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 53,000 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	2,796	133,534	Violator (115th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,846	257,645	Nevermind (14th)by Nirvana
1992	3,012	168,794	Automatic For The People (49th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,228	190,497	Siamese Dream (55th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,481	284,386	Grace (57th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,686	216,425	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	3,880	185,090	If You're Feeling Sinister (123rd)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,045	258,664	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,101	193,040	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (16th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,226	181,423	Ágætis Byrjun (77th)by Sigur Rós
Total	35,301	2,069,499

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 Nick Cave.

View chart at point in time

Share 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

821.

We Can't Be Stopped

Geto Boys

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

291

Rank in 1991:

Rank in 1990s:

821

Overall Rank:

4,738

Average Rating:

76 (44 votes)

Comments:

822.

Amber

Autechre

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

290

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

823.

Holiday

The Magnetic Fields

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

289

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

824.

Isola

Kent (SE)

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

287

Rank in 1997:

Rank in 1990s:

824

Overall Rank:

4,802

Average Rating:

76 (63 votes)

Comments:

825.

For Your Own Special Sweetheart

Jawbox

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

826.

Five Days In July

Blue Rodeo

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

285

Rank in 1993:

Rank in 1990s:

826

Overall Rank:

4,827

Average Rating:

74 (49 votes)

Comments:

827.

Safe Mode: On

Adam & Eve

Catherine Wheel

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

285

Rank in 1997:

Rank in 1990s:

827

Overall Rank:

4,830

Average Rating:

74 (60 votes)

Comments:

828.

Hips And Makers

Kristin Hersh

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

284

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

829.

Frosting On The Beater

The Posies

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

284

Rank in 1993:

Rank in 1990s:

829

Overall Rank:

4,848

Average Rating:

76 (62 votes)

Comments:

830.

When The Kite String Pops

Acid Bath

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

283

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

« prev
1
...
82
83
84
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 83 of 100

Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	87	9%
1991	81	8%
1992	102	10%
1993	106	11%
1994	125	13%
1995	112	11%
1996	110	11%
1997	97	10%
1998	93	9%
1999	87	9%

Artist	Albums	%

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

Country	Albums	%

	543	54%
	259	26%
	41	4%
	28	3%
	22	2%
	14	1%
	13	1%
Show all

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

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

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

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

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

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 :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Member Levels
Jakor	Level 7
spigelwii	Level 7
II	Level 6
baz1860	Level 5
lisbethsalander	Level 2
New levels achieved over the last 7 days. Well done to all :)