Clearly, these lists are lightning rods for controversy. I guess it’s fair to say I enjoy and am annoyed by it at the same time, as some of the comments are thought provoking and some induce cringes (suggesting Journey albums, really?). However, I think the decade that will cause the most controversy is the nineties. Not only is it the freshest in our minds, but there is even less consensus than other decades. One of the most popular band in the US during this decade (Pearl Jam) was only moderately well known in the UK, and the UK’s biggest band of the nineties (Oasis) exists only in the form of one album in America. Like the other decades, there are more than 10 great albums, but these are the ones I think are the best.
10. Different Class Pulp Wikipedia
Unlike their Britpop peers, Pulp had been around for a good long time before they finally made it big with Different Class with its big single, “Common People.” Jarvis Cocker became a spokesperson alongside Blur’s Damon Albarn and Oasis’ Noel Gallagher for the new music scene that had swept the UK. Cocker, never comfortable with his position, went into a dark period following Different Class which is documented on their follow-up, This Is Hardcore.
9. Loveless My Bloody Valentine Wikipedia
So much has been said about My Bloody Valentine’s brilliant “Loveless” that I just don’t feel it necessary to elaborate farther. Frankly, I wonder if I should have put it higher on this list as I’m sure several of you will find its spot at number nine not high enough for such a great album, and you may be right.
8. Achtung Baby U2 Wikipedia
After the mixed reception of Rattle And Hum, the U2 camp was divided over which way to go. Bono and the Edge wanted to pursue a more techno/electronica oriented direction, while Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. wanted to stay with the sound they were known for. Tension grew to high levels until the Edge came up with the progression for “One,” and the rest is history. One of the all time great sound reinventions in rock and roll history.
7. Automatic For The People R.E.M. Wikipedia
Automatic For The People is considered to be among R.E.M.’s best albums, and certainly their best release of the nineties. Automatic For The People continues the folk/country rock/classical pop themes of the band’s previous albums Green and Out of Time. U2′s Bono called it “the greatest country record never made.” The album had 3 top 40 hits in the US, among them “Man on the Moon,” one of R.E.M.’s biggest hits.
6. The Downwards Spiral Nine Inch Nails Wikipedia
Trent Reznor’s most famous work is also his strangest. The album was recorded in a building whose history is tied to the Manson Family, while his songs make that subject matter seem somewhat tame. Really, is there anyone who doesn’t feel at least a little uncomfortable when they hear Reznor wail, “Your god is dead, and no one cares, if there is a hell, I’ll see you there,”? Certainly not this writer. The Downwards Spiral contains two of rocks most recognizable songs, the lustful “Closer” and the ache of “Hurt.” The latter was famously covered by Johnny Cash, which some say is the definitive version. In either case, the album is a conceptual masterwork.
5. Grace Jeff Buckley Wikipedia
It’s tragic that this is the only album we ever received from Jeff Buckley during his lifetime. Like his famous father (Tim Buckley), Jeff died mysteriously in a swimming incident during the recording of his second album. However, with only one album released during his life time, we got a man who shaped what is the model for modern singer/songwriters. More than just an amazing voice, Jeff’s songs span from Led Zeppelin epics (“Mojo Pin,” “Eternal Life”) to the tenderness of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” with Buckley’s version becoming the definitive reading. It’s hard to imagine Radiohead being what they are today without the groundwork of Grace.
4. Nevermind Nirvana Wikipedia
Nevermind is popularly known as the album that brought alternative music into the mainstream. The album with its popular track, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” certainly opened the door for similar bands to become commercially viable, such as fellow Seattle bands Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice In Chains. The album contains many of the decades greatest songs, such as the aforementioned “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Come As You Are,” “In Bloom,” and “Lithium.”
