The top 98 albums of the 90's

jhawk98

Quite a while back I created a thread where I ranked all of the albums I own from 2000-now based on ranking all the songs on the albums on my Ipod (1 star-5 stars). After ranking the songs I added up all the ratings to come up with a total album score and then divided that number by the total possible score for that album (all songs ranked a 5). Kind of a nerdy thing to do, I would agree, but ranking songs makes the time on an airplane just fly by, believe me.

So now I've done the same thing for all the album's I own from the 90's. I look back very fondly on that decade's music. I was in high school as the decade started and then went on to college for the middle to late part, so these albums hold a lot of great memories for me, as I'm sure they do to many of you. Okay I'll shut up, and show you my list already....

98.Sex Packets -Digital Underground
97.Cadillacs, Ponytails, & Dirty Dreams -Arthur Dodge & The Horsefeathers
96.Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
95.Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys
94.Urban Hyms - The Verve
93.The Globe Sessions - Sheryl Crow
92.3 Years,5 Months,& 2 Days In The Life Of - Arrested Development
91.Fairweather Johnson - Hootie & The Blowfish
90.Adore - Smashing Pumpkins

89.C'mon Feel The Lemonheads - The Lemonheads
88.Let It Leak - Tenderloin
87.Harmacy - Sebadoh
86.To The Faithfully Departed - The Cranberries
85.Bakesale - Sebadoh
84.Death Certificate - Ice Cube
83.Diva - Annie Lennox
82.3 Snakes & 1 Charm - The Black Crowes
81.Big Red Letter Day - Buffalo Tom
80.The Chronic - Dr. Dre

79.Cracked Rear View - Hootie & The Blowfish
78.Pinkerton - Weezer
77.Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
76.Exit The Dragon - Urge Overkill
75.Recovering The Sattelites - Counting Crows
74.WhiteChocolateSpaceEgg - Liz Phair
73.1st Band On The Moon - The Cardigans
72.Midnight Vultures - Beck
71.The Carnival - Wyclef Jean
70.Terror Twilight - Pavement

69.Core - Stone Temple Pilots
68.Superunkown - Soundgarden
67.She's The One - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
66.Kerosene Hat - Cracker
65.Yield - Pearl Jam
64.Ten Summoner's Tales - Sting
63.Whip Smart - Liz Phair
62.Mirrorball - Neil Young
61.Wide Swing Tremelo - Son Volt
60.One Hot Minute - Red Hot Chili Peppers

59.Mezzanine - Massive Attack
58.Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
57.Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet
56.Tomorrow The Green Grass - The Jayhawks
55.Do You Want More - The Roots
54.The Colour & The Shape - Foo Fighters
53.By Your Side
52.Post - Bjork
51.In Utero - Nirvana
50.Califronication - RHCP

49.Automatic For The People - REM
48.Crash - Dave Matthews Band
47.Piesces Isceriot - Smashing Pumpkins
46.Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
45.From The Cradle - Eric Clapton
44.The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
43.Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
42.Dummy - Portishead
41.File Under Easy Listening - Sugar
40.Blind Melon - Blind Melon

39.Harvest Moon - Neil Young
38.Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
37.No Depression - Uncle Tupelo
36.A.M. - Wilco
35.Gish - Smashing Pumpkins
34.Mutations - Beck
33.Joe Cool's Blues - Wynton & Ellis Marsalis
32.Still Feel Gone - Uncle Tupelo
31.Mother's Milk - RHCP ( This one actually came out in '88. oops.)
30.Lethal Injection - Ice Cube

29.Straight Outta Compton - NWA (This one also came out in '88. oops again.)
28.Grace - Jeff Buckley
27.Before These Crowded Streets - Dave Matthews Band
26.Straightaways - Son Volt
25.Whatever & Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five
24.August & Everything After - Counting Crows
23.Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
22.Odelay - Beck
21.Nevermind - Nirvana
20.BloodSugarSexMagik - RHCP

19.Saturation - Urge Overkill
18.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (forgot this one originally, but it can take the place of NWA)
18.Summerteeth - Wilco
17.No Code - Pearl Jam
16.Unchained - Johnny Cash
15.Check Your Head - Beastie Boys
14.OK Computer - Radiohead
13.Anodyne - Uncle Tupelo
12.Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 1 - Billy Bragg & Wilco
11.The Bends - Radiohead

