Best Albums of the 1990s

Listed below are the best albums of the 1990s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 6 hours ago).
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1990s decade summaryThe best artists of the 1990s were Radiohead, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Neutral Milk Hotel, Oasis, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Cave and Björk.
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1997
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215
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"A return to form. Definitely her best album since the live album Shadows & Lights and one of the best albums she has made. Great tracks include Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Come In From The Cold & Passion Play other highlights include The Only Joy In Town, Nothing Can Be Done & Cherokee Louise."  Reply
- Tamthebam | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1991
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1997
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"THE BIG FOUR PLUS ONE I don’t care what anyone else says. The Screaming Trees were one of “The Big Four” of grunge. Call it the Big Five if you have to. Knock out those pussies in Pearl jam if you have to. I really don’t care. But they belong. They were there from the start. Cranked out SEVEN con..."  [+]  Reply
- Repo | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1991
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"Very good comedy rock/comedy rap/alternative rock/dance-pop/rap rock album. Best 10 songs average is 91,7/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Best songs are "The ballad of Chasey Lane", "The bad touch" and "Along comes Mary" all 95/100, followed by "The inevitable return of the great whit..."  [+]  Reply
- Eastwood | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1999
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"This album is extremely underrated, Most only know it for the couple of radio hits. But the entire album is classic 90's rough with a heavy dose of country rock. Great ballad is "I want Everything""  Reply
- ekingshill | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1993
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212
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1994
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"I think this album is underrated. Sherinian brings an interesting dynamic to the band's sound, and Petrucci belts out some of his most tasteful solos ever. There are a few duds on this album, for sure - it tends to be a bit too "alternative" in spots, and gets a little -too- dynamic at times. Sti..."  [+]  Reply
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1997
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"Despite what sp4cetiger says, there are indeed ways around the Laws of Thermodynamics. Just ask Seefeel who developed their own perpetual motion machine with Quique. Which makes it the album to beat for post-midnight, no one else on the highway, road tripping music when you need to sleep NOW but ..."  [+]  Reply
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1993
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