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List your ten favorite albums from the past 20 years

post #1 of 30
9/23/09 at 1:02am
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So what are you 10 favorite releases from the last 20 years.... 1990-2009.

Feel free to list your 10 randomly OR rank them in any order you like. Please don't make it more than 10 or else you will not be able to participate fairly in the poll I am going to include.....

I want to see which decade is more liked in this forum.....voting for best record of 2000s made me realize just what a bad decade it truly was......hahaha but I'll let you be the judge.

The poll works this way....

Once you make your list, count how many of your inclusions are from the 90s and how many are from the 00s and then vote based on your list.
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post #2 of 30
9/23/09 at 1:35am
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Here's my list in random order....

1.Elliott Smith – XO (1998)
2.Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)
3.Beck – Sea Change (2002)
4.Elliott Smith – Either Or (1996)
5.Radiohead – The Bends (1995)
6.Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
7.Radiohead- Kid A (2000)
8.Ben Folds – Whatever And Ever Amen (1996)
9.Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
10.Nirvana – In Utero (1993)

8 for the 90s, 2 for the 00s
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post #3 of 30
9/23/09 at 2:09am
1.Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
2.Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992)
3.Nas - Illmatic - (1994)
4.Radiohead - The Bends (1995)
5.Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
6.Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star (1998)
7.Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
8.Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica (2000)
9.Atmosphere - Lucy Ford (2000)
10.Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
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post #4 of 30
9/23/09 at 3:31am
These probably... in chronological order:

Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (2000)
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)
Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
Mono & World's End Girlfriend - Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (2005)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
The Lucksmiths - Warmer Corners (2005)
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (2005)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (2008)

Huh, apparently 2005 was a good year for music for me.
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post #5 of 30
9/23/09 at 3:38am
For me, All are from 1970 - 1990.
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post #6 of 30
9/23/09 at 4:02am
Past 20 years, that is to say from 1989 onwards...

Black Bonzo - Sound of the Apocalypse (2008)
Cynic - Traced in Air (2008)
Death - Symbolic (1995)
Death - The sound of Perseverance (1999)
Mastodon - Crack the Skye (2009)
Opeth - Anything
IQ - Dark Matter (2004)
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post #7 of 30
9/23/09 at 4:47am
Korn: self-titled (Epic 1994)
Burzum: Filosofem (1996)
Enslaved: Eld (Osmose, 1997)
Marlyn Manson: Antichrist Superstar (Nothing 1996)
White Zombie: La Sexorcisto (Geffen, 1992)
Opeth Morningrise (1996)
Slipknot: Slipknot (Roadrunner, 1999)
Emperor: In The Nightside Eclipse (Century Black, 1994)
Cradle Of Filth: Dusk and Her Embrace (Music For Nations, 1997)
Immortal: Battles In The North (Osmose, 1994)
Bathory: Hammerheart (1990)
Suffocation: Effigy of the Forgotten (1991)
Morbid Angel: Altars of Madness (Earache 1989)
Darkthrone: A Blaze In The Northern Sky (Peaceville, 1991)
Terrorizer: World Downfall (Earache 1989)
Mayhem: De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (DSP 1994)
At the Gates: Slaughter of Soul (Earache 1996) .............Sorry, off a couple on the count...............................
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post #8 of 30
9/23/09 at 8:59am
Just alphabetical order through my playlist:

Burst - Lazarus Bird (2008)
Cave In - Jupiter (2000)
dredg - el cielo (2002)
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm (2004)
Oceansize - Frames (2007)
Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
The Ocean - Precambrian (2007)
Thrice - Vheissu (2005)
Tool - Lateralus (2001)
Tool - Aenima (1997)
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post #9 of 30
9/23/09 at 10:44am
In No particular order

1. Blind Melon-Blind Melon(1992)
2.Time Out of Mind- Bob Dylan(1997)
3.Discovery- Daft Punk(2001)
4. Is this it- The Strokes(2001)
5. Ok Computer- Radiohead(1997)
6. World Gone Wrong-Bob Dylan(1993)
7. Into the Wild- Eddie Vedder(2007)
8. Demon Days- Gorillaz(2005)
9. Four- Blues Traveler(1994)
10. Nevermind- Nirvana (1991)
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post #10 of 30
9/23/09 at 6:10pm
I scrolled through my iTunes library and came up with this somewhat odd list of albums. This is in all likelihood not my "true" top 10, but it would be impossible for me to ever come up with such a list.

