Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 4: The 1990's

AAL2014 · 2018-01-09T15:32:04-05:00

We've reached my decade of birth, and another decade featuring amazing landmark albums, and years enriched with musical splendor. Which one is your favorite? Our last poll found probably the most intriguing battle yet. 1984 came from 3 or 4 votes behind to land sole possession of 1st place. The voting also resulted in a 3 way tie for second place between 1980, 1988, and 1989. Being that only three move on from each of these polls, in the case of a tie I've stated that the year with more overall points on the website will move on. So our top 3 from the 1980's poll are: 1984, 1980, and 1989. Now for the 90's (with BEA's current top 10 for each year) 1990 -Violater- Depeche Mode, Heaven or Las Vegas- Cocteau Twins, Nowhere- Ride, Bossanova- Pixies, Rust In Peace- Megadeth, Goo- Sonic Youth, Ritual De Lo Habitual- Jane's Addiction, Fear of a Black Planet- Public Enemy, The La's (s/t), Repeater-Fugazi 1991 -Nevermind- Nirvana, Loveless- My Bloody Valentine, Ten- Pearl Jam, Achtung Baby- U2, Blood Sugar Sex Magik- Red Hot Chili Peppers, Spiderland- Slint, Metallica (s/t), The Low End Theory- A Tribe Called Quest, Laughing Stock- Talk Talk, Screamadelica- Primal Scream 1992 -Automatic For The People- REM, Rage Against The Machine (s/t), Slanted and Enchanted- Pavement, Dirt- Alice In Chains, Selected Ambient Works 85-92- Aphex Twin, Angel Dust- Faith No More, The Chronic- Dr. Dre, Little Earthquakes- Tori Amos, Images & Words- Dream Theater, Dirty- Sonic Youth 1993 -In Utero- Nirvana, Siamese Dream- Smashing Pumpkins, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)- Wu-Tang Clan, Souvlaki- Slowdive, Vs.- Pearl Jam, August And Everything After- Counting Crows, Debut- Bjork, Midnight Marauders- A Tribe Called Quest, Modern Life Is Rubbish- Blur, Suede (s/t) 1994 - Grace- Jeff Buckley, Weezer (The Blue Album), Definitely Maybe- Oasis, Dummy- Portishead, Illmatic- Nas, MTV Unplugged- Nirvana, Dookie- Green Day, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain- Pavement, Parklife- Blur, The Downward Spiral- Nine Inch Nails 1995 - The Bends- Radiohead, (What's The Story) Morning Glory?- Oasis, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness- Smashing Pumpkins, Different Class- Pulp, Jagged Little Pill- Alanis Morisette, Post- Bjork, Liquid Swords- GZA, Elliot Smith (s/t), To Bring You My Love- P.J. Harvey, Wowee Zowee- Pavement 1996 - Pinkerton- Weezer, If You're Feeling Sinister- Belle and Sebastian, Endtroducing...- DJ Shadow, Odelay- Beck, Ænima- Tool, Sublime (s/t), Everything Must Go- Manic Street Preachers, Reasonable Doubt- Jay Z, Tigermilk- Belle and Sebastian, Soundtracks for the Blind- Swans 1997 - OK Computer- Radiohead, Homogenic- Bjork, Either/Or- Elliot Smith, The Lonesome Crowded West- Modest Mouse, Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space- Spiritualized, Urban Hymns- The Verve, The Colour and the Shape- Foo Fighters, F#A#∞- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Perfect From Now On- Built To Spill, The Boatman's Call- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1998 -In the Aeroplane Over The Sea- Neutral Milk Hotel, Mezzanine- Massive Attack, Moon Safari- Air, Music Has The Right To Children- Boards of Canada, Aquemini- OutKast, XO- Elliot Smith, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Ray of Light- Madonna, Electro-Shock Blues, Deserter's Songs- Mercury Rev 1999 -Ágætis Byrjun- Sigur Ros, The Soft Bulletin- Flaming Lips, Californication- Red Hot Chili Peppers, 13- Blur, 69 Love Songs- The Magnetic Fields, Emergency & I- The Dismemberment Plan, Play- Moby, Summerteeth- Wilco, The Battle of Los Angeles- Rage Against The Machine, Keep it Like a Secret- Built to Spill

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Poll: Which Year Was Best? The 1990's

1990:	0%	[0]
1991:	31%	[14]
1992:	4%	[2]
1993:	0%	[0]
1994:	29%	[13]
1995:	9%	[4]
1996:	2%	[1]
1997:	20%	[9]
1998:	0%	[0]
1999:	2%	[1]

Total Votes : 44

RoundTheBend I miss the comfort in being sad Profile
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rkm wrote:

Post your low-ranking favourites, one for each year 90-99

I'm doing low rated cause that was easier - (from worst to better... I get a feeling most of you will be like, yeah, that was terrible and I think otherwise, so I have that going for me, which is nice).

