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the la's - s/t

matthew sweet - girlfriend

velvet crush - in the presence of greatness

guided by voices - propeller

red house painters - s/t

jeff buckley : grace

frank black – teenager of the year

ween – chocolate & cheese

johnny cash – american recordings

the mermen : food for other fish to eat

guided by voices : alien lanes

sparklehorse : vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot

belle & sebastian : if you're feeling sinister

the gourds : dems good beeble

ron sexsmith : other songs

elliott smith : either/or

marah : let's cut the crap & hook up later tonight

son volt : wide swing tremolo

tim easton – special 20.

golden smog : weird tales

peter bruntnell : normal for bridgwater

tom waits : mule variations

damien jurado : rehearsals for departure

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Dan Bern - New American Language

Sugar - Copper Blue / Beaster

Nick Lowe - The Impossible Bird

Son Volt - Trace

Elvis Costello - Mighty Like A Rose

Elvis Costello - Brutal Youth

Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac

John Wesley Harding - Why We Fight

Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball

Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance

Aimee Mann - Whatever

Buddy Miller - Cruel Moon

Richard Thompson - Mock Tudor

Tom Waits - Bone Machine

Tom Waits - Mule Variations

Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

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

 

 

Belly - Star

 

 

I like that one. That's a somewhat forgotten album/band. I read an interveiw recently with Tanya Donnelly. She said all those songs were written for the second Breeders album. Kim Deal and Tanya were going to trade off the songwriting duties from album to album, and the second album was going to be Tanya's songs. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) she left the group and it wasn't to be. I'd love to hear how the Breeders Pod lineup would have played the Star songs.

 

Another Great '90s album:

 

Shudder to Think: Pony Express Record

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The EPs thread reminded me that this one should have made my list:

Martin Newell - The Greatest Living Englishman

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Albums from the 90s that I loved to death during the 90s...(and still do to some extent)

 

1. Nomads/Indians/Saints-Indigo Girls

2. Swamp Ophelia-Indigo Girls

3. Without A Net-Grateful Dead

4. Siamese Dream-Smashing Pumpkins

5. Jerry Garcia Band-Live

6. Harvest Moon-Neil Young

7. Out of Time-REM

8. Rift-Phish

9. Lawnboy-Rift

10.Billy Breathes-Phish

11.Story Of The Ghost-Phish

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Alejandro Escovedo - Gravity

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

The Pooh Sticks - Million Seller

East River Pipe - The Gasoline Age

Jack Logan & Bob Kimbell - Little Private Angel

Silver Jews - American Water

Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Chris Knox - Meat

Amy Rigby - Diary of a Mod Housewife

Aimee Mann - Magnolia

Sloan - Twice Removed

Radiohead - OK Computer

Ron Sexsmith - other songs

Wilco - Summerteeth

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

Gillian Welch - Revival

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac

American Music Club - Mercury

Kelly Willis - What I Deserve

Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

Sebadoh - Bakesale

Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance

Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind

Tom Waits - Bone Machine

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

2. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand

3. Weezer - Pinkerton

4. Wilco - Summerteeth

5. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

6. The Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin

7. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See A Darkness

8. Radiohead - OK Computer

9. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

10. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

11. Beck - Odelay

12. Weezer - s/t

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

14. Nirvana - Nevermind

15. Beck - Midnite Vultures

16. Wilco - Being There

17. Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes

18. Radiohead - The Bends

19. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

20. Elliott Smith - Either/Or

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that was tougher than i thought i probably missed a bunch. in no particular order...

 

1. wilco - being there

2. pearl jam - no code

3. sonic youth - goo

4. pavement - slanted and enchanted

5. wilco - summerteeth

6. nas - illmatic

7. flaming lips - soft bulletin

8. pearl jam - vitalogy

9. oasis - definitely maybe

10. my morning jacket - tennessee fire

11. yo la tengo - i can hear the heart beating as one

12. belle and sebastian - if you're feeling sinister

13. fugees - the score

14. pearl jam - vs

15. pearl jam - ten

16. oasis - what's the story morning glory

17. bob dylan - time out of mind

18. wu-tang - 36 chambers

19. sonic youth - washing machine

20. nirvana - nevermind

 

gotta mention harvest moon and the chronic as well

 

forgot all the blind melon albums as well, especially nico...and the bends and ok computer. i suck at this game.

