Favorite album from each year of the 90's

I can't just do one:

1990 Naked City - Naked City, The Residents - Freak Show, Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss, Gwar - Scumdogs of the Universe
1991 Mr Bungle - Mr Bungle, Zappa - Make a Jazz Noise Here
1992 Tom Waits - Bone Machine, Nick Cave - Henry's Dream, Roger Waters - Amused To Death
1993 Voivod - The Outer Limits, Paradise Lost - Icon, Bjork - Debut, Slowdive - Souvlaki
1994 Dream Theater - Awake, Portishead - Dummy, Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer, Loreena McKennitt - The mask and mirror, Brainiac - Bonsai Superstar
1995 Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve, 2pac - Me Against The World, Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
1996 Type O Negative - October Rust,
1997 Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine, Emperor - Anthems at the Welkin at Dusk
1998 Kitaro - Gaia-Onbashira,
1999 XTC - Apple Venus volume 1, Zorn - Godard/Spillane, Zorn - Taboo & Exile, Slipknot - Slipknot, Pharaoh Monch - Internal Affairs,


I'm certain I missed a few things, I'll fill them in when I remember...

(This is also leaving out several truckloads of amazing classical and jazz releases)

 

OK--that IS a pic of Jon Langford, right? I saw it and thought, WAIT--IS LANGFORD ON THIS BOARD??

 

Yeah, it's him. My avatar pic coincides with the quote at the bottom of my posts. I change them from time to time.
Mekons are glorious.

 

What a great, perfect--and depressingly true--quote.

 

1990 Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom / Mike Oldfield - Amarok

1991 Nirvana - Nevermind / Pearl Jam - Ten

1992 Sugar - Copper Blue

1993 Nirvana - In Utero

1994 Sugar - File Under: Easy Listening

1995 The Beatles - Anthology 1

1996 The Beatles - Anthology 3

1997 - Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson - G3: Live in Concert

1998 - Gloritone - Cup Runneth Over

1999 - Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret

 

American. Water. Yep!

 

'90 the La's, "The La's"'
'91 My Bloody Valentine, "Loveless"
'92 R.E.M., "Automatic for the People"
'93 Liz Phair, "Exile in Guyville"
'94 Nas, "Illmatic"
'95 Pulp, "Different Class"
'96 Sloan, "One Chord to Another"
'97 Radiohead, "OK Computer" / Sleater-Kinney, "Dig Me Out"
'98 Air, "Moon Safari" / Lucinda Williams, "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"
'99 Low, "Secret Name" / the Flashing Lights, "Where the Change Is"

During the actual decade itself, I thought the early part of the decade ('91-'93 in particular) was by far the best part, with the emergence of grunge and alternative rock in general. In retrospect, the late '90s seem to be the most exciting part, given that that's when you really start to see the characteristic qualities of 21st-century indie-rock emerge (see the Sleater-Kinney above), as well as a lot of excellent music outside of that idiom.

 

I really enjoy this thread and others like it. I'm very interested in seeing other people's choices. I'm interested in how diverse some posts are and then again how focused some are on a particular style or genre. I'm always looking at who picks the same albums I have picked. The choices make me think about how young or old members might be based on their choices. It's just fun, curious stuff to me.

 

This is a tough exercise, but for sure 1991 would be Amy Grant-Heart In Motion and 1994 would be Amy Grant-House of Love and 1997 would be Amy Grant-Behind The Eyes

 

I can't tell you Brad how stunned I am that you selected Amy Grant (I was just enjoying Rich Mullins)

 

My third favourite decade after 1970s and 1960s is worth it.

1990: Jordan: The Comeback - Prefab Sprout
1991: Rumor and Sigh - Richard Thompson
1992: Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
1993: World Gone Wrong - Bob Dylan
1994: Universal Mother - Sinead O'Connor
1995: Tomorrow the Green Grass - Jayhawks
1996: You, me, us - Richard Thompson
1997: Red Apple Falls - Smog
1998: Mutations - Beck
1999: Mule Variations - Tom Waits

It really hurt not including any Jeff Buckley stuff, but I don't play it anymore.
Radiohead from that decade likewise.

