tortoise
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Since we're a good half decade removed, we can now safely commence the '90s nostalgia movement. This was the decade that irrevocably shaped my musical taste, so I'm eternally grateful that it was such a golden age for independent and adventurous music.
Okay, so without further ado, here are my personal favorites, listed first in chronological order. I will re-arrange them in order of preference later. Please feel free to make your own list(s), or snicker at mine, or whatever.
For no particular reason, I decided to limit the list to one album per artist, else Yo La Tengo, Massive Attack, and The Beasties would each have a few more listed.
Okay, so without further ado, here are my personal favorites, listed first in chronological order. I will re-arrange them in order of preference later. Please feel free to make your own list(s), or snicker at mine, or whatever.
- Sonic Youth - Goo (1990)
- The Chills - Submarine Bells (1990)
- My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
- Slint - Spiderland (1991)
- Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
- Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
- Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted (1992)
- Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
- Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)
- Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
- Portishead - Dummy (1994)
- Tricky - Maxinquaye (1995)
- Beck - Odelay (1996)
- DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... (1996)
- Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
- Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
- Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
- Tortoise - TNT (1998)
- Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998)
- Calexico - The Black Light (1998)
- Godspeed You Black Emperor - F# A# Infinity (1998)
- The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (1999)
- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See A Darkness (1999)
For no particular reason, I decided to limit the list to one album per artist, else Yo La Tengo, Massive Attack, and The Beasties would each have a few more listed.