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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Great driving music.
Great driving music.
NIN - Broken (1992)
Pearl Jam - Vs. (1993)
And yea, I hear ya. Although being an adult does have it's advantages, like having your own place and not having anyone--well besides maybe your gf/wife--yelling at you to turn that noise down!
Damn! Yet another group I remember but never got into. I think you totally own me in the size of your 90's music collection!
Color me jealous!
I just got the Pretty Hate Machine reissue. I am watching a copy of TDS on ebay but I can buy the reissue for less. That's a great EP.
No Doubt - The Singles 1992–2003 (2003)
Ok, so this was released in '03 but of course contains mostly 90's material from a mostly 90's band.
Don't own any other from material them as I'm not a big fan of ska/punk, but I might have to try Tragic Kingdom again (haven't heard it in over a decade). I do like Gwen Stefani's voice though (among other things ).
Thanks for starting the 90s thread. I'm looking to expand my musical horizon. I spent the '90s swing dancing to live music. I wasn't paying much attention to the new stuff.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
Great driving music.
Color me jealous!
I just got the Pretty Hate Machine reissue. I am watching a copy of TDS on ebay but I can buy the reissue for less. That's a great EP.
Ahh... their magnum opus.
White Zombie - their first album
Thats true, it is one of the best things! Can listen to what I want, when I want, and how loud I want (except when the gf is over lol).
I have more than a few cds. The used record store loves me!
Like you, I was not a huge fan of the whole ska movement either, but I do like alot of No Doubt's stuff (and Gwen is definitely very . . . talented )
Another 90's band that I think only had 2 major label albums before breaking up that is in the ska/punk/rock vein that I really liked alot is the Urge. They had two really good 90's albums:
Receiving the Gift of Flavor (1996)
Master of Styles (1998)
Thanks for starting the 90s thread. I'm looking to expand my musical horizon. I spent the '90s swing dancing to live music. I wasn't paying much attention to the new stuff.
PS: You relize that Tom Petty started out as a '70s rock-n-roller. And he was a key player in one of the greatest "fake" Rock-N-Roll bands ever, The Traveling Wilburys.
Metallica - S/T (The Black Album) (1991)
Here's another album that was ridiculously popular at my high school. Though that was part of it's problem: the "true" metal heads thought it was a decline in quality (they sold out and made a bunch of pop metal songs! was their cynical cry/lament) compared to the earlier Metallica offerings (I think they were just offended that the "preppies", and about everyone else, were embracing "their" beloved band).
I would agree that it isn't as good as earlier Metallica offerings (though it competes with Kill 'Em All imo: that album can be too raw/unsophisticated at times in comparison, and yes I like much early 80's metal as is evidenced by my posts in the metal thread of such material), but it still contains many killer tracks even if it drags at times and some lyrics are corny.
It was my first intro to Metallica in any case (and one of the first cd's/full albums I owned and listened to over and over), and I quickly bought up their back catalogue and they became (and remain) one of my favorite bands because of it. I also think it is their last worthwhile release to date, but I know this opinion is not shared by all.
Metallica - S/T (The Black Album) (1991)
Here's another album that was ridiculously popular at my high school. Though that was part of it's problem: the "true" metal heads thought it was a decline in quality (they sold out and made a bunch of pop metal songs! was their cynical cry/lament) compared to the earlier Metallica offerings (I think they were just offended that the "preppies", and about everyone else, were embracing "their" beloved band).
I would agree that it isn't as good as earlier Metallica offerings (though it competes with Kill 'Em All imo: that album can be too raw/unsophisticated at times in comparison, and yes I like much early 80's metal as is evidenced by my posts in the metal thread of such material), but it still contains many killer tracks even if it drags at times and some lyrics are corny.
It was my first intro to Metallica in any case (and one of the first cd's/full albums I owned and listened to over and over), and I quickly bought up their back catalogue and they became (and remain) one of my favorite bands because of it. I also think it is their last worthwhile release to date, but I know this opinion is not shared by all.
