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Best Album of the Ninties

Huh?

Brought to you by Top 5 Records.

Here are my two picks.

Downward Spiral -- Nine Inch Nails
Low End Theory -- Tribe Called Quest

What do you think?

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That's a tough one.

Nirvana's "Nevermind" and Soundgarden's "Superunknown" are the two I've liked the best.

Despite popular belief, there has ben alot of great music in the last decade.

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Reverend Horton Heat - Full Custom Gospel Sounds

or

Ministry - Psalm 69


I liked High Fidelity too. I saw Tenacious D (Jack Black's band) at House of Blues in Chicago when they were filming it. John Cusack introduced them:

"This next act asked me to read this. We've seen a lot of faces and we've kicked a lot of asses, so prepare to get your faces' asses kicked. Ladies and Gentlemen.. Tenacious D"

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haha Tanacious D!! They had their own show on HBO a while back. Funny Shit!!

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hrm...
i think paint has the right of it with NIN's downward spiral. it was and is unparalleled in the music industry.

the whole "grunge" scene had a huge impact on music, for the better in my opinion, so i would also say "nevermind".

and, of course, i have to name "little earthquakes", by tori amos. even if you don't like the music, she approached subject matter in her songs (religion, rape, independence) that opened the eyes of a generation of young women.

and as much as i hate to say it, marilyn manson was a major player of the 90's with "portrait...". he brought that evil edge back to rock that faded away when ozzy stopped drinking blood on stage. no matter what you think of him, he's a great showman.

there was alot of great shit in the 90's.

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RATM - RATM

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Or Aenima....

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Agony Column 'Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles' - although this may have hit the shelves in the late 80's, but it's still the most kickass album sold last decade.

[edit] checked to affirm the validity as a canidate for one of the best albums of the 90's and found the album was indeed released 1/15/91 on metal blade records.

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quote:

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Originally posted by morgana:
and as much as i hate to say it, marilyn manson was a major player of the 90's with "portrait...". he brought that evil edge back to rock that faded away when ozzy stopped drinking blood on stage.

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Ministry! Ministry!

Sorry I love them

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Rage Against the Machine : 1st LP

Massive Attack : Protection

D'Angelo : Brown Sugar

TCQ : Midnight Maraurders (sp?)

Radiohead : The Bends

Sadly nearly all the best Rap LPs where released in 88 & 89.

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nidend div. 187...impergium

MayheM...live in leipzig.

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The Stone Roses...or was that '89? I'll get back to you on that one!

Pearl Jam - Ten

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kool keiths dr octagon album.

i don't know if its one of the best but beck mellow gold impacted music hard too.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Rav:

Pearl Jam - Ten

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OK Computer - Radiohead
Ten - Pearl Jam
Downward Spiral - NIN
Four - STP (flame away but I love them)
Vegas - The Crystal Method
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I think DMoon hit on the head with Horton Heat. Psalm 69 was good, too, but I don't put it in my top five.

from the year 1990 to the year 1999, these are the cds that I played incessantly:

PJ Harvey - 4-Track Demos
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Reverend Horton Heat - Full Custom Gospel
Mudhoney - Piece of Cake

it would be easy to pick five more from that time period, too, but I think they'd be runners up to these. Just barely, though. curiously enough, all five of these are from the first half of the decade.

okayicantstanditihavetopostfivemore:

Clutch - Clutch
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
Neil Young - Weld
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

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I'm with Rav on the Stone Roses - Second Coming, I think it was in the 90's aswell.

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Britney Spears - Baby One More time

A master-class in deep, meaningful beats, slick progressive workouts and driving
pop sounds. Classic........


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Yes, I was about to compliment DMoon on the Horton Heat pic. I didn't get it until about two years ago, though I have seen him live about 5 or 6 times. I have even drank with him!

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Seriously though, I would be hard pressed to choose from:

ok computer - radiohead

the bends - radiohead

urban hymns - the verve



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I can't say I ever wore out an LP, but when I think of high school, I know that I wore out the following tapes in my car:

Sister Machine Gun - The Torture Technique
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto
Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod EP
Nine Inch Nails - Broken

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NIN - The Downward Spiral
Tool - Ænima
Marilyn Manson - Portrait of an American Family
Nirvana (Toss up between Nevermind and In Utero)

Sorry for not being more creative, but those are honestly what I believe are the best albums of the decade.

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Hmm... top 5...
Nirvana- Nevermind probably had the biggest impact in the early 90's, helluva good record, but not my personal fave.

ATCQ- Low End Theory
Kicked all kinds of ass. Stand-up bass samples remain unmatched for soul.

Chemical Brothers- Dig Your Own Hole
Spent an assload of time on my heavy rotation list.

My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
Did as much to redefine guitar playing as Nevermind, IMO. I liked MBV better, tho.

Jane's Addiction- Ritual de lo Habitual
This is probably just my LA roots showing thru. One of the best live bands I've ever seen, all the same.

Nine Inch Nails- Pretty Hate Machine and The Cure- Disintegration were the tapes I wore out in high school, but they came out in '89.

That's about as much as I can narrow it down.

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Bjork--Homogenic

I would hafta say Fugees--The Score was alright

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