Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 is a dramatic and stuuning conclusion to the man's life's work, passing away just days after its first performance. I can't believe you didn't mention it as it's easily one of the finest albums of the 1890's

@shimmyshazmart1130

2 жыл бұрын

Can you even call yourself an “old head” if you don’t even listen to the chants of the Socii during their opposition of Rome during the 90 BCE?

@anthonymusto3537

2 жыл бұрын

Not a record.

@mutate34

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonymusto3537 was it not released on cylinder?

@kokko9507

2 жыл бұрын

@@shimmyshazmart1130 based

@mckinleyostvig7135

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonymusto3537 isn't being the best of anything setting a record? Therefore best record of the 90s.

We need part 2 in this case since theres much more albums to mention.

@DaFuqBoom

2 жыл бұрын

@aloevv𖤐 lmao how am I spammer? I just comment on videos I'm interested in. Even if I have million subs doesnt mean im not watching other youtubers & regularly commenting on their vids.

@bassman2189

2 жыл бұрын

@aloevv𖤐 go away

@DuSeun

2 жыл бұрын

@aloevv𖤐 Why the hostility? He didn't say anything wrong, you just seem salty he's verified. Now shoo, go back to your room!

@3xtan327

2 жыл бұрын

@aloevv𖤐 bruh you got more comments than him on this channel so its a little ironic don’t you think

@classicepisodesofcrimewatc9971

2 жыл бұрын

So many*

Jeff Buckleys Grace was a masterpiece too and it was extremely influential for quite a handful of renowned artists like Radiohead, Damien Rice, James Blake, Muse...

@johngilmore697

6 ай бұрын

Well, you don't want too much grace, or you won't be able to stand.

@RB-oc7ti

2 ай бұрын

Myles Kennedy (mayfield four, alter bridge, slash, solo) hugely influenced by Buckley.

No "Blood Suger Sex Magic" shout breaks my heart.

Was hoping for a Siamese Dream shoutout, thank you based Melon

@alankardharmadhikari7328

2 жыл бұрын

I think melon should review your version of OKC.it's obviously a 10/10

@davidyurch4446

2 жыл бұрын

Siamese Dream is ultimately more consistent and focused, but there is just so much to admire and respect about Mellon Collie (the fact that it’s so wildly diverse but still unified by its Pumpkins-ness, the sense of pacing so that it doesn’t exhaust you any more than such a long album has to) that I’m always happy to see it mentioned on 90’s lists.

@caseyfitch2330

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidyurch4446 Siamese Dream & Mellon Collie are both very different takes on how to approach an album, and the Pumpkins managed to nail both. They're a lot less fashionable today than some other 90's alt-rock artists (probably in part due to Billy Corgan's alt-right arc) but at their peak they really were a great band.

@powerslave0606

2 жыл бұрын

In terms of cohesiveness and integrity, I think Siamese Dream wins this. Disc 2 of Mellon Collie is quite weak in contrast to the first one.

@davidyurch4446

2 жыл бұрын

@@powerslave0606 If I can just put forth a possibility, I feel that certain gripes that some people have with Mellon Collie are weaknesses that double albums just tend to have. Specifically, the fact that the album keeps going for several songs after "X.Y.U." (which I more or less consider to be the emotional climax of the album) is, I think, a point of contention for some, especially since the songs that come after are more whimsical, experimental fare ("We Only Come Out At Night," etc.). At the same time, though, I feel that this is true of double albums like Exile on Main Street, which for me climaxes with "Let It Loose" but still has to keep going with a run of lesser songs (in my humble opinion) on the fourth side. I would somewhat argue the same of Physical Graffiti. For me, The Beatles' White Album ends exactly when it needs to, with "Revolution 9" being the second to last song (and even then, there are plenty of people who hate that song). Q Magazine's review of the album stated "it could easily, of course, have been whittled down to a superb, 14-song, single CD. But the point would have been lost, for this is Smashing Pumpkins’ intended equivalent of the bombastic, hubristic double-albums of the 1970s". I think Billy Corgan knew that perfection was not really in the cards for a double album, and on those terms (and again, considering what I feel are similar problems in some of the classic double albums that came before it) it's personally easier for me to excuse. I know that's a lot of word vomit. XD

NIN - The Downward Spiral - It's still sounds ahead of its time, and such a complete journey from top to bottom. The Fragile is also a classic.

@dylanarthur5526

2 жыл бұрын

I would throw The Fragile in there as well.

@rohanbeer1654

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! This is my pick as well

@shannonbayley3684

2 жыл бұрын

@@dylanarthur5526 for sure. Both god tier

@TheInsaniacGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I don't have one, single answer for this particular question, but TDS & 'The Fragile' are definitely essential contenders.

@BedtimeStoriesTheBand

2 жыл бұрын

The downward spiral for sure. A mad mans masterpiece

I’m surprised NIN - The Downward Spiral isn’t being spoken about, I think the production is exceptional even by todays standards and Trent Reznor really pioneered into a gray area of topics such as depression, suicide, and sexual desire that inspired many other industrial or non-industrial bands to venture into the field. The tracks, especially Hurt, the title track, or Mr Self Destruct gave so many people outlets to deal with personal issues that they struggled with facing, and if Johnny Cash felt a song was worthy enough for him to cover it it is a testament to Trent’s brilliant work on the record.

@luke9947

Жыл бұрын

Even The fragile, which is my favourite album ever

@untermensch731

Жыл бұрын

​@@luke9947 nin and onizuka, based

@jachymkylar9371

Жыл бұрын

@@luke9947fragile is a 1 hour and 47 minutes of perfection

@luke9947

Жыл бұрын

@@untermensch731 ahahhaah thanks

@nobbynoris

Жыл бұрын

Most significantly The Downward Spiral, and Nevermind before it, by delving into people's vulnerabilities and issues, provided music with a welcome and long-overdue from the godawful, tedious hard-man school bully culture that 80s metal was full of.

Either/Or is a devastating and gut punching thesis of sadness and despair. Elliott really displays his vocal and guitar chops while making you feel things you'll never forget.

@LOBBYBOII

9 ай бұрын

IMO.. XO > Either/Or

@Blue_Stork

9 ай бұрын

@PoodleTartare XO is excellent, but Either/Or just occupies a very special place in my heart.

@davidhowell5585

6 ай бұрын

So based. Honestly any of his 90's albums could be mentioned

“Now That’s What I Call Music 90’s” Should definitely get it’s props. It’s criminally underrated.

@danmiller5869

2 жыл бұрын

Confirmed, everything on there is music.

@willoverdoseonmusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@danmiller5869 It doesn’t lie to you

@MiaBostic

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

I think Selected Ambient Works 85-92 is another strong case as it definitely paved the way for electronic music to come

@joeyisprobablysleeping8056

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@jamescrickmore6446

2 жыл бұрын

Defo.. my favourite

@raphzed1335

2 жыл бұрын

Went to the coment section to see exactly this

@georgehudson9451

2 жыл бұрын

legit went looking for this comment

@dax_thunder

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgehudson9451 same

Nas “Illmatic” As far as a “complete album” Illmatic is the crown jewel of a golden era of hip hop. A time when hip hop was not common place at award shows or in the conversation concerning top albums of the year. Also “ready to die” By Notorious B.I.G. Puffy is not my fav producer by any stretch but this album put him and Biggie on the map and their influence on the 90’s landscape can’t be overlooked. “The Chronic” by Dre Because Snoop, and funk driven west coast gangster rap that had an enormous impact on popular culture.

