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 : 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

Seconded.

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

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

islandclaws

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

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

islandclaws

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

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

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.