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Title: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 16, 2012, 08:00:31 PM
Prepare to feel old.

(http://www.greenplastic.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ok-computer.jpg)

Preemptive "you're wrong" to anyone who disagrees.  Feel free to discuss OK Computer's awesomeness, however.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: lennedsay on June 16, 2012, 08:17:41 PM
Great album! Shame about the stage collapse today though.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 16, 2012, 08:30:11 PM
Wow. I..I..I'm surprised, sir. You really did pick the album of the 90's.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 16, 2012, 08:31:19 PM
radiohead :zzz :zzz :zzz
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Diunx on June 16, 2012, 08:34:12 PM
This isn't Senderos de Traicion.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Vizzys on June 16, 2012, 08:36:02 PM
i think better albums came out in 1997
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 16, 2012, 08:36:27 PM
(http://tinyurl.com/6tdt4vu)
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Vizzys on June 16, 2012, 08:54:04 PM
i would post homework by daft punk but everyone knows discovery is better even though it came out later
Title: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Shaka Khan on June 16, 2012, 10:04:43 PM
That's not Jagged Little Pills, you silly goose.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Barry Egan on June 16, 2012, 10:08:28 PM
No Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness love  :'(
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 16, 2012, 10:14:01 PM
This isn't The Mollusk  ???
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 16, 2012, 10:18:25 PM
I already responded to your Facebook post about this, but HOLY SHIT.

I remember buying OKC on release day and then listening to it and nothing but it while trekking around Finland, The Netherlands, France and England during that summer. Good times.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 16, 2012, 10:35:57 PM
Uh, it's been 19 years since Nothing Above My Shoulders but the Evening.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 16, 2012, 10:37:17 PM
Homogenic>OK Computer
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Dickie Dee on June 16, 2012, 10:41:18 PM
My personal fav:

(http://www.benjaminrolfe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Dummy-portishead.jpg)
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 16, 2012, 10:42:52 PM
It's only been 14 years since the greatest album cover of the 90's was released.

(http://i.imgur.com/N67U8.jpg)
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Akala on June 16, 2012, 11:07:17 PM
Yeah Doin thangs had much better art, sorry.

Ok computer is pretty god tier, but has a few skippers. Still, one of the beat of the 90s, along with elastic and underworld.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 16, 2012, 11:17:49 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 16, 2012, 10:37:17 PM
Homogenic>OK Computer

This is unpossible, because Post>Homogenic, and Ok Computer > Post
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Freyj on June 16, 2012, 11:20:30 PM
Quote from: Akala on June 16, 2012, 11:07:17 PM
Yeah Doin thangs had much better art, sorry.

Ok computer is pretty god tier, but has a few skippers. Still, one of the beat of the 90s, along with elastic and underworld.

You mean Fitter Happier isn't worth sitting through every time?
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 16, 2012, 11:23:35 PM
Quote from: Akala on June 16, 2012, 11:07:17 PM
Yeah Doin thangs had much better art, sorry.

Ok computer is pretty god tier, but has a few skippers. Still, one of the beat of the 90s, along with elastic and underworld.

dubnobasswithmyheadman and Second Toughest in the Infants are two of the best albums of the 90's fer sure.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: pilonv1 on June 16, 2012, 11:31:54 PM
:rock Electioneering :rock
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: chronovore on June 17, 2012, 12:04:07 AM
0K Computer.

OK, agreed.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Freyj on June 17, 2012, 01:11:42 AM
Quote from: pilonv1 on June 16, 2012, 11:31:54 PM
:rock Electioneering :rock

Jonny doesn't like Electioneering, or something.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Eric P on June 17, 2012, 01:15:49 AM
hardly even the best album that year

Blur – Blur
The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape
The Verve – Urban Hymns
Kool Keith – Sex Style
Company Flow – Funcrusher Plus
Missy Misdemeanor Elliot – Supa Dupa Fly
The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
Roni Size/Reprazent – New Forms
Erykah Badu – Baduizm
Camp Lo – Uptown Saturday Night

Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 17, 2012, 01:24:26 AM
I thought OK Computer was merely...ok.