@johnhopkinson4054

2 жыл бұрын

Some good picks there, but for me the best hip hop album of the 90's was Enter the Wu Tang

@billymays1761

2 жыл бұрын

Good picks for a hip hop list but 90s overall its shortsighted to only mention hip hop acts

@nicpayne8258

2 жыл бұрын

For hip hop, I’d say it’s a tossup between Illmatic, Midnight Marauders, The Predator, and 36 Chambers.

@992turbos

2 жыл бұрын

Those albums are def 10/10, but the best hip hop is the obscure stuff you ain’t never heard.

@justines1919

Жыл бұрын

Have you heard of Tupac?

Really gotta give it to OK Computer on this one. A truly enduring piece of music, and _still_ feels futuristic to this very day. Completely catapulted Radiohead to mountainous heights, and is what I'd consider *the linchpin* for how the genre would progress.

@FCB-ez4fl

2 жыл бұрын

Radiohead are so brilliant that they released several albums I enjoy more than OK computer.

@bibibear7470

2 жыл бұрын

Futuristic?

@ospr88n21

2 жыл бұрын

That album is fucking boring

@finnkealy3918

2 жыл бұрын

@@ospr88n21 lol

@cerperalpurpose

2 жыл бұрын

Why are Radiohead fans all this delusional

I think all of Pavement’s discography was released within the 90s, absolutely slaps and perfectly encapsulates the more niche side of 90s indie.

@headass9373

2 жыл бұрын

I was hoping he would mention them. I got excited when he mentioned Silver Jews.

@swirlingtoilets

2 жыл бұрын

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is low-key one of the most influential albums of the 90s for rock and indie, up there with Spiderland and Soundtracks for the Blind

@lockyp204

2 жыл бұрын

I actually think Malkmus first solo record is as good as anything Pavement put out, and has aged better. But yeah not 90s

@stephenhardy4158

2 жыл бұрын

@@lockyp204 I agree. For me most of Malkmus's solo albums are a consistent joy. But only Pavement takes me back to the 90s.

@stephenhardy4158

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I scrolled through a lot of comments looking for mention of Pavement. They mean the 90s to me. Now I have to find some love for Guided by Voices.

Can’t believe he didn’t mention The Downward Spiral, the most suicidal record to ever grace the top 40

@aaravgaba7655

2 жыл бұрын

Corny

@SuzakuX

2 жыл бұрын

The fact that as song a dark and vulgar as "Closer" got such regular airplay on mainstream radio and music television is certainly a testament.

@cremetangerine82

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuzakuX Hearing “Closer” played in between “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Girls, Girls, Girls,” at a strip club is a head-trip!

@nicholasromig5506

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, either of the Rez's full lengths from this decade belong in the conversation

@nicholasromig5506

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaravgaba7655 you corny

Pavement “Slanted and Enchanted”. It legitimized lo-fi indie rock with intelligence, amorphous lyrics that painted pictures, not narrate a story, and jangly nonchalant slacker hooks. It was a mystery that took years to resolve. Pixies - pick one - “Come On Pilgrim”, “Surfer Rosa”, “Bossanova”. Surrealism and extreme dynamic shifts was unsettling until you were awashed in beauty. Both bands are significant due to what they were and what they spawned.

@anony-moon

7 ай бұрын

I've listened to it several times and I just don't get the hype.

@JamesGreen-rq9cs

3 ай бұрын

Silver Jews

@oscarnessbach1284

3 ай бұрын

Both great bands! Personally prefer crooked rain but slanted is also excellent

@compucorder64

Ай бұрын

Damn. That's a good point. Sometimes I think of bands like Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine & Pixies as 80s/late 80s bands. But then some of their best albums kicked down the doors of the 90s. Letting Nirvana to come in smash guitars around, stealing the limelight.

Motorpsycho - Timothy's Monster Biosphere - Substrata Seigmen - Total Slowdive - Souvlaki Jeff Buckley - Grace Underworld - Second toughest in the infants Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes Sonic Youth - Dirty NIN - The Fragile Kyuss - Welcome to sky valley Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas The God Machine - Scenes from the second storey Stereolab - Dots and Loops Type O Negative - World coming down Nils Petter Molvær - Khmer Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes And most of all.. totally ahead of it's time and completely misunderstood among hipsters purely because of it's mainstream success: Tool - Ænima

@blueazure9658

Жыл бұрын

Dots and Loops ❤️❤️❤️I’m gonna listen to the ones I don’t know

Albums mentioned and times: 00:35 - Nirvana - Nevermind 01:37 - Cibo Matto - Stereo Type A 02:59 - Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 03:20 - Europop - Eifel 65 03:47 - Death - Symbolic 05:12 - Pearl Jam - Ten 05:50 - Smashing Pumpkings - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 06:25 - D’angelo - Brown Sugar 07:15 - Massive Attack - Mezzanine 08:22 - Silver Jews - American Water 09:12 - Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children 09:49 - MBV - Loveless 10:58 - Chef Aid 11:00 - Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 12:12 - Radiohead - OK Computer 13:20 - Bjork - Homogenic 14:42 - Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

@atomicwarlord8

2 жыл бұрын

Album at 07:15 is Mezzanine by massive attack and 08:22 is by Silver Jews not named silver Jews

@thevinyldood

2 жыл бұрын

@@atomicwarlord8 just listening to Silver Jews now for the first time and came back to edit thanks for the spots 👌

@adriatic.vineyards

2 жыл бұрын

So predictable Edit: except for whomever picked the Silver Jews lp

@perlundgren7797

2 жыл бұрын

Since Chef Aid is included, Illmatic ( 05:08 ) should probably be there as well.

@mgm8255

2 жыл бұрын

@@perlundgren7797 But Chef Aid is way more influential

Outkast's Aquemini absolutely deserves a mention here. Its innovative genre fusions, thematic explorations, second-to-none lyricism, and forward-thinking production laid some serious groundwork and foreshadowed the epic hip hop odysseys that would eventually be further explored and perfected by the likes of Kendrick and Kanye.

@percival6815

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I was surprised to see not even a single OutKast album mentioned. ATLiens is up there with Aquemini as one of the best albums of the 90s in my opinion.

@nickdistef1072

2 жыл бұрын

Neverminddd

@sictrxnsitglxria

2 жыл бұрын

I AGREEEEEEE

@pallinaama6728

2 жыл бұрын

Outkast and the dungeon crew are influental like very few have ever been. But id put stankonia over Aq and aq has some weak moments imo (mamacita :D) so it just seems so hard to put it in like top 5-10 of the 90s. Catalogue wise pretty much goat rap act but wouldnt pick aquemini among best of 90s

@mybluguitar6051

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Whats funny is that kendrick has an interview where he mentions his top 5 favoriye rappers and I was surprised he didn't mention outkast. Outkast were kendrick before kendrick was kendrick lol

Live Through This by Hole. One of the few Non Nirvana grunge albums where every song hits hard. The lyrics are beautiful, the production is really solid for an album of its kind and instrumentation is basically flawless. The only reason people don't talk about it as much as albums like Ten by Pearl Jam or Facelift by Alice in Chains is because of Courtney Love's bad reputation. (also Anthony should totally do a classics review of it)

@stephenhardy4158

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I remember this album being quite impressive. Should give it another listen.

@adam.vision

2 жыл бұрын

1 MILLION PERCENT !!!

@kalebrosenberg8294

Жыл бұрын

terrible cover art, great music

@kalebrosenberg8294

Жыл бұрын

@MisterMooCow I mean it certainly fits the time and also the content. I guess it depicts the ugly bigotry in beauty standarts and such. It just kind of disgusts me but I guess thats just personal preference.

