Name TEN (or however many) QUINTESSENTIAL 90s albums

[funky]

Inspired by the Jagged Little Pill thread (and also because I enjoy saying the word quintessential)

Which 90s albums represent the decade for you?

 

[funky]

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Oasis - What’s The Story Morning Glory
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
TLC - CrazySexyCool
En Vogue - Funky Divas
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Madonna - Ray Of Light
Janet Jackson - Janet
Nas - Illmatic
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
Prince - Diamonds & Pearls

Sorry that’s 11

 

[Tisch]

Black Box - Dreamland
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
Madonna - Ray Of Light
Shania Twain - Come On Over
Spice Girls - [Spice and Spiceworld, sorry I'm allowed to put both]
Natalie Imbruglia - Left of the Middle
Vengaboys - The Party Album
Steps - Step One
M People - Bizarre Fruit II

 

[funky]

Black Box

 

[Tisch]

Black Box

It was in my parents collection and I rinsed it. My first real foray into music so I had to include it.

I'm missing Kylie who was another very early love, but I don't think it was albums with her really. Just a singles collection I used to hear.

 

[Halli]

Funks has listed most of mine

All Saints - All Saints
Natalie Imbruglia - Left of the Middle
Spice girls - Spice World (better than their debut if you ask me)
LeAnn Rimes - Sittin' on Top of the World
TLC - CSC

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Vengaboys - The Party Album

First one I've seen that has my support

 

[straightorbroken]

Just off the top of my mind and not wanting to repeat any artist (oops (oh my) if I have).

Violator - Depeche Mode
World Clique - Deee-Lite
Joyride - Roxette
Superstition - Siouxsie & the Banshees
Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
Too Young To Die - Saint Etienne (compilation, but it's an ultimate)
To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
Fresh! - Gina G
Girl - Dannii
Little Plastic Castle - Ani Difranco
Celebrity Skin - Hole

 

[funky]

First one I've seen that has my support

Get OUT of this thread heathen!

 

[jyxz]

World Clique - Deee-Lite

Glad you did that so I don't have to . I'm going to go with......

Deee-lite - Dewdrops in the Garden
Bjork - Debut
Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister
Leftfield - Leftism
Erasure - I say I say I say
N'dea Davenport - N'dea Davenport
Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay
Des'ree - Mind Adventures
Lena Fiagbe - Visions
Billie Ray Martin - Deadline for my Memories

 

[funky]

Well that’s quite a NICHE list (apart from
Bjork and maybe Leftfield) but I’m liking what I see…

 

[straightorbroken]

Glad you did that so I don't have to . I'm going to go with......

Deee-lite - Dewdrops in the Garden
Bjork - Debut
Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister
Leftfield - Leftism
Erasure - I say I say I say
N'dea Davenport - N'dea Davenport
Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay
Des'ree - Mind Adventures
Lena Fiagbe - Visions
Billie Ray Martin - Deadline for my Memories

How could I forget BRM? I've never heard of your Lena Fiagbe though, so will indulge later.

Edit: Gotta Get It Right

 

[VV]

Roxette - Joyride
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Madonna - Erotica
Mariah Carey - Daydream
Oasis - Morning Glory
Pulp - Different Class
Eternal - Always and Forever
Dina Carroll - So Close
Ace Of Base - Happy Nation

 

[ILL ADVISED]

Celine Dion - D’eux
Celine Dion - Falling into you
Enrique Iglesias - Enrique
Cher - Love Hurts
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling towards ecstacy
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
KD Lang - Ingénue
Mariah Carey - Music Box
Mariah Carey - Butterfly
Shania Twain - Come on over

 

[jivafox]

Catatonia - International Velvet

 

[rhythmbandit]

Daft Punk - Homework
Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way, Baby
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Cher - Believe
Bjork - Post
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of...
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
Aqua - Aquarium

 

[VoR]

Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha
Ace of Base - Happy Nation
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Dubstar - Disgraceful
Garbage - Version 2.0
Spice Girls - Spice
Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded
Madonna - Ray of Light
Shania Twain - Come On Over

 

[Marina Salty]

REM - Out of time
REM - Automatic for the people
Metallica - Metallica
Blur - Parklife
Red Hot Chilly Peppers - Californication
Nirvana - Nevermind
Counting Crows - August and everything after
The Cranberries - Everybody else is doing it so why can't we
The Cranberries - No need to argue
PJ Harvey - To bring you my love
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Ace of Base - Happy Nation (US Version)
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Billie Ray Martin - Deadline For My Memories
Bjork - Debut
Bjork - Post
Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister
Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded
Garbage - Garbage
Garbage - Version 2.0
George Michael - Older + Upper
Madonna - Ray of Light
Nirvana - Nevermind
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
2 Unlimited - Real Things

 

[Ellie]

A MIX of my favs and essential ones - Ray of Light isn’t my fav Madonna 90s album for instance. No GH compilations obviously, and one per artist. Some of my all time favs actually left out just because I don’t think many would appreciate Barenaked Ladies.
Listed chronologically (from memory, hope I’m right)

George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Prince - Diamonds and Pearls
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Nirvana - Nevermind
Janet Jackson - Janet
TLC - CrazySexyCool
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Oasis - What’s The Story (Morning Glory)
Spice Girls - Spice
Madonna - Ray of Light

 

[VV]

Belinda Carlisle - Live your life be free
Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips
Gloria Estefan - Gloria!

 

[Kratz]

Eternal - Always & Forever

 

[GNL]

Mr Blobby - The Album
Tweenies - Fun-a-rooney
Teletubbies - The Album
The Wiggles - Let's Wiggle
The Wiggles - Toot Toot
Barney the Dinosaur - Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage
Alvin and the Chipmunks - Urban Chipmunk
The Looney Toons - Cool Surfin'
Radiohead - OK Computer
Mickey Mouse - Mickey's Mega Charts Vol. 1

 

[POP!]

In no particular order and probably forgetting a bunch

Madonna - Ray of Light
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Janet Jackson - janet.
Mariah Carey - Butterfly
Shania Twain - Come on over
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight
Paula Abdul - Spellbound
Annie Lennox - Diva
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess

 

[funky]

Grace is a good shout!

Diva

 

[RJN]

The Wiggles - Toot Toot

First one I've seen that has my support

 

[octophone]

Mr Blobby - The Album
Tweenies - Fun-a-rooney
Teletubbies - The Album
The Wiggles - Let's Wiggle
The Wiggles - Toot Toot
Barney the Dinosaur - Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage
Alvin and the Chipmunks - Urban Chipmunk
The Looney Toons - Cool Surfin'
Radiohead - OK Computer
Mickey Mouse - Mickey's Mega Charts Vol. 1

 

[RJN]

I have a bad feeling about Urban Chipmunk

 

[octophone]

A few things:

1) The correct Bjork album is Homogenic.
2) The correct PJ Harvey album is Rid Of Me
3) 26 posts without Dummy by Portishead? Dear me.
4) *clears throat*

Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
Maxinquaye - Tricky
His N Hers - Pulp
The Infotainment Scan - The Fall
Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk
Selected Ambient Works Vol II - Aphex Twin
The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements - Stereolab
Mezzanine - Massive Attack

 

[ZenGiraffe]

3) 26 posts without Dummy by Portishead? Dear me.

Then doesn't include Dummy by Portishead

 

[disneyteletubby]

Note I wasn't around in the 90s, kind of picking some favourite artists with a good 90s album

Teletubbies - The Album
Queen - Made In Heaven
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Natalie Imbruglia - Left of the Middle
M People - Elegant Slumming
Katrina and the Waves - Walk on Water
Robbie Williams - Life Thru A Lens
Aqua - Aquarium
James Horner (Sissel and Céline Dion vocals) - Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture
Enya - Shepherd Moons

 

[octophone]

Not to mention all the stuff no-one knows...

Succour - Seefeel
Gentlemen - The Afghan Whigs
The Tindersticks Second Album - Tindersticks
Chiastic Slide - Autechre
Rock & Roll Station - Nurse With Wound

blahblahfrickingblah....

 

[octophone]

Then doesn't include Dummy by Portishead

I strongly implied it. Felt more appropriate.

 

[funky]

A few things:

1) The correct Bjork album is Homogenic.
2) The correct PJ Harvey album is Rid Of Me
3) 26 posts without Dummy by Portishead? Dear me.
4) *clears throat*

Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
Maxinquaye - Tricky
His N Hers - Pulp
The Infotainment Scan - The Fall
Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk
Selected Ambient Works Vol II - Aphex Twin
The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements - Stereolab
Mezzanine - Massive Attack

DUMMY WAS MY RUNNER UP

 

[Debbie Jellinsky]

Madonna - Erotica/Bedtime Stories/Ray of Light
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes/Under the Pink/Boys for Pele/From the Choirgirl Hotel
How could I decide when it comes to 90s Madonna/Tori?
Ace of Base - Happy Nation
Hole - Live Through This
Mariah Carey - Music Box/Daydream
Spice Girls - Spice/Spice World
Savage Garden - Savage Garden

 

[ButterTart]

Nirvana - Nevermind
Oasis - (What’s the story) Morning Glory
Metallica - Metallica
Catalonia - International Velvet

 

[ButterTart]

Stereophonics - Word Gets Around
Skunk Anansie - Post Orgasmic Chill

 

[funky]

I fucking HATE Catatonia

 

[Suedehead]

I had to bump this thread because God! I love the '90s.
My 10 in a bit. This will be tough.

 

[Suedehead]

I can't do just 10. Sorry.


Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Morrissey - Vauxhall & I
Madonna - Ray Of Light
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Suede - Dog Man Star
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
Bjork - Homogenic
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
Garbage - Version 2.0
Portishead - Dummy
Sarah McLachlan: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Radiohead: OK Computer
Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions
Fiona Apple: When The Pawn...
Depeche Mode: Songs Of Faith & Devotion
Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville
Nirvana: In Utero
Lemonheads: It's A Shame About Ray
Paula Cole: This Fire
Janet Jackson: janet.