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Best Rock Albums 1990, and Beyond
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In no particular order:
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Radiohead- Kid A
Radiohead - OK Computer
Múm - Yesterday was Dramatic Today is OK
Sigur Rós - Agætis Byrjun
Interpol - Interpol
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
Tortoise - TNT
Bjork - Homogenic
Air - Moon Safari
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Radiohead- Kid A
Radiohead - OK Computer
Múm - Yesterday was Dramatic Today is OK
Sigur Rós - Agætis Byrjun
Interpol - Interpol
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
Tortoise - TNT
Bjork - Homogenic
Air - Moon Safari
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1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Just to get that out of the way, THIS is, to me, the best record ever recorded and definitely the best of the 90s. I urge you, with any semblance of power in your fingertips, to get ahold of this album somehow. This is a better album than OK Computer. It just is. Listen to it and you'll understand. Phew, now that I've said that, to the rest of the list...
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
Wow, until a few months ago, this was my favourite album of all time. Timeless, catchy and complex songs, layer upon layer of powerfully precise instrumentation and the and the best "tension song" ever written in Exit Music (For a Film).
3. Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret
The most edgy-yet-catchy rock music on the planet. Hyperbole aside, this is not pop music but somehow the hooks and choruses seem to stick in my head infinitely longer than a one-hit-radio song.
4. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
C'mon. This was my childhood.
5. And You Will Know Us From The Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
I don't care how oligarchic Pitchfork is, they were right in giving this album a 10. This is a most virulently emotive album; they switch from seething anger to lazy thoughtfulness so quickly and effortlessly, and the album is better for it.
6. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
I have no reservations in saying that, despite the awfully catchy poppiness of this record, the individual songs will survive time's critical scrutiny. My favourite album of 2003 by far.
7. Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill
This album changed music forever. Whatever way you look at it, the mid-90s was made up of pre-Alanis and post-Alanis alternative rock. But this is an absolute classic.
8. Air - Moon Safari
Not quite rock, but this is my chill album. Day after day. I never tire of it.
9. Nirvana - Nevermind
Nevermind.
10. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
Ever wanted to literally feel pure joy through music? This is the only album I can consistantly listen to that brightens my mood. It just does.
Excuse the inordinately excessive hyperbole. I love these albums though. LOVE THEM!
Now go out and listen to Neutral Milk Hotel.
Just to get that out of the way, THIS is, to me, the best record ever recorded and definitely the best of the 90s. I urge you, with any semblance of power in your fingertips, to get ahold of this album somehow. This is a better album than OK Computer. It just is. Listen to it and you'll understand. Phew, now that I've said that, to the rest of the list...
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
Wow, until a few months ago, this was my favourite album of all time. Timeless, catchy and complex songs, layer upon layer of powerfully precise instrumentation and the and the best "tension song" ever written in Exit Music (For a Film).
3. Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret
The most edgy-yet-catchy rock music on the planet. Hyperbole aside, this is not pop music but somehow the hooks and choruses seem to stick in my head infinitely longer than a one-hit-radio song.
4. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
C'mon. This was my childhood.
5. And You Will Know Us From The Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
I don't care how oligarchic Pitchfork is, they were right in giving this album a 10. This is a most virulently emotive album; they switch from seething anger to lazy thoughtfulness so quickly and effortlessly, and the album is better for it.
6. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
I have no reservations in saying that, despite the awfully catchy poppiness of this record, the individual songs will survive time's critical scrutiny. My favourite album of 2003 by far.
7. Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill
This album changed music forever. Whatever way you look at it, the mid-90s was made up of pre-Alanis and post-Alanis alternative rock. But this is an absolute classic.
8. Air - Moon Safari
Not quite rock, but this is my chill album. Day after day. I never tire of it.
9. Nirvana - Nevermind
Nevermind.
10. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
Ever wanted to literally feel pure joy through music? This is the only album I can consistantly listen to that brightens my mood. It just does.
Excuse the inordinately excessive hyperbole. I love these albums though. LOVE THEM!
Now go out and listen to Neutral Milk Hotel.
