Best Albums of the 1990s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1990s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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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	2,780	133,456	Violator (114th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,838	256,276	Nevermind (14th)by Nirvana
1992	3,000	168,500	Automatic For The People (49th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,208	189,649	Siamese Dream (54th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,467	284,171	Grace (59th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,666	216,848	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	3,867	185,542	If You're Feeling Sinister (121st)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,037	260,035	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,089	193,795	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,206	181,588	Ágætis Byrjun (71st)by Sigur Rós
Total	35,158	2,069,860

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

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681.

Revival

Gillian Welch

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

361

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

681

Overall Rank:

3,978

Average Rating:

77 (94 votes)

Comments:

682.

The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Soundtrack

近藤浩治 [Koji Kondo]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

360

Rank in 1998:

Rank in 1990s:

682

Overall Rank:

3,984

Average Rating:

83 (67 votes)

Comments:

683.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

360

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

683

Overall Rank:

3,988

Average Rating:

77 (88 votes)

Comments:

684.

Neptune's Lair

Drexciya

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

359

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

684

Overall Rank:

3,992

Average Rating:

78 (31 votes)

Comments:

685.

Cracked Rear View

Hootie & The Blowfish

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

112 charts

Rank Score:

359

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

685

Overall Rank:

3,993

Average Rating:

68 (146 votes)

Comments:

686.

The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3

The Traveling Wilburys

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

358

Rank in 1990:

Rank in 1990s:

686

Overall Rank:

4,000

Average Rating:

70 (111 votes)

Comments:

687.

Too Dark Park

Skinny Puppy

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

358

Rank in 1990:

Rank in 1990s:

687

Overall Rank:

4,005

Average Rating:

76 (55 votes)

Comments:

688.

The Diary

Scarface

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

358

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

688

Overall Rank:

4,006

Average Rating:

77 (52 votes)

Comments:

689.

Jazzmatazz Volume 1

Guru

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

357

Rank in 1993:

Rank in 1990s:

689

Overall Rank:

4,012

Average Rating:

77 (75 votes)

Comments:

690.

How It Feels To Be Something On

Sunny Day Real Estate

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

357

Rank in 1998:

Rank in 1990s:

690

Overall Rank:

4,014

Average Rating:

77 (86 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	86	9%
1991	81	8%
1992	103	10%
1993	106	11%
1994	125	13%
1995	111	11%
1996	109	11%
1997	96	10%
1998	98	10%
1999	85	9%

Artist	Albums	%

Blur	6	1%
The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Pavement	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Tori Amos	5	1%
Sonic Youth	5	1%
Manic Street Preachers	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	547	55%
	257	26%
	40	4%
	27	3%
	21	2%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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