Quote from: Eric P on June 17, 2012, 01:15:49 AM
hardly even the best album that year

Blur – Blur
The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape
The Verve – Urban Hymns
Kool Keith – Sex Style
Company Flow – Funcrusher Plus
Missy Misdemeanor Elliot – Supa Dupa Fly
The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
Roni Size/Reprazent – New Forms
Erykah Badu – Baduizm
Camp Lo – Uptown Saturday Night

You forgot this:

(https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfMeXllqu015j4c4TO9VxsRGwehnfiphvTxF-f5Dg_8dqIAetY)

Yep, the iconic southern rap album of the mid-late 90s that put NOLA rap on the map.  Without this album, Cash Money Records wouldn't have blown up in the mainsteam, which means that Lil' Wayne wouldn't be around, and neither would crap like Nicki Minaj and Tyga.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Eric P on June 17, 2012, 01:28:59 AM
darn
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Trent Dole on June 17, 2012, 01:32:48 AM
Ah the last inarguably great Radiohead album. I dunno if I could even pick one top album for that decade but this one is definitely up there.
Quote from: The Experiment on June 17, 2012, 01:24:26 AM
You forgot this:
(https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfMeXllqu015j4c4TO9VxsRGwehnfiphvTxF-f5Dg_8dqIAetY)
Yep, the iconic southern rap album of the mid-late 90s that put NOLA rap on the map.  Without this album, Cash Money Records wouldn't have blown up in the mainsteam, which means that Lil' Wayne wouldn't be around, and neither would crap like Nicki Minaj and Tyga.
So why is this album's existence a good thing again?  :P
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 17, 2012, 01:37:15 AM
Quote from: Trent Dole on June 17, 2012, 01:32:48 AM
Ah the last inarguably great Radiohead album. I dunno if I could even pick one top album for that decade but this one is definitely up there.
Quote from: The Experiment on June 17, 2012, 01:24:26 AM
You forgot this:
(https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfMeXllqu015j4c4TO9VxsRGwehnfiphvTxF-f5Dg_8dqIAetY)
Yep, the iconic southern rap album of the mid-late 90s that put NOLA rap on the map.  Without this album, Cash Money Records wouldn't have blown up in the mainsteam, which means that Lil' Wayne wouldn't be around, and neither would crap like Nicki Minaj and Tyga.
So why is this album's existence a good thing again?  :P

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It isn't!
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Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 17, 2012, 01:42:08 AM
Nas - Illmatic
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
GZA - Liquid Swords
Bjork - Homogenic
Outkast - Aquemini
Portishead - Dummy
MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
Emiliana Torrini - Love in the Time of Science
Erykah Badu – Baduizm
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead

Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 17, 2012, 01:48:38 AM
ATLiens > Aquemini
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 17, 2012, 01:50:54 AM
Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 17, 2012, 01:48:38 AM
ATLiens > Aquemini

go get your fucking shine box

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actually I agree with this
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Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 17, 2012, 02:17:12 AM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 17, 2012, 01:42:08 AM
Nas - Illmatic
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
GZA - Liquid Swords
Bjork - Homogenic
Outkast - Aquemini
Portishead - Dummy
MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
Emiliana Torrini - Love in the Time of Science
Erykah Badu – Baduizm
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead

That's a pretty bad list, sorry

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Blackalicious - Melodica
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Guillermo Gregorio - Ellipsis
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F# A# Infinity
Daft Punk - Homework
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain/Slanted & Enchanted
Nas - Illmatic
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Queen - Made in Heaven
Elliot Smith - Either/Or
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Lester Bowie - Funky T, Cool T
Sonic Youth - Goo
Radiohead - The Bends/OK Computer
Portishead - Bone Machine
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Belle and Sebastion - If You're Feeling Sinister
Yo La Tengo  - Painful/I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Sade - Love Deluxe
2pac - Me Against The World
Franz Koglmann - The Use of Memory
Beck - Odelay
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Ned Rothenberg - Power Lines
Philip Glass - Music in 12 Parts
Aphex Twin  - The Richard D. James Album
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Pulp - Different Class
Outkast - ATLiens
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 17, 2012, 02:19:33 AM
And I'm missing tons of shit. The 90's fucking owned.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Freyj on June 17, 2012, 02:20:03 AM
Quote from: Trent Dole on June 17, 2012, 01:32:48 AM
Ah the last inarguably great Radiohead album. I dunno if I could even pick one top album for that decade but this one is definitely up there.

