[Closed] Best Album of the 90's

FFWD – FFWD

Thread title isn't weirdest 90's album for getting your mates stoned to 😉

Lovesless+1
prodigy+1
mezzanine+1
nevermind+1

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Lifeforms FSOL.

Do you lot deliberately play ‘choose the most obscure band/album’ game without ever revealing the rules, or even admitting to us and each other that you’re playing?

Well, you did admit to having completely lost interest in music through the 90’s, so you can’t then come back and make the above accusation.
Pretty much everyone has mentioned some of the most important and best selling albums during the 90’s, so if you weren’t paying attention...
FWIW, I’m actually struggling to think of something that others haven’t already mentioned!

http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/year/1990-99a.htm

Mine is probably down at 54. Much better either decades either side.

Looking down that list, albums from 90-92 just feel like they were in a different decade to those from 97-99 to me....Though I also left my teens and entered my 20's halfway through it all.

I spent a lot of the 10's thinking the 90s was cack for music, until I recently reassessed my views, considering my midlife crisis etc. Anyway, my ten pennorth;
Faith No More- Angel Dust
Stereolab- Dots and Loops
Sepultura- Chaos AD
Autechre- Amber
DJ Shadow- Endtroducing
It seemed like Radio1 was a bit more grown up then, with Peel, the evening session, Mark&Lard, lots of interesting comedy too.

Not the best, but albums I took a keen interest in. Was 11 in 1990 so teenage listening. In roughly chronological order:

Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (90/91)
U2 - Achtung Baby
808 State - Gorgeous (93)
Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (94 - a great year)
Radiohead - The Bends
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Chicane - Far From the Maddening Crowds
Chicane - Behind the Sun

First two Oasis albums may have made it if they weren't soured by the absolute rubbish they've made since.

Early teen interest in dance music spiked by having older brothers into the dance scene. Memories of one in particular randomly bursting into my room and cutting all sorts of shapes with his top off. Shared a house with 5 brothers and a sister, crazy days but the best of days.

So so many...

I was so lucky to be in my teens and 20s in that decade

Poor kids today (music wise)

@boardinbob had it. Within a bawhair.

GnR – Use Your Illusion

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But yeah, the 90s was a long decade with a hell of a lot going on. Some absolute belters so far.

Poor kids today (music wise)

Yeah, so much choice of brilliant music, must be hard to know where to start.

Not exactly best album related, but definitely 90's, I've been listening to 2 Unlimited No Limit and enjoying it, thanks Go Jetters! Used to think it was shit bitd.

Yeah, so much choice of brilliant music, must be hard to know where to start.

It's a fair point but you tend to gravitate to what your friends and what's popular at the time.

Takes a few years to find and appreciate the stuff the came before I think

I'll top and tail the decade:

Also sort of agree the most innovative period was from the late eighties till about 94-95.

Maxinquaye, Leftism ,Dummy all been listed. I would add Bothy Culture by Martyn Bennett

And Revival by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

+1 for prodigy

Others that still make my playlist alot not already mentioned from the early 90s

Seven by James
Levelling the Land by The Levellers
White Room by KLF

Looking through my (digital) collection these albums are kind of essential for me...

Fugazi - 13 Songs
Bongwater - The power of pussy
Momus - Hippopotamus
PJ Harvey - Dry
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Stina Nordenstam - And she closed her eyes
Royal Trux - Thank you
Palace Music - Viva last blues
Etienne de Crécy - Super Discount
Gillian Welch - Revival
Björk - Homogenic
Daft Punk - Homework
Cat Power - Moon pix
Gillian Welch - Hell among the yearlings
Arvo Pärt - Kanon Pokajanen
Bonnie “Prince” Billy - I see a darkness
Fiona Apple - When the pawn
Mogwai - Come on die young
Underworld - Beaucoup fish

Nevermind.
Definitely maybe.

Both generic.

Both had a massive effect on music and youth culture for their respective countries and beyond.

Plenty of other rubbish I like, nothing obscure:

NIN - the downward spiral
Smash - the offspring.
Tiger milk - belle and Sebastian.
Eminem - slim shady LP
Manic Street Preachers -the holy bible
Therapy? - troublegum
Slipknot - slipknot
Tool - aenima

Poison Idea - Feel the Darkness.

RIP to Thee Slayer Hippy who drummed on that album and died this week 🙁

The two that spring to mind for me are:

Depeche Mode - Violator

Ride - Nowhere

Definitely Maybe, Dookie and Nevermind are the anglo-saxon albums I still enjoy playing along with.

The 90s were the MTV years. I stopped playing records and just left the TV on with MTV. There were some great MTV sets (and live sets on other channels inspired by the unplugged series) that beat any studio album produced in the 90s IMO:

Nirvana, Clapton, The Cure, Die Arzte, the Pretenders, Goldman and Oasis at their best:

Cypress hill - temples of boom (their creative high
point? 😖

Jesus jones- doubt

Lagowski- wire science

Fluke- six wheels on my wagon;

Orbital- brown album

Beta Band – 3 ep’s

I once heard that in a record shop and liked it so much I bought 5 copies

Prodigy, Music for a Jilted Genereation
The Verve, Urban Hymns
Dr Dre, 2001
Fugees, The score
Oasis, Definitely Maybe/Whats the story morning Glory
Eminem, Slim Shady LP/Marshall Mathers LP
David Grey, White Ladder
Nirvana, Nevermind

Boards of Canada - Music has the Right to Children