muse87 said:

Are these in any order?

oh lawd. this order question.

i feel the same as Harle on that; mine aren't in order as of yet.

Cinnie said:

That's ok if you can't order them. I'm just so happy you participated!

Cinnie said:

that's how I feel now

and i'm sure I forgot something so i'll update my list later

muse87 said:

What is the rule concerning this album? If I remember correctly, it was released in the U.K. in 1989, but in the states in 1990. Are U.K. orgers not allowed to include it in their lists?

Need to make a longer list, give it more thought.
[Edited 2/9/10 11:44am]

i'm having a hard time coming up with ways to do the song list.... i'm thinking that for myself, i'm going to limit it to 3 songs per album, 6 tracks overall per artists, and keep it to singles only... otherwise i think my list will be unmanageable, heh...

sextonseven said:

I find it easier to read....

this is very hard indeed. i'm working on it. still

People, by today's standards most of those albums are clearly dated or are just disposable (well, most of them were already disposable in the 90's, get over it); my advice? sold them at a second-hand store and get some fresh cash... no offence...

JoeTyler said:

Today's standards? Like what?

ufoclub said:

Like HIS current musical taste.

Even if some of these are dated, they were valid to people then and I suppose still are to the peeps who liked him. It's just another case of having a different opinion.

HamsterHuey said:

the big difference here being people who actually listened to these albums
and cherished them because they loved the music and because of the ways in
which this music is connected to their memories of past times. plus, and i
am sorry but i have to quote prince here "a good song never dies".

i guess these albums would be disposable or dated to someone who only got
them because they wanted to be part of something that they didn't really
relate to in the first place.

001. radiohead - ok computer
002. U2 - achtung baby
003. bjork - homogenic
004. nick cave - the boatman's call
005. tori amos - boys for pele
006. the smashing pumpkins - mellon collie & the infinite sadness
007. tori amos - from the choirgirl hotel
008. tricky - maxinquaye
009. portishead - portishead
010. rem - monster
011. - the truth
012. future sounds on london - dead cities
013. depeche mode - songs of faith and devotion
014. pet shop boys - behaviour
015. maxwell - embrya
016. radiohead - the bends
017. beck - midnite vultures
018. bjork - post
019. prince - the gold experience
020. fluke - risotto
021. madonna - ray of light
022. maxwell - maxwell's urban hang suite
023. d'angelo - brown sugar
024. lauryn hill - the miseducation of lauryn hill
025. prince - come
026. autechre - tri repetea ++
027. nine inch nails - the downward spiral
028. portishead - dummy
029. rem - automatic for the people
030. the smashing pumpkins - siamese dream
031. macy gray - on how life is
032. dj shadow - entroducing
033. tricky - nearly god
034. nine inch nails - the fragile
035. massive attack - blue lines
036. leftfield - leftism
037. bjork - debut
038. blur - the great escape
039. placebo - without you i'm nothing
040. guns n roses - use your illusion I & II
041. future sound of london - isdn
042. depeche mode - violator
043. leftfield - rhythm and stealth
044. alice cooper - hey stoopid
045. tori amos - under the pink
046. beck - odelay
047. aphex twin - i care because you do
048. autechre - LP5
049. david bowie - hours
050. michael jackson - dangerous
051. madonna - erotica
052. me'shell ndegeocello - peace beyond passion
053. new order - republique
054. pj harvey - is this desire?
055. tricky - pre millennium tension
056. nirvana - nevermind
057. beck - mutations
058. david bowie - outside #1
059. sinead o'connor - universal mother
060. george michael - older
061. erykah badu - baduizm
062. chemical brothers - dig your own hole
063. peter grabriel - us
064. U2 - zooropa
065. plaid - not for threes
066. angie stone - black diamond
067. pet shop boys - very/relentless
068. bruce springsteen - the ghost of tom joad
069. death in vegas - dead elvis
070. fluke - oto
071. janet jackson - the velvet rope
072. george michael - listen without prejudice
073. massive attack - protection
074. blur - parklife
075. annie lennox - diva
076. air - moon safari
077. the prodigy - music for the jilted generation
078. terence trent d'arby - vibrator
079. an pierle - mud stories
080. weezer - weezer [the blue album]
081. erasure - chorus
082. madonna - bedtime stories
083. depeche mode - ultra
084. rem - up
085. orbital - orbital 2
086. moloko - do you like my tight sweater?
087. alanis morisette - jagged little pill
088. bush - sixteen stone
089. bryan adams - waking up the neighbours
090. lenny kravitz - 5
091. q-tip - amplified
092. the orb - the orb's adventures beyond the ultra world
093. pulp - different class
094. magnetic fields - 69 love songs
095. boards of canada - music has the right to children
096. autechre - EP7
097. coil - love's secret domain
098. gravediggaz - the pick, the sickle and the shovel
099. marylin manson - antichrist superstar
100. silverchair - frogstomp