@kalebrosenberg8294

Жыл бұрын

@MisterMooCow yeah totally. There's just something really ugly about it (and I dont mean her) I'm not eager to see in my collection on a daily basis. But that's just preference I guess.

I would say Fiona Apple "Tidal" is a contender. It's such a beautiful, sad honest approach to contemporary jazz with pop and alt rock sensibility.

@stopthink9000

Жыл бұрын

Love this album. The mixing on it is fantastic as well. I think most people pigeon-holed her after the "Criminal" video as a pop waif but she is a steamroller.

@annaphallactic

2 ай бұрын

I would go with When the Pawn over Tidal, but I love them both!

I don't get how "low end theory" didn't get mentioned on here, that album is an absolute masterpiece👌

@chrisfuoco5474

2 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@elijahfernandez2002

2 жыл бұрын

Low End Theory, Midnight Marauders, 36 Chambers... All up there.

@Hormiga59

2 жыл бұрын

This exact same thing

@burtonboarder503

2 жыл бұрын

100 percent agree.

@WarningBFG-isHiring

2 жыл бұрын

@@elijahfernandez2002 Liquid Swords and Illmatic as well.

This decade is utterly diverse, in hindsight, in regards to how many great albums there were across all genres. There's should be a part 2 or even part 3. There is so, so much more to unpack.

@HotStrange

2 жыл бұрын

Best decade for music.

@BareBandSubscription

2 жыл бұрын

It really was such a wildly diverse period that doesn’t get enough credit these days. People are so reductive in their retrospective analyses, it’s criminal. In a time where people are now obsessed with genre-blending and diversity, I find it odd people look past bands of the era like Mr. Bungle and Ween, who frankly still put current bands striving for that kind of versatility to shame. I mean, Ween was basically the band that The 1979 desperately wants to be. And Mr. Bungle, I mean good god. California is maybe one of the most underrated albums, period.

@HotStrange

2 жыл бұрын

@@BareBandSubscription Mr. Bungle and Ween are both 2 GOATs.

Megadeth - Rust in Peace Death - Human Tool - Ænima At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill Alice in Chains - Dirt Judas Priest - Painkiller Sepultura - Arise Type O Negative - October Rust Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss Soundgarden - Superunknown White Zombie - La Sexorcisto

Color and shape - foo fighters Facelift- Alice In Chains Dirt- Alice In Chains The black album- metallica Superunknown- sound garden All these albums def deserve recognition for the best of the 90s

@anony-moon

7 ай бұрын

C&S yes Facelift ehh Dirt yes TBA meh Superunknown yes

@elgobierno_00

2 ай бұрын

I needed at least one person to say color and the shape

I think it would be cool if Anthony got around to eventually doing a top 50 or 100 albums of each decade

@Deeznutsflyhighintheair

2 жыл бұрын

Top ten each year

Dirt by Alice in Chains definitely deserves a shoutout, that album is a fucking masterpiece

@olegbutt07

2 жыл бұрын

hell yeah

@CD-tj3hg

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@robertheaney1685

2 жыл бұрын

Rain When I Die is such a good song....

@hasedase4238

2 жыл бұрын

Them bones is such a fucking killer opening

@Marz2727

2 жыл бұрын

My favourite band of all time 🤘🏾

Portishead Dummy, Massive Attack Protection and Tricky Maxinquaye all released within a few months of each other. I loved them all but Tricky Maxinquaye was and still is my favourite from that early trip hop era.

@InfinityX2

2 ай бұрын

I salute you 🫡! Maxinquaye is my #1 through all the genres I adore. Tricky’s whole discography is interesting and surprising though not always consistently good. But experimenting always wins in my book

Best Albums of the 90’s Hands Down: Massive Attack- Mezzanine Nick Cave- Let Love In SOM- Some Girls Wander By Mistake Rage Against The Machine debut Prodigy- The Fat Of The Land Portishead- Dummy Sonic Youth- Goo Nirvana- Nevermind Manu Chao- Clandestino No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom

grace by jeff buckley, exceptional blend of alt rock / 90s signer songwriter blessed with arguably the greatest singing voice of all time. great great great record

@larskerkhof8835

2 жыл бұрын

Most chad take I’ve seen yet

@123rockfan

2 жыл бұрын

@@larskerkhof8835 liking Grace is a chad opinion? What world we do we live in where that makes any sense lol

@max_435

2 жыл бұрын

@@123rockfan I think they mean chad in the best way. And yeah grace is flawless right the way through

@tylersquanto8938

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the production was kinda boiler plate sounding tbh

@123rockfan

2 жыл бұрын

@@max_435 ok I feel old lol. Not up on my slang I guess

A few other important albums should be part of this conversation if we're getting a part 2: - Souvlaki by Slowdive - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin - Spiderland by Slint - Endtroducing by DJ Shadow - Violator by Depeche Mode

@trevordoolan5011

2 жыл бұрын

All Of Them ⬆️ & Manic Street Preachers ~ The Holy Bible The Prodigy ~ Fat Of The Land Spiritualized ~ Ladies And Gentlemen Ride ~ Nowhere The Whipping Boy ~ Wormheart Sonic Youth ~ Goo .

@Kayametra

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like you’re my exact clone. I would’ve said all of those almost to a T, maybe replacing Violator with Moby’s Play or something

@olseaweedbeardye8622

2 жыл бұрын

Hot take maybe: Selected Ambient Works 2 is better than 1

@soydave1988

2 жыл бұрын

All of those records are classics

@Mylo.Kingara

2 жыл бұрын

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Thank you so much for pointing the way to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless. I had never listened to that album before I watched this, but their sound, similar to Smashing Pumpkin's Gish, is wonderful and surreal in a way. Almost like living through the early nineties all over again in a brief moment. I don't know about the entire 90s but for 91 though 95, That's the sound. That's the feel. Only those who lived it, know it. Thank you.

For me it will always be: The Verve - Urban Hymns It was THE sound of the 90's

I’ve long felt the Batman Forever soundtrack is the best 90s album.

@Alan.livingston

2 жыл бұрын

Both great options but The Crow was heads and shoulders the best soundtrack of the 90’s

@srod349

2 жыл бұрын

Nah dawg, only the Seal song & The Smashing Pumpkins song that isn’t available on Spotify for some reason; are the only bangers.

@skatealex1

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Still remember the Seal song from the soundtrack all these years later

@NAzzTheHitMaker

2 жыл бұрын

It featured seal - “Kiss of a rose” right

@K1LL3Rm0nkay

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, hit after hit. Batman makes fire mixes

Rage against the machine- one of the greatest rock albums of all time, heavy groovy riffs and using rap-rock effectively. Also inspires the whole nu metal genre for better or worse Nine inch nails - the downward spiral, when i think 90s this album comes to mind first. Infusing triphop, industrial, grunge, synthpop incredibly well

@ZoRoSdIb

2 жыл бұрын

I prefer Battle of Los Angeles as a more complete album, but both could really fit here. I come back to those and Only Built 4 Cuban Linx more than any of those other albums.

@yasiqu7242

2 жыл бұрын

where do you hear triphop in tds tho

@averyplaysguitar

2 жыл бұрын

@Todd Bowling I think they're great. Definitely one of my favourite bands.

@BrofUJu

2 жыл бұрын

Melon loves RATM, so I bet he'd agree if he did a top 25

@MiaBostic

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Trent Reznor is amazing. Closer is one of my favorite songs of all time.

