100 Best Rock Albums of The 90s
The following is a comprehensive list of the best rock albums of the 1990s. A lot of this list are high selling mainstream albums but we have also included albums that in our opinion are significantly important and incredible rock albums. The list is in alphabetical order. If you feel we've missed an album leave a comment let us know so we can check it out as well!
Aerosmith - Get a Grip
Aerosmith is one of those bands that had already a long history in music by this point so it isn't a surprise that this album did so well as the popularity of rock music rose during the 1990s.
- 20 million copies sold worldwide
- won 2 grammy awards
Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little Pill
Before this point few would have considered Alanis Morisette to be a rocker as her two preceding albums were very pop influenced. She had previously opened for Vanilla Ice in the early 1990s. But even with the minor success of those albums Alanis wanted to move beyond the bubblegum slickness and create so true rocking music.
- 33 million copies sold worldwide
- won 5 grammy awards
Alice in chains - Facelift
- Double Platinum
- Debut Album
Alice in Chains - Dirt
- 4 times platinum
- #6 on the billboard 200
Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies
- First EP Ever to enter #1 on the billboard 200
- #1 single on the Mainstream Rock Tracks for "No Excuses"
- Double Platinum
Blind Melon - Blind Melon
- Multiplatinum
- #3 on the Billboard 200
Blink 182 - Enema Of The State
-sold over 15 million copies worldwide
-Peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200
Bush - Sixteen Stone
Gavin Rossdale and company appeared on the scene early in the 90s and managed to ride the grunge wave into the mid to late 90s. At least two of their albums made this list with their roaring guitar riffs and the great gruff vocals they made the 90s very memorable.
- Six Million Copies Sold
Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
- Peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200
Candlebox - Candlebox
- 4 times platinum
Catherine Wheel - Ferment
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Catherine Wheel - Chrome
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Chevelle - Point #1
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Collective Soul - Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid
- Double platinum
Collective Soul - Collective Soul
- Triple platinum
- 3 singles peaked at #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks
Creed - My Own Prison
- Six time platinum
Creed - Human Clay
- 11 times Platinum
- Peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200
Days of The New - Days Of The New
- 1.5 million copies sold
Deftones - Around The Fur
- Platinum
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been
Dinosaur Jr. is one of those bands that became legendary in the underground music scene during the 1980s and 1990s. They had perfected their sound during the 80s before most of grunge had started their bands. Many of which later pointedd to Dinosaur Jr. as one of their major influences. In 2007 the band reunited.
Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound
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Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over
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Eve 6 - Eve 6
- Platinum
- #1 on Modern Rock Tracks for the song, "Inside Out."
Everclear - Sparkle And Fade
- Platinum
Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow
- 2 times platinum
- #1 on Modern Rock Tracks for the single, "Everything to Everyone."
Filter - Short Bus
- Platinum
Filter - Title Of The Record
- Platinum
Finger Eleven - Tip
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Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
- Platinum
Foo Fighters - The Color And The Shape
- Double platinum
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose
- #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks for the single, "Learn to Fly."
- Won two Grammy awards
Fuel - Sunburn
- Platinum
Garbage - Garbage
- Double platinum
Godsmack - Godsmack
- 4 times Platinum
Goo Goo Dolls - Hold Me Up
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Goo Goo Dolls - Superstar Car Wash
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Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo
- Double platinum
- #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks & Mainstream Rock Tracks for the single, "Name."
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl
- 3 times platinum
- #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks
Green Day - Dookie
- 15 Million copies sold worldwide
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
- 5.5 million copies sold worldwide
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
-7 times platinum
Hole - Celebrity Skin
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Hole - Live Through This
- Double Platinum
Holly Mcnarland - Stuff
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I Mother Earth - Dig
- Platinum (in Canada)
I Mother Earth - Scenery And Fish
- Double platinum (in Canada)
Korn - Korn
- 10 million copies sold worldwide
Korn - Life Is Peachy
- 4 million copies sold worldwide
Korn - Follow The Leader
- 14 million copies sold worldwide
Korn - Issues
- 11 million copies sold worldwide
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
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Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
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Kyuss - ...And the Circus Leaves Town
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Limp Bizkit - Signifigant Other
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Live - Throwing Copper
- 8 million copies sold worldwide
Live - Secret Samadhi
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- Double platinum
Live - The Distance To Here
- #4 on the Billboard 200
- Platinum
Machinehead - The Burning Red
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Mad Season - Above
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Marilyn Manson - Smells Like Children
- Platinum
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
- 7+ million copies sold worldwide
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- 8+ million copies sold worldwide
Matthew Good Band - Last of the Ghetto Astronauts
- Made on a budget of $5000
- Holds the record of highest selling independent album in Canada to this day.
Matthew Good Band - Underdogs
- Platinum (in Canada)
Matthew Good Band - Beautiful Midnight
- 3 times platinum (in Canada)
Moist - Silver
- 4 times platinum (in Canada)
Moist - creature
- 3 times platinum (in Canada)
Muse - Showbiz
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Nine Inch Nails - Broken
- #7 on the Billboard 200
- Platinum
- Won a grammy award Best Metal Performance for the song, "Wish."
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
- #2 on the Billboard 200
- 5+ million copies sold worldwide
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- Double platinum
Nirvana - Nevermind
- 30+ million copies sold worldwide
Nirvana - Incesticide
- Platinum
Nirvana - In Utero
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- 5+ million copies sold worldwide
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
- 20 million copies sold worldwide
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
- 7 million copies sold worldwide
Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
- 14 million copies worldwide
- #4 on the Billboard 200
Oasis - Be Here Now
- 8 million copies sold worldwide
Orgy - Candyass
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Our Lady Peace - Naveed
- Platinum
Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
- Platinum (in the US)
- Diamond (in Canada)
Our Lady Peace - Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch
- 3 times platinum (in Canada)
Pearl Jam - Ten
- almost 10 million copies sold worldwide
Pearl Jam - VS.
- #1 on the the Billboard 200
- 7 times platinum
Pearl Jam - Vitology
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- 5 times platinum
Placebo - Placebo
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Placebo - Without you I'm Nothing
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Radiohead - Pablo Honey
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Radiohead - The Bends
- Platinum (in the US)
- Triple platinum (in the UK)
Radiohead - OK Computer
- 4.5 million copies sold worldwide
- #21 on the Billboard 200
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
- Platinum
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
- 6+ million copies sold worldwide
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness
- 9+ million copies sold worldwide
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
- 1.5 million copies sold
Soundgarden - Superunknown
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- 5 times platinum
Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
- Platinum
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- #3 on the Billboard 200
- 10+ million copies sold world
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
- #4 on the billboard 200
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
- 16 million copies sold worldwide
Tool - Opiate
- 1.2 million copies
Tool - Undertow
- 2.9 million copies sold
Tool - Aenima
- 3.5 million copies sold
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
.- Platinum
Type O Negative - October Rust
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Type O Negative - World Coming Down
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Weezer - Weezer
- 3+ million copies sold
White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000
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