This list makes me sad because I was the ideal age to appreciate these albums at the time, and I do remember bits and pieces of many of them, yet not a single one means anything to me today. I haven't even listened to any of them in 23 years except for Dirty, and that only because reading Kim Gordon's book reminded me of it.
― Josefa, Monday, 29 June 2015 05:17 (eight years ago) link
the 90s is probably my least favorite decade from the last 55 years of pop music. I just find that most canonical albums from that decade just don't hold up as well compared to what came before or since.
irl i know no one who thinks this
― billstevejim, Monday, 29 June 2015 05:38 (eight years ago) link
90s so >>>>>> 80s for me
― Lee626, Monday, 29 June 2015 05:42 (eight years ago) link
albeit through haze of nostalgia, slanted & enchanted (no question) for me
― drash, Monday, 29 June 2015 05:52 (eight years ago) link
the 90s is probably my least favorite decade from the last 55 years of pop music. I just find that most canonical albums from that decade just don't hold up as well compared to what came before or since
I think I can pretty much endorse this statement, although there are a scattered few albums from 1990-1993 that I might go back to today, though it's not extremely likely
― Josefa, Monday, 29 June 2015 05:56 (eight years ago) link
That statement is utter horseshit, especially in the realms of dance, techno and hip-hop.
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 29 June 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
also there are three albums in the next 20 (Wish, The Predator, Funky Divas) that are better than everything in the top 30
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 29 June 2015 13:37 (eight years ago) link
A lot of my favorite albums were released in the '90s. However, while I regularly discover, say, albums from the '70s that are surprising and amazing and that sound fresh and great and new, I don't seem to have that experience as much with '90s albums that I'm only now hearing for the first time.
― It's The 1985 Micky Dolenz Toyota Spring Sales Event! (Old Lunch), Monday, 29 June 2015 13:43 (eight years ago) link
Part of this is living through the 90s as someone aware of and capable of hunting down cool, interesting albums as they were released rather than being a child or unborn.
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 29 June 2015 13:46 (eight years ago) link
This is true. It's definitely the decade when I was the most on top of what was being released at the time.
― It's The 1985 Micky Dolenz Toyota Spring Sales Event! (Old Lunch), Monday, 29 June 2015 13:51 (eight years ago) link
The idea that the '90s were drought years for pop is insane to me. As soon as R&B and hip-hop started charting on the Hot 100, radio became so much more awesome.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 June 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link
Not sure how Mom afforded it but having MTV in the 90s was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.
― geoffreyess, Monday, 29 June 2015 14:23 (eight years ago) link
MTV was literally the only inlet for new music during my first two years of high school (early '90s) while living in the middle of nowhere (and then to only a slightly lesser degree during the following two years spent a touch nearer to civilization). Its impact on my musical taste cannot be overstated.
― It's The 1985 Micky Dolenz Toyota Spring Sales Event! (Old Lunch), Monday, 29 June 2015 14:32 (eight years ago) link
Well, it's true that at the time it seemed like there was plenty of new and interesting kinds of dance/techno/hip-hop stuff to listen to, even on the radio, but for some reason I don't feel very emotionally connected to that music today, as good as it may have been. I still get a kick out of putting on an old disco LP or an '80s freestyle record, but most of the '90s stuff is mentally filed away as stuff I liked back then, for just a moment. It may have something to do with what kind of dance music is imprinted on you at whatever your impressionable age was.
― Josefa, Monday, 29 June 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
I was aged 16-25 over the course of the 90s and was on top of all the music as it was happening and was really excited about it at the time, but look back on nearly all of it now with disinterest or contempt. No idea why that is, as I don't have particularly bad life associations with the decade. I just think most of the music isn't as good as I'd convinced myself it was.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 01:03 (eight years ago) link
kiko deserved a vote
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 01:04 (eight years ago) link
All of these acts released music during the 90s that I consider to be among the music I've ever heard:
OrbitalPortisheadSquarepusherAphex TwinErykah BaduWu-Tang Clan (as a group and solo)A Tribe Called QuestDe La SoulTLCToni BraxtonPJ HarveyThe Jesus and Mary ChainThe ProdigyOutkast2PacSnoop DoggBabyfaceMadonnaNine Inch NailsIce CubeUnderworld
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
I'd follow suit but the list of the music I've ever heard would be super, super long.
In seriousness, though, there's also a lot of overlap in my own personal Venn diagram of 'best music ever' and 'best music of the '90s'.
― Piggy Soup (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link