The TEN Best Albums of the 1990s

What are the Ten Best albums of the 1990s. This list is my personal top ten of the decade, if it is not to your liking, then... Nevermind.
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[@jamesheath7601]

Elliott Smith - Either/Or ❤

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

This is a great list. Here's my top 10: 10. Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction 9. August and Everything After - Counting Crowes 8. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine 7. Dirt - Alice in Chains 6. Grace - Jeff Buckley 5. Mellon Collie and the Infinate Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins 4. Superunknown - Soundgarden 3. The Bends - Radiohead 2. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails 1. Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog

[@KowankoMusic]

The finest wordsmith in KZbin's vast sea of music talkers.

[@krissymarklewis1793]

I love the way he is so eloquent and then throws the odd sweary word in lol.

[@olavirannisto3552]

Portishead: Dummy

[@leongiles3496]

Agree completely, and maybe at least an honourable mention for Mezzanine, Massive Attack (1998 I think?)

[@Mattomega]

A fine list! Can’t argue with any of them. A personal thank you for including Achtung Baby 😆

[@nomenetasaili8598]

Glad someone mentioned U2's AB. Nowdays its cool to hate on them but people forget that at the end of the day they will be remembered as one of the greatest bands ever and AB was them at their peak. Not a single weak song in that album and most of them sound different from one another yet still come together to make one of the best albums ever imo

[@Rickets1968]

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral. Never thought it would be anywhere near this list but it'd always be at the top of mine.

[@rickyaz8640]

Puts you in a mood, that’s for sure

[@happy_fecker]

Definitely in my Top Twenty!! Broken sits a bit higher but mainly for nostalgia.

[@AreJayCee]

The Wall for Generation X

[@IzunaSlap]

This and Alice In Chains' Dirt are like sonic dimensions of Hell in the best possible way

[@countdebleauchamp]

Concur

[@MattTerrell]

That's a bloody good list of albums.

[@ShoEnTeL1]

In No particular order: 1- Stone Temple Pilots-Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop 2- Pearl Jam- Vs. 3- Depeche Mode- Violator 4. The Black Crowes- Amorica 5. Alice In Chains-Dirt 6. Tori Amos- Boys For Pele 7. Rage Against The Machine- Evil Empire 8. Kate Bush-The Red Shoes 9. The Breeders- Last splash 10. Hole- Celebrity Skin

[@imemine6494]

.. Red shoes by kate bush, is her worst album ever????

[@ShoEnTeL1]

@@imemine6494 No. Her worst is 50 words for snow.

[@imemine6494]

@@ShoEnTeL1.. not much in it

[@sebastienlavoie9334]

We have some albums in common. Here's my top 10 10- Tori Amos - little Earthquakes 9- Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss 8- Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power 7- Pearl Jam - Ten 6- U2 - Achtung Baby 5- Soundgarden - Superunknown 4- Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar 3- Faith No More - Angel Dust 2- Nirvana - Nevermind 1- Alice In Chains - Dirt

[@IzunaSlap]

Shades of death are all I see! Skeletons of society! Best Slayer album

[@ecurewitz]

Pantera definitely deserves to be on this list

[@jesuschambers]

My pick for the best album of this decade goes to DIRT by Alice In Chains. In fact, it's one of my favourite albums of all time.

[@laurencegoodwin4047]

I bought this purely on the strength of a review, it was unlike anything I’d previously bought and at the time unremittingly heavy, it’s a masterpiece

[@rememberbeginning]

Great album! Another favorite here

[@Prognosis__]

I just bought the yellow vinyl album..I loved AIC since high school back in the 90’s

[@nonnayoubuzinnes1669]

Agreed👍

[@monkeyhouse1672]

That record is better than ALL the garbage this man picks! It has soul, depth, edgy and muscular production values and shits all over the 10 records he choose.

[@ernger531]

Talk Talk The Laughing Stock, A Real Genius Master Piece Beyond The Usual Pop And Rockmusic Of The 90s

[@jtt8886]

Great minds. I had this on my list too! 😊

[@JammyGit]

My 10 would probably be (in no particular order)..... 1 - The Wonderstuff - Never Loved Elvis 2 - Levellers - Levelling The Land 3 - Stereophonics - Performance and Cocktails 4 - Pink Floyd - Division Bell 5 - Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory 6 - The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld 7 - Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour 8 - Happy Mondays - Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches 9 - Oasis - Definitely Maybe 10 - Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

[@winterbird4447]

I have no words.

[@swamisalami3000]

No depeche Mode's Songs of Faith and Devotion? Bloody hell that's a 90's masterpiece

[@eliastheod]

Exactly

[@fredericpetit6394]

Oh yes, like Violator And Ultra. Perfect albums

[@vruz]

The selection as presented tilts too much stateside for my taste.

[@graphix6529]

All their 90s albums are contenders

[@peaceofiona9198]

Better than Violator IMO

[@AdrianGarciaLic]

Great video. You’re so articulate you made me want to listen to Ten again. Thanx!

