Pitchfork releases their list of the top 150 albums of the 90s
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Mr Lister — 3 years ago(October 10, 2022 02:50 AM)
Pitchfork's 2003 Top 90s Album list compared with the 2022 list.
(Original rating - Change - Band - Album - Year of release)
X indicates the album was not included on the 2022 list
1 (-2) Radiohead: OK computer 1997
2 (+1) My bloody Valentine: Loveless 1991
3 (-96) Flaming lips: The soft bulletin 1999
4 (-27) Neutral milk hotel: In the aeroplane over the sea 1998
5 (-65) Pavement: Slanted and enchanted 1992
6 (-4) Nirvana: Nevermind 1991
7 (-42) DJ Shadow: Endtroducing 1996
8 (-21) Pavement: Crooked rain, crooked rain 1994
9 (X) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: I see a darkness 1999
10 (-113) Guided by voices: Bee thousand 1994
11 (-22) Talk talk: Laughing stock 1991
12 (-71) Slint: Spiderland 1991
13 (-62) Nirvana: In utero 1993
14 (-11) Belle and Sebastian: If you're feeling sinister 1996
15 (-66) Radiohead: The bends 1995
16 (X) Dismemberment plan: Emergency & I 1999
17 (+10) Public enemy: Fear of a black planet 1990
18 (-80) Smashing pumpkins: Siamese dream 1993
19 (-74) Beck: Odelay 1996
20 (-8) Björk: Post 1995
21 (+15) Björk: Homogenic 1997
22 (X) Built to spill: Perfect from now on 1997
23 (X) Beta band: The 3 ep's 1998
24 (X) Built to spill: There's mothing wrong with love 1994
25 (-48) Yo la tengo: I can hear the heart beating as one 1997
26 (-65) ) Weezer: Weezer ("blue album") 1994
27 (X) Guided by voices: Alian lanes 1995
28 (X) Pixies: Bossanova 1990
29 (-94) Modest mouse: The lonesome crowded West 1997
30 (+26) Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville 1993
31 (-71) Wilco: Summer teeth 1999
32 (+18) Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to die 1994
33 (+11) Nas: Illmatic 1994
34 (-33) Beastie boys: Check your head 1992
35 (+9) Boards of Canada: Music has the right to children 1998
36 (+31) Wu-Tang clan: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers) 1993
37 (-41) Magnetic fields: 69 love songs 1999
38 (X) Jesus lizard: Goat 1991
39 (X) Olivia tremor control: Dusk at Cubist castle 1996
40 (+6) Aphex twin: Richard D. James album 1996
41 (X) Yo la tengo: Painful 1993
42 (X) Fugazi: Red medicine 1995
43 (-20) R.E.M.: Automatic for the people 1992
44 (-102) Boredoms: Super are 1998
45 (-40) Godspeed you black emperor!: F#a#oo 1998
46 (-57) Air: Moon safari 1998
47 (-85) Oval: 94 Diskont 1995
48 (+37) Portishead: Dummy 1994
49 (X) Tom Waits: Bone machine 1992
50 (+38) Outkast: Aquemeni 1998
51 (+7) Stereolab: Emperor Tomato Ketchup 1996
52 (+36) PJ Harvey: Rid of me 1993
53 (X) Weezer: Pinkerton 1991
54 (X) Blur: Parklife 1994
55 (-31) Spiritualized: Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space 1997
56 (+47) A Tribe called quest: The low end theory 1991
57 (X) Brainiac: Bonsai superstar 1994
58 (X) Jesus lizard: Liar 1992
59 (+37) Elliott Smith: Either/Or 1997
60 (X) Palace: Viva last blues 1995
61 (-10) Pulp: Different class 1995
62 (+9) Aphex twin: Selected ambient works, volume 2 1994
63 (+9) De la soul: De la soul is dead 1991
64 (+29) Breeders: Last splash 1993
65 (+52) Daft punk: Homework 1997
66 (+2) Tricky: Maxinquaye 1995
67 (X) Mouse on Mars: Iahora Tahiti 1995
68 (X) Elliott Smith: XO 1998
