{"id":67173,"date":"2026-06-23T14:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/the-best-deep-cuts-from-the-biggest-selling-1990s-rock-albums-ran\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:55:53","slug":"the-best-deep-cuts-from-the-biggest-selling-1990s-rock-albums-ran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/the-best-deep-cuts-from-the-biggest-selling-1990s-rock-albums-ran\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Deep Cuts From the Biggest Selling 1990s Rock Albums Ran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/1990s\" target=\"_blank\">1990s<\/a> gave us some of the biggest selling albums in rock history and while the hits may have done the heavy lifting for album sales, here we&#8217;re giving some acknowledgment to the best deep cuts that made listeners stick around beyond what they were hearing on the radio.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve taken a closer look at the 30 biggest selling rock albums of the decade, pulled out the best album deep cut and then ranked the quality of those deep cuts and what they brought to the albums.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/god-tier-rock-songs-1990s\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 10 Best God-Tier Rock Songs of the 1990s<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We should clarify that in naming a song a &#8220;deep cut,&#8221; it was not issued as a commercial single nor was it picked up by radio for airplay or ended up charting. These are all songs that ended up getting passed over for promotion, but some of these tracks have still managed to find their audiences through streaming the band&#8217;s live shows. We also excluded from this list &#8220;greatest hits&#8221; albums or special &#8220;unplugged&#8221; concert recordings that sold well in the &#8217;90s.<\/p>\n<p>This list also exemplifies the broad showcase of what rock provided in the &#8217;90s. There are grunge favorites such as <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/nirvana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nirvana<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/pearl-jam\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pearl Jam<\/a>, classic carryovers in <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/pink-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pink Floyd<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/queen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Queen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/aerosmith\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aerosmith<\/a>, punk representation from <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/green-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Day<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/blink-182\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blink-182<\/a> and giant crossover bands such as <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/u2\/\" target=\"_blank\">U2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/r-e-m\/\" target=\"_blank\">R.E.M.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So which albums ruled the sales roost in the &#8217;90s? Which deep cuts made our cut and where did they end up in our ranking? Let&#8217;s dig in and find out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">The Best Deep Cuts From the Biggest Selling 1990s Rock Albums Ranked<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>You know the hits that made these albums big sellers, but what about the deep cuts?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/author\/chadchilders\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Childers, Loudwire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Below, check out the most streamed deep cuts on Spotify by 50 big rock bands.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Most Streamed Deep Cuts From 50 Rock Bands<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Apparently you have been going beyond the singles on Spotify.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/author\/chadchilders\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Childers, Loudwire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/diffuser.fm\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=27&#038;gver=10&#038;bid=443&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/diffuser.fm\/ixp\/366\/p\/best-deep-cuts-biggest-selling-1990s-rock-albums-ranked\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1990s gave us some of the biggest selling albums in rock history and while the hits may have done the heavy lifting for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":67174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}