top ten albums of the nineties

i don't know what mine are. yet. i'm just dead bloody bored and this seemed to be the logical next step...

could someone else start the ball rolling please while i do a bit of staring at the wall?

blue lines dummy debut

they're definites. they're 'safe'.

your arsenal if you're feeling sinister slanted and enchanted

they needn't get their slippers on just yet.

i'll give it some more thought...

No particular order:

Mazzy Star, "So Tonight That I Might See" Tindersticks, "Tindersticks" Massive Attack, "Mezzanine" Cocteau Twins, "Heaven or Las Vegas" Spiritualized, "Lazer Guided Melodies" Suede, "Suede" The Sundays, "Reading, Writing and Arithmetic" Verve, "A Storm in Heaven" My Bloody Valentine, "Loveless" Portishead, "Dummy"

I could go on.

Much love,

Indie Saddo.xxx

PETER COATES'S BELATED REDEMPTION wrote: No particular order:

Mazzy Star, "So Tonight That I Might See" Tindersticks, "Tindersticks" Massive Attack, "Mezzanine" Cocteau Twins, "Heaven or Las Vegas" Spiritualized, "Lazer Guided Melodies" Suede, "Suede" The Sundays, "Reading, Writing and Arithmetic" Verve, "A Storm in Heaven" My Bloody Valentine, "Loveless" Portishead, "Dummy"

I could go on.

Much love,

Indie Saddo.xxx

ooooh good, ones to nick.

i'm having loveless, heaven or las vegas and *maybe* suede.

sundays - static and silence tanya donelly - lovesongs for underdogs

and those naughty little beastie boys are clamouring for some attention. that's too many now. i shall mentally hone and whittle, whilst in the pub.

Republic is an obvious one.

As are Violator, Songs Of Faith And Devotion and Ultra.

But how about the 1991 Billy Bragg album Don't Try This At Home?

The opening track, Accident Waiting To Happen, is the perfect soundtrack to Boris Johnson's next four years in London (even if I agree with the booze tube ban!).

Also Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour Fleetwood Mac - Behind The Mask The Shamen - Boss Drum Enigma - MCMXC

1/ Primal Scream - Screamadelica 2/ KLF - The White Room 3/ Electronic - Twisted Tenderness 4/ Radiohead - The Bends 5/ Morrissey - Vauxhall & I 6/ Beastie Boys - Ill Communication 7/ Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual 8/ Placebo - Placebo 9/ Blur - Parklife 10/ Depeche Mode - Violator

here's a few

mezzanine - massive attack bends and ok computer - radiohead pressure - electronic tindersticks drawn to the deep end - Gene reading,writing - sundays superstition - siouxsie and the banshees up to our hips - charlatans

From top of my head

Republic Whats The Story Class - Pulp Bends - Radiohead Electronic Twisted Tenderness Manics - If You Tolerate This Nirvana - Nevermind Garbage - Version 2 U2 - Achung Baby

Also Dodgy, Parklife and Verves Urban Hymns were popular for me.

i dunno. These lists are too difficult for me. one 90's album on heavy rotation is Slip by Quicksand. Post-hardcore usually not up my alley but this one hits the right notes.

The late 80's to mid 90's were wilderness years for me (too busy changing nappies?)so here are my memorable LP's.

Sisters Of Mercy - Some Girls Wander By Mistake Massive Attack - Mezzanine Echobelly - Everyone's Got One (EGO) Belly - King Tricky maxinquaye Pulp - Different Class Oasis - Definately maybe REM - Out Of Time Elastica - debut

Can only think of 9!

1. Dance into the light- Phil Collins
2. NKOTB - Face the Music
3. Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch - Music For The People
4. U2 - Pop
5. Billy Idol - Cyberpunk
6. NSYNC _ Home For Christmas
7. Shaquille O'Neil - The Best of Shaquille O'Neil
8. Vanilla Ice - Extremely Live
9. Aaron Carter -Aaron Carter
10. Crash Test Dummies - A Worm's Life

Going to have to think about this, two certainly spring to mind though;

Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney Seamonsters - Wedding Present.

Can't see why Republic would be an obvious choice though.

James Thomas wrote:

Can't see why Republic would be an obvious choice though.

maybe cause it's shite

No particular order

House Of Love - Fontana Future Sound Of London - Dead Cities Electronic - Electronic Massive Attack - Blue Lines Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust Drum Club - Everything Is Now Orbital - Brown album Portishead - Portishead Radiohead - OK Computer (or maybe The Bends, it's close)

No surprises there, then

have to admit i'm probably guilty of getting caught up with the Oasis hullaballoo 94-96 and associate some great times with Defintely Maybe and Morning Glory.

