Sunday, November 8, 2009

Top Ten (+15) - The 1990s

Now that I've finished posting my ratings for albums released during the 90s, I want to wrap it all up with a post of the top 25 releases of the decade. The posts from 1990 - 1999 included 382 albums released by 170 bands (low numbers when compared to the decades before and after, but ones that I'm sure will increase in time).

What surprised me most about this list is that only two bands -- Running Wild and Metal Church -- had more than one album here, while some bands that I like a lot (such as Megadeth, Dream Theater, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius, and others) had only one or even none.

Should this list change, I'll be sure to let you know. In the meantime, I'll continue with ratings from the 1980s, and will also post my top ten from 2009 and the best of the 2000s soon after the year ends. Stay tuned!



Top 25 Albums:
93.55 -- Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990)
91.18 -- Iced Earth - Something Wicked this Way Comes (1998)
91.18 -- Armored Saint - Symbol of Salvation (1991)
91.04 -- October 31 - Meet thy Maker (1999)
90.85 -- Black Sabbath - Tyr (1990)
90.55 -- Saxon - Metalhead (1999)
90.28 -- Rage - The Missing Link (1993)
90.18 -- Saviour Machine - Saviour Machine I (1993)
90.04 -- Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twilight World (1990)
89.74 -- Helloween - Better than Raw (1998)
89.64 -- Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
89.52 -- Running Wild - Black Hand Inn (1994)
89.52 -- Warrior Soul - Last Decade Dead Century (1990)
89.18 -- Mägo de Oz - La Leyenda de la Mancha (1998)
89.16 -- Jeff Healey Band - Hell to Pay (1990)
89.13 -- W.A.S.P. - Helldorado (1999)
89.12 -- Seven Witches - Second War in Heaven (1999)
89.12 -- Wuthering Heights - Within (1999)
88.96 -- Lefay - Symphony of the Damned (1999)
88.59 -- Molly Hatchet - Silent Reign of Heroes (1998)
88.57 -- Savatage - Dead Winter Dead (1995)
88.40 -- Running Wild - Blazon Stone (1991)
88.38 -- Metal Church - Masterpeace (1999)
88.29 -- Metal Church - The Human Factor (1991)
88.28 -- Aria - Blood for Blood (1991)

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