I really don't even know how Kid A is arguable. Fucking amazing album in every respect.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 17, 2012, 02:21:51 AM
Even Amnesiac and In Rainbows were great.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 17, 2012, 02:23:51 AM
.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 17, 2012, 02:24:32 AM
It's a great album. It's mentioned so much because it's so hard to classify and it's just so fuckin memorable. And to be fair, lots of great albums were ignored upon release. I doubt most Illmatic fans listened to it when it first dropped.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 17, 2012, 02:26:09 AM
how...how could i forget this ???  :'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C99iG4HoO1c

:bow the 90's
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 17, 2012, 02:28:15 AM
Mine is a brief list, of course a full one would feature tons of albums. That's just the first stuff that popped into my head

I should make a hip hop top ten of the 90s. And The Chronic won't be on it :teehee
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 17, 2012, 02:28:39 AM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 17, 2012, 02:28:15 AM
I should make a hip hop top ten of the 90s. And The Chronic won't be on it :teehee

you mother fucker
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 17, 2012, 02:31:29 AM
No Doggystyle either.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 17, 2012, 02:32:31 AM
BOO THIS MAN
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 17, 2012, 02:42:19 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0skZvqLTiw

It's been more than 20 years since Get Ready! came out.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 17, 2012, 02:54:14 AM
:bow :bow :bow
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 17, 2012, 02:56:29 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFLGRidfFo4
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: chronovore on June 17, 2012, 03:13:31 AM
I think the '00s have sacrificed their right to memorability because: Black Eyed Peas.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Momo on June 17, 2012, 03:37:02 AM
I'm sorry since Tool existed in the 90's you are very wrong.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Momo on June 17, 2012, 03:40:57 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRDCOJlIoUw
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 17, 2012, 05:07:48 AM
Momo, I'm gonna say this politely, but if you don't get that shit out of here I'm going to beat you to death with a tire iron.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 17, 2012, 05:08:15 AM
Also, SO MUCH WRONG in this thread. 
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Momo on June 17, 2012, 05:41:52 AM
Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on June 17, 2012, 05:07:48 AM
Momo, I'm gonna say this politely, but if you don't get that shit out of here I'm going to beat you to death with a tire iron.
Come at me hustla, I'll trip you and throw you in a puddle of piranha
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Eric P on June 17, 2012, 09:10:03 AM
Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 17, 2012, 02:32:31 AM
BOO THIS MAN

NO

he is RIGHT
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Positive Touch on June 17, 2012, 05:08:07 PM
:lol tool fans
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 17, 2012, 05:15:36 PM
Lateralus is one of the most overrated album releases at the time.  I don't remember many people liking it now but at the time, everyone was losing their shit over this album.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: DCharlieJP on June 17, 2012, 07:16:54 PM
okay - so here's the deal - i've listened to OK Computer about 5 times and i think it's good but ...

.... the biggest problem i have with Radiohead is their fanbase (see also : Manic Street P.)

Now - this is probably more a -cumbrian- thing but fans of both bands were absolute nobheads and as much as you try to seperate the artistic work from the cockdribble fans sometimes it is simply NOT possible.

My taste in music is largely arse but if i had to pluck something out my ass that was ahead of OK C, Sugar - Copper Blue , My Bloody Valentine - Loveless, Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman, Boo Radleys - Giant Steps, Happy Mondays - Thrills Pills n Bellyache, Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight... yeah, Massive Attack - Blue Lines, Portishead - Dummy, Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane etc etc etc.

Top and bottom of it is that the 90s were insane for musical output - it was easy to go without Radiohead or, at least, not be blown away by them as there were so many other amazing choices over them.

edit : jesus - i had to go back and double check whether Thrills, Pills... was the 90s and it JUST makes it in. 23 years old. God damn...

edit2 : hilariously here's what people were upset about in the early 90s - there were numerous calls to get the album banned because of "Loose Fit" - bonus point : can you tell why?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pn3q09x41A

a couple of the right leaning papers were calling for the ban. Anyone else remember why? Doesn't seem to be anything on the internet about it so....


Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 17, 2012, 07:20:00 PM
Quote from: DCharlieJP on June 17, 2012, 07:16:54 PM
okay - so here's the deal - i've listened to OK Computer about 5 times and i think it's good but ...

.... the biggest problem i have with Radiohead is their fanbase (see also : Manic Street P.)