3. Ten Pearl Jam Wikipedia
Rarely can a band rock as hard as Hendrix and yet be as lyrically relevant as Pete Townshend. Ten shows that Pearl Jam could do just that. While addressing issues like abortion, depression, suicide, and singer Eddie Vedder’s own checkered past. In the early nineties, it was not the norm for grunge bands to write anthems, but Pearl Jam did so successfully with “Alive” and “Jeremy.” The former deals with (and slightly exaggerates) Eddie’s own discovery that the man whom he thought was his father wasn’t, while the latter deals with a young student’s suicide during an English class. Along with the hard rocking “Evenflow” and “Black,” Pearl Jam became instant favorites in the United States, although they have never been able to find quite the same success in the UK.
2. Definitely Maybe Oasis Wikipedia
Definitely Maybe is the album the US audience missed, and it is one of the biggest crimes against music. Definitely Maybe is superior to its successor, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? in every way, yet the only the latter is recognized in the states. The album shows that from the outset, Oasis had a fully developed sound. One needs not go any farther than “Live Forever” to see that the band was the real deal. That song is in many ways a statement of its time as “My Generation” was for the sixties. Great melody, great lyrics, great vocals, everything. But there are also well known songs “Supersonic,” “Shakermaker,” “Rock ‘N’ Roll Star,” “Cigarette’s & Alcohol,” and the beautiful “Slide Away.” For those of you who haven’t heard this album (and I imagine most of my reader’s have not), go get a copy now, even if you didn’t care for Morning Glory. It’s that good.
1. OK Computer Radiohead Wikipedia
Radiohead went from being presumed one hit wonders due to their grungy hit “Creep” (not to be confused with the mediocre Stone Temple Pilots song of the same name) to being serious contenders with their second album The Bends. Thom Yorke decided he wanted to go even further, and the band reinvented itself for 1997’s OK Computer. Gone are many of the aggressive guitars that defined their sound and in came atmospheric soundscapes. Radiohead had been depressing, but they had never been as nihilistic as OK Computer. Songs like “Karma Police” can make you question morality, however, the lyrics can easily be overlooked when listening to the album. The sound is just so different than anything else before it. It would be cliché to say the album broke down barriers, but it’s true, so much so that it made Kid A possible.
Contributor: Jason Hirschhorn
AWESOME…I cant believe you have NIN on this list-their the BOMB. Not surprising Pearl Jam and Nirvana-they changed a lot of things and ppl. in the 90′s-the whole grunge era was scary (my generation) LOL
Fuuck iiit everbody hates Tupac or what ?
Yes.
Am I the only one who thinks Nirvana is the most over-rated band ever?
Not the most over-rated, maybe just a little bit over-rated. A good band, nevertheless
MARIAH CAREY SHOULD BE HERE 90′s belongs to this girl!!!!
Where’s ‘Purple’ by the Stone Temple Pilots or ‘Dirt’ by Alice in Chains?
No one seems to have mention Weezer at all! Come on, Blue Album and Pinkerton? Who doesn’t remember The Sweater Song or Buddy Holly?
And I agree that Beck-Odelay should definitely be in here
Lists like this are fun!
No argument with any on this list,
but I would have found room for
Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair
Rage Against the Machine ( this REALLY should be on the list)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s first album ( the one with the funny name )
Green Day’s Dookie
all of Sleater-Kinney’s albums
Kim Deal…just…Kim Deal
F*ck yeah on Radiohead. But,
WHY U2? And WHY no Smashing Pumpkins??? Come on, Siamese Dream isn’t on here. Why?
to anybody who has never listened to it … listen to the Verve’s “A Storm in Heaven” especially to the song Virtual World. It has nothing to do with their later work..
also check out:
Underworld’s Secondtoughestistheinfants
Massive Attack’s Mezzanine
Portishead’s Dummy
Daft Punk’s Homework
Mazzy Star’s So Tonight that I Might See
my favorite is superunknown – soundgarden.
Nirvana and Radiohead are both awful, over rated crap.
Also, only pretentious douchebags use the word “soundscapes”.
the list should include:(in no specific order)
garth brooks (second most albums sold all-time)-No Fences.
U2 (most politically influencial band)-Achtung Baby.
Seal – 2nd self-titlesd album.
Pearl Jam- VS.
Nirvana (revolutionized grunge)- Nevermind.
Maria Carey (top selling female artist)(English and Latin albums)- Music Box.