The Shamen's En Tact is close also.

The first half to mid nineties seems to have been the best period for albums for that decade.Not so many in the latter half.

ah fuck , forgot Screamaedelica.And The Orb.And Leftfield.Oh i give up on these bloody lists

Most of mine have had a mention by others already so can't be pestered listing owt...The Verve-Urban Hymns,to add.

EdelBrock wrote:

1. Dance into the light- Phil Collins

Emphatically NOT Oasis

i forgot a belter

DUSK - THE THE

murder ballads by nick cave

and the bad seeds as well

Empress Touch wrote: Republic is an obvious one.

As are Violator, Songs Of Faith And Devotion and Ultra.

But how about the 1991 Billy Bragg album Don't Try This At Home?

The opening track, Accident Waiting To Happen, is the perfect soundtrack to Boris Johnson's next four years in London (even if I agree with the booze tube ban!).

Also Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour Fleetwood Mac - Behind The Mask The Shamen - Boss Drum Enigma - MCMXC

Blimey... some right stinkers in there.

OK.. here's mine

Primal Scream - Screamadelica Orbital - Brown or Insides Radiohead - Bends or OK Computer Global Communication - 76:14 Leftfield - Leftism Eat Static - Accelerator The Orb - Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld Transglobal Underground - Dream of 100 Nations Aphex Twin - Ambient Works Vol 1 Chemical Brothers - Surrender

Manic Street Preachers- The Holy Bible REM- Automatic for the People Pulp- Different Class Idlewild- Hope is Important Blonde Redhead- In an Expression of the Inexpressible Kitchens of Distinction- Strange Free World Johnny Dangerously- You, Me and The Alarm Clock Morrissey- Southpaw Grammar The Lightning Seeds- Jollification The Verve- A Storm in Heaven

I listened to a lot of grunge in the 90s, Though now I can't be bothered with it. Burned it out so much!!

1. "Achtung Baby" U2
2. Automatic for The People" REM
3. "Grace" Jeff Buckley 4.. MTV Unplugged in New York" Nirvana
4. "Copper Blue" Sugar
5. Somewhere Between Heaven & Hell" Social Distortion
6. "Urban Hymns" Verve
7. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" Spiritualized
8. "Psalm 69" Ministry
9. "No Depression" Uncle Tupelo

Uncle Liam wrote: Manic Street Preachers- The Holy Bible REM- Automatic for the People Pulp- Different Class Idlewild- Hope is Important Blonde Redhead- In an Expression of the Inexpressible Kitchens of Distinction- Strange Free World Johnny Dangerously- You, Me and The Alarm Clock Morrissey- Southpaw Grammar The Lightning Seeds- Jollification **The Verve- A Storm in Heaven[/**quote]

They were still simply Verve then, Liam, back when they were good.

I take that back, actually: when they were great....

City of Industry Soundtrack Republic- New Order Ultra- Depeche Mode Songs of Devotion- Depeche Mode Garbage- Garbage Garbage- Version 2.0 Nirvana- Nevermind Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness- Smashing Pumpkins Jagged Little Pill- Alanis Morrisette Nirvana- In Utero

Nineties? There was music in the 90's?

Errrrm... Gimme some time to think about it.

Radiohead "The bends" Apollo 440 "Electro glide in blue" Electronic "Electronic" Foo Fighters "The colour and the shape" Future Sound of London "Accelerator" Peter Gabriel "Us" Bruce Hornsby "Spirit Trail" Kula Shaker "Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts" Mike & The Mechanics "Word of mouth" Orbital "In sides"

Kind of this I guess. "The Bends" is by far the milestone. The others are listed alphabetical.

In no particular order...

1. Republic/New Order
2. Electronic/Electronic
3. Violator/Depeche Mode
4. Behaviour/Pet Shop Boys
5. Definitely Maybe/Oasis
6. (What's the Story) Morning Glory/Oasis
7. Ex:el/808 State
8. Modern Life is Rubbish/Blur
9. Dig your own hole/Chemical Brothers
10. Bona Drag/Morrissey

Other albums I have liked... Raise the Pressure/Electronic Twisted Tenderness/Electronic Songs of Faith and Devotion/Depeche Mode Very/Pet Shop Boys Be Here Now/Oasis Maladjusted/Morrissey The Great Escape/Blur

I find it nothing less than shocking that people actually consider the huge crock of shit that is Republic to be in their top albums of the 90's. I'd rather listen to the Gay Dad album.

