Your favourite albums by decade: the 90s

[trackaghost]

Yay, the 90s! The era of grunge, boy bands, girl power and gangsta rap.

There are no rules apart from keep within the decade and NO MAC! So no, erm, Behind The Mask and Street Angel... hehe

Here's my top 20 (what the hell!) of the 90s:

1. Jeff Buckley - Grace
2. Slint - Spiderland
3. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
4. The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall/Tomorrow The Green Grass
5. Pearl Jam - Vs/Vitalogy
6. Juliana Hatfield - Hey Babe/Become What You Are
7. REM - New Adventures In Hi-Fi (my favourite ever REM album)
8. Soundgarden - Superunknown & Badmotorfinger
8. Screaming Trees - Dust/Sweet Oblivion
9. Hole - Pretty On The Inside/Live Through This
10. Radiohead - OK Computer
11. Elliott Smith - Either/Or & XO
12. Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions
13. The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray
14. Mary Lou Lord - Got No Shadow
15. Wilco - Being There/Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
16. Whiskeytown - Stranger's Almanac
17. Jellyfish - Bellybutton
18. Steve Earle - Train A Comin'
19. Tom Petty - Echo/Neil Young - Harvest Moon
20. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible


Sorry, the 90s was my era afterall...

[shackin'up]

1. Screaming Trees- Sweet oblivion
2. Masters Of Reality- Sunrise On The Sufferbus
3.Temple Of The Dog
4. Pearl Jam- Vitology
5. Jayhawks-Hollywood Town Hall
6. Radiohead-The Bends
7. Mothers Finest- Black Radio Won't Play This Record
8. Buffalo Tom-Let Me Come Over
9. Tragically Hip-Fully Completely
!0 The Black Crowes-The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
11 Golden Smog-Down By The Old Mainstream
12 Sonic Youth-Dirty
13.Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream
14.Drivin'n'Cryin'-Fly Me Courageous
15.Eels-Beautiful Freak
16.Live-Throwing Copper
17.Placebo (first three albums)
18.Sister Double Happiness-Heart & Mind
19.Soul Asylum-Grave dancers Union
20.dEUS-Worst case scenario

OK, I forgot:
Mark Lanegan-Whiskey for the Holy Ghost!!!
Nova Mob: The Last Days Of Pompei
Singles Soundtrack
Sweet Relief:A benefit For Victoria Williams
Dinosaur Jr-Where You Been?
That Petrol Emotion- Chemicrazy
Cracker:Kerosene Hat

I could go on and on and on and on......

Weird. The seventies were my decade. And the nineties.

[dissention]

Yay, we get to pick 20!

1. No Exit - Blondie
2. Black Tie White Noise - David Bowie
3. Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris
4. The Wedding Album - Duran Duran
5. Celebrity Skin - Hole
6. Garbage - Garbage
7. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
8. I'm With Stupid - Aimee Mann
9. Gone Again - Patti Smith
10. Individually Twisted - The Jazz Passengers
11. Music Is Forever - Annie Ross
12. Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
13. Wildflowers - Tom Petty
14. Erotica - Madonna
15. The Grass Is Blue - Dolly Parton
16. Western Wall - Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
17. Letters Never Sent - Carly Simon
18. Viva el Amor! - The Pretenders
19. Medusa - Annie Lennox
20. Uh-Oh - David Byrne

[hayley]

Oh, now see, this is hard. The 90s are my decade. I'm gonna use my iPod and go alphabetical. And you say 20, I do 27. Not too bad.

1. Belle and Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister
2. Beth Orton- Central Reservation
3. Cat Power- Moon Pix
4. Counting Crows- August and Everything After
5. Elliott Smith- either/or
6. Fiona Apple- Tidal
7. Hole- Live Through Is
8. Jayhawks- Tomorrow the Green Grass
9. Le Tigre- Le Tigre
10. Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road/Sweet Old World
11. Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs
12. Morrissey- Your Arsenal/Vauxhall & I
13. Mudhoney- Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
14. My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
15. New Radicals- Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
16. Nine Inch Nails- Downward Spiral
17. Nirvana- In Utero
18. Oasis- Definitely Maybe
19. Patti Scialfa- Rumble Doll
20. Patty Griffin- Living With Ghosts
21. Radiohead- The Bends
22. Sam Phillips- Martinis & Bikinis
23. Social Distortion- White Light White Heat
24. Tom Petty- Wildflowers
25. U2- Achtung Baby
26. Uncle Tupelo- No Depression/Anodyne
27. Whiskeytown- Stranger's Almanac

Edited to add: I cannot believe I left off Jeff Buckley's Grace.

[chiliD]

Eric Clapton - From The Cradle
Allman Bros Band - Shades Of Two Worlds
ZZ Top - Recycler
XTC - Nonsuch
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
Little Feat - Live From Neon Park
Eric Clapton - Pilgrim
Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon
Rolling Stones - Flashpoint
Paul McCartney - Off The Ground
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie
Paul McCartney - Tripping The Live Fantastic
Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon
Concrete Blonde - Walking In London
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
U2 - Achtung Baby
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales
Sting - The Soul Cages
Dwight Yoakam - This Time
Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man
Vince Gill - I Still Believe In You
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Fear
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea
Santana - Supernatural
Santana - Spirits Dancing In The Flesh
Santana - Milagro

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting

I make a list as long as you follow and forget Concrete Blonde. I must be very blonde.

