1. Ten, pearljam
2. Nevermind, nirvana
3. Core, stone temple pilots
4. Dirt, Alice in chains
5. Superunknown, soundgarden
6. The colour and the shape, foo fighters
7. In Utero, nirvana
8. Purple, stone temple pilots
9. Yield, pearljam
10. Siamese dream, smashing pumpkins
especial mentions:
Californication,rhcp
Sixteen tones and Razorblade suitcase, bush
Human clay, creed
Nirvana, mtv unplugged
Alice in chains, mtv unplugged
No.4, stone temple pilots
VS, pearljam
the majority of these lists are not making any sense. This guy was asking for the best alternative albums of the 90's and i'm seeing Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Collective Soul, Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Matthews, STP, RATM. In the 90's these guys were like the mainstream superstars....Pearl jam/ nirvana being the mainstream of the mainstream.
excellent point.
And now, to try and match Todd76's awesome list....;)
in no order
Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over Sea
Mr Bungle - Disco Volante
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
Boredoms - Super Ae
Fugazi - Red Medicine
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
Spoon - Series Of Sneaks
Tortoise - Tortoise
Actually, bringing it down to 10 was impossible. These 10 just came to mind.
"If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done"
If you can't get high on purely music and the sounds that you hear, you're missing out on something.
And now, to try and match Todd76's awesome list....;)
in no order
Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over Sea
Mr Bungle - Disco Volante
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
Boredoms - Super Ae
Fugazi - Red Medicine
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
Spoon - Series Of Sneaks
Tortoise - Tortoise
Actually, bringing it down to 10 was impossible. These 10 just came to mind.
thats a real good 10
Cheat the odds that made you
Brave to try to gamble at times
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Pearl Jam - Yield
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Temple of the Dog - s/t
Blind Melon - Soup
Nirvana - In Utero
Beck - Odelay
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
the majority of these lists are not making any sense. This guy was asking for the best alternative albums of the 90's and i'm seeing Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Collective Soul, Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Matthews, STP, RATM. In the 90's these guys were like the mainstream superstars....Pearl jam/ nirvana being the mainstream of the mainstream.
exactly. not to mention there were MUCH better albums than the albums from those bands.
Cheat the odds that made you
Brave to try to gamble at times
i always think people who don;t like radiohead are musically braindead.
I agree completely.
BTW, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice.. WERE the alternative.. esp. in 1991.. they killed hairmetal. Granted they were a reluctantly mainstream alternative.. The definition of that word is constantly changing.
1. The God Machine - One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying... (1994)
2. Mr. Bungle - California (1999)
3. Slint - Spiderland (1991)
4. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
5. The God Machine - Scenes from the Second Storey (1993)
6. Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
7. Death - Symbolic (1995)
8. Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
9. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F# A# (Infinity) (1998)
10. Mark Lanegan - Whiskey for the Holy Ghost (1994)
Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Nevermind
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
Blind Melon - Soup
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Mad Season - Above
Tool - Ænima
1) Pearl Jam- No Code
2) Pearl Jam- VS
3) Stone Temple Piolots- Core
4) The Cranberries- Everybody Else Is doing It so why Cant we
5) Nirvana- Nevermind
6) Smashing Pumpkins- Melloncollie and Infinite Saddness
7) Alice In Chains- Dirt
8) Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magic
9) Counting Crows- August and Everything After
10 Weezer- Blue Album
Honorable Mentions-
Radio Head- Ok computer
Blind Melon- Self titled/ and Nico
Rage against the Machine - Evil Empire
Stp- Purple
The Cranberries- No need to Argue
Smashing Pumpkins- siamese Dreams
Sound Garden - Superunknown
Pearl Jam- Ten
Nirvana- In utero
"I Will Scream my Lungs out 'til it fills this Room "
" I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"
"Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"
Sublime - Sublime
Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
Pearl Jam - Ten
Incubus - Make Yourself
Weezer - Blue
Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
Pearl Jam - VS
Radiohead - The Bends
Nirvana - Unplugged
Close Omissions
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
STP - Core
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
Mad Season - Above
Radiohead - Ok Computer
1. Radiohead- OK Computer
2. Flaming Lips- Soft Bulletin
3. Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
4. Bonnie "Prince" Billy- I See A Darkness
5. Beastie Boys- Check Your Head
6. Nirvana- Nevermind
7. A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
8. Pearl Jam- No Code
9. Pavement- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
10. Built To Spill- Keep It Like A Secret
"I wanna believe in the mercy of the world again."
