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	2,941	133,271	Violator (110th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,997	251,767	Nevermind (14th)by Nirvana
1992	3,144	166,709	Automatic For The People (49th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,339	187,917	Siamese Dream (56th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,592	279,393	Grace (58th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,858	212,672	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	4,024	181,839	If You're Feeling Sinister (127th)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,205	252,093	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,243	190,908	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,422	178,560	Ágætis Byrjun (77th)by Sigur Rós
Total	36,765	2,035,129

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:

5,971

Average Rating:

73 (24 votes)

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992.

Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack

植松伸夫 [Nobuo Uematsu]

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

220

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Rank in 1990s:

992

Overall Rank:

5,976

Average Rating:

73 (26 votes)

Comments:

993.

Symbols

KMFDM

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

219

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993

Overall Rank:

5,984

Average Rating:

70 (16 votes)

Comments:

994.

Armchair Theatre

Jeff Lynne

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

219

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Rank in 1990s:

994

Overall Rank:

5,986

Average Rating:

70 (39 votes)

Comments:

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:

219

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997.

Exploded Drawing

Polvo

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

218

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998.

Red Apple Falls

Smog

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

218

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998

Overall Rank:

6,018

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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999

Overall Rank:

6,023

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%
The Smashing Pumpkins	5	1%
Aphex Twin	5	1%
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	1%
Tori Amos	5	1%
Beck	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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2. Kid A by Radiohead
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. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
14. Elephant by The White Stripes
15. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
16. Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
17. Amnesiac by Radiohead
18. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
19. Demon Days by Gorillaz
20. Discovery by Daft Punk