THE 1990s POLL - nominations here plz

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one album, one song, same rules as before!

unless anyone has any objections the nominations will be done on Friday Sept 10, when the actual VOTING will begin

To check whether something has already been nominated, please see most recent posts, plus: Here for tracks Here for albums MODERATOR'S NOTE

There has been some confusion. This thread is the official place to nominate tracks and albums for the 90s poll.

Gear! quickly changed his mind to allow two tracks and two albums per person, rather than the one stipulated above.

If you have used up your nominations and want to informally suggest records that others might want to nominate, then use this thread.

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 28 August 2004 03:30 (twenty years ago)

Can we do two albums and tracks each since the time-span we're choosing from is twice as long?

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:01 (twenty years ago)

very good point

two albums, two songs, different rules from before!

I'm easy what can I say

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:02 (twenty years ago)

Albums:

The Necks - Hanging Garden
Stereolab - Emporer Tomato Ketchup

Songs:

The Beta Band - She's The One
Aimee Mann - Amateur

― phil turnbull (philT), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:11 (twenty years ago)

We're doing tracks, not nec. singles?

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:12 (twenty years ago)

I'll toss mine in here:

Albums:

Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess
Saint Etienne - Good Humor

Songs:

Ice Cube - "Today Was A Good Day"
New Order - "Regret"

(preferably singles, but I'm not gonna say people can't nominate album tracks xpost)

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:17 (twenty years ago)

Off the cuff nominations which I may frown upon come tomorrow:

Albums:

The Chills - Submarine Bells
µ-Ziq - Lunatic Harness

Songs:

Stereolab - "Crest"
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - "Full Grown"

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:22 (twenty years ago)

Couldn't it at least be a top 3?

― billstevejim, Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:24 (twenty years ago)

I think 2 should work well enough, right?

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:26 (twenty years ago)

This is tough.

Albums:
Killing Joke Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions
Firewater Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire

Songs:
"Summerhead" by the Cocteau Twins
"Wide Open" by Skeleton Key

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:26 (twenty years ago)

Ice Cube - "Today Was A Good Day"
New Order - "Regret"

excellent choices.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:28 (twenty years ago)

how many albums/songs will we be able to vote for when the nominations are all in? top 15 of each again, or a larger #?

― Al (sitcom), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:28 (twenty years ago)

I imagine it should be thirty this time.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:30 (twenty years ago)

Sorry, I saw the "same rules as before" line and didn't see that people were voted for 2 each. 2 is cool with me.

― billstevejim, Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:30 (twenty years ago)

I suppose I'll tentatively say thirty although who knows how many people will actually vote, lots of people seem burned out on voting, ha.

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:31 (twenty years ago)

I don't think I can pick 30 albums of my own for which I would feel comfortable voting.

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:36 (twenty years ago)

actually you know what I think 15 would make more sense, I'll just carry over the same points system as Steve used. Just to make things easier.

okay: two songs, two albums, and when the nominations are done, everything else will be the same as Steve did it, since his system was OTMFM

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:39 (twenty years ago)

Albums:

dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea
Super Furry Animals - Guerilla

Songs:
Teenage Fanclub - 'The Concept'
Guided by Voices - 'Game of Pricks'

― Simon H., Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:50 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to have to think about this... say, for a decade or so.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:54 (twenty years ago)

Singles: Hey Ya and oh wait, no.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:54 (twenty years ago)

Albums:

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die

(both of which are nominated so someone else doesn't have to...)

Songs:

Gang Starr - "Mass Appeal"
Geto Boys - "Mind Playing Tricks on Me"

― djdee2005, Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:56 (twenty years ago)

fantastic

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:56 (twenty years ago)

thank you djdee!!!!!

― artiste (artiste), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:57 (twenty years ago)

I really think this whole nominations system is so dodgy that I'm tempted to put together a different poll with a more straightforward voting system, but I don't have the time or energy for it. so good luck, Gear! I'll probably wait until the last possible day to nominate anything just so I know what won't be nominated otherwise that I really want to be in there.

― Al (sitcom), Saturday, 28 August 2004 04:57 (twenty years ago)

I would appreciate it if someone would nominate Breaking Atoms, Ridin' Dirty, Stress: The Extinction Agenda, Liquid Swords, "TROY," "Return of the Mack," "Pony," "Bug-A-Boo" and "Hypnotize" thnx.

― djdee2005, Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:05 (twenty years ago)

Gear, you're going to cause me physical pain if you only allow me to vote for 15 tracks. You don't want that shit on your conscience.

