Best Album of the ‘90s — Winner Takes All

ClemmonsDevil said:
In an Uber on the way to the Children’s hospital. I would say "Wide Open Spaces" by The Chick's. I could listen to Natalie Maines sing the phone book and I would pay for it. "Come on Over" by Shania Twain (not a fan, but HUGE album), "Brand New Man" by Brooks and Dunn and "No Fences" by Garth Brooks have to be here.

Garth has to make at least an Elite 8 or you are all monsters. Absolute monsters. Now I despise Garth, because I hold him responsible for the pop country movement that took over and still predominates (read: ruined) country music. But when this came out, it seemed Garth was going to be the answer to who's going to fill their shoes. Also, go to hell Chris Gaines.
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Put me down for Brooks and Dunn (Brand new Man). Loved their music. Ronnie Dunn had a unique (great) voice.

GoDuke!
 
I didn’t bother the learn the rules of this contest but, to me, the 1990s solidified “Americana” as a genre. Steve Earle completed his “vacation in the ghetto with string of 4 records that imo is unrivaled.

1995 Train a Comin’
1996 I Feel Alright
1997 El Corazon
1999 The Mountain
*followed by the Transcendental Blues in 2000

It’s worth noting that possibly my favorite John Prine record, The Missing Years was released in 1991 and Car Wheels by Lucinda was released in 1998

Lyle Lovett released:
Joshua Judges Ruth 1992
I Love Everybody 1994
The Road to Ensenada 1996
Step Inside this House 1998

For Historical Significance:

Uncle Tupelo:

No Depression 1990
Still Feel Gone 1991
March 16-20 1992
Anodyne 1993

Wilco
AM 1995
Being There 1996

Whiskey town:
Faithless Street 1995

Dwight Yoakum had himself quite a moment in the 1990s. While Nick of Time was released in 1989, Bonnie Rait’s Luck of the Draw and Longing in their Hearts Followed in 1991 and 1994 respectively

And my personal favorite, Patty Griffin, released a Stripped down demo titled Living with Ghosts in 1996 followed a stone cold rocker titled Flaming Red in 1998 ( with Silver Bell recorded in between but not released until 2013
 
lotusland said:
I didn’t bother the learn the rules of this contest but, to me, the 1990s solidified “Americana” as a genre. Steve Earle completed his “vacation in the ghetto with string of 4 records that imo is unrivaled.

1995 Train a Comin’
1996 I Feel Alright
1997 El Corazon
1999 The Mountain
*followed by the Transcendental Blues in 2000

It’s worth noting that possibly my favorite John Prine record, The Missing Years was released in 1991 and Car Wheels by Lucinda was released in 1998

Lyle Lovett released:
Joshua Judges Ruth 1992
I Love Everybody 1994
The Road to Ensenada 1996
Step Inside this House 1998

For Historical Significance:

Uncle Tupelo:

No Depression 1990
Still Feel Gone 1991
March 16-20 1992
Anodyne 1993

Wilco
AM 1995
Being There 1996

Whiskey town:
Faithless Street 1995

Dwight Yoakum had himself quite a moment in the 1990s. While Nick of Time was released in 1989, Bonnie Rait’s Luck of the Draw and Longing in their Hearts Followed in 1991 and 1994 respectively

And my personal favorite, Patty Griffin, released a Stripped down demo titled Living with Ghosts in 1996 followed a stone cold rocker titled Flaming Red in 1998 ( with Silver Bell recorded in between but not released until 2013
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I know John Prine, Bonnie Rait and love Deight Yoakum, but I love just how unaware of the others I am. I find this to be pretty interesting.
 
lotusland said:
I didn’t bother the learn the rules of this contest but, to me, the 1990s solidified “Americana” as a genre. Steve Earle completed his “vacation in the ghetto with string of 4 records that imo is unrivaled.

1995 Train a Comin’
1996 I Feel Alright
1997 El Corazon
1999 The Mountain
*followed by the Transcendental Blues in 2000

It’s worth noting that possibly my favorite John Prine record, The Missing Years was released in 1991 and Car Wheels by Lucinda was released in 1998

Lyle Lovett released:
Joshua Judges Ruth 1992
I Love Everybody 1994
The Road to Ensenada 1996
Step Inside this House 1998

For Historical Significance:

Uncle Tupelo:

No Depression 1990
Still Feel Gone 1991
March 16-20 1992
Anodyne 1993

Wilco
AM 1995
Being There 1996

Whiskey town:
Faithless Street 1995

Dwight Yoakum had himself quite a moment in the 1990s. While Nick of Time was released in 1989, Bonnie Rait’s Luck of the Draw and Longing in their Hearts Followed in 1991 and 1994 respectively

And my personal favorite, Patty Griffin, released a Stripped down demo titled Living with Ghosts in 1996 followed a stone cold rocker titled Flaming Red in 1998 ( with Silver Bell recorded in between but not released until 2013
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Anodyne is my favorite on your list, but Lucinda W's Car Wheels on a Gravel Road might well have been the best Americana album of the decade. If 2000 is included, then J. Hyatt's Crossing Muddy Waters would also be in contention for me.
 
