'90s Charts
Listen to the best albums of the '90s according to OndaRock
OndaRock's '90s charts are at the center of the new episode of Rock in Onda, the show hosted by Claudio Fabretti every Wednesday from 12 to 2pm on the digital frequencies of Radio Città Aperta (www.radiocittaperta.it).
Discover with us the staff's favorite albums and the most interesting artists of the Nineties through the 25 tracks selected for this special, which retraces one of the most fertile decades in music history.
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A musically multifaceted decade, born almost as a reaction to the synthetic overload of the one that preceded it, yet which paradoxically ended up paving the way for a rediscovery of the 80's through the revisiting of electronic, industrial and trip-hop music. We retrace the Nineties through OndaRock's staff chart, attempting an (impossible) synthesis of all its disparate genres: from the irresistible britpop of Blur, Pulp and Suede to the grunge of Nirvana, Soundgarden and the more heterodox Smashing Pumpkins; from the shoegaze of Anglo-Irish pioneers My Bloody Valentine to the gothic renaissance courtesy of Black Tape For A Blue Girl; from the dark-hued folk-rock of Black Heart Procession to the narcoleptic psych-rock of Mazzy Star; from the fertile Bristol workshop of trip-hop (Portishead, Massive Attack) to the post-rock revolution of Slint; from the industrial apocalypse of Nine Inch Nails to the Warp-brand electronics of Autechre and the French Touch sound of Air, all the way to the futuristic rock of Radiohead, who triumphed at number 1 with the epoch-defining "Ok Computer". All without forgetting the comebacks of giants of the stature of David Bowie, Nick Cave, Depeche Mode, Rem and U2.
The setlist is rounded out by three bonus tracks from Claudio Fabretti's personal chart, which bring back into the light two more crucial experiences of the decade (the oblique pop of Stereolab and the frontier desert-rock of Calexico), as well as a tribute to the spiritual testament of Fabrizio De André in "Anime salve".
You can find all the charts of the best albums of the '90s on this page.
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02/03/2026
This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Claudio Fabretti, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.
Discography
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1. David Bowie – Outside 2. Blur – Song 2 3. Black Heart Procession – A Light So Dim 4. Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings 5. Air – You Make It Easy 6. Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun 7. U2 – Until The End Of The World 8. Suede – Trash 9. Black Tape For A Blue Girl - Redefine Pure Faith 10. Autechre - Basscadet 11. Nick Cave – Sorrow’s Child 12. Mazzy Star – Fade Into You 13. Pulp – Disco 2000 14. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit 15. Nine Inch Nails – Eraser 16. Massive Attack - Angel 17. Portishead – Roads 18. Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence 19. Rem – Drive 20. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow 21. Slint - Breadcrumb Trail 22. Radiohead– Exit Music (For A Film)
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