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[Leatherface]

great thread!

 

[silentg]

 

[silentg]

https://youtu.be/PiWIZBkAlYs

 

[whiskeysailor]

Madonna's Ray of Light from 1998.

Some songs:
Drowned World/Substitute For Love
Ray of Light
Frozen
Sky Fits Heaven
Swim

Was gonna post. Exquisite.

'Baduizm' still sounds great today.

 

[ahoyhoy]

slay. all really good picks.

I'd also like to throw out:

Sigur Rós: Agaetis Byrjun

I'm gonna be one of the only weirdos with this opinion but I still absolutely love "Melody A.M." from beginning to end. It's one of the dozen or so albums that personifys my college years and because of that it'll always hold a special place in my heart.

It's on my shortlist of albums to track down if or when I ever decide to dip my toe into the vinyl pool.

Edit: The album is from 2001 so it's not quite two decades (a little under 16 years) old but dammit it's important to me so I'm using it anyway.

Great choices. Would love both on vinyl.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Shout out to OPs PJ Harvey mention. Didn't care for it when it came out but now its the only one of her albums (and some Is This Desire) I can listen to.

Nah bro, she has so much good stuff! Check out Uh Huh Her:

PJ Harvey - Who The Fuck?

"I'm not like other girls,
You can't straighten my curls,"



That riff is glorious.

I came into the thread to say "Homework" by Daft Punk

Shame what happened to them, that first record is raw man. I remember when they first started playing live, they'd purposely have a loose connection on some of their cables to give that super distorted, fuzzy sound, so so good.

Their other stuff it's fine (some of it incredible) but a lot of it feels so insubstantial in comparison.

 

[kitchenmotors]

What the...

Have you heard any modern electro pop music? Ray of Light still fits right in with them.

And all of this:



+ how can you say it's the most 90ish 90s pop when these were the kinds of pop songs it was competing on the charts against?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0bPrt69rag&list=PL08174388325CFE8C
Just from this whole playlist of songs from the same year as Ray of Light, it's clear where the dated pop lies.

 

[Pezking]

 

[robotrock]

hey this thread is awesome i think. like whoa some super good stuff being thrown out here.


subscribed 4...ever

 

[rrs]

Garbage: Version 2.0

Cornelius - Fantasma (1997)

Mic Check

good stuff here

The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon

a great mix of down-tempo alternate and pop that still stands up
Losers

Massive Attack - Blue Lines

op has it all wrong, this is the best massive attack album. Mixing trip-hop and soundsystem beats into a classic overshadowed by mezzanime's popularity
Lately

 

[faridmon]

Sappukei by Number Girl

I have been listening to this album for over 10 years and it never gets boring. Only few bands (Japanese or otherwise) can even play the same skills and as musically talents as them

Urban Guitar Sayonara
U-Rei
Yaruse Nakiko no Beat

 

[opoth]

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

 

[jmood88]

This came out in 1974 but Stepping Into Tomorrow by Donald Byrd sounds like it just came out yesterday

 

[zorlaczerohero]

Still amazing!

And anything from NiN, that shit never ages!

 

[YaBish]

A lot of my choices have already been said. Blur, Massive Attack, Radiohead, and the like are all relevant today.

Two more albums that I think are fairly vital and could slot in today are

And

 

[Jake2by4]

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Was never really into The Cardigans until Gran Turismo. Now thats a good album.

Choice.

This is one of those super cool, disaffected, "you should just know" posts isn't it?

Oh fuck, how did it take this long?

Classic, classic, classic.

 

[shoelacer]

Not quite 20 yet, but...

Ghostface - Supreme Clientele

In what world does this sound 'fresh' in 2017? Production wise, it sounded kind of dated even at the time of release.

 

[TheJoRu]

From 3 decades ago but I still think it falls into this category.

Probably one of the most iconic U2 albums and one which I still listen to at least once a week.

The Joshua Tree is a classic. Love basically all the songs on it. But it's certainly aged, definitely an album of its time. I personally wouldn't call it "fresh" tbh.

Though if we're talking U2 then Zooropa is a strange, interesting and fresh album even today. The title track in particular is a production marvel; the "third act" of it still gives me goosebumps.

 

[Carpe Carnim]

Bush - Sixteen Stone

or Aenima?

Everclear - Sparkle and Fade

Crystal Method - Vegas

Lunatic Calm - Metropol

 

[Pezking]

This is one of those super cool, disaffected, "you should just know" posts isn't it?

No, I thought it was obvious that this is Peter Gabriel himself on the cover.

The album is "Us" from 1992.

 

[Goldenroad]

Anything by Ween.

