Music: What are your Top 10 Nineties Albums?

[Terry Yake]

no order

All Eyez on Me-2pac
Dirt-Alice in Chains
Batmotorfinger-Soundgarden
Superunkown-Soundgarden
Dookie-Green Day
Undertow-Tool
Blood Sugar Sex Magik-RHCP
Blue Album-Weezer
RATM-RATM

Honorable Mention:

Enema of the State-Blink 182
Third Eye Blind-Third Eye Blind
Ten-Pearl Jam
Aenima-Tool

 

[forsbergavs32]

1. Metallica - Load
2. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
3. White Zombie - La Sexorcisto
4. Korn - Korn
5. Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
6.Testament - The Gathering
7Metallica - Reload
8. Alice In Chains - Dirt
9. Tool - Aenema
10. Megadeth - Cryptic Writings

 

[Stylizer1]

A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Nas - Illmatic
Wu Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
Gangstarr - Hard To Earn
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
Blackstar - Mos Def & Talib Qweli are Blackstar
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's most wanted
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Snoop Dog - Doggystyle
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Souls of Mischief - 93 till Infinity
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

 

[Chubbinz]

No particular order

Soundgarden- Superunknown
Mr-Bungle- Mr. Bungle
Tool- Undertow
Nirvana- Cant pick a favorite
Faith No More- Can't pick a favorite
Alice in Chains- Dirt
Opeth- My Arms Your Hearse
Clutch- The Elephant Riders
Enslaved -Blodhemn
The Melvins - Houdini
Failure- Fantastic Planet

Edit: Can't believe I forgot Primus... Yet another band I really can't decide on a favorite album.

Edit #2: Way over 10 at this point but Acid Bath- When the Kite String Pops absolutely deserves a mention

 

[Babe Ruth]

Alice in Chains- Dirt

Failure- Fantastic Planet

Good list..
Dirt is in my decade' Top Ten. I don't think Fantastic Planet makes my list, but Failure's Magnified would..
Thru the mid 9os, I kept expecting Failure to have a break-out single, or album, but they never really did.. they were one of the best (& most underappreciated) rock bands of that era..

 

[Chubbinz]

Good list..
Dirt is in my decade' Top Ten. I don't think Fantastic Planet makes my list, but Failure's Magnified would..
Thru the mid 9os, I kept expecting Failure to have a break-out single, or album, but they never really did.. they were one of the best (& most underappreciated) rock bands of that era..

Yeah I certainly agree with them being one of the most underappreciated bands of that era. I saw them live a couple times and they put on a fanstastic show. Another album I almost put on the list from another greatly underappreciated band is Freak Show by Silverchair. Check that out if you haven't given it a listen yet.

 

[Desdichado93]

In no specific order:

Queen - Innuendo
Gamma Ray - Land of the Free.
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbours
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Roxette - Joyride
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II

 

[Babe Ruth]

I saw Failure live a couple times and they put on a fanstastic show. Another album I almost put on the list from another greatly underappreciated band is Freak Show by Silverchair. Check that out..

Cool. I never saw Failure in concert. But I did see Edwards' post-Failure group Autolux. It was early 2ooos, at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. Don't think they had even released a debut album yet..

I have to plead some ignorance on Silverchair. I really only remember their one huge single. I should give them a comprehensive listen. (Peace)

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Ben Folds Five - Self Titled
The Semantics - Powerbill
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Weezer - Pinkerton
Elliott Smith - Self Titled
Portishead - Dummy
Green Day - Dookie
Radiohead - OK Computer
Nirvana - In Utero
Adam Daniel - Blue Pop

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).

I have to say that seeing some love for Teenage Fanclub in this thread is really giving me the feels

Any TF and Matthew Sweet fans should definitely check out two of the above albums (if they haven't already), Spilt Milk by Jellfyfish and especially Powerbill by The Semantics, the latter of which is power pop perfection.

And Grand Prix is my favorite TF album, since we're sharing

 

[Acadmus]

I have to start earlier than #10, sorry. The order is what I had on besteveralbums.com, where I was 90s-heavy, though as I'm making this list I dropped a couple 90s albums to much lower on the chart as I no longer am of the thought they deserved the ranking I gave them. The whole damn thing could be different if I really took time to analyze it.

59. 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... - Arrested Development
58. Second Coming - Stone Roses
57. Saturation - Urge Overkill
56. Resident Alien - Spacehog
55. Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement
54. Pocket Full of Kryptonite - Spin Doctors
53. Too High to Die - Meat Puppets
52. Jubilee - Grant Lee Buffalo
51. Coming Up - Suede
50. Pisces Iscariot - Smashing Pumpkins
49. Sixteen Stone - Bush
48. Modern Life is Rubbish - Blur
47. Kerosene Hat - Cracker
46. Copperopolis - Grant Lee Buffalo
45. Random - Various artists
44. Brighten the Corners - Pavement
43. Flood - They Might Be Giants
42. Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - The Black Crowes
41. Like Cats and Dogs - Catherine Wheel
40. Star - Belly
39. The Man Who - Travis
38. OK Computer - Radiohead
37. Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
36. Weezer - Weezer
35. Liquidizer - Jesus Jones
34. Villains - The Verve Pipe
33. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
32. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
31. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
30. Deluxe - Better Than Ezra
29. Automatic For the People - R.E.M.
28. Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo
27. The Great Escape - Blur
26. Let Your Dim Light Shine - Soul Asylum
25. On - Echobelly
24. Laid - James
23. Dos Dedos Mi Amigos - Pop Will Eat Itself
22. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
21. Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne
20. New Miserable Experience - Gin Blossoms
19. Songs of Faith and Devotion - Depeche Mode
18. The Gray Race - Bad Religion
17. Ultra - Depeche Mode
16. Out of Time - R.E.M.
15. Grave Dancers Union - Soul Asylum
14. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
13. Stranger Than Fiction - Bad Religion
12. Adam and Eve - Catherine Wheel
11. Doubt - Jesus Jones

and, for the on-topic portion:
10. Ten - Pearl Jam
9. The Bends - Radiohead
8. Violator - Depeche Mode
7. Might Joe Moon - Grant Lee Buffalo
6. Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet
5. Happy Days - Catherine Wheel
4. If I Were A Carpenter - Various Artists
3. Altered Beast - Matthew Sweet
2. Perverse - Jesus Jones
1. Chrome - Cathering Wheel

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Ben Folds Five - Self Titled
The Semantics - Powerbill
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Weezer - Pinkerton
Elliott Smith - Self Titled
Portishead - Dummy
Green Day - Dookie
Radiohead - OK Computer
Nirvana - In Utero
Adam Daniel - Blue Pop





Any TF and Matthew Sweet fans should definitely check out two of the above albums (if they haven't already), Spilt Milk by Jellfyfish and especially Powerbill by The Semantics, the latter of which is power pop perfection.

And Grand Prix is my favorite TF album, since we're sharing

Same here. It's a perfect album in my book, earning the much coveted "10 star rating" from "Gordon Lightfoot".

 

[Our Lady Peace]

Good list..
Dirt is in my decade' Top Ten. I don't think Fantastic Planet makes my list, but Failure's Magnified would..
Thru the mid 9os, I kept expecting Failure to have a break-out single, or album, but they never really did.. they were one of the best (& most underappreciated) rock bands of that era..

Dirt and Jar of Flies are great and a tie for me. Alice in Chains are rightfully regarded as a pioneer of grunge, and a monumental one at that.

Failure is amazing. I loved the grungy space rock they brought to the table. They really did get overlooked. Crazy how they took a 17 year hiatus and are now back at it.