Favourite Seattle-Based ("grunge") Album (that wasn't Pearl Jam)

Badmotorfinger? Above? Dirt? Temple of the Dog? Apple? Superfuzz? Bleach? Nevermind? In Utero? Mirrorball? Rehab Doll?

There are countless others. But mine would be Above (Mad Season).

It's timeless. it's so original.
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  • jeffbrjeffbr Posts: 7,177
    My favorite is also Above - Mad Season. A close second is Sweet Oblivion - Screaming Trees.
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,513
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  • So, so many.
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  • So, so many.

    well, Chris, the idea of "favourite" is but ONE, not MANY. LOL
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  • ceskaceska Posts: 1,120
    Mark Lanegan - Scraps at Midnight.
    Whiskey for the Holy Ghost would be 1-B on that list.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,448
    Badmotorfinger

    followed by Whiskey For The Holy Ghost...
    then Above by Mad Season..then....
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  • RP112579RP112579 Posts: 3,381
    Soundgarden Superunknown
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  • Nirvana's Incesticide.

    It's a B side record but still one of my favs!
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,066
    Alice in Chains- Dirt

    I was more into the darker/heavier grunge stuff back then.
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  • Soundgarden Superunknown is my vote.
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  • Alice in Chains- Dirt

    I was more into the darker/heavier grunge stuff back then.

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  • Alice in Chains- Dirt

    I was more into the darker/heavier grunge stuff back then.

    yeah, if you had asked me back then, Dirt would have been my pick too. Sickman was on REPEAT. besides I Don't Know Anything, I didn't listen to Above that much at the time. But now, it's on constant rotation.
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  • could also add Singles Soundtrack to the mix. That one was on HEAVY rotation for a long time after it came out.
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  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,542
    Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion. I still play this a lot, it's a fantastic record
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  • InHiding80InHiding80 Posts: 7,623
    Superunknown
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,503
    For me it s the singles soundtrack then in utero.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,078
    In Utero. Or Nevermind.
  • Few "grunge" albums I like:
    Gruntruck - push
    Seaweed - Weak
    Mudhoney - Superfuzz...
    Screaming Trees - Uncle Anistesia

  • Having only rediscovered Above - Mad Season again after so long i would have to say this, however Badmotorfinger and TOTD are tied for 2nd place
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  • Badmotorfinger
  • 1) Superunknown
    2) Everything Alice In Chains ever did

    Now, don't everyone piss themselves at once with what I'm about to say, but... the rest of grunge fuckin sucks.
  • 1) Superunknown
    2) Everything Alice In Chains ever did

    Now, don't everyone piss themselves at once with what I'm about to say, but... the rest of grunge fuckin sucks.

    have you heard AIC's early tracks? they are glam metal. fun to listen to once, but awful as a catalog addition.

    that is a bold statement my friend. very, very bold. some would say big and bold.
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  • Wma31394Wma31394 Posts: 3,045

    Nirvana's Incesticide.

    It's a B side record but still one of my favs!

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  • Wow, tough question. So tough to bypass Facelift, Dirt, and Incesticide.

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  • ZodZod Posts: 10,590
    Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies

    I love that EP.

    Runners Up are:

    Soundgarden - Down on the Upside
    Nirvana Unplugged
    AIC Unplugged
    Nirvana Bleach
    AIC Tripod
  • No CoderNo Coder Posts: 1,126
    jeez, that is tough

    Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden would be my 1A
    and Dirt - AIC is 1B
    followed by Above - Mad Season
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me

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  • Probably "In Utero"... second would be "Jar Of Flies"
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  • tino_11tino_11 Posts: 2,127
    My top 5:

    1) Mad Season - Above
    2) Soundgarden - Superunknown
    3) AIC - Unplugged
    4) Mark Lanegan - Whiskey for the Holy Ghost
    5) AIC - Jar of Flies
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