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Top Ten albums of the 90's

traceysimpsontraceysimpson Posts: 326
edited October 2012 in Other Music
Morning everyone,

Been watching/listening to a countdown o\f 90's music this morning and it's got me thinking...

What are your Top 10 Albums of the 90's?...and why?....Go !! :)
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Choosing the shiny ones instead
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  • Bronx BombersBronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    Nevermind
    Vitalogy
    Ten
    The Bends
    Downward Spiral
    What's The Story Morning Glory
    Californication
    Siamese Dream
    Black Album
    Weezer Blue Album

    Could easily put vs, yield and no code on the list but I tried not to be too biased. :lol:
  • TyTy Posts: 1,007
    Vitalogy
    Vs
    Nevermind
    Blood Sugar
    The Downward Spiral
    Antichrist Superstar
    Mellon Collie
    Pinkerton
    OK Computer
    Amorica
    ...And Out Come The Wolves...
    Dookie
    New Adventures In Hi-Fi
    King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
    Use Your Illusion II
    36 Chambers
    Bone Machine
    Far Beyond Driven
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    Aenima
    Yield
    Vs
    No Code
    Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
    Soft Bulletin
    The Bends
    OK Computer
    BBC Sessions(Zep)
    Use Your Illusion
  • No CoderNo Coder Brisbane Posts: 1,126
    1.All Pearl Jam releases are at the top - may be a cop out for some- but true for me, would listen to any one of these before other albums
    2. Ok Computer - pure brilliance
    3. Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - captured everything they were trying to achieve
    4. Badmotorfinger - BADASS!!
    5. The Ghost of Tom Joad - Love Bruce in stripped back mode
    6. Vulgar Display of Power - Brutal!!
    7. Automatic for the People - Their best work IMO
    8. Battle of Los Angeles - Could be any of the first three RATM albums, but this one is played most for me
    9. Hourly Daily - You am I release the best Aussie album of the last 20 years - PERFECT album
    10. MTV unplugged - Nirvana - when this came out, I wasn't sure as Nivana for me was about raw heavy thud, but have grown to love this
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    1- Nirvana - Nevermind (does it really need an explanation, it broke down the door, it killed off shit rock, it defined a generation)

    2 - Pearl Jam - Ten (an amazingly crafted hard rock masterpiece that hits your heart)

    3 - Soundgarden - Superunknown (could easy be 1 or 2, such an artistic colossus)

    4 - Alice in Chains - Dirt (an amazing honest metal album)

    5- Tool - Aenima (amazing guitar, amazing lyrics, amazing vocals, a gem of metal)

    6- Green Day - Dookie (instant catchy classic that brought punk rock back to the mainstream and started countless imitators)

    7 - RATM - self titled (powerful rap metal with a message, kicks you in the face)

    8 - NIN - The Downward Spiral (amazing raw emotional lyrics with great sound)

    9 - Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (fantastic metal album, well crafted, brilliant)

    10 - Faith No More - Angel Dust (an epic alt-metal masterpiece, so diverse in style, amazing)


    So many other great albums omitted from the top 10!!!
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    ugh too hard

    Off the top of my head no particular order and noting this is my favs not the best or most "important" (aka yes no nirvana i liked them but never loved them like everyone else did)

    pearl jam- ten
    alice in chains- dirt
    kyuss- welcome to sky valley
    radiohead- ok computer
    neutral milk hotel- in an aeroplane over the sea
    tool- anemia
    smashing pumpkins- siamese dream
    modest mouse- oh lonesome crowded west
    neil young- harvest moon
    soundgarden-badmoterfinger
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
  • drlovemonkeydrlovemonkey Posts: 394
    PJ - Ten
    Live - Throwing Copper
    Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union
    Pantera - Vulgar Display
    Metallica - Black
    Days of the New - Orange
    Foo Fighters - the Colour & the Shape
    Local H - As Good as Dead
    Sublime - 40ozs to Freedom
    Queensryche - Empire
  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    I tried to rank them as best as I could, but this may not be 100%:
    1. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
    2. Pearl Jam - Yield
    3. Alice in Chains - Dirt
    4. Pearl Jam - Vs.
    5. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
    6. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
    7. Tool - Ænema
    8. Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
    9. Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
    10. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,548
    I tried to just pick one by each band (otherwise 5 of my top 10 would be PJ!):

    1. Afghan Whigs - Black Love
    2. Pearl Jam - Yield
    3. R.E.M. - New Adventures In HiFi
    4. Neil Young - Mirrorball
    5. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
    6. Sebadoh - Harmacy
    7. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
    8. Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion
    9. You Am I - Sound As Ever
    10. Mark Lanegan - Whiskey For The Holy Ghost

    It was too hard to stick to just 10 so I'll give an honourable mention to:

    11. Blind Melon - Soup
    12. Faith No More - Angel Dust
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,078
    i did one about 5-10 years ago on a another board then posted it on here

    viewtopic.php?f=9&t=173937

    but if i were to do a new one.... (rough draft)

