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086: Sneaker Pimps – Becoming X

Jan 30, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1996, Indie, Trip Hop | 0

(1996, Clean Up) It was inevitable that the murky triphop sound emerging from Bristol would weld...

085: L7 – The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum

Jan 29, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1997, Alt rock, Grunge, Rock | 0

(1997, Slash/Reprise) By the time L7 hit this, their fifth album, you could forgive them if...

084: Eels – Beautiful Freak

Jan 28, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1996, Alt rock, Indie | 0

(1996, Dreamworks) When the catchy ‘Novocaine For The Soul’ hit MTV and didn’t...

083: Camber – Beautiful Charade

Jan 27, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1997, Emo, Post-Hardcore | 0

(1997, Deep Elm) A true classic of the early emo years, and on the label that was one of the...

082: A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes and Life

Jan 26, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1996, Hip-Hop | 0

(1996, Jive) Another album that fits into the bracket of albums that were not much loved but to...

081: The Wannadies – Be a Girl

Jan 25, 2021 | 1000 Albums, Alt rock, Indie | 0

(1995, Indolent) A pure wave of glorious sunshine pop, the album that gave us arguably the best...

080: Rage Against The Machine – The Battle of Los Angeles

Jan 24, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1999, Alt rock, Hip-Hop, Metal, Punk | 0

(1999, Epic) The third (and final?) album by Rage Against the Machine before they split into two...

079: Knut – Bastardiser

Jan 23, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1998, Math Rock, Metal, Noisecore | 0

(1998) While Converge, Botch, Cave In, and Dillinger Escape Plan were brewing up a new sonic...

078: The Hives – Barely Legal

Jan 22, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1997, Punk, Rock | 0

(1997, Burning Heart, Epitaph) A glorious burst of dumb punk fun. Sure, they wear their influences...

077: World Party – Bang!

Jan 21, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1993, Britpop, Indie | 0

(1993, Ensign) A curious album, one with feet both in the kind of jingle-jangle indie about to so...

076: Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque

Jan 20, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1991, Alt rock, Indie, Rock | 0

(1991, Creation) The album so good it actually beat Nevermind to the top of Spin’s best...

075: Sebadoh – Bakesale

Jan 19, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1994, Alt rock, Indie, Lo Fi, Rock | 0

(1994, Sub Pop) One of the best albums to come out of the emerging lo-fi scene, Sebadoh’s...

074: The Wannadies – Bagsy Me

Jan 18, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1997, Alt rock, Rock | 0

(1997, Indolent) By the time they came to record their fourth album, the hit single from their...

073: Soundgarden – Batmotorfinger

Jan 17, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1991, Alt rock, Grunge, Metal, Punk | 0

(1991, A&M) Fans from different eras of Soundgarden can argue the merits of their various...

072: Lunachicks – Babysitters on Acid

Jan 16, 2021 | 1000 Albums, Punk, Rock | 0

(1990, Blast First) A day-glo punk rock nightmare, Lunackicks may have played glam metal but they...

071: R.E.M. – Automatic for the People

Jan 15, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1992, Alt rock, Indie | 0

(1992, Warner Bros.) What more can be said about this album? A towering giant of alternative...

070: Letters to Cleo – Aurora Gory Alice

Jan 14, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1993, Alt rock, Rock | 0

(1993, CherryDisc/Giant) A band I remember discovering through an episode of Daria, back in the...

069: Counting Crows – August and Everything After

Jan 13, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1993, Alt rock, Country, Rock | 0

(1993, Geffen) An album that fell pretty quickly into ‘mockability’ due to the...

068: Kenicke – At The Club

Jan 12, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1997, Britpop, Punk, Rock | 0

(1997, EMIDisc) It’s easy to look back with a sneering contempt at Lauren Laverne’s...

067: Mansun – Attack of the Grey Lantern

Jan 11, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1997, Britpop, Indie | 0

(1997, Parlophone) Somewhat maligned as being from the period of time when britpop was merging...

066: Shellac – At Action Park

Jan 10, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1994, Alt rock, Math Rock, Post-Hardcore, Punk, Rock | 0

(1994, Touch and Go) Steve Albini may have just produced the biggest album in the underground and...

065: White Zombie – Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head

Jan 9, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1995, Industrial, Metal | 0

(1995, Geffen) A carnival ride of industrial groove metal, replete with some of the catchiest...

064: Turbonegro – Ass Cobra

Jan 8, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1996, Punk, Rock | 0

(1996, Amphetamine Reptile) Obnoxious punk, drunk punk, punkabilly rock and roll, whatever you...

063: Cop Shoot Cop – Ask Questions Later

Jan 7, 2021 | 1000 Albums, Alt rock, Industrial, Metal | 0

(1993, Big Cat/Interscope) Surely one of the most improbable major label debuts, from a time when...

