Music: What are your Top 10 Nineties Albums?

[Gordon Lightfoot]

I think that comes from a Spanish-speaking group doing mainstream rap. They ran into that problem originally too with their labels wanting them to be a latin hip-hop group (which has an audience it's just pretty) niche and they didn't want to do that.

You can not like them, but I don't think you can call them a gimmick or a novelty act. They were always pretty authentic and they outlasted most hip hop artists and groups from their era.

That’s certainly fair and probably not fair on my part. I only listened to their first album anyway.

 

[Ralph Spoilsport]

Public Enemy--Fear of a Black Planet
Neil Young & Crazy Horse--Ragged Glory
R.E.M.--Out Of Time
Cypress Hill
Beastie Boys--Check Your Head
Nirvana--In Utero
Alice In Chains--Jar of Flies
Beck--Odelay
Bob Dylan--Time Out Of Mind
Lucinda Williams--Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Le Tigre

 

[expatriatedtexan]

This is a constantly changing list...but in no order...here we go....
Soul Asylum…Grave Dancers Union
Pearl Jam….Ten
Alice in Chains…Jar Of Flies
Better Than Ezra…Deluxe
Black Crowes….Shake Your Money Maker
Stevie Ray Vaughn…The Sky is Crying
Hootie and the Blowfish…Cracked Rear View
Counting Crows…August and Everything After
Chris LeDoux…One Road Man
Ozzy Osbourne…No More Tears

 

[Eisen]

Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast
Tocotronic - ...es it egal, aber
Tocotronic - Digital ist besser
Bad Religion - Against the grain
New Model Army - Impurity
Crowbar Time heals nothing
Bad Religion - Recipe for hate
Amorphis - Tales from the thousand lakes
Fields of the Nephilim - Elizium
Blind Guardian - Tales from the twilight world

it's quite hard to pick only ten albums from this decade. And I haven't even touched grunge yet.

 

[Nalens Oga]

^ That first Tocotronic album was boring lo-fi amateur hour. Good mention of New Model Army though, much better than all these shit American alternative bands that couldn't sing.

 

[Eisen]

^ That first Tocotronic album was boring lo-fi amateur hour. Good mention of New Model Army though, much better than all these **** American alternative bands that couldn't sing.

With Tocotronic it's the lyrics that hold it together. To me, it's poetry of the mundane and it mixes so well with the music.
New Model Army was probably my favourite band at that time. And again, the lyrics really deliver.

 

[Eisen]

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[Tapu Coco]

1. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
2. Souvlaki - Slowdive
3. In the Aeroplane over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Music Has the Right to Children - Boards of Canada
5. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
6. Just for a Day - Slowdive
7. So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star
8. Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic - The Sundays
9. Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
10. The Blue Album - Weezer

HM: Nowhere by Ride, Goo by Sonic Youth, Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space by Spiritualized

 

[Hockey Outsider]

I couldn't find ten rock albums from the 1990s that I listen to in their entirety on a regular basis (if we're limiting it to one per artist). Here's what I have so far:

Dave Matthews Band - Crash
Iron Maiden - The X Factor
Matthew Good Band - Beautiful Midnight
Rage Against the Machine - self titled
Weezer - blue album

There are lots of albums where I like quite a bit of the material, but I haven't listened to them in their entirety in years. The next five might be Tragically Hip - Phantom Power, Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory, Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss, Nirvana - Nevermind, and Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction.

I used to a listen to a lot of rap but haven't done so in many years. A few selections would include ATCQ - The Low End Theory, OutKast - Aquemini, The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!, Blackalicious - A2G, The Coup - Steal This Album, and Common - One Day It'll All Make Sense.

 

[HoseEmDown]

1. Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
2. Aquabats - the fury of the aquabats!
3. Less than Jake - losing streak
4.Weezer - Pinkerton
5. Rancid - ...and out come the wolves
6. Sublime - Sublime
7. MXPX - life in general
8. Blink 182 - Enema of the state
9. Bouncing souls - hopeless romantic
10. Reel big fish - turn off the radio

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

1. Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
2. Aquabats - the fury of the aquabats!
3. Less than Jake - losing streak
4.Weezer - Pinkerton
5. Rancid - ...and out come the wolves
6. Sublime - Sublime
7. MXPX - life in general
8. Blink 182 - Enema of the state
9. Bouncing souls - hopeless romantic
10. Reel big fish - turn off the radio

Nice list.
Dude Ranch to me is a really under-appreciated album. The production isn't great, and it would have been better with Travis Barker, but lyrically it is my favourite Blink album. Mark's song writing peaked during that era IMO (Waggy, Apple Shampoo, Lemmings, etc.).

 

[End on a Hinote]

In no particular order:

REM - Out of Time
REM - Automatic for the people
Nirvana - Never Mind
Nirvana - In Utero
Blue Rodeo - Casino
Blue Rodeo - 5 Days in July
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy up the Girl
Dr. Dre - 2001
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
Collective Soul - Collective Soul

 

[Chairman Maouth]

In no order.

Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
Blue Rodeo - Lost Together
R.E.M. - Out of Time
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad
Los Lobos - Kiko
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
Roger Waters - Amused to Death

 

[Nalens Oga]

8. Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic - The Sundays

f*** that was a good album that grew over time, their third one was even more consistent but didn't have the same quality of singles, I'd say they're both better than the Mazzy Star album listed before.

Very nice sound that band had, not quite Britpop, not quite jangle or dream pop, I've tried to find similar stuff but it's never as good. There was one 90s Kiwi band called The Magick Heads, female singer with a slightly similar voice too but nowhere near the same quality.

Most annoying thing about The Sundays though, is that after three albums, they just called it quits with no side projects or solo or anything, Harriet Wheeler hasn't sung in a release since '97.

 

[Baby Punisher]

In no particular order

God Smack-God Smack
Metallica-The Black Album
Pearl Jam-1o
Def Leppard-Slang
Tupac- All Eyez on me
Alice in Chains-Jar of Flies
Yanni- Live at the Acropolis
RHCP- Californication
Notorious B.I.G- Ready to Die
Bon Jovi-These Days
Pink Floyd- The Divison Bell

 

[Goldenshark]

In year of release order:

Depeche Mode - Violator (1990)
Metallica - Black Album (1991)
Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II (1991)
U2 - Achtung Baby (1991)
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears (1991)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (1993)
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
Metallica - Load (1996)
Depeche Mode - Ultra (1997)

Runner-ups:
Alice in Chains - Facelift (1990)
Queensryche - Empire (1990)
AC/DC - The Razor’s Edge (1990)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (1999)

 

[kihei]

1. My Bloody Valentine--Loveless
2. Portishead-Roseland NYC Live
3. Radiohead--OK Computer
4. Talk Talk--Laughing Stock
5. Bryan Ferry--As Time Goes By
6. Sigur Ros--Agaetis Byrjun
7. U2--Achtung Baby
8, Oasis--Be Here Now
9. The Stone Roses--The Stone Roses
10. Teenage Fanclub--Bandwagonesque

 

[Jumptheshark]

I think the only CD I have bought after 1990 have been the Green Day CDS

 

[TheBluePenguin]

The rest of my top ten albums have been posted numerous times EXCEPT

Everclear - Sparkle and Fade

The entire album is so much better than anything else the band ever did, I love it.

 

[HoseEmDown]

Nice list.
Dude Ranch to me is a really under-appreciated album. The production isn't great, and it would have been better with Travis Barker, but lyrically it is my favourite Blink album. Mark's song writing peaked during that era IMO (Waggy, Apple Shampoo, Lemmings, etc.).

It was the perfect album for a high school kid back then. Like you said the lyrics were top notch, didn't mind the production being poor, it was still 100 times better than Cheshire cat. Starting the album with Pathetic was just the perfect touch too, possibly my favorite song of there's.

 

[Babe Ruth]

The rest of my top ten albums have been posted numerous times EXCEPT

Everclear - Sparkle and Fade

Yeah, Everclear was good. I'm surprised So Much for the Afterglow hasn't been mentioned (unless I overlooked a post).
Helmet also had some good albums in the 9os; I don't think they've been referenced yet.

A conspicuous absence: Limp Bizkit. I hated 'em, but they sold a lot of albums. And I have a feeling some of u guys still have red Yankees caps languishing in your closets.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

In no order.

Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
Blue Rodeo - Lost Together
R.E.M. - Out of Time
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad
Los Lobos - Kiko
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
Roger Waters - Amused to Death

+1 for Concrete Blonde. Always loved Johnette's voice. Can't believe I forgot about them when making my list.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

+1 for Concrete Blonde. Always loved Johnette's voice. Can't believe I forgot about them when making my list.

Johnette has one of the sexiest voices ever.

I saw Concrete Blonde live at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Great show.

 

[frisco]

Maximum one per artist:

REM-Automatic For The People
Rick Springfield-Karma
The Church-Gold Afternoon Fix
Jackson Browne-I'm Alive
Queen-Innuendo
Journey-Trial By Fire
U2-Achtung Baby
Johnny Cash-American Recordings
Midnight Oil-Blue Sky Mining
Bruce Springsteen-The Ghost Of Tom Joad

My Best-Carey

 

[Acadmus]

+1 for Concrete Blonde. Always loved Johnette's voice. Can't believe I forgot about them when making my list.

I will say, her cover of The Carpenters' "Hurting Each Other" with Wall of Voodoo's Marc Moreland is amazing, while in many ways remaining true to The Carpenters' version of the song. It's on probably the greatest tribute album ever made, If I Were A Carpenter, from 1994. Only weak track on that album was Shonen Knife's cover of Top of the World...don't cover a song if you can't pronounce a letter in its title, it won't sound good.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Im going to add Faith no more to my list.