Legimitely surprised nobody mentioned The Mollusk by Ween , in my opinion their best album and also one of the best of the 90's and arguably one of the most influential albums of all time because it inspired the creation of one of the most impotant cartoons of all time. The production on The Mollusk is absolutely immaculate, everything sounds so crisp, clean, pristine, colorful and vibrant. From the gorgeous sound of "The Mollusk", to the heavy waltz rhythms and submarine guitar tones of "Polka Dot Tail", to the psychedelic acoustic ambience of "Mutilated Lips" and so on. The songwriting on this thing is also peak Ween. The Mollusk, Polka Dot Tail, Mutilated Lips, The Blarney Stone, Its Gonna Be (Alright), The Golden Eel, Cold Blows The Wind, Buckingham Green and of course Ocean Man, all of these songs present such strong and catchy motifs, so many colorful and beautiful instrumental arrangements and fantastic peformances, specially Gener who brings some of his most charismatic perfomances. One of the many gems of 90's Ween and imo one of the best albums of that decade.

no love for Dirt by AIC? the disrespect!

Can we all agree that the 90s was an amazing decade for music? A lot of interesting changes in rock music, hip hop and electronic music were on their best moment, the neo soul movement, etc.

@DoctorFurioso

2 жыл бұрын

It was incredibly diverse, and a lot of really exciting break-down between genres (Massive Attack's Mezzanine is case and point). Also a lot of great music that's not typically considered "90s" like Godspeed You! Black Emperor or Neutral Milk Hotel.

@mehmed6529

2 жыл бұрын

Only really topped by the 60s

@HotStrange

2 жыл бұрын

Best decade for music, imo.

@smon4164

2 жыл бұрын

@@mehmed6529 I'd say 1965 to 1975 is arguably better than the 90s (or 1995 to 2005), but for me 1990 - 2000 is better than 1960 - 1970.

@vietnamd0820

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, so many great albums that didn’t even get mentioned in this video…Rakim’s Don’t Sweat The Technique, Helmet’s Meantime and Betty, Sepultura’s Arise, Ice Cube’s The Predator, Type O Negative’s Bloody Kisses, Life Of Agony’s River Runs Red, Soundgarden’s BadMotorFinger, Big Pun’s Capital Punishment, Brand Nubian’s In God We Trust, Public Enemy’s Fear Of A Black Planet

Depeche Mode’s Violator would be my pick, maybe not very 90s again after all it was released in March 1990 but still a record that is all killer no filler, pretty much set the bar for all of synthpop to come, tight track listing that somehow features some of the best pop songs of all time, just immensely enjoyable all around. Mezzanine is also a based pick though

@DaFuqBoom

2 жыл бұрын

Depeche Mode were fantastic in 90s! They really made synth-pop something else, completely destroying any competition in the genre. Also gotta love their Songs Of Faith & Devotion, which is more of a pop-rock & synth tho. It's impressive how they progressed their sound back then.

@SamsaLilaTheHobo

2 жыл бұрын

Violator is one of my favorite albums of all time, but it is in an awkward place kind of being like the climax of The '80s where the encore is the best part.

@SamsaLilaTheHobo

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaFuqBoom I'm going to have to go ahead and agree with you on that one.

@medievaldad9537

2 жыл бұрын

Songs of Faith and Devotion is a masterpiece too

@SamsaLilaTheHobo

2 жыл бұрын

Imo the best Depeche albums are Some Great Reward, Black Celebration, Masses, with a crescendo to Violator. There's a handful of other great ones, but that streak is impeccable. The concerts were fantastic, too. BC is a lengthy LP that delivers EVERY chock full note. Imo the best synth 80s band.

Ones I actually heard in the 90s and still enjoy today: Suede -Dog Man Star Mazzy Star-Among my Swan Pulp - A Different Class Portishead - Dummy Massive Attack - Mezanine Manic Street Preachers - Holy Bible Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy PJ Harvey - To bring you my love Deftones - Adrenaline Bjork - Debut Prodigy - Music for the jilted generation NIN - Downward Spiral Nirvana - In Utero Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion Breeders - Last splash

@stephenhardy4158

2 жыл бұрын

Good call on The Breeders. I'd forgotten that one.

@mattducak4807

2 жыл бұрын

Id add the first Veruca Salt album

@ozzfan458

9 күн бұрын

EXCELLENTCHOICE ON FUZZY. MASSIVELY UNDERRATED

Doesn’t matter what genre. The 90s was epic. Reading through everybody’s suggestions, there’s seriously at least 50 astonishing albums. What a decade

@TripsX

6 ай бұрын

The 80’s was just as good

@lockyp204

6 ай бұрын

@@TripsX Yeah not really. But that’s your opinion.

@TripsX

6 ай бұрын

@@lockyp204 Nope. It’s objectively great, if not better than the 90’s. Post Punk gave us a lot of fantastic albums. Bauhaus-In the flat field/Mask SOM- First & Last & Always The Cure-Faith, Pornography, Head On The Door Siouxsie- Juju, Kaleidoscope The Cult- Love, Electric Nick Cave- Tender Prey Violent Femmes Ramones- Brain Drain DK- Fresh fruit for rotting vegetables Joy Division- Closer The Clash- Combat Rock Minimal Compact, any album Public Image Ltd The list goes on…

@lockyp204

6 ай бұрын

@@TripsX There will always be great albums in every decade. There were plenty in the 80s. The albums you’ve mentioned are mainly in the post punk/goth rock genre. Sure. That was that genre’ time. The 90s had trip hop.. Massive Attack, Portishead- a genre which wasn’t even really around in the 80s. There’s a lot more variation in output in the 90s. Nirvana, Radiohead, Soundgarden, NIN, Tool, Alice in Chains, My Bloody Valentine, Ministry, Metallica, Pantera, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Underworld, Prodigy, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Air, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, RATM, Beck, The Chemical Brothers, Blur, Faith no more, Sonic Youth…And that’s not even really going in to Rap and Hip Hop. Sorry, nope from me, I’m 52 and listen to all the artists you mention. No doubt those artists helped inspire what happened in the 90s. And those artists and albums you mention are important. But there was a much wider scope beyond post punk, and goth rock in the 90s

If Corey Feldman did anything in the '90s, that was the best of the '90s.

@louisclayton2465

2 жыл бұрын

Boy do I have a funky surprise for you

@jovanreid6782

2 жыл бұрын

You out to lunch yo.

@mtr801

2 жыл бұрын

Love Left (1994) & Still Searching for Soul (1999). Both are absolutely terribl… I mean terrific records!

I know Green Day gets a lot of hate these days, but Dookie definitely deserved a shoutout here. Not only is that my favorite album of all time but it's pretty much responsible for bringing pop punk into the mainstream so I suppose it's influential in one way or another. In my opinion nothing screams the 1990s more than Dookie. Really drives home the idea for me that sometimes old music can make for some pretty killer time capsules.

@SawyerSullivan95

2 жыл бұрын

Dookie is 90s classic for sure. And it's aged really well, I still love jamming to that album.

@julianholland4009

2 жыл бұрын

While not as monumental as Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod both deserve some shoutouts here because they are amazing follow ups that kept their sound unique and innovative.

@emmettm.975

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@keviaaar

2 жыл бұрын

Dookie is still amazing. I've grown out of relating to its lyrical subjects a bit, but it's aged surprisingly well.