Moonpie nailed it with Cracked Rear View (Hootie).

I’ll also add Human Touch (The Boss), Come on Over (Shania), Everywhere We Go (Chesney) and Our Time in Eden (10k Maniacs).

Don’t sleep on anything by Alanis Morissette or Natalie Merchant.
 
Speaking of us late boomers...

Turns out Paul Simon's Rhythm of the Saints was a 1990 release. So count that as my album of the 90's (as of today).

I saw this concert at the Dean Dome, and it was probably the most fun I've had at a concert ever.
 
Among albums I haven't seen listed (though I haven't read every post):

Tori Amos - Under the Pink
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Belly - Star or King
Beck - Odelay
Temple of the Dog - TOTD
Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar
Shawn Colvin - Fat City
Paul Simon - The Rhythm of the Saints (okay, it was just mentioned, but I had it in mind)
Rush - Test for Echo
Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
Peter Gabriel - Us
Daniel Lanois - For the Beauty of Wynona
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
 
Duke79UNLV77 said:
Temple of the Dog - TOTD
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I *think* you are the first person to mention Temple of the Dog. I thought about including it in my original list, but left it off under the theory that while I loved it when it came out, I loved some of the albums released in the next few years even more (Ten, Nevermind come straight to mind). But it is definitely a worthy inclusion.

Contest Update

Let’s wrap up the nomination window tomorrow. If anyone wants to throw favorite albums into the hat, the time is now!

Techy folks, is there a way to pull all of the text from a thread? I am wondering what the most efficient way is to pull together a list of the nominations from the thread.

Next Steps - Play In Tournament?

Since we are doing this international football style, we may need to have some qualifying tourneys to winnow the field down to 32 albums. My first thought is that once we have a complete list of nominations, we will need to sort the nominations in “regions” where we can have some preliminary action prior to the main event.

As someone astutely pointed out upthread, this contest is well positioned for the offseason.
 
cato said:
Let’s wrap up the nomination window tomorrow. If anyone wants to throw favorite albums into the hat, the time is now!
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Thanks for indicating a deadline. Here are 6 albums not yet mentioned.

Baduizm - Erykah Badu
Gran Turismo - The Cardigans
Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
Love Deluxe - Sade
The Predator - Ice Cube
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam

Yes, there's a third party candidate in the Pearl Jam album debate. I don't think Vitalogy exists without Ten, so it's less influential, but maybe a better overall work?

You may want to consider a One Album Per Artist/Group rule, and use the Play-In tournament, in part, for that reason.

My favorites, of those mentioned by others so far:

Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
Dummy - Portishead
Garbage - Garbage
Grace - Jeff Buckley
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
No Fences - Garth Brooks
The Score - Fugees
Wide Open Spaces - The Chicks
 
lotusland said:
I didn’t bother the learn the rules of this contest but, to me, the 1990s solidified “Americana” as a genre. Steve Earle completed his “vacation in the ghetto with string of 4 records that imo is unrivaled.

1995 Train a Comin’
1996 I Feel Alright
1997 El Corazon
1999 The Mountain
*followed by the Transcendental Blues in 2000

It’s worth noting that possibly my favorite John Prine record, The Missing Years was released in 1991 and Car Wheels by Lucinda was released in 1998

Lyle Lovett released:
Joshua Judges Ruth 1992
I Love Everybody 1994
The Road to Ensenada 1996
Step Inside this House 1998

For Historical Significance:

Uncle Tupelo:

No Depression 1990
Still Feel Gone 1991
March 16-20 1992
Anodyne 1993

Wilco
AM 1995
Being There 1996

Whiskey town:
Faithless Street 1995

Dwight Yoakum had himself quite a moment in the 1990s. While Nick of Time was released in 1989, Bonnie Rait’s Luck of the Draw and Longing in their Hearts Followed in 1991 and 1994 respectively

And my personal favorite, Patty Griffin, released a Stripped down demo titled Living with Ghosts in 1996 followed a stone cold rocker titled Flaming Red in 1998 ( with Silver Bell recorded in between but not released until 2013
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A bunch of my favorites on this list. Great post.
 
