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Originally posted by I should coco:
8. NoFX- White trash, two heebs and a bean

Seriously the best NOFX AND best pop/punk album ever!

Yup, I never got why people rate Punk in Drublic over that.

Seeing as there is already a thread for my topic thought i would add to this one rather than start a new one.

Basically i am doing a poll of people's top 50 albums of the 90s (including various music magazines' lists). No live albums (so no Nirvana unplugged, best of, compilations or soundtracks etc, however The Three EPs by the Beta Band is allowed. The list needs to be in order from 1-50 (and has to be 50 albums, no more or less). I realise this is quite a task to undertake,and i realise some of you will already have done a top ten here, but anyone who wants to contribute their 50 is welcome, the deadline for lists is end of the month. Anyone who posts a top 50 before then will be included. I will put the results up once it has all been calculated.

Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to have a go at this

Thanks for the explanation Tony. That's much more honest (and likely to get responses) then the usual "I'm writing a paper blah blah blah" that we typically get.

I can't say that I could even pull together 50 albums from the 90s that I could vote for in confidence. It's kinda my least favorite decade for music. Perhaps I just haven't explored it enough.

Alright Tony, here's my top 50.

1. OK Computer - Radiohead
2. The Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
5. The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
6. Young Team - Mogwai
7. Goo - Sonic Youth
8. Homework - Daft Punk
9. Post - Bjork
10. The Orb's Adventure Beyond the Ultraworld - The Orb
11. F# A# infinity - Godspeed You Black Emperor!
12. Odelay - Beck
13. Nevermind - Nirvana
14. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
15. Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement
16. The Bends - Radiohead
17. Enter The Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) - The Wu-Tang Clan
18. The Blue Album - Weezer
19. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
20. 69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields
21. Nowhere - Ride
22. Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow
23. Music Has The Right To Children - Boards of Canada
24. Illmatic - Nas
25. Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
26. The Black Album - Metallica
27. The Richard D. James Album - Aphex Twin
28. Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada - Godspeed You Black Emperor!
30. Mezzanine - Massive Attack
31. Moon Safari - Air
32. A Series of Sneaks - Spoon
33. Red Medicine - Fugazi
34. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
35. Dummy - Portishead
36. ...And Out Come The Wolves - Rancid
37. Pinkerton - Weezer
38. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
39. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
40. XO - Elliot Smith
41. Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
42. Homogenic - Bjork
43. Dookie - Green Day
44. Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
45. The Three EP's - Beta Band
46. Bossanova - The Pixies
47. Summerteeth - Wilco
48. Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
49. Oranges & Lemons - XTC
50. Midnite Vultures - Beck

Thanks for your top 50 Lawrence of Suburbia, its much appreciated, will add it to the scores. The final list will be up in first week of August.

1: Radiohead "OK Computer"
2: Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
3: Elliot Smith "Either/Or"
4: Pavement "Slanted and Enchanted"
5: The Flaming Lips "The Soft Bulletin"
6: Modest Mouse "Long Drive...."
7: Nirvana "Nevermind"
8: Radiohead "The Bends"
9: Beck "Odelay"
10: My Bloody Valentine "Loveless"

Have Love Will Travel (1992) Thee Headcoatees

Here goes - I'm sure I've forgotten plenty, but this is good for my headspace right now.

1. Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
2. Boredoms – Super AE
3. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
4. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
5. Radiohead – Ok Computer
6. Modest Mouse – Lonesome Crowded West
7. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers)
8. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
9. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
10. GZA – Liquid Swords
11. A Tribe Called Quest – Low End Theory
12. Tom Waits – Bone Machine
13. Sonic Youth – Dirty
14. Polvo – Exploded Drawing
15. The Dismemberment Plan – Emergency & I
16. Nirvana – In Utero
17. Weezer – Pinkerton
18. Built to Spill – Perfect From Now On
19. Black Star – S.T.
20. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
21. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
22. Unwound – Fake Train
23. Morphine – Good
24. Weezer – the Blue Album
25. Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
26. De La Soul – Stakes is High
27. Slowdive - Souvlaki
28. Boredoms – Chocolate Synthesizer
29. Beck – Odelay
30. Ride – Nowhere
31. Portishead – Dummy
32. Red Red Meat – Bunny Gets Paid
33. Olivia Tremor Control – Dusk At Cubist Castle
34. Beulah – Handsome Western States
35. Pavement – Wowee Zowee
36. Spoon – A Series of Sneaks
37. Bonnie Prince Billy – I See a Darkness
38. Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrun
39. Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
40. Cake – Prolonging the Magic
41. Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
42. US Maple – Talker
43. Daft Punk – Homework
44. Tom Waits – Mule Variations
45. Radiohead – the Bends
46. Royal Trux – Twin Infinitives
47. Cibo Matto – Viva La Woman!
48. Dr. Octagon – Dr. Octagynecologist
49. Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space
50. Boredoms – Vision Creation Newsun

Looking over these lists just makes me think one thing over and over...

The 90s is virtually unchallengable as the weakest decade in Rock n' Roll History...80s wasn't that strong either from an album standpoint...but made up for it with a gazillion fantastic one hit wonder singles.

Oughts has been so much better.

I need to do one of these when i get the time... EDIT: I had the time now, so here it is:

1. Radiohead - Ok Computer
2. Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
3. Fugazi - Red Medicine
4. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
5. Nirvana - In Utero
6. The Jesus Lizard - Liar
7. Shellac - At Action Park
8. Boredoms - Super AE
9. Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane...
10. Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
11. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu (36 Chambers)
12. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
13. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
14. Sonic Youth - Goo
15. The Jesus Lizard - Goat
16. DJ Shadow - ...Endtroducing
17. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James
18. Brainiac - Bonsai Superstar
19. Fugazi - Repeater
20. Tom Waits - Bone Machine
21. Nirvana - Nevermind
22. GZA - Liquid Swords
23. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
24. Botch - American Nervoso
25. Ride - Nowhere
26. Elliott Smith - XO
27. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
28. Blur - 13
29. Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
30. Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon
31. Scott Walker - Tilt
32. Portishead - Dummy
33. Six Finger Satellite - Severe Exposure
34. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
35. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
36. Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
37. Blur - ParkLife
38. Les Savy Fav - The Cat and The Cobra
39. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
40. Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
41. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
42. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
43. Nas - Illmatic
44. Swans - The Great Annihilator
45. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
46. Slowdive - Souvlaki
47. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - F#A# oo
48. Silver Jews - American Water
49. Melvins - Houdini
50. Mogwai - Young Team

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Originally posted by Illiniq:
Looking over these lists just makes me think one thing over and over...

The 90s is virtually unchallengable as the weakest decade in Rock n' Roll History...80s wasn't that strong either from an album standpoint...but made up for it with a gazillion fantastic one hit wonder singles.

Oughts has been so much better.

Ok, well, see, there certainly have been some great albums this decade. But I would actually say the 90s is one of the strongest decades overall. The bulk of my favorite albums of all time, I think, come from the 90s and the late 70s.

EDIT: I'll post a list later.

Thanks for the contributions V and Clevername84, there is still a week left for anyone else who wants to get involved.

I'll bite, but my picks may scare some so beware:

1. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. Carcass - Necroticism Descanting the Insalubrious
4. Radiohead - OK Computer
5. Neurosis - Souls at Zero
6. Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
7. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
8. Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium
9. Faith No More - The Real Thing
10. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle

Radiohead- OK Computer
DJ Shadow- ...Endtroducing
The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin
A Tribe Called Quest- The Low End Theory
Beck- Odelay
The Wu-Tang Clan- Enter The 36 Chambers
Nirvana- Nevermind
The Beat Band- The 3 EPs
A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders
Radiohead- The Bends

Yeah... they're kind of obvious choices. But they're obvious for a reason.

An update for anyone wanting to take part in the music poll, the deadline for receiving peoples top 50s of the 90s has been extended to the 1st August. Any lists that have been posted on here by midnight on Friday evening will be included. The final result will be posted on here over the weekend.

