The Great Albums of the 1990’s
This list is all of the great albums I have heard in rock, in the ten year span of 1990-1999. No limit on number
2009 edition = 188 entries
2013 edition = 293 entries
2017 edition = 384 entries
new! = new addition
up – moved up the list since last time
down – moved down the list since last time
italics – 5 star albums
regular font – 4 ½ star albums
1.Perfect from Now On – Built to Spill
2.Red Medicine – Fugazi
3.Fear of a Black Planet – Public Enemy
4.Get Lost – Magnetic Fields
5.Spiderland – Slint
6.Walk On – John Hiatt
7.Geek the Girl – Lisa Germano
8.I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One – Yo la Tengo
9.Fully Completely – The Tragically Hip
10.Good – Morphine
11.Buhloone Mindstate – De La Soul new!
12.Deserter’s Songs – Mercury Rev
13.I Could Live in Hope – Low
14.Rhythm of the Saints – Paul Simon
15.Bozo – Lida Husik
16.Keep it Like a Secret – Built to Spill
17.The Charm of the Highway Strip – The Magnetic Fields
18.There’s a Star Above the Manger Tonight – Red Red Meat
19.Repeater – Fugazi up
20.Millions Now Living Will Never Die – Tortoise
21.Down Colorful Hill – Red House Painters
22.The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers
23.Twin Infinitives – Royal Trux
24.Black on Both Sides – Mos Def
25.Dig Me Out – Sleater Kinney
26.Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain – Dogbowl
27.Happiness – Lisa Germano
28.Yank Crime – Drive like Yehu up
29.Venus Luxury No. 1 – Girls vs Boys
30.Loveless – My Bloody Valentine
31.Marshmellows – For Carnation new!
32.Exile in Guyville – Liz Phair
33.Ocean Songs – The Dirty Three up
34.Dummy – Portishead
35.Traffic From Paradise – Rickie lee Jones
36.Plays Pretty for Baby – Nation of Ulysses up
37.New Pop Sunday – Sponge down
38.Goo – Sonic Youth
39.Rollercoaster – Red House Painters
40.Bone Machine – Tom Waits
41.File Under: Easy Listening – Sugar
42.Ask Questions Later – Cop Shoot Cop new!
43.Trompe Le Monde – Pixies
44.White Light from the Mouth of Infinity – Swans
45.Frizzle Fry – Primus
46.May I Sing With Me – Yo La Tengo
47.Electro-Shock Blues – The Eels
48.Perfect Teeth – Unrest
49.Long Division – Low
50.Parklife – Blur
51.Steady Diet of Nothing – Fugazi
52.The Good Son – Nick Cave
53.Goat – The Jesus Lizard
54.Midnight Marauders – Tribe Called Quest
55.Ruby Vroom – Soul Coughing
56.Dusk at Cubist Castle – Olivia Tremor Control
57.Altered Beast – Matthew Sweet
58.The Black Light – Calexico up
59.I Hope Your Sitting Down – Lambchop up
60.Liquid Swords – GZA new!
61.The Hot Rock – Sleater Kinney
62.Trampoline – Joe Henry new!
63.Holiday – The Magnetic Fields
64.TNT – Tortoise
65.Transient Random Noise Bursts with Announcements – Stereolab
66.Day for Night – The Tragically Hip down
67.Two – Black Heart Procession
68.Yerself is Steam – Mercury Rev
69.Circa Now – Rocket Form the Crypt
70.Excerpts from a Love Circus – Lisa Germano
71.Gentlemen – The Afghan Wigs
72.Bee Thousand – Guided by Voices
73.Extra Width – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion up
74.On the Way Down from Moon Palace – Lisa Germano
75.Dirty – Sonic Youth
76.Magician Among the Spirits – The Church
77.Hey Babe – Juliana Hatfield
78.Volebeats – Solitude
79.Cure for Pain – Morphine
80.Sailing on the Seas of Cheese – Primus
81.Telescopic – Edith Frost
82.Muse Sick-N-Hour Message – Public Enemy
83.Honey’s Dead – The Jesus and Mary Chain
84.In On the Kill Taker – Fugazi
85.1990 – Daniel Johnston
86.This Time – Dwight Yoakum
87.Aquemini – Outkast up
88.When I was a Boy – Jane Siberry
89.A Picture of Nectar – Phish
90.Destroy Me, Lover – Pain Teens down
91. Your Bag – Lida Husik
92.At Action Park – Shellac
93.Kiko – Los Lobos
94.Reading, Writing and Arithmetic – The Sundays
95.Kind Hearted Women – Michelle Schocked new!
