Favorite album from each year of the 90's

Great record, one of, if not the, last great rock album of the 90's. I spun that a ton.

 

Oops.
I have an add-on, and an apology to the man gracing the photo over there.
91: Mekons - Curse of the Mekons
I'm a man with an idiot moment.

 

1990: Sinead O Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
1991: Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger/ Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
1992: Alice in Chains - Dirt
1993: Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See/ Bjork - Debut
1994: Soundgarden - Superunknown/ Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
1995: Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill/ Garbage - Garbage
1996: Beth Orton - Trailer Park
1997: Natalie Imbruglia - Left of the Middle
1998: Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle/ Bif Naked - Ibificus
1999: Tom Waits - Mule Variations/ Linda Perry - After Hours

 

Ooo fun!

1990: The KLF - Chill Out
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Stereolab - Peng!
1993: The Breeders - Last Splash
1994: Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
1995: Grateful Dead/John Oswald - Grayfolded
1996: Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1997: Björk - Homogenic
1998: Beck - Mutations
1999: Gas - Königsforst

 

New Releases:

1990: Megadeth - Rust in Peace
1991: Pearl Jam - Ten
1992: Extreme - Three Sides to Every Story
1993: Dah-veed (David Garza) - Culture Vulture
1994: Dream Theater - Awake
1995: Tony Levin - World Diary
1996: Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
1999: Citizen Lane - LovingSpaceHarmony

Archival Releases:

1990: Iron Maiden - The First Ten Years
1991: King Crimson - Frame by Frame
1992: King Crimson - The Great Deceiver
1993: Prince - The Hits/B-Sides
1994: The Beatles - Live at the BBC
1995: John Coltrane - Heavyweight Champion
1996: Frank Zappa - Lather
1997: John Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
1998: King Crimson - Absent Lovers
1999 Miles Davis/John Coltrane - The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961

 

1990 -- They Might Be Giants -- Flood
1991 -- John Prine, The Missing Years
1992 -- Joe Henry, Short Man's Room
1993 -- P J Harvey, Rid of Me
1994 -- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Let Love In
1995 -- Scott Walker, Tilt
1996 -- Brian Jonestown Massacre, Thank God for Mental Illness; John Wesley Harding, JWH's New Deal
1997 -- Chuck Prophet, Homemade Blood; Old 97s, Too Far to Care
1998 -- Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999 -- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, I See a Darkness

 

Off the top of my head (I'm probably forgetting lots):

1990 The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
1991 Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide
1992 House of Love - Babe Rainbow
1993 Saint Etienne - So Tough
1994 Luna - Bewitched
1995 Moose - Live A Little, Love A Lot
1996 Lush - Lovelife
1997 Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
1998 Pernice Brothers - Overcome By Happiness
1999 The Butterflies of Love - How To Know

 

1990: Happy Mondays - Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches
1991: Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Back
1992: Ministry - Psalm 69
1993: Black Dog Productions - Bytes
1994: Jeru The Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East
1995: Tricky - Maxinquaye
1996: 16 Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
1997: Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
1998: Meshuggah - Chaosphere
1999: Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

 

90: Judas Priest - Painkiller
91: Sonny Sharrock - Ask the Ages
92: Alice in Chains - Dirt
93: Kate Bush - The Red Shoes
94: Soundgarden - Superunknown
95: Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
96: Metallica - Load
97: David Bowie - Earthling
98: Metallica - Garage Inc.
99: Metallica - S&M

 

1990-King's X-Faith Hope Love
1991-Nirvana-Nevermind
1992-Singles Soundtrack
1993-Juliana Hatfield Three-Become What You Are, Breeders-Last Splash (tie)
1994-Jennifer Trynin-Cockamamie
1995-Ben Folds Five-s/t
1996-Jason Falkner-Presents Author Unknown
1997-Lida Husik-Fly Stereophonic
1998-Air-Moon Safari
1999-Fountains Of Wayne-Utopia Parkway

 

I didn't pick TLC's Fan Mail just to spice up my otherwise boring list. I actually think it's a great album.

1990 - Ragged Glory
1991 - Achtung Baby
1992 - Ten
1993 - Vs.
1994 - Grace
1995 - Mellon Collie
1996 - New Adventures in Hi Fi
1997 - OK Computer
1998 - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
1999 - Fan Mail

 

1990 - Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
1991 - Pearl Jam - Ten
1992 - Blind Melon - Blind Melon
1993 - Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair
1994 - Soundgarden - Superunknown
1995 - Collective Soul - Collective Soul
1996 - R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
1997 - New Radicals - Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too
1998 - Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Walking Into Clarksdale
1999 - Porcupine Tree. - Stupid Dream

 

1990: Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo habitual
1991: Nirvana - Nevermind
1992: Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray/Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over
1993: Bash and Pop - Friday Night is Killing Me/ The Wildhearts - Earth vs The Wildhearts
1994: D Generation - D Generation
1995: Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves/ Lunackicks - Jerk of All Trades
1996- D Generation - No Lunch
1997- Cheap Trick -Cheap Trick/ Lunachicks - Pretty Ugly
1998- Murder City Devils - Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts
1999- Supersuckers - The Evil Powers of Rock n Roll/ Lazy Cowgirls - Rank Outsider