Thems fightin' words.

Nevermind, I'm American, so I've never actually met another MSP fan in person. :lol
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: DCharlieJP on June 17, 2012, 07:29:06 PM
Quote
Nevermind, I'm American, so I've never actually met another MSP fan in person.

well, i find their music largely okay but it's not up my street (ho ho) and JR is a big fan so i'm careful with my distinction between Scumbrian fans and non-scumbrians ;)

Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 17, 2012, 07:30:51 PM
Finally saw them in Seattle back in 2009. They hadn't been to the US in 10 years, and the last time they came through in 1999 it was 21+ show and I was only 18.

Went by myself because none of my friends had a clue who they were. Had a great time.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: DCharlieJP on June 17, 2012, 07:36:27 PM
I've seen the MSP at um... let me see :

Liverpool Royal Court 1996
V99 Chelmsford 1999
Fuji Rock 2001

Again - i didn't have a particularly bad time but there's a distinction between "good band" and ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG. They're in the good band class, but i am still utterly baffled how they managed to elevate themselves beyond that. Again, i'm tainted by asshat fans too but i simply don't get it musically.

.... and now i'm depressed... i was 21 in 1996 :/ "Meeeeeeeeemorrrrrrieeeeeeees ... like the corners of mmmmmy miiiiiiiind...."
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 17, 2012, 07:44:12 PM
They're not my favorite of the mid-to-late 90s Britpop bands. That would be Pulp. Still glad I saw 'em, though.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: DCharlieJP on June 17, 2012, 07:51:15 PM
yup - i'm glad i saw them for sure.

Pulp were one of those bands that i think i appreciated after the fact

Also - this :

Massively underrated dark UK animated comedy + Cumbrian cartoon character + Pulp's Sunrise + spacehoppers with dicks ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBUFgJlrCDc
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 17, 2012, 07:53:55 PM
I really dug Mansun. Put out two stellar records before going to crap and then breaking up.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: DCharlieJP on June 17, 2012, 08:13:11 PM
a lot of bands in that 90s bracket came out of nowhere then crawled away :/
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Trent Dole on June 17, 2012, 08:21:10 PM
Quote from: DCharlieJP on June 17, 2012, 08:13:11 PM
a lot of bands in that 90s bracket came out of nowhere then crawled away :/

Would you rather they just hung around and put out crap records forever like say Marilyn shithead Manson? The quality to garbage ratio goes up more and more in favor of the garbage side the longer a band exists generally. I guess since my name is nails inspired I'm supposed to say TDS or Fragile is the best '90s album but there's so much cool shit from that decade that I don't really care exactly what is at the very top of people's lists. Could maybe try to argue Broken as the best Ep but Jar of Flie is also a '90s thing and fucking amazing to this day so welp!
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: DCharlieJP on June 17, 2012, 08:27:45 PM
Quote
Would you rather they just hung around and put out crap records forever like say Marilyn shithead Manson? The quality to garbage ratio goes up more and more in favor of the garbage side the longer a band exists generally. I guess since my name is nails inspired I'm supposed to say TDS or Fragile is the best '90s album but there's so much cool shit from that decade that I don't really care exactly what is at the very top of people's lists. Could maybe try to argue Broken as the best Ep but Jar of Flie is also a '90s thing and fucking amazing to this day so welp!

well, it's an interesting one - everyone runs into the "bad album" at some point. No one needs to be around forever, but a good 3-4 albums worth of stuff should be possible.

Cases that jump to mind :

The Family Cat - released best album "Magic Happens" - then disbanded, reformed as two bands
Nyack - released great album - disbanded
Catherine Wheel - good album, great album, average album, poor album... disbanded
Gene - released great first album - rest turgid
Puressence - released good album, then incredible album, then great album, then average album, then good album...
Underworld - zomg followed by zomg followed by zomg followed by zomg followed by zomg ....
Orbital - zomg , zomg, great... , um what... ughhh... disbanded.... reformed with great album

So yeah - i guess the whole "tricky third album" tends to be the common thing but it's not entirely hard and fast.

Also - i was a huge NiN fan back in the day but i sort of fell of - TDS was okay, but FDS was the step that made me lose interest basically. Stangely enough - whilst i loved Broken and PHM the EP that really hooked me in was Fixed (of all things!)