IstenSzek said:

Good list. I love how our musical tastes rub shoulders, but never mirror image each other. What deciding factor did you use to order them?

HamsterHuey said:

well first up i just went through all the 90s albums that
i like.

after that i looked at which ones meant the most to me
and had been playing regularly since their release.

then i graded them all from 6 to 10. the ones that got
an equal grade, i looked at the tracklist attentively,
and put them in order from most to least brillant ones.

after that it was just a matter of putting them on the
list from 1 to 100.

albums that were pretty much equal on all points, i've
simply looked at which ones 'felt' best overall when
you look at the time they were released and the cool
memories attached to them etc etc.

having said that, i don't think i could have made any
list of more than 100 albums, let alone 200 albums,
like you did. this one was already a bitch.

the songs list is gonna be even harder

i also find it quite interesting how our tasted overlap
but yet we both have albums in the top of our lists that
the other one doesn't list at all.

interesting

and why the friggin fuck isn't U2's "achtung baby" on your list?

you should also look to see if you can download the gravediggaz album
somewhere. it's fantastic. i don't have it anymore, at least i don't
think i do. i should go through my cd stack in storage.

but i listened to it many, many times and the tunes are great. the
lyrics are good, strong and the music is weird and deep, especially
for a rap album.

ok. i'm done poluting this thread now. sorry

IstenSzek said:

Well, this is where my obsessive tagging comes in; I just
did a search on my drive for 1990 and all the albums (or
close to all albums) I have from that year pop up.

Then it was just the case of copying the titles and artists
in an Excel file.

Of course, cuz you can never be a total completist, I used
the Acclaimed Music list Ian sent me to see if there were
any oversights.

So mind you, I had 525 albums I started off with; around
a 100 came off the AM list. (grin) So whittling it down to 200
was easy, after I graded them, then judged them the same way
you did.

And now I got a list of a 100 albums I still need to get. (grin)

IstenSzek said:

Let's see folks: terms like "today's standards" or "dated" may look completely subjective, but basically the story goes like this: by "dated" I mean that dozens of new "artists" and bands of the 90's jumped to the train of certain trends and styles from that era (grunge & "alternative", mainstream electronica, gangsta, etc.) with just one goal in mind: to copy what made those new styles fresh & cool and, hopefully, get some fame and success in the process. And they got fame and success, yeah, because of the taste of the public back then, but the artistic results, let's face it, were awful: heartless corruption of those trends and styles to the point of self-parody or cheese-sounding garbage. Bowie's Earthling is a great example: this lp was (and still is) dated and excessive, but I'll never say that the Fat of the land is mediocre or dated because it isn't: it's a landmark of the late 90's electronica, a groundbreaking album.

And my personal tastes have nothing to with this , in fact I believe I'm objective as hell in this matter; ex: I don't give a damn about Nirvana but I'll never say that they were not fresh or groundbreaking, because they were.

More examples: Garbage? umm, ok, why not. Concrete Blonde? Give me a break. Oasis? Certainly...Bush? nooooo; Korn? Yeah, Kid Rock???? are you fuckin' kiddin' me?

The same goes for the 80's: Madonna's first album: still fresh? yes; still relevant? yeah...Paula Abdul???? pfffff
And one example for the 00's decade: do you really think that Beyonce's albums will stand the test of time, in terms of relevance and popularity? NOOOOO. Still, that won't prevent old fans from buyin' tickets (or the new shitty album) of the aging superstar...just like there are folks and gals who still buy tickets for Celine Dion or Limp Bizkit...

