The Best Album of the 90s

[AtariLegend]

In the best album of this decade thread half of the people who posted an answer named a 90s album. I realise this isn't because half the people who posted can't read, it's because inspite starting the rise of the current Pop culture we all now live in with lots of bad music in the charts and a lack of good original artists, the 90s also had many of the best albums we all own.

In magazines with countdowns of great albums more albums come from the 90s than any other decade, this isn't just because it's fresh in our minds, it's because it was a truly great decade for Albums.

So people what is your Favorite album from the 90s.

Only studio albums please, no soundtracks, collections, best ofs, remixes, or reissues.

Mine is "The Bends" by Radiohead.

[Bill 213]

UYI 1 or Blood Sugar Sex Magic.

[DarkStar]

Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion.
Metallica - Load.

[vietnow138]

Here's a few I think are way up there for the 90's:

Oasis- Definately Maybe/ Whats the Story Morning Glory?
Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magik (what bill213 said)
Alice In Chains- Dirt
Metallica- S/T (Black Album)
and of course Guns N' Roses- Use Your Illusion 1 & 2

Runner-ups:
Black Crowes- Shake Your Money Maker and Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Pearl Jam- Ten
Stone Temple Pilots- Core and Purple
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger
Rage Againts the Machine- Evil Empire

[Robman?]

Use Your Illusion I - Guns N' Roses
Use Your Illusion II

Innuendo - Queen

[Gunner80]

Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I

[Bono]

1. Achtung Baby - U2
2. The Bends - Radiohead
3. Grave Dancer's Union - Soul Asylum
4. Use Your Illusion I - Guns N' Roses
5. Definately Maybe - Oasis(just edged out Morning Glory)

Other great albums:
Wish - The Cure
Vs - Pearl Jam
Zooropa - U2
Use Your Illusion II - Guns N' Roses
August and Everything After - Counting Crows
Pablo Honey - Radiohead

etc. etc.

I mellowed out alot in the 90's when Gn'R went on hiatus. basically the hard rock in me went into hibernation when Guns did.

[Rocksteady]

All my favourite albums are from the 90's exept AFD ofcourse...

1. UYI Albums
2. Metallica - Self Titled
3. Nevermind
4. Smash
5. Definetely Maybe/Morning Glory (can't choose between them)
6. Rage Against The machine - Self Titled

[GnFnR87]

Not gonna count the Use Your Illusions because i think thats understood...

U2-Achtung Baby
Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile
Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral
Tool- Aenima
Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals
Stone Temple Pilots- Purple
Rage Against the Machine- The Battle of Los Angeles

[nesquick]

Use Your Illusion 2 (GN'R)
Definitely Maybe (Oasis)
Achtung Baby (U2)
The Razor Edge (AC/DC)
Get a Grip (Aerosmith)
and this fucking awesome album by Fatboy Slim in the mid/late 90's (the most famous one with tons of Hits)

[AxlReznor]

Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Tool - Aenima
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Korn - Follow The Leader
Deftones - White Pony
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
Nirvana - In Utero
Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Alice In Chains - Facelift
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Metallica - Metallica
Soundgarden - Superunkown
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles

[Neemo]

Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Nevermind
Alice In Chains - Tripod
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music
Metallica - Self-Titled (The Black Album)
GnR - UYI's
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction
Rage Against The Machine - Self-Titled
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Tool - Undertow
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Blind Melon - Self-Titled
Candlebox - Self-Titled
Faith No More - Angeldust
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Aerosmith - Get A Grip
U2 - Actung Baby


the 90's ruled there are prolly way more and i only did one album per band too

[supaplex]

i won't list the gnr albums but the rest could be:

within temptation - enter
nirvana - nevermind
pearl jam - ten
queen - innuendo and made in heaven
skid row - slave to the grind
ugly kid joe - america's least wanted
therion - theli and vovin (i love martina hornbacher-astner's voice)
cranberries - no need to argue
macbeth - romantic tragedy's crescendo
nightwish - angels fall first
iron maiden - fear of the dark
sepultura - roots
metallica - metallica
bon jovi - these days

bet i forgot a lot but there's so many...

