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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    Alright bhere are my favourite albums of the 90's. I think they are all fairly alternative. Maybe not Megadeth or BFF, but you can't win them all. The order is just there for the hell of it, and is not to say any album is better than any other

    1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
    2. Strapping Young Lad - City
    3. Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
    4. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
    5. Matthew Good Band - Underdogs
    6. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
    7. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
    8. Matthew Good Band - Beautiful Midnight
    9. The Mountain Goats - Zopilote Machine
    10. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
    11. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
    12. Slint - Spiderland
    13. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
    14. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
    15. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
    16. Yo La Tengo - I can Hear The Heart Beating As One
    17. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
    18. Emperor - IX Equilibrium
    19. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
    20. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
    21. Ween - God Ween Satan
    22. Radiohead - OK Computer
    23. Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
    24. Stereolab - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
    25. Immortal - Pure Holocaust
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    you might notice that I left some 'canonically' great 90's albums of here, like a whole bunch of Guided By Voices and DJ Shadow's pretty seminal Endtoducing. Thing is I just like these albums more. I should probably have Pinkerton on there, and on that one I genuinely forgot.
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  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    Echoes wrote:
    you might notice that I left some 'canonically' great 90's albums of here, like a whole bunch of Guided By Voices and DJ Shadow's pretty seminal Endtoducing. Thing is I just like these albums more. I should probably have Pinkerton on there, and on that one I genuinely forgot.

    I was gonna say......

    where's the GBV?

    :D
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    I actually put that caveat in there. I really really like a lot of GBV songs and the beginning of Bee Thousand is very excellent, but I can't in good conscience put them on my list when I don't really know the whole thing
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  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    Echoes wrote:
    I actually put that caveat in there. I really really like a lot of GBV songs and the beginning of Bee Thousand is very excellent, but I can't in good conscience put them on my list when I don't really know the whole thing

    some of the best songs are on the 2nd side....

    I am a Scientist
    Peep Hole
    Ester's Day - beautiful Tobin song
    Queen of Cans and Jars

    although most of the wierder stuff is there too.

    I fucking love that record.
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  • EarthgirlEarthgirl Posts: 695
    1. Janes' Addiction- Ritual de la Habitual
    2. Blind Melon- Blind Melon
    3. Pearl Jam- Ten
    4. Nirvana- Nevermind
    5. Stone Temple Pilots- Core
    6. Alice in Chains- Dirt
    7. Sound Garden- Superunknown
    8. Smashing Pumpkins-Melon Collie
    9. Offspring- Smash
    10. Dinosaur Jr.- Bug
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Echoes wrote:
    16. Yo La Tengo - I can Hear The Heart Beating As One

    .....Ah shit - how could I forget that album?

    .....Excellent list, by the way

    .....my REVISED list

    10) Slowdive - Souvlaki
    9) Faith No More - Angel Dust
    8) Spiritualized - Pure Phase
    7) Sloan - Twice Removed
    6) Pavement - Wowee Zowee
    5) the Dandy Warhols - Come Down
    4.5) YO LA TENGO - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
    4) Eric's Trip - Love Tara
    3) Sonic Youth - Dirty
    2) the Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
    1) Sebadoh - Bakesale

    Honourable Mentions:

    the Rheostatics - Whale Music
    Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been
    Radiohead - OK Computer
    My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
    Stereolab - Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements
    Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
    Nirvana - In Utero
    the Cure - Wish
    Hayden - Everything I Long For
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  • alobaralobar Posts: 310
    Echoes wrote:
    Alright bhere are my favourite albums of the 90's. I think they are all fairly alternative. Maybe not Megadeth or BFF, but you can't win them all. The order is just there for the hell of it, and is not to say any album is better than any other

    1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
    2. Strapping Young Lad - City
    3. Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
    4. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
    5. Matthew Good Band - Underdogs
    6. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
    7. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
    8. Matthew Good Band - Beautiful Midnight
    9. The Mountain Goats - Zopilote Machine
    10. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
    11. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
    12. Slint - Spiderland
    13. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
    14. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
    15. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
    16. Yo La Tengo - I can Hear The Heart Beating As One
    17. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
    18. Emperor - IX Equilibrium
    19. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
    20. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
    21. Ween - God Ween Satan
    22. Radiohead - OK Computer
    23. Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
    24. Stereolab - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
    25. Immortal - Pure Holocaust

    wow. God Ween Satan is on your list! I just wanted to commend you for that. Do you think it's Ween's best album?
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  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    0. Make Yourself - Incubus
    1. OK Computer - Radiohead
    2. Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse
    3. Electro-Shock Blues - Eels
    4. Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
    5. Odelay - Beck
    6. VS. - Pearl Jam
    6.5 Whatever and Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five
    7. In/Casino/Out - At the Drive-In
    8. Ænima - Tool
    9. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
    10. (Blue Album) - Weezer
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  • EarthgirlEarthgirl Posts: 695
    Blind Melon wrote:
    0. Make Yourself - Incubus
    1. OK Computer - Radiohead
    2. Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse
    3. Electro-Shock Blues - Eels
    4. Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
    5. Odelay - Beck
    6. VS. - Pearl JamWhatever and Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five
    7. In/Casino/Out - At the Drive-In
    8. Ænima - Tool
    9. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
    10. (Blue Album) - Weezer


    how could I leave out Weezer !!
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Earthgirl wrote:
    how could I leave out Weezer !!
    Because they went out with an astoundingly lame bang this year? :p
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    alobar wrote:
    wow. God Ween Satan is on your list! I just wanted to commend you for that. Do you think it's Ween's best album?

    actually, it is the only ween album I own! SO I can't really comment much further on that, sadly
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  • comical_imbalancecomical_imbalance Posts: 42
    Id love to add a heap of meaningful names to this list, but most of them have been listed over and over...
    I would just add:
    You Am I - Hi Fi Way
    Ash - 1977
  • parel jamparel jam Posts: 7,223
    parel jam wrote:
    Since I grew up in the 90s and seen lots of alternative rock videos on MTVs Rocktober I was wondering...what is your top 10?

    Name only 1 album per band (otherwise we only see Pearl Jam over here ;) )

    Mine:

    1. Nirvana - Nevermind
    2. Pearl Jam - Yield
    3. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
    4. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
    5. Incubus - Make Yourself
    6. Soundgarden - Superunknown
    7. Radiohead - OK Computer
    8. Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
    9. Alice In Chains - Dirt
    10. Offspring - Smash


    Man!! I forget the Chilli's with Blood Sugar Sex Magik...great album!
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  • ezekiels_oblivionezekiels_oblivion Posts: 200
    pearl jam - ten
    alice in chains - mtv unplugged
    metallica - S&M
    nirvana - unplugged in ny
    ncbs - murder ballads
    smashing pumpkins - siamese dream
    sonic youth - screaming fields of sonic love
    pj harvey - is this desire?
    pixies - bossanova
    radiohead - ok computer
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  • parel jamparel jam Posts: 7,223
    Besides Pearl Jam albums, I think we got a winner with

    OK COMPUTER by Radiohead...

    And Smashing Pumpkins comes close with both MCatIS and Siamese Dreams
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  • larslars Posts: 524
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