Celin Dion (French and English Albms)- Lets Talk About Love.
Shania Twain (first woman to show skin in music videos)- Come on Over.
Modonna ( taboo subjects and large gay following)-Ray of Light.
Dr. Dre – the Chronic.
Not that i like all of these musicians but it is a more They come from numerous genres and while most are north american i feel that these bands were the most influencial in their respective categories and this by no means a reflection of what music i like or what region of the world i think is the most talented.
NIRVANA ISN’T FROM SEATTLE THEY ARE FROM ABERDEAN, IT’S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO SEATTLE!!!
POOPLICKER: Just saw a documentary did you? Kurt Cobain was form Aberdeen, Nirvana formed in Seattle and used to play with The Melvins (an absolutely brilliant Sludge Metal band) in SEATTLE before they got signed by a record company, guess where. On the second half of your sentence I know that my Northern American geography isn’t that good, but isn’t Seattle in Washington State, because Aberdeen is. That would inherently make Aberdeen rather close to Seattle wouldn’t it?
That’s a pretty fine list by any standard (except the aforementioned rap/hip-hop absence).
My personal favourites:
10. Antichrist Superstar – Marilyn Manson
9. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
8. Korn – Korn
7. Faith No More – Angel Dust
6. Pantera – Far Beyond Driven
5. White Zombie – Astro Creep 2000
4. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
3. Alice in Chains – Dirt
2. Tool – Undertow
1. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
It’s metal skewed as all hell, and leaves of many, many worthy contenders well known and otherwise, but all lists are subjective.
Damn, that should be ‘leaves out’. No gold star for me.
137 your list is WAY better.
Odium: For a metal head I’m suprised that you didn’t mention Slipknot, not your thing obviously. But even for a skewed list you HAVE to include grunge, I don’t care too much whether it’s Nirvana or Pearl Jam or what, but you need to mention grunge on a 90′s list.
Definetly Maybe is a classic album, which you can just listen to over and over again. However at that time Oasis weren’t big, but after that first album, they were, and so the arrival of there second album ‘Whats the story(Morning Glory)was publisised more, thus bigger in America. Not surprising that the album has 2 no.1′s 3 no.2′s and a no.1 in Austrailia on it. Now thats an album
I would also say Generation Terrorists by Manic Street Preachers is worthy of a top 10 finish.
The 90′s was the best for music. Shame we have all this crap now. But at least we still have U2, Oasis, The Manics and Sterophonics making good stuff. Proper British Bands, you cant beat them.
great list- i loved it i like all of these singers except U2 so im lucky!;) i hope they make a list of these singles soon with a jukebox- it would be great and a big help xx
I would like for you to add Red Hot Chili Pepper’s “Blood Sugar ***** Magik”
Oasis is just a godawful excuse for a band. No-talent drivel.
Awesome albums man, I remember when I first got my hands on Nevermind and listened to it, changed my life. Alot of great rap albums came out also, like Illmatic by Nas, Ready to Die by Notorious B.I.G and Chronic by Dr. Dre. I dont know if they are as good as the ones up there but they might deserve a mention.
alternate list
1.massive attack blue lines
2.beck odelay
3.oasis morning glory
4. radiohead the bends
5. dj shadow endtroducing
6. pavement slanted and enchanted
7. nirvana in utero
8. dr dre. the chronic
9. flaming lips soft bulletin
10.smashing pumpkins siamese dream
oh yeah and blur parklife!
I can’t neccesarily say that this list sucks. All of the albums are really good albums I just happen to have a different opinion. With that said I respect this list even though its now like almost two years later. The funny thing is I was looking up what the name of the 14th track on Throwing Copper was and this was one of my search results. With that said Throwing Copper by LIVE is easily a top ten choice and in my opinion a lock for the top five. A list like this is too hard to make if your going to include every genre. Chronic by Dr. Dre is one of the best Rap albums ever and should crack the top ten for overall albums of the 90′s. I also think that leaving Soundgarden out is a bad choice as well. None of the albums mentioned were top selling albums for the years they were released which I also find interesting. Not that boybands deserve to be on this list but its still interesting. I have thought about it for a while and here are some albums that I haven’t heard mentioned much yet.
