Best AlbumS of the 90'S

[Alex]

Lets just put a stop to the inevtiable Best of 1991 and 1997 thread, and the discussion in the 96 thread about how this or that year was better, and throw it all here.

[zombie]

We did this here too.

01 Elliott Smith, Either/Or
02 Massive Attack, Mezzanine
03 Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
04 Faith No More, Angel Dust
05 Dr. Octagon, Octagonecologyst
06 Jawbox, For Your Own Special Sweetheart
07 Portishead, Dummy
08 Aphex Twin, Richard D. James Album
09 DJ Shadow, ...Endtroducing
10 Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary

Not sure what I'd change.

[Alex]

We did this here too.

01 Elliott Smith, Either/Or
02 Massive Attack, Mezzanine
03 Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
04 Faith No More, Angel Dust
05 Dr. Octagon, Octagonecologyst
06 Jawbox, For Your Own Special Sweetheart
07 Portishead, Dummy
08 Aphex Twin, Richard D. James Album
09 DJ Shadow, ...Endtroducing
10 Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary

Not sure what I'd change.

Wow, i put two elliot smith albums on my original one.
...this is what i get for not doing a search.

[MicBK]

my personal favorites:

1. Tom Waits - Mule Variations
2. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
3. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
4. Radiohead - OK Computer
5. Slint - Spiderland
6. A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
7. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
8. Pavement - Brighten the Corners
9. Mogwai - Young Team
10.The Roots - Do You Want More?

obviously, i like Pavement alot.

[KenK]

Nas-Illmatic
Wu-Tang Clan-Enter the 36 Chambers
Sneaker Pimps-Becoming X

I know there are more, can't think of them right now.

[leonaozaki]

1. Lisa Germano: On the Way Down From the Moon Palace, Happiness (both versions), Geek the Girl, Excerpts from a Love Circus, Slide.
2. Bob Dylan: World Gone Wrong, Time out of Mind, Live 1966.
3. David Bowie: Outside, Earthling
4. Elvis Costello: Brutal Youth
5. Elvis Costello and the Attractions: All this Useless Beauty
6. The Breeders: Last Splash
7. The Amps: Pacer
8. Mazzy Star: So Tonight That I Might See
9. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Ragged Glory, Sleeps with Angels
10. Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend, 100% Fun
11. The Levellers: Levelling the Land, Zeitgeist
12. Peter Gabriel: Us
13. Nirvana: Nevermind
14. Dash Rip Rock: Get You Some of Me
15. Mojo Nixon: Whereabouts Unknown
16. Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville, Whip-Smart, Whitechocolatespaceegg
17. R.E.M.: Out of Time, Automatic for the People
18. Warren Zevon: Learning to Flinch, Mutineer
19. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Into the Great Wide Open, Echo
20. Tom Petty: Wildflowers
21. Johnny Cash: American Recordings, Unchained
22. Sugar: Copper Blue, Beaster
23. Throwing Muses, Red Heaven
24. Kristen Hersh, Hips and Makers
25. Midnight Oil, Blue Sky Mine, Earth and Sun and Moon
26. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Let's Face It
27. Shonen Knife, Let's Knife
28. Red Hot Chili Peppers, One Hot Minute, Californication
29. U2, Achtung Baby
30. The Flaming Lips, Transmissions from the Satellite Heart, Clouds Taste Metallic, The Soft Bulletin
31. P.M. Dawn, The Bliss Album...?
32. Ice-T, O.G. Original Gangster
33. Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane over the Sea
34. Billy Bragg and Wilco, Mermaid Avenue
35. Oasis: Definitely Maybe
36. Blur: Parklife
37. The Boo Radleys: Wake up Boo!
38. Lou Reed: Magic and Loss, Set the Twilight Reeling
39. Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella
40. Too Much Joy: Cereal Killers, Mutiny
41. TMBG: Flood, Apollo 18
42. Natalie Merchant: Tigerlily
43. Counting Crows: Recovering the Satellites
44. Metallica: Metallica, Load
45. Bjork: Post
46. Screaming Trees: Sweet Oblivion
47. Elastica: Elastica
48. Bettie Serveert: Palomine, Dust Bunnies
49. Foo Fighters: The Colour and the Shape
50. Chris Whitley, Living with the Law
51. Beck, Mutations and Odelay

[DDM]

Superstition, Siouxsie & the Banshees (1991)
Actung, Baby, U2 (1991)
Nevermind, Nirvana (1991)
Last of the Independents, The Pretenders (1994)
Isle of View, The Pretenders (1995)
Garbage, Garbage (1995)
Anima Animus, The Creatures (1999)
Eraser Cut, The Creatures (1998)
Very, The Pet Shop Boys (1993)
Debut, Bjork (1993)
Post, Bjork (1995)
Hormonally Yours, Shakespeare's Sister (1992)
Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos (1991)
Under The Pink, Tori Amos (1994)
From The Choirgirl Hotel, Tori Amos (1997)
Shooting Straight in the Dark, Mary Chapin Carpenter (1990)
Come On, Come On, Mary Chapin Carpenter (1992)
Stones in the Road, Mary Chapin Carpenter (1994)
Our Time In Eden, 10,000 Maniacs (1992)
MTV Unplugged, 10,000 Maniacs (1993)
Divinyls, Divinyls (1991)
Underworld, Divinyls (1994)
Violator, Depeche Mode (1990)
Bloodletting, Concrete Blonde (1990)
Mexican Moon, Concrete Blonde (1993)

[Hiromi]

