Your Favorite Albums by Year: 1990-1999

[The Bus]

I eventually want to cover most of the past 50-60 years, and I guess the 90s is as good a place to continue.

Formatting for the lazy:

1990 : —
1991 : —
1992 : —
1993 : —
1994 : —
1995 : —
1996 : —
1997 : —
1998 : —
1999 : —


1990 : Depeche Mode — Violator
1991 : Basehead — Play With Toys
1992 : Sublime — 40 oz. to Freedom
1993 : Morphine — Cure for Pain
1994 : Portishead — Dummy
1995 : Oasis — (What's the Story) Morning Glory
1996 : Beck — Odelay
1997 : Radiohead — OK Computer
1998 : Neutral Milk Hotel — In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999 : Sigur Rσs — Αgζtis Byrjun

This one was really tough.

[JPRaup]

Pretty similar actually

1990 : Public Enemy — Fear of the Black Planet
1991 : Nirvana — Nevermind
1992 : Sublime — 40 Oz. to Freedom (Close 2nd - STP - Core)
1993 : A Tribe Called Quest — Midnight Marauders
1994 : Nas — Illmatic (Close 2nd goes to Weezer - S/T)
1995 : Radiohead — The Bends
1996 : Belle and Sebastian — If You're Feeling Sinister
1997 : Radiohead — OK Computer
1998 : Neutral Milk Hotel — In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999 : Sigur Rσs — Αgζtis Byrjun

[dick_grayson]

1990 : Danzig — II: Lucifuge
1991 : Nirvana — Nevermind
1992 : Burzum — Burzum
1993 : Cynic — Focus
1994 : Mayhem — De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
1995 : Dissection — Storm of the Light's Bane
1996 : Dr. Octagon — Dr. Octagonecologyst
1997 : Radiohead — OK Computer
1998 : Death — The Sound of Perseverance
1999 : In Flames — Colony

[cdollaz]

1990: They Might Be Giants - Flood
1991: Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
1992: Rollins Band - The End Of Silence (this one was tough, a lot of good stuff that year)
1993: Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
1994: Schlong - Punk Side Story
1995: Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis
1996: REM - New Adventures in HI-FI
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: King's X - Tape Head
1999: Local H - Pack Up The Cats

[megashock5]

1990 : Depeche Mode — Violator
1991 : Electronic — Electronic
1992 : Prince — O(+>
1993 : Pet Shop Boys — Very
1994 : Nine Inch Nails — The Downward Spiral (Close 2nd: Die Warzau - Engine)
1995 : Radiohead — The Bends
1996 : Electronic — Raise The Pressure
1997 : Radiohead — OK Computer
1998 : Beastie Boys — Hello Nasty
1999 : Moby — Play (Close 2nd: NIN - The Fragile)

[yojimbo44]

1990 : Concrete Blonde — Bloodletting
1991 : U2 — Achtung, Baby
1992 : Leonard Cohen — The Future
1993 : Pearl Jam — Vs.
1994 : Morrissey — Vauxhall and I
1995 : PJ Harvey — To Bring You My Love
1996 : Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — Murder Ballads
1997 : Bob Dylan — Time Out of Mind
1998 : Billy Bragg & Wilco — Mermaid Avenue
1999 : Flaming Lips — The Soft Bulletin

[Rocketdog2000]

I'm gonna have some different choices, but I know that these were the albums I listened to more than any others in their respective years of release. And no matter what anybody says, I'll stand by these as all being solid albums.

1990 : Jellyfish - Bellybutton
1991 : U2 - Achtung, Baby
1992 : The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray
1993 : Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Sister Sweetly - Tough call, a LOT of good music that year!
1994 : Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
1995 : Deep Blue Something - Home - Another very tough year to call.
1996 : Semisonic - Great Divide
1997 : Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
1998 : Athenaeum - Radiance
1999 : Superdrag - In The Valley Of Dying Stars

[uncle-frank]

90 - epmd: business as usual
91 - ice cube: death certificate
92 - ugk: hard to swallow
93 - snoop dogg: doggystyle
94 - outkast: southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
95 - krs-one: self titled
96 - 2pac: all eyez on me
97 - b.i.g: like after death
98 - jay-z: volume 2
99 - dr dre: 2001

[The Bus]

I'm gonna have some different choices, but I know that these were the albums I listened to more than any others in their respective years of release. And no matter what anybody says, I'll stand by the these as all being solid albums.


