oh wow "Universal Heartbeat," now that's a song i haven't heard or even thought of in 10+ years
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
Why wasn't this a huge hit?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
Before I opened this thread I knew I was voting for black love
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
Afghan Whigs were a band i always assumed i'd really dig but never got around to their albums until Spotify made it super convenient and uh...nah, don't really like them nearly as much as i thought i would.
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
^this
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
yeah Amazing Disgrace was the album that got me into the Posies and i have a huge sentimental attachment to it, even though it is definitely flawed and i probably consider Frosting a better album overall.
i'm gonna vote whigs, but cosign - ken stringfellow wrote an incredibly detailed recording diary of amazing disgrace that's somehow still floating around the internet and makes it very clear how much thought went into that record (and/or how much money DGC was willing to blow on it)
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
oh sweet, thanks for the link!
it is kind of fun to hear about how much money was flushed away in the after glow of those 91-94 boom years.
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
some dude, would you have considered Bob Mould's eponymous record? A big disappointment after the Sugar records.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
afgan wigs in a heartbeat
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
i really like the posies, and even ken stringfellow solo, but please
― mookieproof, Thursday, May 3, 2012 1:55 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
i think you have to be in just the right mood to hear black love, and also listen to it all the way through to get the full effect. it's a real start-to-finish corker imo.
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
the Mould wasn't major label, was it?
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
Rykodisc, I think
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
yeah ryko was still indie back then
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
album sales in general didn't drop in '96 so i kinda wonder if there was some mass exodus to, like, rap and country among teenagers in that period or if the rock crowd just became really fractured post-Cobain and a thousand different indie bands siphoned off the fans of these 20 platinum acts
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, May 3, 2012 11:44 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
alanis
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
pinkerton is the only album on this list that i've ever even come close to liking, so that.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
Another couple of flops (at least in the UK):
Tricky - Pre Millennium TensionThe Auteurs - After Murder Park
Both decent records imo
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
i listened to Pinkerton again today trying to figure out if i'm being stubborn and contrarian about it but no, it's just terrible.
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, May 3, 2012 11:57 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, May 3, 2012 11:57 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
afghan whigs are just horrible. so bellowy and gross. like being beaten with a sweaty brick.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
Weezer were never good for more than four singles.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
it's not a great album, overall, but it does have some great songs on it. suppose a lot of these are half-defensible by that standard...
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
i like the debut pretty much all the way through.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
No Sammy, Tales Of Great Neck Glory, no credibility.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
I must have listened to that PUSA album 50+ times back in those days. Mostly because it was the only tape I owned and I didn't always have access to a CD player. I actually got the first PUSA disc taken away from me (I was blasting it in my room w/ the window open and my parents came home right as "Fuck you kitty" came on). Dunno if I could stomach II today - I remember "Lunatic to Love" and "Volcano" and maybe "Mach 5" well but the rest was full of so much generic rock riffing and genuinely unclever lyrics, though I remember a few funny moments in retrospect.
I voted Factory Showroom - I remember such a huge backlash at the time since it had things that resembled *real* three-verses-and-a-bridge songs and had ONLY 13 songs on it, but in retrospect it was a pretty tight album. "Spiralling Shape" was my favorite song ever for a while.
― That's a pretty funky dance, Garfield. Show me how you do it. (frogbs), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
some major sophomore slumps on this list!
― tylerw, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
underperforming major label debuts are a different category re: Sammy
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
whigs
― goole, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
Bush - Razorblade SuitcaseCounting Crows - Recovering The SattelitesGin Blossoms - Congratulations I'm SorryHootie & The Blowfish - Fairweather JohnsonMetallica - LoadPearl Jam - No CodeSoundgarden - Down On The UpsideStone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop
All of these had songs that were on the radio a lot.. some had #1 modern rock singles, and a few of these were #1 on Billboard albums. And except for Pearl Jam, they all had decently huge MTV videos.
http://emptyv.multimedia.cx/eMpTyV/index-1996.html - they all have videos featured in this list which was shown on MTV several times and whose results were partially based around album sales.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
i remember secretly thinking 'razorblade suitcase' at least sounded awesome (not knowing anything about albini at the time) and also liking (gulp) ministry's dylan cover
― goole, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
feel like there's a whole paper to be written about just the titles of these records.
