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Title: best 90's albums. help me out!
Post by: nmsles on June 21, 2008, 12:21:00 pm
I'm a long-time reader but rare poster of these forums (mostly the just announced and hey seth boards) and i figure you all would be the best to ask for help with buying a good 90's collection.
 
 i.e. what are the best pixies/bloody valentine/sonic youth albums to go with? or any other bands i just must listen to.  educate me.
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Post by: chaz on June 21, 2008, 12:29:00 pm
If you want the best of the Pixies and Sonic Youth you're in the wrong decade.  Try the 80's instead.
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Post by: Dr. Anton Phibes on June 21, 2008, 01:08:00 pm
I'm really trying to forget the MAJORITY of the nineties,music wise,but that's just me....
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Post by: lancha on June 21, 2008, 02:06:00 pm
my favorite 90s albums:
 
 radiohead - ok computer
 my bloody valentine - loveless
 prodigy - fat of the land
 sigur ros - agaetis bryjun
 portishead - dummy
 massive attack - mezzanine
 boards of canada - music has the right to children
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Post by: SPARX on June 21, 2008, 07:21:00 pm
This should get you started:
 
 http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~tewing/ned/nedmain.html (http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~tewing/ned/nedmain.html)
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Post by: vansmack on June 22, 2008, 02:08:00 pm
Candlebox
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on June 22, 2008, 02:41:00 pm
i don't know why i keep pimping pitchfork on here lately (maybe it's because they feed my lust for lists), but this is a good starting point (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36737-staff-list-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s)
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Post by: you be betty on June 22, 2008, 06:35:00 pm
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Originally posted by chaz:
  If you want the best of the Pixies and Sonic Youth you're in the wrong decade.  Try the 80's instead.
pfft, wrongo.  check out Goo and Dirty by Sonic Youth.  
 
 also,
 Different Class by Pulp
 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement
 Grace AND ALSO Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk by Jeff Buckley
 Telephono by Spoon
 Odelay by Beck
 Handsome Western States by Beulah
 Moon Safari by Air
 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
 
 and all the obligatory Radiohead, MBV, Elliott Smith, Ben Folds Five, i will think of more later...
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Post by: ggw on June 22, 2008, 06:51:00 pm
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  i don't know why i keep pimping pitchfork on here lately (maybe it's because they feed my lust for lists), but this is a good starting point (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36737-staff-list-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s)
I actually like Pitchfork, but I think their nineties list was pretty lame.  There might be only fifteen albums on there that I would define as essential.  Pitchfork did a much better job with the seventies and eighties.
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Post by: SPARX on June 22, 2008, 07:38:00 pm
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Originally posted by ggw?:
     
Quote
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  i don't know why i keep pimping pitchfork on here lately (maybe it's because they feed my lust for lists), but this is a good starting point (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36737-staff-list-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s)
I actually like Pitchfork, but I think their nineties list was pretty lame.  There might be only fifteen albums on there that I would define as essential.  Pitchfork did a much better job with the seventies and eighties. [/b]
At least they had the sense to put NMH over Nevermind. The link I posted had MBV #1 and Pitchfork had it #2. They were both on the right track with that one. MBV took elements of what got the J&MC rolling and ran with it.
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Post by: chaz on June 22, 2008, 07:56:00 pm
As someone who was actually alive in the 80's and saw sonic youth in said decade....I say pfft wrongo x 10 to you.
 
