Favourite albums of the 80s+ 90s - lists :D

[ska invita]

An interesting list of top 100 albums of the 90s here, avoided lots of big records and so driving the comments box mad, but interesting reading
http://www.factmag.com/2012/09/03/the-100-best-albums-of-the-1990s-100-81/
They spend a year compiling it and writing it up supposedly.

Which has made me want to do my own list... will have to have a think about that for a while

Would be curious to see what other people think...nice way of discovering new music.

of course rating one album above another is pretty meaningless, especially across different genres, but its fun anyway

(i see theyve done an 80s one here too http://www.factmag.com/2013/06/24/the-100-best-albums-of-the-1980s-100-81/)

 

[Kaka Tim]

music spodsville, hipstery codswallop. No prodigy, leftfield, supergrass, Pj harvey, Radiohead, Blur, Nirvana, Suede in a top 100 albums of the 90s? Really?

 

[stavros]

I'd probably swap the top two around. Great as SAW is, 36 Chambers is almost flawless.

I was surprised that I only had 19 of the top 100.

 

[nogojones]

I pretty much stopped listening to albums at the start of the 90's so maybe I'm not the best to do this sort of thing. I'd find it tricky to name 100 and I guess they'd mainly be hip hop. I think I had 20 from that list and none of them stood out as a favorite in any way

 

[ska invita]

I was surprised that I only had 19 of the top 100.

its a very quirky list

 

[stavros]

SAW is a truly great album, but should it be included in this list, given as it is in reality a collection rather than a studio album? Plus, as the title implies, some of the work predates the 90s, so you could argue Back to Mono for example, released in 1991, could've been up for inclusion.

/pendantic twat

 

[marty21]

I'd probably swap the top two around. Great as SAW is, 36 Chambers is almost flawless.

I was surprised that I only had 19 of the top 100.

I had 1 Dummy - by Portishead - I was in my 20s in the 90s and don't remember most of the top 100

 

[stavros]

You ought to at least get Maxinquaye and Mezzanine too, although saying that they are a fair bit different to Dummy. I think Portishead just got a bit lumped in with the Wild Bunch lot due to their geographical proximity.

 

[marty21]

You ought to at least get Maxinquaye and Mezzanine too, although saying that they are a fair bit different to Dummy. I think Portishead just got a bit lumped in with the Wild Bunch lot due to their geographical proximity.

correction - I have 2 - did buy Mezzanine at the time

 

[skyscraper101]

music spodsville, hipstery codswallop. No prodigy, leftfield, supergrass, Pj harvey, Radiohead, Blur, Nirvana, Suede in a top 100 albums of the 90s? Really?

^ This.

 

[Pickman's model]

80s?

first and last and always - sisters of mercy
ungovernable force - conflict
i didn't see it coming - professionals
mercy - steve jones
onwards and upwards - culture shock
how could hell be any worse? - bad religion
frankenchrist - dead kennedys
give me convenience or give me death - dead kennedys
pop art - transvision vamp
acid bath - alien sex fiend

90s?

don't call me vanilla - ak47s
blaggamuffin - blaggers ita
united colors of blaggers ita
prairie home invasion - jello biafra and mojo nixon
pulp fiction ost


i'm sure i'll think of a few more in a minute

 

[killer b]

music spodsville, hipstery codswallop. No prodigy, leftfield, supergrass, Pj harvey, Radiohead, Blur, Nirvana, Suede in a top 100 albums of the 90s? Really?

why would they want to copy select magazine's top 100 of the 90s?

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I think there's some entire genres in the two lists I haven't heard of. Oh well. I was pleased to see The Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams in there though - that's a great album, well worth revisiting.

 

[killer b]

90s list is great - loads of albums to check out I've never heard of.

 

[Kaka Tim]

why would they want to copy select magazine's top 100 of the 90s?

Cos most people would probably put all or some of those bands into a 'top 100 albums of the 90s' - the ones that got listened too and had the most impact and were many peoples favourites. Its willfully obtuse -ergo - for music spods and hipsters.
Its seems anything that actually sold in any quantity - with a few exceptions like 'dummy' - is excluded purely for that reason.

I mean, if they'd have called it 'top 100 albums of the 90s you haven't heard' - than fair enough.

 

[killer b]

Maybe they didnt like those albums by the prodigy, supergrass (lol) et al that other lists have cited repeatedly for the last 15 years. None of them would make my list either, apart from pj Harvey.

Why do they have to be records you've heard of?

 

[ska invita]

Should rename thread best albums of the 80s and 90s you might not have heard of. But its too late. eta: as kaka says.