Painkiller - Judas Priest (1990)

[Punchy]

Off the top of my head and in no particular order:

"Crazy People Music" Branford Marsalis
"Music from Mo' Better Blues" Branford Marsalis
"Art of the Trio vol III" Brad Meldhau Trio
"Art of the Trio vol IV: Back at the Vangaurd" Brad Meldhau Trio
"Black Codes From the Underground" Wynton Marsalis
"Number Two Express" Christian McBride
"Testifyin': Live from the Village Vangaurd" Benny Green
"Don't Git Sassy" The Ray Brown Trio
"Panamonk" Danilo Perez
"This Time It's Love" Kurt Elling
"South Delta Space Age" The Third Rail
"Ruby Vroom" Soul Coughing
"Facelift" Alice in Chains
"Nevermind" Nirvana
"Check Your Head" The Beastie Boys
"AEnima" Tool
"Enter the 36 Chambers" Wu-Tang Clan
"The Low End Theory" Tribe Called Quest
"Evil Empire" Rage Against the Machine
"Frizzle Fry" Primus
"Recovering the Satellites" Counting Crows
"The Southern Harmony and Music Companion" The Black Crows
"Whatever and Ever Amen" Ben Folds Five
"There is Nothing Left to Lose" Foo Fighters

[Slam_Bradley]

I'll be the first person to admit that I've listened to VERY little music from the 90's. So if I bought an album from the 90's it's because I thought it was DAMN good.

Joe Henderson put out 5 albums on Verve in the 90's and every one of them is simply excellent. "Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn," "Big Band," So Near, So Far: Musing For Miles," Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim," and "Porgy and Bess."

Johnny Cash - "American Recordings" and "Unchained."

Merle Haggard - "1996."

Allison Krauss and Union Station - "So Long, So Wrong"

Del McCoury - "Blue Side of Town" and "Deeper Shade of Blue."

Ralph Stanley - "Saturday Night" and "Songs My Mother Taught Me..."

Emmylou Harris - "Wrecking Ball"

Gillian Welch - "Revival"

[MicBK]

i had to do some honorable mentions:

Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
Radiohead - The Bends
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
ATCQ - Midnight Marauders
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Sublime - 40 Oz. to Freedom
Nas - Illmatic
Common Sense - Ressurection
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beat as One
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Smoke - Another Reason to Fast and Heaven on a Popsicle Stick
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
De La Soul - Is Dead
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Mogwai - Come On Die Young
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
The Alkaholiks - 21 and Over
Wu Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
Black Moon - Enta da Stage
The Cure - Wish
SuperCat - Don Dada and the Struggle Continues
Bjork - Homogenic
The Sea and Cake - The Fawn
Aceyalone - A Book of Human Language
Hieroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision
Del the Funkee Homosapien - No Need For Alarm
The 6ths - Wasps Nest
Saafir - Boxcar Sessions
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet and Apocalypse 91
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
Buju Banton - Til Shiloh
Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce
The Fugees - The Score
Beck - Odelay

phew

[DennyK]

Let's see here, how about:

Warren Zevon: Life'll Kill Ya & My Ride's Here
Oasis: Definitely Maybe & (What's The Story?) Morning Glory
Nirvana: Nevermind & Unplugged In New York
Pearl Jam: Ten
The Black Crowes: Shake Your Money Maker & Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Buddy Guy: Damn Right I've Got The Blues

I'm sure I'll think of more later.

[leonaozaki]

Let's see here, how about:

Warren Zevon: Life'll Kill Ya & My Ride's Here

LIFE'LL KILL YA (2000).
MY RIDE'S HERE (2002).

rob

[Grant]

I posted this last time.

1. Modest Mouse "Lonesome Crowded West" (1997)
2. Built to Spill "Perfect From Now On" (1997), "Keep it Like a Secret" (1999)
3. Sleater-Kinney "Hot Rock" (1999), Dig Me Out (1997)
4. Every Pavement record (1992-1999)
5. Flaming Lips "Clouds Taste Metalic" (1995), "Soft Bulletin" (1999), "Transmission from The Satellite Heart" (1993)
6. Radiohead "OK Computer" (1997) the Bends (1995)
7. PJ Harvey "To bring You My Love" (1994), "Rid of Me" (1993)
8. Sonic Youth "Washing Machine" (1994)
9. R.E.M. "Automatic for the People" (1992)
10. My Bloody Valentine "Loveless" (1991)
11. Yo La Tengo "Painful" (1993), "I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One" (1997)
12. Bjork "Post" (1995)
13. Beck "Odelay" (1996), "Mutations" (1998)

[Eliot Johnson]

1. Movin' On - Playa Fly
2. OK Computer - Radiohead
3. Real Dealizm - Young Lo
4. Just Gettin' It On - Playa Fly
5. Fly Shit - Playa Fly
6. Da Game Owe Me - Playa Fly
7. I Am Da Gangsta - Gangsta Blac
8. The Bends - Radiohead
9. 2 Wild For The World - Tom Skeemask
10. Out Da Darkness of Da Kut - Lil' Fly
11. 23 Hourz - V-Dog
12. 28 Gramz: Pure Dope - Taylor Boyz
13. On A Mission - DJ Squeeky
14. On The Run - Tommy Wright III
15. Can It Be? - Gangsta Blac
16. Taylor Made - Taylor Boyz
17. It Gets Greater Later - T-Tee
18. Feel Me Before They Kill Me - Tommy Wright III
19. Breakin' Da Law - Gangsta Blac