Re: [Results] Albums of the 1990s
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:14 pm
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10. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
Score: 1582.7 pts
Year of Release: 1999 (#1 in year poll)
AM 1990s albums rank: 43 (224 all-time)
AMF 2017 All-time poll 1990s rank: 17
AMF 2012 1990s poll rank: 10
Fans: BangJan(6), bonnielaurel(14), ChrisK(8), CupOfDreams(8), DaveC(9), Listyguy(15), rumpdoll(12)
Lowest rank: RockyRaccoon(85)
RockyRaccoon: I like my music to have some structure, so if it's built more on atmosphere, then it has to be pretty damn good and hold my attention as something more than just background music. This album does that about half the time. 7/10.
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9. Nirvana - In Utero
Score: 1585.7 pts
Year of Release: 1993 (#2 in year poll)
AM 1990s albums rank: 15 (102 all-time)
AMF 2017 All-time poll 1990s rank: 10
AMF 2012 1990s poll rank: 14
Fans: carlos74(6), Craig(6), FrankLotion(8), Jirin(4), Listyguy(1), maverick470(7), RockyRaccoon(6)
Lowest rank: JamieW(107)
RockyRaccoon: "Teenage angst has paid off well / Now I'm bored and old." What a perfect way to start the followup to Nevermind. Distancing themselves somewhat from that success, they went with a harsher sound, but even that couldn't obscure Cobain's brilliant songwriting with the everpresent strain of pop melody running through it. And in the end we have the quieter classics like "Dumb" and "All Aplogies" to balance things out. Why or why? 10/10.
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8. U2 - Achtung Baby
Score: 1594.7 pts
Year of Release: 1991 (#5 in year poll)
AM 1990s albums rank: 12 (80 all-time)
AMF 2017 All-time poll 1990s rank: 15
AMF 2012 1990s poll rank: 17
Fans: Akhenaten(5), carlos74(13), ChrisK(5), Craig(2), Henry(12), KingofTonga(10), Listyguy(12), LiveinPhoenix(4), maverick470(5), RockyRaccoon(5)
Not Fans: rumpdoll(137)
RockyRaccoon: As a huge U2 fan, I was waiting for the Joshue Tree 2 when this came out. Thankfully, that's not what I got. Reinventing themselves with a more euro-industrial sound, U2 recorded another masterpiece. It was still definitely recognizable as them, Bono's voice and the Edge's guitar the hallmarks of their identity, but it also sounded like nothing else they'd done before. That's the sign of a great band, the ability to evolve, and evolve they did, with one brilliant track after another. 10/10.
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7. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Score: 1635.4 pts
Year of Release: 1991 (#2 in year poll)
AM 1990s albums rank: 7 (58 all-time)
AMF 2017 All-time poll 1990s rank: 7
AMF 2012 1990s poll rank: 6
Fans: BangJan(4), BleuPanda(15), Brad(2), carlos74(3), CupOfDreams(2), phil(6), rumpdoll(8), sonofsamiam(6), spiritualized(7)
Not Fans: Craig(122/122), Nassim(141)
Nassim: Even when I don't enjoy them, I usually get what's the appeal of the most acclaimed albums, but with Loveless is never clicked. That's kind of a frustration as it's an album loved by a lot of people I share lots of musical tastes with, but it just doesn't work, and relistening to it just helped it move from 5th to last to 10th to last.
RockyRaccoon: It's a swirling mass of sound, something that's not ordinarily my sort of thing, but when it's so expertly crafted that the melodies are still distinguishable, who am I to argue? I love the soaring guitars and how they're pushed to the forefront in these songs. In that way it reminds me of Psychocandy. That's paying it a compliment. 8/10.
10. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
Score: 1582.7 pts
Year of Release: 1999 (#1 in year poll)
AM 1990s albums rank: 43 (224 all-time)
AMF 2017 All-time poll 1990s rank: 17
AMF 2012 1990s poll rank: 10
Fans: BangJan(6), bonnielaurel(14), ChrisK(8), CupOfDreams(8), DaveC(9), Listyguy(15), rumpdoll(12)
Lowest rank: RockyRaccoon(85)
RockyRaccoon: I like my music to have some structure, so if it's built more on atmosphere, then it has to be pretty damn good and hold my attention as something more than just background music. This album does that about half the time. 7/10.
[imgsize 400x400]https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpr ... -utero.jpg[/imgsize]
9. Nirvana - In Utero
Score: 1585.7 pts
Year of Release: 1993 (#2 in year poll)
AM 1990s albums rank: 15 (102 all-time)
AMF 2017 All-time poll 1990s rank: 10
AMF 2012 1990s poll rank: 14
Fans: carlos74(6), Craig(6), FrankLotion(8), Jirin(4), Listyguy(1), maverick470(7), RockyRaccoon(6)
Lowest rank: JamieW(107)
RockyRaccoon: "Teenage angst has paid off well / Now I'm bored and old." What a perfect way to start the followup to Nevermind. Distancing themselves somewhat from that success, they went with a harsher sound, but even that couldn't obscure Cobain's brilliant songwriting with the everpresent strain of pop melody running through it. And in the end we have the quieter classics like "Dumb" and "All Aplogies" to balance things out. Why or why? 10/10.
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8. U2 - Achtung Baby
Score: 1594.7 pts
Year of Release: 1991 (#5 in year poll)
AM 1990s albums rank: 12 (80 all-time)
AMF 2017 All-time poll 1990s rank: 15
AMF 2012 1990s poll rank: 17
Fans: Akhenaten(5), carlos74(13), ChrisK(5), Craig(2), Henry(12), KingofTonga(10), Listyguy(12), LiveinPhoenix(4), maverick470(5), RockyRaccoon(5)
Not Fans: rumpdoll(137)
RockyRaccoon: As a huge U2 fan, I was waiting for the Joshue Tree 2 when this came out. Thankfully, that's not what I got. Reinventing themselves with a more euro-industrial sound, U2 recorded another masterpiece. It was still definitely recognizable as them, Bono's voice and the Edge's guitar the hallmarks of their identity, but it also sounded like nothing else they'd done before. That's the sign of a great band, the ability to evolve, and evolve they did, with one brilliant track after another. 10/10.
[imgsize 400x400]https://media.wired.com/photos/5932793e ... veless.jpg[/imgsize]
7. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Score: 1635.4 pts
Year of Release: 1991 (#2 in year poll)
AM 1990s albums rank: 7 (58 all-time)
AMF 2017 All-time poll 1990s rank: 7
AMF 2012 1990s poll rank: 6
Fans: BangJan(4), BleuPanda(15), Brad(2), carlos74(3), CupOfDreams(2), phil(6), rumpdoll(8), sonofsamiam(6), spiritualized(7)
Not Fans: Craig(122/122), Nassim(141)
Nassim: Even when I don't enjoy them, I usually get what's the appeal of the most acclaimed albums, but with Loveless is never clicked. That's kind of a frustration as it's an album loved by a lot of people I share lots of musical tastes with, but it just doesn't work, and relistening to it just helped it move from 5th to last to 10th to last.
RockyRaccoon: It's a swirling mass of sound, something that's not ordinarily my sort of thing, but when it's so expertly crafted that the melodies are still distinguishable, who am I to argue? I love the soaring guitars and how they're pushed to the forefront in these songs. In that way it reminds me of Psychocandy. That's paying it a compliment. 8/10.