The top 98 albums of the 90's

JSBE

jhawk98 wrote:

80.The Chronic - Dr. Dre
79.Cracked Rear View - Hootie & The Blowfish

this made me laugh for a second. quite a shift in musical taste.

i can tell you are a huge "alt-country" fan (yeah, i hate the term too) with all the son volt, wilco and tupelo on there.

like someone else said, surprising #1.

JSBE

Echoes wrote:

I'd buy it for a penny, I guess. I like having CDs, and then I'd have all their LPs, I guess.

But yeah I wouldn't spend five bucks on it

i had it at one point and then realized how crappy it was...probably at the same time i realized that i didn't have to have EVERY cd by every band i liked...

jhawk98

JSBE wrote:

this made me laugh for a second. quite a shift in musical taste.

i can tell you are a huge "alt-country" fan (yeah, i hate the term too) with all the son volt, wilco and tupelo on there.

like someone else said, surprising #1.

you and me both. I do like just about every kind of music out there, save for what passes as "country" music these days. Those three bands you just named have made, and continue to make some of the best music ever created. There is nobody better IMO.

Amorica gets nowhere near the love it deserves. Definitely my favorite album of that decade, though just barely beating out Son Volt's phenomenal first effort. The sequence of High Head Blues, Cursed Diamond, and Nonfiction is just unbeatable for three songs in a row on any one album, maybe ever.

darkgreen

only 21 albums that I really like...

3sheets

i kinda glanced thru the list, but 2 glaring band omissions are: Guided By Voices and Dismemberment Plan. I might have missed it, but was Jane's Addiction on the list? Nice Massive Attack mention though. Placebo's Without You I'm Nothing should be up there. I know I'm forgetting a lot, like Bad Religion and Fugazi, but i guess it's not my list.

Griswold

jhawk98 wrote:

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.

Rebounded with By Your Side? That is by far the worst Crowes album ever. That's a consensus opinion by many, many Crowes fans.

3 Snakes is the No Code of the Crowes catalog, my friend.

captainwisejam

Griswold wrote:

Rebounded with By Your Side? That is by far the worst Crowes album ever. That's a consensus opinion by many, many Crowes fans.

3 Snakes is the No Code of the Crowes catalog, my friend.

Agree with that, nice list though...respect the uncle tupelo,son volt,jayhawks,crowes selections, not a real big wilco fan though. Amorica is my favorite also. Kerosene Hat would have made my top 10. Cracker's first record is definetly worth getting. One omission I see is no punk, gotta have some Social D, Offspring type stuff. Everclear-Sparkle and Fade would be up there for me also..good job.

jhawk98

Griswold wrote:

Rebounded with By Your Side? That is by far the worst Crowes album ever. That's a consensus opinion by many, many Crowes fans.

3 Snakes is the No Code of the Crowes catalog, my friend.

Not this Crowes fan. By Your Side is a solid, no BS straightforward rock and roll record. It's not experimental, it's not a change of pace for the band, but what it is, is good, loud, fun music, basically from start to finish.

3 Snakes to me sounds like an entire album of filler Every song on that album would be the low point of their other records, save for maybe How Much For Your Wings. That song is head and shoulders above the rest of the record.

Social Distortion has some decent stuff. I've just never really gotten into them.

I really don't care for the Offspring at all.

Sparkle and Fade is a very solid record, and my roommate played it a lot so I know it well. One of these days I need to pick up a copy. Sadly, Everclear went downlhill BIG TIME after that album.

Echoes

pfffff

So Much For The Afterglow was awesome

captainwisejam

Everclear fell off a cliff after So much for the Afterglow, and that record isn't all that great either. The Offspring-Smash is one of my favorites the rest of their stuff has a LOT of filler on it.

jhawk98

Echoes wrote:

pfffff

So Much For The Afterglow was awesome

Hmm... ususally you and I are in agreement about things, but not on this one. For My money Wold of Noise was their high point, and even Sparkle and Fade was a bit of a step down.

Lots of people liked their other records though.

Echoes

I dunno, I'm not a huge Everclear fan and I haven't really listened to World Of Noise all that much. What I do listen to is Sparkle And Fade/So Much For TheAfterglow and I really like them (of course listen is a subjective term since I haven't actually heard everclear in probably more than a year)

jhawk98

World of Noise has a much heavier vibe to it. Much less of a pop sound than Afterglow or their subsequent output. Fire Maple Song was the big hit off that album, and deservedly so. It's what got me to listen to them in the first place. Great tune. Maybe their best.

PearlJamminJason

where is Throwing Copper?? THAT ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE!!

searchlightsoul

Why is Superunknown only at 68, the most criminally underrated band of the 90's. Also need Throwing Copper and some You Am I.