 Goo is a good album, Dirty is ok, but Daydream Nation is by far their masterpiece and one of the best records of the era.  Sister is not far behind.  None of their 90's stuff comes close to either of these two. (imho).  Sorry, but your smoking crack if you think their best work came in the 90's.
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Originally posted by you be betty:
   
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Originally posted by chaz:
  If you want the best of the Pixies and Sonic Youth you're in the wrong decade.  Try the 80's instead.
pfft, wrongo.  check out Goo and Dirty by Sonic Youth.  
 
 also,
 Different Class by Pulp
 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement
 Grace AND ALSO Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk by Jeff Buckley
 Telephono by Spoon
 Odelay by Beck
 Handsome Western States by Beulah
 Moon Safari by Air
 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
 
 and all the obligatory Radiohead, MBV, Elliott Smith, Ben Folds Five, i will think of more later... [/b]
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Post by: you be betty on June 22, 2008, 08:56:00 pm
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Originally posted by chaz:
  As someone who was actually alive in the 80's and saw sonic youth in said decade....I say pfft wrongo x 10 to you.
 
 Goo is a good album, Dirty is ok, but Daydream Nation is by far their masterpiece and one of the best records of the era.  Sister is not far behind.  None of their 90's stuff comes close to either of these two. (imho).  Sorry, but your smoking crack if you think their best work came in the 90's.  
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Originally posted by you be betty:
   
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Originally posted by chaz:
  If you want the best of the Pixies and Sonic Youth you're in the wrong decade.  Try the 80's instead.
pfft, wrongo.  check out Goo and Dirty by Sonic Youth.  
 
 also,
 Different Class by Pulp
 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement
 Grace AND ALSO Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk by Jeff Buckley
 Telephono by Spoon
 Odelay by Beck
 Handsome Western States by Beulah
 Moon Safari by Air
 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
 
 and all the obligatory Radiohead, MBV, Elliott Smith, Ben Folds Five, i will think of more later... [/b]
[/b]
I don't think those are their best albums, either, but they are pretty darn good and she's looking for good stuff that came out in the 90s.  Though Goo might be my second or third favorite Sonic Youth album.  You didn't have to be alive in the 80s to spot good music - I have the others, too.
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Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on June 22, 2008, 09:05:00 pm
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Originally posted by you be betty:
   You didn't have to be alive in the 80s
:eek:
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Post by: miss pretentious on June 22, 2008, 09:35:00 pm
weezer - pinkerton   :cool:
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Post by: Mobius on June 22, 2008, 09:39:00 pm
couple o' good ones:
 
 GBV - Alien Lanes
 Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
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Post by: nmsles on June 22, 2008, 10:48:00 pm
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Originally posted by you be betty:
   
Quote
Originally posted by chaz:
  If you want the best of the Pixies and Sonic Youth you're in the wrong decade.  Try the 80's instead.
pfft, wrongo.  check out Goo and Dirty by Sonic Youth.  
 
 also,
 Different Class by Pulp
 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement
 Grace AND ALSO Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk by Jeff Buckley
 Telephono by Spoon
 Odelay by Beck
 Handsome Western States by Beulah
 Moon Safari by Air
 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
 
 and all the obligatory Radiohead, MBV, Elliott Smith, Ben Folds Five, i will think of more later... [/b]
I've got all the spoon, elliott smith, pavement, ben folds, radiohead, beck, buckley and some gbv, so i'm covered in those respects.
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Post by: Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface on June 22, 2008, 11:23:00 pm
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Originally posted by you be betty:
  ...and all the obligatory Radiohead, MBV, Elliott Smith, Ben Folds Five, i will think of more later...
Q: In what world are Ben Folds Five albums considered "obligatory" in a top albums of the 1990's list?
 
 A: In "crazy, myopic scenester girl" world?
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Post by: vansmack on June 23, 2008, 12:54:00 am
What a great list of albums you all bought in the 2000's you've all created.  You might as well add the Beta Band's 3 EP's to your list before it gets simply diregarded as not "insightful" enough.
 
 Those of you that were alive in the 90's really bought (and played the hell out of):
 
 Pearl Jam - 10
 Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
 Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
 Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions
 Counting Crows - August and Everything After...
 Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
 Fugees - The Score
 REM - Automatic for the People
 Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory
 The Verve - Urban Hymms
 U2 - Auchtung Baby
 
 And because I'm from So Cal I'll also readily admit to also playing the hell out of...
 