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Skillet - Alien Youth
I think it's a kind of must-have, it's a great CD that appeals to everybody even if it "shouts" Christian to everybody.
I think it's a kind of must-have, it's a great CD that appeals to everybody even if it "shouts" Christian to everybody.
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OK, i'll bite:
1. Ride - Nowhere (1990) the most perfect of all rock/indie albums, i swear i will never get tired of this gem.
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) still light years ahead of its time.
3. Catherine Wheel - Ferment (1992) one of shoegazing's finest. perfect blend of rawk, crunch, and ambience.
4. Suede - Suede (1993) single-handedly started the rebirth of Brit-pop and one of the best Pop albums of all time.
5. James - Laid (1993) breathtaking soundscapes set into the best songwriting the band has ever done, and the most amazing Brian Eno production of all time.
6. Oasis - Definately Maybe (1994) hmm... needs no introduction.
7. Blur - 13 (1999) the band's most adventurous, experimental, and heartfelt album.
8. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR (2000) anger, rock, noise, and electronics never sounded so good!
9. The Cure - Bloodflowers (2000) a fine return to form, one of the bands best albums and well deserving to be part of the trilogy that also contains "Pornagraphy" and "Disintegration."
10. Radiohead - Kid A (2000) undeniably hyped, undeniably successful, undeniable genius.
1. Ride - Nowhere (1990) the most perfect of all rock/indie albums, i swear i will never get tired of this gem.
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) still light years ahead of its time.
3. Catherine Wheel - Ferment (1992) one of shoegazing's finest. perfect blend of rawk, crunch, and ambience.
4. Suede - Suede (1993) single-handedly started the rebirth of Brit-pop and one of the best Pop albums of all time.
5. James - Laid (1993) breathtaking soundscapes set into the best songwriting the band has ever done, and the most amazing Brian Eno production of all time.
6. Oasis - Definately Maybe (1994) hmm... needs no introduction.
7. Blur - 13 (1999) the band's most adventurous, experimental, and heartfelt album.
8. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR (2000) anger, rock, noise, and electronics never sounded so good!
9. The Cure - Bloodflowers (2000) a fine return to form, one of the bands best albums and well deserving to be part of the trilogy that also contains "Pornagraphy" and "Disintegration."
10. Radiohead - Kid A (2000) undeniably hyped, undeniably successful, undeniable genius.
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the only track i like from that neutrik album is "oh comely" very good track btw .. the other stuff just isnt catchy or something i could follow ...
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stereolab: transeint random-noise bursts with announcements (1993)
u2: achtung baby/zooropa (1991/1993)
the flaming lips: yoshimi battles the pink robots (2002)
radiohead: the bends (1995)
nine inch nails: the downward spiral (1994)
stone temple pilots: core (1992)
nirvana: in utero (1993)
wilco: yankee hotel foxtrot (2002)
the verve: urban hymns (1997)
alice in chains: jar of flies/sap (1994)
u2: achtung baby/zooropa (1991/1993)
the flaming lips: yoshimi battles the pink robots (2002)
radiohead: the bends (1995)
nine inch nails: the downward spiral (1994)
stone temple pilots: core (1992)
nirvana: in utero (1993)
wilco: yankee hotel foxtrot (2002)
the verve: urban hymns (1997)
alice in chains: jar of flies/sap (1994)
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Oh Boy, more lists!
See lots of good stuff so far........I seem to agree with almost everything BONG posts here including his list, but he is definitely focused into Brit Pop/Shoe Gaze genres.