@NatsumiMovies

2 жыл бұрын

@@julianholland4009 90s green day is best green day and those albums are the reasons why

Very happy to see the love for Stereotype A!! Definitely in my top 5 albums of all time, I absolutely love the vibe and energy of it and never get tired no matter how much I come back to it, a classic review of a Cibo Matto project would be amazing, I think they deserve it, the side project collaboration with members of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Skeleton Key called Butter under the name Butter 08 is an amazing punk gem thats really worth checking it out

@jdoesgaming8866

6 ай бұрын

I would k i l l to see Fantano review Stereotype A or even Hotel Valentine

The Pixies helped changed music for me in the 80's the way Nirvana apparently did for everyone else in the 90's.

@tramagacity

3 ай бұрын

completely agree, big fan of the pixies.

@deshunsmith7828

2 ай бұрын

Yes the pixies and stone roses got things started into the 90s

Out of the albums in the Grunge catagory, i personally Believe Dirt by Alice in Chains brought something to the table , from the smooth Guitar work by Jerry Cantrell to the groovy baselines of Mike starr to the (of course) Haunting and dark vocals of Layne Staley , i believe it's one of those records in the 90s that would influence a monument of future Metal Bands and Alt Rock bands , such as Code Orange , Stone Sour and even Deftones.

@mattreynolds110

2 жыл бұрын

I’d mention badmotorfinger too

@HotStrange

2 жыл бұрын

AiC is the best grunge band but their self titled is their best, imo. Frogs, Head Creeps, Nothin Song. So many killer tracks.

@HotStrange

2 жыл бұрын

Dirt is great too though. Hate to Feel and Angry Chair are fucking amazing songs.

@seanmartyn3956

2 жыл бұрын

I would put it ahead of Nevermind or In Utero in terms of just objectively being a better record (even though Nirvana was obviously more influential/impactful) but there was nothing else in rock that was as harrowing as Layne Staley's lyricism on Dirt, and as you noted its influence was felt well beyond the 90's, thirty years later.

@chiefchimp2789

2 жыл бұрын

I know it's a weird thing to say but AIC have always been underrated/sort of the underdog of the mainstream Seattle "grunge" bands. Musically probably the most talented, great fucked up lyrics, tonally unique.

Pulp - Different Class Ash - 1977 Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five Blur - Blur The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole Daft Punk - Homework DJ Shadow - Entroducing Jeff Buckley - Grace Leftfield - Leftism Orbital - Insides Placebo - Placebo The Prodigy - Music For The Gilted Generation Radiohead - Ok Computer Super Furry Animals - Radiator Unkle - Psyence Fiction The Verve - Urban Hymns Oasis - Morning Glory Bjork - Post Not saying these are the best, but these are the album's that have stuck with me through the years.

@nemanjamijatovic6745

2 жыл бұрын

Celestial annihilation is still one of my favourite tracks ever

@relentlesseducator

2 жыл бұрын

Decent list

@lucasuribe7207

2 жыл бұрын

Nice List, I would add Mansun's first album and it would be perfect for me hahaha

@zubrhero5270

2 жыл бұрын

Post over Homogenic. Jilted Generation over Fat of the Land. My personal preference too.

@bobsbigboy_

2 жыл бұрын

listen to Brian jonestown massacre

Talk Talk Laughing Stock is a good one as well. Forgot it came out in the 90s. A big influence on Radiohead and a great example of how to use space.

@padraig4659

Жыл бұрын

Gd dude good choice 👌

@aaronmcdonaldful

Жыл бұрын

I'm not a huge fan of the post rock genre they would go onto influence a decade later but I regard talk talk spirit of Eden one of my all time favourites! Maybe 2nd to bjork homogenic ! So many surprises on both those albums, you always discover something new with each listen

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic by the Sundays is by far my favorite album of the ‘90s and one of my favorite albums of all time. They’re one of those rare bands where their first record was their best. They had such a beautiful and unique sound and no one song was the same. Harriet Wheeler’s lyricism is witty, frank, darkly observant, and compassionate and hopeful all the same. I will always thank my mother for introducing them to me.

Even though it was released at the end of the 90s, MF DOOM's Operation Doomsday is one of the best, most ESSENTIAL Hip Hop releases of the decade. It is mind blowing to consider that that album came out back in 1999 and it still sounds fresh and interesting. Not to mention that what he's doing lyrically, flow wise etc has been unmatched, even 20 years later. I won't even quote any bars because there's just too many great ones to list. And to call it influential is a massive understatement. There was never anyone else in Hip Hop, or music in general, that was exactly like Daniel Dumile, and there will never be another like him. Definitely my favorite rapper ever. And I really believe that Operation Doomsday could stand up against many of the other classic Hip Hop releases of the 90s and be considered at least equally as good if not better. Best Hip Hop Album of the 90s, other than maybe Biggie's Ready to Die.

I think Outkast's "ATLiens" and ATCQ's "Low End Theory" and "Midnight Marauders" are all worthy contenders for how distinctly they stood out in the context of rap at the time and how their sounds had a timeless influence on succeeding generations of underground, jazz, sample-based, experimental, and Atlanta rap.

@singular-f3c

2 жыл бұрын

ATLiens is 🔥

@Yelight12

2 жыл бұрын

ATLiens is really experimental and different for the 90s, nobody was doing that type of sound...

@pasthuman

2 жыл бұрын

In terms of creative and definitive sound 100%!

@chrisfuoco5474

2 жыл бұрын

Tribe has to be on this list. Pick any of their 1st 3 albums

@arammartirosyan9078

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisfuoco5474 Hell yeah! I don't know how it's viewed among general audience, but I actually really love the first album, too.

I appreciate Boards of Canada love,no one has come close to their mystery and unique sound- praying for at least one more release

RATM- self titled album is still one of my favorite albums of all time, it literally never fails to get me hype. It's heavier than deathcore imo you could literally feel the anger on every track and it was sonically unique +also one of the best sounding albums (iirc it's very often used to test speakers)

@LG1204

2 жыл бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree. It's the album I've listened to the most times. The rage is unreal, especially on Settle for Nothing, Bullet in the Head and Freedom.

@ecoRfan

2 жыл бұрын

That’s one of those albums I wasn’t able to appreciate when I was really young. Blood Sugar Sex Magik is another. Not just because of “adult” content but because I didn’t appreciate them. Now those two are some of my favorites. Of course there are more “accessible” albums by those bands that came out from 99-on which I “got” sooner.

@goo_90

2 жыл бұрын

Their best album, and one of the best 90’s albums.

@sundogsun

2 жыл бұрын

@@ecoRfan BSSM is so good! i’m not invested in the RHCP department, but it’s one of my faves from them.

@ecoRfan

2 жыл бұрын

@@sundogsun Another interesting fact: with the exception of 2016’s “The Getaway” all Red Hots albums since “Blood Sugar” are produced by Rick Rubin, including their new release.

It'd be cool a second part of this list there are some other pretty good albums such as: Illmatic by Nas The low end theory and Midnight Marauders by A Tribe Called Quest Moon Safari by Air Selected ambient works 85-92 by Aphex Twin When the pawn... by Fiona Apple Post by Björk Bossanova by Pixies 13 by blur Definitely Maybe by oasis In utero by nirvana Entroducing.... by DJ shadow Baduizm by Erykah Badu Janet by Janet Jackson Dummy by Portishead 36 Chambers by Wu-tang clan The downward spiral by Nine inch nails Grace by Jeff Buckley Achtung baby by U2 Love deluxe by Sade Maxwell's urban hang suite by Maxwell Aquemini by Outkast Either/or by Elliott Smith In the aeroplane over the sea by neutral milk hotel Dots and Loops by Stereolab Bocanada by Gustavo Cerati Dynamo by Soda stereo The bends by radiohead

@indigochild3413

2 жыл бұрын

Rage?

