Friday, May 15, 2009

My 400th Post: My 111 Favorite Albums of the 1990s


Hey it's my 400th post!!! Wow, have I wasted that much time doing this? Hope you've all enjoyed it!! I'll return to my American Idol sum-up this weekend. But thought I should do something fun today. So I've made a list of my 111 favorite albums of the 1990s. Now remember...these are not the best...just my personal favorites. It's interesting to try and do a list now...through the spectacles of the 00s...you start to realize which albums you actually like and which you just thought you liked.

My 111 Favorite Albums of the 1990s:
  1. Radiohead - The Bends (High and Dry)
  2. Nirvana - Nevermind (Lithium)
  3. Pearl Jam - Ten (Even Flow)
  4. Depeche Mode - Violator (Halo)
  5. Elliot Smith - Either/Or (Pictures of Me)
  6. Tool - Aenima
  7. Jane's Addiction - Ritual de la Habitual
  8. Nirvana - In Utero
  9. Heatmiser - Mic City Sons
  10. Weezer - Pinkerton
  11. Jeff Buckley - Grace
  12. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
  13. The Foo Fighters - The Foo Fighters
  14. Garbage - Version 2.0
  15. Triple Fast Action - Cattlemen Don't
  16. Radiohead - Ok Computer
  17. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
  18. Morcheeba - The Big Calm
  19. Pearl Jam - Vs.
  20. Beck - Midnight Vultures
  21. Green Day - Dookie
  22. Elliott Smith - XO
  23. Guns n Roses - Use Your Illusion II
  24. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
  25. The Cure - Wish
  26. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
  27. Alice in Chains - Dirt
  28. Beck - Odelay
  29. Wilco - Summerteeth
  30. U2 - Achtung Baby
  31. Fugazi - Repeater
  32. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
  33. Garbage - Garbage
  34. Wilco - A.M.
  35. Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
  36. Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction
  37. Faith No More - Angel Dust
  38. Live - Secret Samadhi
  39. Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind
  40. Electronic - Electronic
  41. Swell - Too Many Days Without Thinking
  42. Jellyfish - Bellybutton
  43. Singles Soundtrack
  44. lush - Lovelife
  45. The Offspring - Americana
  46. Sebadoh - Harmacy
  47. Portishead - Dummy
  48. Orbital - Snivilization
  49. Triple Fast Action - Broadcaster
  50. Tom Petty - Into the Great Wide Open
  51. Pavement - Crooked Crooked Rain
  52. Beatie Boys - Hello Nasty
  53. The Black Crowes - Shake your Money Maker
  54. Whiskeytown - Stranger's Almanac
  55. Live - Throwing Copper
  56. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
  57. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
  58. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
  59. Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
  60. Morrissey - Your Arsenal
  61. Porno For Pyros - Porno For Pyros
  62. Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
  63. Jawbreaker - Dear You
  64. Saint Etienne - Good Humor
  65. The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre
  66. Moby - Everything Is Wrong
  67. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
  68. Pixies - Bossanova
  69. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
  70. The Get-Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
  71. The Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Are A Drag
  72. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
  73. The Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose
  74. Travis - The Man Who
  75. Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001
  76. Mary Lou Lord - Got No Shadow
  77. Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
  78. Soundgarden - Down on the Upside
  79. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
  80. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
  81. A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
  82. The Clouds - Thunderhead
  83. Brad - Shame
  84. Beastie Boys - Ill Communications
  85. The Roots - Do you Want More???
  86. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea...
  87. Tori Amos - Under The Pink
  88. 2pac - Me Against The World
  89. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
  90. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
  91. Cibo Mato - Stereo Type A
  92. Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
  93. The Roots - Things Fall Apart
  94. R.E.M. - Automatic For the People
  95. The Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
  96. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
  97. DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
  98. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
  99. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
  100. Metallica - The Black Album
  101. No. 2 - No Memory
  102. Outkast - Aquemini
  103. Black Star - Black Star
  104. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
  105. Fugazi - 13 Songs
  106. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels
  107. Beastie Boys - Check your Head
  108. Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
  109. Moby - Play
  110. Primus - Frizzle Fry
  111. Alice in Chains - Sap

4 comments:

Michael said...

I'd have a lot more hip-hop a lot higher, and I'd switch the RATM albums (I think the self titled kills) but I love this list. I'm honestly not even sure I could come up with 111 albums. Thanks for the time. What's the word with the new site at this point? Should I switch my link back to this one?

Nothing but "Ficus" said...

hey. Good going with all blogs.

And if you entertain requests, how about a best 100 songs of the 90's list. Would appreciate it :)

© geoffrey said...

Very well covered! But, um, where's Garth Brooks? :)

Unknown said...

A very respectable list, however, at least one minor technicality... I believe Fugazi's 13 Songs was released in 1989.