Top Ten Rock Albums of Each Year 1990-1999

[Brian]

Criteria: These Albums were chosen for their immediate and lasting popularity, impact, influence, originality, and acclaim from critics and musicians.

Edited By: Brian
Last Updated: 2023-03-08

A link to the top 100 of each year follows the top 10 of that year.

1990
1. Fear of a Black Planet – Public Enemy
2. Violator – Depeche Mode
3. AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted – Ice Cube
4. Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
5. I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got – Sinead O’Connor
6. Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em – MC Hammer
7. Mama Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J
8. Shake Your Money Maker – Black Crowes
9. Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
10. Ragged Glory – Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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1991
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 **

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1992
1. The Chronic – Dr. Dre
2. Automatic for the People – R.E.M.
3. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
4. Dirt - Alice In Chains
5. Unplugged – Eric Clapton
6. What’s the 411? – Mary J. Blige
7. Check Your Head – Beastie Boys
8. 3 Years, 5 Months, & 2 Days in the Life of… - Arrested Development
9. Slanted and Enchanted – Pavement
10. Vulgar Display of Power – Pantera

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1993
1. In Utero – Nirvana
2. Enter the Wu-tang (36 Chambers) – Wu-Tang Clan
3. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
4. Doggystyle – Snoop Doggy Dogg
5. Vs. - Pearl Jam
6. August and Everything After - Counting Crows
7. Debut – Bjork
8. Tuesday Night Music Club – Sheryl Crow
9. Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest **
10. Exile in Guyville – Liz Phair

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1994
1. Dookie - Green Day
2. Ready to Die – Notorious B.I.G.
3. Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
4. Illmatic – Nas
5. Superunknown – Soundgarden
6. MTV Unplugged in New York – Nirvana
7. CrazySexyCool – TLC
8. Weezer – Weezer
9. Definitely Maybe – Oasis
10. Grace - Jeff Buckley

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1995
1. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
2. (What's the Story) Morning Glory – Oasis
3. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
4. Me Against the World – 2pac
5. The Bends – Radiohead
6. Tragic Kingdom – No Doubt
7. Post – Bjork
8. Different Class – Pulp
9. To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
10. Daydream – Mariah Carey

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1996
1. The Score – Fugees
2. All Eyez on Me – 2pac
3. Odelay – Beck
4. Aenima – Tool
5. Sublime – Sublime
6. Reasonable Doubt – Jay-Z
7. Endtroducing… - DJ Shadow
8. Yourself or Someone Like You – Matchbox 20
9. Pinkerton – Weezer
10. ATLiens – Outkast

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1997
1. OK Computer – Radiohead
2. Life After Death – Notorious B.I.G.
3. Baduizm – Erykah Badu
4. Urban Hymns – The Verve
5. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott
6. The Fat of the Land – The Prodigy
7. Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan
8. Homogenic – Bjork **
9. Homework – Daft Punk
10. Dig Your Own Hole – Chemical Brothers

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1998
1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill
2. Aquemini – Outkast
3. Ray of Light – Madonna
4. Hello Nasty – Beastie Boys
5. Devil Without a Cause – Kid Rock
6. You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby – Fatboy Slim
7. Follow the Leader – Korn
8. Mezzanine – Massive Attack
9. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel **
10. Moon Safari – Air

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1999
1. The Slim Shady LP – Eminem
2. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. Supernatural – Santana
4. Play – Moby
5. 2001 – Dr. Dre
6. The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine
7. Black on Both Sides – Mos Def
8. Things Fall Apart – Roots
9. The Soft Bulletin – Flaming Lips
10. The Writing’s on the Wall – Destiny’s Child

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