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Most every 90's album I love has been mentioned. One that I haven't noticed is Urge Overkill's Saturation. I love that album.

 

if you don't have either _Supersonic Storybook_ or _Stull_, definitely get those too.

 

i just noticed that they all begin w/ 'S'. wonder if that was intentional. of course, 'enter the dragon' and 'americruiser' don't follow that trend.

 

i see a ton of Pearl Jam mentions, and I've actually never listened to a full record of theirs.

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I failed to see any mention of

James - Laid

 

Did somebody mention it? Definitely worthy.

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whoa

 

i saw chris lopez's later band, Tenement Halls, open for Robert Pollard in Athens in january of 2006

 

they were pretty cool

 

never heard rockateens though ... i should check them out

 

Definitely, both are good bands, but I'd say the Rockateens were better.

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01. Nirvana- Nevermind

02. Radiohead- OK Computer

03. R.E.M.- Automatic For the People

04. Wilco- Summerteeth

05. The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin

06. Pavement- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

07. Radiohead- The Bends

08. Jeff Buckley- Grace

09. My Bloody Valentine- Loveless

10. Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

11. The Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs

12. Nirvana- In Utero

13. Elliott Smith- Either/ Or

14. Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream

15. Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

16. Mercury Rev- Deserter's Songs

17. PJ Harvey- Rid of Me

18. Talk Talk- Laughing Stock

19. Primal Scream- Screamadelica

20. Nirvana- MTV Unplugged in New York

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Here are my top favs in no particular order and off the top of my head.

 

Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray

Smashing Pumpkins - Gish

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Neutral Milk Hotel - IN the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Sebadoh - III

Sebadoh - Bakesale

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Pavement - Slanted + Enchanted

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Elliot Smith - Either/Or

Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand

GBV - Alien Lanes

Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

Son Volt - Trace

Wilco - Being There

Superchunk - No Pocky for Kitty

Silver Jews - American Water

Weezer - Pinkerton

Liz Phair - Exit in Guyville

The Rentals - Return of the Rentals

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Hollywood Town Hall - The Jayhawks

Tomorrow The Green Grass - The Jayhawks

Trace - Son Volt

The Bends - Radiohead

Transmissions From the Satellite Heart - The Flaming Lips

Clouds Taste Metallic - The Flaming Lips

The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips

Summerteeth - Wilco

Air - Moon Safari

Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev

I Feel Alright - Steve Earle

El Corazon - Steve Earle

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins

Ragged Glory - Neil Young

The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld - The Orb

If You're Feeling Sinister- Belle and Sebastian

Amused To Death - Roger Waters

Crooked Rain - Pavement

Ten - Pearl Jam

Empire - Queensryche

Nevermind - Nirvana

The Mollusk - Ween

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - Spiritualized

The Blue Album - Weezer

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not in any real order...

 

Silver Jews - American Water

Pavement - CRCR

Pavement - S & E

Pavement - Brightne the Corners

Wilco - Summerteeth

Wilco - Being There

The Pixies - Trompe Le Monde

Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been

Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind

Beck - Mutations

Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane

Radiohead - OK Comp

Radiohead - The Bends

You Am I - Hourly, Daily

Mazzy Star - Among My Swan

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy

Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On

The Breeders - Last Splash

Tool - Opiate

Rage Against the Machine - RATM

Kristin Hersh - Hips and Makers

Nirvana - In Utero

and i have a soft spot for Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over

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Eels: Electro Shock Blues

Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Smog: Red Apple Falls

Jeff Buckley: Grace

The Olivia Tremor Control: Dusk At Cubist Castle

My Bloody Valentine: Loveless

Radiohead: Ok Computer

Elliott Smith: Either/Or

Yo La Tengo: I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Wilco: Summerteeth

The Ronald Jones All-Stars The Flaming Lips: Transmissions From the Satellite Heart

Belle and Sebastian: If You're Feeling Sinister

Jim O'Rourke: Eureka

Jim O'Rourke: Bad Timing

Stereolab: Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements

The La's: The La's

Galaxie 500: This is Our Music

Red House Painters: Self-Titled (Rollercoaster Album)

Beck: Mutations

 

 

--Mike

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