@jwichmann1306

2 жыл бұрын

Ritual De Lo Habitual.

@andrevitalpardue5097

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Nice Bocanada shout-out!!!

@ecoRfan

2 жыл бұрын

The Bends gets overlooked.

@diegovargas9781

2 жыл бұрын

anything by oasis and soda it's perfect

For me, without a doubt, its Elastica's debut album Elastica. It STILL makes it on the playlist on occasion.

@NickFortier

6 ай бұрын

I just got that one! It's relatively hard to find in Canada , "in the wild"

My personal AOTD for the 90's has got to be Spiderland by Slint. This is one of those albums (like Kid A, TPAB, just to name a few) where I don't think there will ever be another album like this ever made. The five spoken word story REALLY get you thinking, and they fit perfectly with the drawn out songs that perfectly build up into chilling climaxes. The best way I can describe the emotion of this album is "cold". It is the sound of pure apathy

@undergroundkingz7969

6 ай бұрын

is there even any singing on Spiderland?? i’ve tried getting into the album, but i can’t just listen to spoken word even if it’s backed by the greatest instrumentals to grace my ears

@Ultamik3y

6 ай бұрын

@@undergroundkingz7969 It alternates between singing and spoken word

Alice in Chains "Dirt" should be mentioned. Start to finish, it is easily one of top 10 albums of 90's.

@michaelofsun.5791

2 жыл бұрын

It's obvious this guy is a "Nerd" wannabe.

@mariovomhof2775

2 жыл бұрын

100% true

@miguelrosado6348

2 жыл бұрын

If you are exclusively into grunge, yes, otherwise, no!

@robertheaney1685

2 жыл бұрын

@@miguelrosado6348 I think you can make a case regardless of genre honestly. It is time piece of the decade. It actually has aged much better than most of so called "grunge" bands but AiC is not really "Grunge" album anyway. Grunge has more do with geographical location of where bands came out of than actual true genre style.

@miguelrosado6348

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertheaney1685 That is not true at all. You just need to hear the rock music that existed before the 90s and grunge to see that it is a style characterised by specific elements like the combination of heavy metal and punk riffs with melodies that only existed in pop music until then. The guitars have a very specific dirty sound influenced by punk but so unique that has been parodied in shitloads of youtube videos. Of course that some bands sounded more grungy than others: Pearl Jam sounded more rock-pop, Nirvana more punk, Soundgarden more psychedelic, but they all have a grunge aesthetic and thematic that united them.

PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love is definitely up there for me, the blends of trip hop, blues and folk on that album are still so haunting and captivating, and that’s not to mention Harvey’s stellar vocal ability and lyrics.

@thirtywhackstdd

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more

@dallasfawson5332

2 жыл бұрын

I also love the borderline industrial feel of "Meet Ze Monsta" and "Long Snake Moan."

@JackEMcPherson

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent pick!

@joeyisprobablysleeping8056

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Excellent pick. Love that she's releasing all the demos versions of her albums recently. It's been lovely revisiting all her records again.

@carolinam1573

2 жыл бұрын

I prefer Is this desire

My top 10 of the 90s: 1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea 2. Radiohead - OK Computer 3. Slint - Spiderland 4. Slowdive - Souvlaki 5. Low - I Could Live in Hope 6. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞ 7. Alice in Chains - Dirt 8. Codeine - The White Birch 9. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West 10. Bowery Electric - Beat

@LinkToTheJax

5 ай бұрын

Slint is super underrated

Where are all the R&B albums? BoyzIIMen's Cooleyhighharmony was the first album I ever bought. TLC's CrazySexyCool, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Usher's My Way, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston in their primes! There were tons of bangers...

LET’S AGREE: We were all sad not hearing a bass intro

Oddly missing: Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park Curve - Doppelgänger Faith No More - Angel Dust NIN - The Downward Spiral (and The Fragile) KMFDM - Nihil Tool - Aenima Dir en grey - Gauze Madonna - Ray of Light The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land Korn - Self Titled Malice Mizer - Merveilles Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X

@davidblack6626

2 жыл бұрын

SKINNY PUPPY. Jesus Christ I feel like this band pretty much never gets the cred they deserve, never even heard Fantano mention em once although maybe he did somewhere and I missed it. In the context of 90s music they got waaaay overshadowed by NIN despite laying the groundwork for NIN's sound and electroindustrial in general. Too Dark Park fucking slays, easily one of their greatest.

@GareBare90

2 жыл бұрын

Shout out to Sneaker Pimps!

@aegonthedragon7303

4 ай бұрын

KMDFM is fucking incredible, would also include Symbols

@ozzfan458

9 күн бұрын

Becoming X goes so fucking hard. Infinite replay value on that one

Gotta love the American Water pick. Absolutely masterpiece

There are those who equate the 90’s with grunge. Before Nevermind, Superunknown and 10 swallowed the industry, there were stellar acts who did not rely on distorted guitars and alienation. Here are my favorite albums of the 90’s: Crowded House - Together Alone (atmospheric melodic masterpiece) Jellyfish - Spilt Milk (power pop at its highest regard) REM - Automatic for the People (the heart opens and out spills beauty, pain, lost and simple pleasures) The Sundays - Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (jangle pop layered with the haunting vocals of Harriet Wheeler-stunning)

I was hoping for If You're Feeling Sinister to make it on here cause that is a perfect comfort album and despite being critically acclaimed I don't see enough people talk about it. Was a bit surprised that ITAOTS didn't show up ik it has a infamous reputation on the internet which sadly causes some people to not take the record to seriously but that album is musical perfection.

@billymessenger3982

2 жыл бұрын

Both of those albums would be in my top 5 for just lyrics alone

Modest Mouse’s Long Drive epitomizes a lot of the 90s to me, the roughness especially brings me back to the era of all ages venues

@joeyisprobablysleeping8056

2 жыл бұрын

Great pick!

@1BenDoverWilson

2 жыл бұрын

I was hoping this album would pop up somewhere in the video but alas

@oscarg2692

2 жыл бұрын

Long Drive over LCW? interesting

Ride's album 'Nowhere' is my all-time favorite shoegaze album. Absolutely incredible wall of sound - beautiful, lonely lyrics.

Some of my favourites albums of the 90's: "Homogenic" (1997) - Björk "Post" (1995) - Björk "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" (1998) - Alanis Morissette "Little Earthquakes" (1992) - Tori Amos "From The Choirgirl Hotel" (1998) - Tori Amos "Ray Of Light" (1998) - Madonna "No Angel" (1999) - Dido

@mateoe.2747

Жыл бұрын

I know this comment is from 5 months ago, but a friend and I were just talking about how all of those great 90s Tori Amos albums seem to have been forgotten. She's due for a critical reappraisal, I think.

Mezzanine is arguably my favorite album ever, and when I first heard "Teardrop" in 1999 (a year after the album's release), it hit me at a very vulnerable time in my life as a 12-year-old recovering from my mother's death, and it opened me up to not only getting interested in music again, but to try to actively search it out. Even outside of those personal leanings, I'm still blown away at how ageless it sounds and how masterful the production is. This could come out today and still make a splash.

@amalija11

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, and strangely enough I can also relate to being moved by Teardrop a shortwhile after my mom died. I probably heard Mezzanine for the first time when I was 13 in 2006, though. My mom died when I was 20, and either that or the next year at Electric Forest an artist named Alison Wonderland played a mashup of Teardrop and Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers. That day also happened to be my mom's birthday. Man, I ugly cried in the middle of that crowd. May you be peaceful and well.

