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

weird i coulda swore i voted for rae, oh well, made it high anyway...
in retrospect i would have put more than like 10 mins into my ballot

but...

GREAT POLL

kudos, lj. really fun thread IMO

and

i can't think of another poll in ILX history that's had me excited to check out more albums that i have never heard

On my short-list to check out (all albums I haven't heard yet, for one reason or another):

12 **Oval - 94 Diskont – 122
19 *****the notorious b.i.g. - life after death 87
38 *Pole - 1 60 (TIED)
92 ***pharcyde - bizarre ride II the pharycde 33 (TIED)
98 *Woodface - Crowded House – 32 (TIED)

Repurchased for $2.99, haven't listened since high school era:

29 ***Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual – 72

i can't think of another poll in ILX history that's had me excited to check out more albums that i have never heard

thanks!!! not to blow my own trumpet but you guys have given me plenty to listen to as well. the poll's entire premise is that the 90's were freaking awesome (like, more so than you might think if you idly mused on 'the 90's' as a musical decade) and it's lived up to that premise with honours

Yeah. Definitely my fav music poll so far on ilx. Great job. The miscalculations only made it better.

the miscalculations cancelled each other out in the end tbh

this is without a doubt my favorite of all the ILX results threads. nobody was complaining, and these albums are sick.

might do some additional analysis in a bit

'most Greatest Contributor:'

'most pulled quotes' (this will be won by H3lgeson)

etc

Yeah, brilliant work lj. I'm more of a consensus effort man myself than one for the crazily all-over-the-place rundown, but this was every bit as much fun - and your #2 gave me the best laugh ever, when I realised it was for real.

One thing I think it really shows is how important it is that people actually get the fingers out and vote in these things. Each one really does make a difference, y'know?

nobody was complaining

*coughOMGCANUBELIEVETHEREWASNOTENOUGHELECTRONICMUSICcough*

there was more tuomas-friendly music than in every other ilx decade poll combined

and yeah another point was to make it that every single ballot made a big difference!

TS: Geir complaining about lack of Geir-friendly music vs. Tuomas complaining about lack of Tuomas-friendly music.

Lots to chew on LJ, good work, still gutted that I missed the boat, loving the Shiina Ringo ending too!

there was more tuomas-friendly music than in every other ilx decade poll combined

Er, you might do well to check the original 90s polls - that was when ILX tastes and my tastes converged the most. My complaint wasn't about the lack of electronic music per se (as this poll had many fine electronic albums), I was just wondering why there was so little dance music in this poll, even though it was represented quite well in the OG poll. IMO the 90s were the best decade ever for dance music, and I felt like ILM has kinda changed in its appreciation of 90s dance between 2004 and 2010. (And like I mentioned, this is probably due to ILX becoming more dominated by Americans, who were less exposed to dance music in the 90s than Europeans.)

But I still expect the alternate 90s tracks poll to have plenty of dance - otherwise I might just loose my faith in ILM.

what are your favourite 10 dance albums of the 90's tuomas, i would like to hear them

or at least hear what they are. then i might listen to some of them.

*coughOMGCANUBELIEVETHEREWASNOTENOUGHELECTRONICMUSICcough*

hahahhaha well, there was way less complaining than usual.. I wasn't bothered by it. And all the best electronic albums were already included in the previous 90's poll (3 underworld albums!)

I don't know if these are the ten BEST, but here are ten good ones:

T-99: Children of Chaos
The Prodigy: Experience
Eon: Void Dweller
Bizarre Inc: Energique
Altern8: Full On... Mask Hysteria
The Shamen: En-Tact
Speed Limit 140+ BPM Vol 3: The Joint
Best of Techno Volume 3
Kaos Theory 2
XL Recordings: The Third Chapter - Breakbeat House

also yeah, Underworld's Beaucoup Fish and the Fluke album with "Atom Bomb" and "Absurd" on it and the Chemical Brothers albums and the Moby albums etc etc etc

n.b. I was bang into The Prodigy as a wee youth, and also The Chemical Brothers, so I'd not be remotely averse to scratching deeper

In that vein, I dig Propellerheads a lot. There's also pre-Discovery Daft Punk (ie, when they were still awesome French house music), Remedy by Basement Jaxx, all those demented Interactive singles (search for "Elevator Up and Down" and "Dildo"), 2 Unlimited (no really! esp. "Twilight Zone" and "Tribal Dance"), early Lords of Acid ("Darling come heeeere....") and the acts related to them (Praga Khan, MNO, Digital Orgasm, Channel X, Jade 4 U, Phantasia, etc)

Most of them were already mentioned in my ballot, but here's a tentative top 10:

Paperclip People – The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich
Hardfloor – The Best of Hardfloor
Marusha – Raveland
Ultramarine – Every Man and Woman Is a Star
Hell – Munich Machine
Innerzone Orchestra – Programmed
Omni Trio – Haunted Science
4 Hero - Parallel Universe
Khan & Walker - Radiowaves
Syrinx 2600 - Docking -20s

Out of these, you might enjoy Munich Machine, Programmed, Radiowaves, Docking -20s. You probably won't like Raveland nor Parallel Universe. The rest, I have no idea.

(x-post to Louis)

As far The Prodigy goes, I think Music for the Jilted Generation is their best, probably the one LJ would like the most too.

agreed

Tuomas did you like any of the electronic stuff I voted for? There must be some common ground somewhere!

Also, Sheep on Drugs, Mark Ink, Burger Industries, selected Speedy J tracks ("Borax" particularly), the first Panacea album, the original Omni Trio releases (stay AWAY from Haunted Science, it really sucks), etc etc

xp: of course Tuomas likes Haunted Science over The Deepest Cut

I already like that album loads (Jilted Generation)! Thanks for your suggestions, though; I'll try to listen to a few of them!

also check early Photek

In that vein, I dig Propellerheads a lot

hahaha inevitably I am a great fan of their album too, lol England

Lionrock?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6ZIZQv8zTk

let's rock this

Decksanddrumsandrockandroll was my introduction to electronic/dance music.. I didn't care for it at all until this record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aqy9BYqDM

omg i totally downloaded that lionrock mp3 in like fall 1999.

I like this Dan! Very nostalgic.

This probably my number 1 favourite dance tune of the 90s (it's by Mike Ink, i.e. one half of Burger/Ink):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8DXBcbJq1A&feature=related

Unfortunately this version isn't available on any album - the Love Inc. album that came out in 1996 only has an inferior remix.

that was on like a bazillion comps tho

Yeah, that's how I got it.

This too is pretty good!! Very busy and maximalist, a style which has a place in my heart along with more austere offerings

I saw Lionrock several times and had their album and some singles. Saw death in vegas around the time of their 1st album and again supporting chemical brothers.

T99's biggest hit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cnsp06_7Rw&feature=related

the career-defining Lords of Acid track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdmkjD2UTJU

this is all greatly appreciated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPbVP6cots4

Omni Trio when they/he was good, as opposed to the era Tumoas recommended, which I refer to as "drum n blouse"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvjeQbYEAB0

"VIP Torture" from the mind-meltingly brilliant Panacea album Low Profile Darkness