Favorite album from each year of the 90's

Oh, OK. Probably Automatic For the People. Another boring choice I suppose. I don't remember too well what was released in 1992.

 

Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss (1990)

Overkill – Horrorscope, John Mellencamp – Whenever We Wanted, Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (1991)

The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion (1992)

John Mellencamp – Human Wheels (1993)

Soundgarden – Superunknown (1994)

to list something I guess I’ll go with The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness(1995)

Soundgarden – Down On The Upside (1996)

Bob Dylan – Time Out Of Mind (1997)

John Mellencamp – John Mellencamp (1998)

Dream Theater – Metropolis Part II: Scenes From A Memory (1999)

 

Have you heard this one?
1993 – Up the Downstair – Porcupine Tree
Since you like Pink Floyd you should listen to that album.
Like all early Tree it is very pshchedelic Floydish.


Be FOREWARNED – Porcupine Tree can be addictive - clinking on the link below may totally absorb your future musical outlook for the next month.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OftjF9rLJw&index=12&list=PL05qhRq05l3aY8WY3_2Tjx9lXSvsnsiCh

 

After perusing my itunes and thinking back to my teenage years, these were my favorites.


1990
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted
Iggy Pop - Brick By Brick
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Sonic Youth - Goo
Too Short - Short Dog's in the House


1991
Kraftwerk - The Mix
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Slint - Spiderland
Violent Femmes - Why Do Birds Sing?


1992
Beastie Boys- Check Your Head
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Rage Against the Machine - S/T
The Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines


1993
The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
Bikini Kill - P***y Whipped
The Breeders - Last Splash
Digable Planets - Reachin'
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
Nirvana - In Utero
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Primus - Pork Soda
Orbital - 2 (Brown Album)
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers


1994
Method Man - Tical
Nas - Illmatic
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Portishead - Dummy
Scarface - The Diary
Weezer - S/T


1995
Elastica - S/T
GZA - Liquid Swords
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Mike Watt - Ball-hog or Tugboat?


1996
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
Beck - Odeley
Fugees - The Score
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing....
Sublime - S/T
Weezer - Pinkerton


1997
Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
Portishead - S/T
Radiohead - OK Computer
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out


1998
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Garbage - Version 2.0
Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Outkast - Aquemini
Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing


1999
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
Basement Jaxx - Remedy
Beck - Midnight Vultures
Chemical Brothers - Surrender
Dr. Dre - The Chronic 2001
Method Man & Redman - Blackout!
Moby - Play
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
ODB - N***a Please
Underworld - Beaucoup Fish

 

Was just listening to the entire 18-minute track "Burning Sky / Fadeaway" this morning from that record.

I think Steven Wilson is a great, slightly underrated guitarist.

 

Nice choices, but if you only had to pick one, max. two, from each year?

 

1990 - a-ha: East of the Sun West of the Moon
1991 - Teenage Fanclub: Bandwagonesque
1992 - Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes
1993 - Depeche Mode: Songs of Faith and Devotion
1994 - Tom Petty: Wildflowers
1995 - Teenage Fanclub: Grand Prix
1996- Belle and Sebastian: "Tigermilk"
1997 - The Jayhawks: Sound of Lies
1998 - James Iha: Let It Come Down
1999 - Wilco: Summerteeth

 

1990 - Replacements - All Shook Down
1991 - Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
1992 - Boo Radleys - Everything's Alright Forever
1993 - Slowdive - Souvlaki
1994 - Moose - Honey Bee (tie with Bark Psychosis' "Hex" )
1995 - Swervedriver - Ejector Seat Reservation
1996 - Afghan Whigs - Black Love
1997 - Autechre - Chiastic Slide
1998 - Saint Etienne - Good Humour
1999 - Coil - Musick To Play In The Dark

 

1990 — Sonic Youth Goo
1991 — Slint Spiderland
1992 — Melvins Lysol
1993 — PJ Harvey Rid of Me
1994 — Shellac At Action Park or Kyuss Welcome to Sky Valley
1995 — Helium The Dirt of Luck
1996— Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Murder Ballads
1997— Elliott Smith Either/Or or Polvo Shapes
1998 — Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age
1999 — Mogwai Come on Die Young

 

90 - Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
91 - U2 - Achtung Baby / Nirvana - Nevermind
92 -Ministry - Psalm 69
93 -U2 - Zooropa
94 - Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral / Killing Joke - Pandemonium
95 - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
96 -Love And Rockets - Sweet F.A.
97 - U2 - Pop
98 - Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
99 - Moby - Play

 

1990: Primus, Frizzle Fry
1991:Soundgarden, Badmotorfinger
1992:Faith No More, Angel Dust
1993:Wu Tang Clan, 36 Chambers
1994:Weezer, [Blue]
1995:Blind Melon, Soup
1996: Pearl Jam, No Code
1997: Cheap Trick, second s/t
1998: Pearl Jam, Yield
1999: The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin

 

Don't feel bad, I cant even make a list for the 90's & up. Now if it was the 80's, I'd have a whole lotta Metal!

 

Wow, very tough to pinpoint one per year, but that's what makes these things fun, right?

Here goes:

1990 -- The Sundays -- Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
1991 -- Matthew Sweet -- Girlfriend
1992 -- Sugar -- Copper Blue
1993 -- Smashing Pumpkins -- Siamese Dream
1994 -- Pavement -- Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

1995 -- Radiohead -- The Bends
1996 -- Guided By Voices -- Under the Bushes Under the Stars
1997 -- Radiohead -- OK Computer
1998 -- Neutral Milk Hotel -- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999 -- Flaming Lips -- The Soft Bulletin

 

You're a hard man. Ok, but it's subject to change at my whim.

