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Highest Rated Albums of the 1990s

Decade

1990s
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- 1990s
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Genre

All
- - All
  - Alt-Country
  - Alternative Rock
  - Ambient
  - Americana
  - Britpop
  - Dream Pop
  - Electronic
  - Experimental Rock
  - Folk
  - Hip Hop
  - IDM
  - Indie Pop
- - Indie Rock
  - Metal
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - Post-Hardcore
  - Power Pop
  - Psychedelic
  - Punk
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Slowcore
  - Techno
  - Trip Hop

1990s

1. Radiohead - OK Computer

Radiohead - OK Computer

June 16, 1997

Alternative Rock

Score

100

2. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

June 22, 1999

Neo-Psychedelia

Score

100

3. Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)

Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)

May 10, 1994

Alternative Rock

Score

100

4. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me

May 4, 1993

Alternative Rock

Score

100

5. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness

January 19, 1999

Score

100

6. Walt Mink - El Producto

Walt Mink - El Producto

January 16, 1996

Score

100

7. Amon Tobin - Bricolage

Amon Tobin - Bricolage

May 19, 1997

Score

100

8. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

November 19, 1996

Score

100

9. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

February 10, 1998

Score

100

10. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

November 4, 1991

Score

100

11. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children

April 20, 1998

Score

100

12. Björk - Homogenic

Björk - Homogenic

September 23, 1997

Score

100

13. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

November 18, 1997

Score

100

14. Nas - Illmatic

April 19, 1994

Score

100

15. 12 Rods - Gay?

January 14, 1996

Score

100

16. Mobb Deep - The Infamous

Mobb Deep - The Infamous

April 25, 1995

Score

100

17. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

September 13, 1994

Score

100

18. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II

March 7, 1994

Score

100

19. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

April 10, 1990

Score

100

20. Slint - Spiderland

Slint - Spiderland

March 27, 1991

Score

100

21. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

September 16, 1991

Score

100

22. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas

September 17, 1990

Score

100

23. Dr. Dre - The Chronic

Dr. Dre - The Chronic

December 15, 1992

Score

100

24. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

April 17, 1990

Score

100

25. Hole - Live Through This

Hole - Live Through This

April 12, 1994

Alternative Rock

Score

100

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 1990.

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