THE 1990s POLL RESULTS - THE ALBUMS

TLC - CrazySexyCool (213 points, 16 votes)

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"Creep" and "Diggin On You" are both stunning - the culmination of an entire aesthetic of the early nineties. By the time you got to Madonna's "Forbidden Love" (which, written by Babyface and produced by Nellee Hooper, is like the the grand but too-late union of the US and the UK's concurrent developments of a live-sounding but opulent looseness in programmed pop) later that year it had to change. But Crazysexycool captures it at its absolute best.
-- Tim Finney

OASIS - Definitely Maybe (218 points, 16 votes)

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"I love Definitely Maybe, and the poofs in Blur can suck my left nut."
-- 57 7th

U2 - Achtung Baby (221 points, 16 votes)

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"Just for the record: Achtung Baby is my favorite record, and I was enthralled from the first moment I heard it."
-- Lord Custos Epsilon

OMNI TRIO The Deepest Cut Vol. 1

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comments?

Radiohead - OK Computer

#1

Gravediggaz - Six Feet Deep

Please?

omni trio are JUNGLE

BARK PSYCHOSIS - Hex (224 points, 11 votes)

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comments?

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UNDERWORLD - Beaucoup Fish (231 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote)

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"Whereas Beacoup Fish I think really plays around with one's assumption as to what Underworld are by just being so brutally uncompromising and tracky so frequently, and because Karl is so often very aggressive. Like, I find the first four tracks to be a totally emotional suite, but not emotional in the sense that the group inject "rock" emotion into a dance setting - the ebb and flow of intensity is much closer to a DJ set. And I perversely enjoy the fact that the slower tracks are just really odd and unwelcoming - it's like the group want to avoid people finding any sort of "relief" in them. Instead, the slow tracks are the uncomfortably, unsettling moments and the hard-edged tracks are the heart and soul of the album."
-- Tim Finney

"Great Bits on Beaucoup Fish #27: On 'Skym' when that effected loop of Hyde's voice going 'Aiii aiii aiii' drops in - despite listening to that track so many times i still find it hard to pinpoint exactly when that's gonna come in (i guess because the track is beatless)"
-- stevem

WEEZER - Weezer (231 points, 17 votes)

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"One night when DJing at a local club I ended the night with "Only In Dreams" (I like ending with depressing stuff), inspiring at least one guy to burble about how this song meant SO MUCH to him back in the day, and all could do was nod in agreement and join him in an air-guitar raveup."
--Anthony Miccio

But its early...

Tori Amos – Songs From the Choirgirl Hotel 112 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote

Spice Girls Spice 127 points, 10 votes

also

DJ DB - A History of Our World Vol. 1: Breakbeat 130 points, 5 votes, 2 first place votes

I will give you the bottom vote getter, out of those that received votes, and that would be Impossible Princess by Kylie Minogue, 1 point, 1 vote. From me of course.

and ILM was meant to be a pop haven, etc

Underworld - 2nd toughest 40
U2 - Achtung Baby 36
Saint Etienne - Good Humor 32
Yo La Tengo - I can hear the heart 29
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep 27
Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers 25
Pet Shop Boys - Very 24
Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane 23
Boredoms - Super AE 22
Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay 21
GZA - Liquid Swords 20
Orbital - Brown Album 19
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out 18
Bjork - Homogenic 17
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs 16
Massive Attack - Blue Lines 15
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet 14
R.E.M. - New Adventures 13
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister 12
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call 11
Portishead - Dummy 10
Primal Scream - Vanishing Point 9
Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Ave 8
Tricky - Maxinquaye 7
Stereolab - Dots and Loops 6
Amon Tobin - Permutation 5
Underworld - Beaucoup Fish 4
Saint Etienne - So Tough 3
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman 2
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess 1

:(

the irony is that Warrant actually got more votes then they should have. I had it on order when I had to do the ballot and put it where an album that was almost as good as Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich was. I wouldn't have even voted for Cherry Pie had I heard it before hand.

this statement fills me with wonderment and delight

"This is one record that I have strong memories of (actually Nevermind also but I won't go into that and that's been talked to death anyway). The record store stayed open til 12:30 am on this particular Monday night so we could all get our new Nirvana CD's. If I remember correctly the vinyl came out a week or two earlier?? (I could be wrong) Anyhow, I stumbled back to my friends place, which was the usual hangout at the time, and popped it in the Cd player and rocked out... I found this album immediately powerful. Shit, Scentless Apprentice, are you kidding me, that shit rocks so tough it's ridiculous!!! I just could not believe those sounds coming out of his mouth. And MILK IT!!!! yeaHHHHHHH!!!! FUCK!!!!
CLASSIC"
-- Ron

Genius.

