So this issue, we offer up the 50 best alternative-rock albums of the 90s.
We debated, we discussed. We argued, we screamed. We howled, we raged.
And this is the fifty we came up with and the ranking we finally agreed to.
1) Nirvana's IN UTERO
2) Tori Amos' UNDER THE PINK
3) Nirvana's NEVERMIND
4) Tori Amos' LITTLE EARTHQUAKES
5) Soundgarden's SUPERUNKNOWN
6) Smashing Pumpkins' SIAMESE DREAM
7) Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE
8) The Afghan Whigs' GENTLEMEN
9) PJ Harvey Trio's DRY
10) Alice in Chain's DIRT
11) L7's SMELL THE MAGIC
12) Pavement's SLANTED AND ENCHANTED
13) PJ Harvey's TO BRING YOU MY LOVE
14) The Rollins Band's WEIGHT
15) Garbage's GARBAGE
16) Screaming Tree's DUST
17) Tori Amos' BOYS FOR PELE
18) Skin Yard's 1000 SMILING KNUCKLES
19) Beck's MELLOW GOLD
20) L7's BRICKS ARE HEAVY
21) Alice in Chains' ALICE IN CHAINS
22) Temple of the Dog's TEMPLE OF THE DOG
23) Veruca Salt's BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS IT's VERUCA SALT
24) Babes in Toyland's FONTANELLE
25) Catherine Wheel's FERMENT
26) Green Day's DOOKIE
27) My Bloody Valentine's LOVELESS
28) Blur's MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH
29) Lucious Jackson's NATURAL INGREDIENTS
30) The Manic Street Preachers' GENERATION TERRORISTS
31) PJ Harvey Trio's RID OF ME
32) Babes in Toyland's FONTANELLE
33) Stone Temple Pilot's CORE
34) The Gits' FRENCHING THE BULLY
35) Mother Love Bone's APPLE
36) Temple of the Dog's TEMPLE OF THE DOG
37) Cypress Hill's BLACK SUNDAY
38) Soundgarden's BADMOTORFINGER
39) Nirvana's MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK
40) Bikini Kill's PUSSY WHIPPED
41) SINGLES soundtrack
42) Stone Temple Pilot's PURPLE
43) The Breeders' LAST SPLASH
44) Melvins' STONER WITCH
45) Tad's INHALER
46) Screaming Tree's UNCLE ANESTHESIA
47) Nirvana's BLEACH
48) Alice in Chain's FACELIFT
49) Hole's LIVE THROUGH THIS
50) 7 Year Bitch's VIVA ZAPATA!
