21 Underrated '90s Albums Every Rock Fan Needs in Their Vinyl Collection

Here are 21 underrated albums from the 1990s that you absolutely need in your vinyl collection if you are a rock fan.

It can be tough to figure out where to begin if you're looking to go beyond the grunge-era stuff to take a deeper dive into '90s rock. Grunge simply can't be ignored due to its heavy impact on the front half of the decade.

But there was so much more to the '90s  in the world of rock than Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.

Bands such as Stabbing Westward and Gravity Kills were starting to infuse industrial elements into rock. The Reverend Horton Heat took an unconventional approach by combining rockabilly, punk and rock music.

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Sunny Day Real Estate were among the early emo rock acts bubbling up toward the tail end of the 1990s.

We're here to help you make sense of all of it by giving you 21 rock albums from the 1990s that you may have missed but need to be owned on vinyl.

Fugazi, Repeater (1990)

Key tracks: "Blueprint," "Repeater," "Merchandise"

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Green Day, Kerplunk (1991)

Key tracks: "2000 Light Years Away," "Christie Rd.," "Welcome to Paradise"

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Slint, Spiderland (1991)

Key tracks: "Breadcrumb Trail," "Good Morning, Captain," "Washer"

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Helmet, Meantime (1992)

Key tracks: "Unsung," "In the Meantime," "Iron Head"

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Candlebox, Candlebox (1993)

Key Tracks: "Far Behind," "You," "Cover Me"

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Dinosaur Jr., Where You Been (1993)

Key Tracks: "Start Choppin," "Out There," "Get Me"

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Hum, Electra 2000 (1993)

Key Tracks: "Iron Clad Lou," "Pinch and Roll, "Winder"

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Mazzy Star, So Tonight That I Might See (1993)

Key tracks: "Fade Into You," "Blue Light," "Into Dust"

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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Orange (1994)

Key Tracks: "Bellbottoms," "Very Rare," "Ditch"

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Our Lady Peace, Naveed (1994)

Key tracks: "Starseed," "Naveed," "The Birdman"

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Reverend Horton Heat, Liquor in the Front (1994)

Key Tracks: "I Can't Surf," "Baddest of the Bad," "Five-o Ford"

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Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary (1994)

Key Tracks: "In Circles," "Seven," "Song About an Angel"

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Quicksand, Manic Compression (1995)

Key tracks: "Thorn in My Side," "Landmine Spring," "Backward"

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Silverchair, Frogstomp (1995)

Key Tracks: "Tomorrow," "Israel's Son," "Suicidal Dream"

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Stabbing Westward, Wither Blister Burn + Peel (1996)

Key Tracks: "Shame," "What Do I Have to Do?," "So Wrong"

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Wilco, Being There (1996)

Key tracks: "Forget the Flowers," "Misunderstood," "Outtasite (Outta Mind)"

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Days of the New, Days of the New (1997)

Key Tracks: "Touch, Peel and Stand," "Shelf in the Room," "The Down Town"

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Cake, Prolonging the Magic (1998)

Key tracks: "Never There," "Let Me Go," "Sheep Go to Heaven"

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Jets to Brazil, Orange Rhyming Dictionary (1998)

Key tracks: "Sweet Avenue," "Chinatown," "Sea Anemone"

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Placebo, Without You I'm Nothing (1998)

Key tracks: "Every You Every Me," "Pure Morning," "Without You I'm Nothing"

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Dismemberment Plan, Emergency & I (1999)

Key tracks: "A Life of Possibilities," "What Do You Want Me to Say?," "The City"

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