 

• 1990 Rosanne Cash - Interiors (tough year, few choices for me)
• 1991 John Prince - The Missing Years (tough year, too many choices for me)
• 1992 R.E.M - Automatic (but darn Tom Waits Bone Machine is there too)
• 1993 Van Morrison - Too Long In Exile (another slim choice year)
• 1994 Dave Alvin - King Of California
• 1995 Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
• 1996 Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Grateful Heart: Blues & Ballads
• 1997 Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Missouri Skies
• 1998 Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (super, super tough - I could have picked 8 or 9 others)
• 1999 Cassandra Wilson - Traveling Miles (it could have easily been Bill Frisell The Sweetest Punch)

 

1990 WISH LIST - The Falling Joys
1991 PENNY CENTURY - The Clouds
1992 DOPPELGANGER - Curve
1993 THUNDERHEAD - The Clouds
1994 SPLIT -Lush
1995 ONLY EVERYTHING -Juliana Hatfield
1996 REPUBLICA - Republica
1997 COME CLEAN - Curve
1998 VERSION 2.0 - Garbage
1999 MR. BIG CAR - Stella One Eleven

 

I'll play along.

1990 Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
1991 Nirvana - Nevermind
1992 Rheostatics - Whale Music
1993 Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
1994 Jeff Buckley - Grace
1995 Radiohead - The Bends
1996 Beck - Odelay
1997 Radiohead - OK Computer
1998 Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
1999 Fiona Apple - When the Pawn....

 

1990 Jordan: The Comeback, Prefab Sprout

1991 Achtung Baby, U2

1992 Girlfriend, Matthew Sweet

1993 Whatever, Aimee Mann

1994 Parklife, Blur

1995 The Bends, Radiohead

1996 Odelay, Beck

1997 OK Computer, Radiohead

1998 XO, Elliott Smith

1999 Apple Venus Volume 1, XTC

 

Cool thread. Here are mine:

Jellyfish-- Bellybutton 1990
Richard Thompson-- Rumor And Sigh 1991
Los Lobos-- Kiko 1992
Pearl Jam-- Vs. 1993
Tom Petty-- Wildflowers 1994
Radiohead-- The Bends 1995
Wilco-- Being There 1996
Radiohead-- OK Computer 1997
Gomez-- Bring It On 1998
David Gray-- White Ladder 1999

 

1990 - Tesla - 5 Man Acoustical Jam
1991 - U2 - Achtung Baby
1992 - Kiss - Revenge
1993 - Nirvana - In Utero
1994 - Oasis - Definitely Maybe
1995 - Oasis - Morning Glory
1996 - Sloan - One Chord To Another
1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer
1998 - Madonna - Ray of Light
1999 - Robbie Williams - The Ego Has Landed

 

Forgot about that New Radicals record, I would have added it to my list, but that's the year OK Computer came out! Love it though, and it holds up.

 

1990 Judas Priest - Painkiller
1991 U2 - Achtung Baby
1992 Danzig - Danzig III: How the Gods Kill
1993 Dwight Yoakam - This Time
1994 Weezer - The Blue Album
1995 Aimee Mann - I'm With Stupid
1996 Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
1997 Alison Krauss - So long So Wrong
1998 Hole - Celebrity Skin
1999 Kurupt - Tha Streetz Is A Mutha

 

90 - Queensryche / Empire
91 - U2 / Achtung Baby
92 - Arc Angels / Arc Angels
93 - Urge Overkill / Saturation
94 - Hole / Live Through This - Weezer / Weezer (tie)
95 - Foo Fighters / Foo Fighters
96 - John Mellencamp / Mr. Happy Go Lucky
97 - The Rolling Stones / Bridges to Babylon
98 - Hole / Celebrity Skin
99 - Buckcherry / Buckcherry

 

Avoiding things like Led Zep BBC Sessions, Jimi Hendrix: Blues, Live At Woodstock etc. I think the following 10 were my most played and appreciated albums (one per year):

1990 - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory
1991 - Prince - Diamonds & Pearls
1992 - Keziah Jones - Blufunk Is A Fact!
1993 - Mick Jagger - Wandering Spirit
1994 - ZZ Top - Antenna
1995 - Prince - The Gold Experience
1996 - Prince - Emancipation
1997 - John Fogerty - Blue Moon Sawamp
1998 - Prince - Crystal Ball
1999 - Prince - The Vault - Old Friends For Sale

Looking back through lists of albums released, for me it was a decade almost as lousy as the 80s, 2000s and 2010s for good music.

 

1990 - Blake Babies - Sunburn
1991 - Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
1992 - Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Muisical Companion
1993 - PJ Harvey - Rid of Me/Belly - Star (can't decide)
1994 - Blur - Parklife/Oasis - Definitely Maybe (how could you choose??)
1995 - Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight Yeah
1996 - Weezer - Pinkerton
1997 - Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We're Floating In Space
1998 - PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
1999 - The Charlatans - Us And Us Only

 

Sorry to nitpick, but Ten came out in 1991. I'm curious what you would replace it with for your 1992 pick.