Oh, but there's even more: even those groundbreaking artists and bands of the 90's released some major lemons after their short (in most cases) "golden era": I've recently sold all my Tori Amos albums after Under the pink and I'm glad I did: her first two albums and a homemade anthology is all I need...the same goes for the Oasis albums after Morning glory(Dig out your soul is great though ) . Nostalgia? what's that???

Anyway, don't get me wrong people: in my opinion, there are dozens and dozens of 90's albums that still sound fresh and relevant, just as there are dozens of 80's albums that are still fresh and well-known...

But of course, you can dismiss this reply as slighty irritating bullshit (perhaps it is), because in the end, music (like any other form of art) is about opinion, personal tastes and similar subjectivity. And that's fine by me...

IstenSzek said:

We have the same #1 and #2, and your #5 is my #4. Great list!

I have to admit that the 90s are kind of like a "black hole" to me. I didn't like much of anything that was on the radio or MTV, so my favorite albums and songs carried over from my favorite artists of the 80s, with a few exceptions. As such, my lists are gonna be pretty crappy and loaded with lots of items from my favorites. I'm hoping to use this poll to discover more great stuff- I've already listened to Dummy by Portishead and really liked it, and I want to track down Moon Safari by Air as well.

My album list is going to take a little more time to finalize, but here is my list of songs.