I just can't get myself to only choose two each here. The 90s were just too wonderful a decade. I'm gonna wait till the morning to bite the bullet.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:06 (twenty years ago)

Someone get Stephen Thomas Erlewine to thread so he can nominate Menswe@r!

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:06 (twenty years ago)

So much hip hop, I'm going to have to bring in some indie...

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:06 (twenty years ago)

And something by Cash Money - I Got That Work, "Back that Azz Up," Lil Wayne's "Shine," whatever.

Was "Shake Ya Ass" by Mystikal in the 90s?

So much hip hop, I'm going to have to bring in some indie...
When Pavement and the Beta Band rank above Illmatic and Ready to Die, you'll be at the top of the death list.

― djdee2005, Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:08 (twenty years ago)

to ease your mind Bill there is always room for change if the number of nominations is huge (which it hopefully will be). I'd have to figure out a new point system, though. We'll cross that bridge if/when we come to it!

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:08 (twenty years ago)

I'll definitely vote for that geto boys.

Alright. I'll quit fuckin' round. These are by NO means definitive (I doubt I'd place the Jigga in my top ten of the nineties really) but it'd piss me off no end if these weren't on the list somewhere and I just had to post something now while I'm tired and not thinking clearly.

Album: 'Diamonds and Pearls' - Prince
'Reasonable Doubt' - Jay-Z

Singles: 'Are You That Somebody?' - Aaliyah/Timbo
'Around the World' - Daft Punk

Now that I'm looking at what I picked, I'm going to agree that this is impossible. Maybe the nineties year by year? But then, I'm not doing the legwork on this shindig, soooo.....

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:08 (twenty years ago)

A nomination for UGK's "One Day" would be nice too.

― djdee2005, Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:10 (twenty years ago)

Fuck and Aquemini and Soul Food! And TROY is a definite must too. And that's just NOW.
This might be a mug's game.

There was an earlier discussion about automatically tossing in the top ten from the respective pazz and jop years; maybe we should start with that pool, gear?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:12 (twenty years ago)

psst i think we should keep the number of hip-hop/pop/dance nominations low and let the indie faction nominate tons of their shit, that way they will all vote-split and geto boys will win

― artiste (artiste), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:13 (twenty years ago)

geto boys produce best song of the decade shockah?
They can't be stopped.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:15 (twenty years ago)

When Pavement and the Beta Band rank above Illmatic and Ready to Die

Lucky for you, I'm more of a Sleater-Kinney and Mogwai fan.

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:15 (twenty years ago)

I'll think about that Fork

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:15 (twenty years ago)

Agreeance; lets all vote Geto Boys for number 1.

― djdee2005, Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:15 (twenty years ago)

xpost obv

― djdee2005, Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:15 (twenty years ago)

I am an indie fuck.

Albums:
Palace Brothers: Days in the Wake
Smog: Red Apple Falls

Tracks:
The Mountain Goats - "Going to Georgia"
Neutral Milk Hotel - "Two-Headed Boy"

― cws (cws), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:16 (twenty years ago)

ilm 90s poll results
---------------------------
#100-#2 horrible shit
#1 geto boys

― artiste (artiste), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:27 (twenty years ago)

If the Geto Boys won, it would almost make up for "Hey Ya" and Kid A winning the 00s poll.

― djdee2005, Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:33 (twenty years ago)

The FIX is in.
Get it? Cause of Scarface?
Bedtime.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:34 (twenty years ago)

Oh and I'm instantaneously realizing that I want to swap Orbital's "Snivilization" for "Reasonable Doubt" okthnx.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:38 (twenty years ago)

Albums:

Pavement, Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos, Muy Divertido

Songs:

Tony Toni Tone, If I Had No Loot
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Brooklyn Zoo

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:40 (twenty years ago)

("Shake Ya Ass" was 2000)

― Al (sitcom), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:52 (twenty years ago)

Albums:
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
Unrest - Imperial ffrr

tracks to come...

― frankE (frankE), Saturday, 28 August 2004 05:56 (twenty years ago)

DJ Shadow Endtroducing
My Bloody Valentine Loveless
Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Pulp "Common People"

― alan r. banana (alanbanana), Saturday, 28 August 2004 06:05 (twenty years ago)

I imagine this thread will be much longer when I wake up.

Albums:

Basic Channel - "Basic Channel"
Mansun - "Six"

Tracks:

Pepe Braddock - "Deep Burnt"
Sleater-Kinney - "Get Up"

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 28 August 2004 06:08 (twenty years ago)

anyone who wants to enlist in the INTERNATIONAL GETO BOYS STRATEGIC VOTING BLOC plz email me!!

