FREEFORM 1990's ALTERNATIVE ALBUM POLL - THE RECKONING (TOP TEN COUNTING DOWN NOW)

I didn't say you will like it though, Ez. If you hate Neil Young influenced stuff then you might wanna skip it.

79= A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
37 points
3 votes
1 first-place vote
Greatest contributor: o.nate

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Sometimes I'd swear Midnight Marauders is my favorite album ever.

― ablaeser, Friday, 30 January 2009 22:26 (1 year ago)

midnight marauders is the most comfy album i own.

― ethan, Tuesday, 2 October 2001 00:00 (8 years ago)

Yes, Midnight Marauders is as summery as a jar of fireflies. Playing that album, even in the dark depths of a Michigan February, will make me fiend for lemonade.

― EC, Monday, 17 March 2003 16:12 (7 years ago)

hey guuuuuyyyys i'm voting for midnight marauders

― gr8080, Saturday, 31 January 2009 00:27 (1 year ago)

attn: gr8080

― better than 10 superbowls! (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 31 January 2009 00:28 (1 year ago)

hey

― better than 10 superbowls! (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 31 January 2009 00:28 (1 year ago)

what it do pwv

― gr8080, Saturday, 31 January 2009 00:32 (1 year ago)

"I'm a midnight marauder, stick a q-tip in your pussy, that's my low-end theory"

― "Buri" Al Yankovich (Dom Passantino), Friday, 30 January 2009 15:06 (1 year ago)

shit I should have voted in this, huh

if no u.s. maple records make the list i am gonna be sad i didn't dump all 200 of my points on "Talker"

oh shit, US Maple! I did kinda mean to revisit their catalogue with an ear to maybe allocating some points and then forgot. sadface

I get mixed up between Built To Spill and Guided By Voices. Are they the same?

No

What about Built To Spill and Yo La Tengo?

Same band?

pretty sure that Built To Spill and Dodgy are the same band

I knew it!

I love MM so damn much, I wish that 33 1/3 book had been written about that instead of the debut.

Also LJ, STG top ten or what?

They were so good on the Midnight Maruders tour. Probably my favorite Tribe album - I have that extra layer of attachment to those songs because they kicked such ass.

77= The Divine Comedy - Promenade (1994)
38 points
2 votes
0 first-place votes
Greatest contributor: Kitchen Person

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Pretty sure I hate The Divine Comedy more than any other band ever.

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 14:09 (2 years ago)

I think the Divine Comedy are fab, so there

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 8 May 2004 00:40 (5 years ago)

Momus is deplorable, as are The Divine Comedy for the same reasons (not that you asked). Pretentious. Smug. A Bore.

― Dr. C, Friday, 2 March 2001 01:00 (9 years ago)

hehe, this morning I sang a Divine comedy song at the absolute top of my lungs whilst showering, it put me in an incredibly good mood which is still lasting.

― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 09:13 (6 years ago)

Kitchen Person wrote this on thread POLL-HANN-ON POLL-HANN-ON on board I Love Music on 19-Nov-2009

I have to be honest I clicked on this thread thinking it might be a Divine Comedy poll.

apoplectic new answers in 3...2...1...

0..

ugh

I like D.C. but never heard a whole album.

Apoplectic enough for you?

divine comedy are responsible for some of the worst music ever made.

To be fair, I've only heard one divine comedy song, but then again it was total crap.

"My Lovely Horse" from Father Ted is the veto factor.

I think I've heard a track, unlike BtS. No idea what it sounded like though.

Oh, I've heard the Father Ted stuff!

You've probably heard "Commuter Love". The one that goes "Baa-ba-baba Bababa-ba-ba/Ba-ba-ba Badap-ba-ba-baba".

I have heard that song

And the one that goes "She said there's something in the woodshed".

I think it's called "She Said There's Something In The Woodshed".

never even heard of this band.

am starting to think my selections are um, going to place fairly highly

Are hip hop albums gonna dominate the higher echelons of this poll?

The two people who voted for this album both put it very high in their ballots, so it must have something going for it

(The Divine Comedy, I mean)

Wouldn't you like to know, pfunkboy?

