The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s by FACT (2012)

Fact is a music publication that covers UK, US, and international music and youth culture topics, with particular focus on electronic, pop, rap, and experimental artists. These are their best albums of 1990s.
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1.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 

 Aphex Twin

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Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

669 charts

Rank Score:

7,236

Rank in 1992:

5

Rank in 1990s:

47

Overall Rank:

237

Average Rating:

 83 (865 votes)

Comments:

57

2.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 

 Wu-Tang Clan

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,077 charts

Rank Score:

13,575

Rank in 1993:

3

Rank in 1990s:

19

Overall Rank:

97

Average Rating:

 84 (1,235 votes)

Comments:

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3.

Spiderland 

 Slint

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Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

1,025 charts

Rank Score:

13,943

Rank in 1991:

4

Rank in 1990s:

17

Overall Rank:

93

Average Rating:

 84 (1,241 votes)

Comments:

120

4.

Black Secret Technology 

 A Guy Called Gerald

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Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

274

Rank in 1995:

95

Rank in 1990s:

851

Overall Rank:

4,962

Average Rating:

 75 (24 votes)

Comments:

1

5.

Aquemini 

 OutKast

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Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

659 charts

Rank Score:

6,248

Rank in 1998:

4

Rank in 1990s:

54

Overall Rank:

284

Average Rating:

 83 (735 votes)

Comments:

36

6.

BCD 
Compilation

 Basic Channel

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Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

194

Rank in 1995:

130

Rank in 1990s:

1,132

Overall Rank:

6,668

Average Rating:

 75 (22 votes)

Comments:

2

7.

Illmatic 

 Nas

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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

1,314 charts

Rank Score:

18,505

Rank in 1994:

2

Rank in 1990s:

12

Overall Rank:

65

Average Rating:

 86 (1,537 votes)

Comments:

110

8.

Motion Pool 

 Main

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Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

28

Rank in 1994:

464

Rank in 1990s:

4,708

Overall Rank:

29,305

Average Rating:

 72 (5 votes)

Comments:

0

9.

Love Of Life 

 Swans

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Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

95

Rank in 1992:

211

Rank in 1990s:

2,057

Overall Rank:

12,167

Average Rating:

 72 (87 votes)

Comments:

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10.

Soundtrack From Twin Peaks 
Soundtrack

 Angelo Badalamenti

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Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

207 charts

Rank Score:

1,585

Rank in 1990:

15

Rank in 1990s:

212

Overall Rank:

1,115

Average Rating:

 82 (226 votes)

Comments:

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The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%
1990	3	3%
1991	7	7%
1992	9	9%
1993	14	14%
1994	8	8%
1995	12	12%
1996	11	11%
1997	12	12%
1998	10	10%
1999	14	14%

Artist	Albums	%
Pulp	1	1%
Earth	1	1%
LFO (UK)	1	1%
Porter Ricks	1	1%
Polygon Window	1	1%
Pole	1	1%
OutKast	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	47	47%
	32	32%
	7	7%
	6	6%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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The REAL Greatest Albums of the '90s by Classic Rock	Classic Rock	1990s decade chart	2018
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The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s	FACT	1990s decade chart	2012
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Die 90er	Musikexpress.de	1990s decade chart	2010
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The 90 Best Albums of the 1990s	Paste	1990s decade chart	2012
The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s	Pitchfork	1990s decade chart	2022
Top 100 Albums of the 1990s	Pitchfork	1990s decade chart	2003
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

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The 40 best albums of 2009	FACT	2009 year chart	2009
The 20 best albums of 2008	FACT	2008 year chart	2008

Decade charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s	FACT	2000s decade chart	2010
The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s	FACT	1990s decade chart	2012
The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s	FACT	1980s decade chart	2013
The 100 best albums of the 1970s	FACT	1970s decade chart	2014

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From Gavin Cook 11/30/2021 22:12

While this list clearly has an intelligent techno bias, it recognises some really fantastic, groundbreaking albums of the era. Good to see LFO's classic in there and the rarely mentioned Reload.

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From mianfei 11/19/2021 08:43

Even if I do not know most of the albums on this list and had never heard of many, this list is highly refreshing vis-à-vis the great majority of professional lists. Firstly, there is very little stereotyping, and the choices show considerably variety, but from the albums I am familiar with there is not much obscurity for the sake of obscurity.

The list is not as good as their 1970s and 1980s lists because there are fewer notes, but taken together they are the most interesting lists I have read for a “recognised” source. Moreover, although not nearly so well-written as Joe S. Harrington or even David Keenan, the lists do quote from highly valuable sources in modern musicians and their experiences with the chosen albums.

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