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The greatest albums of the 1990s

29,538 albums ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Midnight Marauders

A Tribe Called Quest · Jive · 1993
1,305.660
Why this number?
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2 Music Has the Right to Children Boards of Canada · Warp · 1998 1,175.150
3 The Infamous… Mobb Deep · RCA · 1995 981.350
4 Amber Autechre · Warp · 1994 912.730
5 Experience The Prodigy · XL Recordings · 1992 874.200
6 Ænima Tool · Volcano Records · 1996 800.400
7 Ten Pearl Jam · Epic · 1991 795.660
8 On Every Street Dire Straits · Vertigo · 1991 754.320
9 Stars Simply Red · EastWest · 1991 732.700
10 Funcrusher Plus Company Flow · Rawkus Records · 1997 706.800
11 Aquemini OutKast · LaFace Records · 1998 700.290
12 Preemptive Strike DJ Shadow · FFRR · 1998 680.400
13 Repeater Fugazi · Dischord Records · 1990 656.100
14 Chiastic Slide Autechre · Warp · 1997 642.060
15 Are You Shpongled? Shpongle · Twisted Records · 1998 600.660
16 The 4th Sign CJ Bolland · R&S Records · 1992 589.680
17 LP5 Autechre · Warp · 1998 586.380
18 Facelift Alice in Chains · CBS · 1990 577.680
19 The Chronic Dr. Dre · Priority Records · 1992 575.120
20 Anthology 1 The Beatles · Apple Records · 1995 575.120
21 Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers · Freestyle Dust · 1997 568.800
22 Sex With the Machines Anthony Rother · Kanzleramt · 1997 564.940
23 Silentintroduction Moodymann · Planet E · 1997 551.000
24 Cycle 30 Jeff Mills · Axis · 1994 548.240