[@bonesjackson81]

For me, in no order..except for #1 #1 Faith No More- Angel Dust Queensryche- Empire John Mellencamp- Whenever We Wanted STP- Purple Prodigy- Fat Of The Land Deftones- Around The Fur Tool- Aenima Collective Soul- s/t Metallica- Black album Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger

[@independenceltd.]

I'm afraid "The Real Thing" came out in June of '89.

[@bonesjackson81]

@@independenceltd. I'm a dummy. Wrote the wrong thing all together. Meant Angel Dust

[@kaned3570]

yeah ive got angel dust in and depeche mode violator is another of my faves

[@independenceltd.]

@@bonesjackson81lol. both killer albums!

[@bonesjackson81]

@independenceltd. I can't believe I did that. If you didn't say anything the trolls woulda devoured!

[@rememberbeginning]

1 - Amorphis - tales from the thousand lakes 2- Blind Guardian -nightfall in middle earth 3- Carcass - heartwork 4- Megadeth - Rust in Peace 5- Immortal - at the heart of winter 6- Bolt Thrower - 4th Crusade 7- Fear Factory - demanufacture 8- Pantera - cowboys from hell 9- Brutality - screams of anguish 10- Faith no more - angeldust 😉 👍

[@H-mu4bo]

Love/Hate "Blackout on the Red Room"

[@rememberbeginning]

@@H-mu4bo I remember when that came out. Early nineties I was staying up late trying to find something to watch on T.V. They came out and sang that song… not sure what show it was. Maybe Arsenio. Cheers, ☕️

[@danbal4185]

Man, two top 10 lists? That's cheating😊. Another great list! I will just swap "At the Heart of Winter" with "Pure Holocaust". And beside the majestic "Nightfall..." i will also put a Helloween album on it, "The Time of the Oath" or "Better than Raw", two masterpieces.

[@rlw9476]

Good list. Mine in no particular order: 1. Screaming Trees-Dust 2. The Jayhawks-Tomorrow the Green Grass (or Sound of Lies) 3. Golden Smog-Weird Tales. 4. Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger 5. Temple of the Dog 6. Billy Bragg and Wilco-Mermaid Avenue 7. Wilco-Summerteeth 8. Chris Cornell-Euphoria Morning 9. Jeff Buckley-Grace 10. Pearl Jam-No Code (or Vitalogy)

[@rlw9476]

Also wanted to throw something in by Morphine, but couldn't decide.

[@dont_follow5777]

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

[@happy_fecker]

I could not agree more. This is tied with Nine Inch Nails Broken in my top twenty 90's albums!

[@karlb10024]

yup

[@troubledjoe6201]

Good call but Under the Pink beats it for me

[@karlb10024]

@@troubledjoe6201 both great, and really liked amber waves

[@crispybug]

Paul Weller - Wild Wood The best comeback album of the 90's

[@angelocaputo4660]

Avrei anch io inserito un album di poul Weller.....anche kiko sei los lobos

[@TheGenreman]

Bob Dylan time out of mind

[@KapitanAndy]

Johnny Cash - American Recordings

[@robbo1415]

Very good. Weller never on better form.

[@philbraithwaite1316]

For someone who hated the 1980s (born in 1960) the 90s were a decade that ignited my love of music again. Interesting choices and watchable content as usual

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Lots of us felt like that. Surprises me so many talk about the 80s so fondly.

[@markpower5756]

I ussd to think that, but I now feel the 80s, especially early 80s, was music's peak period. Especially if you cheat slightly and start the decade in 1979.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

​@@Bluepillphil-d1wThat's interesting. I'm an early 60s baby and I honestly can't think of anyone I know around my age that prefers 90s music. My best friend likes some grunge, but prefers 60s-80s music. 🤔

[@daanthing6002]

NIN - The Downward Spiral Megadeth - Rust in peace Type O - Bloody Kisses Suede - Dog Man Star Pantera - Vulgar Display Faith No More - Angel Dust Kuyss - Sky Valley comes to mind..

[@drearyaugust1853]

Suede & Type O 💚 Bloody Kisses is pretty much perfect from start to finish! Especially including "Suspended in Dusk" on the re-release - pure shivers...

[@IzunaSlap]

Dimebag and Vinnie wrecked everyone else in the 90s

[@eccehomer8182]

Rust in Peace is the greatest metal album of all time, easily top 3 of the nineties (any genre) and top 20 of all time.

[@joelwright4317]

You’re absolutely right. The 1990s was the last decade of great rock.

[@vordman]

...or even great music, period.