Rough draft. I'm pretty sure I got everything. Give me a few minutes and I will post one in artist/album format.

Ten - Pearl Jam
Nevermind - Nirvana
OK Computer - Radiohead
Automatic for the People - REM
The Miseducation of Lauren Hill - Lauren Hill
The Downward Spiral - NIN
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
Dummy - Portishead
Ready to Die - Christopher Wallace aka Frank White aka Big Poppa aka Biggie Smalls aka the Notorious B.I.G (RIP)
Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu Tang Clanh
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
Sublime - Sublime
Gov’t Mule - Gov’t Mule
Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
Core - Stone Temple Pilots
Rookie - Green Day
Enema of the State - Blink 182
Superunknown - Soundgarden
Use Your Illusion II - Guns N Roses
Wide Open Spaces - The Chick's
Come on Over - Shania Twain
Brand New Man - Brooks and Dunn
No Fences - Garth Brooks
Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
Pocket Full of Kryptonite - Spin Doctors
*Blues Traveler album (four?)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Rage Against the Machine - self titled
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
REM - Out of Time, not Automatic
Depeche Mode - Violator
Achtung Baby - U2
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
August and Everything After - Counting Crows
The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
*Three Tenors? (Where's Throaty?)
Metallica - Metallica (Black Album)
Snoop - Doggstyle
Cranberries - Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we
Rage Against the Machine
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (hated it, but everyone else seemed to love it)
TLC - CrazySexyCool
Eminem - Slim Shady LP (was that 90s?)
Weezer - Blue Album
Phish - A Picture of Nectar
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Beck - Odelay
Rusted Root - When I Woke
Cypress Hill - Self Titled
Bush - Sixteen Stone
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
*Judgement Night Soundtrack
Jane's Addiction - Same with Nothing Shocking
Surfer Rosa
Pixies - Rosa
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo habitual
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Sinaid O'Connor - I do not want what I haven't got
Pearl Jam - VS
Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard
Cracked Rear View - Hootie and the Blowfish
Beastie Boys- Hello Nasty
Reel Big Fish-Turn the Radio Off
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret
Elliot Smith - Either/Or
Palace Music (Will Oldham) - Viva Last Blues
Bonnie Prince Billy - I See a Darkness
Will Oldham - Joya
Cake - Motorcade of Generosity
Smog - Knock Knock
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted; Brighten the Corners
Silver Jews - American Water
GBV - Bee Thousand
My Bloody Valentine - Lovelace
John Prine - In Spite of Ourselves
Radiohead - OK Computer
Morphine - Cure for Pain
Iris Dement - Infamous Angel; My Life
Blind Melon - Nico
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Tony Rice - River Suite for Two Guitars
Built to Spill - There’s Nothing Wrong with Love
Fugees-The Score
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...
Nirvana – MTV Unplugged
Notorious B.I.G – Life After Death
Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom
Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion Volume 1
Backstreet Boys
*Anything Tom Petty
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed
Crowded House - Woodface and Together Alone
Peter Gabriel - Us
James - Gold Mother
Tears for Fears - Elemental
XTC - Nonsuch
Sigur Ros - Agaetis byrjun
Garbage - Garbage
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
Steve Earle - Train a Comin’
Steve Earle - I Feel Alright
Steve Earle - El Corazon
Steve Earle - The Mountain
John Prine - The Missing Years
Car Wheels - Lucinda
Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges
Lyle Lovett - Ruth
Lyle Lovett - I Love Everybody
Lyle Lovett - The Road to Ensenada
Lyle Lovett - Step Inside this House
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
Wilco - AM
Wilco - Being There
Whiskey town - Faithless Street
Bonnie Rait - Luck of the Draw
Bonnie Rait - Longing in their Hearts
Patty Griffin - Living with Ghosts
Patty Griffin - Flaming Red
Human Touch - Bruce Springsteen
Everywhere We Go - Chesney
Our Time in Eden - 10,000 Maniacs
Paul Simon - Rhythm of the Saints
Tori Amos - Under the Pink
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Belly - Star or King
Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar
Shawn Colvin - Fat City
Rush - Test for Echo
Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
Peter Gabriel - Us
Daniel Lanois - For the Beauty of Wynona
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Baduizm - Erykah Badu
Gran Turismo - The Cardigans
Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
Love Deluxe - Sade
The Predator - Ice Cube
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
Violator - Depeche Mode

Any misspellings aren't on me this time. Everything is as posted (with the band names of the Pixies, Jane's Addition (RIP) Bruce Springsteen and a few formatting things added).