1997 : Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind


Seconded. :up:

[Imail724]

90: Jane's Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual
91: Primus Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
92: Ministry Psalm 69
93: KMFDM Angst
94: Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral
95: KMFDM Nihil
96: Marilyn Manson Antichrist Superstar
97: Radiohead OK Computer
98: Beastie Boys Hello Nasty
99: Nine Inch Nails The Fragile

Very difficult to choose some of these; personally, I think the '90s was the greatest decade for music.

[DVD Josh]

1990 : Depeche Mode — Violator
1991 : Nirvana — Nevermind, Pearl Jam - Ten, RHCP - BSSM
1992 : Stone Temple Pilots — Core
1993 : Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream, Buffalo Tom - Big Red Letter Day
1994 : Weezer — Blue
1995 : Smashing Pumpkins — MCIS, Radiohead - The Bends
1996 : Cake — Fasion Nugget
1997 : Radiohead — OK Computer
1998 : Garbage — Version 2.0
1999 : Eminem — The Slim Shady LP

I probably could have kept going on 1991 and 1993 and 1995.

[wishbone]

1990 : Danzig — Danzig II: Lucifuge
1991 : Primus — Sailing the Seas of Cheese
1992 : Alice in Chains — Dirt
1993 : Sepultura — Chaos A.D.
1994 : Toadies — Rubberneck
1995 : Death — Symbolic
1996 : Future Sound of London — Dead Cities
1997 : Deftones — Around the Fur
1998 : Refused — The Shape of Punk to Come
1999 : Static-X — Wisconsin Death Trip

[Rocketdog2000]

1991 : Nirvana — Nevermind, Pearl Jam - Ten, RHCP - BSSM
1992 : Stone Temple Pilots — Core
1993 : Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream, Buffalo Tom - Big Red Letter Day

1995 : Smashing Pumpkins — MCIS, Radiohead - The Bends
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I probably could have kept going on 1991 and 1993 and 1995.


I was almost going to go with STP - core, too. In fact, I want to change my vote to a tie. I agree with your last statement, too, except I'd swap '91 for '97. 1993 and 1995 were two completely exceptional years for music.

[johnbook]

1990 - Firehouse - Firehouse
1991 - Aldo Nova - Blood on the Bricks
1992 - Firehouse - Hold Your Fire -- and Hardline "Double Eclipse" can't choose
1993 - Winger - Pull
1994 - Pantera - Far Beyond Driven and -- Boston Walk On
1995 - Van Halen - Balance
1996 - Motorhead - Overnight Sensation
1997 - Shania Twain - Come on Over
1998 - Bryan Adams - On a day like Today
1999 - Creed - Human Clay -- and Def Leppard's "Euphoria" can't choose

[KillerCannibal]

1990 : Pantera — Cowboys From Hell
1991 : Type O Negative — Slow Deep And Hard
1992 : Faith No More — Angel Dust
1993 : Type O Negative — Bloody Kisses
1994 : Danzig — 4p
1995 : Death — Symbolic
1996 : Tool — Aenima
1997 : Dimmu Borgir — Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
1998 : Opeth — My Arms Your Hearse
1999 : Deadsy — Commencement

... this was all going purely by what my WMP at work had loaded onto it, which is most of my favorite cds.

[DVD Josh]

1990 : Pantera — Cowboys From Hell
1991 : Type O Negative — Slow Deep And Hard
1992 : Faith No More — Angel Dust
1993 : Type O Negative — Bloody Kisses
1994 : Danzig — 4p
1995 : Death — Symbolic
1996 : Tool — Aenima
1997 : Dimmu Borgir — Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
1998 : Opeth — My Arms Your Hearse
1999 : Deadsy — Commencement

... this was all going purely by what my WMP at work had loaded onto it, which is most of my favorite cds.

