Top Albums of the 90s

These are the best albums of the 90s bands. This list of 90s music was compiled using several sources including chart rankings, music video rotation, radio airplay, genre influence, and cultural influence to name a few. 

1. Nevermind – Nirvana (1991)
2. Ten – Pearl Jam (1991)
3. Ok Computer – Radiohead (1997)
4. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1998)
5. Automatic For The People – R.E.M. (1992)
6. Achtung Baby – U2 (1991)
7. The Chronic – Dr. Dre (1992)
8. Metallica (a.k.a. The Black Album) – Metallica (1991)
9. Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1995)
10. Dookie – Green Day (1994)

11. Blood Sugar Sex Magik – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)
12. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory – Oasis (1995)
13. Ready To Die – Notorious B.I.G. (1994)
14. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins (1995)
15. Downward Spiral – Nine Inch Nails (1994)
16. The Score – Fugees (1996)
17. Superunknown – Soundgarden (1994)
18. CrazySexyCool – TLC (1994)
19. Illmatic – Nas (1994)
20. The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest (1991)

21. In Utero – Nirvana (1993)
22. Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine (1992)
23. Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins (1993)
24. Out of Time – R.E.M. (1991)
25. Dirt – Alice In Chains (1992)
26. Odelay – Beck (1996)
27. All Eyez on Me – 2pac (1996)
28. Fear Of A Black Planet – Public Enemy (1990)
29. The Bends – Radiohead (1995)
30. Definitely Maybe – Oasis (1994)

31. Aquemini – Outkast (1998)
32. Enter the Wu-tang (36 Chambers) – Wu-Tang Clan (1993)
33. MTV Unplugged in New York – Nirvana (1994)
34. Weezer – Weezer (1994)
35. Urban Hymns – The Verve (1997)
36. The Slim Shady LP – Eminem (1999)
37. Life After Death – Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
38. Grace – Jeff Buckley (1994)
39. I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got – Sinead O’Connor (1990)
40. AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted – Ice Cube (1990)

41. Ritual De Lo Habitual – Jane’s Addiction (1990)
42. Use Your Illusion I – Guns N’ Roses (1991)
43. Use Your Illusion II – Guns N’ Roses (1991)
44. Ill Communication – Beastie Boys (1994)
45. Doggystyle – Snoop Doggy Dogg (1993)
46. Vitalogy – Pearl Jam (1994)
47. Aenima – Tool (1996)
48. Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999)
49. 3 Years, 5 Months, & 2 Days in the Life of… – Arrested Development (1992)
50. Vs. – Pearl Jam (1993)

51. Tragic Kingdom – No Doubt (1995)
52. Supernatural – Santana (1999)
53. Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1992)
54. Check Your Head – Beastie Boys (1992)
55. Violator – Depeche Mode (1990)
56. Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill (1991)
57. Throwing Copper – Live (1994)
58. Baduizm – Erykah Badu (1997)
59. BadMotorFinger – Soundgarden (1991)
60. Tuesday Night Music Club – Sheryl Crow (1993)

61. August and Everything After – Counting Crows (1993)
62. Sublime – Sublime (1996)
63. Supa Dupa Fly – Missy Elliot (1997)
64. Parklife – Blur (1994)
65. Ray of Light – Madonna (1998)
66. Hello Nasty – Beastie Boys (1998)
67. Live Through This – Hole (1994)
68. Battle of Los Angeles – Rage Against the Machine (1999)
69. What’s the 411? – Mary J. Blige (1992)
70. Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1997)

71. Me Against the World – 2pac (1995)
72. Blue Lines – Massive Attack (1991)
73. Post – Bjork (1995)
74. Slanted and Enchanted – Pavement (1992)
75. Loveless – My Bloody Valentine (1991)
76. Exile in Guyville – Liz Phair (1993)
77. Dummy – Portishead (1994)
78. Smash – Offspring (1994)
79. Mellow Gold – Beck (1994)
80. Cracked Rear View – Hootie and the Blowfish (1994)

81. Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em – MC Hammer (1990)
82. Screamadelica – Primal Scream (1991)
83. Reasonable Doubt – Jay-Z (1996)
84. Debut – Bjork (1993)
85. Play – Moby (1999)
86. Vulgar Display of Power – Pantera (1992)
87. Different Class – Pulp (1995)
88. The Fat of the Land – Prodigy (1997)
89. Devil Without a Cause – Kid Rock (1998)
90. Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos (1992)

91. To Bring You My Love – PJ Harvey (1995)
92. Suede – Suede (1993)
93. Mama Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J (1990)
94. Korn – Korn (1994)
95. Temple of the Dog – Temple of the Dog (1990)
96. II – Boyz II Men (1994)
97. Dig Your Own Hole – Chemical Brothers (1997)
98. My Life – Mary J. Blige (1994)
99. Shake Your Money Maker – Black Crowes (1990)
100. Daydream – Mariah Carey (1995)

