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Figure that, since that other thread is about the bands, this would be a good place to list and discuss the albums of that past decade.

 

Mine, in no particular order:


     
  • Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
  • Los Lobos - Kiko
  • Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
  • Blur - Parklife
  • Pulp - Different Class
  • Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
  • Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
  • Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
  • Super Furry Animals - Radiator
  • The La's - The La's
  • Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
  • Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
  • Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-Pura
  • Wilco - Summerteeth
  • Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
  • Palace - Viva Last Blues
  • Elastica - Elastica
  • Suede - Suede
  • Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
  • Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
  • Martin Newell - The Greatest Living Englishman
  • Dogbowl - Flan
  • Shrimp Boat - Cavale
  • Shrimp Boat - Duende
  • The Sea and Cake - The Sea and Cake
  • Bongwater - The Power of Pussy
  • Wilco - Being There
  • Son Volt - Trace

 

Of course there are others that I am forgetting, but this is off the top of my head, my favorites.

Not a bad list, if I do say so myself!

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1. REM- Automatic

2. Radiohead-The Bends

3. Bjork- Post

4. Elliott Smith-XO

5. Radiohead-OK Computer

6. Beck-Odelay

7. Ben Folds Five-Ben Folds Five

8. U2-Acthung Baby

9. Son Volt-Trace

10. Soul Coughing-Ruby Vroom

11. Blur- Modern Life is Rubbish

12. Phish-Picture of Nectar

12. Flaming Lips-Clouds Taste Metalic

13. Wilco-Being There

14. They Might Be Giants-John Henry

15. Fountains of Wayne- Fountains of Wayne

16. U2-POP

17. Wilco-Summerteeth

18. Elliott Smith-Either/Or

19. Toad the Wet Sprocket-Pale

20. Oasis-Definatley Maybe

 

:music

 

Not a definate order but close....all the albums in this list I would give at least a 9.5 out of 10 on a rating scale of 10 being the best!

 

PS Honorable Mention...Cracker-Keroseane Hat, Better Than Ezra-How Does Your Garden Grow, REM New Adventures, UP and Out of Time, Cure-Wish, Belle and Sebastian-If You Are Feeling Sinister, Matthew Sweet-100% Fun, Charlatans- Some Freindly, Between 10 and 11th, Telling Stories

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COWS - Cunning Stunts, Sexy Pee Story

fIREHOSE - Flyin' the Flannel

Oasis - Definitely Maybe, What's the Story

Los Lobos - Kiko, This Time

Blur - Parklife, Blur, and 13

Pogues - Hell's Ditch

Beasties - Check your Head, Ill Communication

Liz Phair - Guyville

Beck - Odelay

Wilco - AM, Being There

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by the way...

 

Belated Happy 2 year anniversary.

 

You surely have become an important part of the community!

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never expected to see not only a Dogbowl mention but two Shrimp Boat records! i have _Duende_ but haven't listened to it in years.

 

 

off the top of my head:

 

jon spencer blues explosion - orange

thinking fellers union local 282 - mother of all saints

come - don't ask, don't tell

tar - over and out

the jesus lizard - goat

guided by voices - alien lanes

sebadoh - bakesale

mogwai - young team

stereolab - dots and loops

yo la tengo - electr-o-pura

barbara manning - 12:12

hood - Rustic Houses, Forlorn Valleys

sun city girls - 330,003 Crossdressers from Beyond the Rig Veda

giant sand - chore of enchantment (i know thrill jockey released it in 2000, but i have a promo copy from their aborted stint at V2, from '99)

pavement - crooked rain, crooked rain

silkworm - firewater

ghost - second time around

bailter space - thermos

belle and sebastian - if you're feeling sinister

the walkabouts - setting the woods on fire

calexico - the black light

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A few other greats from that Decade

 

Mercury Rev - Deserter Songs

Primal Scream - Give Out But Don't Give Up

Counting Crows - Recovering The Satelites

Lemonheads - Shame About Ray

Pernice Brothers - Overcome By Happiness

Neil Young - Sleeps With Angels (his last great album IMHO)

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He's mine, in Chronological order. Looking at the list '94 looks like a pretty good year.

 

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory '90

Massive Attack - Blue Lines '91

Tom Waits - Bone Machine '92

Black Crowes - Southern Harmony...'92

Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy '94

Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon '94

Portishead - Dummy '94

Marillion - Brave '94

Neil Young - Sleeps With Angels '94

Tricky - Mazinquaye '95

Wilco - Being There '96

Belle and Sebastian - If Your Feeling Sinister '96

DJ Shadow - Introducing '96

Bod Dylan - Time Out Of Mind '97

The Jayhawks - Sound Of Lies '97

Bjork - Homogenic '97

Mercury Rev - Deserters Songs '98

Massive Attack - Mezzanine '98

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea '98

Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin '99

Tom Waits - Mule Variation '99

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1990 - Jellyfish - Bellybutton

1991 - Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone

1992 - XTC - Nonesuch

1993 - Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

1994 - Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand

1995 - Son Volt - Trace

1996 - Scud Mountain Boys - Massachusetts

1997 - Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind

1998 - Richard Buckner - Since

1999 - The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

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by the way...

 

Belated Happy 2 year anniversary.

 

You surely have become an important part of the community!

 

Thanks.

 

And tinnitus:

I love me some Dogbowl! (I also own that Shrimp Boat box set, which is pretty amazing.)

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1. Breeders - Pod

2. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head

3. Firehose - Flyin' the Flannel

4. Firehose - Live Totem Pole ep

5. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen

6. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine

7-11. Polvo - entire '90s catalog, minus Shapes, which was not up to par.

