Pitchfork: The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s (2022-09-28)

~ Release group series

Release groups

#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	1991	Loveless	My Bloody Valentine	Album	4.3	20
2	1998	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	Lauryn Hill	Album	4	20
3	1997	OK Computer	Radiohead	Album	4.55	38
4	1993	Exile in Guyville	Liz Phair	Album	4.25	8
5	1993	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)	Wu‐Tang Clan	Album	4.6	19
6	1997	Homogenic	Björk	Album	4.45	29
7	1997	The Velvet Rope	Janet Jackson	Album	3.25	18
8	1994	Live Through This	Hole	Album	4.15	12
9	1991	The Low End Theory	A Tribe Called Quest	Album	3.85	19
10	1991	Nevermind	Nirvana	Album	4.45	97
11	1994	Dummy	Portishead	Album	4.4	20
12	1998	Aquemini	OutKast	Album	4.2	14
13	1997	Homework	Daft Punk	Album	4.05	20
14	1994	Ready to Die	The Notorious B.I.G.	Album	4.1	18
15	1996	One in a Million	Aaliyah	Album	4	14
16	1993	Rid of Me	PJ Harvey	Album	4.5	11
17	1997	Baduizm	Erykah Badu	Album	4.35	11
18	1990	Heaven or Las Vegas	Cocteau Twins	Album	3.4	14
19	1999	When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ’Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won’t Matter, Cuz You’ll Know That You’re Right	Fiona Apple	Album	4.5	20
20	1995	Brown Sugar	D’Angelo	Album	3	11
21	1998	American Water	Silver Jews	Album	3.65	5
22	1994	Illmatic	Nas	Album	4.25	22
23	1997	Either/Or	Elliott Smith	Album	4.4	12
24	1992	The Chronic	Dr. Dre	Album	4	31
25	1996	If You’re Feeling Sinister	Belle and Sebastian	Album	4.1	10
26	1998	Music Has the Right to Children	Boards of Canada	Album	4.7	16
27	1990	Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	Album	3.85	16
28	1995	Post	Björk	Album	4.3	30
29	1994	Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain	Pavement	Album	4.2	18
30	1999	Black on Both Sides	Mos Def	Album	4.45	6
31	1998	In the Aeroplane Over the Sea	Neutral Milk Hotel	Album	4.45	12
32	1998	Car Wheels on a Gravel Road	Lucinda Williams	Album	4.4	10
33	1991	Laughing Stock	Talk Talk	Album	4.15	8
34	1996	Richard D. James Album	Aphex Twin	Album	3.75	18
35	1993	Last Splash	The Breeders	Album	4.15	16
36	1996	Hard Core	Lil’ Kim	Album	4.65	3
37	1996	Tidal	Fiona Apple	Album	4.45	12
38	1993	janet.	Janet	Album	3.65	17
39	1996	All Eyez on Me	2Pac	Album	4.6	21
40	1994	The Downward Spiral	Nine Inch Nails	Album	3.35	39
41	1995	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…	Raekwon	Album	3.65	7
42	1994	CrazySexyCool	TLC	Album	4	12
43	1999	Le Tigre	Le Tigre	Album	4.5	6
44	1996	Emperor Tomato Ketchup	Stereolab	Album	4.2	9
45	1999	The Writing’s on the Wall	Destiny’s Child	Album	4.4	14
46	1996	Ridin’ Dirty	UGK	Album	4	3
47	1997	Dig Me Out	Sleater‐Kinney	Album	4.45	6
48	1996	The Score	Fugees (Refugee Camp)	Album	3.3	24
49	1996	Endtroducing.....	DJ Shadow	Album	4.5	21
50	1995	Elliott Smith	Elliott Smith	Album	4.4	10
51	1995	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	Album	4.1	46
52	1992	Love Deluxe	Sade	Album	4.15	14
53	1994	Selected Ambient Works, Volume II	Aphex Twin	Album	4.1	18
54	1994	The Diary	Scarface	Album	4	3
55	1998	Ray of Light	Madonna	Album	4.3	22
56	1995	Tilt	Scott Walker	Album	3.65	5
57	1995	The Infamous…	Mobb Deep	Album	4.4	9
58	1993	Souvlaki	Slowdive	Album	4.45	19
59	1996	Reasonable Doubt	Jaÿ‐Z	Album	3.9	10
60	1997	Butterfly	Mariah Carey	Album	4.15	15
61	1991	Blue Lines	Massive Attack	Album	3.95	23
62	1998	400 Degreez	Juvenile	Album	3.35	4
63	1992	Automatic for the People	R.E.M.	Album	3.85	36
64	1995	Maxinquaye	Tricky	Album	4.15	17
65	1999	Operation: Doomsday	MF DOOM	Album	4.15	12
66	1998	Moon Pix	Cat Power	Album	4.25	8
67	1992	Check Your Head	Beastie Boys	Album	4	22
68	1997	Time Out of Mind	Bob Dylan	Album	4.2	21
69	1995	Liquid Swords	Genius/GZA	Album	3.65	10
70	1992	Slanted and Enchanted	Pavement	Album	4.25	18
71	1995	Different Class	Pulp	Album	4	20
72	1991	De La Soul Is Dead	De La Soul	Album	3.5	16
73	1997	I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One	Yo La Tengo	Album	4.3	8
74	1997	Supa Dupa Fly	Missy Misdemeanor Elliott	Album	3.65	8
75	1993	In Utero	Nirvana	Album	4.4	61
76	1990	Chill Out	The KLF	Album	3.65	6
77	1999	Things Fall Apart	The Roots	Album	3.8	11
78	1999	69 Love Songs	The Magnetic Fields	Album	4.1	9
79	1998	It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot	DMX	Album	3	9
80	1992	The C.D. Version of the First Two Records	Bikini Kill	Album + Compilation	4	4
81	1994	The Bends	Radiohead	Album	4.15	35
82	1999	Fly	Dixie Chicks	Album	4.5	8
83	1991	Spiderland	Slint	Album	4.25	11
84	1996	ATLiens	OutKast	Album	3.9	10
85	1997	F♯ A♯ ∞	Godspeed You Black Emperor!	Album	4.5	12
86	1997	Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space	Spiritualized	Album	3.4	15
87	1995	3 ‘n the Mornin’, Part Two	DJ Screw	Album + Compilation	4	2
88	1990	Goo	Sonic Youth	Album	3.8	21
89	1991	Ask the Ages	Sonny Sharrock	Album	4.65	3
90	1996	Ironman	Ghostface Killah	Album	4	9
91	1994	Weezer (Blue Album)	Weezer	Album	4.4	35
92	1994	Amber	Autechre	Album	4.4	11
93	1996	Odelay	Beck	Album	4.1	32
94	1995	Tragic Kingdom	No Doubt	Album	4	22
95	1991	Death Certificate	Ice Cube	Album	2.25	12
96	1991	Screamadelica	Primal Scream	Album	3.15	19
97	1993	Midnight Marauders	A Tribe Called Quest	Album	4.25	17
98	1993	Siamese Dream	Smashing Pumpkins	Album	4.2	32
99	1999	The Soft Bulletin	The Flaming Lips	Album	4	14
100	1999	Eureka	Jim O’Rourke	Album	4.5	7

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