Best Albums of the 1990s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 1990s

« View best albums of the 1980sView best albums of the 2000s »

Listed below are the best albums of the 1990s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 40,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

1990s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1990	2,176	132,474	Violator (128th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,222	300,439	Nevermind (15th)by Nirvana
1992	2,347	185,266	Automatic For The People (56th)by R.E.M.
1993	2,448	207,047	Siamese Dream (53rd)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	2,647	321,444	Grace (59th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	2,640	239,704	The Bends (20th)by Radiohead
1996	2,818	207,867	Pinkerton (94th)by Weezer
1997	2,809	305,713	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	2,840	217,501	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (14th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	3,044	202,159	Ágætis Byrjun (63rd)by Sigur Rós
Total	25,991	2,319,615

The best artists of the 1990s were Radiohead, Nirvana, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Weezer, R.E.M. and Björk.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Share | |

| | |
URL to this chart: |

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

51.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

526 charts

Rank Score:

8,128

Rank in 1992:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

245

Average Rating:

84 (666 votes)

Comments:

52.

F♯A♯∞

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

501 charts

Rank Score:

7,655

Rank in 1997:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

253

Average Rating:

84 (608 votes)

Comments:

53.

Post

Björk

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

621 charts

Rank Score:

7,225

Rank in 1995:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

269

Average Rating:

82 (855 votes)

Comments:

54.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

678 charts

Rank Score:

7,161

Rank in 1997:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

273

Average Rating:

77 (938 votes)

Comments:

55.

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards Of Canada

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

512 charts

Rank Score:

6,839

Rank in 1998:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

286

Average Rating:

82 (606 votes)

Comments:

56.

Vs.

Pearl Jam

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

539 charts

Rank Score:

6,681

Rank in 1993:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

293

Average Rating:

79 (841 votes)

Comments:

57.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

596 charts

Rank Score:

6,649

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

294

Average Rating:

80 (777 votes)

Comments:

58.

Perfect From Now On

Built To Spill

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

442 charts

Rank Score:

6,629

Rank in 1997:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

296

Average Rating:

84 (497 votes)

Comments:

59.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

510 charts

Rank Score:

6,560

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

302

Average Rating:

81 (658 votes)

Comments:

60.

Aquemini

OutKast

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

488 charts

Rank Score:

6,382

Rank in 1998:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

311

Average Rating:

82 (590 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
...
5
6
7
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 6 of 100

Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	80	8%
1991	81	8%
1992	105	11%
1993	102	10%
1994	125	13%
1995	112	11%
1996	114	11%
1997	100	10%
1998	97	10%
1999	84	8%

Artist	Albums	%

The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Blur	6	1%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	1%
Aphex Twin	5	1%
Manic Street Preachers	5	1%
Tori Amos	5	1%
Pavement	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	542	54%
	257	26%
	38	4%
	28	3%
	20	2%
	16	2%
	16	2%
Show all

« View best albums of the 1980sView best albums of the 2000s »

Hi, we'd really appreciate your help!

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker. We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and free!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

Best Albums of 1959
1. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
2. Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
3. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman
5. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
6. Chuck Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry
7. Moanin' In The Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf
8. The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles
9. Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins
10. Chega De Saudade by João Gilberto
11. What'd I Say by Ray Charles
12. La Valse À Mille Temps by Jacques Brel
13. Chet by Chet Baker
14. Ritchie Valens by Ritchie Valens
15. Jazz In Silhouette by Sun Ra And His Arkestra
16. Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet
17. Go Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
18. House Of The Blues by John Lee Hooker
19. Come Dance With Me! by Frank Sinatra
20. Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald