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The Use Your Illusions never really crossed my mind despite the fact Appetite for Destruction would easily be on the Mount Rushmore of 80s albums. If I could package them together I could think about it...but as they were doing that, the scene had changed so much as to not make them nearly as relevant as they could have been a couple of years prior.
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The Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin Air - Moon Safari Mr Bungle - California
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Live - Throwing Copper
Lots of good shit there.
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One of the ones I considered in my run down to four. Very good album.
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I've never been a huge fan of Live, but I listened to Secret Samadhi last week for the first time in like 10 years and man, it's pretty good. I don't remember being all that fond of it back then.
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U2 - Achtung, Baby - They completely changed their sound, and it resulted in their pinnacle album.
Def Leppard - Slang - DL's Achtung, Baby - They completely changed their sound, but most people weren't going to give DL the time of day in the nineties, and it was a complete flop commercially. I put it on par with Hysteria and Pyromania. Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith - After several meh albums following Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi put out their single best album. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - This one came out of nowhere. Great album. The nineties in general weren't good for me musically. They were a rebellion against the music I loved. Screw the nineties. Last edited by Kodos : 09-03-2009 at 08:02 PM. |
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It's tough not to include Jagged Little Pill I guess, considering how much of a smash it was. I've heard it that many times over the years, but I still like most of the songs OK.
I actually think the follow up album - though can't remember the title anymore - was pretty good as well, but at the same time far darker and less commercial than JLP, so I'm not surprised it didn't fare nearly as well.
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Nirvana -- Nevermind
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Nevermind - Nirvana
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - RHCP The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America Licensed to Ill -Beastie Boys Rage should probably be on there ahead of PUSA, but giving love to the 2 string bass.
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik was pretty damn good
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Licensed to Ill came out in '86, so room now for RATM.
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mmmm - August and Everything After!!!
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I guess I should be looking these up... I can think of a ton of stuff I liked better than some of these, but are they in no way Rushmore worthy, as they aren't in any way revolutionary. So RATM it is
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pretty crazy that Rolling Stone only had 3 5 star rated albums for this decade.
I'll take REM-Automatic for the People Pavement-Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain(honestly I know S&E was rated better,but I prefer this one) Alanis-Jagged Little Pill Hootie-Cracked Rear View Last edited by stevew : 09-04-2009 at 04:28 PM. |
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2 that were only mentioned by one person each
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom 2pac - All Eyez on Me (double album) 1 for changing the commercial landscape Spice Girls - Spice Everyone wants to throw Alanis Morrisette on, but to paraphrase the (Chris Rock?) joke, the Spice Girls CD sold 23 million records, and I've never met a single person who bought one. Brought back bubblegum pop music (then BSB took over the next year.) 1 for being the best album ever Nas - Illmatic Not very commercially successful compared to other picks, but still the best rap album of all time start to finish. No filler, no skits, just a quick intro and 9 of the best songs ever laid down. If I was forced to listen to one CD on repeat for the rest of my life, I could live happily with this. Last edited by BishopMVP : 09-04-2009 at 05:12 PM. |
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Okay, I spent way too much time on this. And then came up with a very standard list.
Ok Computer Superunknown 10 Blood Sugar Sex Magic I listened to them then. I listen to them now. The problem with Rage is the same problem I have with the Beatles: they just don't have that one album that really stands out as flawless. Same with the Pixies. Okay, that's enough, especially since no one's even reading this thread anymore.
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My '90s indie Rushmore:
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Nirvana - Nevermind
Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album) Oasis - Definitely Maybe Beck - Odelay
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I'm actually surprised I'm only the second person to mention "Odelay"
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Based purely on my own current, personal preferences:
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Among everyone else's lists, this one is one I would lean the closest to. Jagged Little Pill was damn good too. Kudos to the brave soul who brought up the Spice Girls. Pop had its place in the 90s, including TLC's Crazy Sexy Cool, Britney, Spicers, and Hanson. My own list would be: 1. U2 Achtung Baby 2. Soul Asylum Grave Dancers Union 3. REM Automatic for the People 4. Matchbox 20 Yourself or Someone Like You
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I know this comes as no surprise, but good call on "American Water". "Ride the Fader" is a good one too.
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Can;t believe someone hasn;t mentioned Garth Brooks yet.
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He's actually been mentioned several times, I believe. No Fences was put up there at least twice. I think another one by him is on someone's list, too.
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Abe's (for the music I listen to, these are iconic):
Depeche Mode - Violator Includes, what I think many consider the greatest song in electronic music history, imo, Enjoy the Silence, and two amazing classics in Personal Jesus and Policy of Truth. Moby - Play Spiritual, haunting, delicious, fast, slow, melodic, harmonic, Moby's Play moves through the various human emotions until you feel something you've never felt before. Just a classic, amazing album. The first album, ever, with every track licensed for commercial use, and featured a remarkable NINE singles. Pet Shop Boys - Very Very few American audiences know how PSB continued to evolve and develop their sound after the 80s. Never released a bad album to this day. This is their best. They have found their voice, their music, and their muse. The Wedding Album - Duran Duran With amazing songs like Ordinary Day, Come Undone, Shelter, Sin of the City, and Too Much Information, this was a great album with some enduring hits that everybody likes (Ordinary Day). In the gift shop, close, but no cigar. Electronic - Electronic What do you get when you combine guitarist Johnny Marr of The Smiths, signer and singwriter Bernard Sumner of New Order, singer and songwriter Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys, and Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk. I help you out - you get awesome. New Order - Republic A great album, several hits, after the hit happy 80s, smoother and more consistent. This was in my top 4 until I looked up Play. Enigma - MCMXC a.D. When I first heard this, my understanding of what you could do musically changed forever. A great, great album, genre defining, genre changing, and amazing. EDIT - Whoops, just realized (Moby - Play) was released in 1999 and I changed my list.
