Of all the albums in the previous posts I have just one of them and that's not my choice but my wife's
REM Out of Time
I suppose that shows how much I liked 90s music.
In Utero - Nirvana
Bossanova, Trompe le Monde - Pixies
Cult of Ray, Frank Black & the Catholics - Frank Black (& the Catholics)
Set the Twilight Reeling - Lou Reed
I find it more difficult to keep up now. In the last 10 years there are two acts that stand out; John Grant & The Decemberists, you may like one of them..... and it only got worse as time went on... By the time we get to the 2010's I may struggle to name 10 albums I really like never mind name a top 10! Tony L will no doubt love this... but that forces me to look a bit harder at how little attention I've given to searching out new music in my dotage
Ultimately we're both right in many ways.... We are no longer exposed to really good new music on the radio, TV, juke box down the pub etc etc in the way we once were, so, having good new music "seep in" and enthuse us to go and get the album not common any more (yeah there's Jools Holland and Radio 6 and they have inspired purchases but not the same "national shared experience" where say Bob Marley/Human league/whoever were on TOTP's and everyone was "did you see that last night!?")
I certainly don't accept that one's taste necessarily has a "sell by date" or anything like that but yes I guess "the yoof of today" has completely different ways of hearing about/becoming exposed to new music that just don't even occur to me.. off my radar entirely. My top few up to date bands or artists I heard about from recommendations here on pfm in fact. Has to said they are all either "timeless genres" (folk etc) or of a style that they could of been released in 1975... ie The Delines
But if it’s a poll of the 90s then it has to be from that decade; just because REM made some better albums in the 80s is irrelevant. 2nd tier REM is a step ahead of pretty much anything else.My point is every decade is so full of amazing stuff I’d not be filling a list with less than the best very from a band. I know I’m being unfair on Automatic For The People as it is a bloody great album, but if I had to choose I’d take Life’s Rich Pageant or Document from the previous decade ahead. As for Radiohead I know loads of people prefer the more ‘guitar band’ stuff of Bends and OK Computer, but to be honest I’ve played neither for decades, it is Kid A, Amnesiac and In Rainbows that I always reach for, so I’d personally not pick them, especially in a top ten where I’d had to leave out things such as MBV, Pete Namlook, Tortoise, Aphex Twin, Black Dog Productions, Fugees, Portishead etc. I should really have done a 20. There was tons of great stuff in that decade, as there is in every decade.
I find it more difficult to keep up now. In the last 10 years there are two acts that stand out; John Grant & The Decemberists, you may like one of them.
Personally from their 90s stuff I prefer both New Adventures In Hifi and Up. Neither has Everybody Hurts on it for starters.I know I’m being unfair on Automatic For The People as it is a bloody great album, but if I had to choose I’d take Life’s Rich Pageant or Document from the previous decade ahead.
Personally from their 90s stuff I prefer both New Adventures In Hifi and Up. Neither of them have Everybody Hurts on them for starters.
As much as I think Fat Of The Land is decent, I'd take both Experience or Music For The Jilted Generation over it (all three no doubt in Jez's top ten).
Same with The Verve, I love Urban Hymns but would put A Northern Soul above it.
Blue Lines
Either of Gold Against The Soul or Generation Terrorists
I loved Only Forever by Puressence when it came out and played it to death, but I'm under no illusions it's a great album, just a personal favourite.
Terror Twilight just creeps in as well from '99
Try ‘Picaresque’ from the Decemberists & ‘Queen of Denmark’ from John Grant. Two stone cold classics.A few people I know have said they like The Decemberists actually. I've been meaning to check them out for a while... Haven't heard of John Grant.
As much as I think Fat Of The Land is decent, I'd take both Experience or Music For The Jilted Generation over it (all three no doubt in Jez's top ten).
Same with The Verve, I love Urban Hymns but would put A Northern Soul above it.
Blue Lines
Either of Gold Against The Soul or Generation Terrorists
I loved Only Forever by Puressence when it came out and played it to death, but I'm under no illusions it's a great album, just a personal favourite.
Terror Twilight just creeps in as well from '99
Just playing Automatic for the People seriously for the first time in 15 years or so. (I love Out of Time too.) It's still brilliant but the production is very bright and splashy is my first impression...