The Best Albums of the 90's

Evenflow8112

In my view, these are the ten most powerful, important, and simply monolithic albums from the 90's. Feel free to show me you iterations and lists - all feedback welcomed, I honestly just felt like writing this in a moment of inspiration

10. Nas - Illmatic

9.U2 - Achtung Baby

8. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

7. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The 36 Chambers

6. Weezer - Blue

5. Nirvana - Nevermind

4. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die

3. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

2. Pearl Jam - Ten

1. Radiohead - OK Computer

rummy

Evenflow8112 said:

In my view, these are the ten most powerful, important, and simply monolithic albums from the 90's. Feel free to show me you iterations and lists - all feedback welcomed, I honestly just felt like writing this in a moment of inspiration

10. Nas - Illmatic

9.U2 - Achtung Baby

8. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

7. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The 36 Chambers

6. Weezer - Blue

5. Nirvana - Nevermind

4. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die

3. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

2. Pearl Jam - Ten

1. Radiohead - OK Computer

Nice list...admittedly I'm not that into rap/hip hop (but respect it's place in music history).

I'd (somewhat objectively) go with:

1. Radiohead - OK Computer 
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. U2 - Achtung Baby
4. Pearl Jam - Ten
5. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
6. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
7. Green Day - Dookie
8. Soundgarden - Superunknown
9. Weezer - Blue
10. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People 

I could have included more PJ, Nirvana, Oasis, and RH (and AIC's Dirt) but stuck to one album per artist.

F Me In The Brain

Some good ones in there.

Keeping @ 1 per artist, and not based on anyone else's Best list, just what I liked the best:

10.  Slaughter - Stick It To Ya

9.  Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

8.  Nirvana - Incesticide
7.  Ween - Pure Guava
6.  Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
5.  Morphine - Cure for Pain
4.  Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

3.  Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange

2.  Faith No More - Angel Dust

1.  Pearl Jam - Ten

I realized that I could list about 25 (1 per artist) that I love, so hard.

I left out many metal albums but had to sneak Slaughter in there.  I know there is not a lot of love for hair metal on this board but I have been blaring that album in heavy rotation for about a month and I love it.

Olivavu

Why do people keep putting these threads in a Pearl Jam section of the forum? This should be in Other Music. 

Evenflow8112

Oh come on, it's harmless fun ranking. And plus, it is Pearl Jam related - who here isn't listing Ten?

F Me In The Brain

Forum Cops make the world go 'round

GP179117

IMHO.......In Utero is way better than Nevermind

F Me In The Brain

GP179117 said:

IMHO.......In Utero is way better than Nevermind

Cool, pop that one in your list.  I put an album other than Nevermind for Nirvana as well.

faithful2you

F Me In The Brain said:

Some good ones in there.

Keeping @ 1 per artist, and not based on anyone else's Best list, just what I liked the best:

10.  Slaughter - Stick It To Ya

9.  Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

8.  Nirvana - Incesticide
7.  Ween - Pure Guava
6.  Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
5.  Morphine - Cure for Pain
4.  Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

3.  Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange

2.  Faith No More - Angel Dust

1.  Pearl Jam - Ten

I realized that I could list about 25 (1 per artist) that I love, so hard.

I left out many metal albums but had to sneak Slaughter in there.  I know there is not a lot of love for hair metal on this board but I have been blaring that album in heavy rotation for about a month and I love it.

HAHAHA....I just threw in some Slaughter on my gym playlist, haven't listened to any of it in YEARS.  Saw them a couple times in '89-'90 and it brought back a lot of memories.   They sounded good live.  

KC138045

In no particular order

Pearl Jam - Ten
Alice In Chains - Facelift
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Metallica - Black Album
Rage Against The Machine - Self Titled
Nirvana - Nevermind
Live - Throwing Copper
Dr. Dre - The Cronic
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

PJNB

Not necessarily the best but what I listened to most

Tool - Ænima 
GNR- Use You Illusions I + II
Live - Throwing Copper
Pearl Jam - Ten -----> Yield with everything in between
Nirvana - Unplugged in NY 
Radiohead - The Bends and OK Computer
Rage Against the Machine - All Albums from the 90's

rummy

GP179117 said:

IMHO.......In Utero is way better than Nevermind

I tend to agree but it'd be hard to argue that it is more influential.

rummy

faithful2you said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Some good ones in there.