[AtariLegend]

Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction

No such album exists, Countdown to Extinction has Symphony of Destruction on it.

[Izzy]

Oasis - Definetly maybe or Pearl Jam - Ten

[Neemo]

Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction

No such album exists, Countdown to Extinction has Symphony of Destruction on it.

but you knew what i meant  twas a freudian slip sorry

[T_Roxie]

Pearl Jam - Ten
UYI Albums
The Cult - Ceremony
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Get a Grip - Aerosmith

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Queen - Innuendo
Guns N Roses - UYI 1&2
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Megadeth - Countdown to Extintion
Helloween - Better than Raw

Thats the album I just think make a great impact in the 90's at least to me

[AtariLegend]

This is it, the ultimate top 10 (In no particular order).

The Bends "Radiohead"
Use Your Ilusion 2 "Guns 'N Roses"
The Downward Spiral "NIN
The Fragile "NIN"
Alice In Chains "Self Titled"
Mechanical Animals "Marylin Manson"
Out of Time "REM"
Automatic For the People "REM"
Nevermind "Nirvana"
Blood Sugar Sex Magick "RHCP"

[Walk]

1- Bathory- Hammerheart
2- Death- Human
3- Graveland- Thousand Swords
4- Megadeth- Rust In Peace
5- The Chasm- Deathcult For Eternity: The Triumph
6- Judas Priest- Painkiller
7- Cynic- Focus
8- Dissection- Storm of the Light's Bane
9- Slough Feg- Twilight of the Idols
10- Iced Earth- Night of the Stormrider

And there were dozens that came close. The 90's brought us some great music.

[pasnow]

1. Nevermind - Nevermind
2. Vs - Pearl Jam
3. BSSM - RHCP
4. Black - Metallica
5. Ten - Pearl Jam
*. Singles Soundtrack (defined the 90's) - Various Artists
7. Achtung Baby - U2
8. Superunknown - Soundgarden
9. Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
10. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
10*. Rage Against the Machine - Self Titled Debut

Since no Soundtracks were allowed, I'll place Rage Against the Machine  in at 10 with an asterik. I was never a big Rage fan but feel since they pretty much invented the whole rap/rock style with their debut, I'll give them the nod ahead of other great albums.

[deadflowerII]

RHCP.BSSM
Blind Melon.All 3 studio
Soul Asylum.Grave Dancers Union
................None GNR Discs........

[AtariLegend]

6. Singles Soundtrack (defined the 90's) - Various Artists

Only studio albums please, no soundtracks, collections, best ofs, remixes, or reissues.

[pasnow]

6. Singles Soundtrack (defined the 90's) - Various Artists

Only studio albums please, no soundtracks, collections, best ofs, remixes, or reissues.

Replacing with Rage

[zakas80]

Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile/Downward Spiral
Tool - Aenima/Undertow
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar/Mechanical Animals
Pearl Jam-Ten/Vitalogy
Soundgarden-Superunknown
Rancid-...And Out Came the Wolves
Wu-Tang-Wu Tang Forever
Wyclef-The Carnival
Rage Against the Machine
Green Day-Dookie
Blind Melon- Soup
Suburban Death Squad-Naive World
Oasis-Whats the Story...
Ugly Kid Joe-America's Least Wanted
Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle
Dr Dre- The Chronic
Cypress Hill- Black Sunday

[Eazy E]

I hate when these threads turn into a list of each poster's 100 favourite albums/songs.  Why don't you guys try to narrow it down to one choice and defend that choice?  We already know there are a long list of great albums released in the 90s!

[adnan]

1. Amorica- The Black Crowes
2. Blood Sugar Sex Majik- RHCP
3. Use Your Illusion I
4. Shake Your Money Maker- The Black Crowes
5. The Downward Spiral-NIN

[2112]

nirvana is not that great. they do not deserve the title best album of the 90s.

NOTE: Personal Opinion.


Metallicas Black Album and the Illusions records is in top.

