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Highest Rated Albums of the 1990s
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1990s
1990
1991
1992
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1995
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1997
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1
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The Neville Brothers - Brother's Keeper
August 7, 1990
Score
100
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2
.
The Fall - Extricate
February 1, 1990
Post-Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Dream Warriors - And Now the Legacy Begins
April 23, 1991
Jazz Rap
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - 30 Something
February 1, 1991
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
April 8, 1991
Trip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
The Fall - Shift-Work
April 22, 1991
Post-Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
7
.
Groop Dogdrill - Half Nelson
April 1, 1998
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
8
.
The Flaming Lips - Zaireeka
October 28, 1997
Experimental Rock
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
9
.
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
October 5, 1992
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Lou Reed - Magic and Loss
January 14, 1992
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah
October 10, 1995
Alternative Dance
,
Baggy
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
R.E.M. - Out of Time
March 12, 1991
Alternative Rock
,
Jangle Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
April 10, 1990
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
September 23, 1991
Alternative Dance
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
February 10, 1992
Alternative Rock
,
Hard Rock
,
Punk Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Radiohead - OK Computer
May 21, 1997
Art Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
The Beautiful South - 0898 Beautiful South
March 30, 1992
Sophisti-Pop
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Isaac Hayes - Branded
May 23, 1995
Soul
,
Funk
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
March 23, 1992
Noise Pop
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Bandulu - Guidance
July 8, 1993
Score
90
Amazon
21
.
Butthole Surfers - piouhgd
February 20, 1991
Psychedelic Rock
,
Noise Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Pale Saints - The Comforts of Madness
February 12, 1990
Dream Pop
,
Shoegaze
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Pale Saints - In Ribbons
March 23, 1992
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
MC Tunes - The North At Its Heights
Score
90
Amazon
25
.
Kingmaker - Eat Yourself Whole
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 1990.
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