Pitchfork's Top 40 Albums of the 1990s

001: Radiohead

OK Computer

[1997 / Capitol]

002: My Bloody Valentine

Loveless

[1991 / Creation]

003: The Flaming Lips

The Soft Bulletin

[1999 / Warner Bros]

004: Neutral Milk Hotel

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

[1998 / Merge]

005: Pavement

Slanted and Enchanted

[1992 / Matador]

006: Nirvana

Nevermind

[1991 / DGC]

007: DJ Shadow

...Entroducing

[1996 / Mo'Wax]

008: Pavement

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

[1994 / Matador]

009: Bonnie "Prince" Billy

I See a Darkness

[1999 / Palace]

010: Guided By Voices

Bee Thousand

[1994 / Scat]

011: Talk Talk

Laughing Stock

[1991 / Polydor]

012: Slint

Spiderland

[1991 / Touch & Go]

013: Nirvana

In Utero

[1993 / DGC]

014: Belle And Sebastian

If You're Feeling Sinister

[1996 / Jeepster]

015: Radiohead

The Bends

[1995 / Capitol]

016: The Dismemberment Plan

Emergency & I

[1999 / DeSoto]

017: Public Enemy

Fear of a Black Planet

[1990 / Def Jam]

018: Smashing Pumpkins

Siamese Dream

[1993 / Virgin]

019: Beck

Odelay

[1996 / DGC]

020: Björk

Post

[1995 / Elektra]

021: Björk

Homogenic

[1997 / Elektra]

022: Built To Spill

Perfect From Now On

[1997 / Warner Bros.]

023: The Beta Band

The Three EPs

[1999 / Astralwerks]

024: Built To Spill

There's Nothing Wrong With Love

[1994 / Up]

025: Yo La Tengo

I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One

[1997 / Matador]

026: Weezer

Weezer (Blaues Album)

[1994 / DGC]

027: Guided By Voices

Alien Lanes

[1995 / Matador]

028: Pixies

Bossanova

[1990 / 4AD]

029: Modest Mouse

The Lonesome Crowded West

[1997 / Up]

030: Liz Phair

Exile In Guyville

[1993 / Matador]

031: Wilco

Summerteeth

[1999 / Reprise Records]

032: The Notorious B.I.G.

Ready to Die

[1994 / Bad Boy]

033: Nas

Illmatic

[1994 / Columbia]

034: Beastie Boys

Check Your Head

[1992 / Grand Royal]

035: Boards Of Canada

Music Has the Right to Children

[1998 / Warp]

036. Wu-Tang Clan

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

[1993 / Loud]

037: The Magnetic Fields

69 Lovesongs

[1999 / Merge]

038: Jesus Lizard

Goat

[1991 / Touch & Go]

039: Olivia Tremor Control

Dusk at Cubist Castle

[1996 / Flydaddy]

040: Aphex Twin

The Richard D. James Album

[1996 / Warp]