My most worthy list mainstream rock:
OASIS - Morning Glory
NIRVANA - Nevermind
BREEDERS - Last Splash
CATHERINE WHEEL - Ferment
CRANBERRIES - Everybody Else is Doing It
GARBAGE - Garbage I
L7 - Bricks are Heavy
LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS - Temporal (collection)
DEAD CAN DANCE - Passage in Time (collection)
LUSH - Gala
NIN - Broken
REM - Monster
RIDE - Nowhere
SMASHING PUMPKINS - Siamese Dream
SWITCHBLADE SYMPHONY - Serpentine Gallery
CLAN OF XYMOX - Creature
WHITE ZOMBIE - Sinister Urge
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Loveless
ELASTICA - Elastica I
HUMPERS - Positively Sick on 4th Street
LORDS OF ACID - Lust
MATERIAL ISSUE - International Pop Overthrow
MAZZY STAR - She hangs Brightly
NASHVILLE ***** - Let Them Eat *****
RADIOHEAD - OK Computer
PULP - Different Class
MASSIVE ATTACK - Mezzanine
SUEDE - Sci-Fi Lullabies
SUPERSUCKERS - Smoke of Hell
For those who appreciate the "dark" side:
DIMMU BOGIR - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
OPETH - Morningrise
CRADLE OF FILTH - Dusk and Her Embrace
TRISTANIA - Beyond the Veil
NOCKTURNAL MORTUM - Lunar Poetry
DISSECTION - Storm in Lights Bane
(this list could be very, very long)
See lots of good stuff so far........I seem to agree with almost everything BONG posts here including his list, but he is definitely focused into Brit Pop/Shoe Gaze genres.
My most worthy list mainstream rock:
OASIS - Morning Glory
NIRVANA - Nevermind
BREEDERS - Last Splash
CATHERINE WHEEL - Ferment
CRANBERRIES - Everybody Else is Doing It
GARBAGE - Garbage I
L7 - Bricks are Heavy
LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS - Temporal (collection)
DEAD CAN DANCE - Passage in Time (collection)
LUSH - Gala
NIN - Broken
REM - Monster
RIDE - Nowhere
SMASHING PUMPKINS - Siamese Dream
SWITCHBLADE SYMPHONY - Serpentine Gallery
CLAN OF XYMOX - Creature
WHITE ZOMBIE - Sinister Urge
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Loveless
ELASTICA - Elastica I
HUMPERS - Positively Sick on 4th Street
LORDS OF ACID - Lust
MATERIAL ISSUE - International Pop Overthrow
MAZZY STAR - She hangs Brightly
NASHVILLE ***** - Let Them Eat *****
RADIOHEAD - OK Computer
PULP - Different Class
MASSIVE ATTACK - Mezzanine
SUEDE - Sci-Fi Lullabies
SUPERSUCKERS - Smoke of Hell
For those who appreciate the "dark" side:
DIMMU BOGIR - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
OPETH - Morningrise
CRADLE OF FILTH - Dusk and Her Embrace
TRISTANIA - Beyond the Veil
NOCKTURNAL MORTUM - Lunar Poetry
DISSECTION - Storm in Lights Bane
(this list could be very, very long)
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How are we defining "rock" for the purposes of this thread?
So far I agree with:
Nirvana - Nevermind
nirvana: in utero
System Of A Down - Toxicity
Pearl Jam – V.S
Radiohead--Bends
Radiohead- Kid A
Radiohead - OK Computer
Blur - 13
Primal Scream - XTRMNTR (no one knows this one in the States, and it's mind-blowing)
wilco: yankee hotel foxtrot (but gotta have Summer Teeth, too!)
PULP - Different Class (but I'd add This Is Hardcore and We Love Life, too!)
I'll come up up with some others of my own later.
So far I agree with:
Nirvana - Nevermind
nirvana: in utero
System Of A Down - Toxicity
Pearl Jam – V.S
Radiohead--Bends
Radiohead- Kid A
Radiohead - OK Computer
Blur - 13
Primal Scream - XTRMNTR (no one knows this one in the States, and it's mind-blowing)
wilco: yankee hotel foxtrot (but gotta have Summer Teeth, too!)
PULP - Different Class (but I'd add This Is Hardcore and We Love Life, too!)
I'll come up up with some others of my own later.
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IMO amnesiac bests out kid A
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My favorites post 1990
I'll add these albums to our awesome list: (<-edited this line)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
Libertines - Up The Bracket
Sublime - 40 oz To Freedom
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
I'll add these albums to our awesome list: (<-edited this line)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
Libertines - Up The Bracket
Sublime - 40 oz To Freedom
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
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I second Trounce's enthusiasm surrounding Neutral Milk Hotel. Just an excellent, amazing album from beginning to end.
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