I am so glad I got a chance to see them live Back in Aug 1996. The Cranberries put on a great live show, and toad the wet sprocket opened.
i had tix for the philly show back in 1996 at the Newly constructed Corestates Center ( now Wachovia Center), but the cancelled the show the day of because Dolores was sick , i was devestated for weeks and i never got to see them again afterwards
"I Will Scream my Lungs out 'til it fills this Room "
" I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"
"Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"
1. R.E.M. (New Adventures in Hi-Fi)
2. R.E.M. (Automatic for the People)
3. Blind Melon (Soup)
4. Screaming Trees (Dust)
5. Catherine Wheel (Happy Days)
6. The Verve Pipe (Villains)
7. The Tragically Hip (Day for night)
8. Bush (The Science of Things)
9. The Tea Party (Transmission)
10. Live (Secret Samahdi)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
Live - Throwing Copper
Alice in Chaines - Dirt
Pearl Jam - Ten
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Tool - Aenima
Faith No More - King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
Honourable mentions:
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream
Melvins - Houdini
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4
Temple of the Dog - S/T
Alternative 90s, eh? that's half my back-catalogue Only 1 album pr band, well, here goes.
Pearl Jam - Yield (had to agonize a bit there)
Soundgarden - Superunknown (their masterpiece)
Alice In Chains - Dirt (RIP Layne)
Nirvana - In Utero (I like this the most. A lot more oomph, edge and insanity than critic fave Nevermind)
That takes care of the seattle scene. Now for other "alternative" cds. I will apply the term liberally.
System Of A Down - System Of A Down (Schizophrenic and overflowing in a good way)
Incubus - SCIENCE (good funky thing going that declined over following albums)
Faith No More - Angel Dust (Patton's masterpiece in my eyes)
Tool - Ænima (truly a timeless masterpiece, and I count it alternative)
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie (double cd with everything. A little bit for everyone.)
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (Classic righteous RAGE)
That's my list. But that's 10 records from what makes up over half my sizeable collection. Many hard choices there.
(edit) Damn, no room for NIN in there and many others worthy of mention. I refrained from mentioning Motorpsycho, as few of you have heard of them, but they should definitely be on the list. Ach, what's done is done.
Peace
Dan
"YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death
"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
Bush-sixteen stone
Alice in chains-face lift,dirt
Nirvana-nevermind,bleach,incesticide
pearl jam-ten,vs,vitalogy,no code,yield
candlebox-candlebox
smashing pumpkins-all of them
mother love bone-
singles soundtrack
temple of the dog
white zombie-la sexorcista-devil music vol.1
the toadies-possum kingdom
...It's only after disaster that we can be resurrected...
it's only after you've lost everything ...that you are free to do anything....(Fight Club)
