I kinda wish I'd put Symbol higher. Totally love that one.

TRON said:

I think even if you had put it at number 1, it wouldn't have cracked the top 5. There's a big gap!

1. Gold Experience
2. OK Computer
3. Nevermind

with MJ, Madonna and Janet out of the way, I'm really not sure what's left.

TRON said:

I think I have all five:

1. The Gold Experience
2. OK Computer
3. Achtung Baby
4. Nevermind
5. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

I'm sure Prince will be #1. I think (and hope) Radiohead takes the #2 spot. It could go either way with U2 and Nirvana. I think Lauryn is almost surely fifth.
[Edited 4/27/10 21:24pm]

AlexdeParis said:

I think you're probably right. I remembered U2 right after I posted this. That's a pretty solid Top 5.

Wow!
Just wow. Like this list.

TRON said:

I just can't figure out who's in Nº4 and Nº5

Another Tori album perhaps? Impossible Princess?


Ok, that's true, I forgot about Lauryn Hill and Achtung Baby

that's the final top5 folks!
[Edited 4/28/10 5:16am]

buuuut, for me, George's album is Top20 material, not a top10 , and it's sad how none of Björk's classics has made the top5 or even the top10

anyway, I'm glad for Violator and Ray of Light God I love those albums...

JoeTyler said:

well it's a prince fansite at the end of the day but i was very surprised
to see the album at number 6. damn. i don't think that even made my
top 100.

there are way better albums than some of the ones in the top 20 or 30. but
this is a poll with poll results. not my own favorit list, i got to submit
that one already, lol.

so it's interesting to see what comes out where once all the votes have
been counted and the list is compiled. if anything it's making me feel like
i should give some of those albums another spin since they ended so high
on the list and i haven't listened to them in ages.

top 3

01. gold experience
02. ok computer
03. achtung baby

that's what it's gonna look like, i think. like i said, it's a prince site
so the gold experience is bound to end up very high.

and i'll be very glad to see those other 2 being number 2 and 3 since they
are indeed 2 of the very best albums of the 1990s. both unique albums, in
the general field and in the bands catalogue.

So far it's clear that the org doesn't give a shit about hardcore electronica I mean, where's Basement Jaxxx, where's Daft Punk, where are the Chemical Brothers? Goldie?

JoeTyler said:

Yeah. And Aphex Twin. I think some of that maybe faired better in the 00's poll.

Moonbeam said:

I'ts cool to this album get some love, when i first got it, it was playin non stop for a whole year. Still sounds just a fresh and cool as anything from any time.
Another key track would be "Roads" Love it.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related
[Edited 4/29/10 23:27pm]

violetblues said:

Some of the albums on this list surely have that quality that makes them ageless. Sure, part of a definite era, but still very much ageless... This is one of those...

5. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill ◄1998►



Votes: 21

Points: 148.42

Nominated by:

december (2)
Alej (3)
SassyBritches (5.5)
Tortilla (5.5)
Romeoblu (6)
RDHull (7)
728huey (9)
thekidsgirl (13)
Bree8016 (15)
Harlepolis (15.5)
sextonseven (17)
IstenSzek (24)
AlexdeParis (26)
MarkThrust (35)
PricelessHo (40)
SupaFunkyorgangrinderSexy (47)
CHIC0 (51.5)
bobsteezy (92)
JoeTyler (101)
TRON (161)
HamsterHuey (165)

Key Tracks:

Ex Factor (177)
Doo Wop (That Thing) (883)

4. Nirvana - Nevermind ◄1991►



Votes: 16

Points: 158.92

Nominated by:

Anxiety (1)
728huey (1)
MarkThrust (2)
sextonseven (2)
motownlover (3)
Funkmaster3000 (4)
lilgish (4)
NoVideo (7)
Cinnie (13)
thekidsgirl (18)
TRON (37)
Moonbeam (42)
HamsterHuey (46)
SupaFunkyorgangrinderSexy (50)
IstenSzek (57)
JoeTyler (101)

Key Tracks:

Smells Like Teen Spirit (7)
Lithium (102)
In Bloom (301)
Come As You Are (302)

3. U2 - Achtung Baby ◄1991►



Votes: 17

Points: 175.81

Nominated by:

RDHull (1)
IstenSzek (2)
NoVideo (2)
728huey (4)
SassyBritches (5.5)
mushmackalenta (6)
PricelessHo (8)
TRON (9)
Landonfunkmonkey (10)
Cinnie (13)
sextonseven (13)
bobsteezy (14)
MarkThrust (15)
december (16)
lilgish (28)
Moonbeam (43)
JoeTyler (101)

