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 55,000 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	2,946	132,870	Violator (107th)by Depeche Mode
1991	3,025	250,765	Nevermind (13th)by Nirvana
1992	3,163	166,270	Automatic For The People (49th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,360	187,515	Siamese Dream (55th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,620	278,379	Grace (61st)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,881	211,358	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	4,040	181,464	If You're Feeling Sinister (126th)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,230	249,994	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,262	190,403	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,447	178,096	Ágætis Byrjun (77th)by Sigur Rós
Total	36,974	2,027,113

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

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991.

Don Caballero 2

Don Caballero

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

221

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992.

Palomine

Bettie Serveert

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

220

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993.

Magnolia - Music From The Motion Picture
Soundtrack

Aimee Mann

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

220

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993

Overall Rank:

6,010

Average Rating:

75 (76 votes)

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994.

The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack

Elton John / Tim Rice / Hans Zimmer

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

219

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995.

P.H.U.Q.

The Wildhearts

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

219

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996.

America's Least Wanted

Ugly Kid Joe

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

219

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997.

Cherry Peel

of Montreal

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

219

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997

Overall Rank:

6,031

Average Rating:

74 (64 votes)

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998.

Room To Roam

The Waterboys

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

219

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998

Overall Rank:

6,032

Average Rating:

71 (54 votes)

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999.

The Caution Horses

Cowboy Junkies

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

218

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999

Overall Rank:

6,047

Average Rating:

71 (66 votes)

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1000.

Consume Red

Ground Zero

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

218

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1,000

Overall Rank:

6,053

Average Rating:

72 (25 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	86	9%
1991	82	8%
1992	101	10%
1993	109	11%
1994	127	13%
1995	111	11%
1996	109	11%
1997	96	10%
1998	95	10%
1999	85	9%

Artist	Albums	%

Blur	6	1%
The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	0%
Stereolab	5	0%
Beck	5	0%
Pavement	5	0%
Tori Amos	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	541	54%
	262	26%
	43	4%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	15	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	20	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

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3. Funeral by Arcade Fire
4. Is This It by The Strokes
5. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
8. Madvillainy by Madvillain
9. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol
10. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
11. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay
13. Elephant by The White Stripes
14. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
15. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
16. Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
17. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
18. Amnesiac by Radiohead
19. Demon Days by Gorillaz
20. Discovery by Daft Punk