Having not really listened to music during the 1990s this list was a bit of a challenge to make, seeing as I wasn't even sure what albums that I have were released in the 90s. At any rate here's my list (although I probably forgot something).

1. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane over the Sea
3. Silver Jews - American Water
4. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
5. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
6. Wilco - Summerteeth
7. The Jayhawks - Sound of Lies
8. Blueboy - Unisex
9. The Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
10. Elliot Smith - XO

My top ten is more or less like this:

1.Elliott Smith - either/or
2.Dismemberment Plan - Emergency and I
3.Jawbox - For Your Own Special Sweetheart
4.My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
5.DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
6.Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
7.Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
8.Radiohead - OK Computer
9.Wilco - summerteeth
10.A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory

this is just off the top of my head, but a decent representation I think.

Here is my top 50:

1. Radiohead – OK Computer
2. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
3. U2 – Achtung Baby
4. Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club
5. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
6. Radiohead – The Bends
7. Björk – Homogenic
8. Wilco – Summerteeth
9. Tom Waits – Bone Machine
10. A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders

11. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
12. Black Star – Black Star
13. Weezer – Pinkerton
14. Genius/GZA – Liquid Swords
15. Nirvana – In Utero
16. Pavement – Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
17. Ghostface Killah – Ironman
18. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
19. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
20. Beck – Odelay

21. Pavement – Wowee Zowee
22. Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
23. Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
24. Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
25. 2Pac – All Eyez on Me
26. The Roots – Things Fall Apart
27. Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
28. Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
29. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Let Love In
30. PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love

31. Björk – Post
32. Built to Spill – There’s Nothing Wrong with Love
33. R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
34. Modest Mouse – The Lonesome Crowded West
35. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – The Boatman’s Call
36. Tom Waits – Mule Variations
37. Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Return to the 36 Chambers
38. Beck – Mutations
39. Björk – Debut
40. Outkast – Aquemini

41. Elliott Smith – Either/Or
42. Beck – Midnite Vultures
43. Yo La Tengo – Fakebook
44. Uncle Tupelo – March 16-20, 1992
45. Sleater-Kinney – Call the Doctor
46. Nirvana – Nevermind
47. Elliott Smith – XO
48. Inspectah Deck – Uncontrolled Substance
49. Pixies – Bossanova
50. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Honey’s Dead

My top ten of the 90's

1.Nas- Illmatic
2.Oasis- (What's The Story?) Morning glory
3.Radiohead- The Bends
4.Outkast Aquemini
5.Mobb Deep- The Infamous
6.R.E.M- Out Of Time
7.Liz Phair- Exile in Guyville
8.Weezer- The Blue Album
9.TLC- CrazySexyCool
10.Public Enemy- Fear Of A Black Planet

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4. Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club

I think we are still the only ones on here who have listened to this album

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5. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)[i]
6. Radiohead – [i]The Bends
7. Björk – Homogenic
8. Wilco – Summerteeth

That's quiet a diverse line-up. I haven't heard Homogenic or 36 chambers yet, but its nice to see inclusion of Summerteeth.

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11. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
13. Weezer – Pinkerton
16. Pavement – Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
18. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
20. Beck – Odelay
22. Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
23. Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
24. Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
25. 2Pac – All Eyez on Me
26. The Roots – Things Fall Apart
28. Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
32. Built to Spill – There’s Nothing Wrong with Love
33. R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
34. Modest Mouse – The Lonesome Crowded West
38. Beck – Mutations
40. Outkast – Aquemini
41. Elliott Smith – Either/Or
42. Beck – Midnite Vultures
49. Pixies – Bossanova
50. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Honey’s Dead

Good man. I don't know why I randomly deleted like half of those, they are all top notch in my book. Except for Bjork, but I can tell you really like your bjork so I'll leave it at that. Perhaps it's that I just agree with your placement or preferences on those over the artist's other albums, like "There's Nothing Wrong with Love" over "Keep it Like a Secret" (it's a tough choice, but I agree with you, tnwl takes it with a slight edge because 'car' ) and Odelay over Mutations.