[@philbraithwaite1316]

@@joelwright4317 personally I think it carried over well into the 2000s and started thinning out after 2010. There’s still good music out there but you have to dig deep

[@georgesonm1774]

It has to do with the change of focus within the mainstream. (And the flow of cash). Obviously there's tremendous amounts of amazing music produced everywhere in the world - only it's often on a budget and has little chance of reaching wide audiences - unless you know what you're looking for... The early 90s were a period when the conventions of what is ok for the mainstream to present have been temporarily toppled with the success of Nirvana and alike artists (as well as new underground genres)- similarly to what happened at the end of the 60s and during the punk/new wave period. In the late 00s/10s the mainstream labels were already on top of the new "indie" fad, but bought it wholesale and sold it in such a dumbed-down, commercialized format... Then came streaming, and the promoted playlists, the downfall of the radio/music tv/independent music journalism (even Pitchfork seems to be doing sponsored reviews for the likes of Taylor Swift, etc). Much more power for the corporate nowadays over the bottom-up movement of music production promoting real artistry. Trends dictated by the major labels, with schlock disguised as 'deep' or 'independent'/'artsy' - that's the trick they use. But yeah, regardless. Each of the decades had amazing, amazing music in all kinds of genres

[@Matias-music-71]

great topic , these are the ones I still reach for and enjoy , Radiohead Ok Computer , U2 Achtung baby , Depeche mode Violator , Portishead Dummy , ( love this album btw ) , Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream , NIN The Downward Spiral , Beck Odelay , Janes Addiction Ritual delo Habitual , Johnny Cash American Recordings , Tom Petty Wildflowers ,

[@petercena9497]

Great selection. Three of your top 10 albums would definitely rank high on my list: The Bends Automatic for the People Achtung Baby My other two: Dust - The Screaming Trees Life - The Inspiral Carpets

[@matthews7805]

The Trees had 2 of the best albums of that decade.

[@jayrdee8542]

1 Oasis - What's the Story (1995) 2 Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994) 3 Vangelis - Blade Runner (First Released 1994) 4 Marillion - Brave (1994) 5 Air - Moon Safari (1998) 6 Blur - Parklife (1994) 7 REM - Automatic For The People (1992) 8 REM - Monster (1994) 9 Metallica - Black Album (1991) 10 Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)

[@blombidobadila8084]

Odd list. Air produced music of value at times. As did Vangelis, but rarely. Oasis? Thug Pop?

[@MrZodiac666]

Oasis 1 & 2 hahaha haha 😂

[@dannyblanchflower1882]

Good list. I'd add The Verve's Urban Hyms.

[@jayrdee8542]

@@blombidobadila8084 Oasis is classic rock to me.

[@paulsaez2069]

​@@blombidobadila8084your comment reaks of middle class snobbery, oasis first two albums are decent.

[@Richarddraper]

Ten other great albums from the 90s in no particular order: Alice in Chains - Dirt Faith No More - Angel Dust Portishead - Dummy Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger Beck - Odelay Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne Garbage - Garbage Fear Factory - Demanufacture Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been Screaming Trees - Dust

[@drearyaugust1853]

"Where you been" is the only album i have from Dinosaur Jr but that one's amazing, i gotta check them out more!

[@nobbynoris]

Nice to see some Screaming Trees on one of these lists. A severely underrated band and Mark Lanegan is a severely underrated singer.

[@geographyinaction7814]

Odeley is fantastic!

[@frankpentangeli7945]

Dust by Screaming Trees is an absolute masterpiece. It's definitely on my list of greatest albums of the 90s.

[@mrblitzer8705]

Sick.

[@Yarin4ever]

Nice list. Superunknown is my favourite, a perfect album.

[@winterbird4447]

My top pick also!

[@chrismorley5862]

The albums are mostly to my liking, but Suede - Dog Man Star has the beating of most of them in my humble opnion!

[@drearyaugust1853]

Love them, and i was just about to choose an album from theirs to spin - the only thing that throws me off about DMS a bit is the muddy production especially drum-wise... but that's just minor personal nitpicking.

[@chrismorley5862]

@@drearyaugust1853 That muddyness is an issue, I got to like the album playing it on a car stereo so did not notice, but with headphones on it is there. But the tracks are so good, particularly Asphalt World.... But a number of their albums are consistently excellent, so it is difficult to chose which is really the best.

[@drearyaugust1853]

@@chrismorley5862 Yeah, that makes sense! Totally agree. Naming a favourite album is impossible for me, least favourite is Head Music for sure. I gave it another try today and while it has a few decent songs that could have appeared on other albums, the groovier and more electronica-infused parts i find very unappealing. Lyrics very much included (the title track's especially, jesus... 🙉)

[@Stuck_in_the_70s]

Brilliant album I saw them live around that time, and still listen to it often - and the debut what a great band.

[@fredericlatreille]

my personnal best 10 (no order): 1- Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins 2- Portishead - Portishead 3- Ok Computer - Radiohead 4- Superunknown - Soundgarden 5- ... and out come the wolves - Rancid 6- Dehors Novembre - Les Colocs 7- Sublime - Sublime 8- Rust in Peace - Megadeth 9- Achtung Baby - U2 10- Blood Sugar Sex Magic - Red Hot Chili Peppers

[@Kram-eu1nm]

I'd like to add Odelay by Beck

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Mellow Gold was far superior.