Mentioned but no album nominated: Spice Girls, Brittney Spears, and Natalie Merchant (It's Tigerlily).

Of note - Ten (Pearl Jam) was the most nominated or mentioned. That is the darkest album I own. It's REALLY DARK. Like REALLY REALLY DARK.
Second most mentioned album: The Chronic (Dr. Dre).
Three was Under the Table and Dreaming (Dave's Matthews Band).
Fugees, Laurtn Hill, Garth Brooks, Garbage are next.
 
Kdogg said:
Rough draft. I'm pretty sure I got everything. Give me a few minutes and I will post one in artist/album format.

Ten - Pearl Jam
Nevermind - Nirvana
OK Computer - Radiohead
Automatic for the People - REM
The Miseducation of Lauren Hill - Lauren Hill
The Downward Spiral - NIN
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
Dummy - Portishead
Ready to Die - Christopher Wallace aka Frank White aka Big Poppa aka Biggie Smalls aka the Notorious B.I.G (RIP)
Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu Tang Clanh
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
Sublime - Sublime
Gov’t Mule - Gov’t Mule
Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
Core - Stone Temple Pilots
Rookie - Green Day
Enema of the State - Blink 182
Superunknown - Soundgarden
Use Your Illusion II - Guns N Roses
Wide Open Spaces - The Chick's
Come on Over - Shania Twain
Brand New Man - Brooks and Dunn
No Fences - Garth Brooks
Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
Pocket Full of Kryptonite - Spin Doctors
*Blues Traveler album (four?)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Rage Against the Machine - self titled
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
REM - Out of Time, not Automatic
Depeche Mode - Violator
Achtung Baby - U2
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
August and Everything After - Counting Crows
The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
*Three Tenors? (Where's Throaty?)
Metallica - Metallica (Black Album)
Snoop - Doggstyle
Cranberries - Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we
Rage Against the Machine
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (hated it, but everyone else seemed to love it)
TLC - CrazySexyCool
Eminem - Slim Shady LP (was that 90s?)
Weezer - Blue Album
Phish - A Picture of Nectar
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Beck - Odelay
Rusted Root - When I Woke
Cypress Hill - Self Titled
Bush - Sixteen Stone
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
*Judgement Night Soundtrack
Jane's Addiction - Same with Nothing Shocking
Surfer Rosa
Pixies - Rosa
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo habitual
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Sinaid O'Connor - I do not want what I haven't got
Pearl Jam - VS
Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard
Cracked Rear View - Hootie and the Blowfish
Beastie Boys- Hello Nasty
Reel Big Fish-Turn the Radio Off
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret
Elliot Smith - Either/Or
Palace Music (Will Oldham) - Viva Last Blues
Bonnie Prince Billy - I See a Darkness
Will Oldham - Joya
Cake - Motorcade of Generosity
Smog - Knock Knock
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted; Brighten the Corners
Silver Jews - American Water
GBV - Bee Thousand
My Bloody Valentine - Lovelace
John Prine - In Spite of Ourselves
Radiohead - OK Computer
Morphine - Cure for Pain
Iris Dement - Infamous Angel; My Life
Blind Melon - Nico
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Tony Rice - River Suite for Two Guitars
Built to Spill - There’s Nothing Wrong with Love
Fugees-The Score
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...
Nirvana – MTV Unplugged
Notorious B.I.G – Life After Death
Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom
Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion Volume 1
Backstreet Boys
*Anything Tom Petty
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed
Crowded House - Woodface and Together Alone
Peter Gabriel - Us
James - Gold Mother
Tears for Fears - Elemental
XTC - Nonsuch
Sigur Ros - Agaetis byrjun
Garbage - Garbage
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
Steve Earle - Train a Comin’
Steve Earle - I Feel Alright
Steve Earle - El Corazon
Steve Earle - The Mountain
John Prine - The Missing Years
Car Wheels - Lucinda
Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges
Lyle Lovett - Ruth
Lyle Lovett - I Love Everybody
Lyle Lovett - The Road to Ensenada
Lyle Lovett - Step Inside this House
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
Wilco - AM
Wilco - Being There
Whiskey town - Faithless Street
Bonnie Rait - Luck of the Draw
Bonnie Rait - Longing in their Hearts
Patty Griffin - Living with Ghosts
Patty Griffin - Flaming Red
Human Touch - Bruce Springsteen
Everywhere We Go - Chesney
Our Time in Eden - 10,000 Maniacs
Paul Simon - Rhythm of the Saints
Tori Amos - Under the Pink
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Belly - Star or King
Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar
Shawn Colvin - Fat City
Rush - Test for Echo
Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
Peter Gabriel - Us
Daniel Lanois - For the Beauty of Wynona
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Baduizm - Erykah Badu
Gran Turismo - The Cardigans
Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
Love Deluxe - Sade
The Predator - Ice Cube
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
Violator - Depeche Mode

