If you know me well, you know that I’m a sucker for 90’s indie rock as well as old school emo and hip hop from those good ol’ days. Here is a list I’ve compiled of my absolute favorite albums from that decade:
30. Seam – Are You Driving Me Crazy? (1995)
29. Guided by Voices – Alien Lanes (1995)
28. Archers of Loaf – Icky Mettle (1994)
27. Superchunk – Foolish (1994)
26. Sebadoh – Bakesale (1994)
25. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (1999)
24. Dinosaur Jr. – Green Mind (1991)
23. Mineral – The Power of Failing (1995)
22. Sleater-Kinney – The Hot Rock (1999)
21. Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
20. Polvo – Today’s Active Lifestyles (1993)
19. Red House Painters – Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) (1993)
18. The Promise Ring – Nothing Feels Good (1997)
17. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory (1991)
16. Sunny Day Real Estate – Diary (1994)
15. Sonic Youth – Washing Machine (1995)
14. Elliott Smith – Roman Candle (1995)
13. Slowdive – Souvlaki (1993)
12. Fugazi – Red Medicine (1995)
11. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991)
10. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
9. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
8. Nas – Illmatic (1994)
7. Slint – Spiderland (1991)
6. American Football – American Football (1999)
5. Built to Spill – There’s Nothing Wrong With Love (1994)
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – F♯ A♯ ∞ (1998)
3. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
2. The Dismemberment Plan – Emergency & I (1999)
1. Modest Mouse – The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Honorable mentions: The Lemonheads – It’s a Shame about Ray, The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs, Radiohead – The Bends and OK Computer, The Mountain Goats – Full Force Galesburg
