The Best Albums of the 90's

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.

rummy

I maybe should have included RHCP's BSSM in my list.

rummy

intodeep said:

Neutral Milk Hotel- In an Aeroplane over the Sea

I only recently discovered this album. It's great!

brookelily

Achtung Baby
Ten
Nevermind
The Chronic
Superunknown
Wildflowers
Purple
Californication
Automatic For The People
Vs

ed243421

10. REM - automatic for the people
9. Beastie boys - check your head
8. Tie - Sublime - sublime & 40oz to freedom
7. Public enemy - fear of a black planet
6. Stevie Ray Vaughn - live in the beginning 
5. Jane’s addiction - ritual de lo habitual
4. A tribe called quest - low end theory 
3. Tie - Alice in chains - alice in chains
             Nirvana - in utero
              Soundgarden - down on the upside
              Local H - as good as dead
2. Tie - Nirvana - nevermind
             Soundgarden - badmotorfinger
             STP - tiny music
1. Tie - PJ - no code
                  - yield
                  - vitalogy
                   - vs
                    - ten
             Tool - aenima
             Soundgarden - superunknown
             Alice In Chains - jar of flies
             STP - purple
             Nirvana - incesticide

Evenflow8112

One reason I hate "influence" in musical discussions (by the way my computer isn't letting me quote, which is why I'm using arrows and responding indirectly) is that it is used in a biased fashion usually - ex: Nirvana is cited as heralding the return of real rock to the radio, but Pearl Jam is often given a lot of undue credit for the existence of bands like Creed, Nickelback etc. So basically critics use influence to their own ends - on one end to celebrate the bands they prefer and on the other to punish bands for the actions of other bands way outside of their control, almost assigning blame to certain artists for unfortunate musical trends. That's another reason I generally dislike the term.

lolobugg

rummy said:

intodeep said:

Neutral Milk Hotel- In an Aeroplane over the Sea

I only recently discovered this album. It's great!

I forgot about this record. I played this thing to death from 1998-2000.

Evenflow8112

Albums that could have made my list but missed by a hair:

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane over the Sea
ATCQ - Low End Theory
Weezer - Pinkerton
Green Day - Dookie

REM - Automatic For The People

Outkast - Aquemini

Dr Dre - The Chronic

Soundgarden - Superunknown

PJ_Soul

rummy said:

intodeep said:

Neutral Milk Hotel- In an Aeroplane over the Sea

I only recently discovered this album. It's great!

It's SO good!! I definitely have this in my best albums of the 90s list as well.

HesCalledDyer

Just to throw some contenders out there:

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Weezer - (Blue album)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Californication

Dr. Dre - The Chronic

Nine Inch Nails - The Downard Spiral and The Fragile

Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

R.E.M. - Automatic for the People and Monster

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend

Green Day  - Dookie

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue

Oasis - Definitely, Maybe

The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

Janet Jackson - Janet

lolobugg

HesCalledDyer said:

Just to throw some contenders out there:

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Weezer - (Blue album)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Californication

Dr. Dre - The Chronic

Nine Inch Nails - The Downard Spiral and The Fragile

Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

R.E.M. - Automatic for the People and Monster

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend

Green Day  - Dookie

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue

Oasis - Definitely, Maybe

The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

Janet Jackson - Janet

oh shit. I forgot about Liz Phair too- Exile and Whipsmart are up there for me too. as well as Wilco- Summerteeth.

damn, this is impossible to narrow down to 10.