[@rememberbeginning]

1- Death - symbolic 2- Enslaved - Eld 3- Anathema - the silent enigma 4-Cannibal Corpse - the bleeding 5- Crisis - deathshed extermination 6- Paradise lost - draconian times 7- Emperor - anthems to the welkin at dusk 8- Alice In Chains - dirt 9- Einherjer- Oden owns ye all 10- Acid Bath - when the kite string pops 😉 👍

[@blackenedmagic888]

I love the contrast between Dirt and the other bands on your list!

[@andywitch666]

I would swap AIC for Dark Throne 'A Blaze in the Northern Sky'...

[@danbal4185]

Ok but with all the masterpieces of the '90s, i think that you need a dedicated top 10 just for death and black metal!

[@danbal4185]

Morbid Angel, Carcass, Satyricon, Darkthrone, Mayhem, Ulver, Gorgoroth and many more...too many great albums to rank for my taste! 😅

[@rememberbeginning]

@@danbal4185oh man! So many masterpieces from that decade!

[@donovanpain83]

Suede...Dog Man Star...classic...a risk for a bands second album, but what a brave masterpiece...

[@c3920]

Achtung Baby still holds up. The guitar hook on Mysterious Ways was one of the first ear worms I remember as a kid.

[@satorified1612]

And it predated Radiohead's Kid A electronica-meets-rock vibe by 9 years.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Yes but Bono is such a complete tosser it prohibits them from consideration

[@c3920]

@@Bluepillphil-d1w I agree, but I try to just listen to the music and lyrics. Frontmen are always problematic, that’s part of their charm right?

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

@@c3920 true. You have to look through it with many things.

[@satorified1612]

@@Bluepillphil-d1w If you start judging bands by members being tossers, you'll run out of music listen to.

[@jasongranger4121]

What’s the Story (Morning Glory)-Oasis Nevermind-Nirvana Ten-Pearl Jam Flaming Pie-Paul McCartney Achtung Baby-U2 Into the Great Wide Open-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers From the Cradle-Eric Clapton The Colour and the Shape-Foo Fighters Definitely Maybe-Oasis Dookie-Green Day In no order.

[@frankpentangeli7945]

Good list Barry! Here are some of my favourites from the 1990s. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but all these are essential to me: Depeche Mode: Violator Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville Beck: Mutations Radiohead: The Bends Screaming Trees: Dust U2: Achtung Baby Nirvana: Nevermind Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication XTC: Nonsuch Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine Dwight Yoakam: This Time Joan Osborne: Relish Better Than Ezra: Deluxe Meat Puppets: Too High to Die Kate Bush: The Red Shoes Soundgarden: Superunknown Sam Phillips: Martinis & Bikinis Alice in Chains: Jar of Flies Collective Soul: Collective Soul Dead Can Dance: Aion Alanis Morissette: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie Chris Isaak: Baja Sessions Linda Ronstadt: Mas Canciones Counting Crows: Recovering the Satellites Damn the Diva: Flow and Steer Monster Magnet: Powertrip Placebo: Without You I'm Nothing Stone Temple Pilots: No. 4 Macy Gray: On How Life Is Dr. Dre: The Chronic Gomez: Liquid Skin Sarah McLachlan: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Cheers!

[@ldogin]

Baja sessions is truly great!

[@EndoftheTownProductions]

Here's another ten: 1. Morrissey - Your Arsenal, 2. Morrissey - Vauxhaul and I, 3. The Cure - Wish, 4. Tom Petty -- Wildflowers, 5. Jane's Addiction -- Ritual, 6. Depeche Mode -- Violator, 7. Alice in Chains - Dirt, 8. Nirvana - In Utero, 9 Widespread Panic - Everyday, and 10. Stone Temple Pilots - Core and 11. Oasis -- What's the Story?

[@lemonlime8949]

Dirt should’ve been in the top 10

[@willyupshaw]

That's a good one too.

[@chuckstemm443]

Love the first 2 😅

[@MaxPowers1245]

Is it?

[@danbennetts1678]

Morissey?, The Cure?, Depeche Mode?!? 🤢🤮🤢

[@MrBiggordy]

The 90's kinda passed me by, musically, so I didn't discover grunge, or any other sub-genres, until about 1998, so, for what it's worth, here's my 10 best of the 1990's: 1/. Metallica - Black 2/. Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe 3/. Rammstein - Sehnsucht 4/. Little Angels - Jam 5/. Pearl Jam - 10 6/. Nirvana - Nevermind 7/. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas 8/. Fear Factory - Demanufacture 9/. Oasis - Be Here Now 10/. Metallica - Load

[@TrapperJohn72]

Reading Writing and Arithmetic by The Sundays, released in 1990. 38 minutes of pure joy ⬅️( best song on the album). Great guitar work by David Gavurin & the angelic voice of Harriet Wheeler.