 Social Distortion - Social Distortion
 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
 Dr. Dre - The Chronic
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Post by: chaz on June 23, 2008, 07:52:00 am
OK seriously here's what I really rocked most in the 90's, that actually came out in that decade.  I'm keeping this this list down to stuff I was actually listening to in the 90's, keeping off stuff that may have come out then that went undiscovered until later.  Making this list makes me realize 2 things - Much of what I now consider great from the 90's I did not turn on too until the 00's, and also that the 80's were a much better time for music.  
 
 Breeders - Pod
 Smashing Pumkins - Gish
 Pixies - Doolittle
 Thee Hypnotics - Come Down Heavy
 Shudder to Think - Pony Express Record
 Mazzy Star - So Tonight that I Might See
 Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
 Nirvana - Never Mind, In Utero
 Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
 Sunny Day Real Estate  - S/T
 Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
 Fugazi - Repeater
 Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman
 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads, Henry's Dream
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Post by: K8teebug on June 23, 2008, 08:05:00 am
My favorite 90's music
 
 Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
 Morrissey - Your Arsenal
 Weezer - Blue Album
 R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
 R.E.M. - Monster
 Breeders - Last Splash
 Depeche Mode - Violator (this may have come out in 89, but I listened to it in the 90's)
 The Cure - Distinigration
 Blind Melon - Blind Melon
 Radiohead - OK Computer
 Pearl Jam - Ten
 Nirvana - Nevermind
 Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
 Pavement (anything)
 Fugazi (all of it)
 Pixies
 The Specials
 
 lots of other stuff...
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Post by: sonickteam2 on June 23, 2008, 08:10:00 am
top 5 that havent been listed yet:
 
 the Roots - "Things Fall Apart"
 Chemical Brothers - "Dig Your Own Hole"
 Jesus & Mary Chain - "Honey's Dead"
 Mercury Rev - "See You On tHe Other Side"
 Dinosaur Jr. - "Where you Been"
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Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 23, 2008, 08:28:00 am
an "alternative" view of the 90s
 
 Sugarplastic - Bang the Earth Is Round
 Ben Folds Five - s/t
 The La's - s/t
 Supergrass - I Should Coco / In It For The Money
 Posies - Frosting on the Beater
 Jason Falkner - Presents Author Unknown
 Pulp - Different Class
 Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
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Post by: thirsty moore on June 23, 2008, 10:21:00 am
Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend was a good one.
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Post by: sonickteam2 on June 23, 2008, 10:41:00 am
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Originally posted by kosmo:
  an "alternative" view of the 90s
 
 Posies - Frosting on the Beater
 
i still listen to this album at least once a month. one of my top 10 all time!
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Post by: chaz on June 23, 2008, 10:50:00 am
Sorry meant to say Bossanova in my post, I know doolittle came out in the 80's.
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Post by: K8teebug on June 23, 2008, 11:23:00 am
I heart that Teenage Fanclub album.
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Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 23, 2008, 11:27:00 am
The Go -  Whatcha Doin' & The White Stripes - s/t
 Brendan Benson - One Mississippi
 Greenberry Woods - Rapple Dapple
 Love Nut - Bastards of Melody & Baltimucho
 Myracle Brah - Life on Planet Eartsnot
 Sloan - All of their 90s albums
 Innerzone Orchestra - Programmed
 Paperclip People - The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich
 Ash - Trailer / 1977
 Underworld -  Dubnobasswithmyheadman / Second Toughest in the Infants
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Post by: bearman🐻 on June 23, 2008, 11:39:00 am
Here are some that fell under the radar that I think really need a mention:
 