101. Yourself or Someone Like You – Matchbox 20 (1997)
102. Music Box – Mariah Carey (1993)
103. Garbage – Garbage (1995)
104. Last Splash – Breeders (1993)
105. Black Sunday – Cypress Hill (1993)
106. Monster – R.E.M. (1994)
107. Endtroducing & – DJ Shadow (1996)
108. You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby – Fatboy Slim (1998)
109. Apocalypse ’91 – Public Enemy (1991)
110. Blur – Blur (1997)

111. Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches – Happy Mondays (1990)
112. Pinkerton – Weezer (1996)
113. The Man Who – Travis (1999)
114. Midnight Marauders – A Tribe Called Quest (1993)
115. Everything Must Go – Manic Street Preachers (1996)
116. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We – Cranberries (1992)
117. Human Clay – Creed (1999)
118. Live 1966 – Bob Dylan (1998)
119. Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters (1995)
120. Psalm 69 – Ministry (1992)

121. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain – Pavement (1994)
122. Ragged Glory – Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1990)
123. Dangerous – Michael Jackson (1991)
124. Core – Stone Temple Pilots (1992)
125. 12 Play – R. Kelly (1993)
126. Get a Grip – Aerosmith (1993)
127. Black on Both Sides – Mos Def (1999)
128. Maxinquaye – Tricky (1995)
129. Homework – Daft Punk (1997)
130. Death Certificate – Ice Cube (1991)

131. Very – Pet Shop Boys (1993)
132. Mule Variations – Tom Waits (1999)
133. ATLiens – Outkast (1996)
134. Under the Table and Dreaming – Dave Matthews Band (1994)
135. 2001 – Dr. Dre (1999)
136. Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space – Spiritualized (1997)
137. Homogenic – Bjork (1997)
138. Things Fall Apart – Roots (1999)
139. The Soft Bulletin – Flaming Lips (1999)
140. Southern Harmony & Musical Companion – Black Crowes (1992)

141. Evil Empire – Rage Against the Machine (1996)
142. Antichrist Superstar – Marilyn Manson (1996)
143. Angel Dust – Faith No More (1992)
144. Follow the Leader – Korn (1998)
145. Moon Safari – Air (1998)
146. On How Life Is – Macy Gray (1999)
147. Fanmail – TLC (1999)
148. Mezzanine – Massive Attack (1998)
149. Wu-Tang Forever – Wu-Tang Clan (1997)
150. Sixteen Stone – Bush (1994)

151. Luck of the Draw – Bonnie Raitt (1991)
152. Behaviour – Pet Shop Boys (1990)
153. O.G. Original Gangster – Ice-T (1991)
154. Vauxhall and I – Morrissey (1994)
155. Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey (1990)
156. Cooleyhighharmony – Boyz II Men (1991)
157. Under the Pink – Tori Amos (1994)
158. Elastica – Elastica (1995)
159. Rid of Me – PJ Harvey (1993)
160. Laughing Stock – Talk Talk (1991)

161. The Colour and the Shape – Foo Fighters (1997)
162. Goo – Sonic Youth (1990)
163. Bossanova – Pixies (1990)
164. The La’s – The La’s (1990)
165. Jar of Flies – Alice In Chains (1994)
166. Brown Sugar – D’Angelo (1995)
167. Music for the Jilted Generation – The Prodigy (1994)
168. Enema of the State – Blink 182 (1999)
169. People’s Instinctive Travels – A Tribe Called Quest (1990)
170. If You’re Feeling Sinister – Belle and Sebastian (1996)

171. The Writing’s on the Wall – Destiny’s Child (1999)
172. Leftism – Leftfield (1995)
173. Summerteeth – Wilco (1999)
174. Midnite Vultures – Beck (1999)
175. Toni Braxton – Toni Braxton (1993)
176. Deserter’s Songs – Mercury Rev (1998)
177. New Adventures in Hi-Fi – R.E.M. (1996)
178. Dirty – Sonic Youth (1992)
179. Mama Said – Lenny Kravitz (1991)
180. The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers (1994)

181. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx – Raekwon (1995)
182. No Need to Argue – Cranberries (1994)
183. Dry – PJ Harvey (1992)
184. Remedy – Basement Jaxx (1999)
185. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
186. The Carnival – Wyclef Jean (1997)
187. Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde – Pharcyde (1992)
188. Funky Divas – En Vogue (1992)
189. Savage Garden – Savage Garden (1997)
190. Seal – Seal (1991)

191. De la Soul Is Dead – De la Soul (1991)
192. Spiderland – Slint (1991)
193. The Fragile – Nine Inch Nails (1999)
194. I Should Coco – Supergrass (1995)
195. The Predator – Ice Cube (1992)
196. Images and Words – Dream Theater (1992)
197. Hard Knock Life, Vol. 2 – Jay-Z (1998)
198. Harvest Moon – Neil Young (1992)
199. Diary – Sunny Day Real Estate (1994)
200. No Code – Pearl Jam (1996)

Compiled in regards to popularity in 2013 and is not indicative of original sales or airplay during it’s initial release.

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