Great list KC. Haven't heard my Deadsy in awhile, maybe I'll throw that on this weekend.

[KillerCannibal]

Great list KC. Haven't heard my Deadsy in awhile, maybe I'll throw that on this weekend.

Thanks. Good idea on the Deadsy. They're such an awesome, vastly underrated group. They have a wealth of unreleased material that I've been playing over lately. So much good stuff that will, sadly, probably never see an official release.

[7Keys]

1990 Anthrax "Persistance of Time"
1991 Primus "Sailing the Seas of Cheese"
1992 Faith No More "Angel Dust"
1993 Pearl Jam "Vs"
1994 Bruce Dickinson "Balls to Picasso"
1995 Iron Maiden "The X Factor"
1996 Social Distortion "White Light, White Heat, White Trash"
1997 Faith No More "Album of the Year"
1998 Bruce Dickinson "Chemical Wedding"
1999 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros "Rock Art & The X Ray Style"


John Book, nice to see Shania, Pantera, Motorhead, and Winger on the same list :)

[TimJS]

1990 The La's The La's
1991 Nirvana Nevermind
1992 Jayhawks Hollywood Town Hall
1993 Belly Star
1994 Blur Parklife
1995 Radiohead The Bends
1996 Beck Odelay
1997 Teenage Fanclub Songs from Northern Britain
1998 Superdrag Headtrip In Every Key
1999 Built To Spill Keep It Like a Secret

1/9/08 edit: All-Music has an '89 release date for The La's, which is wrong and means Happy Mondays Pills 'n' Thrills & Bellyaches got bumped.

[B5Erik]

1993 - Winger - Pull


Good call. GREAT album.

[B5Erik]

1990: Black Sabbath - Tyr/Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying (Tie)
1991: Armored Saint - Symbol of Salvation/Badlands - Voodoo Highway (Tie)
1992: KISS - Revenge/Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer (Tie)
1993: Winger - Pull
1994: Megadeth - Youthanasia/Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes (Tie)
1995: Dokken - Dysfunctional/UFO - Walk on Water/Flotsam & Jetsam - Drift (Tie)
1996: DIO - Angry Machines/Deep Purple - Purpendicular (Tie)
1997: KISS - Carnival of Souls/Saxon - Unleash the Beast/Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth (Tie)
1998: Helloween - Better than Raw
1999: Dokken - Erase the Slate/Saxon - Metalhead (Tie)

I know I'm forgetting something - a couple of somethings, really, but that's the list as it stands now...

[Rockmjd23]

1990 : Poison — Flesh and Blood
1991 : Nirvana — Nevermind
1992 : The Chronic — Dr. Dre
1993 : Stone Temple Pilots — Core
1994 : Soundgarden — Superunknown
1995 : Smashing Pumpkins — Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
1996 : Fugees — The Score
1997 : Third Eye Blind — Third Eye Blind
1998 : Jay-Z — Vol 2 Hardknock Life
1999 : Blink 182 — Enema of the STate

[Ky-Fi]

1994 : Morrissey — Vauxhall and I


:thumbsup:

I'm a big Morrissey fan, and IMO that's his best album.

[Triple S]

1990 : Alice in Chains — Facelift
1991 : Metallica — Metallica
1992 : Alice in Chains — Dirt
1993 : Nirvana — In Utero
1994 : Nine Inch Nails — The Downward Spiral
1995 : Radiohead — The Bends
1996 : Rage Against the Machine — Evil Empire
1997 : Radiohead — OK Computer
1998 : Beck — Mutations
1999 : Silverchair — Neon Ballroom

This list isn't going to set the world on fire, but I'm not ashamed of any of my choices.