1990
Sonic Youth - Goo

1991
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

1992
Dr. Dre - The Chronic

1993
The Breeders - Last Splash

1994
Nas - Illmatic

1995
GZA - Liquid Swords

1996
Weezer - Pinkerton

1997
Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

1998
Outkast - Aquemini

1999
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...

 

As of now. Lots of ties because too bad.

90 - Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas

91 - Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest / My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

92 - R.E.M. - Automatic for the People

93 - Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest / Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan

94 - Parklife - Blur / Blue Album - Weezer

95 - Radiohead - The Bends / Supergrass - I Should Coco

96 - R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi

97 - Björk - Homogenic / Radiohead - OK Computer

98 - Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs / Outkast - Aquemini

99 - Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret / Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin

 

The '90s were all about metal for me:

1990 - Judas Priest, Painkiller
1991 - Swans, White Light from the Mouth of Infinity (okay, this one isn't metal)
1992 - Emperor, Wrath of the Tyrant (it's the only album in my collection from '92!)
1993 - Burzum, Det som engang var
1994 - Enslaved, Frost
1995 - Death, Symbolic
1996 - Cradle of Filth, Dusk and Her Embrace & Dismal Euphony, Soria Moria Slott (tie)
1997 - Absu, The Third Storm of Cythraul
1998 - Weakling, Dead as Dreams (this album is a beast)
1999 - Windir, Arntor

 

This was hard to do. There was a point in the mid-1990s when life got in the way and I kinda stopped listening to new music.

1990 - Sonic Youth - Goo
1991 - Pixies - Trompe le Monde
1992 - R.E.M. - Automatic..
1993 - Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
1994 - Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
1995 - Yo La Tengo -Electr-O-Pura
1996 - Wilco - Being There
1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer
1998 - Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
1999 - Sigur Ros - Agaetis byrjun

 

Not an overall fan of the 90s, so it was interesting for me to try and come up with a list, also because I decided not to feature the same artist more than once. This is what I picked.


1990 - They Might Be Giants - Flood
1991 - Nirvana - Nevermind
1992 - Eno - Nerve Net
1993 - Phish - Rift
1994 - Frank Zappa - Civilization Phaze III
1995 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
1996 - Elio e le Storie Tese - Eat the Phikis
1997 - Ween - The Mollusk
1998 - South Park - Chef Aid (comp.)
1999 - Jethro Tull - J-Tull Dot Com

 

Hard but fair, I like to think

A most excellent record that I would've included were it not for The Bends and Polly Harvey's record that year.

Mezcal Head is exceptional too.

 

Derp. How did I forget Daft Punk - Homework? Possibly my most played CD in high school. Slide that one into the top slot of 1997.

 

Why is everyone including 1990, and excluding 2000 from their lists? 1990 was part of the 1980's:



Actually I couldn't resist the Seinfeld clip.

 

1990: Ride - Nowhere

1991: U2 - Achtung, Baby

1992: Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

1993: Guided By Voices - Vampire on Titus

1994: Blur - Parklife

1995: Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

1996: Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

1997: The Fall - Levitate

1998: The Beta Band - The Three EPs

1999: Blur - 13

 

1990 Slayer- Seasons in the Abyss
1991 Queen - Innuendo
1992 Faith No More – Angel Dust
1993 Neil Young - Unplugged
1994 Neil Young – Sleeps With Angels
1995 David Bowie – 1. Outside
1996 Beck - Odelay
1997 Radiohead – OK Computer
1998 Beck - Mutations
1999 Fiona Apple – When The Pawn…

 

90 - Amorak - Mike Oldfield
91 - Screamadelica - Primal Scream
92 - Copper Blue - Sugar
93 - Wild Wood - Paul Weller
94 - Second Coming - Stome roses (or Dog Man Star - Suede)
95 - The Bends - Radiohead
96 - Everything must go - Manic Street Preachers
97 - Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space - Spiritualized
98 - White Ladder - David Gray
99 - Peasant, pigs and astronauts - Kula sahker

 

Okay, I've no doubt forgotten more candidates than I've remembered, but here goes:

1990: Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
Honourable Mention: Melt - Straitjacket Fits

1991: The Last Days of Pompeii - Nova Mob
Honourable Mention: Beatsongs - Blue Aeroplanes

1992: Between 10th and 11th - The Charlatans
Honourable Mention: Propeller - Guided by Voices

1993: Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys
Honourable Mention: Tindersticks - Tindersticks

1994: Selected Ambient Works Vol. II - Aphex Twin
Honourable Mention: Promenade - The Divine Comedy

1995: I'm with Stupid - Aimee Mann
Honourable Mention: Get Lost - The Magnetic Fields

1996: Frontierland - Ed Kuepper
Honourable Mention: Not in My Airforce - Robert Pollard

1997: Mag Earwhig! - Guided by Voices
Honourable Mention: Vanishing Point - Primal Scream

1998: The Three EPs - The Beta Band
Honourable Mention: Mezzanine - Massive Attack

1999: Everything Picture - Ultrasound
Honourable Mention: Social Dancing - Bis


I limited myself to only one 'honourable mention' per year, so these were the albums I found it hardest to discard:
Extricate - The Fall (1990)
Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope (1991)
Under the Bushes Under the Stars - Guided by Voices (1996)
All This Useless Beauty - Elvis Costello & the Attractions (1996)
Knock Knock - Smog (1999)
Apple Venus - XTC (1999)