 Air Miami -- Me Me Me
 The Auteurs -- New Wave
 The Auteurs -- After Murder Park
 The Boo Radleys -- Everything's Alright Forever
 Catherine Wheel -- Ferment
 Catherine Wheel -- Chrome
 The Charlatans UK -- Up To Our Hips
 Lloyd Cole -- Lloyd Cole
 Curve -- Pubic Fruit
 Electronic -- Electronic
 Descendents -- Everything Sucks
 Face to Face -- Don't Turn Away
 Face to Face -- Face to Face
 Heatmiser -- MIC City Sons
 Kristin Hersh -- Strange Angels
 Inspiral Carpets -- Life
 Jawbreaker -- Dear You
 The Judybats -- Down in the Shacks Where the Satellite Dishes Grow
 KMFDM -- Naive
 The La's -- The La's
 Lush -- Split
 Manic Street Preachers -- Generation Terrorists
 Material Issue -- International Pop Overthrow
 Ned's Atomic Dustbin -- Are You Normal?
 Northside -- Chicken Rhythms
 Paw -- Dragline
 Pet Shop Boys -- Behavior
 Primal Scream -- Screamadelica
 The Prodigy -- The Prodigy Experience
 Red House Painters -- Rollercoaster
 Ride -- Nowhere
 Supergrass -- In It For the Money
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Post by: Arthwys on June 23, 2008, 12:23:00 pm
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Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
   
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Originally posted by you be betty:
   You didn't have to be alive in the 80s
:eek:  [/b]
Time for this board to admit it, it's 75% old fogeys.  Being born in 1990 makes one 18 years old.  Prime time of life for being hardcore into a young and vibrant music scene and going to lots of concerts and being right there in the pit for the experience (as opposed to trying to find a happy medium between proximity to the bar and best spot for sound quality).
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on June 23, 2008, 12:30:00 pm
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Originally posted by Arthwys:
  Time for this board to admit it, it's 75% old fogeys.
i dont think the old folks on this board shy away from their gen-x-edness ... and i'd say the board was much older a few years ago
 
 /navelgaze
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Post by: Bombay Chutney on June 23, 2008, 12:33:00 pm
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Originally posted by Arthwys:
  Time for this board to admit it, it's 75% old fogeys.
Damn kids.  GET OFF MY LAWN!
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Post by: vansmack on June 23, 2008, 12:38:00 pm
It's not the years man, it's the miles.
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Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 23, 2008, 01:15:00 pm
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   
Quote
Originally posted by Arthwys:
  Time for this board to admit it, it's 75% old fogeys.
i dont think the old folks on this board shy away from their gen-x-edness ... and i'd say the board was much older a few years ago
 
 /navelgaze [/b]
i'd much rather proclaim my gen-x-edness vs being lumped in with those god awful baby boomer types... although i will NEVER consider myself part of the Reagen Generation   :mad:
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on June 23, 2008, 01:22:00 pm
some good ones not mentioned ... hopefully no overlap with previous posts, this was a lot of fun sifting through   :D  
 