Any misspellings aren't on me this time. Everything is as posted (with the band names of the Pixies, Jane's Addition (RIP) Bruce Springsteen and a few formatting things added).

Mentioned but no album nominated: Spice Girls, Brittney Spears, and Natalie Merchant (It's Tigerlily).

Of note - Ten (Pearl Jam) was the most nominated or mentioned. That is the darkest album I own. It's REALLY DARK. Like REALLY REALLY DARK.
Second most mentioned album: The Chronic (Dr. Dre).
Three was Under the Table and Dreaming (Dave's Matthews Band).
Fugees, Laurtn Hill, Garth Brooks, Garbage are next.
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Thanks. I suggested Blues Traveler - the album name is Four - I wasn't totally sure when I posted to suggest it. Not a likely contender for the top of the list but definitely worth mentioning.
 
Sorted by Artist/Album as all music collections should be. Three artists listed at the bottom were mentioned but no album offered. Going over the list I own a surprising amount of them. This list is at 150 albums

*Three Tenors​
10,000 Maniacs - Our Time in Eden​
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory​
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill​
Alice in Chains - Dirt​
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...​
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back​
Barenaked Ladies - Gordon​
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head​
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication​
Beastie Boys- Hello Nasty​
Beck - Odelay​
Belly - Star or King​
Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner​
Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker​
Blind Melon - Nico​
Blink 182 - Enema of the State​
Blues Traveler - Four​
Bonnie Prince Billy - I See a Darkness​
Bonnie Rait - Longing in their Hearts​
Bonnie Rait - Luck of the Draw​
Brooks and Dunn - Brand New Man​
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch​
Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret​
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On​
Built to Spill - There’s Nothing Wrong with Love​
Bush - Sixteen Stone​
Cake - Fashion Nugget​
Cake - Motorcade of Generosity​
Car Wheels - Lucinda​
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting​
Counting Crows - August and Everything After​
Cracker - Cracker​
Cranberries - Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we​
Crowded House - Woodface and Together Alone​
Cypress Hill - Self Titled​
Daniel Lanois - For the Beauty of Wynona​
Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming​
Depeche Mode - Violator​
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing​
Dr. Dre - The Chronic​
Elliot Smith - Either/Or​
Eminem - Slim Shady LP​
Erykah Badu - Baduizm​
Fugees - The Score​
Garbage - Garbage​
Garbage - Version 2.0​
Garth Brooks - No Fences​
GBV - Bee Thousand​
Gov’t Mule - Gov’t Mule​
Green Day - Rookie​
Guns N’ Roses - Use Your Illusion I​
Guns N’ Roses - Use Your Illusion II​
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View​
Ice Cube - The Predator​
Iris Dement - Infamous Angel; My Life​
James - Gold Mother​
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo habitual​
Jane's Addiction - Same with Nothing Shocking​
Jeff Buckley - Grace​
Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - Rock Art and the X-Ray Style​
John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar​
John Prine - In Spite of Ourselves​
John Prine - The Missing Years​
Kenny Chesney - Everywhere We Go​
Lauren Hill - The Miseducation of Lauren Hill​
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville​
Lyle Lovett - I Love Everybody​
Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges​
Lyle Lovett - Ruth​
Lyle Lovett - Step Inside this House​
Lyle Lovett - The Road to Ensenada​
Mad Season – Mad Season​
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey​
Metallica - Metallica (Black Album)​
Morphine - Cure for Pain​
My Bloody Valentine - Lovelace​
Natalie Merchant – Tigerlily​
NIN - The Downward Spiral​
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged​
Nirvana - Nevermind​
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom​
Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die​
Notorious B.I.G – Life After Death​
Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory​
Palace Music (Will Oldham) - Viva Last Blues​
Patty Griffin - Flaming Red​
Patty Griffin - Living with Ghosts​
Paul Simon - Rhythm of the Saints​
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain​
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted; Brighten the Corners​
Pearl Jam - Ten​
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy -​
Pearl Jam - VS​
Peter Gabriel - Us​
Phish - A Picture of Nectar​
Pixies - Surfer Rosa​
Portishead - Dummy​
Radiohead - OK Computer​
Radiohead - Pablo Honey​
Radiohead – The Bends​
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire​
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine​
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic​
Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off​
REM - Automatic for the People​
REM - Out of Time​
Rush - Test for Echo​
Rusted Root - When I Woke​
Sade - Love Deluxe​
Shania Twain - Come on Over​
Shawn Colvin - Fat City​
Sigur Ros - Agaetis byrjun​
Silver Jews - American Water​
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got​
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out​
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream​
Smog - Knock Knock​
Snoop - Doggstyle​
Soundgarden - Superunknown​
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite​
Steve Earle - El Corazon​
Steve Earle - I Feel Alright​
Steve Earle - The Mountain​
Steve Earle - Train a Comin’​
Stone Temple Pilots - Core​
Sublime - Sublime​
Tears for Fears - Elemental​
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog​
The Cardigans - Gran Turismo​
The Chicks - Wide Open Spaces​
TLC - CrazySexyCool​
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea​
Tom Petty - Wildflowers​
Tony Rice - River Suite for Two Guitars​
Tori Amos - Under the Pink​
U2 - Achtung Baby​
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne​
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20​
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression​
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone​
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge​
Weezer - Blue Album​
Whiskey Town - Faithless Street​
Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard​
Wilco - AM​
Wilco - Being There​
Will Oldham - Joya​
Wu Tang Clanh - Enter the Wu Tang​
XTC - Nonsuch​
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*Anything Tom Petty​
*Judgement Night Soundtrack​
 
