Comments on: The Top 10 Albums of the ’90s http://wizkidsound.com/blog/2009/10/the-top-10-albums-of-the-90s/ Modern Recording Studio in Atlanta, GA Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:29:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: geturpeteon http://wizkidsound.com/blog/2009/10/the-top-10-albums-of-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-2077 geturpeteon Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:27:06 +0000 http://wizkidsound.com/blog/?p=423#comment-2077 i thought surfer rosa > doolittle > bossanova was probably the best 3 consecutive albums by a band ever. it was kinda like the build up and pre requisite to nevermind and alt rock. i agree it's not as good as surfer or doolittle, but listening to it was like listening to little creatures by eno and talking heads. kinda like the feeling you knew music was going to evolve i thought surfer rosa > doolittle > bossanova was probably the best 3 consecutive albums by a band ever. it was kinda like the build up and pre requisite to nevermind and alt rock. i agree it's not as good as surfer or doolittle, but listening to it was like listening to little creatures by eno and talking heads. kinda like the feeling you knew music was going to evolve

]]> By: geturpeteon http://wizkidsound.com/blog/2009/10/the-top-10-albums-of-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-2078 geturpeteon Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:08:56 +0000 http://wizkidsound.com/blog/?p=423#comment-2078 yeah, nas is actually the only hip hop artist i take seriously these days.<br><br>didn't billy corgan record all the instruments except drums on SD? that album was in a league of its own.<br><br>i totally forgot about pavement. i remember listening to slanted back in college and was upset i wasn't into that kind of music in high school. my list is (and keep in mind my bias)<br><br>10. illmatic - nas<br>9. dookie - green day<br>8. blue lines - massive attack<br>7. bassanova - pixies<br>6. dummy - portishead<br>5. siamese dream - smashing pumpkins<br>4. blue album - weezer<br>3. the bends - radiohead <- this album was one of the reasons i went into music<br>2. ok computer - radiohead<br>1. nevermind - nirvana yeah, nas is actually the only hip hop artist i take seriously these days.

didn't billy corgan record all the instruments except drums on SD? that album was in a league of its own.

i totally forgot about pavement. i remember listening to slanted back in college and was upset i wasn't into that kind of music in high school. my list is (and keep in mind my bias)

10. illmatic – nas
9. dookie – green day
8. blue lines – massive attack
7. bassanova – pixies
6. dummy – portishead
5. siamese dream – smashing pumpkins
4. blue album – weezer
3. the bends – radiohead <- this album was one of the reasons i went into music
2. ok computer – radiohead
1. nevermind – nirvana

]]> By: geturpeteon http://wizkidsound.com/blog/2009/10/the-top-10-albums-of-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 geturpeteon Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:27:06 +0000 http://wizkidsound.com/blog/?p=423#comment-2027 i thought surfer rosa > doolittle > bossanova was probably the best 3 consecutive albums by a band ever. it was kinda like the build up and pre requisite to nevermind and alt rock. i agree it's not as good as surfer or doolittle, but listening to it was like listening to little creatures by eno and talking heads. kinda like the feeling you knew music was going to evolve i thought surfer rosa > doolittle > bossanova was probably the best 3 consecutive albums by a band ever. it was kinda like the build up and pre requisite to nevermind and alt rock. i agree it's not as good as surfer or doolittle, but listening to it was like listening to little creatures by eno and talking heads. kinda like the feeling you knew music was going to evolve

]]> By: geturpeteon http://wizkidsound.com/blog/2009/10/the-top-10-albums-of-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-2026 geturpeteon Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:08:56 +0000 http://wizkidsound.com/blog/?p=423#comment-2026 yeah, nas is actually the only hip hop artist i take seriously these days.<br><br>didn't billy corgan record all the instruments except drums on SD? that album was in a league of its own.<br><br>i totally forgot about pavement. i remember listening to slanted back in college and was upset i wasn't into that kind of music in high school. my list is (and keep in mind my bias)<br><br>10. illmatic - nas<br>9. dookie - green day<br>8. blue lines - massive attack<br>7. bassanova - pixies<br>6. dummy - portishead<br>5. siamese dream - smashing pumpkins<br>4. blue album - weezer<br>3. the bends - radiohead <- this album was one of the reasons i went into music<br>2. ok computer - radiohead<br>1. nevermind - nirvana yeah, nas is actually the only hip hop artist i take seriously these days.

didn't billy corgan record all the instruments except drums on SD? that album was in a league of its own.

i totally forgot about pavement. i remember listening to slanted back in college and was upset i wasn't into that kind of music in high school. my list is (and keep in mind my bias)

10. illmatic – nas
9. dookie – green day
8. blue lines – massive attack
7. bassanova – pixies
6. dummy – portishead
5. siamese dream – smashing pumpkins
4. blue album – weezer
3. the bends – radiohead <- this album was one of the reasons i went into music
2. ok computer – radiohead
1. nevermind – nirvana