 apples in stereo - "fun trick noisemaker"
 archers of loaf - "icky mettle"
 beastie boys - "check your head"
 beck - "mellow gold"
 belle & sebastian - "if you're feeling sinister" / EPs
 brendan benson - "one mississippi"
 bettie serveert - "palomine"
 beulah - "when your heartstrings break"
 bjork - "post"
 frank black - "teenager of the year"
 black star - "s/t"
 blake babies - "sunburn"
 blink 182 - "dude ranch"   :eek:  
 blur - pick em, i'll go with "parklife"
 bottle rockets - "the brooklyn side"
 billy bragg & wilco - "mermaid avenue"
 buena vista social club - "s/t"
 buffalo tom - "let me come over"
 built to spill - pick em, i'll go with "perfect from now on"
 cake - "fashion nugget"
 common [sense] - "resurrection"
 cornershop - "when i was born for the 7th time"
 daft punk - "homework"
 deftones - "around the fur"
 del tha funkee homosapien - "i wish my brother george was here"
 dismemberment plan - "emergency & i"
 dj shadow - "endtroducing"
 dr. dre - "the chronic"
 dr. octagon - "the octagonecologyst"
 bob dylan - "time out of mind"
 elf power - "when the red king comes"
 eugenius - "oomalama"
 fountains of wayne - "s/t"
 the get up kids - "something to write home about"
 gillian welch - "revival"
 gin blossoms - "new miserable experience"
 godspeed you! black emperor - "f# a# infinity"
 gorky's zygotic mynci - "barafundle"
 GnR - "use your illusion 1/2"
 guster - "parachute"
 gza/genius - "liquid swords"
 helmet - "meantime"
 james - "laid"
 jawbox - "for your own special sweetheart"
 jawbreaker - "24 hour revenge therapy"
 jay-z - "reasonable doubt"
 jayhawks - pick em
 jimmy eat world - "clarity"
 juliana hatfield - "hey babe"
 kid loco - "a grand love story"
 kleenex girl wonder - "ponyoak"
 kula shaker - "k"
 lambchop - "how i quit smoking"
 the lassie foundation - "pacifico"
 lauryn hill - "the miseducation of..."
 ben lee - "something to remember me by"
 the lemonheads - "it's a shame about ray"
 liz phair - "exile in guyville"
 low - "long division"
 luna - "lunapark"
 the magnetic fields - all of them, especially "69 love songs"
 massive attack - "blue lines"
 matthew sweet - "100% fun"
 maxwell - "maxwell's urban hang suite"
 mercury rev - "deserter's songs"
 mobb deep - "hell on earth"
 modest mouse - "lonesome crowded west"
 mogwai - "young team"
 morcheeba - "who can you trust?"
 morphine - "yes"
 morrissey - pick-em ("your arsenal")
 mos def - "black on both sides"
 mouse on mars - pick-em
 nas - "illmatic"
 new radicals - "maybe you've been brainwashed too"
 NIN - "the downward spiral"
 notorious b.i.g. - "ready to die"
 the notwist - "shrink"
 the olivia tremor control - "dusk at cubist castle"
 orbital - "orbital 2"
 beth orton - "trailer park"
 outkast - "ATLiens", "aquemini"
 paul simon - "rhythm of the saints"
 pearl jam - "live on two legs"
 pj harvey - pickem ("to bring you my love")
 plaid - "rest proof clockwork"
 pogues - "run sodomy and the lash"
 polvo - "today's active lifestyles"
 portishead - both
 the promise ring - "nothing feels good"
 public enemy - "fear of a black planet"
 REM - "new adventures in hi-fi"
 raekwon - "only built 4 cuban linx"
 rage against the machine - "s/t"
 red house painters - get the comp
 the rentals - "return of the rentals"
 the replacements - "all shook down"
 ride - "nowhere"
 roni size/reprazant - "new forms"
 the roots - "things fall apart"
 sea and cake - pick em
 sebadoh - "III"
 sigur ros - "Ágætis Byrjun"
 silver jews - "starlite walker" (all of em, really)
 slint - "spiderland"
 slobberbone - "barrel chested"
 slowdive - "souvlaki"
 smudge - "tea toast & turmoil"
 snoop - "doggystyle"
 sun volt - "trace"
 spiritualized - go with "the complete works vol 1/2"
 spoon - "a series of sneaks"
 stereolab - "emperor tomato ketchup"
 sublime - "40 oz to freedom" (fuck the haters)
 sugar - "copper blue"
 the sundays - "reading writing & arithmetic"
 sunny day real estate - ALL OF IT
 superchunk - for comps go with "cup of sand", "tossing seeds 89-91", "incidental music 91-95", and for LPs you'd be OK with just "no pocky for kitty"
 teenage fanclub - best of comp and "songs from northern britain" (in addition to previously mentioned "bandwagonesque")
 they might be giants - "flood" ('birdhouse in your soul' will now be in my head all day)
 thievery corporation - "sounds from the thievery hi-fi"
 toad the wet sprocket - "dulcinea"
 tom petty - "wildflowers"
 tom waits - "mule variations"
 tool - "?nima"
 tortoise - "TNT"
 the tragically hip - "fully completely"
 trans am - "futureworld"
 a tribe called quest - all of it (or "anthology" works)
 tricky - "maxinquaye"
 uncle tupelo - "anodyne"
 white stripes - "s/t"
 wilco - "am", "being there", "summerteeth"
 wu-tang clan - "enter the wu-tang (36 chambers)"
 XTC - "nonsuch"
 yo la tengo - "i can hear the heart beating as one"
 2PAC - "all eyez on me"
 the 6ths - "wasps' nest"
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on June 23, 2008, 01:26:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by kosmo:
 Jason Falkner - Presents Author Unknown
 