― artiste (artiste), Saturday, 28 August 2004 06:10 (twenty years ago)

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or most other jungle.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:26 (twenty years ago)

restraining myself from using the "r" word.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:26 (twenty years ago)

SHJ's free jazz collaborations are great. Don't know how much they had to do with that though.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:27 (twenty years ago)

"He's On the Phone" was St. Etienne's big "upmarket" single. There is no reason why that couldn't have been a massive hit.
It's unabashed lack of indie cred is the best thing about it.

-- Barry Bruner (brune...), September 9th, 2004.

hmmmm that explains why it's my favorite st. etienne song!!!! :-0

― amateur@@st, Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, because it's not like they were trying to make a Eurotrash song, but with an indie "spin". They made a Eurotrash song, period! And they were a billion times better at it than anybody else!

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:34 (twenty years ago)

I've seen SHJ- free jazz collabs live (don't have the record from those) - you'd think its good to see it being done, but the improvising kind of fell flat at times, as I vaguely remember.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:34 (twenty years ago)

I'd say you'd definetely like that MIMEO record sundar.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:38 (twenty years ago)

Otomo Yoshihide, Cathode
The Dead C, The White House

Madonna, "Ray of Light"
Sweet Female Attitude, "Flowers"

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:52 (twenty years ago)

Grrrr..."Flowers" is 2000.

I'll take Blame's "2 Bad Mice Take You" instead, then.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 9 September 2004 23:56 (twenty years ago)

Well, the SHJ Live album I have is from the shows on Jan 22 and Jan 25 '03. Dunno if you were at those, Julio, but it sounds pretty great to me. I think Jordan found them disappointing too so maybe I'm just too easy to please;)

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 10 September 2004 00:51 (twenty years ago)

Albums:
The Cure - Wish
Madonna - Ray Of Light

Singles:
The Cure - "Pictures of You"
Pet Shop Boys - "Can You Forgive Her"

― Seb (Seb), Friday, 10 September 2004 05:36 (twenty years ago)

"Pictures of You" is '89.

Anyway, it's Friday. Let's vote!

― Vasquesz, Friday, 10 September 2004 07:07 (twenty years ago)

22 1/2 hours til nominations close! (midnight pacific time)

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 10 September 2004 07:26 (twenty years ago)

i think SFA 'Flowers' is borderline '99 and the track was probably recorded that Summer at least Michael

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 10 September 2004 07:37 (twenty years ago)

I don' think there's really any getting away from the fact that SFA's 'Flowers' is 2000.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:16 (twenty years ago)

only in the same way that 'I Luv U' was 2003 but whatever

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:29 (twenty years ago)

What, you heard 'Flowers' before it was released?

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:33 (twenty years ago)

I am v.hungover and don't really understand anything right now - please ignore me.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:35 (twenty years ago)

erm, yes, on the radio and TV. the first time i heard it was December '99 in all honesty.

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:35 (twenty years ago)

haha & to think I was gonna change speed limit to trapdoor fucking exit; thanx julio/michael. i'm fairly happy w/90s new zealand music being represented by "how bizarre" & harsh 70s reality . . .

. . . instead, I'll change my album nomination from speed limit 140+bpm volume 3 : the joint to missy elliot's supa dupa fly.

(I'm gonna feel guilty for not nominating fatboy slim, I know it.)

― etc, Friday, 10 September 2004 08:38 (twenty years ago)

i don't think matos, porkpie and the others this applies to realise they still have another album nomination they can make according to my list

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:43 (twenty years ago)

people with track nominations still to be made:

josh love
fernando
ryan
penelope111
shookout
chris andrews

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:45 (twenty years ago)

Singles:

Madonna - Deeper & Deeper
Amira - My Desire (Dreem Teem Mix)

Albums:

Kitchens of Distinction - The Death of Cool
Grooverider (V/A) - Hardstep Selection II

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:47 (twenty years ago)

People who wanted to vote for "Flowers' plz vote for "My Desire" instead. Thanks!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:48 (twenty years ago)

TINA MOORE!

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 10 September 2004 09:13 (twenty years ago)

How on earth did ppl nominate the second jeru album but not the first?

I nominated it for the crazy illogical reason that I like it better.

― Flyboy (Flyboy), Friday, 10 September 2004 10:25 (twenty years ago)

"Pictures of You" is '89.
The parent album, yes, but the single was released in Feb 1990, IIRC.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:55 (twenty years ago)

Date of first release should always be followed, if only to annoy stevem.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:03 (twenty years ago)

Well it's still eighties music.

