Music: What are your Top 10 Nineties Albums?

[Say Hey Kid]

What are your Top 10 Nineties Albums? Mine are in no order.

1. Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
2. Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
3. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die - Album cover of the decade?
4. Nirvana - In Utero
5. Pearl Jam - Ten
6. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Truly great album
7. U2 - Achtung Baby
8. Radiohead - OK Computer
9. Dr. Dre - The Chronic - What is the album cover based on?
10. Nirvana - Nevermind

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[BigBadBruins7708]

Nas - Illmatic
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
NIN - Downward Spiral
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
BIG - Ready to Die
Busta Rhymes - The Coming
Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu
Beck - Odelay
Green Day - Dookie
Weezer - Blue Album

HM: RATM - RATM, Eminem - Slim Shady LP, Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

 

[Ceremony]

Vs. - Pearl Jam
Different Class - Pulp
Young Team - Mogwai
This is Hardcore - Pulp
Ten - Pearl Jam
The Bends - Radiohead
His 'n' Hers - Pulp
Word Gets Around - Stereophonics
The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
Clarity - Jimmy Eat World

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Nirvana - Nevermind
Green Day - Dookie
Blink 182 - Dude Ranch/Enema of the State
Sublime - Sublime
Radiohead - OK Computer
Dr. Dre - the Chronic
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

 

[kook10]

incomplete - yet too many...

Outkast - Aquemini
Radiohead- The Bends
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu Tang
ATCQ - Low End Theory
Cypress Hill - self titled
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
Beck - Odelay
Sonic Youth - Goo
Janes Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

 

[tacogeoff]

silverchair - frogstomp
Rage Against the Machine - RAGM
Rancid - out come the wolves
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Funkdoobiest - Brothas Doobie
Guns and Roses - Use your Illusion 1 and 2
Nas - Illmatic
Fugees - The Score
2Pac - All eyez on me
Nirvana - Nevermind

 

[belair]

Jeff Buckley - Grace
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Radiohead - OK Computer

I don't have a top ten, but these three are definitely in it.

 

[Shareefruck]

I don't like 90s music as much as the previous decades, so not all ten are of the highest recommendation like in the other threads, but these are my favorites:

5.0 (Masterpiece)
1. Selected Ambient Works Vol. II by Aphex Twin
2. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine

4.5 (Brilliant)
3. Richard D. James Album by Aphex Twin

4.0 (Flawless)
4. Tri Repetae by Autechre
5. Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version by Earth
6. Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin

3.5 (Great)
7. Laughing Stock by Talk Talk
8. Orbital 2 by Orbital
9. Fear of a Black Planet by Public Enemy
10. Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Toure
11. Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada

3.0 (Very Good)
12. Lifeforms by Future Sounds of London
13. Illmatic by Nas
14. A Sax Pax For Sax by Moondog
15. Amber by Autechre
16. Endtroducing... by DJ Shadow
17. I Care Because You Do by Aphex Twin

 

[Teemu]

1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
3. Lyle Lovett - The Road to Ensenada
4. Wilco - Summerteeth
5. Nirvana - In Utero
6. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
7. Beck - Odelay
8. Pearl Jam - Ten
9. Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
10. REM - Automatic for the People

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

1. The Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage
2. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
3. Unwound - New Plastic Ideas
4. De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
5. Bonnie Prince Billy - I See a Darkness
6. Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
7. Melvins - Bullhead
8. Stereolab - Random Transient Noise Bursts with Announcements
9. Slint - Spiderland
10. Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords

Roughly, anyway...

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
3. Lyle Lovett - The Road to Ensenada
4. Wilco - Summerteeth
5. Nirvana - In Utero
6. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
7. Beck - Odelay
8. Pearl Jam - Ten
9. Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
10. REM - Automatic for the People

I only recently took the time to explore Lyle Lovett. Damn, he’s a phenomenal writer and singer.

 

[IceNeophyte]

Sublime - Sublime
Greenday - Dookie
DMB - Under the Table and Dreaming
Blues Traveller - Four
The Offspring - Smash
Enigma - MCMXC a.D.
Beck - Odelay


That about does it for me for the 90s.

 

[Smelling Salt]

Kept it to one album per band, no order.

Extreme - Pornograffitti
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Weezer - Pinkerton
Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
Depeche Mode - Violator
GnR - Use Your Illusion II
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Harem Scarem - Mood Swings

 

[Shareefruck]

Surprised nobody else has Loveless.

 

[tacogeoff]

Surprised nobody else has Loveless.

Surprised nobody else has The Score.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

In no order.....

Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain

Alice In Chains - Dirt

Pantera - Far Beyond Driven

Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill

Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon

Down - NOLA

Crowbar - Odd Fellows Rest

Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated

L7 - Bricks Are Heavy

Burzum - Burzum

 

[Mimsy]

In no particular order:

Belle and Sebastian -- The Boy with the Arab Strap

Teenage Fanclub -- Grand Prix (at the time, my choice was Thirteen, and later, Songs from Northern Britain. In retrospect, Grand Prix gives you the most bang for your buck).