thank you for reminding me that i need to get this
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on June 23, 2008, 01:28:00 pm
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Originally posted by econo:
  Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend was a good one.
i love matthew sweet, heard he's putting out a new album this year
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Post by: K8teebug on June 23, 2008, 01:48:00 pm
I am proud of my Gen-X'ed-ness.  Would much rather be associated with my generation than any before or after.
 
 (Thank goodness I didn't come of age in the Kid Rock era)
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Post by: yinzer on June 23, 2008, 02:57:00 pm
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I am proud of my Gen-X'ed-ness. Would much rather be associated with my generation than any before or after.
 
Me too.  Gawd.
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Post by: xneverwherex on June 23, 2008, 05:18:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by bearman:
  Here are some that fell under the radar that I think really need a mention:
 
 Air Miami -- Me Me Me
 The Auteurs -- New Wave
 The Auteurs -- After Murder Park
 The Boo Radleys -- Everything's Alright Forever
 Catherine Wheel -- Ferment
 Catherine Wheel -- Chrome
 The Charlatans UK -- Up To Our Hips
 Lloyd Cole -- Lloyd Cole
 Curve -- Pubic Fruit
 Electronic -- Electronic
 Descendents -- Everything Sucks
 Face to Face -- Don't Turn Away
 Face to Face -- Face to Face
 Heatmiser -- MIC City Sons
 Kristin Hersh -- Strange Angels
 Inspiral Carpets -- Life
 Jawbreaker -- Dear You
 The Judybats -- Down in the Shacks Where the Satellite Dishes Grow
 KMFDM -- Naive
 The La's -- The La's
 Lush -- Split
 Manic Street Preachers -- Generation Terrorists
 Material Issue -- International Pop Overthrow
 Ned's Atomic Dustbin -- Are You Normal?
 Northside -- Chicken Rhythms
 Paw -- Dragline
 Pet Shop Boys -- Behavior
 Primal Scream -- Screamadelica
 The Prodigy -- The Prodigy Experience
 Red House Painters -- Rollercoaster
 Ride -- Nowhere
 Supergrass -- In It For the Money
this was almost everything i was listening to but id add:
 
 house of love: a spy in the house of love
 gene: olympian
 the dandy warhols: dandys rule ok and comedown
 the railway children: native place
 the ocean blue: cerulean
 the lightning seeds: cloud cuckooland
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Post by: chaz on June 23, 2008, 05:23:00 pm
Hoya, Rum Sodomy and the Lash came out in the mid 80's.  Time to update your itunes tags on that one!
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Post by: sweetcell on June 23, 2008, 05:50:00 pm
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Originally posted by vansmack:
 Those of you that were alive in the 90's really bought (and played the hell out of):
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 RHCP: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
 RHCP: Californication
 The Crystal Method: Vegas
 Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger
 Faith No More: Angel Dust
 Primus: Sailing the Seas of Cheese
 Metallica: S/T (aka The Black Album)
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Post by: Frank Gallagher on June 23, 2008, 06:48:00 pm
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Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
   
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Originally posted by you be betty:
  ...and all the obligatory Radiohead, MBV, Elliott Smith, Ben Folds Five, i will think of more later...
Q: In what world are Ben Folds Five albums considered "obligatory" in a top albums of the 1990's list?
 