 

[killer b]

Supergrass though?

Take that & party is also noteable by its omission.

 

[ska invita]

Take that & party is also noteable by its omission.

should be on there for the concept-title alone

 

[ska invita]

music spodsville, hipstery codswallop. No prodigy, leftfield, supergrass, Pj harvey, Radiohead, Blur, Nirvana, Suede in a top 100 albums of the 90s? Really?

different magazines have different tastes - i can imagine those you mention making the NME list for example. They wouldn't make the mixmag list. Or a Knowledge (dnb) list. Or HipHop Connection or Kerrangg. I dont really know about Fact but they clearly have their own taste parameters and thats that. Your list isnt universal - i genuinely dont really like any of those acts you mentioned, save the odd track. That doesnt make me a hipster trying to be obtuse, its just a different taste

 

[free spirit]

Should really be renamed 'best 100 albums as chose by warp fanboys', I'm trying to work out if there are any major Warp artists missing.

 

[lizzieloo]

Is Dubnobasswithmyheadman on the list? If not the list is wrong.

IMHO like

 

[Fez909]

different magazines have different tastes - i can imagine those you mention making the NME list for example. They wouldn't make the mixmag list. Or a Knowledge (dnb) list. Or HipHop Connection or Kerrangg. I dont really know about Fact but they clearly have their own taste parameters and thats that. Your list isnt universal - i genuinely dont really like any of those acts you mentioned, save the odd track. That doesnt make me a hipster trying to be obtuse, its just a different taste

I remember reading the 90s one when it came out and they said they deliberately chose unusual stuff. Fact is usually house/techno/dubstep/garage type stuff.

The 80s one would be good to go through to refute the oft-repeated claim here that the 80s were shit for music.

 

[free spirit]

nope, no jilted, leftism, Orbital, daft punk either.

I think they lived in a different version of the 90s to me.

 

[Fez909]

nope, no jilted, leftism, Orbital, daft punk either.

I think they lived in a different version of the 90s to me.

What's the point of making a list with Daft Punk in when you're addressing a fanbase of electronic music?

There's not one person who reads FACT who doesn't know Homework is a great album

 

[Kaka Tim]

different magazines have different tastes - i can imagine those you mention making the NME list for example. They wouldn't make the mixmag list. Or a Knowledge (dnb) list. Or HipHop Connection or Kerrangg. I dont really know about Fact but they clearly have their own taste parameters and thats that. Your list isnt universal - i genuinely dont really like any of those acts you mentioned, save the odd track. That doesnt make me a hipster trying to be obtuse, its just a different taste

I wasn't making a universal list - just some very noticeable omission. Well mix mag would concentrate on dance music, kerrang on metal - but the Fact list doesn't seem to be genre specific, just down on anything that charted and guitar bands in particular. Riot Grrl, grunge (nevermind? not in the top 100?) - dont feature at all. Virtually none of the dance influenced crossover stuff that was massive in the 90s - leftfield, the orb,propellar heads, primal scream, prodigy, shamen, utah saints, underworld - all missing. Brit Pop? - only pulp. RATM? PWEI? Ash? Manics? Nope. So thats most peoples soundtrack to the decade excluded. Not all of the acts are on my playlist either - but you cant just write them out history.

It wanky music purism.

 

[Fez909]

I wasn't making a universal list - just some very noticeable omission. Well mix mag would concentrate on dance music, kerrang on metal - but the Fact list doesn't seem to be genre specific, just down on anything that charted and guitar bands in particular. Riot Grrl, grunge - dont feature at all. Virtually none of the dance influenced crossover stuff that was massive in the 90s - leftfield, propellar heads, primal scream, prodigy, shamen, utah saints, underworld - all missing. Brit Pop? - only pulp. RATM? PWEI? Ash? Manics? Nope. So thats most peoples soundtrack to the decade excluded. Not all of the acts are on my playlist either - but you cant just write them out history.

It wanky music purism.

Or maybe it's just a list of interesting music for you to check out?

 

[Kaka Tim]

Or maybe it's just a list of interesting music for you to check out?

Fine - like i said, then they should call it "100 overlooked albums of the 90s".

 

[ska invita]

but the Fact list doesn't seem to be genre specific

i think free spirit nailed it - ex indie kids who got into IDM - thats definitely a genre...

 

[free spirit]

What's the point of making a list with Daft Punk in when you're addressing a fanbase of electronic music?

There's not one person who reads FACT who doesn't know Homework is a great album

what's the point of making a best of list and missing some of the best albums off it? If it were targeted at an electronic music fanbase then that's an even more odd list, though I think I know the target market...