1 . Björk - Isobel ◄1995►
2 . Prince - Peach ◄1993►
3 . Janet Jackson - This Time ◄1993►
4 . Björk - Hunter ◄1997►
5 . Kylie Minogue - Take Me With You ◄1997►
6 . Prince - 3 Chains o' Gold ◄1992►
7 . Prince - Now ◄1995►
8 . Annie Lennox - Little Bird ◄1992►
9 . Björk - Bachelorette ◄1997►
10 . New Order - World ◄1993►
11 . Eurythmics - Peace Is Just a Word ◄1999►
12 . Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope ◄1997►
13 . Prince - Loveleft, Loveright ◄1990►
14 . Madonna - Bad Girl ◄1992►
15 . Prince - The Question of U ◄1990►
16 . Prince - Cream ◄1991►
17 . Madonna - Ray of Light ◄1998►
18 . Prince - Love… Thy Will Be Done ◄1990►
19 . David Bowie - Dead Man Walking ◄1997►
20 . Prince - 319 ◄1995►
21 . Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See ◄1997►
22 . Depeche Mode - Halo ◄1990►
23 . Björk - Scary ◄1997►
24 . Prince - Empty Room ◄1995►
25 . Kylie Minogue - Jump ◄1997►
26 . Janet Jackson - Where Are You Now ◄1993►
27 . Madonna - Skin ◄1998►
28 . Madonna - I'll Remember ◄1994►
29 . Prince - Open Book ◄1991►
30 . Annie Lennox - Love Song for a Vampire ◄1992►
31 . Prince - Endorphinmachine ◄1995►
32 . Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) ◄1993►
33 . Prince - And God Created Woman ◄1992►
34 . Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody? ◄1998►
35 . Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth ◄1990►
36 . Björk - Aeroplane ◄1993►
37 . Jamiroquai - Canned Heat ◄1999►
38 . Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue - Where the Wild Roses Grow ◄1995►
39 . Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box ◄1993►
40 . Human League - Heart Like a Wheel ◄1990►
41 . Kylie Minogue - Shocked ◄1990►
42 . Prince - Tangerine ◄1999►
43 . Kylie Minogue - Breathe ◄1997►
44 . Michael Jackson - Remember the Time ◄1991►
45 . Prince - Still Would Stand All Time ◄1990►
46 . Prince - Love 2 the 9's ◄1992►
47 . Depeche Mode - Waiting for the Night ◄1990►
48 . Janet Jackson - Go Deep ◄1997►
49 . Eurythmics - 17 Again ◄1999►
50 . Michael Jackson - Who Is It ◄1991►
51 . Björk - Hyper-Ballad ◄1995►
52 . Prince - We Can Funk ◄1990►
53 . Living Colour - Type ◄1990►
54 . Madonna - The Power of Goodbye ◄1998►
55 . Depeche Mode - Home ◄1997►
56 . Kylie Minogue - Confide in Me ◄1994►
57 . Madonna - Sky Fits Heaven ◄1998►
58 . Prince - The Love We Make ◄1996►
59 . Björk - Joga ◄1997►
60 . Madonna - Secret ◄1994►
61 . Annie Lennox - Cold ◄1992►
62 . Aaliyah - Everything's Gonna Be Alright ◄1996►
63 . Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart ◄1990►
64 . George Michael - Praying for Time ◄1990►
65 . Madonna - Substitute for Love ◄1998►
66 . Madonna - Bedtime Story ◄1994►
67 . Prince - Emale ◄1996►
68 . Aaliyah - 4 Page Letter ◄1996►
69 . Terence Trent D'Arby - Delicate ◄1993►
70 . Prince - Papa ◄1994►
71 . Kylie Minogue - What Do I Have to Do ◄1990►
72 . Prince - Billy Jack Bitch ◄1995►
73 . The Cure - Never Enough ◄1990►
74 . Prince - The One ◄1998►
75 . Aaliyah - If Your Girl Only Knew ◄1996►
76 . Madonna - You'll See ◄1995►
77 . Björk - I Go Humble ◄1995►
78 . David Bowie - Seven Years in Tibet ◄1997►
79 . Beastie Boys - Intergalactic ◄1998►
80 . Björk - Big Time Sensuality ◄1993►
81 . The Cure - A Letter to Elise ◄1992►
82 . Kylie Minogue - Step Back in Time ◄1990►
83 . Prince - Can't Stop This Feeling I Got ◄1990►
84 . Madonna - Hanky Panky ◄1990►
85 . Prince - Gold ◄1995►
86 . Björk - Play Dead ◄1993►
87 . The Cure - Open ◄1992►
88 . Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence ◄1990►
89 . Janet Jackson - One More Chance ◄1993►
90 . Prince - She Spoke 2 Me ◄1992►
91 . Kylie Minogue - Too Far ◄1997►
92 . Madonna - Erotica ◄1992►
93 . Prince - I Love U, But I Don't Trust U Anymore ◄1999►
94 . Prince - Dolphin ◄1995►
95 . Madonna - Why's It So Hard ◄1992►
96 . Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass ◄1992►
97 . Roxette - Almost Unreal ◄1993►
98 . Madonna - Beautiful Stranger ◄1999►
99 . Prince - The Holy River ◄1996►
100 . The Cure - High ◄1992►
