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	2,938	132,858	Violator (111th)by Depeche Mode
1991	2,990	252,000	Nevermind (14th)by Nirvana
1992	3,138	166,795	Automatic For The People (49th)by R.E.M.
1993	3,337	187,896	Siamese Dream (56th)by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994	3,584	279,815	Grace (59th)by Jeff Buckley
1995	3,851	213,019	The Bends (23rd)by Radiohead
1996	4,012	182,415	If You're Feeling Sinister (126th)by Belle And Sebastian
1997	4,185	252,426	OK Computer (1st)by Radiohead
1998	4,233	190,862	In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (17th)by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999	4,408	179,258	Ágætis Byrjun (77th)by Sigur Rós
Total	36,676	2,037,343

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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81.

Elliott Smith

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

502 charts

Rank Score:

3,978

Rank in 1998:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

449

Average Rating:

82 (648 votes)

Comments:

82.

When The Pawn...

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

395 charts

Rank Score:

3,865

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

458

Average Rating:

82 (508 votes)

Comments:

83.

I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

Yo La Tengo

Year of Release:

1997

Appears in:

501 charts

Rank Score:

3,826

Rank in 1997:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

460

Average Rating:

82 (588 votes)

Comments:

84.

To Bring You My Love

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

1995

Appears in:

493 charts

Rank Score:

3,811

Rank in 1995:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

462

Average Rating:

81 (590 votes)

Comments:

85.

Goo

Sonic Youth

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

580 charts

Rank Score:

3,756

Rank in 1990:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

474

Average Rating:

80 (764 votes)

Comments:

86.

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

506 charts

Rank Score:

3,751

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

475

Average Rating:

80 (603 votes)

Comments:

87.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

445 charts

Rank Score:

3,748

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

477

Average Rating:

78 (612 votes)

Comments:

88.

American Football

Year of Release:

1999

Appears in:

372 charts

Rank Score:

3,632

Rank in 1999:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

491

Average Rating:

80 (479 votes)

Comments:

89.

Dog Man Star

Suede

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

434 charts

Rank Score:

3,527

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

507

Average Rating:

79 (528 votes)

Comments:

90.

Let Love In

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

482 charts

Rank Score:

3,520

Rank in 1994:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

509

Average Rating:

82 (528 votes)

Comments:

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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	125	13%
1995	112	11%
1996	110	11%
1997	98	10%
1998	95	10%
1999	85	9%

Artist	Albums	%

Blur	6	1%
The Flaming Lips	6	1%
Pavement	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Tori Amos	5	1%
Alice In Chains	5	1%
R.E.M.	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	548	55%
	260	26%
	40	4%
	24	2%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	985	99%
Yes	15	2%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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