I'm aware that's somewhat controversial but there was something about Fixed that i HATED at first but grew to really enjoy.

But yeah - the 90s is an insanely stupid list of riches in terms of music.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 17, 2012, 08:36:28 PM
NiN peaked with Broken, PHM was awesome as well.  Once he had beaten his old record company and was successful it just took all the piss out of him.  Flashes of good stuff here and there but by and large since Broken it's been meh.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 17, 2012, 08:38:31 PM
Also, glad to see some dubnobasswithmyheadman appreciation up in hurr.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: DCharlieJP on June 17, 2012, 08:53:18 PM
Quote
Also, glad to see some dubnobasswithmyheadman appreciation up in hurr.

dubnobass is incredible - and has two of my favourite tracks by any artists -ever- back to back : Dirty Epic --> Cowgirl

Underworld are incredible - though as mentioned in the other music thread in a recent interview Karl mentioned "we can't live on Cowgirl ... the people clubbing today have never heard of it and we want to get back on the dance floor"

I made a pffffff sound and then looked at the date on Cowgirl.... #myoldballs .... so yeah... i actually wonder how much Underworld have left in them what with Rick being pretty sick and their branching into soundtracks and, wibble, the Olympic Opening Ceremony that they are running in conjunction with Danny Boyle (!!!!!)

Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Robo on June 18, 2012, 12:09:05 AM
First post nailed it AFAIC, but I might give it to "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" on odd days of the week.  Still gives me chills.

Also: Loveless, Wowee Zowee, Illmatic, Dummy, Mezzanine, Siamese Dream, Time out of Mind, In Utero, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, etc, etc.

Not TOOL, not ever.

Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 18, 2012, 12:42:35 AM
Quote from: Robo on June 18, 2012, 12:09:05 AM
First post nailed it AFAIC, but I might give it to "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" on odd days of the week.  Still gives me chills.

Also: Loveless, Wowee Zowee, Illmatic, Dummy, Mezzanine, Siamese Dream, Time out of Mind, In Utero, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, etc, etc.

Not TOOL, not ever.

I agree with this post!  You sir are a veritable avatar of good taste.   :tophat
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 18, 2012, 02:06:23 AM
has there ever been a band with a more apt name than Tool
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 18, 2012, 02:36:13 AM
Tool hater lol. We gonna pretend like Ænima isn't an amazing album just because of a bunch of dumbass hardcore fans? 

(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4354/snoopz.png)
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Momo on June 18, 2012, 02:43:14 AM
You guys act like Maynard James cut off your dicks :lol
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 18, 2012, 03:19:50 AM
In order to even think any of that shit, you have to be a tool fan.  I just think they blow, sorry dudes.  It's like, even a shame they're Bill Hicks fans.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Momo on June 18, 2012, 04:23:10 AM
When I think Tool bass I think Prison Sex, Forty Six and Two, H and Parabola

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klOnDr9Xrvc

Like the sequence  from 3:00 to the end I love
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Positive Touch on June 18, 2012, 08:01:52 AM
this thread is now worse than an icp appreciation thread, congrats
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: tiesto on June 18, 2012, 09:59:46 AM
Was an awesome decade to be an EDM fan in:

Sasha - Xpander EP
Sasha and Digweed - Renaissance: The Mix Collection (the first big DJ mixcomp ever)
The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
The Orb - UFOrb
Daft Punk - Homework
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Underworld - Second Toughest of the Infants
Oakenfold - Tranceport (when he was at his prime)
LTJ Bukem ‎– Logical Progression
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Way Out West ‎– Way Out West
Prodigy - The Prodigy Experience
Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
Crystal Method - Vegas
Faithless - Reverence
Danny Tenaglia - Tourism
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works
Orbital - Brown Album
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 18, 2012, 02:52:56 PM
The problem with Tool is that they're wankers who make music for wankers.  Everyone who isn't a Tool fan knows what I'm talking about.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 18, 2012, 02:55:08 PM
Teatsow-san, Blue Lines and Protection are both superior to Mezzanine in everything but production values.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epgo8ixX6Wo
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 18, 2012, 02:55:14 PM
Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on June 18, 2012, 02:52:56 PM
The problem with Tool is that they're wankers who make music for wankers.  Everyone who isn't a Tool fan knows what I'm talking about.

