Best album of the '90s?

Monster Magnet - Spine of God and Super Judge.

 

The Verve Urban Hymns

 

Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears.
Motorhead - 1916.

 

Candidates for my favorite album of the 1990's:

1. Soundgarden - Superunknown
2. White Zombie - Astro Creep 2000
3. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
4. Monster Magnet - Powertrip
   
5. Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age

 

My vote is as far as a band of the 90's...STP Core.

 

Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

 

Some possibilities ...

U2 - Achtung Baby
Wilson Philips - Wilson Philips
Shania Twain - Come on Over
Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard Soundtrack
Depeche Mode - Violator
Garth Brooks - No Fences

 

Seal s/t

 

Not mentioned yet: Depeche Mode, Songs Of Faith And Devotion.

(although I like the singles from Violator better, I thing that SoFaD is the better album of the two)

 

Achtung Baby ~ U2
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness ~ Smashing Pumpkins
Ten ~ Pearl Jam
Blind Melon ~ Blind Melon
Automatic For The People ~ R.E.M.
Harvest Moon ~ Neil Young

 

Three favorites not yet mentioned:

Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted
Prince: The Gold Experience
Sleater-Kinney: Dig Me Out

 

Pearl Jam- Ten
Nirvana- In Utero
Tom Petty- Wildflowers
U2- Achtung Baby
Pink Floyd- The Division Bell
Dr. Dre - The Chronic

 

My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless", and I don't think it's even close. Impenetrable, then irresistible. One of the most novel albums in the entire rock catalog.

 

Goodbye Jumbo - World Party
Goo - Sonic Youth
Nevermind of course
In Utero
Alice in Chains Unplugged

 

I give. what is it?

 

It's kind of an iconic image now for fans of 90s indie rock, a bit like the one in my avatar ... Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea * »

 

My top 3 from the 90's:

White Zombie ~ La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One



Filter ~ Short Bus



Rush ~ Test For Echo

 

Pulp - Different Class
Mark Burgess and the Sons of God - Zima Junction

 

This is tough for me, even though it was my generation, I did not like much music in the 1990's. In no particular order most of these albums I can stomach a full listen all the way through;

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell/Pulse

Alice in Chains - Dirt/ Jar of Flies

Nirvana - In Utero

Pearl Jam - Ten

Ozzy Osborne - No More Tears

Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusions (both)

Soundgarden - Superunknown

Beck - Mellow Gold

Eric Clapton - Unplugged

Page & Plant - No Quarter (Unledded)

The Crow - (Soundtrack)

Any other album, it's either 1 or 2 songs but I mostly discard the rest of it.

 

Dr. Octagon

 

There is no "best", only personal favorites.

 

Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
Morphine - Cure For Pain
Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Wilco - Being There

 

Pantera - the Great Southern Trendkill

 

Jagged Little Pill - one of the best albums ever.
Train - Train

 

The honest answer would be that Nirvana album. I don't even own it and I don't like the band, but I must recognise the impact it had musically during the decade and amongst the younger generation.

Personally I would chose either an R.E.M. album from the early years of the decade (either Out of time or Automatic, even if these two aren't my band favourites) or The Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie, even if I only liked a couple of its songs.