96.Illmatic – Nas new!
97.Bossanova – Pixies
98.Too High to Die – The Meat Puppets
99.If Your Feeling Sinister – Belle and Sebastian
100.Painful – Yo La Tengo
101.Thank You – Royal Trux
102.Liar – Jesus Lizard
- Red Apple Falls – (smog)
104.Everything Must Go – The Manic Street Preachers
105.Just for a Day – Slowdive
106.Blues for the Red Sun – Kyuss
107.Pacer – The Amps
108.Enter the Wu Tang – Wu Tang new!
109.Mars Auditic Quintet – Stereolab up
110.Winding Sheet – Mark Lanegan
111.Pod – The Breeders
112.Boces – Mercury Rev
113.Unsane – Unsane
114.OK Computer – Radiohead
115.Vs – Pearl Jam
116.Stolen Moments – John Hiatt
- The Infamous – Mobb Deep new!
118.A Thousand Leaves – Sonic Youth up
119.100% Fun – Matthew Sweet
120.Hex – Bark Psychosis new!
121.In Utero – Nirvana
122.Snailbait – Azailia Snail
123.Joyride – Lida Husik new!
124.Wasps’ Nests – The 6ths
125.Fuzzy – Grant Lee Buffalo
126.Zopilote Machine – The Mountain Goats
127.Vegas Throat – Barkmarket new!
128.Wild Love – (smog)
129.So Happy Together – The Grifters up
130.Strangers from the Universe – Thinking Fellers Union 282 new!
131.Bob Mould – Bob Mould
132.The Guilt Trip – Kramer
133.Rusty – Rodan
134.Electr-O-Pura – Yo La Tengo
135.A Live One – Phish
136.Like Swimming – Morphine
137.Severe Exposure – Six Finger Satellite new!
138.Slide – Lisa Germano
139.Low End Theory – Tribe Called Quest
140.Start Packing – Run On new!
141.Automatic for the People – R.E.M.
142.Dogman – King’s X
143.Nevermind – Nirvana
144.Insomniac – Green Day
145.Nonsuch – XTC
146.El Corazon – Steve Earle
147.Beautiful Freak – The Eels
148.Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
149.No Pocky for Kitty – Superchunk
150.Mock Tudor – Richard Thompson
Tired yet??? Well believe it or not there
even more great albums!
151.Foxbase Alpha – Saint Etienne new!
152.Sweetness and Light – Steve Wynn
153.The La’s – The La’s
154.Either/Or – Eliot Smith
155.In the Aeroplane over the Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel down
156.The Return of Red Emma – Lida Husik
157.Apocalypse 91 – Public Enemy
158.Crusie Yourself – Girls vs Boys
- Imperial ffrr – Unrest
160.Yume Bitsu – s/t new!
161.Black Sheets of Rain – Bob Mould
162.Q.O.T.S.A – Queens of the Stone Age down
163.Porno for Pyros – Porno for Pyros down
- Purple – Stone Temple Pilots
165.How I Quit Smoking – Lambchop new!
166.Henry’s Dream – Nice Cave
167.The Downward Spiral – Nine Inch Nails new!
168.Alien Lanes – Guided by Voices
169.Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge – Mudhoney
170.Julias Ceaser – Smog
171.The Great Escape – Blur
172.With These Hands – Alejandro Escovedo
173.You Turn Me On – Beat Happening
174.No Need to Argue – The Cranberries
175.For Your Own Special Sweetheart – Jawbox
176.A Prince Among Thieves – Prince Paul new!
177.Vitalogy – Pearl Jam
178.Well Oiled – Hash Jar Tempo new!
179.Lawn Boy – Phish new!
180.Black Foliage – Olivia Tremor Control up
181.Angel Dust – Faith No More
182.Munki – Jesus & Mary Chain up
183.Odelay – Beck
184.Exit Planet Dust – The Chemical Bros new!
185.Challenge for a Civilized Society – Unwound
186.Hello June Fool – Madder Rose new!
187.Bizarre Ride to the Pharcyde – the Pharcyde new!
188.Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins up
189.You, the Night, and the Music – Gallon Drunk new!
