BContrat, is that your list or Pitchfork's? If I remember correctly, your list is just about identical to PF's, especially towards the top. I'm not trying to rip on you or anything, just noting the stunning similarity.

Ah thanks to some of you guys for reminding me of some other ones i missed! Definately the soft bulletin belongs in there and siamese dream was something i listened to all the time back in the day. I also only put in one band each per album, so therefore neglecting the bends, this is hardcore, the blue album, which are all still great albums. Oh and ben folds five - ever and ever amen

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Originally posted by mark f:
I've already posted my list, and homogenic's rating is somewhere around 11/10, but why am I the only one who lists any of Grant Lee Buffalo's albums? All four are tremendous; at least I think so.

ah yes! i have only 'mighty joe moon' and a few vinyl singles but they are one of the underatted ones of the 90s.

I made this recently, but it could easily change. It's highly personal.

1.Tool: Ænima
2.Oxbow: Serenade in Red
3.Mr. Bungle: California
4.Fugazi: Red Medicine
5.Today is the Day: Willpower
6.dEUS: In a bar, under the sea
7.Kyuss: Sky Valley
8.Jesus Lizard: Liar
9.Beastie Boys: Check your head
10.Neurosis: Through Silver in Blood
11.Tom Waits: Bone Machine
12.Refused: The Shape of Punk to come
13.Jane's Addiction: Ritual de lo Habitual
14.Slint: Spiderland
15.Nas: Illmatic
16.Nirvana: In Utero
17.New Bomb Turks: Destroy-oh-boy
18.Primal Scream: Vanishing Point
19.Genius GZA: Liquid Swords
20.Talk Talk: Laughing Stock
21.Björk: Homogenic
22.Quannum: Quannum Spectrum
23.Bob Dylan: Time out of Mind
24.Company Flow: Funcrusher Plus
25.Out of Worship: Out of Worship
26.Pearl Jam: Vs.
27.Disco Inferno: D.I go pop
28.Mos Def & Talib Kweli: Black Star
29.Mercury Rev: Boces
30.To Rococo Rot: The Amateur View
31.Cherubs: Heroin Man
32.Cows: Sexy Pee Story
33.Anticon: Music for the Advancement of Hiphop
34.Portishead: Dummy
35.Drive like Jehu: Drive like Jehu
36.U. S. Maple: Long Hair in three Stages
37.DJ Shadow: Endtroducing
38.Dirty Three: Horse Stories
39.Don Caballero: 2
40.Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the 36 Chambers
41.Uncle Tupelo: March 16-20, 1992
42.Nation of Ulysses: Plays Pretty for Baby
43.Urban Dance Squad: Persona non Grata
44.Cop shoot Cop: Ask Questions later
45.Sepultura: Chaos A.D.
46.Pharcyde: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
47.Massive Attack: Mezzanine
48.DK3: Neutrons
49.Chokebore: Anything near Water
50.Dr. Octagon: Dr. Octagonecologyst

Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube - The Predator
Nas-Illmatic
Nas-I am
Michael Jackson-Dangerous
Michael jackson - HIStory
Slick Rick-The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Slick Rick-The Art of Storytelling
Outkast-Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
2pac-All Eyez On me

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
BContrat, is that your list or Pitchfork's? If I remember correctly, your list is just about identical to PF's, especially towards the top. I'm not trying to rip on you or anything, just noting the stunning similarity.

In my defense, I did not include Tori Amos in my top ten. And yea, they have the same albums in their top 3, but I guess I just really agree with it then.

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Originally posted by fitzrik:
Can we add a mostoverrated albums of the 90s thread. And can we include

1. Radiohead - OK computer
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. Pearl Jam - Ten

No.

Ooooh! The 90's are it for me musically. I was a kid then, so everything from that time has a really magical kind of glow to it.

My fave albums:

Jagged Little Pill-Alanis Morrisette
Central Reservation- Beth Orton
Tidal- Fiona Apple
Automatic For the People- R.E.M.
Blind Melon- Nico
Blind Melon- Blind Melon
Garbage- Garbage
Gin Blossoms- Congratulations I'm Sorry
The Goo Goo Dolls- Dizzy Up the Girl
Green Day- Dookie
Nirvana- Nevermind
No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom
The Offspring-Conspiracy of One
Pink Floyd- Division Bell
PJ Harvey- To Bring You My Love
Sarah McLachlan- Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

...looking at everyone else's list, I realize just how much I depended on the radio then. But hey, when you're 10, you don't know no bettah. And...all of these albums are still my faves, so whatever. The radio mus's be good for sump'n.