]]> By: pimpfresh http://wizkidsound.com/blog/2009/10/the-top-10-albums-of-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-2024 pimpfresh Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:07:52 +0000 http://wizkidsound.com/blog/?p=423#comment-2024 Yeah, I feel you on Dookie. I'm thinking I should have left it in and bumped Siamese Dream. It doesn't really sound like today's pop/punk (read 2005), but it definitely influenced those bands (me as well). <br><br>I disagree that the whole trip-hip thing was as influential to the "revival" electronica movement we're hearing now in popular music. I think it's more of a combination of "new wave" 80s (INXS, Depeche Mode) and Trance/techno music from the 90s.<br><br>NIN was influential in a lot of ways but I honestly never got into it. Some other folks also suggested Tool's Aenima but I couldn't include it for the same reason. It just never had an impact on me. I can include a lot of those brit-trip-hop artists you mention too. Doesn't mean they're not awesome, I just don't have enough experience with it (surprising from such a musical genius, I know).<br><br>I think a lot of folks would have included "The Chronic" and Tupac's "Me Against the World." It's hard for me to grasp the importance of these albums because I was a super-apathetic grunge rocker at the time. Rap was just funny to me then. Now it's really funny to me. Yeah, I feel you on Dookie. I'm thinking I should have left it in and bumped Siamese Dream. It doesn't really sound like today's pop/punk (read 2005), but it definitely influenced those bands (me as well).

I disagree that the whole trip-hip thing was as influential to the “revival” electronica movement we're hearing now in popular music. I think it's more of a combination of “new wave” 80s (INXS, Depeche Mode) and Trance/techno music from the 90s.

NIN was influential in a lot of ways but I honestly never got into it. Some other folks also suggested Tool's Aenima but I couldn't include it for the same reason. It just never had an impact on me. I can include a lot of those brit-trip-hop artists you mention too. Doesn't mean they're not awesome, I just don't have enough experience with it (surprising from such a musical genius, I know).

I think a lot of folks would have included “The Chronic” and Tupac's “Me Against the World.” It's hard for me to grasp the importance of these albums because I was a super-apathetic grunge rocker at the time. Rap was just funny to me then. Now it's really funny to me.

]]> By: geturpeteon http://wizkidsound.com/blog/2009/10/the-top-10-albums-of-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-2021 geturpeteon Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:02:41 +0000 http://wizkidsound.com/blog/?p=423#comment-2021 i hear ya,<br><br>if we're talking influence then we defintely can't ignore the brit-trip-hop wave with the whole massive attack, portishead, bjork and tricky movement. I really think they redefined alot of the way digital music came into fruition. even all these producers today like kanye, neptunes, eno, the matrix, etc have credited portishead as a heavy influence. <br><br>staying on the influence card, dookie pretty much opened the flood gates for pop punk. a few years later i remember freshmen year high school i was telling everyone to look out for bands like blink 182, less than jake and (cough) no doubt.<br><br>if we're looking at hip hop, dont forget nas' illmatic, that album changed my whole perception on hip hop for the better<br><br>oh and i forgot about NIN downward spiral...that set the tone for alot of the industrial rock wav in the mid 90's, filter, stabbing west ward, tool, white zombie, etc i hear ya,

if we're talking influence then we defintely can't ignore the brit-trip-hop wave with the whole massive attack, portishead, bjork and tricky movement. I really think they redefined alot of the way digital music came into fruition. even all these producers today like kanye, neptunes, eno, the matrix, etc have credited portishead as a heavy influence.

staying on the influence card, dookie pretty much opened the flood gates for pop punk. a few years later i remember freshmen year high school i was telling everyone to look out for bands like blink 182, less than jake and (cough) no doubt.

if we're looking at hip hop, dont forget nas' illmatic, that album changed my whole perception on hip hop for the better

oh and i forgot about NIN downward spiral…that set the tone for alot of the industrial rock wav in the mid 90's, filter, stabbing west ward, tool, white zombie, etc

]]> By: pimpfresh http://wizkidsound.com/blog/2009/10/the-top-10-albums-of-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 pimpfresh Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:53:58 +0000 http://wizkidsound.com/blog/?p=423#comment-2019 Well said! After posting this article I realized I had left off two sentences from my discussion of "Evil Empire" somehow. But you pretty much summed up what I wanted to say.<br><br>I'm still surprised every time I'm reminded that the first album came out in 1992...It really does seem like more of a 1994-ish release. But that's what's so cool about Rage...Their sound really is completely original, and thus it took a few years for people to grow accustomed to its awesomeness. Well said! After posting this article I realized I had left off two sentences from my discussion of “Evil Empire” somehow. But you pretty much summed up what I wanted to say.

I'm still surprised every time I'm reminded that the first album came out in 1992…It really does seem like more of a 1994-ish release. But that's what's so cool about Rage…Their sound really is completely original, and thus it took a few years for people to grow accustomed to its awesomeness.