Condensed Recap:

100: TLC - CrazySexyCool (213 points, 16 votes)
99: OASIS - Definitely Maybe (218 points, 16 votes)
98: U2 - Achtung Baby (221 points, 16 votes)
97: OMNI TRIO The Deepest Cut Vol. 1 (223 points, 14 votes)
96: BARK PSYCHOSIS - Hex (224 points, 11 votes)
94: UNDERWORLD - Beaucoup Fish (231 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote)
94: WEEZER - Weezer (231 points, 17 votes)
93: LAURYN HILL - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (234 points, 18 votes)
92: THE WEDDING PRESENT - Seamonsters (236 points, 12 votes)
91: NINE INCH NAILS - The Downward Spiral (237 points, 15 votes)
90: SPIRITUALIZED - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (241 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote)
89: THE PRODIGY - Music For the Jilted Generation (244 points, 16 votes)
88: SMASHING PUMPKINS - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (249 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)
87: EMINEM - The Slim Shady LP (253 points, 18 votes)
86: THE FLAMING LIPS - The Soft Bulletin (255 points, 18 votes)
85: SLEATER-KINNEY - Call the Doctor (256 points, 13 votes)
84: JEFF BUCKLEY - Grace (258 points, 15 votes)
83: GUIDED BY VOICES - Bee Thousand (260 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote)
82: MORRISSEY - Vauxhall and I (265 points, 18 votes)
81: SLEATER-KINNEY - Dig Me Out (271 points, 12 votes, 3 first place votes)
80: THE KLF - Chill Out (273 points, 15 votes)
79: OUTKAST - Aquemini (277 points, 20 votes)
78: HAPPY MONDAYS - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches (278 points, 21 votes)
77: GREEN DAY - Dookie (279 points, 18 votes)
76: AUTECHRE - Tri Repetae (280 points, 16 votes, 1 first place vote)
75: PJ HARVEY - Dry (281 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
74: THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Dig Your Own Hole (283 points, 18 votes)
73: ORBITAL - In Sides (284 points, 16 votes)
72: BLUR - Modern Life Is Rubbish (285 points, 14 votes, 3 first place votes)
71: MISSY ELLIOTT - Supa Dupa Fly (288 points, 20 votes)
70: BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY - I See A Darkness (301 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes)
69: DESTINY'S CHILD - The Writing's On the Wall (305 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote)
68: KELIS - Kaleidoscope (310 points, 18 votes)
67: GRAVEDIGGAZ - 6 Feet Deep (311 points, 18 votes)
66: BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - Tigermilk (313 points, 16 votes, 1 first place vote)
65: PJ HARVEY - To Bring You My Love (320 points, 17 votes)
64: UNDERWORLD - Second Toughest In the Infants (321 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes)
63: BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - The Boy With the Arab Strap (328 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
62: TEENAGE FANCLUB - Bandwagonesque (330 points, 21 votes)
61: WEEZER - Pinkerton (332 points, 17 votes)
60: SAINT ETIENNE - Foxbase Alpha (336 points, 18 votes)
59: ELASTICA - Elastica (339 points, 26 votes, 1 first place vote)
58: STEREOLAB - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (341 points, 24 votes)
57: DE LA SOUL - De La Soul Is Dead (342 points, 18 votes)
56: ORBITAL - Orbital 2 (The Brown Album) (344 points, 20 votes)
55: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - The Low End Theory (345 points, 27 votes)
54: UNDERWORLD - Dubnobasswithmyheadman (347 points, 22 votes)
53: PET SHOP BOYS - Behavior (348 points, 20 votes)
50: DEPECHE MODE - Violator (351 points, 18 votes)
50: BECK - Odelay (351 votes, 22 votes, 1 first place vote)
50: PRIMAL SCREAM - Screamadelica (351 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote)
49: SNOOP DOGGY DOGG - Doggystyle (354 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote)
48: NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (355 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes)
47: DR. DRE - The Chronic (360 points, 24 votes, 1 first place vote)
46: R.E.M. - Automatic For the People (367 points, 26 votes)
45: THE ORB - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (371 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote)
44: BJORK - Post (373 points, 28 votes)
43: APHEX TWIN - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (374 points, 25 votes)
42: THE SUNDAYS - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic (381 points, 18 votes)
41: SMASHING PUMPKINS - Siamese Dream (383 points, 22 votes, 1 first place vote)
40: LIZ PHAIR - Exile In Guyville (384 points, 21 votes)
39: THE PRODIGY - (388 points, 19 votes, 3 first place votes)
38: SAINT ETIENNE - Tiger Bay (389 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes)
37: RADIOHEAD - The Bends (391 points, 26 votes)
36: SCOTT WALKER - Tilt (393 points, 19 votes, 4 first place votes)
35: PIXIES - Trompe Le Monde (397 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote)
34: SAINT ETIENNE - So Tough (403 points, 22 votes, 3 first place votes)
33: DISCO INFERNO - D.I. Go Pop (417 points, 19 votes, 2 first place votes)
32: COCTEAU TWINS - Heaven or Las Vegas (428 points, 23 votes)
31: BOREDOMS - Super AE (429 points, 20 votes)
30: MASSIVE ATTACK - Mezzanine (434 points, 29 votes)
29: YO LA TENGO - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (438 points, 26 votes, 1 first place vote)
28: BLUR - Parklife (447 points, 29 votes)
27: PET SHOP BOYS - Very (452 points, 21 votes)
26: PULP - His 'n' Hers (522 points, 26 votes)
25: DAFT PUNK - Homework (526 points, 37 votes)
23: AIR - Moon Safari (541 points, 33 votes)
23: GZA/GENIUS - Liquid Swords (541 points, 33 votes)
22: TALK TALK - Laughing Stock (550 points, 24 votes, 2 first place votes)
21: NIRVANA - In Utero (552 points, 29 votes, 1 first place vote)
20: MASSIVE ATTACK - Blue Lines (555 points, 34 votes, 1 first place vote)
19: PAVEMENT - Slanted and Enchanted (591 points, 33 votes, 1 first place vote)
18: NIRVANA - Nevermind (621 points, 33 votes)
17: BJORK - Homogenic (628 points, 31 votes)
16: PAVEMENT - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain (636 points, 34 votes, 1 first place vote)
15: APHEX TWIN - Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 (650 points, 32 votes, 1 first place vote)
14: NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - Ready To Die (693 points, 30 votes, 3 first place votes)
13: BASEMENT JAXX - Remedy (695 points, 37 votes)
12: PORTISHEAD - Dummy (699 points, 41 votes, 2 first place votes)
11: PUBLIC ENEMY - Fear Of A Black Planet (774 points, 36 votes, 4 first place votes)
10: BOARDS OF CANADA - Music Has the Right To Children (780 points, 42 votes, 1 first place vote)
9: BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - If You're Feeling Sinister (810 points, 33 votes, 2 first place votes)
8: NAS - Illmatic (877 points, 38 votes, 3 first place votes)
7: TRICKY - Maxinquaye (896 points, 48 votes, 3 first place votes)
6: DJ SHADOW - Entroducing (943 points, 47 votes, 3 first place votes)
5: RADIOHEAD - OK Computer (947 points, 47 votes, 5 first place votes)
4: PULP - Different Class (1047 points, 54 votes, 5 first place votes)
3: MAGNETIC FIELDS - 69 Love Songs (1095 points, 49 votes, 3 first place votes)
2: WU-TANG CLAN - Enter the 36 Chambers (1132 points, 55 votes, 2 first place votes)
1: MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Loveless (1563 points, 71 votes, 6 first place votes)

