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Post by Unsavory on Jun 16, 2006 22:45:11 GMT -5
In Absentia is 2002 or I definitely would have listed it.
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Post by mightyjack on Jun 17, 2006 5:01:24 GMT -5
Oh hell yeah the 90's had some brilliant albums. Man when I heard Nirvana's Nevermind is was like coming home. Tight hooks, grinding guitars, nice forrrays from major to minor chords... everything this 60's LP fan could want and more.
Weezers, Blue album and Pinkerton.
Cotton Mather, holy crap - "Kon Tiki" is one of the most perfect LPs in my collection.
And she might be an idiot and never again came close to making an album this good (Thanks Kurt?) But Holes, "Live Through This" was incredible.
The Breeders, Last Splash
Tom Waits, Bone Machine
The Fastbacks, The Day That Didn't Exist
REM, Automatic for the People
The Shazm, Godspeed the Shazam
Myracle Brah, Life on Planet Eartsnop
Bjork, Post
Alanis Morriset, Jaggd Little Pill
Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes, Under the Pink
Soundgarden, Superunknown
XTC, Nonsuch
Supergrass, I should Coco
and Johnny Cash's American recordings from the 90's are all gems.
Other bands who released great stuff in the 90's - The Smashing Pumpkins, Flaming Lips, They Might Be Giants, Beck, Faith No More, Green Day
Dylan and Frank Black were mentioned and I'd agree.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jun 17, 2006 20:41:56 GMT -5
Keep 'em coming, everyone. This has been a very helpful topic.
While I'm not a fan of all of these artists (like Tool or Dylan), a good album is still a good album.
So far, my list is topped with:
OK Computer- Radiohead (This album changed everything.)
Angel Dust- Faith No More (Simply a masterpiece. 15 years later, and I still find new things each time I listen to it.)
Achtung Baby- U2 (Lots of people have joined the backlash against U2, but they earned their place; and this album was revolutionary.)
Ten- Pearl Jam (I was 16 when this came out, and everyone I knew thought it blew "Nevermind" out of the water.)
Nevermind- Nirvana (It's still a great album, nonetheless.)
Dogman- King's X (a personal favorite)
The Charity of Night- Bruce Cockburn (Amazing guitarist with beautifully haunting songs.)
Dig- Adam Again (One you've never heard of, but it's in my top 3 favorite albums of all-time. Brilliant songwriting against a noisy-funky backdrop.)
Grace- Jeff Buckley (Why can't the other folkish, brooding, singer/songwriters get their albums to sound this complex and groovy?)
Whatever and Ever Amen- Ben Folds Five (Any of their 3 albums belongs on this list, but this one is the most complete.)
But I still feel like I'm forgetting some.
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Post by Don Quixote on Jun 17, 2006 21:38:48 GMT -5
"It's a brand new record, for nineteen ninety, They Might Be Giants' brand new album... floooood."
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Post by StreetDreamer83 on Jun 18, 2006 0:17:41 GMT -5
Lindsey Buckingham's Out Of The Cradle. Don't let my Fleetwood Mac obsession fool you on this one.
Matt
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Post by mightyjack on Jun 19, 2006 22:03:55 GMT -5
Thank you Mr. A - because of this thread I've been digging through my record collection and revisiting some great music. So I attempted to make my own personal list of my favorite 25 CDs from the 90's
gold=CDs I didn't have in my original list
1. Pinkerton, Weezer 2. Nevermind, Nirvana 3. The Blue Album, Weezer 4. Kon Tiki, Cotton Mather 5. Nonsuch, XTC 6. Godspeed the Shazam, The Shazam 7. Why Do Birds Sing, The Violent Femmes 8. Post, Bjork 9. Unchained, Johnny Cash 10. Automatic For the People, REM 11. Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins 12. In Utero, Nirvana 13. Bone Machine, Tom Waites 14. Live Through This, Hole 15. Idjit Savant, The Dickies 15. Under the Pink, Tori Amos 16. Time Out of Mind, Bob Dylan 17. Stick Around For Joy, The Sugarcubes 18. Superunknown, Soundgarden 19. Last Temptation, Alice Cooper 20. Last Splash, The Breeders 21. Mellon Collie, Smashing Pumpkins 22. Commonwealth, Plankeye 23. Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morrisett 24. The Day That Never Was, Fastbacks 25. Girlfriend, Matthew Sweet
I could probably go for 50 - And I know, I don't have a lot of the big guns (Never cared for Pearl Jam, U2 or the Chili Peppers; though I freely acknowledge their impact and importance on the 90's music scene)
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Post by satanicsprite on Jun 20, 2006 0:11:55 GMT -5
Back in the '90s, I was a fan of less mainstream, independent/punk/hard music, so here's a few to chew on: Rocket From The Crypt - Circa:Now Helmet - Meantime New Bomb Turks - Destroy-Oh-Boy! Beastie Boys - Check Your Head Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles Polvo - Shapes Love Battery - Dayglo Gaunt - I Can See Your Mom From Here, Whitey The Man Sebadoh - Smash Your Head On The Punk Rock Oblivians - Soul Food, Popular Favorites Country Teasers - Satan Is Real Again Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain Shellac - At Action Park Fu Manchu - everything Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand Skull Kontrol - Deviate... Teengenerate - Smash Hits Trumans Water - Godspeed The Punchline Unwound - New Plastic Ideas, s/t Archers Of Loaf - Icky Mettle, Speed Of Cattle Motorhead - 1916 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange Count Raven - Destruction Of The Void Cathedral - Ethereal Mirror Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer Kyuss - everything
There's more I'm sure, but those are some of the highlights, off the top of my head!
