25 October 2009
The Top 20 Records of the 1990's
Though a decade of separation has allowed us to step back and analyze trends and fads and trace our steps back to what we liked at the time and why, I still maintain strong sentimental attachment to the music that shaped my teen age world. I loved some pretty awful stuff back then, but I really don't care. No one is born into criticism. It happens as we age and the world around us shows us what is good and what we should like. Anyway, that's a rabbit trail discussion to extrapolate over a pint at the pub. This is a hybrid list, 60% sentimental and 40% critical.
Though a decade of separation has allowed us to step back and analyze trends and fads and trace our steps back to what we liked at the time and why, I still maintain strong sentimental attachment to the music that shaped my teen age world. I loved some pretty awful stuff back then, but I really don't care. No one is born into criticism. It happens as we age and the world around us shows us what is good and what we should like. Anyway, that's a rabbit trail discussion to extrapolate over a pint at the pub. This is a hybrid list, 60% sentimental and 40% critical.Here we go!
20. Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I - 1999
19. Weezer - Blue Album - 1994
19. Weezer - Blue Album - 1994
18. Pedro the Lion - It's Hard To Find A Friend - 1998
17. Unwound - New Plastic Ideas / Future of What / Repetition 1994-96
16. Mogwai - Young Team - 1997
15. Gillian Welch - Revival - 1996
14. Built to Spill - Keep It Like A Secret - 1999
13. Silver Jews - American Water - 1998
12. Hum - You'd Prefer An Astronaut - 1995
11. Slint - Spiderland - 1991
10. Elliott Smith - Either/Or - 1997
9. U2 - Achtung Baby - 1991
8. Nirvana - Nevermind - 1991
7. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing - 1996
6. Jeff Buckley - Grace - 1994
5. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary - 1994
4. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted - 1992
3. Radiohead - OK Computer - 1997
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - 1993
1. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - 1991
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Bonus - An Historical Compare & Contrast:
Top 5 - 'Grunge'
5. Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion - 1992
4. Stone Temple Pilots - Core - 1992
3. Alice In Chains - Dirt - 1992
2. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger - 1991
1. Pearl Jam - Ten - 1991
Top 5 - Teen Pop Sensations
5. Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera - 1999
4. N'Sync - *NSYNC - 1998
3. Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back - 1997
2. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 1999
1. Spice Girls - Spice - 1996
Labels: 1990's, albums, decade, list, music
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