    1. Pearl Jam- Ten
    2. Alice In Chains- Dirt
    3. Soundgarden- Superunknown
    4. Metallica- Metallica
    5. Nirvana- In Utero
    6. Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
    7. Rage Against The Machine- Battle Of Los Angeles
    8. Pearl Jam- Yield
    9. Tool- Aenima
    10. Foo Fighters- The Colour & The Shape
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    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
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    9/4/18- Boston, MA
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    In no particular order:

    Nirvana- Nevermind
    U2- Achtung Baby
    The Tragically Hip- Day for Night
    Pearl Jam- Yield
    Tom Waits- Mule Variations
    Buffalo Tom- Let Me Come Over
    Radiohead- The Bends
    Skydiggers- Restless
    R.E.M.- Automatic for the People
    The Lowest of the Low- Shakespeare My Butt

    honorable mentions:
    Bob Dylan- Time Out of Mind
    Morphine- Yes
    Black Crowes- Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
    Headstones- Teeth and Tissue
    Uncle Tupelo- Still Feel Gone
    Soundgarden- Superunknown
    Rheostatics- Whale Music
    Counting Crows- August and Everything After
    The Watchmen- McLaren Furnace Room
    Blue Rodeo- Five Days in July
    Spirit of the West- Faithlift
    Johnny Cash- American Recordings
    Midnight Oil- Earth and Sun and Moon
    Sugar- Copper Blue
    Matthew Good Band- Underdogs
    Hoodoo Gurus- Kinky
    Weeping Tile- Cold Snap
    Screaming Trees- Dust
    Radiohead- OK Computer
    Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
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    -Tom Waits
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Afghan Whigs - Black Love
    Pearl Jam - Vs
    Radiohead - The Bends
    Temple Of The Dog - TOTD
    Soundgarden - Superunknown
    NIN - The Downward Spiral
    R.E.M - Automatic For The People
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
    Alice In Chains - Dirt
    Hole - Live Through This
  • veddertownveddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    PJ - Vitalogy
    Black Crowes - Southern Harmony....
    PJ - No Code
    REM - New Adventures....
    Tom Waits - Mule Variations
    Black Crowes - Amorica
    Tool - Aenima
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
    Radiohead - OK Computer
    Alice In Chains - Dirt
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    Pearl Jam - TEN
    Pearl Jam - VS
    The Cure - Wish
    Alice In Chains - Dirt
    R.E.M - Automatic for the People
    Metallica - Black
    Radiohead - OK Computer
    Nirvana - Nevermind
    RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
    U2 - Achtung Baby
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  • Perry NeumPerry Neum Vienna, Austria Posts: 856
    Pearl Jam - No Code
    Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
    dEUS - In A Bar Under The Sea
    Radiohead - OK Computer
    Massive Attack - Mezzanine
    Fiona Apple - When The Pawn Hits The Conflict................
    Rage Against The Machine
    Faith No More - Angel Dust
    Portishead
    NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - Weld


    so much good music in the 90s, especially the first half!
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Pearl Jam - Ten
    Temple of the Dog
    Headstones - Picture of Health
    Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
    Alice In Chains - Dirt
    Nirvana - Nevermind
    Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie
    I Mother Earth - Scenery and Fish
    Hole - Live Through This
    Mad Season - Above

    Top Local Releases:
    Watchmen - In The Trees
    The New Meanies - Three Seeds
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Nothing new here:

    Rage Against the Machine Self-titled
    Pearl Jam 10
    Pearl Jam Vs
    Nirvana Nevermind
    Soundgarden Badmotorfinger
    Alice in Chains Dirt
    Tool Aenima
    Metallica The Black Album
    U2 Achtung Baby
    Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication
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  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    *In no desearnable order:
    But the reason why is that I Grad'd in '96 and believe that "Music is
    the soundtrack to our lives."

    Nirvana-Nevermind
    Nirvana-Unplugged
    Blind Melon-ST
    STP-Core
    Pearl Jam-Ten
    Pearl Jam-VS
    NIN-Downward Spiral
    Alice in Chains-Dirt
    Radiohead-The Bends
    Tool-Aenima

    Runners up:(Once again no order)
    Blind Melon-Soup
    Alice in Chains-Jar of Flies
    Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West
    Silverchair-Frogstomp
    Tool-Opiate or Undertow
    Soundgarden-SuperUknown
    Bush-Sixteen Stone
    Dave Mathews Band-Crash
    Seven Mary Three-American Standard
    The Tea Party-Splendor Solis,Transmisson(Both Killer)
    Foo Fighters-ST,Color and the Shape
    Rage Against the Machine-ST

    and you know what the first two Colective Soul albums
    Hints Allegations and Things left Unsaid and the ST.

