Top 10 or so albums of the 90's

This is an insanely difficult task, having spent the first half of the 90s in high school and the last half of the 90s working at an indie record store I have so many albums that I love from the 90s. Here are 10 in no particular order:

Electronic oriented
Massive Attack "Mezzanine"
Boards of Canada "Music Has The Right To Children"
Underworld "Dubnobasswithmyheadman"
Chemical Brothers "Exit Planet Dust"
Coil "Love's Secret Domain"
Dj Shadow "Endtroducing"
Jega "Geometry"
Aphex Twin "Selected Ambient Works 85-92"
KLF "Chill Out"
Portishead "Dummy"

Less electronic oriented
My Bloody Valentine "Loveless"
Elliot Smith "Figure 8"
Helium "Magic City"
Sonic Youth "Goo"
Jawbreaker "Dear You"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Murder Ballads"
Polvo "Celebrate The New Dark Age"
Radiohead "Ok Computer"
Stereolab "Mars Audiac Quintet"
Neutral Milk Hotel "In The Aeroplane..."

 

Funny that you list OK Computer in the less-electronic list. I love it because it sounds so electronic because of all the effect gear they used on it.

 

Something like this:

The La's - The La's
EMF - Schubert Dip
Nirvana - Nevermind
Blur - Parklife
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
Pulp - Different Class
Supergrass - I Should Coco
The Verve - Urban Hymns
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty

 

Heres a few that I never noticed back then due to "theres only so much time in a day and college is killing me" but now are favorites after tiring of the usual suspects..

Dinosaur Jr- Green Mind- funnest RnR to me.

Weezer- Blue Album- what great pop!

Flaming Lips-Soft Bulletin- Greatest complete album of the 90s imo.

Talk Talk-Laughing Stock- Im not usually an ambient type, but this is great late off with the lights soundscapes. The changes take one places not expected.

Nick Cave And The Badseeds- Let Love In (more accessible than the Boatmans Call to me. Though the later is beautiful.)

Afghan Wigs- Gentlemen (no way I would have liked this in the 90s, sure love it now though)

Melvins- Bullhead ( any of the 90s albums are great imo)

Truly- Fast Stories From Kid Coma (seems Im always finding great albums I had no idea about. This is one of them)

 

"Eric Clapton From The Cradle- God plays the blues. A full album of blues covers, and I can't imagine the originals being any better."

Really?

 

They weren't very big here in Australia either unfortunately. Their early stuff was well received, but by the time Pink Girl with the Blues was released everyone had thought they had disbanded and had forgotten about them, especially youth radio. It was only the diehards like myself who continued to buy their records.

 

Songs for Drella _ Lou Reed & John Cale
In Utero _ Nirvana
Slanted & Enchanted _ Pavement
Bone Machine _ Tom Waits
The First Day _ David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
Bee Thousand _ Guided by Voices
Crappin' You Negative _ The Grifters
Being There _ Wilco
Songs From Northern Britain _ Teenage Fanclub
American Water _ Silver Jews

 

Without much contemplation...

Mike Watt - Contemplating The Engine Room
Gutterball
Lemonheads - Car Button Cloth
Anastasia Screamed - Moontime
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
Lotion - Nobody's Cool
Oblivians Play 9 Songs With Mr. Quintron
Bash And Pop - Friday Night Is Killing Me
Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs
Cobra Verde - Nightlife
Steve Wynn (featuring Come) - Melting In The Dark
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
Mega City Four - Sebastopol Road.
Nova Mob
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone
Meat Puppets - Forbidden Places
Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle
Chris Whitley - Terra Incognita

...

 

I'll list my top 10. (No particular order)

Pearl Jam - Yield
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers
Sade - Love Deluxe
Nirvana - Nevermind
N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

 

Looks like I already posted a list in this thread ... http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/top-10-or-so-albums-of-the-90s.10725/page-6#post-13135816 ... but here's a new Thanksgiving list that's a bit different based on recent listens... well, different records, but maybe not really that much different

Arto Lindsay - Noon Chill
Michael Head & the Strands - The Magical World of the Strands
Joe Henry - Fuse
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
Black Heart Procession - 2
Kid Loco - A Grand Love Story
Eleventh Dream Day - Eighth
Wedding Present - Seamonsters
Girls Against Boys - Venus Luxure No.1 Baby
Hector Zazou - Sahara Blue

 

Tricky-Maxinquaye

DJ Shadow-Endtroducing

Radiohead-The Bends

Adorable-Against Perfection

Cranes-Loved

Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream

Lloyd Cole-Don't Get Weird on Me, Babe

Prefab Sprout-Jordan: The Comeback

St. Etienne-Fox Base Alpha

Massive Attack-Blue Lines

Stone Roses-Second Coming

Talk Talk-Laughing Stock

 

Great record, big big favorite, still listen to it all the time, there's a few fans around here

Doesn't require much contemplation, that's one of the best

Love pretty much everything on your list, but that's a good one that doesn't get much attention.

 

My own personal top 10 -

 

The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
R.E.M. - Automatic For the People
Bash and Pop - Friday Night is Killing Me
Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs
The Wildhearts - Earth vs The Wildhearts
Goo Goo Dolls - Hold Me Up
D Generation - D Generation
Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves
Soul Asylum - And the Horse They Rode in On
Nirvana - Nevermind
Manitoba's Wild Kingdom - And You?
The Nymphs - The Nymphs
Lunachicks - Jerk of All Trades
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over

 

Nice presentation, and some really good records too. Well done.