― Girolamo Savonarola, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:41 (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'll go out on a limb and say the 80s one is more interesting so far. Even though I think I voted in this one.

seems like there were a lot more voters back then

I honestly do not remember if I voted or not in this.

gravediggaz!

I didn't recall this list being so awesome, but yeah.. AWESOME. 3 underworld albums?!?!? amazing.

yes! I wish Beacoup Fish was higher on the list, though.

Didn't vote in this, and don't know if I could have pushed A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders, D'Angelo's Brown Sugar, The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group's Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, or Unrest's Imperial f.f.r.r.or into the Top 100 anyway. Maybe LL Cool J's Mama Said Knock You Out?

i would like to run an alternative 90's poll, with a radical and experimental new voting system

A voting system in which only Mansun are eligible?

Hahaha, no, a system where:

-Everyone has 200 points to spend how they will
-One album must get more points than any other (no tied winners)
-I'm counting, so don't cheat

I think that system would work way better than current ILX polling systems, and would increase the chances of real niche surprises emerging at the behest of people who love them enough

go back to Russia

I dunno, though, 200 points is a lot. Not sure about the 90s, but I could see myself in a different poll just chucking all 200 at the Art Bears in a fit of petulance that nobody else likes them. Or worse, someone could purposefully pick the worst album they could think of and give them 200 points. If everyone else is picking 20+ records, it would be all too easy to skew for kicks.

But that's the beauty of it! It's their prerogative! I'd expect the bar for results to be well over 200 points so it'd take an obvious and easily-quenchable block-voting campaign to get some novelty record into the list. The actual number of points doesn't matter if everyone has the same, but 200 sounded nice to me. My own ballot would heave quite a lot of points Cardiacs-wards, but I'd still leave 100 or so over for other stuff. For something like Art Bears you'd do worse than give 'em 100 points and hope someone else gets the right idea. If they don't, then it doesn't deserve to be in the poll, does it? Yeah, I know it does, but it doesn't. I feel your pain.

Anyway, an alt-90's poll seems a good way to trial the method, at least. As long as everyone doesn't start voting for Ocean Colour Scene.

Just for fun...how about everyone gets 200 MILLION points?

but you can only allocate a maximum of 50 points to any single album.

Well, I'd be up for an alternative '90s poll, and it's not like it matters if we get strange results, so... go for it.

hahahaha but some jerk's gonna make my life hell, all voting for seven thousand different albums and giving Superunknown like 13,508,443 points and making it all add up to 200,000,003 and then being all 'NAHHHH GOTCHA' when I don't bother to add it up plus I do have like a degree to finish

lol zackly, Z S

Fucking excellent #1 album... agree wholeheartedly.

hey NRQ you can stop doing that now

was there ever a songs poll?

Wait, this isn't even the 90s poll I thought it was. wtf.

what's the statute of limitations on these decade polls? i'm curious what it'd look like if we ran this today with a decade+ more distance from the source. do we really still like Pulp this much as a community?

imago did an alternative 90s poll iirc after this