 A: In "crazy, myopic scenester girl" world? [/b]
In betty's obviously.
 
 After a quick read of all the posts, a few comments.
 
 The Specials in the 90's??? We are talking about Terry Hall and co. aren't we?
 
 I'd go along with Oasis, The Verve, Morrissey of course, Counting Crows and add James (Laid) and Belle& Sebastian (If you're feeling sinister)
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on June 23, 2008, 07:34:00 pm
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Originally posted by chaz:
  Hoya, Rum Sodomy and the Lash came out in the mid 80's.  Time to update your itunes tags on that one!
yikes!  i blame the damn dirty pirates who stole the album and forced it on me
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Post by: taperkat on June 23, 2008, 08:35:00 pm
I didn't see these mentioned, mea culpa if they have..
 
 Dave Matthews Band - Crash and Under The Table
 Collective Soul self titled
 Sponge - Wax Ecstatic
 Oleander - February Son
 most of Agents of Good Roots catalog
 Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
 Tori Amos - boys for pele, under the pink
 Amanda Marshall self titled
 Better Than Ezra - Deluxe, How Does Your Garden Grow, Friction Baby
 Dream Theater - Awake
 The Frames - Fitzcarraldo
 Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo / Dizzy Up The Girl
 Live - Throwing Copper
 Soul Coughing - El Oso, Ruby Vroom, Irresistable Bliss
 Our Lady Peace - Clumsy, Naveed
 Remy Zero - Villa Elaine
 Third Eye Blind
 the urge - master of styles
 
 now keep in mind.. i wasn't listening to all this stuff then, but i do now, if that counts.
 
 and good game on endtroducing.
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on June 23, 2008, 08:48:00 pm
i think you left Bush's magnum opus "Sixteen Stone" off your list   :eek:
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Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on June 23, 2008, 09:14:00 pm
Kat, not less than five of the bands in your list made me gag upon seeing them there!    :eek:
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Post by: sweetcell on June 23, 2008, 09:44:00 pm
Mr. Bungle - s/t
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Post by: SPARX on June 23, 2008, 09:46:00 pm
Has anyone mentioned Sugar? If not, they deserve a nod. Copper Blue was excellent I thought.
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Post by: lagas on June 23, 2008, 10:01:00 pm
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
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Post by: Mobius on June 23, 2008, 10:54:00 pm
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
 Tricky - Maxinquaye
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Post by: Frank Gallagher on June 24, 2008, 10:02:00 am
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Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  Kat, not less than five of the bands in your list made me gag upon seeing them there!     :eek:  
Can we keep this thread a non-flaming one please? It's a good one so no need to attack those with differing music tastes of yourself (even though I happen to agree with you!!)
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Post by: chaz on June 24, 2008, 10:57:00 am
Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
 
 An underrated gem from the Mudhoney catalog.
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Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on June 24, 2008, 11:05:00 am
you're right, apologies, Kat!
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Post by: sonickteam2 on June 24, 2008, 11:06:00 am
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Originally posted by vansmack:
  What a great list of albums you all bought in the 2000's you've all created.  You might as well add the Beta Band's 3 EP's to your list before it gets simply diregarded as not "insightful" enough.
 
 Those of you that were alive in the 90's really bought (and played the hell out of):
 
 Pearl Jam - 10
 Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
 Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
 Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions
 Counting Crows - August and Everything After...
 Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
 Fugees - The Score
 REM - Automatic for the People
 Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory
 The Verve - Urban Hymms
 U2 - Auchtung Baby
 
 And because I'm from So Cal I'll also readily admit to also playing the hell out of...
 
 Social Distortion - Social Distortion
 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
 Dr. Dre - The Chronic
i'll give you the Counting Crows, Jane's Addiction and U2  but no Fugees, Pumpkins, Beasties or PJ on my end.
 