[Tscott]

1990: They Might Be Giants - Flood
1991: This Mortal Coil - Blood
1992: Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
1993: Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
1994: Jesus and Mary Chain - Stoned and Dethroned
1995: PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
1996: Ani DiFranco - Dilate
1997: Stereolab - Dots and Loops
1998: Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel / Cat Power - Moon Pix / Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
1999: The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Sorry for 98's three-way-tie, but I can't bear it to leave any of the three off the list.

[cactusoly]

1990: Judas Priest Painkiller
1991: Skid Row Slave to The Grind
1992: White Zombie Lasexoristo Devil Music vol 1
1993: Anthrax Sounds of White Noise
1994: Corrosion of Conformity Deliverence
1995: White Zombie Astro Creep 2000
1996: Corrosion of Conformity Wiseblood
1997: Judas Priest Jugulator
1998: Rob Zombie Hellbilly Deluxe
1999: Powerman 5000 Tonight The Stars Revolt

[DaveWadding]

1990 : Garth Brooks — No Fences
1991 : RHCP — Blood Sugar Sex Magik
1992 : Dr. Dre — The Chronic
1993 : Garth Brooks — In Pieces
1994 : Eagles — Hell Freezes Over
1995 : Garth Brooks — Fresh Horses/ 2Pac — Me Against the World (TIE)
1996 : Jay-Z — Reasonable Doubt/ 2Pac — All Eyez on Me/ TSO — Christmas Eve and Other Stories (seriously) (TIE)
1997 : Jay-Z — In My Lifetime Vol. 1
1998 : Offspring — Americana/ Kid Rock — Devil Without a Cause
1999 : Dr. Dre — 2001 (This was the year I was in between 8th grade and high school and my musical tastes really started to go in every different direction... I could literally list a dozen albums from this year that I love or were important to my development as a music fiend (embarassing as something of them may be...)

[Supermallet]

1990 : Depeche Mode — Violator
1991 : U2 — Achtung, Baby
1992 : Prince — O(+>
1993 : Boredoms — Pop Tatari/Morrissey — Your Arsenal (TIE)
1994 : Elvis Costello — Brutal Youth
1995 : Pulp — Different Class
1996 : Beck — Odelay
1997 : Bjork — Homogenic
1998 : Boredoms — Super ae
1999 : The Residents — Wormwood

[TheGodfather]

I can't find a good reference for release years to help me out with this. Any suggestions? I'm blurry on what came out in what year.

Thanks.

[Supermallet]

Allmusic.com

[The Bus]

I can't find a good reference for release years to help me out with this. Any suggestions? I'm blurry on what came out in what year.

Thanks.

I did something like search "top albums of 19XX" in Google and the result was invariable something at rateyourmusic.com. Usually you get a list of 25 albums or so but those lists are pretty good.

[The Bus]

1999 : Dr. Dre — 2001 (This was the year I was in between 8th grade and high school and my musical tastes really started to go in every different direction... I could literally list a dozen albums from this year that I love or were important to my development as a music fiend (embarassing as something of them may be...)

1999 was an incredible year for music and film. Maybe not the best year in quality, but I think the (to crib Tricky's phrase) pre-millenium tension had artists come out the woodwork and try and do something.

[cactusoly]

I just used my itunes which has over 1000 albums and sorted them by year

[DaveWadding]

I can't find a good reference for release years to help me out with this. Any suggestions? I'm blurry on what came out in what year.

Thanks.


search 19xx in music on Wiki they all have a list of albums released.

[dick_grayson]

I used rateyourmusic.com and you can search each year's highest rated albums.


great website

[foofighters7]

1990-Janes Addiction-Ritual de lo Habitual-
1991-Nirvana-Nevermind-
1992-Tom Waits -Bone Machine-
1993-Nirvana - In Utero-
1994-STP -Purple-
1995-Radiohead -The Bends-
1996- Beck -Odelay!-
1997- Foo Fighters -The Colour and the Shape-
1998- Pearl Jam -Yield-
1999- Tom Waits -Mule Variations-

[bunkaroo]

Tough to pick favorites.