062: Lungfish – Artificial Horizon

Jan 6, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1998, Alt rock, Hardcore, Math Rock, Post-Hardcore | 0

(1998, Dischord) One of the more experimental bands on Dischord, but still utterly recognisable as...

061: Deftones – Around the Fur

Jan 5, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1997, Metal, Nu Metal, Post-Hardcore, Rock | 0

(1997, Maverick) This is an album so accutely bound up in my own sense of being and personal...

060: Sepultura – Arise

Jan 4, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1991, Death Metal, Metal, Thrash | 0

(1991, Roadrunner) While a few thrashheads may have been aware of Sepultura in their ‘noisy...

059: Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way

Jan 3, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1993, Rock | 0

(1993, Virgin) The album that launched Kravitz from a moderately successful soul-tinged rock...

058: Outkast – Aquemini

Jan 2, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1998, Hip-Hop | 0

(1998, LaFace/Arista) Even as hip-hop was abandoning its creative dexterity in favour of...

057: Mother Love Bone – Apple

Jan 1, 2021 | 1000 Albums, 1990, Alt rock, Grunge, Rock | 0

(1990, Stardog/Mercury) From the opening track This is Shangrila through to the closer Crown of...

056: AFI – Answer That And Stay Fashionable

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1995, Hardcore, Punk, Rock | 0

(1995, Wingnut) Interesting fact – the songs on this are credited to Anthems For...

055: Spiritual Beggars – Another Way to Shine

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1996, Metal, Rock, Stoner | 0

(1996, Music For Nations) With what has to be one of the weirdest album covers on this whole list,...

054: Tricky – Angels With Dirty Faces

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1998, Hip-Hop, Trip Hop | 0

(1998, Island) By the end of the 90’s, Trip Hop had already morphed from a bleak commentary...

053: Faith No More – Angel Dust

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1992, Alt rock, Metal, Rock | 0

(1992, Slash/Reprise) I have a feeling this won’t be the last time I type this but...

052: …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1998, Alt rock, Indie, Post-Hardcore | 0

(1998, Trance Syndicate) Okay, so very few will be able to claim they were into The Trail back in...

051: Soul Asylum – And the Horse They Rode In On

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1990, Alt rock, Grunge, Indie, Rock | 0

(1990, A&M) It’s easy to judge Soul Asylum on the juggernaut success of this...

050: Kyuss – …And The Circus Leaves Town

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1995, Metal, Rock, Stoner | 0

(1995, Elektra) A magnificent end to the short-lived career of one of the best bands of this or...

049: Grade – And Such Is Progress

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1997, Emo, Post-Hardcore | 0

(1997, Second Nature Productions) The debut album by a band who always seemed to be the perfect...

048: Rancid – …And Out Come The Wolves

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1995, Punk, Rock | 0

(1995, Epitaph) The greatest punk album of the 1990’s? You could certainly make a convincing...

047: Q-Tip – Amplified

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1999, Hip-Hop | 0

(1999, Arista) Sure, in the wake of A Tribe Called Quest’s implosion, Aplified seemed like a...

046: The Black Crowes – Amorica.

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1994, Alt rock, Country, Rock | 0

(1994, American) By the time The Crowes had reached their third album, they were in imperious...

045: Nile – Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1998, Death Metal, Metal | 0

(1998, Relapse) Even if, like myself, most death metal leaves you cold, there’s no denying...

044: Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1990, Hip-Hop | 0

(1990, Lench Mob/Priority) Ice Cube’s first solo effort after NWA hits every bit as hard as...

043: Ugly Kid Joe – America’s Least Wanted

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1992, Metal, Rock | 0

(1992, Mercury) The physical manifestation of the phrase ‘young, dumb, and full of...

042: Silver Jews – American Water

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1998, Alt rock, Indie | 0

(1998, Drag City) An American indie-rock gem from 1998, Silver Jews had been kicking around for a...

041: Veruca Salt – American Thighs

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1994, Alt rock, Rock | 0

(1994, Minty Fresh) The alternative movement’s very own answer to the Beach Boys, Veruca...

040: Johnny Cash – American Recordings

Dec 13, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1994, Country | 0

(1994, American) The redemptive narrative of Cash’s comeback has been somewhat overblown...

039: Botch – American Nervoso

Dec 12, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1998, Hardcore, Metal, Noisecore | 0

(1998, Hydra Head) One of my most profound regrets in life is that I never got to see Botch before...

038: Johnny Cash – American II – Unchained

Dec 12, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1996, Country | 0

(1996, American) Taking in everything from Beck and Soundgarden to Hank Williams, and backed by...

037: American Football – American Football

Dec 11, 2020 | 1000 Albums, 1999, Emo, Math Rock, Post-Hardcore | 0

(1999, Polyvinyl) Is this the greatest album of the emo era? Quite possibly. Balancing the easy...

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