101 . Prince - I Hate U ◄1995►
102 . Annie Lennox - Why ◄1992►
103 . Prince - Chaos and Disorder ◄1996►
104 . Annie Lennox - Money Can't Buy It ◄1992►
105 . U2 - Lemon ◄1993►
106 . Prince - Sleep Around ◄1996►
107 . Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kiss Them for Me ◄1991►
108 . Kylie Minogue - Put Yourself in My Place ◄1994►
109 . Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside ◄1999►
110 . Duran Duran - Ordinary World ◄1993►
111 . Annie Lennox - Legend in My Living Room ◄1992►
112 . Roxette - Stars ◄1999►
113 . Prince - P Control ◄1995►
114 . Lenny Kravitz - Always on the Run ◄1991►
115 . Madonna - MER Girl ◄1998►
116 . Janet Jackson - What About ◄1997►
117 . David Bowie - Strangers When We Meet ◄1993►
118 . Björk - I Miss You ◄1995►
119 . Salt 'n Pepa - Expression ◄1990►
120 . Madonna - I Want You ◄1995►
121 . Deee-Lite - Good Beat ◄1990►
122 . Björk - Come to Me ◄1993►
123 . George Michael - Fastlove ◄1994►
124 . Eurythmics - Forever ◄1999►
125 . Nirvana - Lithium ◄1991►
126 . Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film) ◄1997►
127 . Janet Jackson - If ◄1993►
128 . Björk - Crying ◄1993►
129 . Blondie - Screaming Skin ◄1999►
130 . Prince - Pink Cashmere ◄1993►
131 . Michael Jackson - They Don't Care About Us ◄1995►
132 . Deee-Lite - I Had I Dream I Was Falling through a Hole in the Ozone Layer ◄1992►
133 . George Michael - Too Funky ◄1992►
134 . Björk - Unravel ◄1997►
135 . Aaliyah - Back and Forth ◄1994►
136 . PJ Harvey - C'Mon Billy ◄1995►
137 . Prince - There Is Lonely ◄1992►
138 . Prince - Shhh ◄1995►
139 . Madonna - Forbidden Love ◄1994►
140 . Prince - Calhoun Square ◄1993►
141 . Björk - Charlene ◄1995►
142 . Prince - So Far, So Pleased ◄1999►
143 . Madonna - This Used to Be My Playground ◄1992►
144 . Janet Jackson - My Need ◄1997►
145 . Prince - Strays of the World ◄1993►
146 . Madonna - Rain ◄1992►
147 . Salt 'n Pepa - Shoop ◄1993►
148 . Björk - Army of Me ◄1995►
149 . Sade - Cherish the Day ◄1992►
150 . Depeche Mode - World in My Eyes ◄1990►
151 . David Bowie - I'm Deranged ◄1995►
152 . Stone Temple Pilots - Sour Girl ◄1999►
153 . Michael Jackson - Stranger in Moscow ◄1995►
154 . Eurythmics - Lifted ◄1999►
155 . Roxette - Anyone ◄1999►
156 . Michael Jackson - In the Closet ◄1991►
157 . Madonna - Deeper and Deeper ◄1992►
158 . Prince - Curious Child ◄1996►
159 . Prince - The Human Body ◄1996►
160 . Duran Duran - Come Undone ◄1993►
161 . George Michael - Freedom ◄1990►
162 . Juvenile - Back That Azz Up ◄1998►
163 . Pet Shop Boys - New York City Boy ◄1999►
164 . The La's - There She Goes ◄1990►
165 . Blur - Song 2 ◄1997►
166 . PJ Harvey - Easy ◄1993►
167 . Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over ◄1991►
168 . Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some Mo ◄1998►
169 . Prince - Thieves in the Temple ◄1990►
170 . Prince - Race ◄1994►
171 . Radiohead - No Surprises ◄1997►
172 . Prince - Into the Light ◄1996►
173 . Kylie Minogue - If You Don't Love Me ◄1994►
174 . Prince - The Max ◄1992►
175 . Nirvana - In Bloom ◄1991►
176 . Sting - Desert Rose ◄1999►
177 . Madonna - Sanctuary ◄1994►
178 . Prince - Ripopgodazippa ◄1994►
179 . Depeche Mode - Walking in My Shoes ◄1993►
180 . Björk - Sweet Intuition ◄1995►
181 . Urban Cookie Collective - The Key The Secret ◄1993►
182 . Prince - Allegiance ◄1991►
183 . TLC - Silly Ho ◄1999►
184 . Annie Lennox - Take Me to the River ◄1995►
185 . Prince - Spirit ◄1990►
186 . Annie Lennox - Don't Let It Bring You Down ◄1995►
187 . David Bowie - Hallo Spaceboy ◄1995►
188 . Radiohead - Climbing Up the Walls ◄1997►
189 . Annie Lennox - Dream Angus ◄1997►
190 . Sade - No Ordinary Love ◄1992►
191 . Prince - 7 ◄1992►
192 . Deee-Lite - Love Is Everything ◄1992►
193 . Snap - Rhythm Is a Dancer ◄1993►
194 . Warrant - I Saw Red ◄1990►
195 . Queensryche - Silent Lucidity ◄1991►
196 . Prince - Thunder ◄1991►
197 . Erasure - Chorus ◄1992►
198 . Björk - Visur-Vatnsenda Rosu ◄1995►
199 . Prince - Dinner with Delores ◄1996►
200 . Metallica - The Unforgiven ◄1991►