One Dove - Morning Dove White World Of Twist - Quality Street Screamadelica Selected Ambient Works vol I Leftism FSOL - Accelerator Blue Lines Chicane - Far From The Maddening Crowd Currently playing Nightmares On Wax - A Word Of Science - still stands up for me. Hmmm maybe Electribe 101 - Elictrable Memories, not convinced but maybe the cover swings it.

1. Ok Computer - Radiohead
2. Downward Spiral - NIN
3. The Chemical Brothers - Surrender
4. Violator - Depeche Mode
5. Nevermind - Nirvana
6. Melloncolie And Infinte Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
7. Brown or Insides Orbital
8. Achtuning Baby - U2
9. Leftism - Leftfield 10.Republic - New Order

My favorites, in no particular order ~

• "The Bends" - Radiohead []
• "Definitely Maybe" - Oasis [fuckin' love this album]
• "The Mix" - Kraftwerk [hey, for an album of remaking stuff, they did alright]
• "Villains" - The Verve Pipe
• "Urban Hymns" - The Verve
• "Sunburn" - Fuel [the soundtrack to my freshman year of high school ]
• "Vitology" - Pearl Jam
• "Mezzanine" - Massive Attack
• "Songs of Faith and Devotion" - Depeche Mode
• "Music from The Adventures of Pete and Pete" - Polaris

How could I possibly forget DM's "Violator" or Electronic?!

Roughly in order.....

African Head Charge-Songs Of Praise Leftfield-Leftism Chemical Brothers-Surrender Tom Waits-Bone Machine Pulp-This Is Hardcore Einsturzende Neubauten-Ende Neu Stereolab-Transient Random Noise Bursts... Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor-No Protection Mark Stewart-Control Data Primal Scream-Screamadelica

couple more here that haven't been mentioned... in alphabetical order!

Aphex Twin * Richard D. James Album Beastie Boys * Hello Nasty Bjork * Debut Boards of Canada * Music Has the Right to Children Depeche Mode * Violator Pixies * Bossanova Pet Shop Boys * Very Portishead * Portishead Radiohead * OK Computer They Might Be Giants * Flood

one of the lesbians insisted i add 'everything changes' by take that to this thread - although she did so with a trouble-making glint in her eye which makes me question her motives.

the other lesbian was very keen to distance herself from this choice.

bloodynora wrote: one of the lesbians insisted i add 'everything changes' by take that to this thread - although she did so with a trouble-making glint in her eye which makes me question her motives.

Mebbe she wants some big fat Gary Barlow cock.

bloodynora wrote: one of the lesbians insisted i add 'everything changes' by take that to this thread - although she did so with a trouble-making glint in her eye which makes me question her motives.

the other lesbian was very keen to distance herself from this choice.

i was a lesbian throughout 1996

banshee wrote:

bloodynora wrote: one of the lesbians insisted i add 'everything changes' by take that to this thread - although she did so with a trouble-making glint in her eye which makes me question her motives.

the other lesbian was very keen to distance herself from this choice.

i was a lesbian throughout 1996

WOW! So Was I!!!

Er... Ummm... Err...

But TheThe is all good!

That CreditToTheNation LP was alright too!

idiot

My list (one album per artist only):

1. Alice In Chains - Dirt
2. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
3. Nirvana - Nevermind
4. Garbage - Garbage
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
6. Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
7. The Prodigy - Fat of the Land
8. Ministry - Psalm 69
9. Pearl Jam - Ten
10. Metallica - Metallica
11. New Order - Republic

Indeed!

1990 - the la's, extricate, heaven or las vegas 1991 - the real ramona, screamadelica, don't try this at home 1992 - jehovahkill, it's a shame about ray, dry, 1993 - giant steps, debut, star (belly) 1994 - his 'n' hers, leftism, watusi 1995 - different class, maxinquaye, the bends 1996 - in sides, emperor tomato ketchup, expecting to fly 1997 - way out (santa cruz), young team, evergreen 1998 - mezzanin, slain by uresei yatsura 1999 - Ágætis Byrjun, the contino sessions, surrender

(artist in brackets where you may not know it)

Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins Dusk - The The Electronic - Electronic Blue Lines - Massive Attack Music Has The Right To Children - Boards Of Canada Renaissance : The Mix Collection - Sasha & John Digweed OK Computer - Radiohead Surrender - The Chemical Brothers Some Friendly - Charlatans Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld - The Orb