]]> By: pimpfresh http://wizkidsound.com/blog/2009/10/the-top-10-albums-of-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-2018 pimpfresh Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:44:26 +0000 http://wizkidsound.com/blog/?p=423#comment-2018 Now don't get me wrong here, the debut "Rage" is awesome. But I feel the same way about Evil Empire that you do about the first album. I could listen all day, every day, to every track. That sick ass beat that kicks into "People of the Sun"...are you kidding me! Makes me wanna go back in time and kick Christopher Columbus' teeth in. And if you skip "vietnow" you're wrong. Half way through the album on 'tire me' he's whispering about Jackie O'nasiss or some shit and then...BAM!!!! YOU KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO TIRE ME! It's at about this point in the album that the first record starts to get a little slow and lazy. But not "Evil Empire." You've still got "Down Rodeo" , "Wind Below", and "Year of the Boomerang" left. <br><br>See Rob, the corporations want you to think that the first album is the best, and you're just buying into their lies. Now don't get me wrong here, the debut “Rage” is awesome. But I feel the same way about Evil Empire that you do about the first album. I could listen all day, every day, to every track. That sick ass beat that kicks into “People of the Sun”…are you kidding me! Makes me wanna go back in time and kick Christopher Columbus' teeth in. And if you skip “vietnow” you're wrong. Half way through the album on 'tire me' he's whispering about Jackie O'nasiss or some shit and then…BAM!!!! YOU KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO TIRE ME! It's at about this point in the album that the first record starts to get a little slow and lazy. But not “Evil Empire.” You've still got “Down Rodeo” , “Wind Below”, and “Year of the Boomerang” left.

See Rob, the corporations want you to think that the first album is the best, and you're just buying into their lies.

]]> By: pimpfresh http://wizkidsound.com/blog/2009/10/the-top-10-albums-of-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-2017 pimpfresh Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:29:51 +0000 http://wizkidsound.com/blog/?p=423#comment-2017 Dookie was actually at number 10 yesterday and then Andre 3000 came into Atlanta Pro Audio. I had to include dat 'Kast. Besides, Green Day annoys the crap out of me now a days.<br><br>I also seriously considered Beck, because I was definitely into both "Mellow Gold" and "Odelay". But I found myself straining to figure out whether his music actually meant anything to me. I bet you couldn't find many people that would say Beck's albums had a big influence in their life, in the same way most of these others did. His music is cool for sure, but not really influential in my opinion. Dookie was actually at number 10 yesterday and then Andre 3000 came into Atlanta Pro Audio. I had to include dat 'Kast. Besides, Green Day annoys the crap out of me now a days.

I also seriously considered Beck, because I was definitely into both “Mellow Gold” and “Odelay”. But I found myself straining to figure out whether his music actually meant anything to me. I bet you couldn't find many people that would say Beck's albums had a big influence in their life, in the same way most of these others did. His music is cool for sure, but not really influential in my opinion.

]]> By: dnadolny http://wizkidsound.com/blog/2009/10/the-top-10-albums-of-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-2015 dnadolny Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:56:01 +0000 http://wizkidsound.com/blog/?p=423#comment-2015 RATM's debut was certainly an amazing first statement, especially considering that it took about two years from its release to really blow up. I remember it being completely inescapable around 1994-95. Some parts do seem half-cooked to me, like the pseudo-moody verses in "Settle For Nothing" and the bullshit Satriani-esque solo. I'll have to agree with the author that Evil Empire, for me, is a somewhat more cohesive document and a portrait of a band settling in to their eventual (albeit short-lived) "defining" sound. Whereas "FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT DUDE TELLS ME!" x28 became a rousingly anthemic tune, it seems juvenile compared to a lot of the obscure historical and cultural call-outs made by Mr. DeLaRocha on Evil Empire and beyond. Musically, too, Morello steps into his own as less reliant on Zeppelin-bite riffs. I always thought the intro of "Down Rodeo" sounded like a super-heavy U2, with that suspended 2nd chord blaring.<br><br>I had a VHS tape of live Rage in high school, I remember by dad popping in while I was watching it, sighing heavily and saying "there's more to music than shouting catch-phrases into a microphone, you know." RATM's debut was certainly an amazing first statement, especially considering that it took about two years from its release to really blow up. I remember it being completely inescapable around 1994-95. Some parts do seem half-cooked to me, like the pseudo-moody verses in “Settle For Nothing” and the bullshit Satriani-esque solo. I'll have to agree with the author that Evil Empire, for me, is a somewhat more cohesive document and a portrait of a band settling in to their eventual (albeit short-lived) “defining” sound. Whereas “FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT DUDE TELLS ME!” x28 became a rousingly anthemic tune, it seems juvenile compared to a lot of the obscure historical and cultural call-outs made by Mr. DeLaRocha on Evil Empire and beyond. Musically, too, Morello steps into his own as less reliant on Zeppelin-bite riffs. I always thought the intro of “Down Rodeo” sounded like a super-heavy U2, with that suspended 2nd chord blaring.

I had a VHS tape of live Rage in high school, I remember by dad popping in while I was watching it, sighing heavily and saying “there's more to music than shouting catch-phrases into a microphone, you know.”

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