 I guarantee i listen to "It's A Shame About Ray" more times in high school than any of those 4 bands combined.
 
  I dont really know what to say about Tragic Kingdom, but i did meet Gwen Stefani once while i was hooking school on Queen St. in Toronto at a record store...1994 i believe...
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Post by: sonickteam2 on June 24, 2008, 11:13:00 am
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Originally posted by Mobius:
  Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
 Tricky - Maxinquaye
add
 
 Daft Punk's - "Homework" to that then....
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Post by: taperkat on June 24, 2008, 11:40:00 am
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Originally posted by 47 YEAR OLD VIRGIN:
   
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Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  Kat, not less than five of the bands in your list made me gag upon seeing them there!      :)  I have very odd, eclectic music tastes, with over 1000 cds that was just taking 20 minutes and running through them quickly.   :D
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Post by: sweetcell on June 24, 2008, 11:46:00 am
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
 add
 
 Daft Punk's - "Homework" to that then....
duh.  good catch.
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Post by: Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface on June 24, 2008, 11:55:00 am
No one's mentioned Hum's Downward Is Heavenward, which I would definitely have on my list.
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Post by: ratioci nation on June 24, 2008, 12:22:00 pm
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Originally posted by vansmack:
  What a great list of albums you all bought in the 2000's you've all created.  You might as well add the Beta Band's 3 EP's to your list before it gets simply diregarded as not "insightful" enough.
 
 Those of you that were alive in the 90's really bought (and played the hell out of):
 
 Pearl Jam - 10
 Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
 Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
 Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions
 Counting Crows - August and Everything After...
 Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
 Fugees - The Score
 REM - Automatic for the People
 Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory
 The Verve - Urban Hymms
 U2 - Auchtung Baby
 
 And because I'm from So Cal I'll also readily admit to also playing the hell out of...
 
 Social Distortion - Social Distortion
 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
 Dr. Dre - The Chronic
I am pretty sure The Chronic was played everywhere, and I admit to listening to every thing on your list more than once other than Janes Addiction (never liked them, still dont), Acuhtung Baby and replace Ill Communication (which was a total frat boy album at AU) with Check Your Head
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Post by: OscarTheWilde on June 24, 2008, 12:33:00 pm
I came back to this board to talk about music subscription services and devices to play them at home (another thread), but just had to weigh in here for a quick second.
 
 Back in the day when I used to post here a lot (late 1990s!), we did a thread on the best albums of the 90s.  I voted the Cocteau Twins' Heaven or Las Vegas as the best from that decade, and that assessment still applies.
 
 Anyone here from the old days?  Nathan?  Maddy?  Sorry, I'm forgetting so many of the other names of regular posters.  We had a lot of good things to say back then, that's for sure!
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Post by: you be betty on June 24, 2008, 08:44:00 pm
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Originally posted by kosmo:
 
 Ben Folds Five - s/t
 
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Post by: kosmo vinyl on June 24, 2008, 08:55:00 pm
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Originally posted by you be betty:
   
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Originally posted by kosmo:
 
 Ben Folds Five - s/t
 
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Only because it was an absolute breathe of fresh air when it came out.. it's a shame it all went so wrong for the band so quickly...
 
 I also really liked
 Semisonic - Great Divide
 Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear
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Post by: you be betty on June 25, 2008, 03:30:00 am
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Originally posted by kosmo:
   
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Originally posted by you be betty:
   
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Originally posted by kosmo:
 
 Ben Folds Five - s/t
 
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Only because it was an absolute breathe of fresh air when it came out.. it's a shame it all went so wrong for the band so quickly...
 
 I also really liked
 Semisonic - Great Divide
 Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear [/b]
I know!  I pointed this out because when I suggest it, I'm a hipster, but when you suggest it...well...they would.
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Post by: bearman🐻 on June 25, 2008, 09:09:00 am
How could I forget to mention "XO" and "Either/Or" by Elliott Smith?