Once again with this list, I'm a little biased towards Prince. He has 3 albums in my countdown. But, the #1 album to me in this decade is 2Pac's All Eyez On Me. He also has another album in this countdown. Tied with Pac are Janet Jackson and TLC who also has 2 albums. Now here's my list:

1. All Eyez On Me-2Pac
2. CrazySexyCool-TLC
3. Cooley High Harmony-Boyz 2 Men
4. Death Certificate-Ice Cube
5. Diamonds and Pearls-Prince & The NPG
6. The Velvet Rope-Janet Jackson
7. Poison-Bell Biv Devoe
8. Dangerous-Michael Jackson
9. Doggystyle-Snoop Dogg
10. Waiting To Exhale Soundtrack-Various Artists
11. Definition Of A Band-Mint Condition
12. The Chronic-Dr. Dre
13. Oooh! On The TLC Tip-TLC
14. Home Again-New Edition
15. Apocalypse 91 Enemy Strikes Black-Public Enemy
16. Sons Of Soul-Tony Toni Tone'
17. Life After Death-Notorious B.I.G.
18. Janet-Janet Jackson
19. Emancipation-Prince/
20. 12 Play-R. Kelly
21. Me Against The World-2Pac
22. Love Always-K-Ci & Jo Jo
23. Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik-Red Hot Chili Peppers
24. The Gold Experience-Prince/
25. Southernplayisticcadillakmusic-Outkast

Here are some honroable mentions that quite didn't make it on the list:
Niggaz4life-N.W.A., One In A Million-Aaliyah, No Way Out-Puff Daddy & The Family, True To Myself-Eric Benet, Toni Braxton-Toni Braxton, Are You Gonna Go My Way-Lenny Kravitz, Vision Of Love-Mariah Carey, Mama Said Knock You Out-LL Cool J and Diary Of a Mad Band-Jodeci.

I'm going to limit it to one per artist, just because (and caused me to really rack my brain to come up with 25) .

And in no particular order...

Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
Prince - The Gold Experience
Madonna - Erotica
Elvis Costello & Burth Bacharach - Painted From Memory
Me'shell Ndegeocello - Bitter
Michael Jackson - Dagerous
Janet Jackson - janet.
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice
Bjork - Homogeneic
U2 - Achtung Baby
Paula Abdul - Spellbound
David Bowie - Earthling
Annie Lennox - Diva
Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel
Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
Cher - It's A Man's World (international version)
Johnny Cash - Unchained
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Basement Jaxx - Remedy
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
The Cure - Wish
Wendy & Lisa - Girl Bros.
NPG - Exodus (this probably souldn't count, eh?)
Cassandra Wilson - Traveling Miles
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said

in no particular order, these are just my 25 fav albums of the 90's
my life...mary j blige
share my world...mary j blige
velvet rope...janet
janet...janet
dangerous...mj
baduism...erykah badu
miseducation of lauren hill....lauren hill
toni braxton...toni braxton
crazysexycool...tlc
ready to die...biggie
life after death...biggie
12 play...r kelly
no way out...puff daddy and the family
forever my lady...jodeci
cooleyhighharmony...boys 2 men
for the cool in you...babyface
im your baby tonight...whitney houston
II...boys 2 men
never say never...brandy
miche'le...miche'le
my way...usher
urban hang suite...maxwell
waiting to exhale soundtrack
poison...bbd
im ready...tevin campbell

Doing the 1 album/artist thing just so I can actually finish a list.

for today:

Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
Bjork - Homogenic
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Outkast - Aquemini
Aaliyah - One In A Million
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice
Madonna - Erotica
Janet Jackson - janet.
k.d. lang - Ingenue
Annie Lennox - Diva
U2 - Achtung Baby!
Depeche Mode - Violator
The Cure - Wish
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pearl Jam - vs.
Sade - Love Deluxe
David Bowie - Outside
Prince - Come
Aphex Twin - The Richard D. James Album
Deee-Lite - Dewdrops in the Garden
Stereolab - Dots & Loops
Elastica - Elastica
Fugazi - Repeater
Fugees - The Score
Weezer - Pinkerton


is that 25 yet?
[Edited 12/7/08 20:31pm]

In no order:

1 - Brown Sugar - D'Angelo
2 - Sons of Soul - Tony Toni Tone'
3 - Baduizm - Badu
4 - Blackstreet - Blackstreet
5 - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - L. Hill
6 - Long Time No See - Chico DeBarge
7 - The Revival - Tony Toni Tone'
8 - To The East, Blackwards - X-Clan
9 - The 18th Letter/The Book Of Life - Rakim
10 - Sex Packets - Digital Underground
11 - Reachin' - Digable Planets
12 - Urban Hang Suite - Maxwell
13 - CrazySexyCool - TLC
14 - Ooooh...On the TLC Tip - TLC
15 - What's the 411 - MJB
16 - Stakes is High - De La Soul
17 - De La Soul is Dead - De La Soul
18 - Emancipation - Prince
19 - Adriana Evans - Adriana Evans
20 - Rahsaan Patterson - Rahsaan Patterson
21 - The Cactus - 3rd Bass
22 - Uptown Saturday Night - Camp Lo
23 - The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Qwest
24 - Best of Both Worlds - Davina
25 - Where I Wanna Be - Donnel Jones

MuthaFunka said:

I loved these too.

I am way too 90s to compile this list

Cinnie said:

right? same here. I was kinda like, duh...