Beck - Sea Change (2002)
Björk - Post (1995)
Chris Cornell - Scream (2009)
Freezepop - Future Future Future Perfect (2007)
Mike Oldfield - Music of the Spheres (2008)
Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)
Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
System of a Down - Mezmerize (2005)


Edit:
Below are some of the albums that I considered putting on the top 10 list I posted above, but for some reason didn't stay on the list till the end. Some of these are also albums I only though of later, but I probably won't edit my original top 10 list because it could change the 1990s vs. 2000s ratio I voted for earlier.

The Black Mages - The Black Mages (2003)
Depeche Mode - Violator (1990)
Janine Jansen - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (2004)
Madonna - Ray of Light (1998)
Madonna - Hard Candy (2008)
Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia (2000)
Metallica - Metallica (1991)
Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
The OneUps - Volume 1 (2005)
OneUp Studios - Time & Space: A Tribute to Yasunori Mitsuda (2002)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
Rage Agains the Machine - Mage Agains the Machine (1992)
The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
System of a Down - Toxicity (2001)
Tarja - My Winter Storm (2007)
Tenacious D - Tenacious D (2002)
Tool - Ænima (1996)
Tool - Lateralus (2001)
Trio Töykeät - Wake (2005)
Värttinä - iki (2003)
Yuki Kajiura - Fiction (2003)
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post #11 of 30
9/23/09 at 7:37pm
Ya'll be missing some classics!

This is impossible...im going with 15

Aphex Twin-Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Alice in Chains-Dirt
Jeff Buckley-Grace
Pearl Jam-10
Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream
Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger
The Notorious Big-Ready to Die
A Tribe Called Quest-Midnight Marauders
Mobb Deep-The Infamous
NIN-The Downward Spiral
Ministry-The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Massive Attack-Mezzanine
ISIS-Panopticon
Tool-Undertow
The Mars Volta-De-Loused in the Comatorium


Its hurting not to include more...
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post #12 of 30
9/25/09 at 8:08am
Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidMahler View Post
I want to see which decade is more liked in this forum.....voting for best record of 2000s made me realize just what a bad decade it truly was......hahaha but I'll let you be the judge.
Have you heard this new band which released some albums just a couple a weeks ago. They are topping the charts all over the world. They are called The Beetles. I believe they could have some potential for their future releases, if they step it up a little. With their current material they can't compete with my current favorites at the top of my list.
Funny thing is that they had my pseudonym as their song name in one of their albums. I took my pseudonym from a very very old band that was active in the 80s, I believe. I forgot the name of the band, but who could remember something that happened so long ago?

My list:
Britney Spears - Blackout (yes, it is already 2 years old, but still my favorite)
Lady Gaga - The Fame
Jonas Brothers - Lines, Vines and Trying Times
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Beyonce - I Am... Sasha Fierce
The Beatles - Revolver
Britney Spears - Circus
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper




Ok, all kidding aside. Here is my list:

Radiohead - OK Computer
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Radiohead - Kid A
Björk - Homogenic
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Roger Waters - Amused to Death
Beck - Sea Change

That's 7 from the 90s and 3 from the 2000s
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post #13 of 30
9/25/09 at 4:14pm
In the order in which they popped into my head -

Pearl Jam - Yield
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Soundgarden - Down On the Upside
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Brian Wilson - SMiLE
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
Madonna - Ray of Light
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
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post #14 of 30
9/25/09 at 6:21pm
Muse - The Resistance
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo
Coheed & Cambria - No World For Tomorrow
Infected Mushroom - Vicious Delicious
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Fall of Troy - Phantom on the Horizon
RATM - Renegades
Muse - Absolution
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post #15 of 30
9/26/09 at 2:04am
Here's what comes to mind at the moment:

Infected Mushroom - Classical Mushroom (2000)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (1990)
Eternity X - The Edge (1997)
Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrad - Gladiator (2000)
Rage - Ghosts (1999)
Virgin Steele - Invictus (1998)
Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990)
Hallucinogen - The Lone Deranger (1997)
Adagio - Underworld (2003)
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