10)Cracked Rear View – Hootie and the Blowfish(#1 selling album of 1994 or 1995 I think)
9) Devil without a Cause – Kid Rock (I can’t stand the guy either but this album was easily the best thing he has ever done. Plus I am pretty sure it was the top selling solo rap album)
8) Supernatural – Santana(8 Grammy’s and Album of the year. Also just a sweet album no matter who you are)
7) Human Clay- Creed( Again I know these guys are douchebags now but at the time I remember rocking the hell out of this album. Not ashamed to say I still dig it, I just can’t stand Scott Stapp or whatever his name is)
6) Jagged Little Pill- Alanis Morrisette ( Not a favorite of mine but a really successful album none the less. Had a few catchy tunes on it. The kind that get stuck in your head and stay there all day)
5)Metallica-Metallica ( My favorite band of all time started the decade off right with this bad-ass album. There is no denying that).
4)BadMotorFinger/SuperunkownorDownonTheUpside- Soundgarden( In my opinion they were better than Nirvana. Nothing against Nirvana or how captivating Kurt Cobain was and I am a big fan of Dave Grohl, but Soundgarden was just better in my opinion. All three of those albums were great and at least one of them deserves to be on this list. Also Temple of the Dog released an awesome album just before Pearl Jam made it big.)
3)Throwing Copper- LIVE( Extremely underrated album. Great lyrics and music throughout. One of a few albums I don’t mind playing the whole way through.)
2) Use Your Illusion – Guns and Roses( Didn’t mean to put this album so high on my list I just forgot about it and I am too lazy to change it.)
1)Vulgar Display of Power- Pantera (No matter what style of music you like nothing will pump you up like Walk, This Love, A New Level, Hollow, Mouth for War and especially *****ing Hostile. I like Cowboys from Hell but Vulgar Display introduced a new era of Heavy Metal or Thrash Metal or Groove Metal or whatever you want to call it. Everything about this band was influential and this album was the beginning of Dimebag Darrell and officially the end of the hair metal phase. Plus its the coolest album cover of all time.)
Not the best list but I was going to for stuff not mentioned yet. Garth Brooks should probably be on this list as well as Shania Twain or Mariah Carey. They all sold the most albums of the nineties probably. Anyway its too hard to make this list. There are just too many genres and categories of music to make it overall the best albums of any decade. Plus I just remembered Limp Bizkit’s – Three dolla bill ya’ll. I don’t care how much people hate Fred Durst. That album is awesome. Also I forgot to mention Rage’s self titled album. I could go on forever so I am just going to stop here
THE 90S WAS THE BEST FOR MUSIC! But your list could have included some of these:
Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
Weezer – Blue Album!!!+ Pinkerton
The Prodigy – Fat Of The Land
Moby – Play
QOTSA – Queens Of The Stone Age
Pj Harvey – To Bring You My Love
Foo Fighters – Colour & Shape
Blur – Parklife
Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty, Ill Communication
Nas – Illmatic!!!
Biggie Smalls – Ready To Die
Eminem – Slim Shady Lp (my personal favorite)
Kyuss – Blues For The Red Sun
Cypress Hill – Black Sunday
RHCP – Californication
Alanis Morriesette – Jagged Little Pill
RATM – Rage against The Machine
Eric Clapton – Unplugged
The Verve – Urban Hymns
Good List though. I own all the top 5 albums and the REM album. But this site never gives any attention to Hip Hop which i believe was at it’s height in the mid-nineties (compared to the horrible state it is in now).
In this list i would say Definatley Maybe is the best one up there
Cool list, though i think Oasis and Pearl Jam are way overrated. Also, Beck should really be on here somewhere, maybe it is because he was not popular in Britain (was he?)? Overall I am okay with this list, except the absence of Beck. I do agree with OK CPU on top, definitely.
Some of the other lists on here are laughable. The Flaming Lips? Seriously?