The Cranberries -- No Need to Argue

R.E.M. -- Automatic for the People

The Northern Pikes -- Snow in June

Sloan -- Twice Removed

The Cure -- Wish (the last Cure album to resonate with me)

The Pogues -- Hell's Ditch

Guns N Roses -- Use Your Illusion II

Green Day -- Dookie


HM:

--Sinead O'Connor: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (I don't listen to this album anymore, but in its day, it was lovely)
--They Might Be Giants -- Flood
--Duran Duran -- The Wedding Album
--Roxette -- Joyride (I feel greasy listing this one, but I listened to the album whenever I needed a melodic pop fix)

 

[chaos4]

Use your Illusion 1 and 2 GnR
Ten Pearl Jam
Superunknown Soundgarden
Reload Metallica
Automatic for the People R.E.M.
Blood Sugar Sex Magic RHCP
American Recordings Johnny Cash
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette
Nevermind Nirvana
CrazySexyCool TLC

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Surprised nobody else has Loveless.

Just missed my cut. I’ll always love it but right now I *appreciate* it more than I actually desire hearing it. I’m sure it’ll be back near the top of my ever-changing list soon. It is a great winter album.

 

[reckoning]

1. Boys For Pele - Tori Amos
2. To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
3. Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
4. In Utero - Nirvana
5. Life Is Sweet - Maria McKee
6. Day For Night - Tragically Hip
7. Nevermind - Nirvana
8. New Adventures In Hi-Fi - R.E.M.
9. OK Computer - Radiohead
10. Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair

 

[Burnoutboi]

I have to say that seeing some love for Teenage Fanclub in this thread is really giving me the feels. I’m on my mobile and am no good with links, but here’s Norman Blake ranking his ten favorite Fannies albums: Rank Your Records: Norman Blake Merrily Rates the Ten Teenage Fanclub Albums

Girlfriend / Son Of Altered Beast - Matthew Sweet
Songs From Northern Britain - Teenage Fanclub ( the only reason this one is tops for me is because it has my favorite b-sides)
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
It’s A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads
Pack Up The Cats - Local H
Saturation - Urge Overkill
Dear 23 / Amazing Disgrace- The Posies
Ron Sexsmith - Ron Sexsmith
Seems Like Fate 1984 - 1992 - The Grapes Of Wrath
Teenage Symphonies To God - Velvet Crush


Honorable mentions to Trompe Le Monde by the Pixies, Blurs’ Parklife and Nevermind

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

I have to say that seeing some love for Teenage Fanclub in this thread is really giving me the feels. I’m on my mobile and am no good with links, but here’s Norman Blake ranking his ten favorite Fannies albums: Rank Your Records: Norman Blake Merrily Rates the Ten Teenage Fanclub Albums

Girlfriend / Son Of Altered Beast - Matthew Sweet
Songs From Northern Britain - Teenage Fanclub ( the only reason this one is tops for me is because it has my favorite b-sides)
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
It’s A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads
Pack Up The Cats - Local H
Saturation - Urge Overkill
Dear 23 / Amazing Disgrace- The Posies
Ron Sexsmith - Ron Sexsmith
Seems Like Fate 1984 - 1992 - The Grapes Of Wrath
Teenage Symphonies To God - Velvet Crush


Honorable mentions to Trompe Le Monde by the Pixies, Blurs’ Parklife and Nevermind

I don’t think the 2nd half of SFNB is perfect. It’s a bit of a letdown after the first half, but what wouldn’t be? I should check out the b-sides I guess.

‘Start Again’ is the best song I’ve heard by them. I have not heard all their albums, though.

Seeing Grand Prix as Norman’s favorite is nice. It’s an incredible album.

 

[The Nuge]

The 90s are by far the hardest decade for me. My honourable mentions is like 20 albums. I mean, I ended up leaving Pac and Biggie off...

Nas - illmatic
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Dr Dre - 2001
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Aagainst The Machine
Metallica - Black Album
DMX - It’s Dark and Hell is Hot
Green Day - Dookie
Nirvana - Nevermind
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Eminem - Slim Shady LP

 

[Nalens Oga]

Becomes pretty hard for me after the top 8 or 9 tbh, too many HMs, best decade of music for me or at least the easiest to find good bands in.

1. kent - Hagnesta Hill [Swedish version] (1999)
2. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
2. Radiohead - The Bends (1994)
4. Travis - The Man Who (1999)
5. Puressence - Only Forever (1998)
6. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
7. Oasis - Morning Glory (1995)
8. Supergrass - In It For The Money (1997)
9. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
10. The Sundays - Reading, Writing, & Arithmetic (1990)
11. The Verve - Urban Hymns (1997)
12. The Bluetones - Expecting To Fly (1996)
13. Blur - Parklife (1994)
14. Portishead - Mysterons (1994)
15. The Tragically Hip - Phantom Power (1998)

 

[Cleetus]

Sublime - Sublime
Greenday - Dookie
DMB - Under the Table and Dreaming
Blues Traveller - Four
The Offspring - Smash
Enigma - MCMXC a.D.
Beck - Odelay


That about does it for me for the 90s.

I loved this Album.