Blur- Parklife
Manic Street Preachers- Holy Bible
Adam Ant- Wonderful
Bonnie Tyler- Free Spirit and Bitterblue
Bryan Adams- 18 Till i die and waking up the neighbours
Eva Cassidy- Live at Blues alley
Travis-The man who
Pulp-Different Class
Aerosmith-Get a grip
Life thru a lens- Robbie Williams
Cinderella-Heartbreak station
Primal Scream-Screamadelica
Labour of Love 2-UB40
Iron Maiden- Fera o fthe darka nd a real dead one

Shihad - Churn.
Shihad - Killjoy.
Shihad - S/T.
Shihad - The General Electric.
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs.

... OK, maybe I'm a tad obsessed with Shihad, but who else is going to spread the WORDage? The fact remains that even their worst songs (as Shihad, not Pacifier) could beat the pants off of many of today's popular mainstream bands.

this albums defined the real 90´s sound:

1. Ten, pearljam
2. Nevermind, nirvana
3. Rage agains´t the machine, ratm
4. Core, stone temple pilots
5. dirt, alice in chains
6. superunknown, soundgarden7.
7. siamese dream, smashing pumpkins
8. mtv unplugged, nirvana
9.temple of the dog, totd
10. vs, pearljam
11. vulgar display of power, pantera
12. purple, stone temple pilots
13. load/reload, metallica
14. make yourself, incubus
15. in utero, nirvana
16. mcatis, smashing pumpkins
17. rage agains´t the machine, battle of la
18. no need to argue, the cranberries
19. yield, pearljam
20. tragic kingdom, no doubt
21. dig your own hole, chemical brothers
22. californication, red hot chilli peppers,
23. what´s the story, oasis

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Originally posted by tonadax:
this albums defined the real 90´s sound:

1. Ten, pearljam
2. Nevermind, nirvana
3. Rage agains´t the machine, ratm
4. Core, stone temple pilots
5. dirt, alice in chains
6. superunknown, soundgarden7.
7. siamese dream, smashing pumpkins
8. mtv unplugged, nirvana
9.temple of the dog, totd
10. vs, pearljam
11. vulgar display of power, pantera
12. purple, stone temple pilots
13. load/reload, metallica
14. make yourself, incubus
15. in utero, nirvana
16. mcatis, smashing pumpkins
17. rage agains´t the machine, battle of la
18. no need to argue, the cranberries
19. yield, pearljam
20. tragic kingdom, no doubt
21. dig your own hole, chemical brothers
22. californication, red hot chilli peppers,
23. what´s the story, oasis

there was also some pretty good stuff that wasn't in constant rotation on modern rock radio.

Yeah, I was starting to think I musta missed the '90s. NOT!

Grant Lee Buffalo...Grant Lee...Grant...where'd'ya go?

Put this together for another board the other day so I figured I'd post it here as well. Kind of threw it together quickly so odds are I'm overlooking a few things.

1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
2. Pulp - Different Class
3. Weezer - Blue Album
4. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
5. Jeff Buckley - Grace
6. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
7. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
8. Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret
9. 2pac - Me Against the World
10. Blur - Parklife

11. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
12. Radiohead - Ok Computer
13. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
14. Radiohead - The Bends
15. Wilco - Summerteeth
16. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
17. The La's - s/t
18. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
19. The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
20. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

21. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
22. Nas - Illmatic
23. Supergrass - I Should Coco
24. Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu (36 Chambers)
25. Blackstar - s/t
26. Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong with Love
27. The Posies - Frosting on the Beater
28. Buena Vista Social Club - s/t
29. Weezer - Pinkerton
30. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend

31. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
32. Nirvana - Nevermind
33. REM - Automatic for the People
34. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
35. DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
36. Bjork - Post
37. Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
38. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
39. Yo La Tengo - I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One
40. Beck - Odelay

41. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
42. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me
43. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
44. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
45. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
46. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
47. Soundgarden - Superunknown
48. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
49. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness
50. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory

51. Flaming Lips - Transmission from the Satellite Heart
52. Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
53. Tindersticks - Tindersticks (I)
54. The Roots - All Falls Down
55. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dreams
56. Aimee Mann - Magnolia OST
57. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
58. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
59. Yo La Tengo - Painful
60. Fugazi - 13 Songs

61. Nirvana - In Utero
62. Pearl Jam - Ten
63. Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
64. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
65. Ride - Nowhere
66. Suede - s/t
67. Jawbox - Your Own Special Sweetheart
68. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
69. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
70. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On

71. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
72. Teenage Fanclub - Songs from Northern Britain
73. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
74. Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle
75. The Breeders - Last Splash
76. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

Wow, this thread has been around the block. Here was my list, two years ago:

quote:

1 Radiohead- OK Computer
2 DJ Shadow- Endtroducing...
3 My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
4 Aphex Twin- Selected Ambient Works vol. 2
6 Guided By Voices- Bee Thousand
7 Tortoise- Millions Now Living Will Never Die
8 Olivia Tremor Control, The- Black Foliage
9 Liz Phair- Exile in Guyville
10 Buena Vista Social Club- s/t

Making a top 20 list just now, I came up with this:

1 Radiohead- OK Computer
2 Talk Talk- Laughing Stock
3 DJ Shadow- Endtroducing...
4 Björk- Homogenic
5 Nas- Illmatic
6 Aphex Twin- Selected Ambient Works, vol. 2
7 Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
8 My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
9 Portishead- Dummy
10 Buena Vista Social Club- s/t
11 Uncle Tupelo- Anodyne
12 Olivia Tremor Control- Black Foliage
13 Beck- Mutations
14 Massive Attack- Mezzanine
15 Tortoise- Millions Now Living Will Never Die
16 Guided By Voices- Bee Thousand
17 The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin
18 Spiritualized- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
19 The Afghan Whigs- Gentlemen
20 Belle and Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister

My Top 10 (I listened to almost none of these during the actual 90s). Some artists I had to list more than one album for, but I put my personal favorite first, and you can count that as the one on the list to make it a true 10. I'm pretty sure it's a list only I would make.

1.Mr. Bungle-- California, Mr. Bungle
2.Sonic Youth-- Goo, Dirty, Washing Machine, Daydream Nation, Experimental Trash...
3.Primus-- The Brown Album
4.Radiohead-- OK Computer
5.DJ Q-Bert-- Wave Twisters
6.Fugazi-- Red Medicine
7.Portishead-- Portishead (I am surprised how many people prefer Dummy-- to me, their second, self-titled album is far more interesting)
8.The Flaming Lips-- The Soft Bulletin, Clouds Taste Metallic
9.The Magnetic Fields-- 69 Love Songs
10.Madonna-- The Immaculate Collection (admittedly a cheat, since it was neither a real album nor was it recorded in the 90s, but it was released in 1990, damnit!)


And two that deserve mention, that I definitely listened to in the 90s:
Ace of Base-- The Sign
No Doubt-- Tragic Kingdom

some of my favorites

1.oasis - definitely maybe
2.pulp - different class
3.radiohead - ok computer
4.blur - parklife
5.suede - dog man star
6.grandaddy - the software slumb
7.Mercury Rev- Deserter's Songs
8.portishead - dummy
9.smashing pumpkins - siamese dream
10.nirvana - nevermind

11.boo radleys - giant steps
12.spiritualized - ladies n gentlemen w r floatin in space
13.Beck - Odelay
14.massive attack - blue lines
15.Bjork - debut
16.Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
17.Tindersticks- first album
18.Primal Scream- Screamadelica
19.verve - urbam hymns
20.elastica - elastica

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Originally posted by whitelight:

1.Mr. Bungle-- California, Mr. Bungle

Really? I wouldn't even say that is the best Mr. Bungle album of the 90's (the first one being my choice). And I'm surprised a Bungle fan wouldn't put Angel Dust in his top 10 list. Different strokes...

Off the top of my head...

1. Silver Jews - American Water
2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
3. Built To Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love
4. Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
5. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
6. Wilco - Summer Teeth
7. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
8. Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret
9. Silver Jews - Starlight Walker
10. Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West

01. My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
01. Radiohead: OK Computer
03. Pavement: Slanted & Enchanted
04. Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
05. The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin
06. Nirvana: Nevermind
07. DJ Shadow: Endtroducing
08. Talk Talk: Laughing Stock
09. Yo La Tengo: I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
10. Belle & Sebastian: If You're Feeling Sinister (94)
11. Bjork: Homogenic
12. Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
13. Guided By Voices: Bee Thousand
14. Modest Mouse: Lonesome Crowded West
15. Radiohead: The Bends
16. Elliott Smith: Either/Or
17. The Dismemberment Plan: Emergency & I
18. Beck: Odelay
19. Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville
20. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: I See a Darkness
21. Weezer: Weezer
22. Built to Spill: Perfect From Now On
23. Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream
24. Wilco: Summerteeth
25. Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children