Oh, yeah, Weezer’s Blue album I could see on here, and the Smashing Pumpkins, who I think are both better than Oasis. I guess there is just too much to choose from.
OK computer and Nevermind are very overrated. Dare i say they were both a bit pretentious
I agree with dude(151) the blue album and siamese dream should be on the list. (although i think definitely maybe was a great album)
Weezer’s blue was a fantastically fun album while Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream was an amazingly beautiful album to listen to.
Cuomo and Corgan’s voices and lyrics on both albums emitted a vulnerability that was very relatable and most notably sincere
good list, i know some will disagree, but as far as ticking the maximum number of boxes, this list is pretty good.
i do feel that the bends should be on here, though.
Tyler Young
November 28th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Rap and Hip Hop mostly rip off other artists, which is why their albums are worth so much less. The greatest albums like the ones from Tupac, the notorious BIG, and Dr. Dre are all WAY sampled … almost every song has several melodies stolen from other songs … just check the albums out on Wikipedia. That’s why they suck, because even the greatest ones are really just ripped off stuff from other artists … mostly rock! Ironic that you’re saying that the list has too much rock and not enough rap and hip hop huh?
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Yet they are much superior lyrically.
The real top 10, to me is:
1) All Eyez On Me by 2Pac
2) Me Against the World by 2Pac
3) Ready to Die by B.I.G
4) Life After Death by B.I.G
5) Illmatic by NaS
6) 36 Chambers by Wu Tang
7) Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg
8) The Chronic by Dr. Dre
9) Death Certificate by Ice Cube
10) Strictly for my N.I.G.G.A.Z by 2Pac
90′s was AWESOME for music
The smashing pumpkins werent even on the list…hmmmm, doesnt seem right to me.
Siamese Dream or Melon Colie should have easily made it in.
i cant fathom how one could put Radiohead number 1 ahead of Definetly Maybe… or how Whats the Story Morning Glory didnt make this (its the 3rd biggest selling album in UK chart history). Urban Hymns by the Verve is a good shout. Music ever here in Ireland was mostly driven by the ‘Britpop’scene and Noel Gallagher in particular from 94 to 98
Oasis’ Definitely Maybe was by far the superior album of the 1990s – it encapsulated the mood of dreams and emotions so perfectly. Noel Gallagher’s genius is here for all to hear.
use your illusion 1/2 ?????
How can there not be Nas-Illmatic on the list?It’s called the best rap album for a reason and you don’t put it on the list.That’s weird.
WHY THE ***** IS NEVERMIND NOT THE NUYMBER 1 ALBUM, ***** YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SHOULD ALL DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My top albums of the 90′s that were omitted (in no order):
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (Yo La Tengo)
Under the Western Freeway (Grandaddy)
Slanted and Enchnted (Pavement)
III (Sebadoh)
Alien Lanes (Guidd by Voices)
Perfect from Now On (Built to Spill)
The Holy Bible (Manic Street Preachers)
If Youre Feeling Sinister (Belle and Sebastian)
Radiator (Super Furry Anmals)
Amrican Water (Silver Jews)
Ágætis Byrjun (Sigur Rós)
In The Aerolane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
to the guy who said britain only produced artists like spice girls and james blunt
Iron maiden, Black sabbath, The Who, Muse, Deep Purple, Saxon, Def Leppard, Judas priest, Moterhead and of course Led Zeppelin.
americans have produced some great bands but theres just no comparison
Where’s Green Day’s Dookie? It made possible bands like Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, and Jimmy Eat World.
@justcurious1 (164):
You just gave three examples of why that album is not listed.
Do agree sadly that UK bands have us yankees trumped big time. It started with the Beatles and the Stones and the UK has been on top ever since. Personally I don’t mind. Great music is great music no matter where it comes from.
As far as this list goes:
I love Radiohead, but have never understood why OK Computer gets all of this grandiose adoration. Personally, if you remove Paranoid Android from that album what is left?