[@nobbynoris]

The Sundays are an undeservedly forgotten band. Maybe one day they will get the recognition they should have got back then.

[@curly_wyn]

My top 10 favorite albums of the 90s: 1. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas 2. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix 3. Adam Schmitt - World So Bright 4. Swervedriver - Raise 5. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville 6. Urge Overkill - Saturation 7. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People 8. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One 9. Sloan - Between the Bridges 10. Sugar - Copper Blue 🩵♥️

[@thejacwag2466]

Immensely strong decade (1) Soundgarden - Superunknown (2) Radiohead - OK Computer (3) NIN - The Downward Spiral (4) Radiohead - The Bends (5) Stone Temple Pilots - Core (6) PJ Harvey - Is This Desire (7) Massive Attack - Mezzanine (8) The Wildhearts - Earth vs the Wildhearts (9) Soundgarden - Bad Motorfinger (10) Mansun - Six

[@nobbynoris]

Mezzanine is one of my favourite albums ever.

[@willyupshaw]

Ten more: Tragically Hip, Fully Completely Rage Against the Machine, self-titled Beatie Boys, Check your Head Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blood Sugar Sex Magic Phish, Rift Ween, Chocolate and Cheese The Swans, White Light in the Mouth of Infinity Blues Traveller, Save His Soul Lenny Kravitz, Moma Said Guns N' Roses, Use Your Illusion #2 (or #1) Radiohead, OK Computer (with all due respect Barry, I don't know how you leave this off in favor of the The Bends)

[@petertaylorson5783]

With you as regards Fully, Completely. Day for Night was great too.

[@paulsimpson3113]

I have to say im still obsessed with achtung baby and side B zooropa. Great list

[@rogermaybank9345]

My honourable mention that I'd stick in the pot would be Living Colour with Time's Up. Great album.

[@jeremymorrison3494]

An excellent vid as usual. I nice touch with the old nick reference. Best Regards Jeremy

[@mateosimon4237]

Here are my top ten, no order in particular: -Nevermind (Nirvana) -Mechanical Animals (Marilyn Manson) -Ok Computer (Radiohead) -Automatic for the People (R.E.M.) -Ten (Pearl Jam) -Achtung Baby (U2) -The Battle of LA (Rage Against the Machine) -Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness (Smashing Pumpkins) -The Fat of the Land (The Prodigy) -Soundgarden (Superunknown)

[@davidwinthrop7077]

Lot’s of great albums in your top ten list Barry especially P J Harvey, Nick Cave and Pearl Jam. If I had to add one it would be The Black Crowes ‘The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion’ my favourite album of the 1990s.

[@classicalbum]

These list are limiting of course, and many, many great albums fall outside of them... It's all about personal taste in the end. Let me know what your list would be.

[@tomedmonson501]

The Black Crowes were great on that album, which sounds a little bit like if the Faces were signed to Capricorn Records.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@classicalbum Thanks for the reply Barry so In no particular order and off the top of my head Depeche Mode - Violator Pearl Jam - Ten All About Eve - Touched By Jesus Bjork - Post PJ Harvey - To Bring You Love or Rid of Me Jellyfish - Bellybutton Neil Young - Harvest Moon Bob Dylan - Time out of Mind Rage Against the Machine - Self Titled album The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion.

[@ilabelle1]

The 70s is my era but the 90s did produce a few great albums. Here’s my top 10. 1. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails 2. Screamadelica - Primal Scream 3. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys 4. Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus 5. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins 6. Odelay - Beck 7. Ok Computer - Radiohead 8. Blood Sugar Sex Magic - Red Hot Chili Peppers 9. Goo - Sonic Youth 10. The Soft Bulletin - Flaming Lips Off the top of my head that’s what I’ve come up with.

[@matthews7805]

Completely agree with The Crowes. It's still one of my favorite albums.

[@kierankessinger3400]

My possible favorite of the '90s is a bit of a dark horse: it's Tom Waits' "Bone Machine" from 1992. The album feels like the apogee of the junkyard soundscapes he had been exploring in the previous decade, and it's couched in some of the darkest, most apocalyptic songwriting of Waits' career. Truly a desert-island album from a songwriter's songwriter.

[@mariawesley7583]

I agree. I had bought this cd, as well as the soundtrack to "Night on Earth" around the same time and listened to both continuously.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

At last a decent comment. Brilliant album. The chains were just genius

[@MrStrawberry86]

Oh yes now you're talking! One of the all time great works from any era

[@tdunph4250]

You are all primitive. Its a great album. But best of 90s??? How big is your record collection???

[@mmmtsp]

The Bends instead of OK Computer? that's very bold, but i agree.

[@catsofsherman1316]

I don't consider it bold. The Bends has far more well written songs. O.K. Computer has a couple of great songs and the rest are interesting tone poems that are distinguished more by the envelope pushing production. I revisit The Bends far more often.

[@happy_fecker]

@@catsofsherman1316 While I value OK Computer as more than "tone poems", I fully agree that The Bends has more coherent music.

