FITSNews’ Top 21 Albums Of The Nineties

By fitsnews • on February 27, 2007

OUTKAST LANDS AT NO. 8 WITH AQUEMENI

FITSNews - February 27, 2007 - Your I-Pod can thank us later.

Forget Rolling Stone. Forget Spin. Forget Billboard. All you need to rock out to the best music from the ’90s is a pencil and a piece of paper.

Ready?

1. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins (1993) - Probably the best guitar album ever. Download recommendations: Cherub Rock (#1), Today (#3), Disarm (#6), Geek U.S.A. (#8).

2. Gentleman - Afghan Whigs (1993) - Probably the sexiest album ever, and the best album you’ve never heard of. Download recommendations: Gentleman (#2), Debonair (#4), Fountain and Fairfax (#6), What Jail Is Like (#7).

3. OK Computer - Radiohead (1997) - One of the most gorgeously rendered, intelligent albums of all time. Download recommendations: Let Down (#5), Karma Police (#6), No Surprises (#10).

4. Achtung Baby - U2 (1991) - The band of the ’80s reinventing itself better than most bands could ever invent themselves to begin with. Download recommendations: Even Better Than The Real Thing (#2), One (#3), The Fly (#7), Mysterious Ways (#8).

5. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement (1994) - The second of our Top 21 you’ve probably never heard of, so buy it immediately and be a cool kid. Download recommendations: Cut Your Hair (#4), Gold Soundz (#7), Range Life (#9).

6. Nevermind - Nirvana (1991) - The definining album of the decade, no other way to say it. Download Recommendations: Smells Like Teen Spirit (#1), On A Plain (#11).

7. The Blue Album - Weezer (1994) - Probably the decade’s most fun, feelgood album. Download recommendations: My Name is Jonas (#1), Undone - The Sweater Song (#5), Say It Ain’t So (#7).

8. Aquemeni - Outkast (1998) - Hush that fuss, everybody move to the back of the bus. Download recommendations: Rosa Parks (#3).

9. Kerosene Hat - Cracker (1993) - Redneck rock’s crowning achievement. Download recommendations: Low (#1), Let’s Go For A Ride (#11), Euro Trash Girl (#69).

10. Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane’s Addiction (1990) - Still one of the most powerful thematic albums ever made. Download recommendations: Stop (#1), Been Caught Stealing (#5), Classic Girl (#9).

11. Dookie - Green Day (1994) - Not their fault they can write punk rock with pop hooks. Download recommendations: Longview (#4), Welcome to Paradise (#5), She (#8), When I Come Around (#10).

12. The Chronic - Dr. Dre (1992) - Take a toke, but don’t choke. Download recommendations: Let Me Ride (#3), Nuthin’ But A G Thang (#6).

13. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails (1994) - It even has that Johnny Cash song everybody likes on it. Download recommendations: Closer (#4), Ruiner (#5), Hurt (#14).

14. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (1995) - Ritalin was easy, ritalin was good. Download recommendations: I’ll Stick Around (#2), X-Static (#10).

15. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (1992) - Our Aunty Ash says we are not supposed to listen to this album when writing press releases. Download recommendations: Wake Up (#6).

16. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan (1993) - It’s wu muthaf*cker, Wu-Tang muthaf*cker. Download recommendations: Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthin Ta F*ck Wit (#7), C.R.E.A.M. (#8).

17. Superunknown - Soundgarden (1995) - Chris Cornell has the best voice in the world, people. Download recommendations: My Wave (#2), Superunknown (#5), Like Suicide (#15).

18. Out of Time - R.E.M. (1991) - Another ’80s standard-bearer doing more than keeping up. Download recommendations: Belong (#7), Country Feedback (#10), Me In Honey (#11).

19. Celebrity Skin - Hole (1998) - If there is a better album to work out to, we haven’t found it. Download recommendations: Celebrity Skin (#1), Awful (#2), Malibu (#4), Boys On The Radio (#9).

20. Outside In - Dillon Fence (1993) - Another band you’ve probably never heard of, but owning this album is essential if you wish to become (or remain) cool. Download recommendations: Collapsis (#1), Lisa Marie (#10), Hold Me Down (#12).

21. Sublime - Sublime (1996) - Lovin’ is what we got, remember that. Download recommendations: What I Got (#2), Wrong Way (#3).

UPDATE - SC Hotline co-owner Jeffrey Sewell is already complaining that Depeche Mode didn’t make our list. Along with The Cure. Hmmmm.

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Comments

By BigTimeRob on February 27th, 2007 at 1:27 pm

Will, That’s a pretty solid list.

By tammy on February 27th, 2007 at 2:23 pm

i currently have Achtung Baby in car player…i do love ’so cruel.’

By *jcg on February 27th, 2007 at 2:37 pm

tammy beat me to the punch. “so cruel” should definitely be a download recommendation…

By Squire on February 27th, 2007 at 3:30 pm

Right on. Always good to see props going to Billy Corgan and Co.

By Politics Rocks on February 27th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

I figure Mike Green is probably complaining that Hanging Tough - New Kids On The Block (1990) was left off the list as well.

By Tuco on February 27th, 2007 at 7:42 pm

Cool list, I have many of these albums in my rotation, but what about Neutral Milk Hotel’s masterpiece , In the Aeroplane Over the Sea? Easily one of the greatest albums of the last 25 years. Jeff Buckley’s Grace would also have been a pick of mine, but your list is well balanced.

By Don Johnson on February 27th, 2007 at 10:37 pm

Excellent list. Where’s the Duran Duran?

By Jon Boy on February 28th, 2007 at 7:27 am

No Stone Temple Pilots–Sex Type Thing???

By Politics Rocks on February 28th, 2007 at 8:15 am

What about Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies , STP - Core or Purple, Pearl Jam - Ten, Metallica - Black? What about Guns N’ Roses - Use Your Illusion 1 & 2