If you want to argue a list based on copies sold you’re looking more at a list of:
1. shania twain – come on over
2. whitney houston – the bodyguard
3. alanis morrisette – jagged little pill
4. hootie and the blowfish – cracked rear view
5 & 6. garth brooks – no fences and double live
7. santana – supernatural
8. backstreet boys – backstreet boys
9. garth brooks (yet again) – ropin the wind
10. britney spears – baby one more time
Those are your highest selling albums of the decade. Personally that makes me puke.
For a more accurate representation my list would look something akin to this:
My list is based on two things 1) popularity 2) could you put the disc in and just let the whole thing play?
10. Alanis Morrisette – Jagged Little Pill (As much as I hate her it has to be on there.)
9. Boyz II Men – II (Huge when around and was different from everything else. Seems to be OK Computer’s only qualification. Topped 13 million in copies sold. Can that many people be wrong?)
8. U2 – Achtung Baby (Not a U2 fan, but it’s a great album.)
7. Stone Temple Pilots – Core (More of a personal pick, but hey 15 years later and this entire disc still rocks)
6. R.E.M. – Automatic for the People (Still love it to this day and there isn’t person alive who doesn’t know Everybody Hurts or Man on the Moon)
5. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (I know everyone says Siamese Dream is better, but is it really? I don’t think so. I think Billy Corgan achieved his goal of creating “The Wall for Generation X.”)
4. Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape (There are few talents in the industry like Dave Grohl. Beginning to end what a great album. Not to mention 6 grammy awards later for the band I have to put their best album on here. Not as popular sales wise which is a shame.)
3. Green Day – Dookie (Many albums later and this is still by far their best album and I love what they’ve done since Dookie.)
2. Metallica – Metallica (It may not be your number 2, but if it isn’t on your list of greatest of the decade your not being honest to the decade.)
1. Nirvana – Nevermind (Imagine how glorious nearly 2 decades of Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl teamed up would have been? We at least were blessed with 2 albums. In Utero is great, but this is the better of the 2.)
Notable omissions
Nas- Illmatic -Possibly the greatest rap album ever made.
Primal Scream- Screamadelica – Highly influential and original.
I Think Oasis Should Have Got Number 1 I Have Definitly Maybe In Face I Have All Of Oasis Albums And Im Only 14!
i prefer “The Fragile” but its good to see NIN made the list
I really can’t get enough of these lists! True greatness! Everyone who views it, will have the supposd REAL top ten! I have to admit, I was disappointed to see both Faith No More’s – “Angel Dust” and The Verve’s – “Urban Hymns” not on there, but it’s understood. I LOVE seeing Jef Buckley’s – “Grace” on there. jfrater keep up the GREAT work!
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness should have been on here for its originality and perserverence.
Wait, where’s FACELIFT from Alice in Chains O.O!?
haaaaa memories… i had all of these albums… exept Pulp and Oasis… but mmmmh where is Dirt d’Alice in Chains? mmmh and Rage against the Machine? and MMMMh Soundgarden (Superunknow)? aaah i know i know, it’s difficult to put them all… ^^ (and Blur? and….) ;p
mmmmmh oh yeah a list about nineties without Nirvana? like them or not, they were a little bit there, yup…. strange list…
@Enucleator [174]:
waw, am i blind or what? Nirvana is there all right!!! i didn’t even smoked or drinked… ok i should get more sleep
Good list. I would have included Aenima by Tool.
Where is Soundgarden’s “Superunknown”? That is by far the best hard rock album of the decade. Being a middle aged baby boomer who believes that the sixties were the best period for the rock genre, I also believe that nineties music for the most part SUCKED.
Love this Site Jfrater. Agree with Rages first album and Blood Sugar ***** Magik. Beck's – Mutation deserves a mention. Oasis number two, sorry not good.
I almost forgot, whether you like it or not hip-hop was a major influence during the nineties. Ready to Die, Makhavelli, All eyes on me, The Chronic, Snoops First Solo Album. Pick one in order to represent a major force in music during the decade.
marshal mathers came out with his first album in '99 right?
the slim shady lp? … classic
Man you forgot Metallica's Black Album and RHCP BSSM if it wasn,t for that the list would be perfect get rid of MBV and Pulp