[@styeiwehdeisfdo]

My list in no particular order 10. Sonic Youth - Dirty 9. Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been 8. Fugazi - In On The Killtaker 7. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 6. Nirvana - In Utero 5. Elliot Smith - Self-titled 4. Pearl Jam - Vitology 3. Radiohead - OK Computer 2. Counting Crows - August and Everything After 1. Faith No More - Angel Dust

[@nonnayoubuzinnes1669]

Dirt by Alice in Chains is definitely in my top 5. I also much prefer Nevermind to In Utero by Nirvana. In Utero may have been more of the sound Kurt wanted but for me the songs were mostly forgettable. Love PJ Harvey and Siamese Dream. Jeff Buckley's album was incredible.

[@SPSteve]

I agree with REM and Sound Garden. For some of my favorites from the 90's I'd have to go with Stone Temple Pilots "Core", Mazzy Star "So Tonight That I Might See", My Bloody Valentine "Loveless", Dead Can Dance "Aion", Psychedelic Furs "World Outside", Beth Orton "Central Reservation", Curve " Doppelganger", The Cranberries "No Need to Argue".

[@frankpentangeli7945]

Aion is sublime!

[@SagaciousFrank]

'Grace' by Jeff Buckley, I'd somehow forgotten all about that album.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Good. But girls music.

[@happy_fecker]

Very few people in the 90's listened to it. It became huge and influential much, much later on.

[@suartgilmour4540]

​@Bluepillphil-d1w if JB is girl's music, I'm buying a skirt, a blonde wig and calling myself Shirley.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

@@suartgilmour4540 well Lowend Lobster did so why not?

[@Wills_Duffy]

10/10 9/ Nevermind 8/ Auto For The People 7/ Parklife 6/ RATM 5/ WTSMG 4/ The Bends 3/ Achtung Baby 2/ Jordan The Comeback 1/ Def Maybe

[@tpbrcombo]

I would like to thank you in equal parts for including Automatic, which moved me more than any other album has, and for “sucking like a day old Dyson”. I always learn new things here, either about music or the vernacular.

[@user-rm9pz4nu8f]

A list of 10 favourites based upon regular plays all these years later - What's the Story (Morning Glory) - Oasis/ Different Class - Pulp/ The Man Who - Travis/Gillian Welch - Hell Amongst the Yearlings/Play- Moby/ Automatic for the People - REM/ Songs From Northern Britain - Teenage Fanclub/Urban Hymns - The Verve/Screamadelica - Primal Scream/ Richard Thompson - Rumor and Sigh

[@frankiehoskyn3948]

Two of my favourite 90's Albums are R.E.M. - Out Of Time & Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way.

[@davidgadeke5888]

Interesting list, however I’m always staggered how Suede constantly gets over looked in these lists. Dog Man Star predates The Bends, the Grandiose ambition of this album set the template for Radiohead’s next two albums as did their self titled first album pave the way for Brit pop and yet they have been written out of history.

[@drearyaugust1853]

You are 100% correct!

[@dwaynejessome1728]

10) Alice in Chains - Dirt 9) Arc Angels - Arc Angels 8) Wilco - Summer Teeth 7) Soundgarden - Super Unknown 6) The Black Crowes - Amorica 5) Jeff Buckley - Grace 4) Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York 3) Neil Young - Ragged Glory 2) Pink Floyd - Division Bell 1) Chris Whitley - Living with the Law honourable mention Pearl Jam - Vs. & Cry of Love - Brother

[@foolkiller65z56]

Arc Angels! Great pic!

[@fredericpetit6394]

No particular order in my list : Faith No More "Angel Dust", Depeche Mode "Violator", Soundgarden "Superunknown", REM "Monster", Midnight Oil "Blue Sky Mining", Rammstein "Sehnsucht", Garbage "Version 2.0", Marillion "Brave", Deftones "Around the Fur", Brand New Heavies "Brother Sister".

[@drearyaugust1853]

Excellent album by Midnight Oil

[@fredericpetit6394]

Yes, And with a beautiful art cover

[@H-mu4bo]

I am sure "Blue Sky Mine" was 1989.

[@fredericpetit6394]

Well, it was recorded in 1989 Indeed, but released in february or march 1990

[@6stringstandard136]

Soundgarden's Superunkown is a masterpiece and Like Suicide is one of their best songs. But then again, every song on this album is great.

[@Dbag5000]

Great list I definitely think Portishead: Dummy Incubus: morning view Marilyn Manson: mechanical animals All deserve consideration.

[@IzunaSlap]

I'd agree with Morning View if it was best 2000's albums. SCIENCE is a great 90's album though!

[@Dbag5000]

@@IzunaSlap morning view was released in 1999

[@alexconway4950]

Good selection of records.🎉

[@pcorke65]

Nobody's ever going to agree on anyone's top 10, but fair to say you've done a damn fine job, sir

[@classicalbum]

Thanks

[@fab208athome]

Nice list, agree with Radiohead at number one. I would add Bellybutton or Spilt Milk or both! By Jellyfish. Anything by Mansun, Beautiful Freak by Eels, Definitely Maybe, and Parklife.

