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100 Greatest Albums of 1991

Criteria: These music albums from the year 1991 were chosen for their immediate and lasting popularity, impact, influence, and acclaim from critics and musicians. This list does not include 'Greatest Hits' albums.
Top 100 Albums by Year
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'.
Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
  1. Nevermind - Nirvana
  2. Ten - Pearl Jam
  3. Achtung Baby - U2
  4. Metallica (a.k.a. The Black Album) - Metallica
  5. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  6. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
  7. Out of Time - R.E.M.
  8. Use Your Illusion I - Guns N' Roses
  9. Use Your Illusion II - Guns N' Roses
10. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
11. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
12. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
13. BadMotorFinger - Soundgarden
14. Screamadelica - Primal Scream
15. Dangerous - Michael Jackson
16. Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
17. Apocalypse '91 - Public Enemy
18. Death Certificate - Ice Cube
19. Luck of the Draw - Bonnie Raitt
20. O.G. Original Gangster - Ice-T
21. Cooleyhighharmony - Boyz II Men
22. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk
23. Mama Said - Lenny Kravitz
24. De la Soul Is Dead - De la Soul
25. Spiderland - Slint
26. Seal - Seal
27. Stars - Simply Red
28. The White Room - The KLF
29. Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
30. Woodface - Crowded House
31. Pocket Full of Kryptonite - Spin Doctors
32. Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus
33. Breaking Atoms - Main Source
34. Forever My Lady - Jodeci
35. Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet
36. Into the Great Wide Open - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
37. The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld - The Orb
38. Time, Love & Tenderness - Michael Bolton
39. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne
40. A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing - Black Sheep
41. Waking Up the Neighbours - Bryan Adams
42. Innuendo - Queen
43. Gish - Smashing Pumpkins
44. Heart in Motion - Amy Grant
45. Of the Heart, of the Soul & of the Cross - PM Dawn
46. Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub
47. We Can't Dance - Genesis
48. 2Pacalypse Now - 2pac
49. Trompe le Monde - Pixies
50. Joyride - Roxette
51. Emotions - Mariah Carey
52. Marc Cohn - Marc Cohn
53. Fear - Toad the Wet Sprocket
54. Goat - Jesus Lizard
55. Slave to the Grind - Skid Row
56. Naughty by Nature - Naughty by Nature
57. Foxbase Alpha - Saint Etienne
58. Just for a Day - Slowdive
59. Arise - Sepultura
60. Green Mind - Dinosaur Jr.
61. Frequencies - LFO
62. I Wish My Brother George Was Here - Del the Funky Homosapien
63. III - Sebadoh
64. WELD - Neil Young
65. Pretty on the Inside - Hole
66. The Sky Is Crying - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
67. Spellbound - Paula Abdul
68. Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion
69. Electronic - Electronic
70. C.M.B. - Color Me Badd
71. Seamonsters - The Wedding Present
72. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge - Van Halen
73. We Can't Be Stopped - Geto Boys
74. Lean Into It - Mr. Big
75. The Comfort Zone - Vanessa Williams
76. Quik Is the Name - DJ Quik
77. Human - Death
78. Schubert Dip - EMF
79. The Real Ramona - Throwing Muses
80. Efil4zaggin - N.W.A
81. Whirlpool - Chapterhouse
82. The Soul Cages - Sting
83. Mr. Scarface Is Back - Scarface
84. God Fodder - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
85. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - Mudhoney
86. Don't Try This at Home - Billy Bragg
87. Warm Your Heart - Aaron Neville
88. Rumour and Sigh - Richard Thompson
89. No Pocky for Kitty - Superchunk
90. Doubt - Jesus Jones
91. Ex:El - 808 State
92. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
93. Power of Love - Luther Vandross
94. White Light from the Mouth of Infinity - Swans
95. Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope
96. Too Legit to Quit - Hammer
97. Homebase - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
98. T.E.V.I.N. - Tevin Campbell
99. Vagabond Heart - Rod Stewart
100. Hymns to the Silence - Van Morrison
Nevermind Nirvana album cover
Ten Pearl Jam album cover
Achtung Baby U2 album cover
Metallica album cover
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers album cover
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest album cover
Out of Time R.E.M. album cover
 DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1991
  Brian's choice - An unheralded great album from 1991
 •  Life's Too Short - Marshall Crenshaw
  Ryan's choice:
 •  Chagall Guevara - Chagall Guevara
  Lew's choice:
 •  Vinyl - Dramarama




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