10.Jar Of Flies - Alice In Chains
09.Wildflowers - Tom Petty
08.March 16-20 1992 - Uncle Tupelo
07.Being There - Wilco
06.The Blue Album - Weezer
05.The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion - The Black Crowes
04.Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
03.Vs. - Pearl Jam
02.Trace - Son Volt
01.Amorica - The Black Crowes

brhf9

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spnkri

Wow, someone has the same musical taste as I do! No, I'm serious. I have almost all of those albums you listed-now I'm going to have to check out some of the others.

But you didn't list any U2 - I think that that's the only reason you and I can't be in a serious relationship together, and because of the fact that I have a suspicion that you might be a guy, and I'm a guy.

brhf9

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Echoes

a few comments

NWA was 1988
Built To Spill
Sonic Youth
Pavement's two best albums
Loveless
Laughing Stock
F#A#infinity
Spiderland
Aeroplane Over The Sea
Pinkerton was way better than Blue
Metal

Other than that, not the worst list I've seen. Interesting choice for #1

chris3

Cool list......It's always great seeing other Black Crowes fans on the board. I'm slowy getting into Son Volt too. I'm planning on hittin up those DBT/SonVolt dates this year.

Stateofhuhandwhat???

Mother Milk cane out in '89. Maybe put u2 album to make the guy a few posts back happy...on a pearl jam message board...hmmmm

jhawk98

oops.

Your'e right on Mother's Milk AND Straight Outta Compton

Growing up in Kansas in an average middle class neighborhood, that whole gangsta rap thing took awhile to get to us. i could have sworn it came out in '90.

As far as the U2, I do think Achtung Baby would be somewhere on that list but I don't own it. Never bought it for some reason, but I'll get around to it one of these days. Same goes for PJ's "Ten". That's the only PJ record I don't have.

Sorry to disappoint you spnkri, but I am a guy. Plus I'm married. Plus I'm not gay.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

The Crowes are just a great band who I think are criminally underrated. I just saw a live set of theirs that was filmed in San Fransisco and was shown on the High-Def channel HDNET. Reminded me what a great live act they are. I've seen them 4 times and they are the only band that rivals PJ in a live setting for me.

Stateofhuhandwhat???

I get to see the Black Crowes in May! I went back and listened to Southren Harmony and Lions. I forgot how got they...ARE. Dude, why do you keep saying you're an guy and whatever. Relax.

jhawk98

echoes

good calls on the Sonic Youth and Pavement. Slanted and Enchanted is great, and would be high on my list, I just don't own it - yet.

I've not heard of many of the others you list, but I would have to disagree with you about Pinkerton. It has some hight points, but is nowhere near as consistently good as Blue IMO. Sadly, after Pinkerton their stuff really falls off the cliff.

Stateofhuhandwhat???

I like Pinkerton too

Echoes

jhawk98 wrote:

echoes

good calls on the Sonic Youth and Pavement. Slanted and Enchanted is great, and would be high on my list, I just don't own it - yet.

I've not heard of many of the others you list, but I would have to disagree with you about Pinkerton. It has some hight points, but is nowhere near as consistently good as Blue IMO. Sadly, after Pinkerton their stuff really falls off the cliff.

I dunno, I'll take everything on Pinkerton from "Across The Sea" to "Butterfly" and like it more than anything on Blue (with possible exceptions to "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" and "Only In Dreams"). Also, "Across The Sea" is my favourite Weezer song ever. I'm going to throw it on right after Built To Spill ends.

Speaking of which - buy Built To Spill's Perfect From Now On first chance you get. You'd love it.

adam42381

Echoes wrote:

I dunno, I'll take everything on Pinkerton from "Across The Sea" to "Butterfly" and like it more than anything on Blue (with possible exceptions to "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" and "Only In Dreams"). Also, "Across The Sea" is my favourite Weezer song ever. I'm going to throw it on right after Built To Spill ends.

Speaking of which - buy Built To Spill's Perfect From Now On first chance you get. You'd love it.

Excellent choices. My personal favorite Weezer song is Only In Dreams. Excellent stuff. I just sent you a PM about a possible trade.