Well judging by your avatar and signature I'm going to assume that you think I have the vinyl of this (for I don't know why someone would be jealous of the cheaper--I'm guessing--cd version).
I don't: I'm all about buying cd's, new and used, and ripping them to FLAC and using my computer as a server (very convenient, especially when I'm working on the same computer). I am, after all, a digital man.
It is definitely one of their best. I'm still partial to the first release since it's one of the first cds I ever owned (i.e. one of the first dozen or so of full albums I ever heard). I have all their releases but can't get into the later stuff as much. Need to listen more though.
You beat me to that band! I was going to post their La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 to see if anyone remembered it. It was huge when I was in high school (we used to drive around blasting Thunder Kiss '65 and other tracks lol) and now you only hear of Rob Zombie directing movies. Can't say I've listened to it in the past ten years...or more.
It was that way at my school too. I liked the black album, but not as well as their previous ones. I do remember how everyone was into it once it came out and they started making videos.
Garbage - Version 2.0 (1998)
Funny, this was also my first foray into Metallica. I had a metalhead friend in high school into all kinds of crazy stuff. Great album, but not as good as some of the older stuff. For what it's worth, I kinda like Load and Reload. I'm not ashamed to admit it.
I'm not snobbish about the wax. Heck, most of the stuff I listen to is on a thumb drive in my car as either mp3 or WMA. When I work from home or the kids are not running around, I like the vinyl. I do have most of the NIN works. He lost me after the album with "Starf*ckers, Inc." I have some bootlegs from his last tour that were actually quite good, so it's my loss.
Perhaps you could recommend a good flac player? Sometimes when I buy LPs or bootlegs from Pearl Jam they are in flac format. I have a program that is supposed to be able to convert them to other formats, but it never works. I'm a nimrod when it comes to digital formats. I usually just take my CDs, rip them as WMA, and slap them on my thumb drive.
I would say it is their best across the entire album. It's not my favorite. I like the more varied No Code, and place Yield slightly above Vs. This is strictly talking about albums from the 90's.
I couldn't remember the title of the album, but I loved it when it came out. I always liked Black Sunshine. I also like Rob's first few solo works.
I cannot believe I forgot STP in my previous post. Core, Purple, and Tiny Music. I actually saw them live at the Borgata in AC back in October. Forgot how good they can be.
PW:
First, thanks for the suggestions on flac players. It'd mostly be for my computer, since some of the stuff I DL (concert boots, etc) is in flac format. I also like that newer LPs come with digital downloads, and sometimes they are flac, sometimes they are aiff, etc.
The converter I used was called Switch Sound Converter. I needed to convert some aiff files (from a Gaslight Anthem DL) to WMA or mp3 to use in my car. It converted them to WMA, but my car stereo won't decode them, despite them playing in Media Player on the laptop. I did put them into my itunes library and then burn them to CD then rip that to the thumb drive. Sounds OK, but what a convoluted process.
I keep wanting to get a new digital audio player (I won't call it an iPod), but I don't really need it. I know a 2G iPod shuffle is only maybe $50. I only use it at the gym. Cannot really justify it, and my Android has 16G of space anyway. I figure if I'm listening to something that small, I cannot be too picky about the sound quality, especially with the ear buds.
On an unrelated note, that Fiona Apple video for that song Criminal is super sexy. I can remember thinking about that on more than a few occasions.
I don't have a picture, but I remember enjoying Tori Amos' Boys For Pele. Next time I'm in the attic I may have to see if I still have it. Also, the Singles Soundtrack has some amazing tunes on it! Granted I think a few of them are late 80s and there's a Hendrix song on there. But technically that album came out in the 90s. And let's not forget Alice In Chains. Their MTV unplugged (yes, MTV did at one time play music) performance is possibly their best release.
Although it is heavier than some of the albums I have mentioned thusfar, this is the album that I listened to the most in the early 1990's:
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power (1992)