190.Red Stars Theory – Life in a Bubble Can Be Beautiful
191.Four Great Points – June of 44
192.Yes – Morphine
193.Wax Ecstatic – Sponge
194.Ben Hur – Bitch Magnet new!
195.Bellybutton – Jellyfish
196.Total Destruction – Unsane down
197.Crappin’ You Negative – The Grifters up
198.Lullaby Land – Vampire Rodents new!
199.The Soft Bulletin – The Flaming Lips
200.The Wayward Bus -.Magnetic Fields
- If There was a Way – Dwight Yoakum
202.Gold Against the Soul – Manic Street Preachers
203.The Score – Fugees new!
204.A Series of Sneaks – Spoon
205.The Bends – Radiohead
206.This is not a Dream – Dadamah
207.Whitechocolatespaceegg – Liz Phair
208.The Future of What – Unwound
209.Godspeed the Shazam – The Shazam
210.Copper Blue – Sugar
211.Laughing Stock – Talk Talk
212.This Perfect World – Freedy Johnston new!
- Elliott Smith – s/t new!
214.Ben Hur – Bitch Magnet
215.Weezer – Weezer
216.As Performed By – Aerial M new!
217.Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
218.In It for the Money – Supergrass
219.Bonnie Prince Billy – I See a Darkness
220.To Bring You MY Love – PJ Harvey new!
221.Waiting for You – Gordon Lightfoot new!
222.Life of Crime – Laughing Hyenas new!
223.Exploded Drawing – Polvo
224.Soundtracks for the Blind – Swans
225.Everclear – American Music Club new!
226.The Brown Album – Primus
227.Phantasies and Sensations – Bugskull
228.Souvlaki – Souldive new!
229.69 Love Songs – The Magnetic Fields
230.Apple Venus pt. 1 – XTC
231.Last Great Challenge in a Dull World – Peter Jefferies new!
232.Consumer Revolt – Cop Shoot Cop new!
233.Horse Stories – Dirty Three
234.Orange – Jon Spencer
235.Tropic of Scorpio – Girls vs Boys
236.Blanket Warm – Lullaby of the Working Class new!
237.Top Loader – Sugarsmack
238.The Lonesome Crowded West – Modest Mouse
239.Emperor Tomato Ketchup – Stereolab
240.Car Wheels on a Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams
241.Fun Trick Noise Maker – Apples in Stereo
242.Year One (Crypt Style) – Jon Spencer new!
243.Transmitions from the Satellite Heart – The Flaming Lips
244.One Chord to Another – Sloan
245.More Sad Hits – Damon and Naomi
246.Wildflowers – Tom Petty
247.My Midnight – Steve Wynn
248.Post – Bjork
249.Teenager of the Year – Frank Black
250.No Code – Pearl Jam
251.Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos up
251.What Would the Community Think – Cat Power
252.Forgotten Foundation – (smog)
- Vee Vee – Archers of Loaf new!
254.Cardinal – s/t
- Wowee Zowee – Pavement
256.Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins up
257.In the Air – The Handsome Family new!
258.Moonflower Plastic – Tobin Sprout
259.We Can’t Be Stopped – Geto Boys new!
- Fun Trick Noise Maker – Apples in Stereo
261.Days in the Wake – Palace Music
262.Rufus Wainwright – s/t
263.Night Ride Home – Joni Mitchell
264.University – Throwing Muses
265.Kingsbury Manx – s/t
266.Monster – R.E.M.
267.The End of Silence – Rollins Band
268.Choclate and Cheese – Ween
269.Fountians of Wayne – Fountains of Wayne
270.Only Everything – Juliana Hatfield
271.Actung Baby – U2
272.One – Black Heart Procession
273.I Feel Alright – Steve Earle new!
274.Gone – Dwight Yoakum up
275.Dusk – The The
276.Good News for Modern Man – Grant Hart
277.Sleeps With Angels – Neil Young new!
278.Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain – Pavement
279.Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home – Geraldine Fibbers
280.Delete Yourself – Atari Teenage Riot new!
281.Tape Head – King’s X
- 2 – Royal Trux
283.Murder Ballads – Nick Cave new!
284.The Burning Circle and the Dust – Lycia new!
285.Suede – Suede
286.Evil Empire – Rage Against the Machine
287.Trace – Son Volt new!
288.Can You Fly – Freedy Johnston new!
289.Neighborhood – Los Lobos new!