mkirsh said:
August and Everything After - Counting Crows
Actung Baby - U2
The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
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I would like to second Low End Theory and add Midnight Marauders - two ATCQ albums that changed my life.

Also AIC’s “Dirt” which has already been mentioned.

I’m a huge Rush fan as well so it’s funny to me that someone already mentioned Test For Echo. I think that’s one of their worst albums - I’d go with Counterparts over that for that decade.

Maybe not mentioned here that i also spun heavily as 90’s albums-

Living Colour - Time’s Up (Vivid came out in ‘88)

Fishbone - The Reality of My Surroundings

Megadeth - Rust in Peace (best metal album ever released)

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

King Crimson - Thrak

Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun

Jeff Beck - Who Else?

Tool - Ænima

Melvins - Stag

Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91
 
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Kdogg said:
Sorted by Artist/Album as all music collections should be. Three artists listed at the bottom were mentioned but no album offered. Going over the list I own a surprising amount of them. This list is at 150 albums


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I don’t see it on the list, but I am pretty sure that someone already nominated my personal favorite, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams.

Three others which would make my personal list but haven’t been mentioned

Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris
Tomorrow the Green Grass - The Jayhawks
Trailer Park - Beth Orton
 
Nepos said:
Anodyne is my favorite on your list, but Lucinda W's Car Wheels on a Gravel Road might well have been the best Americana album of the decade. If 2000 is included, then J. Hyatt's Crossing Muddy Waters would also be in contention for me.
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I was pivoting to Americana, as we had settled in the Philly burbs and had tripped over 88.5, wxpn.org. Other singer/songwriters of mine, in addition to those mentioned upstream, include:
Indigo Girls "Nomads Indians Saints"
Mary Chapin Carpenter "Come On Come On"
"Joshua Judges Ruth"
Johnny Cash "Unchained" and whichever else of the American Recordings were released in the 90's
John Gorka "Out of the Valley"
Nanci Griffih "Other Voices, Other Rooms"
John Prine "Missing Years" / "Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings"
Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers "American Babylon"
I never made up my mind about Beck and Ben Folds, among others....
 
Kdogg said:
Of note - Ten (Pearl Jam) was the most nominated or mentioned. That is the darkest album I own. It's REALLY DARK. Like REALLY REALLY DARK.
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Was riding with my sister(a bit more than a year older than me) in a car a few years ago while visiting Phoenix, AZ. Turned the radio to 98 KUPD, which was still playing much of the same music(metal) that it was when I lived there in the late 80s. My sister asked me, "Are you still angry?" I chuckled because the music did not resonate with me like it had back then. I still knew it, but it didn't have the same punch. I have Ten on CD but haven't listened to it in years.
 
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