Some of these I didn't listen to when they were first out, but they are favorites now:

1990: Queensryche: Empire
1991: Seal: S/T
1992: Dream Theater: Images & Words
1993: Type O Negative: Bloody Kisses
1994: Dream Theater: Awake/Seal S/T (Tie)
1995: Fear Factory: Demanufacture/KMFDM-Nihil (Tie)
1996: Type O Negative: October Rust
1997: Rammstein: Sehnsucht
1998: Fear Factory: Obsolete
1999: Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile

[stardog05]

1990 : Alice In Chains — Facelift / The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (tie)

Wow, this is where it gets really really tough. Of the appox. 650 albums I own, roughly a third were released between 1991 and 1995. But I'm gonna try to limit myself to no more than 3 albums per year.

1991 : Soundgarden — Badmotorfinger / Pearl Jam - Ten / Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (tie)
1992 : Alice In Chains — Dirt / Various Artists - Singles Soundtrack / Stone Temple Pilots - Core (tie)
1993 : Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream / Counting Crows - August and Everything After / Nirvana - In Utero (tie)
1994 : Live — Throwing Copper / Pearl Jam - Vitology / Nirvana - Unplugged / Soundgarden - Superunknown (tie) ok, it's 4 for this year.
1995 : Mad Season — Above / Pink Floyd - Pulse / The Presidents of the United States of America - Self Titled (tie)
1996 : Alice In Chains — Unplugged / Sublime - Sublime (tie)
1997 : Everclear — So Much for the Afterglow / Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape (tie)
1998 : Pearl Jam — Yield
1999 : Chris Cornell — Euphoria Morning / Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

[DamingR]

1990 : The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
1991: Metallica - Metallica
1992: Dr. Dre - The Chronic
1993: Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream; Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle; Pearl Jam - Vs.
1994: Nirvana - Unplugged; NIN - The Downward Spiral
1995: Smashing Pumpkins - MCIS
1996: 2Pac - All Eyez on Me
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
1999: NIN - The Fragile

[prp2]

1995 : Deep Blue Something - Home - Another very tough year to call.
1996 : Semisonic - Great Divide
1997 : Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
1998 : Athenaeum - Radiance


Wow, we must have really similar tastes, at least for that decade. That's how I'd rate those years as well and I still listen to all those albums to this day.

Also I'd go with
1994 : Live - Throwing Copper, Toadies - Rubberneck

[Rocketdog2000]

Wow, we must have really similar tastes, at least for that decade. That's how I'd rate those years as well and I still listen to all those albums to this day.

Also I'd go with
1994 : Live - Throwing Copper, Toadies - Rubberneck

Both excellent choices, as well. I'd also add Bush - Sixteen Stone to the list for '94 - as it came out very late that year, but really didn't "hit" until '95.

Just for laughs and similarity sake, here's some of my other back up choices from '95 to '98

1995: Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo, Oasis - What's The Story (Morning Glory), Radiohead - The Bends, Better Than Ezra - Deluxe, Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

1996: Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music From The Vatican Gift Shop, The Verve Pipe - Villians, Tonic - Lemon Parade, Better Than Ezra - Friction Baby

1997: Radiohead - OK Computer, Our Lady Peace - Clumsy, Black Lab - Your Body Above Me

1998: Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine, Superdrag - Head Trip In Every Key, Fastball - All The Pain Money Can Buy

[atlantamoi]

1990 : The La's — The La's
1991 : U2 — Achtung Baby
1992 : —
1993 : Trash Can Sinatras — I've Seen Everything
1994 : Innocence Mission — Glow
1995 : Teenage Fanclub — Grand Prix
1996 : Everything But The Girl — Walking Wounded
1997 : Pizzicato Five — Happy End of the World
1998 : Air — Moon Safari
1999 : —

[atlantamoi]

1990 : The La's — The La's
1991 : U2 — Achtung Baby
1992 : Los Lobos — Kiko
1993 : Trash Can Sinatras — I've Seen Everything
1994 : Innocence Mission — Glow
1995 : Teenage Fanclub — Grand Prix
1996 : Everything But The Girl — Walking Wounded
1997 : Pizzicato Five — Happy End of the World
1998 : Air — Moon Safari
1999 : Moby — Play

[TimJS]

1990 : The La's — The La's



I've got this for my '89 choice.

edit: I just looked up on Google and looks like it was 1990, what's more, you're right about your 89 choice!