@LordLucario99

2 жыл бұрын

who is going to argue with you that its not your favorite album

@KevinKaffy

2 жыл бұрын

Teardrop is an amazing song 👏

@lynnpehrson8826

2 жыл бұрын

Mazzanine is the greatest album of all time

@fernandojimenez1743

2 жыл бұрын

It is a great album, still listen to it often. Angel is one of my favorite intro songs of any album, the build up is awesome.

Dummy by Portishead is my favourite from that decade, you can hear their influence on someone like Lana del Rey, follow by SOFAD by Depeche Mode, and Ray of light by Madonna.

Dots and loops by stereolab - It wasn’t the biggest in America and they are not as big as other bands, but those first 3 songs are absolute bangers. The whole album is really strong and there isn’t a song that gets boring or uninteresting. If you turn on Miss Modular and it doesn’t make you feel a certain way you are not human. Also Ticker-tape does not get the respect and love it deserves.

@fooflghters3027

Жыл бұрын

Incredible album

@blueazure9658

Жыл бұрын

My favorite rock album ever EASILY

Ween’s “The Mollusk” certainly deserves some consideration here

@stephenhardy4158

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, or anything by 90s Ween. My favourite was Chocolate and Cheese.

No love for Cocteau Twins' "Heaven or Las Vegas"?

@therealpotpol4027

2 жыл бұрын

Goat album . Best album of the dreampop / Shoegaze scene . Yes , even better than loveless.

@curly-d23

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, he did a CLASSIC Review for the album earlier this month. What more could he say about it here?

@toniiramis2561

4 ай бұрын

I was feanin so hard to see it in this video, one of the best albums of the decade even if it was out the first year

Gonna need some Alice In Chains love up in here. Layne Staley's vocals were immense, haunting and captivating.

@StatesEdge

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr where is Dirt or Jar Of Flies

@shannonbayley3684

2 жыл бұрын

@@StatesEdge Both great. But Dirt is a masterpiece to me

@siwem.5277

2 жыл бұрын

Dirt definitely deserved a shout out😭

@StatesEdge

2 жыл бұрын

@@shannonbayley3684 agreed

jeff buckley, fiona apple, chris cornell, hole, smashing pumpkins, distillers, portishead, placebo, sade, erykah badu, mary j blige, grant lee buffalo, elliott smith, mazzy star, sonic youth, oasis, and it goes on… so many artists with multiple killer albums & such diverse music!!! the 90s were crazy

I’m a little late but I’m surprised U2’s Achtung Baby isn’t mentioned here. There are several great songs on it including one of the best songs of the 90s with “One.” Bono’s voice + the instrumentals makes the album a great way to kick off the music of the 90s (released in ‘91)

Even though it might not be the most influential but Acid Bath's When the Kite String Pops is basically a amalgamation of a wide variety of Metal and Rock sounds of the 90s and just an all around amazing Sludge album.

@GownoPrawdaTV1

2 жыл бұрын

that's exactly what I said once to my friends and I got a lot of shit for it. this is the essential guitar music of the 90s, no doubt

@lizardabyss7035

2 жыл бұрын

See, you get it! I'm an industrial person, I have listened to a lot of heavy, dark shit over the years, and none of it was as hard as either acid bath record.

@armouru5415

2 жыл бұрын

Man I adore When the Kite string pops. It's good to know their are other people who also like this album. There's just something about it. I mean the album is animalistic and aggressive while being but also so creepy, but somehow worm, nostalgic and fuzy at the same time. Kinda like some tainted childhood memory (at least for me personally). I'm not even a big sludge guy and I love it.

Love seeing Melon actively avoid talking about In The Aeroplane Over the Sea for 16 minutes straight

@xgrizz8516

2 жыл бұрын

He avoided talking about it but it's the correct answer

@medievaldad9537

2 жыл бұрын

one of the worst albums of all time

@b0dab9

2 жыл бұрын

@@medievaldad9537 L

@tykjpelk

2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE YOU JESUS CHRIST JESUS CHRIST I LOVE YOU YES I DO

@medievaldad9537

2 жыл бұрын

Semen stains the mountaintops

Radiohead’s the Bends will always be very personal for me! (It was released the year I was born)

Very disappointed no one has mentioned Endtroducing… one of the greatest trip hop albums of all time and a hauntingly beautiful trip hop record. Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Blackstar is the most underrated album of the 90s IMO. I just don’t hear anyone talking about this album which is a shame cause it’s so good.

The amount of electronic albums mentioned is criminally low. Here's just a small sample of the earthshattering brilliance that came out of the various 90's electronic scenes: • Homework by Daft Punk • SAW 85-92 by Aphex Twin • Substrata by Biosphere • 94diskont by Oval • Tri Repetae by Autechre • Violator by Depeche Mode • Endtroducing by DJ Shadow • Orbital 2 by Orbital And that's just scratching the surface!

@quickestscoped7603

2 жыл бұрын

orbital yes THANK YOU

@throwaway1743

2 жыл бұрын

@@quickestscoped7603 IT'S SO GOOD

@DaveRessler

2 жыл бұрын

Orbital! Yes thank you

@Matt-sl1wg

2 жыл бұрын

Love the Orbital mention. 99's Middle of Nowhere is one of my all-time favourite albums too.

@eloelo6944

2 жыл бұрын

All mediocre EDM is in its prime now it was garbage in the 90s.

Hell yeah, respect to the guy who suggested Symbolic Such a badass album with great riffs, solos, pummeling drums… I’m not a big fan of death metal but that album speaks to me in a way no other does

@nope110

2 жыл бұрын

Death are so fucking good and Symbolic is definitely one of, if not, their best

@scoobyyubidoo9700

2 жыл бұрын

I actually prefer everything before that album, but it's definitely more accessible for people who aren't really into death metal.

@timlewis5527

2 жыл бұрын

The 90s was such a crazy time for metal with progressive and psychedelic influences getting applied to these pretty extreme and heavy genres for the first time. Cynics focus being another great "extreme" metal album with big time pop, psychedelic and prog elements.

@IOxyrinchus

2 жыл бұрын

Probably their best album, it developed the technical prog aspect of Human & Individual Thought Patterns while laying the groundwork for Sound Of Perseverance. Chuck Schuldiner was a genius

@Samuel-ln2fc

2 жыл бұрын

@@scoobyyubidoo9700 I love all of Human and ITP but scream bloody gore and spiritual healing just doesn’t do much for me…

So many albums left out here that one might even forget were from the 90's for how fresh they still sound today, namely the Boards of Canada. R.E.M. alone had five great 90's records (three of which actually sound like 90's records), and I personally enjoyed U2's 90's output. A few other albums I've seen mentioned in the comments, Neutral Milk Hotel, Rage Against the Machine, and of course The Tragically Hip. Can't forget about the Peppers.

@stephenhardy4158

2 жыл бұрын

Good call on Tragically Hip... and yes, I agree, RHCP are over-saturated now but Blood Sugar Sex Magic still brings back the 90s for me.

@jasonkh4

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenhardy4158 I wasn't sure whether I much cared for the new Peppers record after the first listen, but I'm digging it pretty hard now. But yeah, Blood Sugar Sex Magik is a definite 90s artifact. Tragically Hip, R.E.M. and U2's 90s records epitomize that era for me big time, never forget hearing Losing My Religion on the radio as a 10-year old, who knows what my taste in music might've been otherwise lol

Thank you so much for mentioning Death!!! Love to see them get some love

The Prodigy - Fat Of The Land comes to mind. That album is still so unique and energizes me to this day.

