The Soapbox’s Top 100 albums of the 90s.

18 Aug

If you’re a regular to this blog (hey Der Effe!) then you’ll remember our Top 100 Albums of the 00s that I posted at the start of the month. Well this post is the same, except for the previous decade. Each member submitted a list of their top 50 albums of the 90s, and popular forum member LENNY compiled a huge list (329 albums in total), awarding 100 points to each member’s number 1 album, 99 points for their number 2 and so on.

As a lot of the users are proper MADFERITs, the 90s were a lot easier to agree on, and the top 10 may be a little predictable. Still, some great tracks on there that I’ll be posting – if you haven’t heard them I strongly reccommend listening.

100. Cast – All Change
99. The Chemical Brothers – Surrender
98. Paul Weller – Stanley Road
97. Björk – Debut
95. Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul
95. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
94. Guided By Voices – Alien Lanes
93. Nas – Illmatic
92. Longpigs – The Sun is Often Out
91. Massive Attack – Blue Lines

90. Sebadoh – Bakesale
88. Eels – Electro-Shock Blues
88. Manic Street Preachers – Generation Terrorists
87. The Bluetones – Expecting to Fly
86. Space – Tin Planet
85. Happy Mondays – Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches
84. Pavement – Wowee Zowee
83. Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
81. The Charlatans – Us and Us Only
81. U2 – Achtung Baby

80. Mansun – Attack of the Grey Lantern
79. The Charlatans – Up to Our Hips
78. The Stairs – Mexican R’n’B
77. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Methodrone
76. Pavement – Brighten the Corners
74. GZA/Genius – Liquid Swords
74. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
73. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Honey’s Dead
72. Morrissey – Vauxhall & I
71. Death In Vegas – The Contino Sessions

70. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
68. Arab Strap – Philophobia
68. Shack – Waterpistol
67. Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion I
66. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
65. Black Star – Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
64. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Let Love In
63. Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape
62. Belle and Sebastian – Tigermilk
60. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
60. Sonic Youth – Dirty

59. Rage Against the Machine – The Battle of Los Angeles
58. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Give it Back!
57. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
56. Portishead – Dummy
55. Supergrass – Supergrass
54. Eels – Beautiful Freak
53. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
52. Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
51. The Verve – A Storm in Heaven

50. Shack – H.M.S. Fable
49. Jeff Buckley – Grace
48. Ocean Colour Scene – Marchin’ Already
47. Belle and Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
46. Blur – The Great Escape
45. Ride – Going Blank Again
44. The Charlatans – Tellin’ Stories
43. Blur – 13
42. Prodigy – The Fat of the Land
41. Pulp – His ‘N’ Hers

40. Sonic Youth – Goo
39. Green Day – Dookie
38. Blur – Modern Life is Rubbish
37. Stereophonics – Performance and Cocktails
36. Ash – 1977
35. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
34. Super Furry Animals – Guerrilla
33. R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
32. Ocean Colour Scene – Moseley Shoals
31. Blur – Blur

29. Beck – Odelay
29. Supergrass – In It for the Money
28. Weezer – Pinkerton
27. Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
26. Ride – Nowhere
25. Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
24. Primal Scream – Vanishing Point
23. Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
22. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
20. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
20. The Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray

19. Pulp – This is Hardcore
18. Weezer – Weezer (The Blue Album)
17. Super Furry Animals – Radiator
16. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
15. Stereophonics – Word Gets Around
14. Supergrass – I Should Coco
13. The Verve – A Northern Soul
12. Nirvana – Nevermind
11. The La’s – The La’s

10. Primal Scream – Screamadelica

Listen to “Loaded”

9. Blur – Parklife

Listen to “End of a Century”

8. Oasis – Be Here Now

Listen to “Stand by Me”

7. The Verve – Urban Hymns

Listen to “Lucky Man”

6. Radiohead – The Bends

Listen to “Fake Plastic Trees”

5. Pulp – Different Class

Listen to “Mis-Shapes”

4. Nirvana – In Utero

Listen to “All Apologies”

3. Radiohead – OK Computer

Listen to “Paranoid Android”

2. Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

Listen to “Morning Glory”

1. Oasis – Definitely MaybeListen to “Columbia”

5 Responses to “The Soapbox’s Top 100 albums of the 90s.”

  1. William of Rollince August 18, 2010 at 21:59 #

    how the fuck did be here now get this high on the list? surely, this is from the oasisforum days.

  2. asoapboxx August 18, 2010 at 22:01 #

    It’s from this year I think. Everyone’s obviously still MADFERIT at heart, rolli.

  3. steph August 19, 2010 at 04:25 #

    I was not really surprised to see oasis there, but three albums on the top ten?

  4. asoapboxx August 19, 2010 at 09:02 #

    I blame Evan.

    • Ben August 23, 2010 at 08:33 #

      fucking be here now

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