[prp2]

Both excellent choices, as well. I'd also add Bush - Sixteen Stone to the list for '94 - as it came out very late that year, but really didn't "hit" until '95.

Just for laughs and similarity sake, here's some of my other back up choices from '95 to '98

1995: Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo, Oasis - What's The Story (Morning Glory), Radiohead - The Bends, Better Than Ezra - Deluxe, Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

1996: Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music From The Vatican Gift Shop, The Verve Pipe - Villians, Tonic - Lemon Parade, Better Than Ezra - Friction Baby

1997: Radiohead - OK Computer, Our Lady Peace - Clumsy, Black Lab - Your Body Above Me

1998: Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine, Superdrag - Head Trip In Every Key, Fastball - All The Pain Money Can Buy

Alright, I'm coming to you if the hard drive I've got all my CDs ripped to blows up and the CDs themselves are stolen. You just named a sizable chunk of my "go to" music. God damn it. :D

[deadlax]

1990 - Nothing important
1991 - My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
1992 - The Black Crowes: The Southern Harmony and Music Companion
1993 - Counting Crows: August and Everything After
1994 - Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
1995 - Radiohead: The Bends
1996 - Wilco: Being There
1997 - Nothing that stands the tests of time for me
1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane over the Sea
1999 - The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin, Wilco: Summerteeth

[Ayre]

1990: (NOTHING)
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Stone Temple Pilots - Core
1993: The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
1994: Live - Throwing Copper
1995: Radiohead - The Bends
1996: Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Totoise - TNT
1999: Matthew Good Band - Beautiful Midnight

I spent more time on 1990 than on the others combined and still couldn't find a thing.

Most of this looks like what other people have posted, but these are my favorites.

1993 & 1997 were brutal because of the number of great releases.

[FantasticVSDoom]

1990 : Slayer - War Ensemble & Ice Cube - Amerikkkas Most Wanted
1991 : Tribe Called Quest — The Low End Theory & Sepultura — Arise
1992 : Dr. Dre — The Chronic
1993 : Wu-Tang Clan — Enter the 36 Chambers
1994 : Outkast — Southernplayalistic... & Weezer — Blue
1995 : Rancid — Out Comes the Wolves
1996 : Tool — Aenima
1997 : Deftones — Around the Fur
1998 : System of a Down — SOAD
1999 : Poison the Well — The Opposite of December

...Man this was harder than I thought. Early 90's was a bitch trying to pick since so much goodness.

[Lt Ripley]

1990 : Esham — Boomin' Words from Hell
1991 : DJ Quik — Quik Is the Name / Pearl Jam — Ten
1992 : White Zombie — La Sexorcisto / Pantera — Vulgar Display of Power / Sublime — 40 oz. to Freedom
1993 : Counting Crows — August and Everything After / Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream / Dwight Yoakam — This Time
1994 : Alice in Chains — Jar of Flies / Live — Throwing Copper
1995 : Oasis — (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
1996 : Sublime — Sublime / Wallflowers — Bringing Down the Horse / Outkast — ATLiens
1997 : Opeth — Orchid
1998 : Rob Zombie — Hellbilly Deluxe
1999 : Powerman 5000 — Tonight The Stars Revolt

[Y2J850]

1990-Bad Religion - Against the Grain
1991-Pearl Jam - Ten / Nirvana - Nevermind
1992-Rage Against the Machine-Rage Against the Machine/ Alice in Chains - Dirt
1993-Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dreams
1994-Soundgarden -Superunknown / Bush- Sixteen Stone
1995- Alanis Morissette - jagged little pill / No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom / Jewel - Pieces of You (good year for female artists)
1996-Sublime - Sublime
1997-Symphony X- Divine Wings of Tragedy
1998-Godsmack-Godsmack
1999-Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

And the BEST album of the 90's -
Smashing Pumpkins -Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

[brainee]

Here it goes. Taken from a sorting of my iTunes list - if the years are wrong ... too bad :) And I had to fudge and put 2 or 3 for some years. If you want to get technical, you can look at the first album I list as my favorite.

