1990s music meme

[lnr]

This one came from atommickbrane. I know I've not done much other than memes lately but somehow this appealed more than the top 100 unread books one. I've read all the Jane Austen OK, and some of the rest, but not War and Peace.

This is Acclaimed Music's aggregate list of the top 107 albums of the 1990s (as of now). Put any that you own in bold. Put any that you have heard all through or used to own in italics. Put a strikethrough any that you hate (whether you've heard them or not!). Underline any you want to hear. And put an asterisk by any that you would count as one of your own favourite albums of the 90s.

1. Nirvana - Nevermind 1991*
2. Radiohead - OK Computer 1997*
3. Massive Attack - Blue Lines 1991
4. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People 1992*
5. Beck - Odelay 1996
6. Primal Scream - Screamadelica 1991*
7. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 1991
8. Portishead - Dummy 1994*
9. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 1995
10. U2 -Achtung, Baby 1991
11. Oasis - Definitely Maybe 1994
12. Radiohead - The Bends 1995*
13. Jeff Buckley - Grace 1994*
14. DJ Shadow -Endtroducing..... 1996
15. Tricky - Maxinquaye 1995
16. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted 1992
17. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet 1990
18. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1998
19. Air - Moon Safari 1998
20. Nirvana - In Utero 1993
21. Pulp - Different Class 1995*
22. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin 1999
23. Dr. Dre - The Chronic 1992
24. Björk - Debut 1993
25. P J Harvey - To Bring You My Love 1995
26. Pearl Jam - Ten 1991
27. Blur - Parklife 1994*
28. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 1993
29. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 1993
30. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind 1997
31. Metallica - Metallica ("The Black Album") 1991*
32. The Verve - Urban Hymns 1997*
33. R.E.M. - Out of Time 1991
34. Moby - Play 1999*
35. Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs 1999
36. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik 1991
37. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 1998
38. Mercury Rev -Deserter's Songs 1998
39. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral 1994
40. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville 1993
41. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole 1997*
42. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 1995*
43. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine 1992*
44. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 1994
45. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun 1999
46. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication 1994
47. Hole - Live Through This 1994*
48. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space 1997
49. Soundgarden - Superunknown 1994*
50. Beck - Mellow Gold 1994
51. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York 1994*
52. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory 1991
53. Fugees - The Score 1996*
54. Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches 1990*
55. Björk - Post 1995*
56. Daft Punk - Homework 1997*
57. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die 1996
58. Massive Attack - Mezzanine 1998*
59. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness 1999
60. Leftfield - Leftism 1995
61. Slint - Spiderland 1991
62. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister 1996
63. P J Harvey - Rid of Me 1993
64. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head 1992
65. Johnny Cash - American Recordings 1994
66. Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got 1990
67. Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby 1998
68. Basement Jaxx - Remedy 1999
69. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 1995
70. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club 1997
71. Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual 1990
72. The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation 1994*
73. P J Harvey - Dry 1992
74. Björk - Homogenic 1997*
75. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land 1997
76. Nas - Illmatic 1994
77. Green Day - Dookie 1994*
78. Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms 1997
79. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP 1999
80. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die 1994
81. The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld 1991
82. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 1992
83. Suede - Suede 1993*
84. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go 1996*
85. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory 1990
86. Wilco - Summer Teeth 1999
87. Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour 1990
88. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes 1992*
89. Bob Dylan - Live 1966 - The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert 1998
90. Weezer - Weezer ("The Blue Album") 1994
91. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque 1991
92. Sonic Youth - Goo 1990*
93. Tom Waits - Mule Variations 1999
94. The LA's - The LA's 1990
95. Goldie - Timeless 1995
96. The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust 1995*
97. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call 1997
98. The Breeders - Last Splash 1993
99. Madonna - Ray of Light 1998
100. Depeche Mode - Violator 1990
101. Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly 1997
102. Manu Chao - Clandestino 1998
103. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea 1998
104. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock 1991
105. OutKast - Aquemini 1998
106. Blur - Blur 1997
107. TLC - CrazySexyCool 1994

Actually I used the * more for things I thought were defining albums of the 1990s rather than specifically my favourites.

Comments

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

It was very interesting to read this; I've often said I lost track of new music after the eighties and my score on this would seem to agree.
I own:
2. Radiohead - OK Computer 1997* [purchased 2006]
11. Oasis - Definitely Maybe 1994
24. Björk - Debut 1993
34. Moby - Play 1999*
99. Madonna - Ray of Light 1998 [but don't like it any more]

I have some Blur, Fatboy Slim, Pulp, Pet Shop Boys but not the ones listed. And I've never heard of a lot of the artists. Would this be a good one to use to start my re-education? I notice it doesn't have any Spice Girls or Robbie Williams.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I bought a copy of Smash Hits in the mid-90s, having been a huge reader of it in the mid 80s. I didn't understand it at all, and was tempted to write a letter:
"Dear Black Type,
Please explain the difference between Pulp, Blur, and Suede."

[aardvark179.livejournal.com]

It's got quite a lot of good stuff, but there's a couple of absolute stinkers on there too, and it's predominantly from the alt. rock/indie perspective.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

Nothing wrong with indie :-) Not keen on the rockier end of rock, and I can't listen to Nine Inch Nails. "Ever since I was born, I knew I was destined to hideous misery and death and pain!!" Oh, what must your poor mother think when she hears that song? I bet she's got photos of you smiling in your school uniform, which rather undermines your image.

[lnr]

There's several I've only really vaguely heard of.

I'd definitely get Blur's Blur and the Pulp if I were you. I'd also really recommend you at least have a listen to PJ Harvey and Jeff Buckley.

But if you want *new* music rather than 7-17 year old music you want to stick the radio on. I'm feeling out of touch again because I've stopped listening to 6music at work some time in the last 6 months, but it made a hell of a lot of difference when I was listening to it. And they play quite a bit of 90s stuff too.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

:-( I want someone to sort out my computer so I can listen to the radio on it. I gave it another try, just now, and it either wants to install more complicated things, or when it opens it won't play, and then my Internet connection falls over. I'm using all my tenacious-sorting-new-things-outness on Linux, Emacs, Java, SQL, PuTTY, Isabelle and Matlab at the moment.

[lnr]

If you have freeview you can listen to 6music on the telly.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

We have Virgin Media - I will experiment! And kick myself for not having thought of that sooner. Thanks.

[damerell.livejournal.com]

If I am not very much mistaken you score five more than I do.