    Would be sweet if they released these on Vinyl!!
    or the SM3
    Good Thread!
    I could go on and on... :D
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    -Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
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    -Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24

  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    Pearl Jam - Ten
    Temple of the Dog
    Headstones - Picture of Health
    Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
    Alice In Chains - Dirt
    Nirvana - Nevermind
    Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie
    I Mother Earth - Scenery and Fish
    Hole - Live Through This
    Mad Season - Above

    Top Local Releases:
    Watchmen - In The Trees
    The New Meanies - Three Seeds


    Good call with the I Mother Earth!
    I like the Dig album as well.
    So Gently we Go..... ;)
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    -Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
    -Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
    -Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24

  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    Perry Neum wrote:
    Pearl Jam - No Code
    Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
    dEUS - In A Bar Under The Sea
    Radiohead - OK Computer
    Massive Attack - Mezzanine
    Fiona Apple - When The Pawn Hits The Conflict................
    Rage Against The Machine
    Faith No More - Angel Dust
    Portishead
    NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - Weld


    so much good music in the 90s, especially the first half!

    Massive Attack - Mezzanine
    Brilliant,Great Album!!
    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/21/9 -Vancouver,B.C-Rogers Arena-12/4/13 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/6/24
    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
    -Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
    -Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
    -Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24

  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Another album that was a personal favourite of mine was Our Lady Peace's 'Naveed'. Worthy of top 10 status.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    Another album that was a personal favourite of mine was Our Lady Peace's 'Naveed'. Worthy of top 10 status.

    Good one!
    RHCP- Blood Sugar Sex Magic
    or Smashing Pumpkins -Siamese Dreams

    Or
    the Tragically Hip albums
    Road Apples,Fully Completley,Day for Night
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    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
    -Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
    -Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
    -Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24

  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    RobbyD462 wrote:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    Another album that was a personal favourite of mine was Our Lady Peace's 'Naveed'. Worthy of top 10 status.

    Good one!
    RHCP- Blood Sugar Sex Magic
    or Smashing Pumpkins -Siamese Dreams

    Or
    the Tragically Hip albums
    Road Apples,Fully Completley,Day for Night

    "Tom Thompson came paddling past. I'm pretty sure it was him."

    3 Pistols.

    Awesome.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • why now u dont bitchingwhy now u dont bitching Posts: 248
    Pearl Jam - any one of them...I can't really decide.
    Sick Of It All - Built To Last [beats out Scratch the Surface by a little bit. best hardcore band]
    Rage Against The Machine - Self Titled [this was AMAZING when it came out and it's still uniqely awesome]
    Weezer - The Blue Album [not really a Weezer fan, but LOVED this when it came out...and still do]
    H2O - Self Titled [different sound from the NY hardcore I was used to, but one of my favorite bands til this day]
    Earth Crisis - Destroy The Machines [i just liked it]
    Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle [is, and always will be, my favorite rap album]
    Snapcase - Steps [it's only a 4 song EP, but I love it so much. These guys were awesome.]
    Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash [love them, half these songs among my favorite Social D songs]
    Mushmouth - Out To Win [my local hardcore band and this album was brutal. love these guys]
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  • bluegracebluegrace Posts: 2,357
    In no special order:

    Nirvana Nevermind
    Pearl Jam Ten
    Alice in Chains Dirt
    Kate Bush The Red Shoes
    Jeff Buckley Grace
    Massive Attack Mezzanine
    U2 Achtung Baby
    Nirvana Unplugged
    Portishead
    Radiohead The Bends

    Hounorable mention:
    Swedish band Kent, Verkligen
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    Another album that was a personal favourite of mine was Our Lady Peace's 'Naveed'. Worthy of top 10 status.

    Awesome album!
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,531
    Pearl Jam 'Ten'
    Pearl Jam 'Vs'
    Nirvana 'Nevermind'
    Counting Crows 'August and Everything After'
    REM 'Automatic for the People'
    Singles Sountrack

    and no love for these?
    Green Day 'Dookie'
    Alannis Morisette 'Jagged Little Pill'
    Spin Doctors 'Pocket Full of Kryptonite'
    Cranberries - 'No Need to Argue'
  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    pjhawks wrote:
    Pearl Jam 'Ten'
    Pearl Jam 'Vs'
    Nirvana 'Nevermind'
    Counting Crows 'August and Everything After'
    REM 'Automatic for the People'
    Singles Sountrack

    and no love for these?
    Green Day 'Dookie'
    Alannis Morisette 'Jagged Little Pill'
    Spin Doctors 'Pocket Full of Kryptonite'
    Cranberries - 'No Need to Argue'

    I feel the same about Chumbawumba and Savage Garden.lol
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    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
    -Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
    -Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
    -Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24

  • YardenYarden Posts: 820
    PJ - No Code
    Pixies - Bossanova
    Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
    The Breeders - Last Splash
    Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly
    Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
    Nirvana - In Utero
  • curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 3,988
    Too tired to make a top ten right now, but the best album of the 90's, in my not so humble opinion, is "Achtung Baby." Nothing else comes close.
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