[GateandGarden]

Ani DiFranco- Puddle Dive
Ani DiFranco- Not a Pretty Girl
Kim Richey- Kim Richey
Reba McEntire- Rumor Has It
Reba McEntire- It's Your Call
Reba McEntire- Read My Mind
Toad the Wet Sprocket- Fear
Toad the Wet Sprocket- Coil
Toad the Wet Sprocket- Acoustic Dance Party
Sting- The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Shakira- Donde Estan Los Ladrones?
Shakira- Pies Decalzos
Donna Lewis- Now in a Minute
Donna Lewis- Blue Planet
Celine Dion- D'eux
Celine Dion- Unison
Barenaked Ladies- Maybe You Should Drive
Barenaked Ladies- Stunt
Barenaked Ladies- Rock Spectacle
Sarah Brightman- Dive
Trisha Yearwood- The Song Remembers When
Various Artists- Putting it Together (Sondheim)
Gloria Estefan- Destiny
Sara Evans- Three Chords and the Truth
No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Sting- The Dream of the Blue Turtles

From the 80's.

[thepoetinmyhear]

1. Tori Amos - Under the Pink (Space Dog and Pretty Good Year are always in heavy rotation here)

2. Jeff Buckley - Grace (soulful)

3. Annie Lennox - Diva (Why? Because she too is soulful)

4. Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little Pill (guilty)

5. Pretenders - Last of the Independents

6. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (RAw)

7. & 8. Sarah Mclachlan - Surfacing, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

9. Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel (Is there a better Tori song than Northern Lad? No there isn't and it is amazing to see Tori's evolution from Little Earthquakes to UtP to Boys which was crazy and then to follow it up with an album featuring a full band)

10. Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (Every song is enjoyable, and the "in your face" message to her Tuesday Night Music Club folks always makes this a tad rebellious.)

11. My imaginary Corrs Album (all their best)

12. Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (Light up my Room which I was fortunate enough to see live)

13. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever (was this '89 or '90, if it was '89 then switch this out with Wildflowers)

14. 10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (Natalie at her best)

15. Jewel - Spirit (slammed by critics and fans I think this is the only Jewel album woth owning and what an album!)

[thepoetinmyhear]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Ani DiFranco- Puddle Dive
Ani DiFranco- Not a Pretty Girl\
Toad the Wet Sprocket- Coil\
Gloria Estefan- Destiny\
No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom

These are great CDs I haven't listened to in forever. I think the Olympics really killed Reach for me which is a shame because I think it's one of Gloria's two best.

[CreepingDeath]

In no particular order:

1. Metallica- The Black Album
2. Megadeth- Rust In Peace
3. Megadeth- Countdown To Extinction
4. Pantera- Vulgar Display Of Power
5. Pink Floyd- The Division Bell
6. Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger
7. Alice In Chains- Dirt
8. Nine Inch Nails- Downward Spiral
9. Tool- Aenima
10. Guns n' Roses- Use Your Illusion 1 & 2
11. Type O Negative- October Rust
12. White Zombie- Astro Creep: 2000
13. Nirvana- Unplugged In New York
14. Blind Guardian- Nightfall In Middle Earth
15. Sepultura- Beneath The Remains
16. Oasis- (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
17. Ozzy Osbourne- No More Tears
18. U2- Achtung Baby
19. Dream Theater- Images & Words
20. Rage Against The Machine- self intitled

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by chiliD

From the 80's.

You're right. I think the album came out in 1985; I was thinking of the CD, which came out in 1990.

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by thepoetinmyhear

These are great CDs I haven't listened to in forever. I think the Olympics really killed Reach for me which is a shame because I think it's one of Gloria's two best.

I feel the same way about "Reach." I love that album. I think it's the only one she has that doesn't feel pretty dated when I listen to it. I hardly ever listen to my Miami Sound Machine stuff anymore.

You saw BNL do "Light up my Room" live?!? I am SO jealous! "Light up my Room" is my favorite BNL song as well as one of my favorite songs, period. It's magic. I love their pre-Stunt material dearly but I still have to go back to that song.

[Serrart]

U2 - Achtung Baby
Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
Sonic Youth - Goo
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Bone Thugs 'n Harmony - East 1999 Eternal, The Art of War
Blur - Parklife
Annie Lennox - Medusa
Stereophonics - Word Gets Around
Magnolia Soundtrack
Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
Dave Matthews Band - Crash, Before These Crowded Streets
Frank Sinatra - Duets
Warren G -Regulate the G-Funk Era
Cranberries - No Need To Argue
Red Hot & Blue compilation
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Fugees - The Score
Bjork - Homogenic

Romy

[SapphireSister]

Originally Posted by Serrart

Red Hot & Blue compilation
Romy

I totally forgot about that album. Love it! George Michael is on there right? It was for AIDS research?