THE BEST ALBUMS OF THE 90`s ...

It has now been over ten years since they were first released ... still in the days when the majority of us had no internet access ... when you had to go out and discover new music for yourselves! The dust has now settled and we asked around to see which albums have stood the test of time? - The end result has thrown up a few surprises so we decided to publish our Top 10 albums from each year …

1990

1. THE SUNDAYS - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (Rough Trade / Geffen)
2. DEPECHE MODE - Violator (Mute)
3. MORRISSEY - Bona Drag
4. INSPIRAL CARPETS - Life
5. HAPPY MONDAYS - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
6. JAMES - Gold Mother
7. PIXIES - Bossanova
8. ANGELO BADALAMENTI - Twin Peaks {ost}
9. CARTER USM - 101 Damnations
10. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - The Good Son

1991

1. CARTER USM - 30 Something (Rough Trade)
2. THE KLF - The White Room
3. NIRVANA - Nevermind
4. R.E.M. - Out Of Time
5. MASSIVE ATTACK - Blue Lines
6. ELECTRONIC - Electronic
7. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Superstition
8. THE MOCK TURTLES - Two Sides
9. SAINT ETIENNE - Foxbase Alpha
10. LEVELLERS - Levelling the Land

1992

1. INSPIRAL CARPETS - Revenge Of The Goldfish (Mute)
2. MORRISSEY - Your Arsenal
3. CURVE - Doppelgänger
4. TORI AMOS - Little Earthquakes
5. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
6. PJ HARVEY - Dry
7. JAMES - Seven
8. CARTER USM - 1992, The Love Album
9. JESUS & MARY CHAIN - Honey's Dead
10. THE SUGAR CUBES - Stick Around for Joy

1993

1. DEPECHE MODE - Songs of Faith and Devotion (Mute)
2. SUEDE - Suede
3. SMASHING PUMPKINS - Siamese Dream
4. NEW ORDER - Republic
5. PJ HARVEY - Rid Of Me
6. BJORK - Debut
7. SAINT ETIENNE - So Tough
8. THE AUTEURS - New Wave
9. CURVE - Cuckoo
10. BELLY - Star

1994

1. PORTISHEAD - Dummy (Go! Beat)
2. SUEDE - Dog Man Star
3. OASIS - Definitely Maybe
4. PULP - His 'N' Hers
5. MORRISSEY - Vauxhall & I
6. SHARKBOY - Matinee
7. BLUR - Parklife
8. INSPIRAL CARPETS - Devil Hopping
9. RIDE - Carnival of Light
10. SHED SEVEN - Change Giver

1995

1. SMASHING PUMPKINS - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Virgin)
2. PULP - Different Class
3. OASIS - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
4. BLUR - The Great Escape
5. TRICKY - Maxinquaye
6. PJ HARVEY - To Bring You My Love
7. TINDERSTICKS - Tindersticks
8. JAMES HORNER - Braveheart {ost}
9. BLACK GRAPE - It’s great when you’re straight... Yeah
10. SALAD - Singles Bar

1996

1. BABY BIRD - Ugly Beautiful (Echo)
2. PURESSENCE - Puressence
3. BELLE & SEBASTIAN - If You're Feeling Sinister
4. BECK - Odelay
5. EELS - Beautiful Freak
6. SUEDE - Coming Up
7. PLACEBO - Placebo
8. LAMB - Lamb
9. THE AUTEURS - After Murder Park
10. MARILYN MANSON - Antichrist Superstar

1997

1. RADIOHEAD - OK Computer (Parlophone)
2. THE VERVE - Urban Hymns
3. BJORK - Homogenic
4. GENEVA - Further
5. AIR - Premiers Symptomes
6. PORTISHEAD - Portishead
7. DAFT PUNK - Homework
8. DAVID ARNOLD - Shaken & Stirred (various artists)
9. SUEDE - Sci-Fi Lullabies
10. DAVID BOWIE - Earthling








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