Keeping @ 1 per artist, and not based on anyone else's Best list, just what I liked the best:

10.  Slaughter - Stick It To Ya

9.  Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

8.  Nirvana - Incesticide
7.  Ween - Pure Guava
6.  Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
5.  Morphine - Cure for Pain
4.  Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

3.  Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange

2.  Faith No More - Angel Dust

1.  Pearl Jam - Ten

I realized that I could list about 25 (1 per artist) that I love, so hard.

I left out many metal albums but had to sneak Slaughter in there.  I know there is not a lot of love for hair metal on this board but I have been blaring that album in heavy rotation for about a month and I love it.

HAHAHA....I just threw in some Slaughter on my gym playlist, haven't listened to any of it in YEARS.  Saw them a couple times in '89-'90 and it brought back a lot of memories.   They sounded good live.  

I always liked "Fly To The Angels." Is that the "prototype" or "stereotypical" Slaughter song?

Evenflow8112

Honestly, I dislike the word "influential" in regards to music. I've never listened to an album and thought "Oh wow, this is so influential. I enjoy it so much more now."

Tim Simmons

True, but you can go back (especially now 20 years later) and see how certain albums started something. 

faithful2you

rummy said:

faithful2you said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Some good ones in there.

Keeping @ 1 per artist, and not based on anyone else's Best list, just what I liked the best:

10.  Slaughter - Stick It To Ya

9.  Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

8.  Nirvana - Incesticide
7.  Ween - Pure Guava
6.  Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
5.  Morphine - Cure for Pain
4.  Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

3.  Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange

2.  Faith No More - Angel Dust

1.  Pearl Jam - Ten

I realized that I could list about 25 (1 per artist) that I love, so hard.

I left out many metal albums but had to sneak Slaughter in there.  I know there is not a lot of love for hair metal on this board but I have been blaring that album in heavy rotation for about a month and I love it.

HAHAHA....I just threw in some Slaughter on my gym playlist, haven't listened to any of it in YEARS.  Saw them a couple times in '89-'90 and it brought back a lot of memories.   They sounded good live.  

I always liked "Fly To The Angels." Is that the "prototype" or "stereotypical" Slaughter song?

It's the stereotypical power ballad from 80's hair bands.   

faithful2you

Top ten, in no order:

Soundgarden  -  Superunknown
RHCP  -  BloodSugarSexMagic
Metallica  -  Black
Jane's Addiction  -  Ritual de lo Habitual
Alanis Morissette  -  Jagged Little Pill
Pearl Jam  -  Ten
Snoop  -  Doggy Style
Tom Petty  -  Wildflowers
Pearl Jam  -  Vs
Rage Against the Machine  -  Self titled

Honorable Mention:
Beck  -  Odelay
2Pac  -  All Eyez On Me
Candlebox  -  DAMIT, I forgot

lotsalemon

I'd add the following:

Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo habitual 
Candlebox (self-titled)
Rage Against The Machine (self-titled)
Tool - Undertow

tinz.

1. Nirvana - Nevermind - how could anything beat this album? 
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - probably the best complete but maybe not the most powerful.
3. Pearl Jam - Ten
4. Nirvana - In Utero
5. Pearl Jam - Yield (only because this is my favorite album)
6. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
7. Oasis - Whats the Story Morning Glory
8. Soundgarden - Superunkown
9. Green Day - Dookie
10. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

thispureamericanriot

F Me In The Brain

rummy said:

faithful2you said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Some good ones in there.

Keeping @ 1 per artist, and not based on anyone else's Best list, just what I liked the best:

10.  Slaughter - Stick It To Ya

9.  Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

8.  Nirvana - Incesticide
7.  Ween - Pure Guava
6.  Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
5.  Morphine - Cure for Pain
4.  Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

3.  Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange

2.  Faith No More - Angel Dust

1.  Pearl Jam - Ten

I realized that I could list about 25 (1 per artist) that I love, so hard.