Moonbeam said:

Love your list but wow - this one stunned me to see so high, even ahead of A Question of U. I'll need to give it another listen.

NoVideo said:

obviously, we share the same great taste

GRUNGE & ALTERNATIVE
-Jane's addiction: Ritual de lo habitual
-My bloody Valentine: Loveless
-RHCP: Blood sugar sex magic
-REM: Automatic for the people
-Nirvana: Nevermind
-Nirvana: MTV Unplugged
-Pearl Jam: Ten
-Alice in Chains: Dirt
-Soundgarden: Superunknown
-Temple of the dog: Temple of the dog
-Jeff Buckley: Grace
-Smashing Pumpkings: Siamese dream
-Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon collie & infinite sadness
-Black Crowes: Amorica
-Black Crowes: Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
-PJ Harvey: Rid of me
-Tori Amos:Little earthquakes
-Tori Amos: Under the Pink
-Lucinda Williams: Car wheels on a gravel road

HEAVY METAL
-Metallica: Metallica
-Faith No More: Angel Dust
-Megadeth: Rust in Peace
-Judas Priest: Painkiller
-Guns and roses: Use your Illusion I & II
-Pantera: Vulgar display of power
-Sepultura: Chaos AD
-Death: Human
-RATM: Rage against the machine
-Corrosion of conformity: Deliverance
-Fear Factory: Demanufacture
-Kyuss: Welcome to the sky valley
-Korn: Follow the Leader
-Marilyn Manson: Antichrist Superstar
-Emperor: Into the Nightside Eclipse
-In Flames: Jester Race
-Tool: Aenima
-Bruce Dickinson: Accident of Birth

ELECTRONICA, INDUSTRIAL & TECHNO
-Depeche Mode: Violator
-LFO: Frequencies
-Orbital: II
-Chemical Brothers: Exit planet dust
-Chemical Brothers: Dig your own hole
-Massive attack: Blue Lines
-Massive attack: Mezzanine
-Ministry: Psalm 69
-Nine Inch Nails: Downward Spiral
-Bjork: Debut
-Bjork: Post
-Bjork: Homogenic
-Goldie: Timeless
-Madonna: Ray of light
-Prodigy: Experience
-Prodigy: Music for the jilted audience
-Prodigy: Fat of the land
-Fatboy Slim: You've come a long way, baby
-Moloko: Do you like my tight sweater
-Daft Punk: Homework
-Basement Jaxx: Remedy

BRITISH SCENE (since it had nothing to do with the stuff made in the USA)
-U2: Achtung baby
-Primal Scream: Screamadelica
-Oasis: Definitely maybe
-Oasis: What's the story (Morning glory)
-Pulp: Different Class
-Suede: Suede
-Suede: Dogmanstar
-Suede: Coming Up
-Belle & Sebastian: If you're feeling sinister
-Radiohead: The Bends
-Radiohead: OK Computer

OLD GEEZERS WITH KILLER ALBUMS IN THE 90'S
-Tom Waits: Bone Machine
-Eric Clapton: MTV Unplugged
-Paul McCartney: Flaming Pie
-Neil Young: Ragged Glory
-Tom Petty: Wildflowers
-Mick Jagger: Wandering Spirit
-Prince: The Gold Experience
-Johnny Cash: American Recordings
-Bob Dylan: Time out of mind
-John Fogerty: Blue Moon Swamp
-Michael Jackson: Dangerous
-Santana: Supernatural

RAP & HIP-HOP
-LL Cool J: Mama said knock you out
-Public Enemy: Fear of a black planet
-Ice-T: Original Gangster
-Ice Cube: Amerikkka's most wanted
-Ice Cube: Death certificate
-Ice Cube: Predator
-Dr.Dre: The Chronic
-A tribe called quest: Low end theory
-Notorious Big: Ready to die
-Notorious Big: Life after death
-2Pac: All eyez are on me
-Fugees: The Score
-Lauryn Hill: Miseducation
-Eminem: Slim Shady LP




And that's all; those are the albums that I still consider worthy and 100% listenable after all this years. I repeat what I've said some threads before: 90's music, for good or ill, was full of hit-and-miss bands and artists that nowadays are, for all intents of purposes, completely forgotten by the mainstream public or just positively ignored by "serious" new listeners (Lush, Menswear, Placebo, etc.) The same can be said about the american post-grunge bands (Bush, Coal Chamber, Deftones, Silverchair, etc.) or the irritating hipsters of "90's intelligentsia" (if that thing ever existed): Saint Ettiene, The Divine Comedy,etc.

