It’s the sun in the morning! As we wake this Manhattan Monday, we thank you for taking this journey with us. From here on out you can expect a longer text-based post on Monday mornings, at the very least. Today, a flashback countdown. This year marks the fourteenth anniversary of the end of the nineties, arguably the best decade for music. The editorial staff here at Interopia have spent many long hours in smoky rooms debating and compiling this, our controversial top 100 albums of the 1990s. Disclaimer: saving the hip hop for a future list. Hope you enjoy it and discover something new! Be sure to leave a comment and let us know your personal favorite…
100. Pat Smear | So You Fell in Love with a Musician… (1992)
99. Frank Black | The Cult of Ray (1996)
98. Everclear | Sparkle and Fade (1995)
97. Hootie & the Blowfish | Cracked Rear View (1994)
96. Sublime | Sublime (1996)
95. Tom Waits | Mule Variations (1999)
94. The Breeders | Last Splash (1993)
93. Primus | Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
92. Primus | Pork Soda (1992)
91. Butthole Surfers | Electriclarryland (1996)
90. Ween | Pure Guava (1992)
89. Slowdive | Pygmalion (1995)
88. Mercury Rev | Deserter’s Songs (1998)
87. Garbage | Garbage (1995)
86. Slowdive | Souvlaki (1993)
85. Blur | Blur (1997)
84. Butthole Surfers | Independent Worm Saloon (1993)
83. R.E.M. | Up (1998)
82. Boards of Canada | Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
81. Foo Fighters | There is Nothing Left to Lose (1999)
80. Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill (1994)
79. Alice in Chains | Jar of Flies (1994)
78. Bush | Razorblade Suitcase (1996)
77. Bush | Sixteen Stone (1994)
76. Metallica | Metallica (1991)
75. Neutral Milk Hotel | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
74. Wilco | Summerteeth (1999)
73. Tool | Undertow (1993)
72. Nirvana | Incesticide (1992)
71. Soundgarden | Badmotorfinger (1991)
70. Radiohead | Pablo Honey (1993)
69. Hole | Live Through This (1994)
68. R.E.M. | Monster (1994)
67. Pink Floyd | The Division Bell (1994)
66. Red Hot Chili Peppers | One Hot Minute (1995)
65. Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication (1999)
64. Ween | The Pod (1991)
63. Temple of the Dog | Temple of the Dog (1990)
62. Aphex Twin | Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2 (1994)
61. Deconstruction | Deconstruction (1994)
60. Talk Show | Talk Show (1997)
59. Radiohead | Airbag/How Am I Driving? (1998)
58. Air | Moon Safari (1998)
57. R.E.M. | New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
56. Frank Black | Frank Black (1993)
55. Aphex Twin | Richard D. James Album (1997)
54. Hum | Downward is Heavenward (1998)
53. Ween | Chocolate and Cheese (1994)
52. Green Day | Dookie (1994)
51. Red Hot Chili Peppers | Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
50. Sigur Ros | Agaetis Byrjun (1999)
49. Weezer | Pinkerton (1996)
48. Nine Inch Nails | Broken (1992)
47. Pixies | Bossanova (1990)
46. Ween | The Mollusk (1997)
45. The Smashing Pumpkins | The Aeroplane Flies High (1996)
44. Live | Secret Samadhi (1997)
43. Pearl Jam | Yield (1998)
42. My Bloody Valentine | Loveless (1991)
41. Oasis | (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
40. Stone Temple Pilots | Core (1992)
39. Stone Temple Pilots | No. 4 (1999)
38. Nirvana | Unplugged (1994)
37. Faith No More | Angel Dust (1992)
36. Godspeed You Black Emperor! | F#A#∞ (1997)
35. Slint | Spiderland (1991)
34. Talk Talk | Laughing Stock (1991)
33. Weezer | Weezer (1994)
32. Foo Fighters | The Colour and the Shape (1997)
31. Soundgarden | Down on the Upside (1996)
30. Jeff Buckley | Grace (1994)
29. Chris Cornell | Euphoria Morning (1999)
28. Jane’s Addiction | Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)
27. Pixies | Trompe le Monde (1991)
26. Smashing Pumpkins | Pisces Iscariot (1994)
25. Foo Fighters | Foo Fighters (1995)
24. Pearl Jam | No Code (1996)
23. Smashing Pumpkins | Gish (1991)
22. The Flaming Lips | The Soft Bulletin (1999)
21. Roger Waters | Amused to Death (1992)
20. Stone Temple Pilots | Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
19. R.E.M. | Automatic for the People (1992)
18. Frank Black | Teenager of the Year (1994)
17. Live | The Distance to Here (1999)
16. Live | Throwing Copper (1994)
15. The Smashing Pumpkins | Adore (1998)
14. Pearl Jam | Vitalogy (1994)
13. Soundgarden | Superunknown (1994)
12. Radiohead | The Bends (1995)
11. Stone Temple Pilots | Purple (1994)
10. Nirvana | Nevermind (1991)
9. Nirvana | In Utero (1993)
8. Pearl Jam | Ten (1991)
7. Nine Inch Nails | The Downward Spiral (1994)
6. Tool | Aenima (1996)
5. Nine Inch Nails | The Fragile (1999)
4. Pearl Jam | Vs. (1993)
3. Radiohead | OK Computer (1997)
2. Smashing Pumpkins | Siamese Dream (1993)
1. The Smashing Pumpkins | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
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