Did a couple quick updates this weekend stemming from discussion of best albums of the 90s. In looking at it three interesting things jumped out to me:
- Seems like Beulah and Uncle Tupelo were my favorite bands of the 90s
- Top ten is too short when you have 484 albums. Many unbelievable albums were left off
- Only record label with two entries in top ten was Sire. A bit surprising.
Using my album formula, here are my favorite albums from the 90s:
1. Uncle Tupelo’s Anodyne (Sire) – 1993 – 9.883
2. Beulah’s When Your Heartstrings Break (Sugar Free) – 1999 – 9.877
3. Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Merge) – 1998 – 9.868
4. Beulah’s Handsome Western States (Cargo) – 1997 – 9.855
5. Uncle Tupelo’s Still Feel Gone (Gasatanka) – 1991 – 9.814
6. Dinosaur Jr.’s Green Mind (Sire) – 1991 – 9.805
7. Palace Brothers’ Viva Lost Blues (Drag City) – 1995 – 9.800
8. Uncle Tupelo’s March 16-20,1992 (Rockville) -1992 – 9.798
9. Pele’s Teaching the History of Teaching Geography (Star Star Stereo) – 1998 – 9.794
10. Pavement’s Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Matador) – 1994 – 9.784
No Guided By Voices’ Bee Thousand? Unpossible.
Dave, Bee Thousand missing certainly forced me to check my formulas. Right now it is my 21st favorite album from the 90s. The top 50 albums from the 90s are all must owns. I created my list for 1994 as a result of this post. 1994 is middle year in the 90s and the top 5 albums are all fantastic