I didn't think much of the Divine Comedy until I saw Neil Hannon do an instore at Road Records last year's Record Store Day, it was good times. Wouldn't buy their records though.

Are Built To Spill gonna dominate the higher echelons of this poll?

I'm guessing yes.

Y'all forgetting Color Me Badd.

77= The Auteurs - New Wave (1993)
38 points
2 votes
1 first-place vote
Greatest contributor: purrington

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I loved this album upon its release. "Starstruck" and "American Guitars" are wonderful songs. The problem is Haines' vocals: he sings like a wuss. Even Neil Tennant sang with more force.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 15 July 2005 19:12 (4 years ago)

An EVIL wuss. Very important.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 16 July 2005 19:00 (4 years ago)

i like this record a lot.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 6 August 2007 15:22 (2 years ago)

joseph cotten (joseph cotten) wrote this on thread TS: Definitely Maybe vs. Parklife vs. Different Class vs. Dog Man Star on board I Love Music on 03-May-2005

And the answer to the original question is: The Auteurs - New Wave.

did that first Beautiful South album come out in 90? That's my guess for #1 if it did

dom doesn't post here anymore

but yeah the remainder of the poll will be 'sophisticated' Britpop

Gah, this is another one of those threads that bookmarks don't work on. I'm regretting my 10-album ballot now, btw.

Nowt wrong with sophisticated britpop - I think the other Auteurs vote was mine.

ughhhhhhhhh @ the divine comedy, just ugh ugh ugh

74= Burger/Ink - [Las Vegas]
38 points
3 votes
0 first-place votes
Greatest contributor: Noodle Vague

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burger/ink's 'las vegas' is great. for some reason every track on that album has a title that pays tribute to roxy music.

― pro bowl was fun (omar little), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 19:09 (1 year ago)

[las vegas]by Burger/Ink, one of the best albums of the 90's and still sounds so fresh. I think Kompakt could release it now and it would still seem brand new.

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 21 November 2004 15:51 (5 years ago)

Burger/Ink's "Las Vegas" is ageless... which I think is a test for a truly classic album.

HS

― hector savage, Sunday, 21 November 2004 16:49 (5 years ago)

Burger/Ink - Las Vegas is essential. Might be my fav techno lp.

― Ulysses, Monday, 26 November 2007 15:36 (2 years ago)

Burger/Ink's Las Vegas is unstoppable, easily one of the best dance full-lengths ever release.

― Bill in Chicago, Friday, 27 April 2007 22:06 (3 years ago)

This is very true by the way, though I wouldn't call the album "dance". It's the perfect midpoint between Ink's minimalism and Burger's more melodic sensibility, I don't really know any other record that sounds like it.

― Tuomas, Friday, 20 February 2009 07:02 (1 year ago)

e.e. cummingstonite (Noodle Vague) wrote this on thread What is your favorite steady-state record? on board I Love Music on 09-May-2009

Burger/Ink's Las Vegas epitomises this for me. This kind of thing is my favourite sound I think. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is a prototype. Reich, obviously. Basinski's loops. A lot of Bossa does it in its own way. Plenty of Krautrock tracks but can't think of any albums as a whole. Motorik etc.

Have been listening to this for fifteen minutes; am absolutely loving it. All three voters placed it highly. Party poppers going off in Finland.

Never heard of it; intrigued by the comments.

kinda surprised to see some stuff (this is the 3rd instance) I have never, ever heard of (much less actually heard) on here

First one I've never heard of at all.

Shame I'm going out now for a bit! I'll have to pause it. But yeah, I recommend a listen for anyone interested in techno.

I'm on the never heard train on this one. Not much of a techno guy but I'm open to the idea.

I'm obviously delighted The Divine Comedy made the list. I know they split opinion but they've been my very favourite band for a long time now.

I was the other DC vote and am equally delighted!

Burger/Ink is essential. For a few years I was buying used copies and giving them to friends. It's that kind of record. I did the same thing with Vocalcity when it started turning up used.