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	2,940	133,067	Violator (109th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,998	251,336	Nevermind (14th)by Nirvana
1992	3,144	166,519	Automatic For The People (49th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,341	187,479	Siamese Dream (56th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,594	278,770	Grace (60th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,860	212,074	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	4,026	181,427	If You're Feeling Sinister (127th)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,206	251,688	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,244	190,531	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,424	178,270	Ágætis Byrjun (76th)by Sigur Rós
Total	36,777	2,031,161

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.

The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack

Elton John / Tim Rice / Hans Zimmer

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

220

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992.

Consume Red

Ground Zero

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

220

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992

Overall Rank:

5,974

Average Rating:

73 (24 votes)

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993.

Armchair Theatre

Jeff Lynne

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

219

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993

Overall Rank:

5,988

Average Rating:

70 (39 votes)

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994.

Symbols

KMFDM

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

219

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994

Overall Rank:

5,989

Average Rating:

70 (16 votes)

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995.

Life In General

MxPx

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

219

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996.

Twice Removed

Sloan

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

218

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997.

Exploded Drawing

Polvo

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

218

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998.

Safe Mode: On

Hooray For Boobies

Bloodhound Gang

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

218

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998

Overall Rank:

6,024

Average Rating:

73 (72 votes)

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999.

The Extremist

Joe Satriani

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

217

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1000.

Pre-Millennium Tension

Tricky

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

216

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Best Albums of the 1990s composition

Year	Albums	%

1990	85	9%
1991	81	8%
1992	102	10%
1993	108	11%
1994	125	13%
1995	111	11%
1996	110	11%
1997	97	10%
1998	96	10%
1999	86	9%

Artist	Albums	%

The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Blur	6	1%
Sonic Youth	5	0%
R.E.M.	5	0%
Pearl Jam	5	0%
The Smashing Pumpkins	5	0%
Aphex Twin	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	544	54%
	261	26%
	40	4%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	15	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	19	2%

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

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