1. Mike Watt - Ballhog or Tugboat?
2. Pearl Jam - No Code
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
4. Nirvana - Nevermind
5. Soundgarden - Superunknown
6. Heatmiser - Mic City Sons
7. Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
8. Queens of the Stone Age - R
9. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
10. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
1. Blind Melon - Blind Melon (1992)
2. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (1994)
3. Pearl Jam - Vs. (1993)
4. Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
5. Alice In Chains - Dirt (1992)
6. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (1991)
7. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi (1996)
8. Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog (1991)
9. Mad Season - Above (1995)
10. Beck - Mellow Gold (1994)
Tool - Aenima
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Quicksand - Manic Compression
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Helmet - Meantime
Alice in Chains - Facelift
Temple of te Dog - TOTD
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Comments
1. Ten, pearljam
2. Nevermind, nirvana
3. Core, stone temple pilots
4. Dirt, Alice in chains
5. Superunknown, soundgarden
6. The colour and the shape, foo fighters
7. In Utero, nirvana
8. Purple, stone temple pilots
9. Yield, pearljam
10. Siamese dream, smashing pumpkins
especial mentions:
Californication,rhcp
Sixteen tones and Razorblade suitcase, bush
Human clay, creed
Nirvana, mtv unplugged
Alice in chains, mtv unplugged
No.4, stone temple pilots
VS, pearljam
excellent point.
And now, to try and match Todd76's awesome list....;)
in no order
Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over Sea
Mr Bungle - Disco Volante
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
Boredoms - Super Ae
Fugazi - Red Medicine
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
Spoon - Series Of Sneaks
Tortoise - Tortoise
Actually, bringing it down to 10 was impossible. These 10 just came to mind.
If you can't get high on purely music and the sounds that you hear, you're missing out on something.
thats a real good 10
Brave to try to gamble at times
Pearl Jam - Yield
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Temple of the Dog - s/t
Blind Melon - Soup
Nirvana - In Utero
Beck - Odelay
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
That Self-Employed one album rule is harsh.
http://www.wishlistfoundation.org
Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
exactly. not to mention there were MUCH better albums than the albums from those bands.
Brave to try to gamble at times
BTW, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice.. WERE the alternative.. esp. in 1991.. they killed hairmetal. Granted they were a reluctantly mainstream alternative.. The definition of that word is constantly changing.
http://www.wishlistfoundation.org
Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
2. Mr. Bungle - California (1999)
3. Slint - Spiderland (1991)
4. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
5. The God Machine - Scenes from the Second Storey (1993)
6. Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999)
7. Death - Symbolic (1995)
8. Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
9. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F# A# (Infinity) (1998)
10. Mark Lanegan - Whiskey for the Holy Ghost (1994)
Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Nevermind
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
Blind Melon - Soup
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Mad Season - Above
Tool - Ænima
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2) Pearl Jam- VS
3) Stone Temple Piolots- Core
4) The Cranberries- Everybody Else Is doing It so why Cant we
5) Nirvana- Nevermind
6) Smashing Pumpkins- Melloncollie and Infinite Saddness
7) Alice In Chains- Dirt
8) Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magic
9) Counting Crows- August and Everything After
10 Weezer- Blue Album
Honorable Mentions-
Radio Head- Ok computer
Blind Melon- Self titled/ and Nico
Rage against the Machine - Evil Empire
Stp- Purple
The Cranberries- No need to Argue
Smashing Pumpkins- siamese Dreams
Sound Garden - Superunknown
Pearl Jam- Ten
Nirvana- In utero
" I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"
"Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"
www.myspace.com/ehoff12982
I love this album!
