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Best records of the 90's

Posted on 4/11/17 at 9:06 am
Posted by Midget Death Squad
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 9:06 am
I was remembering back when Radiohead and Bjork were nominated for Grammys for OK Computer and Homogenic respectively (Homogenic was best alternative record, and OK Comp was album of the year), and it got me to thinking about all of the great music that came out of the 90's. These two in particular were on many critics best of the decade lists.


What are albums that you put at best of that decade? I have:

Radiohead - OK Computer
Bjork - Homogenic
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (Mayonaise might be my favorite song of the decade)
Tool - Aenima (might be my favorite album of the decade)
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de la Habitual
Stone Roses - Second Coming
Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion
Natalie Merchant - Ophelia
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (from Ruiner to Reptile is absolute brilliance)
Pearl Jam - Ten
Lamb - Lamb



There are more that I am certain I will say "Oh yeah! Forgot about that one" as this list populates. It's funny, because the 90's gets overlooked for music greatness; however, there are some classic gems in there. I would put all of the records I have listed in any conversation with the legends of the 60's and 70's.
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Posted by Dav
Dhan
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 9:22 am to
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pearl Jam - VS
Nirvana - In Utero
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in NYC
Green Day - Dookie
Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Foo Fighters - The Color and the Shape
Posted by Jizzamo311
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 9:28 am to
frick I loved the 90's
Posted by The Seaward
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 9:35 am to
Far from all-encompassing, but here are some of my favorites:

Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Built to Spill- Perfect From Now On
Built to Spill- Keep it Like a Secret
Modest Mouse- Lonesome Crowded West
The Dismemberment Plan- Emergency and I
Nirvana- Nevermind
Radiohead- OK Computer
Weezer- Pinkerton
My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
Pavement- Slanted and Enchanted
Pavement- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Guided by Voices- Bee Thousand
The Wu Tang Clan- Enter the 36 Chambers
Belle and Sebastian- If You are Feeling Sinister
Yo La Tengo- I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Elliott Smith- Either/Or
The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin
Wilco- Summerteeth
Oasis- Definitely Maybe
Oasis- What’s the Story Morning Glory
Tool- Aenima
The Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs
This post was edited on 4/11/17 at 9:43 am
Posted by Freauxzen
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 9:36 am to
quote:

Best records of the 90's


quote:

The Dismemberment Plan- Emergency and I

Posted by Solo
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 9:42 am to
AIC - Jar of Flies

What do I win?
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 9:59 am to
Blur~ Blur
13~ Blur
Different Class~ Pulp
Out of Time~ REM
Bossanova~ Pixies
The Bends~ Radiohead
Suede~ Suede
Dog Man Star~ Suede
This post was edited on 4/11/17 at 10:15 am
Posted by JohnZeroQ
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Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 10:26 am to
Tool- Anemia

Acid Bath- When the Kite String Pops

Radiohead- OK Computer

Alice in Chain- Dirt (although Faclift is my personal fav)

Massive Attack- Mezzanine

Portishead- Dummy

Soundgarden- Superunknown

RHCP_ BSSM

RATM- Self titled

Prodigy- The Fat of the Land
Posted by ThePTExperience1969
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 10:36 am to
Michael Jackson-Dangerous
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 10:41 am to
quote:

Portishead- Dummy



I can't believe I forgot about this one. I listen to it often to this day. One of my favorite records ever made.


I had the privilege to see them at HOB with an orchestra. Seriously, it was a top 5 concert for me.



Someone else mentioned Belle and Sebastion "If you're feeling sinister." Yet another one that is worthy of this list.
Posted by maxxrajun70
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 10:52 am to
Posted by StanleySpadowski
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 11:52 am to
Sugar - Copper Blue deserves to be in the convo
Posted by MontanaMax
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 11:59 am to
I'm a little biased with this comment but oh well, I'm gonna say it. Soup by Blind Melon is a phenomenal album and one of the better ones of the 90's. Not to mention it is sorely underrated.
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:10 pm to
quote:

Best records of the 90's


i'll change best to favorite:

'99

'93

'93

'92

'95


'96

'99

'99

'99

'97

'94

'94

'94


slint - spiderland '91

'99

'97

'98

'98

painful '98

This post was edited on 4/11/17 at 12:25 pm
Posted by Jizzamo311
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:25 pm to
All that have been listed already.....

Beck - Odelay
Weezer - Blue Album
Snoop - Doggystyle
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Lauryn Hill - Miseducation
RATM - RATM
Outkast - Aquemini
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
SELF - Subliminal Plastic Motives
Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving
Sting - Ten Summoners Tales
Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad

I could keep going.


Posted by Midget Death Squad
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:34 pm to
quote:

SELF - Subliminal Plastic Motives



Nice deep find. I wouldn't put this in the best circle, but it was a very good record that very few people remember.


Doggystyle is definitely in the best. Great rap album, and I'm not much of a rap fan
Posted by PiscesTiger
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Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 1:04 pm to
1990:

Face Lift by Alice in Chains
The Real Thing by Faith No More
Ritual... by Jane's Addiction
The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste by Ministry

1991:

Nevermind by Nirvana
Illusion Albums by GNR
Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden
God Fodder by Ned's Atomic Dustbin
The Low End Theory by ATCQ

1992:

Meantime by Helmet
Rage Against the Machine (self-titled)
Core by STP
BloodSugarSexMagik by RHCP
La Sexorcisto by White Zombie
Broken by NIN
Psalm 69 by Ministry
Ten by Pearl Jam
Cop Killer by Body Count
Dirt by Alice In Chains
Vulgar Display of Power by Pantera
Wish by The Cure

1993:

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
The Sound of White Noise by Anthrax
Undertow by Tool
In Utero by Nirvana
Vs. by Pearl Jam
Pork Soda by Primus
Songs of Faith and Devotion by Depeche Mode
Electrica 2000 by Hum


1994:

Superunknown by Soundgarden
The Downward Spiral by NIN
Throwing Copper by Live
The Crow OST
Without a Sound by Dinosaur, JR.
Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains
Gentleman by Afghan Whigs
Ill Communication by the Beastie Boys
Purple by STP
The Blue Album by Weezer
Grace by Jeff Buckley
Illmatic - NAS


I'll do 95-99 later.


Posted by Mouth
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 1:30 pm to
jagged little pill if were not talking personal taste.
This post was edited on 4/11/17 at 1:31 pm
Posted by Ric Flair
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 8:04 pm to
Lucinda Williams--Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. 1998
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 8:17 pm to
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I and II
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
Soundgarden - Superunknown
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