TRON said:

Cinnie said:

me too!

thekidsgirl said:

let's take a crack at it! I know I have more than 25 favorites.

Cinnie said:

me 3. I have like 2500 favorites. But ya gotta start somewhere.

Cinnie said:

Damn, I don't even know where to start

I still have albums from the 90's on my "to buy" list


[Edited 12/8/08 19:50pm]

I DID IT.


Achtung Baby - U2
Bedtime Stories - Madonna
Blowout Comb - Digable Planets
Blue Album - Weezer
Dangerous - Michael Jackson
Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
Dummy - Portishead
Elastica - Elastica
Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy
Homework - Daft Punk
Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
Illmatic - Nas
janet. - Janet Jackson
Live Through This - Hole
Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest
My Life - Mary J. Blige
Nevermind - Nirvana
Odelay - Beck
One In A Million - Aaliyah
Oooooohhh...On The TLC Tip - TLC
Poison - Bell Biv Devoe
Post - Björk
Pronounced Jah-Nay - Zhané
Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott






edited already
[Edited 12/8/08 22:59pm]

In no order:

Janet-janet.
Janet-Velvet Rope
Michael Jackson-Dangerous
Michael Jackson-HIStory
Brandy
Brandy-Never Say Never
TLC-Fanmail
TLC-CrazySexyCool
Destiny's Child-Writings on the Wall
Toni Braxton-Secrets
Madonna-Erotica
Karyn White-Ritual of Love
Real McCoy-Another Night
Mariah Carey-Butterfly
Mariah Carey-Emotions
Mariah Carey
Savage Garden (first album)
Madonna-Bedtime Stories
Madonna-Ray of Light
Mary J.Blige-Share My World
Mary J.Blige-Mary
Monica-Miss Thang
Aaliyah-One In a Million
Spice Girls-Spice
Spice Girls-Spiceworld
Garbage

thekidsgirl said:

I realized I had quite a few already on the "to buy AGAIN on vinyl what u had on CD in the 90s" list and went from there...

In no particular order:


- Prince
In Utero - Nirvana
Wish - The Cure
The Gold Experience - Prince
Vs. - Pearl Jam
Faith & Courage - Sinead O'conner
Everything is Wrong - Moby
Jilted Generation - The Prodigy
Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Broken - Nine Inch Nails
Laid - James
Mezzanine - Massive Attack
Emancipation - Prince
Last Splash - Breeders
Four Calendar Cafe - Cocteau Twins
Universal Mother - Sinead O'conner
Come on Come on - Mary Chapin Carpenter
New Beginning - Tracy Chapman
What are you going to do with your life - Echo and the Bunnnymen
miseducation of Lauren Hill - Lauren Hill
Soul Cages - Sting
Automatic for the People - R.E.M
Melancholy and Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumkins
Dusk - The The
Achtung Baby - U2
Superstition - Siouxie and the Banshees



.



EDITS:
lawd, more spelling mistakes edit
28 to 25 edit removing:
Psalm 69 - Ministry
Your Arsenal - Morrissey
Into the Great Wide Open - Tom Petty

[Edited 12/8/08 22:06pm]

that Badu is from 2000, please to remove from list

Cinnie said:

oh shit!

I also had Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever but it was 1989.


They just feel like 90s albums.

Imago said:

Yeah '89s are tough to cut off because they prolly ran into the 90s

But Mama's Gun was almost 2001! Late 2000!

Otherwise, Imago, I really appreciate your list. The Breeders! Nine Inch Nails! MASSIVE ATTACK!

alphastreet said:

Uh...that's 26.

Imago said:

Uh...that's 28 - Y'all think y'all slick!

MuthaFunka said:

hey, not all Asians are good at math!

Imago said:

MuthaFunka said:

I guess I'll drop these 3:

Psalm 69 - Ministry
Your Arsenal - Morrissey
Into the Great Wide Open - Tom Petty

Although i can't claim any of the albums are 'good' critically, it's just a list of albums that had an impact on me.

Achtung Baby - U2
Automatic for the People - REM
No Code - Pearl Jam
Pinkerton - Weezer
Ray of Light - Madonna
Dummy - Portishead
The Bends - Radiohead
Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains
Wildflowers - Tom Petty
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O' Connor
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
The Fat of the Land - The Prodigy
To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
Us - Peter Gabriel
Live Through This - Hole
Dookie - Green Day
Listen Without Prejudice - George Michael
Violator - Depeche Mode
Outside - David Bowie
August and Everything After - Counting Crows
janet. - Janet Jackson
Hello Nasty - The Beastie Boys
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
Crazysexycool - TLC



...damn, I love the '90s

Axchi696 said:

Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains
I forgot about this album! I remember loving it when I first heard it. That along with SAP (was that what it was called?). I avoided much of the Seattle sound on my list just cause it was so overexposed that it tends to cause eyes to roll off peoples heads.
The Fat of the Land - The Prodigy
LOVED this album, but only wanted to place one Prodigy album
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
I wanted to put her second album , "Supposed Former Infactuation Junkie" on there, but chickened out

Imago said:

why? it's really good. her best, i think.

errant said:

I think it's great. I also like Under Rug Swept .
I guess I just chickened out cause most people rip that shit apart. Alanis is almost like the kiss of death to alot of folks. I cant figure out why. Her voice is a bit..trying .. at times, but her lyrics are great and the songs are good too.

I also like Craig David alot and I found out he's largely made fun of too... And I can't for the love of me figure out why