― Vasquesz, Friday, 10 September 2004 13:15 (twenty years ago)

Nominations:

Albums:
Guitar Paradise of East Africa (is this okay?)
Freedy Johnson - Can You Fly

Songs:
Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos (is this okay?)
A Tribe Called Quest - Luck of Lucien

― Matt Sab (Matt Sab), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:16 (twenty years ago)

Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos (is this okay?)

Didn't he die in 1978?

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:21 (twenty years ago)

But the album came out in 92 ; I'm not sure if this song was released as a single back when he was still breathing..

― Matt Sab (Matt Sab), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:24 (twenty years ago)

It's about tracks not singles.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:36 (twenty years ago)

singles

beatnuts - watch out now
blink-182 - dammit

albums

a*teens - the abba generation
juvenile - 400 degreez

― artiste (artiste), Friday, 10 September 2004 18:47 (twenty years ago)

How much time left?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 10 September 2004 21:17 (twenty years ago)

Albums:

Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted / Kill At Will*
Paul Schutze - New Maps Of Hell

*I assume this is OK, they're on the same CD. If not, then just the first record of the 2.

Singles:

Paris Angels - "All On You (Perfume)"
Gang Starr feat. Nice n Smooth - "DWYCK"

― charles e w, Friday, 10 September 2004 21:36 (twenty years ago)

As much as I like Buju Banton and "Champion", I'd like to rescind my nomination for it and push Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M." back on to list. May be considered too polished compared to other Wu songs, but C.R.E.A.M. lays out the whole Wu esthetic. That being said, I was close to adding the all Wu weave "Protect Ya Neck".

― Gregory T (tubesocks), Friday, 10 September 2004 21:37 (twenty years ago)

Gang Starr feat. Nice n Smooth - "DWYCK"

yes! lemonades all around!

― artdamages (artdamages), Friday, 10 September 2004 22:21 (twenty years ago)

Okay, this is my last chance to make my nominations, so (and this is VERY HARD, as there are a bunch I really wish were in there - and I've succumbed to choosing things that might get a reasonable number of votes, tempted as I was by Boymerang, Q-Bert and Jonny L in the albums, and MC Buzz B, Beres Hammond, DJ SS and the Persuasions in tracks. I hate that Back For Good and Waterfalls aren't in there, too):

albums
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman

tracks
Hanson - Mmmbop
Kelis - Get Along With You

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 10 September 2004 22:33 (twenty years ago)

4 hours and fifty minutes, guys.

I'll post the info on submitting ballots and final points system later tonight/tomorrow morning!

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 11 September 2004 01:10 (twenty years ago)

Albums:

Sonny Sharrock - Ask The Ages
Royal Trux - Sweet Sixteen

Songs:

R. Kelly feat. Keith Murray - "Home Alone"
Shania Twain - "Any Man of Mine"

― Reed Moore (diamond), Saturday, 11 September 2004 01:31 (twenty years ago)

beatnuts - watch out now

HERO

― Symplistic (shmuel), Saturday, 11 September 2004 01:47 (twenty years ago)

"Kill at Will" was originally a separate EP, it was only paired with "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" on a reissue which came out a year or two ago, so I think only "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" should make the list. But thank you very much for nominating it anyway, the album list is now almost perfect for me.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Saturday, 11 September 2004 04:52 (twenty years ago)

You might want to specify on the final list that Pinkerton is by Weezer, that The Life and Times of S. Carter is Vol. 3, that the Caifanes album is El Silencio, stuff like that. (And you should vote for all three of those.)

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Saturday, 11 September 2004 04:58 (twenty years ago)

hi. last change:

replace tindersticks simple pleasure

with

shania twain come on over

thanks!!!

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Saturday, 11 September 2004 05:29 (twenty years ago)

nominations are closed now! when I get home from work I'll put up the list of candidates. There will be thirty choices each tracks and LPs. Better to have too many than too few, am I right?

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 11 September 2004 06:38 (twenty years ago)

Correct! :)

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Saturday, 11 September 2004 06:40 (twenty years ago)

We're not really going to allow Chris Bell are we?

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 09:56 (twenty years ago)

six years pass...

Been searching for the results of this poll to no avail. Help!

― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 20 February 2011 16:44 (fourteen years ago)

I think I found 'em secondhand pasted here - THE 1990s POLL RESULTS - THE ALBUMS

― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 20 February 2011 16:48 (fourteen years ago)

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