12. Rockateens - self titled

13. Mike Watt - Ball Hog or Tug Boat

14. Mike Watt - Contemplating the Engine Room

15. Pixies - Trompe Le Monde

16. PJ Harvery - Rid of Me

17. Pavement - Brighten the Corners

18. Smoke - Another Reason to Fast

19. Flap - Pal

20. Guided By Voices - Under the Bushes Under the Stars

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory '90

 

 

That would definitely have been on my list, but I didn't realize it was released in 1990. That was an enormously important album to me for a long, long time.

 

I probably should have put Janes Addiciton: Ritual De Lo Habitual on my list, too.

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1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

2. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted

3. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

4. Radiohead - OK Computer

5. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

6. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

7. Wilco - Being There

8. Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

9. Wilco - Summerteeth

10. Pavement - Wowee Zowee

 

As you can see, a lot of Pavement :stunned

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You said top 46 right? (cherry-picked from my iTunes: probably have forgotten some greats because they're not loaded onto my computer, and some of these have maybe not aged well, but there's no doubt they made a stamp on my brain in the 90s. And then there's some I only recognized as great after the '90s ended)

 

Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction

Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J

Bona Drag - Morrissey

Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy

Flood - They Might Be Giants

The Low End Theory/Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest

De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul

Mark's Keyboard Repair - Money Mark

III - Sebadoh

The Soul Cages - Sting

Achtung Baby/Zooropa/Pop (and Passengers) - U2

Check Your Head/Ill Communication - Beastie Boys

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde - The Pharcyde

Us - Peter Gabriel

The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails

Graffiti Bridge/Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic - Prince

Pure Guava/Chocolate & Cheese/The Mollusk - Ween

No Alternative Compilation

Last Splash - The Breeders

Live Totem Pole EP - fIREHOSE

The Reality Of My Surroundings - Fishbone

Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair

In Utero - Nirvana

Pornos For Pyros - Porno For Pyros

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - Pavement

The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill

One Foot In The Grave/Mellow Gold/Odelay/Midnight Vultures - Beck

Exit Planet Dust/Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers

The B-Sides - Prince

Parklife/The Great Escape - Blur

Grace - Jeff Buckley

American Recordings - Johnny Cash

Illmatic - NaS

Weezer (debut) - Weezer

It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah - Black Grape

Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? - Mike Watt

The Bends/OK Computer - Radiohead

Wilco - A.M./Being There/Summerteeth

Jungle Fever/Natural Wonder (Live) - Stevie Wonder

Automatic For The People - REM

World Gone Wrong/Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan

What's The Story Morning Glory? - Oasis

Ray Of Light - Madonna

Black Star - Black Star

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Mirroring comments above, 'Ritual De Lo Habitual' has to be on the list (are we compiling these?). 'Jane's' were a really influencial group back then. Side two was awesome with tracks like 'Three Days', 'And Then She did' and 'Classic Girl'. I prefer 'Nothing's Shocking' personally but that was back in the 80's.

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Some that I have not seen mentioned (except in the other mirror thread):

 

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Superchunk - No Pocky For Kitty

Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over

Throwing Muses - Limbo

Belly - Star

Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

Sugar - Copper Blue

Luna - Penthouse

My Blood Valentine - Loveless

PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love

Sleater-Kinney - Call The Doctor

Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

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And some more

 

Weezer - Pinkerton

Black Crowes - Amorica

Uncle Tupelo - March 16th-20th

Bottle Rockets- Brooklyn Side

 

 

and............the Screamin Cheetah Wheelies - self titled debut (no joke)

 

 

Oh yes Lucinda - Car Wheels (good call again)

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This is gonna take some memory & trawling through!

 

It was a decade of real transition for me musically so I gotta think hard..off top of me head...

 

Charlatans had an honourable mention above - great shout!

 

Being There & Summerteeth of course. mermaid Avenue too.

 

Paul Weller had potentially the best spell of his career.

 

Oasis have to get a mention for Definitely Maybe, Blur for Modern Life & Parklife.

 

Pulp, Teenage Fanclub & Super Furries are all great shout! Must say I prefer Guerilla though...

 

A lot of my choices are in fact covered above. I'll get home and trawl through some albums, see if I can bring some fresh light on my choices.

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Off the top of the head (in no particular order):

 

Harvest Moon/Neil Young

Ragged Glory/Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Dog Days/Blue Mountain

Homegrown/Blue Mountain

Trace/Son Volt

Straightaways/Son Volt

Faithless Street/Whiskeytown

Strangers Almanac/Whiskeytown

I Feel Alright/Steve Earle

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road/Lucinda Williams

Being There/Wilco

Wildflowers/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Gentlemen/The Afghan Whigs

Where You Been/Dinosaur Jr.

Badmotorfinger/Soundgarden

Vitalogy/Pearl Jam

Ten/Pearl Jam

Bakesale/Sebadoh

Still Feel Gone/Uncle Tupelo

No Depression/Uncle Tupelo

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I learned how to make distinctions between my favorites and what is really the best long ago, these are my favorites.

Wilco - "Being There"

Slint - "Spiderland"

Uncle Tupelo - "Anodyne"

Jawbreaker - "24 Hour Revenge Therapy"

Lucinda Williams - "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road"

Avail - "Satiate"

Leatherface - "Mush"

Chisel - "8 A.M. All Day"

Propagandhi - "How To Clean Everything"

Fugazi - "Repeater"

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Great record, but HARD to listen to.

 

yup.

One of the most-depressing albums that I've ever heard.

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