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Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
Pearl Jam - Ten
Incubus - Make Yourself
Weezer - Blue
Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
Pearl Jam - VS
Radiohead - The Bends
Nirvana - Unplugged
Close Omissions
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
STP - Core
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
Mad Season - Above
Radiohead - Ok Computer
old music: http://www.myspace.com/slowloader
2. Flaming Lips- Soft Bulletin
3. Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
4. Bonnie "Prince" Billy- I See A Darkness
5. Beastie Boys- Check Your Head
6. Nirvana- Nevermind
7. A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
8. Pearl Jam- No Code
9. Pavement- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
10. Built To Spill- Keep It Like A Secret
WAR + MAGIC BEANS = PEACE
Its one of the best albums of all time, its so incredibly good, i love listening to it.. i just wish they reformed and started making some music again
" I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"
"Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"
www.myspace.com/ehoff12982
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
i had tix for the philly show back in 1996 at the Newly constructed Corestates Center ( now Wachovia Center), but the cancelled the show the day of because Dolores was sick , i was devestated for weeks and i never got to see them again afterwards
" I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"
"Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"
www.myspace.com/ehoff12982
2. R.E.M. (Automatic for the People)
3. Blind Melon (Soup)
4. Screaming Trees (Dust)
5. Catherine Wheel (Happy Days)
6. The Verve Pipe (Villains)
7. The Tragically Hip (Day for night)
8. Bush (The Science of Things)
9. The Tea Party (Transmission)
10. Live (Secret Samahdi)
Live - Throwing Copper
Alice in Chaines - Dirt
Pearl Jam - Ten
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Tool - Aenima
Faith No More - King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
Honourable mentions:
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream
Melvins - Houdini
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4
Temple of the Dog - S/T
Pearl Jam - Yield (had to agonize a bit there)
Soundgarden - Superunknown (their masterpiece)
Alice In Chains - Dirt (RIP Layne)
Nirvana - In Utero (I like this the most. A lot more oomph, edge and insanity than critic fave Nevermind)
That takes care of the seattle scene. Now for other "alternative" cds. I will apply the term liberally.
System Of A Down - System Of A Down (Schizophrenic and overflowing in a good way)
Incubus - SCIENCE (good funky thing going that declined over following albums)
Faith No More - Angel Dust (Patton's masterpiece in my eyes)
Tool - Ænima (truly a timeless masterpiece, and I count it alternative)
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie (double cd with everything. A little bit for everyone.)
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (Classic righteous RAGE)
That's my list. But that's 10 records from what makes up over half my sizeable collection. Many hard choices there.
(edit) Damn, no room for NIN in there and many others worthy of mention. I refrained from mentioning Motorpsycho, as few of you have heard of them, but they should definitely be on the list. Ach, what's done is done.
Peace
Dan
"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
Alice in chains-face lift,dirt
Nirvana-nevermind,bleach,incesticide
pearl jam-ten,vs,vitalogy,no code,yield
candlebox-candlebox
smashing pumpkins-all of them
mother love bone-
singles soundtrack
temple of the dog
white zombie-la sexorcista-devil music vol.1
the toadies-possum kingdom
it's only after you've lost everything ...that you are free to do anything....(Fight Club)
... I'll ride the wave...where it takes me....
Live-throwing copper
live-secret samdhi
it's only after you've lost everything ...that you are free to do anything....(Fight Club)
... I'll ride the wave...where it takes me....
2. Pearl Jam - No Code
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
4. Nirvana - Nevermind
5. Soundgarden - Superunknown
6. Heatmiser - Mic City Sons
7. Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
8. Queens of the Stone Age - R
9. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
10. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
2.)Pixies- Bossanova
3.)Pavement - Slanted
4.)Foo Fighters - Colour/Nothing Left to Lose
5.)Rage- Evil Empire
6.)Radiohead- OKComputer/Bends
7.)Beastie Boys- Hello Nasty/Check your Head
8.)Weezer- Blue/Pink
9.)HYPE!- Orig Mtn Sndtrk/Singles -Orig Mtn Sndtrk
10.)RHCP-Californication/Bloodsugarsexmajik
2. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (1994)
3. Pearl Jam - Vs. (1993)
4. Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
5. Alice In Chains - Dirt (1992)
6. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (1991)
7. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi (1996)
8. Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog (1991)
9. Mad Season - Above (1995)
10. Beck - Mellow Gold (1994)
http://www.myspace.com/unlockandunload
Where is your top 10???
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Quicksand - Manic Compression
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Helmet - Meantime
Alice in Chains - Facelift
Temple of te Dog - TOTD
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
http://inthepresenttense.blogspot.com/
I'll think of it at work an put it up when I get home, okay?
Great, maybe I can discover some new stuff.