― tylerw, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
I used to be crazy about Black Love, but the only one of these that I think is classic now is Pinkerton.
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
If Exit The Dragon had been 1996 I might have voted for it just to keep it from getting a goose egg, though.
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
Fuckin... this list makes me feel like I'm lying on my back in a used bin, in a state of sleep paralysis.
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
wow awesome link billstevejim
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
Vatican gift shop, Ioved it. Also the art.
― fka snush (remy bean), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
real talk, i heard "Old Man & Me" on the radio recently and kinda jammed to it
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
I don't get why Pinkerton sounds bad to some people.. "Falling For You" and "Across The Sea" are the exact opposite of "terrible"
― billstevejim, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
boys for pele i guess
really im not voting because ive only heard four of these records
this is not what the 90s was like in my head
― Lamp, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
STP's transition from grunge cavemen to pop art aesthetes was very abrupt and difficult for people to accept
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
oh c'mon lamp just vote for tori
Pinkerton and STP are both solid. I'm gonna vote for Tiny Music because Pinkerton will receive votes no matter what.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
take "Big Bang Baby" off Tiny and I think its value drops estimably
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
very abrupt and difficult for people to accept
haha you got that right
― goole, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
"Tumble in the rough" -> "big bang baby" - > "lady picture show" is a pretty awesome 3 in a row.. "Ride the Cliche" is great also.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
Poor Scotty dubs
― fka snush (remy bean), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
I'm lying on my back in a used bin, in a state of sleep paralysis
Primitive Radio Gods title
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
even if you're a fan of pinkerton it's not hard to see why it wouldn't be your first choice to license singles to rockband.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
the '99 list from billstevejim's link could be from '89:
Blink 182 – All the Small Things Bush – The Chemicals Between Us Eve – Gotta Man Warren G. f/Mack-10 – I Want It All Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey – When You Believe Jay-Z – Girl’s Best Friend Moby – Bodyrock Offspring – She’s Got Issues Powerman 5000 – When Worlds Collide Sting – Brand New Day
CLASSIC VIDEOS Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start the Fire (1989) Sir Mix-a-Lot – Baby Got Back (1992)
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
imo top 20 best singles from these albums:
Soundgarden - "Burden In My Hand" Counting Crows - "Angels Of The Silences" Pearl Jam - "Who You Are"Stone Temple Pilots - "Big Bang Baby" Tori Amos - "Caught A Lite Sneeze"Metallica - "Hero Of The Day" Better Than Ezra - "Desperately Wanting"The Cranberries - "Salvation"Weezer - "El Scorcho" R.E.M. - "Bittersweet Me" Hootie & The Blowfish - "Old Man & Me (When I Get To Heaven)"Screaming Trees - "All I Know" Elvis Costello - "It's Time" The Presidents of the United States of America - "Volcano" The Posies - "Ontario"Afghan Whigs - "Honky's Ladder"Bush - "Greedy Fly"Weezer - "The Good Life"Tori Amos - "Professional Widow"Porno For Pyros - "Tahitian Moon"
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
spotify playlist I'm considering making for myself that reveals which albums I've heard deep cuts from and which ones I've never heard:
"My Enemy"/"A Walk"/"Desperately Wanting"/"Swallowed"/ "Angels Of The Silences"/ "Salvation"/ "Mint Car"/ "Follow You Down"/ "Hero Of The Day"/ "I'm The Ocean"/ "Mankind"/ "Mach 5"/ "Tahitian Moon"/ "Departure"/ "Sworn And Broken"/ "Pretty Noose"/ "Wax Ecstatic"/ "Big Bang Baby"/ "I Can Hear You"/ "Hey Jupiter"/ "El Scorcho"
lol xpost swear to god
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
man, NO ONE likes that cure album..
― billstevejim, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link