VitalDissidence

I can tell that you're a Radiohead fan and also that you enjoyed The Bends and OK Computer. So I have one question: Where is Pablo Honey? I don't know about you but I would have at least put it in the top 70 maybe 80. It's nowhere near The Bends or OK Computer but come on, it's Radiohead. Also, I've noticed that many "hardcore" PJ fans don't put Vitalogy or Yield as highly as other PJ releases. I would consider myself a fairly big fan of them and I would say that they are two of my favorites. Good call on Vs. being #1 PJ album. Why isn't Grace in the top 10? That album is excellent. I guess that's why we aren't the same person...we have different opinions. I like the list though. It's always interesting seeing other people's opinions on music.

Echoes

If you ask me, Grace is overrated and Pablo Honey just plain sucks.

Gentle Jack Jones

Echoes wrote:

If you ask me, Grace is overrated and Pablo Honey just plain sucks.

pablo honey doesnt suck, YOU SUCK.

Gentle Jack Jones

but seriously, pablo honey was good. i would have a list similar to this one except ONE THROUGH FIVE WOULD BE PEARL JAM ALBUMS.

Echoes

oops, doubly post that for some reason.

Personally, PH is the weakest Radiohead album by a mile. Only one I don't own, only one I won't buy.

Gentle Jack Jones

yea........ i know.

Gentle Jack Jones

you think it's weaker than the newest one?

Matty

so Cracked Rear View is better than 3 Snakes? hahahahahahahahaha.












hahahahahhaa.








but cheers for taking the time to make a list. fun to read anyhow.














hahahaha

Echoes

Gentle Jack Jones wrote:

you think it's weaker than the newest one?

definately. HTTT has brilliant songs like "Sit Down, Stand Up" on it. Sure it is sketchy at best, but I still like the whole thing better than Pablo Honey.

Omarama

interesting list......

reeferchief

No Dinosaur Jr, Eleven, Screaming Trees, Blind Melon, Mudhoney, dude you need to check out these bands and be prepared to make changes:)
Also Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning and The Pixies - Tromp Le Monde, two of the ninties finest albums imo.



edit: HOLY FUCKBALLS where is Dirt by Alice in Chains?:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

jhawk98

Matty wrote:

so Cracked Rear View is better than 3 Snakes? hahaha

Not sure if this is a sarcastic comment (my meter must be on the fritz)
but 3 snakes is not a good album. by far the weakest Crowes effort. Thankfully they rebounded with By Your Side.
Cracked Rear View is not so great either, which is why both of these are near the bottom of the list.

I also agree about Pablo Honey. Can't get into that one at all.

Whoever mentioned the Pixies, I'll give you that. That's a band I've heard a bit of and liked but never really taken the time get into. One of these days....

Echoes-

I'll check out the Built to Spill record. thanks for the recommendation.

jemms

That is just a fckn greeeeeeeeeeaaat list !!! the 90's 4 sure....

jemms

reeferchief wrote:

No Dinosaur Jr, Eleven, Screaming Trees, Blind Melon, Mudhoney, dude you need to check out these bands and be prepared to make changes:)
Also Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning and The Pixies - Tromp Le Monde, two of the ninties finest albums imo.



edit: HOLY FUCKBALLS where is Dirt by Alice in Chains?:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

oh fuck yeah that is a good point!! they should all b in there for sure!!

intodeep

Very cool list.

I did not see any cracker on there. I thought they might be a band you like they have a little bit of an alt country vibe like uncle tupelo.

My list would be a bit different, but then again that's why it's my list and not yours

reeferchief

jemms wrote:

oh fuck yeah that is a good point!! they should all b in there for sure!!

for sure as well as Temple of The Dog, Three Fish, Mad Season and Brad also mising but i didnt want to go too far:)

intodeep wrote:

Very cool list.

I did not see any cracker on there. I thought they might be a band you like they have a little bit of an alt country vibe like uncle tupelo.

My list would be a bit different, but then again that's why it's my list and not yours

i think Kerosene Hat is on there, and a very good album it is too.

jemms

ummmmm......:eek:

where the fck is 10 and yield in that list??

gabers

Good list. Drop Hootie and you can be my friend.