I left out many metal albums but had to sneak Slaughter in there.  I know there is not a lot of love for hair metal on this board but I have been blaring that album in heavy rotation for about a month and I love it.

HAHAHA....I just threw in some Slaughter on my gym playlist, haven't listened to any of it in YEARS.  Saw them a couple times in '89-'90 and it brought back a lot of memories.   They sounded good live.  

I always liked "Fly To The Angels." Is that the "prototype" or "stereotypical" Slaughter song?

I don't think so, but as pointed out that is the model hair band ballad. 

It is one of my least favorite on the record, although I do like it.

I would say this is more typical. 

https://youtu.be/2QsZOTIs_Hc

lolobugg

My Top Ten List:

Pearl Jam- Vs.

Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream

Public Enemy- Fear of a Black Planet

Nirvana- In Utero

Pavement- Wowee Zowee

REM- New Adventures in Hi-Fi

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion- Orange

Shudder to Think- Pony Express Record

Soundgarden- Superunknown

Radiohead- the Bends

no particular order. just my 10 faves. 1 per artist.

almost made the list- Blind Melon- Soup, STP- Purple, U2-Actung Baby, Counting Crows- Recovering the Satellites, DMB- Before These Crowded Streets, Beck- Odelay.  as well as other albums by the artists already in the Top 10.

this shit is difficult.

pjhawks

1 - Ten
2 - Nevermind
3 - Achtung Baby
4 - VS
5 - August and Everything After
6 - Jagged Little Pill
7 - The Slim Shady LP
8 - Automatic for the People
9 - Blood Sugar Sex Magix
10 - Dookie

F Me In The Brain

Another Pavement and JSBX vote.  I knew you would have them in there if you made a list!

Wowee Zowee is your favorite?  I love it but I cannot top Slanted.

lolobugg

F Me In The Brain said:

Another Pavement and JSBX vote.  I knew you would have them in there if you made a list!

Wowee Zowee is your favorite?  I love it but I cannot top Slanted.

when i bought it in 1995, it took me about a month to understand it.. but it became a must have on long drives. perfect mix of mellow and rocking.

F Me In The Brain

lolobugg said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Another Pavement and JSBX vote.  I knew you would have them in there if you made a list!

Wowee Zowee is your favorite?  I love it but I cannot top Slanted.

when i bought it in 1995, it took me about a month to understand it.. but it became a must have on long drives. perfect mix of mellow and rocking.

Agree on the time to digest.  2 friends were heads over heels about Slanted and after a while of listening to it with them I fell in love.

JSBX, on the other hand?  First time I heard it I knew I had to hear more!

lolobugg

F Me In The Brain said:

lolobugg said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Another Pavement and JSBX vote.  I knew you would have them in there if you made a list!

Wowee Zowee is your favorite?  I love it but I cannot top Slanted.

when i bought it in 1995, it took me about a month to understand it.. but it became a must have on long drives. perfect mix of mellow and rocking.

Agree on the time to digest.  2 friends were heads over heels about Slanted and after a while of listening to it with them I fell in love.

JSBX, on the other hand?  First time I heard it I knew I had to hear more!

Blues explosion and Pavement pretty much got me thru the first half of 1997. (ON record and in concert) That was a shitty year for music until OK Computer was released.  I wore out my JSBX tape to the point that you couldn't read the song listings anymore.

timdwilli

One addition I don't think I saw above...

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

Evenflow8112

^ Low End Theory was a close runner-up

intodeep

Today i choose these in no particular order. Ask me again tomorrow and two to four could slide out in favor of others. 

Pearl Jam- Ten
Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
Radiohead -Ok Computer
Tool- Aenima
Red Hot Chili Peppers-Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Neutral Milk Hotel- In an Aeroplane over the Sea
Modest Mouse- The Lonesome Crowded West
Weezer- Blue
Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin 
Metallica- Black Album

rummy

Evenflow8112 said:

Honestly, I dislike the word "influential" in regards to music. I've never listened to an album and thought "Oh wow, this is so influential. I enjoy it so much more now."

I get what you are saying but Nevermind was a game changer. I remember being floored the first time I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit. For what it's worth, I never need to hear that tune again for as long as I live and prefer In Utero.