1990 : Cocteau Twins — Heaven or Las Vegas, Concrete Blonde — Bloodletting
1991 : Tori Amos — Little Earthquakes, Nirvana — Nevermind (too many things I love this year - tough to leave off Ten, or Achtung Baby, or Badmotorfinger, and many others)
1992 : REM — Automatic for the People
1993 : Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream, Belly — Star
1994 : Soundgarden — Superunknown, Hole — Live Through This
1995 : Oasis — What's the Story (Morning Glory)
1996 : Pearl Jam — No Code (weak year for me)
1997 : Radiohead — OK Computer, Sarah McLachlan — Surfacing
1998 : The Frank and Walters — Grand Parade, Heather Nova — Siren
1999 : Dido — No Angel, RHCP — Californication

[bunkaroo]

1990-Bad Religion - Against the Grain
1991-Pearl Jam - Ten / Nirvana - Nevermind
1992-Rage Against the Machine-Rage Against the Machine/ Alice in Chains - Dirt
1993-Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dreams
1994-Soundgarden -Superunknown / Bush- Sixteen Stone
1995- Alanis Morissette - jagged little pill / No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom / Jewel - Pieces of You (good year for female artists)
1996-Sublime - Sublime
1997-Symphony X- Divine Wings of Tragedy
1998-Godsmack-Godsmack
1999-Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

And the BEST album of the 90's -
Smashing Pumpkins -Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Funny to see Symphony X amongst all that radio-friendly stuff. Not that there's anything wrong with it....

[monkey]

1990 : Cocteau Twins — Heaven or Las Vegas
1991 : My Bloody Valentine — Loveless
1992 : Peter Gabriel — Us
1993 : Crowded House — Together Alone
1994 : Adrian Borland — Beautiful Ammunition
1995 : Pulp — Different Class
1996 : Manic Street Preachers — Everything Must Go
1997 : Radiohead — OK Computer
1998 : Nick Lowe — Dig My Mood
1999 : Echo & the Bunnymen — What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?

[whaaat]

1990 : Jellyfish — Bellybutton
1991 : My Bloody Valentine — Loveless
1992 : Kerri Chandler — A Basement, A Red Light & A Feelin'
1993 : Jellyfish/Jamiroquai — Spilt Milk/Emergency On Planet Earth
1994 : Michael Watford — Michael Watford
1995 : Jamiroquai — Return Of The Space Cowboy
1996 : Lewis Taylor — Lewis Taylor
1997 : Nuyorican Soul — Nuyorican Soul
1998 : Boards Of Canada — Music Has The Right To Children
1999 : The Flaming Lips/Porcupine Tree/June & The Exit Wounds — The Soft Bulletin/Stupid Dream/"A Littlle More Haven Hamilton, Please"

[polietilen]

Here it goes. Taken from a sorting of my iTunes list - if the years are wrong ... too bad :) And I had to fudge and put 2 or 3 for some years. If you want to get technical, you can look at the first album I list as my favorite.

1990 : Cocteau Twins — Heaven or Las Vegas, Concrete Blonde — Bloodletting
1991 : Tori Amos — Little Earthquakes, Nirvana — Nevermind (too many things I love this year - tough to leave off Ten, or Achtung Baby, or Badmotorfinger, and many others)
1992 : REM — Automatic for the People
1993 : Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream, Belly — Star
1994 : Soundgarden — Superunknown, Hole — Live Through This
1995 : Oasis — What's the Story (Morning Glory)
1996 : Pearl Jam — No Code (weak year for me)
1997 : Radiohead — OK Computer, Sarah McLachlan — Surfacing
1998 : The Frank and Walters — Grand Parade, Heather Nova — Siren
1999 : Dido — No Angel, RHCP — Californication

brainee, just to remind you that Little Earthquakes was released in '92, not '91.

