Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Top Albums of the 1990s

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Here are the top 100 albums of the 1980s according to Dave’s Music Database:

1. Nirvana…Nevermind (1991)
2. Radiohead…OK Computer (1997)
3. R.E.M.…Automatic for the People (1992)
4. Pearl Jam…Ten (1991)
5. U2…Achtung Baby (1991)
6. Alanis Morissette…Jagged Little Pill (1995)
7. Oasis…(What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
8. Metallica…Metallica (aka ‘The Black Album’) (1991)
9. Jeff Buckley…Grace (1994)
10. Beck…Odelay (1996)

11. Massive Attack…Blue Lines (1991)
12. Lauryn Hill…The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
13. Radiohead…The Bends (1995)
14. Portishead…Dummy (1994)
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers…Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
16. Shania Twain…Come on Over (1991)
17. Whitney Houston/various artists…The Bodyguard (soundtrack, 1992)
18. Nirvana…In Utero (1993)
19. The Verve…Urban Hymns (1997)
20. Madonna…The Immaculate Collection (1990)

21. Primal Scream…Screamadelica (1991)
22. Smashing Pumpkins…Siamese Dream (1993)
23. R.E.M.…Out of Time (1991)
24. My Bloody Valentine…Loveless (1991)
25. Oasis…Definitely Maybe (1994)
26. Smashing Pumpkins…Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
27. Green Day…Dookie (1994)
28. Dr. Dre…The Chronic (1992)
29. Fugees…The Score (1996)
30. Santana…Supernatural (1999)

31. Moby…Play (1999)
32. Nine Inch Nails…The Downward Spiral (1994)
33. Blur…Parklife (1994)
34. Nirvana…MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)
35. Spice Girls…Spice (1996)
36. Public Enemy…Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
37. Madonna…Ray of Light (1998)
38. Rage Against the Machine…Rage Against the Machine (1992)
39. DJ Shadow…Endtroducing… (1996)
40. Eric Clapton…Unplugged (1992)

41. Bjork…Debut (1993)
42. Depeche Mode…Violator (1990)
43. Pulp…Different Class (1995)
44. Tricky…Maxinquaye (1995)
45. Celine Dion…Falling into You (1996)
46. Soundgarden…Superunknown (1994)
47. TLC…CrazySexyCool (1994)
48. Pavement…Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
49. Michael Jackson…Dangerous (1991)
50. Mariah Carey…Music Box (1993)

51. Tori Amos…Little Earthquakes (1992)
52. Titanic (soundtrack, 1997)
53. Garth Brooks…No Fences (1990)
54. Liz Phair…Exile in Guyville (1993)
55. M.C. Hammer…Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em (1990)
56. PJ Harvey…To Bring You My Love (1995)
57. Wu-Tang Clan…Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
58. Garth Brooks…Ropin’ the Wind (1991)
59. Backstreet Boys…Millenium (1999)
60. Red Hot Chili Peppers…Californication (1999)

61. Hole…Live Through This (1994)
62. Bob Dylan…Time Out of Mind (1997)
63. Celine Dion…Let’s Talk about Love (1997)
64. Boyz II Men…II (1994)
65. Sinead O’Connor…I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
66. Lucinda Williams…Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
67. Tool…Aenima (1996)
68. Dixie Chicks…Wide Open Spaces (1998)
69. Michael Jackson…HIStory: Past, Present, and Future Book I (1995)
70. A Tribe Called Quest…The Low End Theory (1991)

71. Mariah Carey…Daydream (1995)
72. Buena Vista Social Club…Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
73. No Doubt…Tragic Kingdom (1995)
74. Britney Spears…Baby One More Time (1999)
75. Guns N’ Roses…Use Your Illusion II (1991)
76. Air…Moon Safari (1998)
77. Hootie & the Blowfish…Cracked Rear View (1994)
78. Mariah Carey…Mariah Carey (1990)
79. Pearl Jam…Vs. (1993)
80. Counting Crows…August and Everything After (1993)

81. Shania Twain…The Woman in Me (1995)
82. Sheryl Crow…Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
83. Guns N’ Roses…Use Your Illusion I (1991)
84. The Prodigy…The Fat of the Land (1997)
85. Live…Throwing Copper (1994)
86. Alice in Chains…Dirt (1992)
87. Happy Mondays…Pills ‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches (1990)
88. Janet Jackson…janet. (1993)
89. Eminem…The Slim Shady LP (1999)
90. The Notorious B.I.G.…Ready to Die (1994)

91. The Lion King (soundtrack, 1994)
92. Backstreet Boys…Backstreet Boys (U.S. version, 1997)
93. Dido…No Angel (1999)
94. Natalie Cole…Unforgettable…With Love (1991)
95. Creed…Human Clay (1999)
96. The Notorious B.I.G.…Life after Death (1997)
97. Manic Street Preachers…Everything Must Go (1996)
98. Beastie Boys…Ill Communication (1994)
99. Slint…Spiderland (1991)
100. Ace of Base…The Sign (1993)


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