Key Tracks:

Zoo Station (23)
One (277.5)
Mysterious Ways (369)
Until the End of the World (398.5)
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (950)
The Fly (1229)

2. Radiohead - OK Computer ◄1997►



Votes: 18

Points: 190.86

Nominated by:

IstenSzek (1)
NoVideo (1)
endorphin74 (2)
HamsterHuey (2)
ReddishBrownOne (3)
728huey (3)
BT11 (4)
Anxiety (5)
blackbob (6)
RDHull (9)
AlexdeParis (10)
MarkThrust (10)
Landonfunkmonkey (12)
mushmackalenta (26)
Moonbeam (31)
SupaFunkyorgangrinderSexy (42)
lilgish (46)
JoeTyler (101)

Key Tracks:

Paranoid Android (12)
Let Down (77)
Exit Music (For a Film) (133)
Airbag (205)
No Surprises (244)
Karma Police (372)
Climbing Up the Walls (441)

1. Prince - The Gold Experience ◄1995►



Votes: 24

Points: 243.51

Nominated by:

december (1)
Romeoblu (1)
thekidsgirl (1)
Moonbeam (2)
RDHull (2)
blackbob (3)
Landonfunkmonkey (3)
mushmackalenta (5)
BT11 (6)
bboy87 (8.5)
Bree8016 (12)
SupaFunkyorgangrinderSexy (13)
Imago (16)
AlexdeParis (19)
IstenSzek (19)
ReddishBrownOne (19)
728huey (22)
bobsteezy (23)
sextonseven (25)
NoVideo (36)
HamsterHuey (47)
CHIC0 (51.5)
TRON (78)
JoeTyler (101)

Key Tracks:

Dolphin (5)
Endorphinmachine (9)
319 (37)
Gold (50)
I Hate U (110)
Now (154.5)
P Control (232)
Billy Jack Bitch (245)
Shhh (347)
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (883)

Once again, Prince comes out on top! The album list wasn't as dominated by Prince as the 00s list was, and that is perhaps due to there being a greater consensus about which 90s albums are classics.

Again, thank you all for participating in this invigorating poll! I hope the 80s poll can prove to be as satisfying and stimulating!

Thank you for doing this - a very worthy Top 5.

Hehehehehe, just as we said it: Lauryn, Nirvana, U2, Radiohead, Prince...

pretty solid top5, but for me, Achtung Baby is waaaaay better than OK Computer...

and The Gold Experience is a great album, but then again, in a non-Prince site and/or a music site not dominated by males, I'm sure that the final top5 would be like this:

1. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. U2 - Achtung Baby
3. Lauryn Hill - Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
4. Madonna - Ray of Light
5. Nirvana - Nevermind

and yeah, like Moonbeam I wish to thank you all for this poll; it has been great

Very cool. Amazing decade with pretty solid results here. Makes me wanna dig deeper into some of the bubbling under stuff I never got into. Good work Eens.

LOL, Among all those great albums posted above, nowhere else on the world-wide-web will or anyplace else will anyone find Prince at the top spot of 90's albums. Fandom
I love Prince but the 90's was not his time and "The Gold Experience" is a dated cheesy album better served as a topping for nachos.
[Edited 5/3/10 12:35pm]

violetblues said:

bullshit, TGE deserved at least a place in the top60...

JoeTyler said:

I got it exactly right - albums and ranking! Do I win a prize?


...whereas I find Achtung Baby and Nevermind so overrated (though good) neither made my list while OK Computer was #10.


Hear, hear! I only wish I had time to do a song list as well.

The most overlooked on the list for me is Lucinda Williams' "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road." Such an awesome, landmark album... more Org'ers need to hear it, dammit

But overall I thought it was an excellent list - lots of very knowledgeable music fans here. I think the Prince albums are too high, but - it's a Prince site, lol.

top 10 is excellent

LIKE!

Oh wait, this ain't Facebook.

Moonbeam said:

More that a little surprised to see this at 19. Shit, I wouldn't have thought this'd make the top 250 on this board. Too high up in my estimation.


And Lauryn Hill It's telling that only two key tracks are put down, cos the rest is standard, the album suffers from the same skittish chatter that made the Fugees' hard to like.


Dangerous is probably the only MJ album I haven't heard, Heal The World???.....c'mon now!

Good to see Achtung Baby there.
[Edited 5/8/10 19:59pm]