best 90's albums. help me out!

[nmsles]

Originally posted by you be betty:
   

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.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

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?

[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

[chaz]

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

[K8teebug]

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...

[sonickteam2]

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"

[kosmo vinyl]

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

[thirsty moore]

Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend was a good one.

[sonickteam2]

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!

[chaz]

Sorry meant to say Bossanova in my post, I know doolittle came out in the 80's.

[K8teebug]

I heart that Teenage Fanclub album.

[kosmo vinyl]

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

[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

[Arthwys]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
   

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).

[HoyaSaxa03]

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