[@boldporcupine]

Great list. You are getting more eloquent with each review. Your humor and detailed descriptions are unparalleled. There are hundreds of great albums from the 90s. Some of my favorites not mentioned here: Crowded House: Woodface White Stripes: White Stripes Wilco: AM Jayhawks: Sound of Lies Counting Crows: Recovering The Satellites Van Morrison: The Healing Game Dylan: Time Out of Mind

[@ohsoedgy6888]

Cornell had the best voice of the Grunge era and maybe even the whole decade!

[@matthews7805]

Lanegan was my favorite of that era. His voice was perfect for the Trees.

[@willyupshaw]

He does. An I actually think his best music is with Audioslave, although Soundgarden is great.

[@AreJayCee]

Loved J. Macis

[@stevecowder4774]

Always happy to discuss this topic. I have much appreciation for the vast amount of quality albums released throughout the ‘90s. I don’t think that decade gets enough credit for its strong and diversified selection of rock. And you really hit the nail on the head with that listing. Especially Soundgarden and Radiohead. “ The Bends “ is a true gem. Oh, and I love the Negan shirt, Barry 😆.

[@pablohuelszpiano9639]

Not a very typical list but I love this ones 1- Sting - The Soul Cages 2- Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas 3- Enya - Shepherd Moons 4- October Project - October Project 5- Red House Painters - Rollercoaster 6- Nick Cave - The Good Son 7- Dream Theater - Images And Word 8- Yann Tiersen - Rue Des Cascades 9 -Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun 10 - Depeche Mode - Violator

[@galifettetv1238]

Cocteau and sigue Ros are classics. Bjork issued excellent albums too...

[@pablohuelszpiano9639]

@@galifettetv1238 yes I agree , Homogenic is really good!!

[@galifettetv1238]

@@pablohuelszpiano9639 what about Massive attack's Mezzanine?

[@sabinoabdala5685]

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - RHCP vIOLATOR - DM Achtung Baby - U2 Pure Guava - Ween Ritual de lo Habitual - J.A. Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs - Ministry Odelay - Beck Smell Like teen spirit - Nirvana Loveless - My Bloody Valentine Screamadelica - Primal Scream Metallica- Black album Fat Of The Land - The Prodigy Check Your Head - B.Boys

[@chelmrtz]

My top 10 list in no particular order: Green Day - Dookie 311 - 311 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom Tom Petty - Wildflowers Nirvana - Unplugged in New York U2 - Achtung Baby Hole - Live Through This Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill Garbage - Version 2.0 Soundgarden - Superunknown this was a HARD list to compile because I had like 25 albums that just missed the cut like Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters and Genesis - We Can’t Dance

[@FleagleSangria]

I like all those on your list and I agree with others on Portishead “Dummy” fantastic album and I would add: Bob Dylan-Time Out Of Mind My Bloody Valentine-Loveless Mazzy Star-So Tonight That I Might See Flaming Lips-The Soft Bulletin Modest Mouse-Lonesome Crowded West Slint- Spiderland Lucinda Williams-Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Björk- Homogenis Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children PJ Harvey: Rid of Me Elastica-Elastica Wilco: Summerteeth Built to Spill: Keep It Like a Secret Ok, I went over by a few. Rock n Roll has no rules.

[@Amber_xo_133]

5. Oasis - WTS 4. Soundgarden - Superunknown 3. Cranberries - NNTA 2. Radiohead - OKC 1. Green Day - Dookie

[@toniribas6815]

Great list! I’d do some slight changes in the order, but overall I agree with your choices.

[@luton_gmanrock]

Great selection, bravo. Alice In Chains - Dirt should be there however.

[@vordman]

Good list but I'd have found a place for Pulp's A Different Class.

[@mariawesley7583]

"Sucking harder than a day old Dyson" 😂

[@robh9079]

talk talk - laughing stock, david sylvian - dead bees on a cake, would be included in my choice.

[@jtt8886]

It's funny. I've seen Laughing Stock show up for a couple people including myself. I think that album is the "Velvet Underground and Nico" of thr '90s. Ten people brought it but they all formed a band. 😊

[@TedGrubersky]

Without yet watching the video, I’ll share my off the bat but often well considered choice as my picks for Top 10 Best Albums of the 90’s 1 OK Computer 2 What’s The Story Morning Glory 3 Nevermind 4 The Bends 5 Automatic For The People 6 Everything Must Go 7 Definitely Maybe 8 Achtung Baby 9 Wish 10 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Honourable mentions; Metallica (Black Album) In Utero A Storm In Heaven Dog Man Star Word Gets Around Performance & Cocktails Good Feeling Monster Siamese Dream Violator The Downward Spiral Blue Lines The Fat of the Land

[@beetlebum7760]

