

 GZA/Genius

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"Maybe some of you have seen "The Wire", which is the greatest television show ever made. This is the musical equivelant, even if it came years before. This is rap that is scary good. I dare say it's a work of art."  Reply  
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Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

609 charts

Rank Score:

5,361

Rank in 1995:

6

Rank in 1990s:

59

Overall Rank:

314

Average Rating:

 84 (623 votes)

Comments:

51

60.

Jagged Little Pill 

 Alanis Morissette

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"The subject matter throughout this album is extremely edgy and filled with teenage girl angst. I don't think I have ever heard another example of a 90s album with the combination of such raw female vocals, in your face lyrics, and at the same time bubblegum production quality like this album has....""The subject matter throughout this album is extremely edgy and filled with teenage girl angst. I don't think I have ever heard another example of a 90s album with the combination of such raw female vocals, in your face lyrics, and at the same time bubblegum production quality like this album has. I don't think I am alone when I say that I wish she would have selected a different producer to work with on this album. I'm also not sure if I am alone when I say that I wish she would have released this album two or three years earlier. This album would have been better if the production was more raw and if it didn't seem like she was riding on the coattails of the girl-rock movement. This album makes it seem like Alanis Morissette (or more likely the record label)was just trying to take the sounds of Courtney Love, PJ Harvey, and/or Liz Phair to the masses. I think this album is a classic case of too little too late. It's too bad because the songwriting and eclectic instrumentation on this album is great. It's the concept and the production quality that I have a problem with. This is an okay or maybe even good album but definitely not great. Most definitely overrated. All I really want is to give it a high score and it makes me a little sad to not do so because this album is sort of a guilty pleasure of mine but it must be done. I would have given this album a much lower rating if it didn't have a couple of saving qualities. You could say that the production was purposefully done the way it was because she was inventing her own sound. She was trying to break away from the girl-rock movement but it isn't enough for me. I'm not a believer. her sound is still much too similar to artists before her time. I can't believe that the production quality was an attempt to be different. I have to believe that it was an unfortunate attempt to sell a lot of records with someone else's style. If only Courtney Love, PJ Harvey, and Liz Phair had not have beaten her to the punch. "  [More]  Reply  
- dwils0891 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

747 charts

Rank Score:

5,207

Rank in 1995:

7

Rank in 1990s:

60

Overall Rank:

320

Average Rating:

 77 (1,030 votes)

Comments:

77

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Year	Albums	%
1990	84	8%
1991	85	9%
1992	102	10%
1993	108	11%
1994	127	13%
1995	104	10%
1996	108	11%
1997	99	10%
1998	99	10%
1999	84	8%

Artist	Albums	%
Blur	6	1%
The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	1%
Autechre	5	1%
Beck	5	1%
Suede	5	1%
Tori Amos	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	536	54%
	270	27%
	41	4%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	19	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	8	1%