- Welcome to Sky Valley – Kyuss
291.Demanufacture – Fear Factory new!
292.Down – Jesus Lizard 293.Washing Machine – Sonic Youth
294.Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space – Spiritualized
295.Bricks are Heavy – L7 new!
296.Drive Like Yehu – s/t new!
297.Eye of the Hunter – Brendan Perry
298.Whiskey for the Holy Ghost – Mark Lanegan new!
299.When Your Heartstrings Break – Beulah
300 13-Point Plan to Destroy America – Nation of Ulysses new!
Keep going friends…..the 90’s had so many great records
301.Red Red Meat – Bunny Gets Paid
302.Vision Creation Newsun – Boredoms new!
303.Being There – Wilco
304.Fontnelle – Babes in Toyland
305.Faust – Randy Newman new!
306.One Sock Missing – The Grifters new!
307.In Search of… – Fu Manchu
308.Radiator – Super Furry Animals
309.Split Milk – Jellyfish new!
310.Slanted and Enchanted – Pavement
311.Blur – Blur
312.Scream, Dracula, Scream – Rocket from the Crypt
313.In Reverse – Matthew Sweet
314.Ritual de lo Habitual – Jane’s Addiction
315.Repeatition – Unwound Repetition – Unwound
316.Irresistable Bliss – Soul Coughing
317.Dookie – Green Day
318.Collective Soul – Collective Soul
319.Blue Lines – Massive Attack new!
320.Soul Food – Goodie Mob new!
321.On the Wires of Our Nerves – Add n to X
322.SunBurn – Blake Babies new!
323.Under the Pink – Tori Amos up
324.There’s Nothing Wrong With Love – Built to Spill
325.Tone Soul Evolution – Apples in Stereo
326.So Much for the Afterglow – Everclear
327.I Should Coco – Supergrass
328.Television – s/t new!
329.The Mollusk – Ween
330.The Sky and the Ocean – Volebeats new!
331.Grace – Jeff Buckley up
332.Icky Mantle – Archers of Loaf new!
333.White Noise – Cop Shoot Cop new!
334.Core – Stone Temple Pilots
335.From the Heart of Town – Gallon Drunk
336.Pass and Stow – Lungfish
337.Peng – Stereolab new!
338.Tortoise – s/t
339.Long Hair in Three Stages – US Maple new!
340.So Tonight that I may See – Mazzy Star
341.The Last Splash – The Breeders
342.MCMXC A.D. – Enigma new!
343.When The Pawn…. – Fionna Apple
344.Pinkerton – Weezer
345.O.G. – Ice T new!
346.Under the Table and Dreaming – Dave Matthews Band
347.Bufo Alvarius – Bardo Pond
348.Sometime Anywhere – The Church
349.Peggy Suicide – Julian Cope new!
350.Moon Pix – Cat Power
351.Skeleton at the Feast – Gary Lucas new!
352.Swing the Statue – Victoria Williams
353.Tiny Music – Stone Temple Pilots
354.Swing the Statue – Victoria Williams
355.Two – Don Caballero new!
356.Fear of God – The Bats new!
357.This is How It Feels – Golden Palominos
358.Spoke – Calexico
359.Bufo Alvarius – Bardo Pond new!
360.Maxinquaye – Tricky new!
361.Triage – David Baerwald new!
362.Euphoria Morning – Chris Cornell
363.Shuffletown – Joe Henry
363.Gravity – Alejandro Escovedo new!
364.El Oso – Soul Coughing
365.The Future – Leonard Cohen
366.Mirror Ball – Neil Young
367.New Miserable Experience – The Gin Blossoms
- Head – Jesus Lizard new!
369.The Problem with Me – Seam
370.Fear – Toad the Wet Sprocket
371.Slow Deep and Hard – Type O Negative new!
372.Clockseed – Vampire Rodents new!
373.Agaetis Byrjun – Sigur Ros
374.Distant Plastic Trees – Magnetic Fields
375.Wretch – Kyuss new!
376.Check Your Head – Beastie Boys
377.Screamadelica – Primal Scream
378.Rift – Phish new!
379.Blue – Third Eye Blind
380.Let Love in – Nice Cave new!
381.New Adventures in Hi Fi – R.E.M down
382.The Future – Leonard Cohen
383.Reality of my Surroundings – Fishbone new!
384.Tigerlily – Natalie Merchant