I remember being yelled at by some guy in high school because I didn't like Tool. Dude tried to lecutre me on the godliness of their drummer.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Momo on June 18, 2012, 03:20:29 PM
Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on June 18, 2012, 02:52:56 PM
The problem with Tool is that they're wankers who make music for wankers.  Everyone who isn't a Tool fan knows what I'm talking about.
see i dont get this. I'm not exposed to other music fans (by choice) regularly so i'm not privy to fan bullshit, gossip and all whatever other shittiness you guys refer to. I love Tool's music, without whatever other bullshit is attributed to it.

Also Bill Hicks <3 :'(
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Robo on June 18, 2012, 03:26:06 PM
Quote from: mojovonio on June 18, 2012, 03:09:14 PM
Just saw them Friday, before the whole stage collapse. :'(

Was an awesome show


Your seats were a hell of a lot better than mine.  I forgot to bring my binoculars.  :(
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Robo on June 18, 2012, 05:14:33 PM
Nah, I saw them in DC a couple weeks ago.  Couldn't get anything through WASTE, so we had to settle for seats opposite the stage on the other side of the arena.  None of us had ever seen them before or we wouldn't have even considered sitting so far away.  It's practically no different from paying top dollar to watch a concert DVD.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: nice cat but chicken on June 26, 2012, 05:07:15 AM
op is a pretty safe choice. not a bad one by any stretch. radiohead will never come to new zealand so i must leave.
i think i would probably choose laughing stock by talk talk though, it is perfect after all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7FxqsNO4-Y

not yet mentioned but should be and honorably so:
-adventures in stereo - s/t
-tiesto said selected ambient works but also everything else by aphex in the 90s
-basic channel - s/t
-depeche mode - violator
-don caballero - what burns never returns
-keith - dr. doom/octagon
-gas - s/t
-gravediggaz - six feet deep
-odb - return to the 36 chambers
-primal scream - xtrmntr
-prince - emancipation  :shh
-rhythm & sound - showcase
-scott walker - tilt
-slint - spiderland
-smog - red apple falls/julius caesar/wild love
-studio 1 - s/t

musically the 90s were superlative but there's no point discounting any period of time. except the 40's, but that wasn't their fault.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Himu on June 26, 2012, 07:27:28 AM
the 40's had bebop and blues. so you're wrong about the 40's.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: The Sceneman on June 26, 2012, 07:46:50 AM
60s and 70s were very bad
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Momo on June 26, 2012, 08:18:17 AM
Also Stone Temple Pilots <3
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: CajoleJuice on June 26, 2012, 05:38:41 PM
the last concert i went to was a tool concert  :spin
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 26, 2012, 07:32:17 PM
I like Depeche Mode.  This might be a shameful confession but I like the Pet Shop Boys as well.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Shadow Mod on June 26, 2012, 07:34:06 PM
Quote from: The Experiment on June 26, 2012, 07:32:17 PM
I like Depeche Mode.  This might be a shameful confession but I like the Pet Shop Boys as well.

Who doesn't like Depeche Mode?
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 26, 2012, 07:34:35 PM
Quote from: Needs More Cowbell on June 26, 2012, 07:34:06 PM
Quote from: The Experiment on June 26, 2012, 07:32:17 PM
I like Depeche Mode.  This might be a shameful confession but I like the Pet Shop Boys as well.

Who doesn't like Depeche Mode?

Apparently Awesome-O/Green Shinobi/Puddles.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Shadow Mod on June 26, 2012, 07:36:36 PM
Bad taste confirmed.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on June 26, 2012, 07:49:09 PM
wrong thread
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Eric P on June 26, 2012, 07:50:15 PM
Quote from: The Experiment on June 26, 2012, 07:32:17 PM
I like Depeche Mode.  This might be a shameful confession but I like the Pet Shop Boys as well.

pet shop boys is probably the best, most overlooked pop duo of the past 30 years.

period.

Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: nice cat but chicken on June 26, 2012, 08:25:16 PM
yeah people are afraid to like the pet shop boys, i don't think many people know their stuff even.
i do know a lot of 30+ males who will happily admit that west end girls is one of the best songs ever.
surprised Sceneman hasn't piped up re: psb love.

also:
Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 26, 2012, 07:27:28 AM
the 40's had bebop and blues. so you're wrong about the 40's.
you're right. my bad

and:
Quote from: The Sceneman on June 26, 2012, 07:46:50 AM
60s and 70s were very bad
gtfo
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: nice cat but chicken on June 26, 2012, 08:32:29 PM
haha. it's not their fault! it was 1997!
it's still not as bad as most contemporary records.
if you're a fan of dynamic range you should definitely listen to Laughing Stock (full album first post this page)
thread has inspired me to listen to OKC for the first time in years.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: nice cat but chicken on June 26, 2012, 08:51:28 PM
i don't know, i can usually listen through contemporary mastering standards or just terrible recordings to the songs themselves but yeah sometimes these things are definitely a hindrance to enjoyment.
what're your favourite, most dynamic albums?

i'm listening to exit music (for a film) now and it's actually fairly tolerable. but i remember that's it's gonna go totally square in about a minute.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: nice cat but chicken on June 26, 2012, 09:20:32 PM
all he means is that the album is uniformly loud which many consider to deliver a fatiguing listening experience.
when cds first came on the market the average volume of a cd was -18dBFS but by the 90's people were pushing it as close to 0 as they could. doing this necessitates a bunch of compression/limiting which decreases the amplitudinal difference between the quietest and loudest sounds.
albums with more dynamic range are often percieved as being more powerful because the "loud" parts feel loud. many contemporary albums are an assault from start to finish with no respite.
i wouldn't be surprised if most people these days are used to this to the extent that they expect and enjoy it.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 26, 2012, 10:22:48 PM
tool's aenima? i agree
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: etiolate on June 26, 2012, 10:53:33 PM
Needs to be more Pearl Jam in this thread

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckRsIy4Zqgo
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 26, 2012, 11:33:11 PM
Pearl Jam sucks.  Sorry.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 26, 2012, 11:46:02 PM
Quote from: Ruzbeh on June 26, 2012, 08:29:37 PM
I'd give OK COMPUTER a listen if it wasn't so fucking loud.

Fuck that shit.

HOW AUTISTIC?

SOOOOO AUTISTIC
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 26, 2012, 11:57:37 PM
Also, PSB are one of the best groups ever.  West End Girls is an absolute masterpiece without peer.  Turning that on right now.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: The Sceneman on June 27, 2012, 12:00:57 AM
I saw PSB live in 2007, was one of the defining moments of my life. Love Comes Quickly is my fave PSB song, but they have tons of good ones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-aN8Yy4j8I
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 27, 2012, 01:02:13 AM
Quote from: Ruzbeh on June 26, 2012, 09:46:02 PM
Quote from: AWESOM-O on June 26, 2012, 09:07:48 PM
Quote from: Ruzbeh on June 26, 2012, 08:29:37 PM
I'd give OK COMPUTER a listen if it wasn't so fucking loud.

Fuck that shit.

Turn the volume down?

Doesn't work like that.

Thank fucking god jazz and classical CD's aren't bothered with this shit, so at least I have that. Can you imagine classical music with loudness? el oh el

A master at his craft. Bless this man
(http://tinyurl.com/6m4wyvu)
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Robo on June 27, 2012, 01:33:42 AM
Ruzbeh  :lol

Triple-AAA threadshitting.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: tiesto on June 27, 2012, 11:16:02 AM
Quote from: Eric P on June 26, 2012, 07:50:15 PM
Quote from: The Experiment on June 26, 2012, 07:32:17 PM
I like Depeche Mode.  This might be a shameful confession but I like the Pet Shop Boys as well.

pet shop boys is probably the best, most overlooked pop duo of the past 30 years.

period.

I'd say Scritti Politti is up there too. PSB fared pretty well in the club scene though...
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: ferrarimanf355 on June 29, 2012, 11:10:33 AM
Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on June 16, 2012, 11:17:49 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 16, 2012, 10:37:17 PM
Homogenic>OK Computer

This is unpossible, because Post>Homogenic, and Ok Computer > Post
Homogenic was the better album compared to Post. Just my two cents.
I'd put Post on par with Debut.
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: Robo on June 29, 2012, 01:30:34 PM
http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=1246

http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=3215

 :teehee
Title: Re: 15 years ago, the best album of the 90's came out
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on July 02, 2012, 04:50:10 AM
I actually think OK Computer sounds better now because it's "dated".