Top 82 Music Albums of the 1990s by 
DriftingOrpheus 
- Chart updated: 04/04/2024 18:45
- (Created: 04/03/2020 23:46).
- Chart size: 82 albums.
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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is often a simple album, filled with simple chord progressions and hooks. It's fuzzed out production creates the illusion that it was recorded in a damp basement, waterlogged after a thunderstorm and packed to the brim with insulation subbing for soundproofing. These are all misconceptions, most of all the simplicity. Jeff Mangum subverts the idea of simplicity with his rollicking, depressing, life-affirming piece of indie rock. His lyricism cuts through the haze of intentionally wooly production illustrating an observation of both the beauty of ordinary life and the daunting nature of philosophical thought.
The album's crown jewel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, layers striking metaphorical proclamations in rapid succession, partnering that with dizzying singing saw, creating an indie masterpiece confined within an alien biodome. Communist Daughter eases down the tempo but not the whimsy, as it oozes beauty almost in a whisper as it flutters into Oh Comely. The album closes with the hauntingly reflective Two Headed Boy, Pt. 2 as it whirrs into Mangum’s words. He declares, "God is a place where some holy spectacle lies", endlessly waiting for divine intervention, even if he questions its existence in a world that can be so cold.
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, is partly a horror story of the Nazi Regime, a love letter to the courage of Anne Frank, but mostly its an examination of life's smallest moments and whether it's worth going forward or not. Whatever it is to you, however, is likely the most fitting description. Mangum’s poetry on the LP is indicative of a higher consciousness and it's partnered with a cornucopia of musical ingenuity to form one of the finest, most earnest albums ever pressed.
"Now how I remember you,
How I would push my fingers through,
Your mouth to make those muscles move,
That made your voice so smooth and sweet."
-In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Standout Tracks:
1. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
2. Two Headed Boy, Pt. 2
3. Oh Comely
100.8 [First added to this chart: 04/25/2020]
The album's crown jewel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, layers striking metaphorical proclamations in rapid succession, partnering that with dizzying singing saw, creating an indie masterpiece confined within an alien biodome. Communist Daughter eases down the tempo but not the whimsy, as it oozes beauty almost in a whisper as it flutters into Oh Comely. The album closes with the hauntingly reflective Two Headed Boy, Pt. 2 as it whirrs into Mangum’s words. He declares, "God is a place where some holy spectacle lies", endlessly waiting for divine intervention, even if he questions its existence in a world that can be so cold.
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, is partly a horror story of the Nazi Regime, a love letter to the courage of Anne Frank, but mostly its an examination of life's smallest moments and whether it's worth going forward or not. Whatever it is to you, however, is likely the most fitting description. Mangum’s poetry on the LP is indicative of a higher consciousness and it's partnered with a cornucopia of musical ingenuity to form one of the finest, most earnest albums ever pressed.
"Now how I remember you,
How I would push my fingers through,
Your mouth to make those muscles move,
That made your voice so smooth and sweet."
-In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Standout Tracks:
1. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
2. Two Headed Boy, Pt. 2
3. Oh Comely
100.8 [First added to this chart: 04/25/2020]
Year of Release:
1998
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39,475
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91.7
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90.9
[First added to this chart: 03/28/2024]
Year of Release:
1998
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740
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90.4
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87.2
[First added to this chart: 06/10/2020]
Year of Release:
1998
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5,606
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87
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86.7
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82.3
[First added to this chart: 10/19/2021]
Year of Release:
1998
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10,242
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57
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Top 82 Music Albums of the 1990s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1991 | 6 | 7% | |
| 1992 | 5 | 6% | |
| 1993 | 6 | 7% | |
| 1994 | 12 | 15% | |
| 1995 | 9 | 11% | |
| 1996 | 12 | 15% | |
| 1997 | 13 | 16% | |
| 1998 | 9 | 11% | |
| 1999 | 10 | 12% |
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| フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans] | 10 | 12% | |
| Swans | 5 | 6% | |
| Aphex Twin | 4 | 5% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 4% | |
| Autechre | 3 | 4% | |
| Björk | 3 | 4% | |
| Tom Waits | 3 | 4% | |
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33 | 40% | |
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20 | 24% | |
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11 | 13% | |
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6 | 7% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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 90/100  | 07/20/2021 15:03 |  Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
| 100/100 | 04/28/2021 19:07 |  Rhyner | | 99/100 |
| 95/100 | 11/10/2020 04:28 | leniad | | 85/100 |
| 100/100 | 11/08/2020 23:17 | DJENNY | | 100/100 |
| 90/100 | 04/28/2020 06:45 |  desh79 | | 93/100 |
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From leniad 11/10/2020 04:28
rexcellent selectios
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