[Oliver Clothesoff]

1990 : The La's — The La's
1991 : My Bloody Valentine — Loveless
1992 : Tom Waits — Bone Machine
1993 : PJ Harvey — Rid of Me
1994 : Guided by Voices — Bee Thousand
1995 : GZA/Genius — Liquid Swords
1996 : tie Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — Murder Ballads and Stars of the Lid — The Ballasted Orchestra
1997 : Sleater Kinney — Dig Me Out
1998 : Sunny Day Real Estate — How It Feels To Be Something On
1999 : Flaming Lips — The Soft Bulletin

[Hiro11]

1990: Ultra Vivid Scene: Joy 1967-1990 (OOP for years but terrific)
1991: My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (easiest choice here)
1992: Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted (almost went with The Orb: UFOrb)
1993: Swervedriver: Mezcal Head (also OOP for years, criminally overlooked band, IMO)
1994: Magnetic Fields: Charm of the Highway Strip (Jeff Buckley: Grace close behind)
1995: Pulp: Different Class (another easy one)
1996: Fatboy Slim: Better Living Through Chemistry (Olivia Tremor Control's debut close behind)
1997: Radiohead: OK Computer (of course. Prodigy's Fat of the Land close behind, though)
1998: Air: Moon Safari (one of the coolest albums of all time, IMO)
1999: Sigur Ros: agaetis byrjun (Built to Spill: Keep it Like a Secret close behind)

[comanche_doyle]

1990: Megadeth- Rust in Peace
1991: Tesla- Psychotic Supper
1992: Extreme- III Sides to Every Story
1993: Liz Phair- Exile in Guyville Honorable Mention: Breeders- Last Splash
1994: Pavement- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
1995: Mr. Bungle- Disco Volante
1996: Sheryl Crow- Sheryl Crow
1997: Pavement- Brighten the Corners
1998: Massive Attack- Mezzanine Honorable Mention: Monster Magnet- Powertrip
1999: Dream Theater- Metropolis II- Scenes From a Memory

[DonTHX1378]

1990: Janes Addiction-Ritual de lo Habitual- about the only album that I can remember that made an impact on me that came out that year
1991: one of the best years in music-
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless-easiest choice here since it's the album of the decade
runners up: Nirvana- Nevermind, Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger, U2- Achtung Baby, Metallica- Metallica, Pearl Jam- Ten
1992: REM: Automatic for the People
1993: Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream
runners up: Tool- Undertow, Pearl Jam- Vs., The Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Don't know how to Party, Nirvana- In Utero
1994: Another good year for music:
Tie: Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral, Weezer: The Blue Album
runners up: Soundgarden- Superunknown, Green Day- Dookie, The Offspring- Smash, Live- Throwing Copper
1995: Rancid: Out Comes the Wolves
runners up: Smashing Pumkins-Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
1996: Beck: Odelay!
runners up: Weezer- Pinkerton
1997: Radiohead: Ok Computerr
runners up: Sleater Kinney- Dig Me Out, Foo Fighters-The Colour and the Shape, Everclear- So Much for the Afterglow
1998: Laruyn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
runners up: Beastie Boys- Hello Nasty, Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals
1999: Tie: Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile, AFI: Black Sails in the Sunset
runners up: Moby- Play, AFI- All Hallows EP

[Trevor]

1990 : Phil Keaggy — Find Me in These Fields
1990 : The 77's — Sticks and Stones
1991 : U2 — Achtung Baby
1991 : Phil Keaggy — Beyond Nature
1992 : Kerry Livgren (Kansas) — Decade
1993 : Nirvana — In Utero
1993 : Collective Soul — Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid
1994 : The 77's — Drowning With Land in Sight
1995 : The 77's — Tom Tom Blues
1996 : Phil Keaggy — 220
1997 : Third Eye Blind — Third Eye Blind
1998 : Phil Keaggy — Phil Keaggy
1998 : Kings X — Tape Head
1999 : Red Hot Chili Peppers — Californication