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Post by satanicsprite on Jun 20, 2006 1:01:27 GMT -5
Ah here's a few more I just thought of: Melvins - s/t (Lysol) Modest Mouse - This Is A Long Drive..., Lonesome Crowded West Lync - These Are Not Fall Colors, Remembering The Fireballs Girls Against Boys - Tropic Of Scorpio, Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby Gories - everything
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Post by mightyjack on Jun 20, 2006 2:27:06 GMT -5
Oh yeah Sprite, "Rocket From the Crypt" rocks! Love that horn section.
There's so much out there, beyond the mainstream. Folks, If you like weird techno, try Aphex Twin (and put on "Milkman") - Emocore (Basically melodic punk) give the Get Up Kids, "Something to Write Home About" a shot. And yeah, as listed, how about the lo-fi hooks of "Guided By Voices"? (Though I admit to being one of the blasphemers who liked the Hi-Fi "Isolation Drills")
Hell Mr. Atari, tell your friend well give 'em 100! ;D
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Post by satanicsprite on Jun 20, 2006 23:29:03 GMT -5
Jack, glad to hear somebody likes RFTC; even though I wasn't putting all those albums I listed in any sort of order, when I read "best albums of the '90s" "Circa:Now" was the first thing that popped in my head! I listened to that album over and over and over, something I don't do much anymore (especially with newer music.) I even saw them when they toured for that record, in a little club in Boise.
The '90s were a good time for music, but sometimes you had to dig a little deeper...
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Post by impr3ssion on Jun 21, 2006 3:16:34 GMT -5
One band I can't believe isn't on this list is the Gin Blossoms! They're two major albums, New Miserable Experience (1992) and Congradulations... I'm Sorry (1996), hold a treasured spot on my iPod. Add in their track from Empire Records, and you have an awesome set. I saw them live in 2002 for 95 cents, and it was worth every penny. And a new album, Major Victory Lodge, is finally on the way! Yippee!
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Post by Melting Manos on Jun 21, 2006 9:32:22 GMT -5
In no particular order:
Opeth - Orchid
Tool - Opiate (EP)
Tool - Aenima
Pantera - A Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Black Sabbath (w/Dio) - Dehumanizer
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
Overkill - Horrorscope
Tesla - Psychotic Supper
Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
Metallica - The Black Album
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Post by mightyjack on Jun 21, 2006 14:28:18 GMT -5
Interesting that I don't think I've seen Beck, the Foo Fighters or Fiona Apple listed? All critical as well as commercial successes in the 90's.
The thing is, I don't see one bad album listed here. Sure, there's stuff that isn't my cup of tea on a personal level. But I don't see a prefabricated Backstreet Boy, corporate Britney or sell outs like Vitamin C (Who went from Punk "Eve's Plumb", to riding on the coat-tails of the Hip-pop fad in a blink of an eye)
Everyone has listed LPs that are important, viable and maintain an artistic vision and integrity - Top notch productions from dedicated musicians and song writers who take their craft seriously and have worked hard to make something worthwhile.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jun 21, 2006 15:20:39 GMT -5
Interesting that I don't think I've seen Beck, the Foo Fighters or Fiona Apple listed? All critical as well as commercial successes in the 90's. Thanks for the reminder. While I never understood the worship "Odelay" got, it had its moments. And "There Is Nothing Left To Lose" by the Foo Fighters is one of my favorite albums ever. There's not any filler on that album. Flawless songwriting and production, and a great flow on that one. But did that come out in 1999 or 2000? Oh, and I thought of another one- "Southern Harmony and Blues Companion" by the Black Crowes. They may be a derivative band (copying Zeppelin & the Stones), but they still make darn good music, and this album never gets old.
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Post by mightyjack on Jun 21, 2006 16:53:06 GMT -5
Mr. A - It looks like it (the Foo's) just made the cut, November 1999
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