Best Album of the ‘90s — Winner Takes All

wilson said:
Metallica's Black Album should also be on this list...one of the great rock albums of all time, with over 30 million copies sold and nearly 500 weeks (yes, you read that correctly) on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.
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wilson said:
I came from all country all the time. I remember listening to Metallica and hating it and thinking it was just noise. But my college roommate absolutely loved them and played them all the time. There was a point at which I remember a Metallica song coming on and me being really fired up that it was on. I don't have all that many strengths, but one of them is admitting when I'm wrong. Perhaps because there are just so many exposures.
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wilson said:
Metallica's Black Album should also be on this list...one of the great rock albums of all time, with over 30 million copies sold and nearly 500 weeks (yes, you read that correctly) on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.
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As a huge Metallica fan who has seen them 19 times and will be seeing them two more times this May I wholeheartedly concur!
 
Pearl Jam's Ten is certainly on the Mount Rushmore of the Seattle Sound, but Dirt was right there too. If you like that genre.

Looking around in my music library for 5 minutes I'd add these albums for your consideration too. Within their subgenres, and sticking to the 90s, they were outstanding, IMO:

Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea
Garbage - Version 2.0
Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
Cracker - Cracker
Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
 
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

And if soundtracks are allowed, the Judgement Night Soundtrack. Many have probably never heard it, but it’s an amazing collection of alternative/rap collaborations.
 
wilson said:
Metallica's Black Album should also be on this list...one of the great rock albums of all time, with over 30 million copies sold and nearly 500 weeks (yes, you read that correctly) on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.
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The only correct answer is the Metallica's Black Album. Many of the others on the list are great, I'd even add Weezer's debut into the overall list, BUT Metallica wins hands down. That album brought us "Enter Sandman", "Nothing Else Matters", Wherever I May Roam", "Sad But True". 31 million records sold. The Black album brought heavy metal into the mainstream and started the end of the 80's glam rock.
 
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nmduke2001 said:
The only correct answer is the Metallica's Black Album. Many of the others on the list are great, I'd even add Weezer's debut into the overall list, BUT Metallica wins hands down. That album brought us "Enter Sandman", "Nothing Else Matters", Wherever I May Roam", "Sad But True". 31 million records sold. This album brought heavy metal into the mainstream.
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Settle down. Great album but my eyes are on the rap albums. Dre's Chronic is impossibly good. This is an absolutely loaded bracket. It's like a NCAA tournament with about 10 #1 seeds, 13 #2 seeds and no one less than a 4 seed somehow.
 
nmduke2001 said:
The only correct answer is the Metallica's Black Album. Many of the others on the list are great, I'd even add Weezer's debut into the overall list, BUT Metallica wins hands down. That album brought us "Enter Sandman", "Nothing Else Matters", Wherever I May Roam", "Sad But True". 31 million records sold. The Black album brought heavy metal into the mainstream and started the end of the 80's glam rock.
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I love, love, love this album - easily in the Final Four.

But the correct answer is Ten. Historical significance, one of the best videos of all time, every song on the entire album is a banger.
 
ClemmonsDevil said:
Settle down. Great album but my eyes are on the rap albums. Dre's Chronic is impossibly good. This is an absolutely loaded bracket. It's like a NCAA tournament with about 10 #1 seeds, 13 #2 seeds and no one less than a 4 seed somehow.
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acdevil said:
I love, love, love this album - easily in the Final Four.

But the correct answer is Ten. Historical significance, one of the best videos of all time, every song on the entire album is a banger.
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Perhaps we need to start adding our top 10 in order....

BTW, this probably a topic for the offseason. I think there might be a big game tomorrow and a couple of good tournaments coming up.
 
PackMan97 said:
This is only a contest because Pretty Hate Machine was released October, 1989.
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Doesn’t it feel like that should be a 90s album? Same with Nothing Shocking and Surfer Rosa.

That said, Ritual de lo habitual was an omission. Perry Farrell may be a bad person, but Jane’s Addiction really paved the way for so much that came after.
 
acdevil said:
Core - Stone Temple Pilots
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thanks for this. I listened to the album on the morning drive this AM. I admit to skipping some songs to make sure that I got Creep and Plush in. What great songs.

Interestingly, I would put neither Core nor Pablo Honey in my personal top 25 as albums, but each has a “Creep” that would strong contenders in a “Singles of the 90s” contest.

And they were both singles from the bands’ respective debut albums.

If only STP had released its Creep as its debut single, then the parallels would be even deeper. But alas. It was the third single from the album.
 
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