100 Best Albums of the Nineties by Rolling Stone (2010)

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California. These are their best albums of 1990s.
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1.

Nevermind 

 Nirvana

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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

3,115 charts

Rank Score:

42,248

Rank in 1991:

1

Rank in 1990s:

2

Overall Rank:

14

Average Rating:

 87 (4,238 votes)

Comments:

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2.

The Chronic 

 Dr. Dre

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Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

545 charts

Rank Score:

4,005

Rank in 1992:

6

Rank in 1990s:

81

Overall Rank:

449

Average Rating:

 79 (714 votes)

Comments:

36

3.

OK Computer 

 Radiohead

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Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

4,339 charts

Rank Score:

76,483

Rank in 1997:

1

Rank in 1990s:

1

Overall Rank:

1

Average Rating:

 92 (5,504 votes)

Comments:

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4.

Achtung Baby 

 U2

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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,286 charts

Rank Score:

12,878

Rank in 1991:

5

Rank in 1990s:

20

Overall Rank:

113

Average Rating:

 80 (1,790 votes)

Comments:

142

5.

The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 

 Lauryn Hill

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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

608 charts

Rank Score:

5,649

Rank in 1998:

5

Rank in 1990s:

60

Overall Rank:

320

Average Rating:

 78 (781 votes)

Comments:

42

6.

Ten 

 Pearl Jam

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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,796 charts

Rank Score:

20,251

Rank in 1991:

3

Rank in 1990s:

7

Overall Rank:

50

Average Rating:

 83 (2,283 votes)

Comments:

178

7.

In Utero 

 Nirvana

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,712 charts

Rank Score:

19,350

Rank in 1993:

2

Rank in 1990s:

9

Overall Rank:

56

Average Rating:

 84 (2,612 votes)

Comments:

176

8.

Ready To Die 

 The Notorious B.I.G.

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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

658 charts

Rank Score:

5,834

Rank in 1994:

12

Rank in 1990s:

58

Overall Rank:

310

Average Rating:

 82 (787 votes)

Comments:

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9.

Odelay 

 Beck

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Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

927 charts

Rank Score:

6,854

Rank in 1996:

5

Rank in 1990s:

51

Overall Rank:

254

Average Rating:

 81 (1,283 votes)

Comments:

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10.

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 

 Pavement

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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

895 charts

Rank Score:

9,238

Rank in 1994:

8

Rank in 1990s:

36

Overall Rank:

174

Average Rating:

 83 (1,124 votes)

Comments:

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100 Best Albums of the Nineties composition

Year	Albums	%
1990	6	6%
1991	12	12%
1992	7	7%
1993	10	10%
1994	19	19%
1995	12	12%
1996	13	13%
1997	10	10%
1998	7	7%
1999	4	4%

Artist	Albums	%
Nirvana	3	3%
Rage Against The Machine	2	2%
Radiohead	2	2%
U2	2	2%
Jay-Z	2	2%
Pearl Jam	2	2%
R.E.M.	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	74	74%
	14	14%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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The REAL Greatest Albums of the '90s by Classic Rock	Classic Rock	1990s decade chart	2018
Die besten Alben der 90er	Classic Rock Deutschland	1990s decade chart	2018
The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s	FACT	1990s decade chart	2012
Die besten Alben der 90er	laut	1990s decade chart	2016
Die besten Alben der 90er	Musikexpress.de	1990s decade chart	2005
Die 90er	Musikexpress.de	1990s decade chart	2010
The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s	Paste	1990s decade chart	2012
Top 100 Albums of the 1990s	Pitchfork	1990s decade chart	2003
The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s	Pitchfork	1990s decade chart	2022
Die 100 besten Alben der 1990er Jahre	Popkultur.de	1990s decade chart	2021
The 100 Greatest Albums Of The '90s	Q	1990s decade chart	2015
100 Best Albums of the Nineties	Rolling Stone	1990s decade chart	2010
Die besten Alben der 90er	Rolling Stone Deutschland	1990s decade chart	2016
Die besten Platten: die 90er	Rolling Stone Deutschland	1990s decade chart	1997
Best Albums Of The 90s	Select	1990s decade chart	1999
Best Albums of the 1990s	Slant Magazine	1990s decade chart	2011
250 Meisterwerke aus 5 Jahrzehnten - 90er	Sounds (DE)	1990s decade chart	2009
The 90 Greatest Albums Of The '90s	Spin	1990s decade chart	1999
StuBru albums of 1990s	StuBru	1990s decade chart	2017
The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1990s (1-100)	Uncut	1990s decade chart	2024
Die 100 wichtigsten Alben der 90er	VISIONS	1990s decade chart	2005

Other charts by Rolling Stone

Year charts

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The 100 Best Albums of 2023	Rolling Stone	2023 year chart	2023
Top 100 Music Albums of 2022	Rolling Stone	2022 year chart	2022
The 50 Best Albums of 2021	Rolling Stone	2021 year chart	2021
The 50 Best Albums of 2020	Rolling Stone	2020 year chart	2020
50 Best Albums of 2019	Rolling Stone	2019 year chart	2019
50 Best Albums of 2018	Rolling Stone	2018 year chart	2018
50 Best Albums of 2017	Rolling Stone	2017 year chart	2017
50 Best Albums of 2016	Rolling Stone	2016 year chart	2016
50 Best Albums of 2015	Rolling Stone	2015 year chart	2015
50 Best Albums of 2014	Rolling Stone	2014 year chart	2014
50 Best Albums of 2013	Rolling Stone	2013 year chart	2013
Best Albums of 2006	Rolling Stone	2006 year chart	2006
Best Albums of 2005	Rolling Stone	2005 year chart	2005

Decade charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
100 Best Albums of the 2010s	Rolling Stone	2010s decade chart	2019
100 Best Albums of the 2000s	Rolling Stone	2000s decade chart	2011
100 Best Albums of the Nineties	Rolling Stone	1990s decade chart	2010
100 Best Albums of the Eighties	Rolling Stone	1980s decade chart	1989

Overall charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone		2003
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone		2005
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone		2012
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone		2020

[Rolling Stone was founded in 1967.]

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100/100	10/29/2020 16:29	Tony58	39	77/100
65/100	08/25/2020 11:30	Larcx13	1,092	86/100
100/100	07/27/2020 14:37	Timestarter	114	90/100
75/100	07/21/2020 21:02	zwiebel	188	85/100
5/100	07/07/2020 15:37	Chris15789	15	70/100

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From JSpaceman 08/07/2019 00:30

Mostly fine. Because it’s RS it is always going to overrate classic rock and underrate hip hop

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From FloydMJ 07/09/2019 11:53

Dr Dre

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From NSPE 01/20/2019 02:04

Rap picks : 9/10
Rock and indie picks: 7/10
Other genres picks: 7.5/10

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From 9999 06/14/2018 15:32

Definitely better than their 2000s chart, that's for sure.

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80/100

From timbuktoo 12/11/2017 11:56

Good chart - a lot of my favourites are on there

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From RandolphCarterJr 06/25/2017 17:07

Surprisingly good list, though plenty to disagree with. 90s were great.

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From LANCE 03/20/2017 22:49

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From LedZep 03/19/2017 21:57

Actually not that bad, but you can't have a serious 90s chart without Alice in Chains and Pantera. Landmarks for grunge and metal respectively. If you include many rap albums, which I don't listen to but am ok with, you must also include metal

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100/100

From Web-Seo 02/22/2017 00:27

Rolling Stone one again. Just populists.

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From Clarence42069 11/07/2016 07:41

Im not angry. Just dissapointed

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