1. PORTISHEAD - Portishead 2. BLACK BOX RECORDER - England Made Me 3. FREAKWATER - End Time 4. BOB DYLAN - Time Out Of Mind 5. TINDERSTICKS - Tindersticks 6. SCOTT WALKER - Tilt 7. PORTISHEAD - Dummy 8. FREAKWATER - Old Paint 9. GREEN ON RED - Scapegoats 10. KATE & ANNA McGARRIGLE - Heartbeats Accelerating

[@mydayis5]

Downward Spiral - NIN Definitely Maybe - Money Grabbers Black Album - Metallica Badmotorfinger -Soundgarden

[@ThinkForYourself1972]

As soon as I saw To Bring You My Love, I knew this list would jibe with me. And I wasn’t disappointed-you nailed it!

[@nilsohlanders738]

Good list! I'm missing Suede (self-titled album), Odelay (Beck) and Homogenic (Björk)

[@janeneill9245]

Some good choices, but I'd have Angel Dust, Dirt, Ritual De Lo Habitual and Loveless in there. Keep up the good work, thoroughly enjoy your vids.

[@dhamrenjr]

All fine choices.. My top 3 includes the impeccably perfect “DiVinyls” from 1990. It bloody never gets old, can hear it on repeat for days. And fresh as a daisy to this very day. Wow. Try that with most of the releases on your list 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@user-tm3ln6qq5q]

The Spin Doctors' Pocketful of Kryptonite album was pretty much 90s defining for me. Still love it.

[@vagabond197979]

Fun album. Totally overlooked.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

What? 🙀

[@hothe65]

Dated

[@user-tm3ln6qq5q]

@@hothe65Dated? Sure, like the beatles, the stones, elvis, bowie ....

[@AY-uf4oz]

Far and away the best album of the nineties, in my opinion, is Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie. My second favorite album of all time after The Wall, which it is based after.

[@Ed-cc7do]

Blurs Park life absolutely belongs on this list

[@PATRIOT1690]

I’d try and find room for Faith No More - Angel Dust Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker GnR - Use Your Illusions I & II Oasis - Definitely Maybe (laugh all you want but that album was huge at the time)

[@grantmitchel]

Why do you have to apologise for liking Oasis?

[@danmayberry1185]

A fine list. My first new "own" albums were Kinda Kinks and Between The Buttons. In '79 I gave rock a viking funeral - it was dead to me. Then in 1991 I heard something that sent me running to the window like Ebeneezer Scrooge: Jesus Christ Pose from Badmotorfinger. A decade of redemption was in progress!

[@eccehomer8182]

Some good choices. I'd stick in: Rust in Peace - Megadeth ... easily the greatest "thrash" metal album of all time. Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik - RHCP Ænima - Tool

[@michaelwilson2340]

My favorite 90's albums: U2 - Achtung Baby, Monaco- Music For Pleasure, Urge Overkill - Saturation, Material Issue- International Pop Overthrow, Electronics's first album, Guided By Voices- Bee Thousand.

[@scottmcrae3355]

Some great choices there. A few not mentioned that would make mine: My Bloody Valentine-Loveless Yo La Tengo- I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One the Verve- A Storm In Heaven Kyuss-Blues For A Red Sun Guided By Voices- Alien Lanes Jellyfish-Spilt Milk

[@naznomad635]

For my sins (of which there are many), I'd have to upset every music connoisseur (of which there are few that know what they're talking about), I'd have to include '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' in my top 10 90's album list. On a side-note, I love the Negan/Lucille shirt that you're sporting in this video.

[@dannyblanchflower1882]

Morning Glory was the best selling rock album of 1995. Wonderwall was the first tune from the 90's to break 1 billion streams on Spotify. Don't Look Back In Anger and Champagne Supernova are classics. It has to be included.

[@seethroughhead505]

King's X - Tapehead, King's X - Dogman, Rush - Counterparts, Mr. Big - Lean Into It, Megadeth - Rust In Peace, Aimee Mann - Whatever, Aimee Mann - Bachelor No.2, Jethro Tull - Roots To Branches, Jethro Tull - Dot Com, King's X, - King's X, Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues, Mr. Big - Get Over It.

[@gibsonfan159]

I was with you until Radiohead. I feel like REM fly under the radar looking back. I wasn't a huge fan but the amount of quality music they produced is undeniable.

[@frankpentangeli7945]

I liked REM much more in the 80s than the 90s, though they still made good stuff in that decade.

[@flyer5347]

For me 1: Grace - Jeff Buckley 2: OK Computer - Radiohead 3: Either Or - Elliott Smith 4: Laughing Stock - Talk Talk 5: In the Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

[@shawnmccorkle5059]

Great list

[@JJ-wi2uw]

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993) and October Rust (1996).

[@MetalFriscoDude79]

I absolutely love 90s music and I love that shirt. I'm a huge Walking Dead fan

[@Peter-wg1lb]

You should put this on spotify. Great channel.