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Agreed. Strangely enough, I only didn't nominate Garth Brooks not because I didn't think he was iconic or worthy of it, but because I couldn't really decide which album I liked the most. I got into his music through the first Greatest Hits, which was amazing, but I don't think GH albums are worth being placed in lists like these. Plus, probably my two favorite songs by GB are If Tomorrow Never Comes and The Dance, and they were on his first album--released in 1989 (of course).
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I had to come up with a second five. This really was my decade for music (as I assume it is for a few others on this board) Creed -- My Own Prison (you couldnt go anywhere without hearing a Creed song for a while there) Seven Mary Three -- American Standard (Cumbersome, Waters Edge, and My My are still on my Ipod) Genesis -- We Can't Dance Foo Fighters -- The Colour and the Shape |
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I certainly can't mock you for Tragic Kingdom, since it's on my Mt Rushmore as well. I think front to back it's an excellent album, with some of the best band pop songs of the decade, and No Doubt was at the forefront of the new punk ska scene that was going around about that time.
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1. Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire - Classic all the way through, their best, IMO.
2. Nas - Illmatic - Legendary Album by one of the best theres been. Pure hip hop. 3. Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill - Best album by a hard metal band I heard in the 90s. 4. White Zombie - Astro Creep 2000 - Still nothing like it out there aside from other stuff by them and Rob. I can think of another 5 or 10 I would like to include, but can't.
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Astro Creep 2000 was very good. I enjoyed Vulger Display of Power more than The Great Southern Trendkill, but I cannot knock you for the choice.
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This has become favorite albums instead of mount rushmore of albums. There's no way a Pantera album, as much as I might like them, is on Mount Rushmore.
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1. Noir Désir -Tostaky : deezer linky
Best rock album of the 90s, really. 2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik Only second to Noir Désir, but really cool rock. 3. Nirvana - Nevermind No need to explain why, really. 4. Lenny Kravitz - Mamma said album looks so-so compared to other on that list, Ben Harper (The will to live) was also considered there. Last edited by Alf : 09-05-2009 at 06:45 AM. |
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I was just going by the way the question was worded. What is MY mount rushmore? That one. I would definitely pick a different 4 which would be WAY more diverse if I were picking those I perceived to be the 4 greatest without factoring in my own personal opinion.
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Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
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Aight, time for me to throw up a list on here.
I just woke up, so it'll be a few minutes.
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The '90s might well be the greatest decade in the history of music. In terms of quality and variety of musical streams, it's possible that it may never be surpassed. As a result of this, the Mt. Rushmore of this 10 years needs to take into consideration those albums which were truly epic and, in some cases, whose ramifications might even echo down into the present day.
Nirvana - Nevermind It's been mentioned by several others and yes, it belongs here. I say this as someone who despises Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, the group's music and the hordes and hordes of Cobain shirts following his suicide, most worn by girls. This album singlehandedly launched the Seattle grunge movement and alternative as a whole into the mainstream and in a major way. So major that alternative music was one of the dominant music types of the decade. I can't attest to Nirvana's influences in terms of music, because I don't listen to this type of stuff but I believe it's there. Boyz II Men - Cooleyhigharmony In many ways, the 1990s was the last decade where true, pure R&B singing was in the mainstream, before it was replaced by a complete fusion with rap. Foreshadows of this union came with the New Jack Swing sound, which, ironically enough, also created some of the best R&B ever. Like Nirvana's Nevermind did for grunge and alternative, this album skyrocketed new jack swing-flavored R&B to the top of the national conscience and paved the way for groups like Shai, Jodeci, TLC (though they were slightly different in their sound) and so on to break out. As a bonus, the second run of Cooleyhigharmony included the record-breaking chart-topper, "End of the Road". Real McCoy - Another Night Eurodance was another smash hit genre of the '90s. I really struggled with this one in terms of finding an album that really launched the Eurodance craze. You could suggest Ace of Base - The Sign and have an argument, but to me, Ace of Base isn't that much of a pure eurodance group. So instead, I'm going to take Real McCoy's top-selling album as a representative of the genre. Terrific beats, gorgeous female vocals and fun lyrics were all hallmarks of the eurodance scene, in its own way as mainstream (though on a lesser scale) than the two previously mentioned genres. Spice Girls - Spice It's been mentioned by someone else and I agree it belongs. Yes, Hanson, preceded them, but there was no lasting impact from the three brothers, who were essentially a flash in the pan. The Spice Girls, on the other hand, were an international sensation, one that re-ignited the power of bubblegum pop sound and created an opportunity, as somebody earlier mntioned, under which boy band groups like Backstreet Boys and N-Sync could flourish and be dominant in the '00s. We'd also be remiss, I think, if we ignored the Girl Power message that the Spice Girls helped popularize. It gave girls and women a creed to stand on and perhaps in some small way helped bolster their self-esteem (okay that may be a bit of a stretch). Truly a worthy conclusion to these four epic albums.
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I also would respect someone giving love to Brian Setzer Orchestra which helped to put swing back on the map.
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Agree I tried to go with 4 albums that would universally recognized as oustanding. My personal Rushmore would have included items from the 90s I am still listening to much more often than those I listed, but I can understand they are not Rushmore-worthy.
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