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 54,000 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	2,941	133,363	Violator (110th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,997	251,947	Nevermind (14th)by Nirvana
1992	3,144	166,793	Automatic For The People (49th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,339	187,840	Siamese Dream (55th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,591	279,428	Grace (58th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,858	212,772	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	4,022	181,942	If You're Feeling Sinister (126th)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,204	252,320	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,243	190,978	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,422	178,689	Ágætis Byrjun (78th)by Sigur Rós
Total	36,761	2,036,072

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

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Consume Red

Ground Zero

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

220

Rank in 1997:

Rank in 1990s:

991

Overall Rank:

5,967

Average Rating:

73 (24 votes)

Comments:

992.

Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack

植松伸夫 [Nobuo Uematsu]

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

220

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

992

Overall Rank:

5,973

Average Rating:

73 (26 votes)

Comments:

993.

Symbols

KMFDM

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

220

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Rank in 1990s:

993

Overall Rank:

5,980

Average Rating:

70 (16 votes)

Comments:

994.

Life In General

MxPx

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

220

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995.

Armchair Theatre

Jeff Lynne

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

220

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Rank in 1990s:

995

Overall Rank:

5,984

Average Rating:

70 (39 votes)

Comments:

996.

Exploded Drawing

Polvo

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

219

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997.

Twice Removed

Sloan

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

219

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998.

Red Apple Falls

Smog

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

218

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Rank in 1990s:

998

Overall Rank:

6,013

Average Rating:

77 (58 votes)

Comments:

999.

Safe Mode: On

Hooray For Boobies

Bloodhound Gang

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

218

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Rank in 1990s:

999

Overall Rank:

6,015

Average Rating:

73 (72 votes)

Comments:

1000.

The Extremist

Joe Satriani

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

217

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	85	9%
1991	80	8%
1992	102	10%
1993	108	11%
1994	126	13%
1995	111	11%
1996	109	11%
1997	98	10%
1998	95	10%
1999	86	9%

Artist	Albums	%

Blur	6	1%
The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Autechre	5	1%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	1%
Manic Street Preachers	5	1%
Beck	5	1%
Suede	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	547	55%
	260	26%
	40	4%
	24	2%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	985	99%
Yes	15	2%

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

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

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