Michael Jackson's Dangerous
U2's Pop, Zoorpoa, and side project, Passengers Soundtrack
R.E.M.'s Up and Monster
RHCP's One Hot Minute
Lenny Kravitz's Are You Gonna Go My Way
311's self titled album
Big Audio Dynamite's The Globe
Gipsy Kings' Allegria

Fischman RockMonster, JazzMeister, Bluesboy,ClassicalMaster Profile
Land of Enchantment

It's generally pretty easy for me to do low ranking favorites, especially after the '70s, as my faves are rarely among the most popular.

Here's 5/year where I, and I alone, think they're spectacular:

1990:
Natives - R. Carlos Nakai and Peter Kater
Ah, Via Musicom! - Eric Johnson
Absolutely - Rik Emmett
Act III - Death Angel
The Parting Tide - Nightnoise

1991:
Parallels - Fates Warning
Roll the Bones - Rush
Damn Right I Got the Blues - Buddy GUy
Turbulence - Steve Howe
Southern Steel - The Steve Morse Band

1992:
Ipso Facto - Rik Emmett
Racine - Sass Jordan
Buckskin Poet Society - Jack Gladstone
Coast to Coast - The Steve Morse Band
Texas Swings - Herb Ellis

1993:
Something Special - Jim Hall
I Can See Your House from Here - John Scofield/Pat MEtheny
First Impressions - Jim Matheos
Wes Bound - Emily Remler
Acoustic Highway - Craig Chaquico

1994:
Diablo Canyon - Outlaws
The Benoit Freeman Project - David Benoit/Russ Freeman
Rats - Sass Jordan
The Mask and the Mirror - Loreena McKennitt
Hard Hat Area - Allan Holdsworth

1995:
Tales From the Acoustic Planet - Bela Fleck
A Different Shore - Nightnoise
After the Reign - Blackfoot
Drift - Flotsam and Jetsam
Feather, Stone, and Light - R. Carlos Nakai/William Eaton/Will Clipman

1996:
Stressfest - The Steve Morse Band
Fields Unsown - Senses
Test for Echo - Rush
Victor - Alex Lifeson
Insights - Lemur Voice

1997:
Tiger Walk - Robben Ford
The Book of Secrets - Loreena McKennitt
If Ever I Return - Connie Dover
Pleasant Shade of Gray - Fates Warning
Falling into Infinity - Dream Theater

1998:
Like Minds - Gary Burton
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment
The Infinite Desire - Al DiMeola
Out on the Chesapeake - Robbin Thompson
Things We Do - Indigenous

1999:
Out of the Blue - Jeff Golub
First Light - Farpoint
J Tull.com - Jethro tull
The Great Divide - Ice Age
Vertu - Vertu

rkm Profile

Fischman, I love this one also. It's a great pairing. Metheny gets tougher in Scofield's presence, and Scofield gets more lyrical in Metheny's presence (particularly on acoustic guitar)

I Can See Your House From Here by John Scofield & Pat Metheny

Fischman RockMonster, JazzMeister, Bluesboy,ClassicalMaster Profile
Land of Enchantment

rkm wrote:

Fischman, I love this one also. It's a great pairing. Metheny gets tougher in Scofield's presence, and Scofield gets more lyrical in Metheny's presence (particularly on acoustic guitar)

I Can See Your House From Here by John Scofield & Pat Metheny

Yes,
I was dubious at first, but they definitely came together nicely. A testament to the flexibility of both musicians.

PurpleHazel Profile

I like it a lot also. Top 5 Scofield album for me.

Fischman wrote:

where I, and I alone, think they're spectacular:

Damn Right I Got the Blues - Buddy Guy
I Can See Your House from Here - John Scofield/Pat Metheny

Like the Buddy Guy quite a bit too, my favorite of his 90s albums.

Tha1ChiefRocka Scank Stinatra Profile
Ohio

Low- ranking favorites eh? Alright then.

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98- Couldn't find any full album uploads of this one. A really brilliant album though.

New Rock by Buffalo Daughter

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cestuneblague Otana, but No Hito Profile
Straight Outta Ballard

1995: Skee-Lo- I Wish
1992: PJ Harvey- Dry
1994: Manic Street Preachers- The Holy Bible
1998: Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
1993: Mazzy Star- So Tonight that I Might See
1991: Q Lazzarus- Goodbye Horses
1997: Spiritualized- Ladies and Gentlemen we are Floating into Space
1990: Public Enemy- Fear of a Black Planet
1996: June of 44- Tropics and Meridians
1999: Bonnie Prince Billy- I See a Darkness

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