69 (-66) Jeff Buckley: Grace 1994
70 (X) Jawbox: For your own special sweetheart 1994
71 (X) Dr. Octagon: Ecologyst 1996
72 (+51) Silver jews: American water 1998
73 (X) Brainiac: Hissing prigs in static couture 1996
74 (X) Ride: Nowhere 1990
75 (-22) A Tribe called quest: Midnight marauders 1993
76 (X) Mercury rev: The deserter's song 1998
77 (-19) Primal scream: Screamadelica 1991
78 (X) Stereolab: Mars audiac quintet 1994
79 (+55) Dr. Dre: The chronic 1992
80 (-34) Pharcyde: Bizarre ride II The Pharcyde 1992
81 (X) Breeders: Pod 1990
82 (-6) Sonic youth: Goo 1990
83 (X) Pixies: Trompe le monde 1991
84 (X) Company flow: Funcrusher plus 1997
85 (+14) Massive attack: Blue lines 1991
86 (X) Destroyer: City of daughters 1998
87 (+18) Genius/GZA: Liquid swords 1995
88 (X) Wilco: Being there 1996
89 (X) Squarepusher: Music is rotted one note 1998
90 (+72) Cocteau twins: Heaven or Las Vegas 1990
91 (-15) Tortoise: TNT 1998
92 (+36) Scott Walker: Tilt 1995
93 (+25) Bob Dylan: Time out of mind 1997
94 (X) Frank Black: Teenager of the year 1994
95 (X) Massive attack: Mezzanine 1998
96 (X) Herbert: Around the house 1998
97 (X) Mogwai: Young team 1997
98 (X) KMD: Mr. Hood 1991
99 (+58) Raekwon: Only built 4 Cuban linx 1995
100 (X) Orb: The Orb's adventures beyond the Ultraworld 1991
Biggest gains:
90 (+72) Cocteau twins: Heaven or Las Vegas 1990
99 (+58) Raekwon: Only built 4 Cuban linx 1995
79 (+55) Dr. Dre: The chronic 1992
65 (+52) Daft punk: Homework 1997
72 (+51) Silver jews: American water 1998
56 (+47) A Tribe called quest: The low end theory 1991
50 (+38) Outkast: Aquemeni 1998
48 (+37) Portishead: Dummy 1994
59 (+37) Elliott Smith: Either/Or 1997
52 (+36) PJ Harvey: Rid of me 1993
92 (+36) Scott Walker: Tilt 1995
36 (+31) Wu-Tang clan: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers) 1993
64 (+29) Breeders: Last splash 1993
30 (+26) Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville 1993
93 (+25) Bob Dylan: Time out of mind 1997
Biggest drops
10 (-113) Guided by voices: Bee thousand 1994
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nimda — 3 years ago(October 10, 2022 06:37 AM)
their first album should be on there. blood sugar sex magik should be on there. massive attack - mezzanine should be on there. moby - play should be on there. that was a huge album. the pixies got totally robbed on this list. what a disgrace. beck should be much higher. in utero should be top ten. so should grace by jeff buckley. not a bad list though. i'm just glad neutral milk hotel fell almost 30 spots. what a terrible album that was.
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Robgoblin — 3 years ago(October 10, 2022 06:51 AM)
The qualifications are that you need to have an natural instinct to hate anything that sells more than 5000 copies. ( which i think is what Nick Hornby said in High Fidelity, amazing book btw, decent film )
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/. — 3 years ago(October 12, 2022 03:11 AM)
Listening to Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville for the first time, and holy ****, this ****ing sucks. This is like Sheryl Crow but somehow worse. Like discount Sheryl Crow. The **** is this doing at number 4. Shit list.
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