@alexdelarge703

2 жыл бұрын

FIRESTARTER

@Jazzfunkmaster

2 жыл бұрын

The experience and music for the jilted generation too

@xenos_n.

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jazzfunkmaster well to be fair, Always Outnumbered and Invaders Must Die are also excellent. Every single one of those albums are great.

@quickestscoped7603

2 жыл бұрын

MFTJG was slightly better

@l1fef0rm

2 жыл бұрын

The two before that were better.

My pick would have been: Ween - Chocolate & Cheese. Great, eclectic songs that also reflect this weird Nickelodeon-Style-Quirkiness the 90s had.

@bitterman7258

2 жыл бұрын

good choice but the mollusk is better

@TokyoBalletReprise

2 жыл бұрын

Mollusk better I fear…

@rossprior

2 жыл бұрын

You're all wrong... its The Pod

@Xeisin

2 жыл бұрын

@@rossprior It's definitely The Pod

@damiankirkwood7924

2 жыл бұрын

No mollusk no SpongeBob, no SpongeBob no fantano cuz his mom would have never met hasseloff and squirted out this melon

Dirt - Alice In Chains

As much as I love most of the rock, metal. and pop albums that get mentioned for “greatest 90s album”, I think both Hip Hop and Electronic music don’t get enough love. Reverence/irreverence by Faithless, and Ready to Die by Biggie, Enter the Wu tang clan, Selected Ambient works I by Aphex Twin… to me, all four of those are more important than most of the albums that typically get placed in the top 10. Another aspect I don’t get about these discussions is how OK computer always makes the cut. It has several great songs, but as an album, it’s not nearly as strong of a solid work as later Radiohead albums. If I want to listen to one song off of Kid A, I end up listening to the whole thing, starting from the beginning. OK computer just doesn’t compare

Illmatic is one of the greatest rap albums of all time, absolutely deserves to be on here.

Beck's Odelay is my favorite album of the 90's. It's such an inventive, fun and thrilling listen, I just can't get enough. Another pick would be Pulp's Different Class.

@chrisfuoco5474

2 жыл бұрын

Nice pick

@BrokenKeys216

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah great call, Odelay definitely a top 90's album no doubt.

@treyebillups8602

2 жыл бұрын

It’s sad that Loser is the only song from Odelay that anyone knows

@HotStrange

2 жыл бұрын

@@treyebillups8602 that’s off Mellow Gold. Where It’s At is the famous Odelay song.

@Splifftone

2 жыл бұрын

@@treyebillups8602 Wipe away those tears. It's not even on Odelay.

Tool - Aenima DJ Shadow - Preemptive Strike Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 1 Mood - Doom Lootpack - Soundpieces: Da Antidote Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me- Soundtrack.

we need a part two!! gotta have if you’re feeling sinister by belle and sebastian on here

Coming from Australia; I feel Jeff Buckley's 'Grace' has really shaped the Australian Indie Rock scene since it came out in 1994

@Clinkety

2 жыл бұрын

'Grace' deserved a mention.

@jacko9293

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@Alan.livingston

2 жыл бұрын

Stupidly influential on Aussie music this one. Great call.

@samuelc.vanlalthlana8690

2 жыл бұрын

Man i cant believe Jeff Buckley singlehandedly influenced the indie rock track 'Dance Monkey' by the incredible vocalist Tones and I, that way too many people sleep on

@ryanhemsworthmusic5561

2 жыл бұрын

@@samuelc.vanlalthlana8690 Hahahaha!!! Tones & I is an accident that no Australian understands 🤣

The Lonesome Crowded West deserves a place for sure. Very few albums have came close to the quality that Isaac Brock and the band bring in TLCW

@joeyisprobablysleeping8056

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. The Modest Mouse shout outs are great.

My Top 20 Favourite Albums of the 90s The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest Blue Lines - Massive Attack The Infamous - Mobb Deep Definitely Maybe - Oasis Urban Hymns - The Verve The Fat of the Land - Prodigy Jurassic Shift - Ozric Tentacles The Chronic 2001 - Dr Dre Slim Shady Lp - Eminem S.C.I.E.N.C.E - Incubus Nevermind - Nirvana Blood Sex Sugar Magik - Red Hot Chilli Peppers Play - Moby Debut - Bjork Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine Ok Computer - Radiohead You've Come a Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front - Busta Rhymes Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu Tang Clan Issues - Korn

@smon4164

2 жыл бұрын

I'd also like to say I absolutely love reading the comments of peoples favourite albums and checking out the ones I haven't listened to. Keep coming back to this video just for that. 😊

I was floored by "OK Computer" after a couple of listens. It is so musically dense so the qualities reveal themselves over time. The only complaint that I would have is that the lyrics are buried in the mix. That is not an issue for me as I am not a lyrics person but it has been pointed out to me. Another album that I would rank as one of the best of the 90s is "Angel Dust" by Faith No More.

@schrapnellcotton3413

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, Angel Dust is great. OK Computer although I like it isn't in the top 50 of the 90s for me. For me, the most overrated album of that decade.

Pavement’s _Slanted & Enchanted_ is a strong contender. One of the most charming albums of the 90s.

@patches3

2 жыл бұрын

that and/or CRCR

@lucasduncan8952

2 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for Crooked rain to show up !!!

@Descro382

2 жыл бұрын

Ice, Baby.. I saw your girlfriend

@billymessenger3982

2 жыл бұрын

She was eating her fingers like they were just another meal

Stereolab's dot and loops is an easy win for me. Stereolabs discography in general is solid but this ablum in particular is just amazing in every sense of the world. Not one bad track on it and its easy blend of all these different genre's just make it pure gold imo. Sigur rós - Ágætis byrjun is up there as well

@StebsStuff

2 жыл бұрын

stereolab should be talked about more. d&l is gorgeous

@HotStrange

2 жыл бұрын

God that album is so good.

@cremetangerine82

2 жыл бұрын

I would give some love for “Emperor Tomato Ketchup” as well.

@lilflip9611

2 жыл бұрын

Shoehaze fan for life

@CipherSerpico

2 жыл бұрын

I think _Byrjun_ tends to be considered a 2000 album because it was released right at the end of the decade.

Born in 1977, I was a teen in the '90s, and still love the music from that amazing decade 💖 Impossible to choose just one "best" album of the '90s... but, if I had to, I would go with The Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream 💜 My favourite song on that album is Soma 🖤

Fucking great to know that Melon is a Cornell guy! The best vocalist of the 90s and honestly one of the greatest vocalists in rock history!

pixies’ bossanova should also be held in consideration. the album is straight to the point, all killer no filler, and holds nothing back. it’s simultaneously beautiful, heavy, thrashy, and weird. just a rock-solid record. it’s in my top 10 all-time

@joeyisprobablysleeping8056

2 жыл бұрын

Yasss. Good pick.

@BareBandSubscription

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Their most underrated album. I love the blend of space rock and surf music, and while a couple of the songs are a bit weaker in quality, the highs are ridiculous. “Ana” might be my favorite Pixies song.

@RC-fi8nn

2 жыл бұрын

Great album. The Happening is one of their best songs.

@edward_fm

2 жыл бұрын

Was looking for this comment

@stephenhardy4158

2 жыл бұрын

Mostly agree, but I'd include Trompe Le Monde (also 90s). To my ears it's a bit stronger.