[Neemo]

sorry i didn't realize it was only supposed to be a single album

right now my single fav 90's album is No More Tears...just incredible all around

Zakk Wylde really came into his own on it, Ozzy's lyrics and vocals shine, 5 singles (I don't Wanna Change The World, Mama I'm Comin' Home, No More Tears, Hellraiser, Road To Nowhere), Randy Castillo and Mike Inez are also Incredible on it

just the perfect album, it really can't get any better IMO

[pasnow]

Adnan - Cool choice on Black Crowes 'Shake your Money Maker" . I was thinking about adding that into my list, not your typical "90's" album.

#1, I'd have to say Nevermind , sounds cliche but IMHO that is as close to perfection in an album as I'd like to hear.

NOTE: Personal Opinion.

Plus I'm sure alot has to due with where I was in life, 19, just out of high school, didn't like many kids in my college... kinda not fitting in socially at the time. Listening to those songs was my escape & stated the words I wanted to say. (Still not sure what, just angst I suppose). On A Plain is my favorite Nirvana song ("I love myself, I'm better than you, I know it's wrong, but what should I do...")

[Walk]

I hate when these threads turn into a list of each poster's 100 favourite albums/songs.  Why don't you guys try to narrow it down to one choice and defend that choice?  We already know there are a long list of great albums released in the 90s!

My albums speak for themselves, and the are in order of awesomeness, even if they're all great. The guys listing pop albums are easily ignored, anyway.

[pasnow]

My albums speak for themselves, and the are in order of awesomeness, even if they're all great. The guys listing pop albums are easily ignored, anyway.

I think he was saying pick "The Best Album" (ie. 1) not name 18 different great albums.

[-Jack-]

My albums speak for themselves, and the are in order of awesomeness, even if they're all great. The guys listing pop albums are easily ignored, anyway.

I think he was saying pick "The Best Album" (ie. 1) not name 18 different great albums.

Well he technically did pick the best. It's number one on his list.

[pasnow]

Well he technically did pick the best. It's number one on his list.

fair enough. 

[AtariLegend]

I hate when these threads turn into a list of each poster's 100 favourite albums/songs. Why don't you guys try to narrow it down to one choice and defend that choice? We already know there are a long list of great albums released in the 90s!

True, but if you can't stop them, join them.

[GNR_Green]

1- Bathory- Hammerheart
2- Death- Human
3- Graveland- Thousand Swords
4- Megadeth- Rust In Peace
5- The Chasm- Deathcult For Eternity: The Triumph
6- Judas Priest- Painkiller
7- Cynic- Focus
8- Dissection- Storm of the Light's Bane
9- Slough Feg- Twilight of the Idols
10- Iced Earth- Night of the Stormrider

And there were dozens that came close. The 90's brought us some great music.

The only list in this thread I respect.

If I was forced to say one album, probably Rust I Peace by Megadeth.  The people who are saying Black album or (chuckle) Load really don't have a good handle on metal imo and should be ignored.

[lcg]

nirvana is not that great. they do not deserve the title best album of the 90s.

NOTE: Personal Opinion.


Metallicas Black Album and the Illusions records is in top.

I agree with this

[Mr. Dick Purple]

The only list in this thread I respect.

If I was forced to say one album, probably Rust I Peace by Megadeth.  The people who are saying Black album or (chuckle) Load really don't have a good handle on metal imo and should be ignored.

But I think is not only metal that should be listed, I think it has to be all genres imo.

[Grouse]

1. Queen - Innuendo
2. Queen - Made in Heaven

 

[Mikkamakka]

Guns N' Roses: UYI I
Slash's Snakepit: It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral
Dream Theater: Scenes From a Memory
Tori Amos: From The Choirgirl Hotel

[makane]

nirvana is not that great. they do not deserve the title best album of the 90s.

NOTE: Personal Opinion.


Metallicas Black Album and the Illusions records is in top.

I agree with this

I don't quite understand how you can say "nirvana doesn't deserve it", but then you list Metallicas "Black" as one of the best?
Opinions though, but what else can we argue about really?