1. Violator- Depeche Mode
2. Achtung Baby- U2
3. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness- Smashing Pumpkins
4. Fat of the Land- Prodigy
5. The Downward Spiral- Nine Inch Nails
6. Homogenic- Björk
7. Republic- New Order (no, really!)
8. Aenima- Tool
9. Evil Empire- Rage Against the Machine
10. Electronic- Electronic

And in case you didn'e like any of those, here are some more:

11. Raise the Pressure- Electronic
12. Garbage- Garbage
13. Automatic for the People- R.E.M
14. Very- Pet Shop Boys
15. Different Class-Pulp
16. Dummy- Portishead
17. Vauxhaul & I- Morrisey
18. Parklife- Blur
19. Becoming X –Sneaker Pimps
20. Debut-Bjork
21. Post-Bjork
22. Psalm 69- Ministry

I'm sure I forgot something that will make me go "oh sh*t" later, but oh well...

Shug Sludden wrote:

hibster wrote: 1990 - the la's, extricate, heaven or las vegas 1991 - the real ramona, screamadelica, don't try this at home 1992 - jehovahkill, it's a shame about ray, dry, 1993 - giant steps, debut, star (belly) 1994 - his 'n' hers, leftism, watusi 1995 - different class, maxinquaye, the bends 1996 - in sides, emperor tomato ketchup, expecting to fly 1997 - way out (santa cruz), young team, evergreen 1998 - mezzanin, slain by uresei yatsura 1999 - Ágætis Byrjun, the contino sessions, surrender

(artist in brackets where you may not know it)

I only know Pulp, Primal Scream and The La's.

Who were the rest by?

honestly shug! you'd like some of these & you know more than you've said

extricate - the fall heaven or las vegas - cocteau twins the real ramona - throwing muses don't try this at home - billy bragg (thought you'd know that one!) jehovahkil - julian cope it's a shame abot ray - lemonheads dry - pj harvey giant steps - boo radleys (they've done a cover of true faith you probably have somewhere) debut - bjork leftism - leftfield watusi - wedding present maxinquaye - tricky the bends - radiohead in sides - orbital emperor tomato ketchup - stereolab expecting to fly - bluetones young team - mogwai (celtic fans btw) evergreen - bunnymen mezzanine - massive attack slain by uresei yatsura - err uresei yatsura Ágætis Byrjun - sigur ros the contino sessions - death in vegas surrender - the chems

i'd done it properly, with a winner for each year & some runners up (runner ups?) but when i pressed submit it wiped itself so i couldn't be arsed to type it all out again

shug - try the contino sessions first.

aye The Contino Sessions is a top album

check out the next album they released also, Shug - Scorpio Rising

aisha, i'm vibrating!

they played that in virgin (or zavvi, as they now call it) t'other day when i was there. tune.

depeche mode - violator the cure - wish radiohead - ok computer garbage - version 2.0 slowdive - just for a day my bloody valentine - loveless

His Holiness, The Pope wrote: depeche mode - violator the cure - wish radiohead - ok computer garbage - version 2.0 slowdive - just for a day my bloody valentine - loveless

Only 6? Are you trying to make up for the people that listed 20? Good list, though, except that I've never been able to get into Radiohead.

Shellshocker wrote:

His Holiness, The Pope wrote: depeche mode - violator the cure - wish radiohead - ok computer garbage - version 2.0 slowdive - just for a day my bloody valentine - loveless

Only 6? Are you trying to make up for the people that listed 20? Good list, though, except that I've never been able to get into Radiohead.

Should have also included: Pixies - Doolittle Air - Moon Safari

I was listening to the wrong kind of music (what they played on the radio) in the 1990s, so a lot of the better stuff passed me by. Of the stuff I don't listen to anymore, I could also include:

Pearl Jam - Vitalogy Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves Soundgarden - Superunknown and some other nonsense. See why my list was so short?

His Holiness, The Pope wrote:

Should have also included: Pixies - Doolittle Air - Moon Safari

I was listening to the wrong kind of music (what they played on the radio) in the 1990s, so a lot of the better stuff passed me by. Of the stuff I don't listen to anymore, I could also include:

Pearl Jam - Vitalogy Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves Soundgarden - Superunknown and some other nonsense. See why my list was so short?

American radio does tend to suck, unless you happen to be lucky enough to discover one of the few truly good radio stations (like 90.5 WBER in Rochester). Still, I did like Soundgarden back in the day.