 

90-Megadeth-Rust In Peace
91-U2-Achtung-Nirvana-Nevermind
92-Alice In Chains-Dirt
93-Mazzy Star-so Tonight I May See
94-Alice-jar of Flies-Beasties-Ill Comunication-STP-Purple
95-Oasis what`s the story Morning Glory-Garbage
96-Tool-Aenima
97-Radiohead Ok Computer
98 -Hole Celebrity Skin was a fun album-Fuel-Sunburn-can`t remember that year at the moment
99-Clash From Here To Eternity
I have plenty more favorites but mainly from the first half of the 90`s!
Everybody already listed much of the same.

 

Any Maiden mr Harris?

 

Nah those guys stink!

No really good call,
1990-Iron Maiden-The First ten Years EP Collection.I couldn`t actually afford these until years later.....
All of the singles from 1980-1989 complete with every B-side-some of wich strangely are still out of print.The cds will probably remain the best sounding digital versions.I have not directly compared every vinyl single and EP ever issued but it`s unlikely you will go wrong with any of these on vinyl being UK analog.
I hope the Reading and Beast Over Hammersmith shows will be reissued on vinyl as well as Maiden Japan and even Donnington`88!
They could beat all of those flawed bootlegs out of necessity so easily...

 

I've included some 'honourable mentions' because not all of these albums would get in my top 10 for the decade. In fact, I would rate all of the 'honourable mentions' ahead of Automatic For The People (still love it, though). I also think the late 90s was the best part of the decade (probably because of my age), especially 1997 when so many great albums were released.

90 - Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
91 - Massive Attack - Blue Lines
92 - R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
93 - Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
94 - Portishead - Dummy
95 - Pulp - Different Class
96 - Beck - Odelay
97 - Radiohead - OK Computer
98 - Elliott Smith - Either/Or (UK Release)
99 - Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

Honourable Mentions:
Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Radiohead - The Bends
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Bjork - Post, Homogenic
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
Nirvana - Nevermind, In Utero
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call

 

I'm changing my 1990 selection to this. Don't know how I forgot about it.

 

Rich Mullins did have some great 90s albums as well including "A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band"

 

Lorrie Morgan's albums were all great, John Anderson's Seminole Wind is another great album, Dixiana's self-titled album is awesome, Reba McEntire had excellent 90s albums, and many others.

 

1990 - Morrissey - Bona Drag, Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre
1991 - Metallica - S/T, Nirvana - Nevermind, RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Queen - Innuendo, Pearl Jam - Ten, Blur - Leisure
1992 - R.E.M. - Automatic For The People, Peter Gabriel - Us
1993 - Nirvana - In Utero, Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish, Rush - Counterparts, Suede - Suede
1994 - Blur - Parklife, Suede - Dog Man Star, Oasis - Definitely Maybe, Pink Floyd - Division Bell
1995 - Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory, Pulp - Different Class, Radiohead - The Bends, Paul Weller - Stanley Road, The Beatles - Anthology 1, Supergrass - I Should Coco, David Bowie - 1.Outside, King Crimson - Thrak, Blur - The Great Escape
1996 - Suede - Coming Up, R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi - Fi, The Beatles - Anthology 2, 3, Metallica - Load
1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer, Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie, Blur - Blur, The Verve - Urban Hymns, Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind, Oasis - Be Here Now
1998 - Pulp - This Is Hardcore, Eric Clapton - Pilgrim
1999 - Blur - 13
Too many great albums from that decade (mostly from 1991 - 1997) too choose just 1 for each and even the ones I chose are not all I love from the 90s.

 

Picked up Dgeneration S/T based upon seeing them on your list twice and checking them out on YT.
Yeah, I like this album!

 

Excellent. That really is a great record.