Also, albums that I L-O-V-E-D as a teenager are just worthless for me now, especially many of the "classic" aternative-rock LP's (PJ Harvey, Helmet, Weezer, Manic Street Preachers, Tori Amos, etc.) Perhaps they're just about "youth issues" (a concept that grows dated as soon as you are +20 years old), perhaps they're not as good as I thought (does anyone remember at this point any "classic" of YoLaTengo?), perhaps they're more boring than I remembered, but man, that kind of stale music just don't work for me anymore. If the bulk of 60's hippie music is dated, just as the bulk of 70's disco and the 90% of dance and metal of the 80's is almost unlistenable, then the 80% of 90's alt/rock is completely worthless and dated in my eyes.

Talking about 90's electronica, my fav artists, not surprisingly, are those which were concerned about crafting smart hooks, catchy choruses and clever melodies and not only about production values and/or off-the-wall beats and rhythms. The bulk of 90's electronic music is good for nostalgia at retro-clubs, but not much more...

More: though 90's Rap music was a far-cry from the golden age of the 80's, it was (and is) 1000 times better than the current Shit-Hop we are forced to hear on the radio. I gotta admit that The Chronic was a very consistent record, but at the same time it signaled the beginning of the end for rap music in terms of freshness and production values...Eminem was truly promising but, well, after '03...ooops...The same can be said about modern heavy-metal: look at Korn, NIN or Pantera: they were fresh, exciting innovators, but their style was quickly corrupted into that nu-metal garbage that hundreds of hipsters tried to copy with lame results (Limp Bizkit, Incubus, etc.)

In addition, the so-called "female singer/songwriter" genre of the 90's (Morrisette -or whatever it is spelled-, Imbruglia, Shery Crow, Meredith Brooks, Bullshit, etc, etc) almost made me lost my faith in mainstream female music during the second half of the 90's (at least Britney & Christina offered a generous dose of sheer enjoyment sorely missed in female pop since the 80's). Oh, and I don't give a damn about 90's R&B either: New Jack Sing was fun for a while but people like Maxwell, D'Angelo, Brandy, Babyface and others were way too bland. And Boyz II Men??? GIVE ME A BREAK. Nothing to say about 90's country either: it has survived as a crossover artifice, but the purity of the genre died after the 70's, that's for sure...

Finally, there are dozens of other artists not included in this list of 90's albums because, for my taste, only their greatest hits or compilation albums are worthy and enjoyable (ex: Jamiroquai, Spice Girls, TLC, En Vogue, Blur, Cranberries, Lenny Kravitz, Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Mariah Carey, No Doubt and many, many more)
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i'm keeping my list of songs ones that were strictly released as singles to make it easier.

1. Terence Trent D'arby - Symphony Or Damn
2. World Party - Goodbye Jumbo
3. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
4. Prince And The NPG - Diamonds And Pearls
5. - The Gold Experience
6. U2 - Acthung Baby
7. Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad
8. Eg And Alice - 24 Years Of Hunger
9. Prince And The NPG -
10. Terence Trent D'arby - Vibrator
11. Walter Becker - 11 Tracks Of Whack
12. Crowded House - Together Alone
13. The Black Crowes - Amorica
14. Prince - Come
15. World Party - Bang
16. Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said
17. Suede - Dog Man Star
18. D'angelo - Brown Sugar
19. Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback
20. Beck - Midnite Vultures
21. Me'Shell Ndegéocello- Peace Beyond Passion
22. Maxwell - Embrya
23. - Emancipation
24. Prince - Graffiti Bridge
25. PM Dawn - jesus Wept

26. Radiohead - OK Computer
27. Seal - Seal
28. INXS - Welcome to wherever you are
29. PM Dawn - Of The heart of Soul and of the cross
30. Crowded House - Woodface
31. Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
32. Depeche Mode - Violator
33. MJ - Dangerous
34. REM - Automatic FOR The People


I Plan to add to this so please don't take as final.
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JoeTyler said:

Do the different blocks of your list correspond to different tiers?