Also this:

 

[Unison]

I was going to say Mezzanine. Good call.

Came to post this... Massive Attack's Blue Lines still feels fresh three decades later too, though!

Portishead's Dummy would be another no-brainer.

 

[jetjevons]

I keeping with the Bristol scene (Massive Attack, Portishead) I'll say Trickye. Maxinquaye. Still dope as ever.

 

[Lemaitre]

Surprised there's no London Calling here by the Clash. Holds up incredibly well.

 

[Unison]

And

I literally hear this played in grocery stores now.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Tricky - Pre Millennium Tension

Tricky - Christiansands

I listened to so much trip-hop as a stoner teen, I was just knee deep in it as a sound. Also, Martina Topley-Bird is the bomb.

I keeping with the Bristol scene (Massive Attack, Portishead) I'll say Trickye. Maxinquaye. Still dope as ever.

Yes!

Surprised there's no London Calling here by the Clash. Holds up incredibly well.

Nice avatar bro, love Kate Tempest.

 

[Goldenroad]

Surprised there's no London Calling here by the Clash. Holds up incredibly well.

TIL 1979 was 20 years ago...so...that makes me....16! I'm going back to high school!

 

[StudioTan]

Soundgarden - Superunknown

Can't believe it's been 23 years, still sounds fresh.

 

[Stormhammer]

Still sounds amazing

 

[TheSadRanger]

Staley and Cantrell were so on fire at the time... God I love Alice in Chains so much.

 

[Pomerlaw]

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Surprised there's no London Calling here by the Clash. Holds up incredibly well.

Counts since it sounds like a 90s album

 

[haxan7]

If this thread goes on every good album from that period will get posted

 

[Steamlord]

Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Disco Inferno - D.I. Go Pop

Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns

Unwound - Repetition

Polvo - Exploded Drawing

Bark Psychosis - Hex

Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime

 

[RangerX]

Gorgut'S Obscura still sounds pretty amazing I think.

 

[capitalCORN]

 

[Regiruler]

Still great

 

[Shaneus]

Crystal Method - Vegas

I still rock out from this from time to time. Such a solid album.

Spoiler

Was actually going to post it myself

Mine:


Leftfield - Leftism

Hallmarks:
Inspection (Check One)
Open Up (no brainer, this one)

Wipeout 2097 Soundtrack/Wipeout 2097 (Audio tracks):

Standouts:
Fluke - Atom Bomb
The Prodigy - Firestarter (Instrumental)
The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury

 

[Pickman]

 

[flyover]

Lot of great picks in this thread. This is my top pick:

Sigur Rós: Agaetis Byrjun

And this album almost seems outside of time altogether to me:

Big Black - Songs About Fucking

 

[Creaking]

Eh. I like that album (even if it is one of myeast favorite MM albums) but something about it sounds "old" and out of place today. I think it's the production values and reverb abuse.

If you had said The Moon and Antarctica I might have agreed.

Was going to say the same thing. I actually turned my brother onto TMaA last year because we were going to go see Modest Mouse play live, and when I later started talking about their new album on the way to the show, he thought I was talking about TMaA because of how fresh it sounded.

That said, it's not quite two decades old yet.

 

[Buntabox]

5. QOTSA - Rated R (2000)

OK, they've gone off the boil a bit lately but when I first heard this album it was the coolest shit ever, it still sounds so, so fresh. Their best work.

QOTSA - Better Living Through Chemistry

Came to post this. Good work OP. One of my all time favorites. The album that came along and started branching my musical tastes when I was in High School. For that alone, I can't forget it.

 

[Carpe Carnim]

Wipeout 2097 Soundtrack/Wipeout 2097 (Audio tracks):

Standouts:
Fluke - Atom Bomb
The Prodigy - Firestarter (Instrumental)
The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury

Wow, totally forgot about some great movie soundtracks from the early to mid-90's.

Spawn was a case where the soundtrack absolutely outshines the writing, acting and cinematography.

 

[Creaking]

I'm gonna go 29 years here

 

[Deband]

You guys have excellent taste. These are either my favourite albums or ones I remember that I never got round to picking up.

Someone recommended me a starting point for Nas. Illmatic? Or something else?

 

[Puck Beaverton]

You guys have excellent taste. These are either my favourite albums or ones I remember that I never got round to picking up.

Someone recommended me a starting point for Nas. Illmatic? Or something else?

Illmatic

 

[bebop242]

Nah bro, she has so much good stuff! Check out Uh Huh Her:

PJ Harvey - Who The Fuck?

"I'm not like other girls,
You can't straighten my curls,"

That's when she lost me honestly. Loved all her stuff up to that point.

 

[catapult37]