Anx said:

Come over to my place, baby.

RipHer2Shreds said:

nice!

RipHer2Shreds said:

You have NO idea how much I love this album.

Years ago, someone played me the original version of "Credit in the Straight World" and I've been trying to remember who did it ever since...I even turned up no luck when I tried Googling it...the original is great, I'd love to find it again...

Anx said:

I'd love to hear that. Next to Doll Parts, it's my favorite track on there.

RipHer2Shreds said:

This would be my alternate universe list. I love just about all these albums, though I confess I'm more of an "Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black" fan.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Great timeless recording:

GangstaFam said:

Me too! The 90s were great
[Edited 6/16/06 17:05pm]

CinisterCee said:

thank you!

for some reason, i thought it was red krayola. no wonder i couldn't find it.

Anx said:

Emporer Tomato Ketchup?

1 Scott Walker - Tilt
2 Julian cope - Peggy suicide
3 High Llamas - Hawaii
4 Prince - Come
5 Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges Ruth
6 Luna - Bewitched
7 Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Spinning Around the Sun
8 Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane Over the Sea
9 Scud Mountain Boys - Massachusetts
10 The Handsome Family - Through the Trees

[mope]I was gonna start this thread, and yes it was gonna be 50 albums, damn it![/mope]

I have some issues with the 90s as a decade, but there are many albums I absolutely adore from that decade.

1. Madonna- Ray of Light
2. Prince- The Gold Experience
3. Prince- Crystal Ball
4. Prince-
5. Annie Lennox- Diva
6. Björk- Homogenic
7. Depeche Mode- Violator
8. Björk- Post
9. Eurythmics- Peace
10. Janet Jackson- The Velvet Rope

See how few artists captured my attention?
[Edited 6/16/06 19:42pm]

GangstaFam said:

that's definitely up there...i don't know if every song on that album is part of my DNA like some of the stuff i listed, but that is one record that gives me a major case of the Instant Happies.

Moonbeam said:

it's weird...i like all of bjork's albums a whole lot (with the possible exception of her last two, but even 'medulla' is slllowwwly growing on me), but it's only been in the last year or two that i've REALLY bonded with "homogenic". i think it was reading about how bjork wanted to create "volcanic pop" or "icelandic rock" as a new personal genre with this album, and i can really hear her creating her own little private musical revolution in her head with this album. it's so fierce and confident. i still wonder if i like 'vespertine' a little more, but i've really come to love 'homogenic' in ways i never appreciated before.

Moonbeam said:

They told me they're not too fond of you either. Just thought you should know.

Anx said:

Anything by Beck?

damosuzuki said:

you've made me remember 'peggy suicide' once again. brilliant album.

Moonbeam said:

Go on with ya bad self...post that Top 50.

GangstaFam said:

'sea change', but that's not 90s.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

the 90s kick this decade's ass so far for music. is that my age talking or has music, by and large, been really lackluster so far this decade?

Anx said:

I think "Homogenic" is really suitable as a title. With "Debut" and "Post", she was trying on all different kinds of pop, dance and electronic styles. With the "Post" singles, she exploded into every direction imaginable. She's said herself that she usually reacts against what she's just created and tries to do something totally new. And I feel like with "Homogenic", she really tried to homogenize her sound into something uniform, distinct and all her own. She abandoned her original idea of having it be strictly beats in one speaker, strings in another and voice in the middle, but the results are pretty close. I only wish that the video version of "Alarm Call" would've been included with it's harder beats and string samples. It would've fit much better with the overall sound. And I think ever since, she's tried to make her albums very consistent and do one thing to the max instead of covering several. Love it!

Anx said:

The latter, cuz I feel the same way. And we haven't mellowed that much.

What's the best from my viewpoint now? What Albums did I live with then? Much different. I wanna give respect to both on the list.

Anx said:

Perhaps my aversion to the 90s was just that I completely didn't identify with the zeitgeist of the time and being a teenager without a computer, didn't explore things beyond the mainstream. I love the 00s way more than the 90s, but probably because I dig a lot deeper than I did back then. Much of the music I love from this decade doesn't get much media exposure.

Moonbeam said:

But it makes no sense! You were so angsty and outsider in the 90's. They were waiting with open arms for you!

Moonbeam said:

i think discovering music without the help of a computer HELPED me appreciate music more, really. before having forums like this or rate your music or whatever, i kinda had to rely on my own imagination and other people's face-to-face opinions on music, and there was a lot less cacophany involved in taking in new music. i'd have to hunt down reviews of new albums in magazines, etc. i think there are plusses of listening to music and discovering new stuff post-internet, don't get me wrong, but i also really enjoyed the risk of getting a new album and not knowing what it would be like because it leaked online or someone reviewed an advance copy, etc. - ya know?

GangstaFam said:

I was always a happy person at heart, and I was turned off by the anger/mopiness of the decade. Completely!

A 100 song list of the 90's would be off the chain, not just yet though

Anx said:

I understand that too, but I wasn't nearly the fan of music in general back then as I was now, so I've utilized all resources more during this decade.

Anx said:

I'll always love that poor, deranged acid casualty for giving us this work of cracked genius.

Moonbeam said:

That was only a fraction of what was going on.

And aside from how you felt then, what's the problem now Mr. Lou Reed?