commercially disappointing major label rock/alternative albums of 1996

first PUSA album is a classic. maybe it hasn't held up all that well but it's at least as good as "Nevermind" isn't it? I cannot seperate that album from Domino's pizza and Mountain Dew and Goldeneye 64 and the Ice Age Magic set, it all goes together to me.

IMO the one that got half-deleted "Freaked Out and Small" was actually very good. I still like 'em..

lol frogs

Trying to figure out what percentage of '90s alt albums are in any way defensible once you've read the lyrics.

I CAUGHT THE MOON TODAY
PICK IT UP
THROW IT ALLLLL AWAY

I would just like to note that apparently the title track of Wax Ecstatic is actually "Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)"

lol that and the bad religion and cure songs are the ones on your playlist that i was like "what does this sound like again? woah, i totally know this"

want to be pedantic about you including a song from Neil's '95 album instead of Broken Arrow, though

haha oh wooops

they're both short titles i got confuuuused

Here's something that is automatic
It's Wax Ecstatic
When life is nothing less than tragic
It's Wax Ecstatic
When life has lost all it's magic
It's Wax Ecstatic
When life can't promise the fantastic
It's Wax Ecstatic

('ecstatic' pronounced 'astatic', of course)

i'm just going to remove neil entirely then cuz broken arrow has great stuff but he kind of stopped being "alternative" after mirror ball, imo.

the first POTUSA record was the first CD i owned when i was a kid iirc

i'm listening to "tiny music" right now and this is OTM:

"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, May 3, 2012 2:35 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i forgot how good "lady picture show" is

the first POTUSA album is what should be played at a party of screaming 9-year-olds running around hopped up on caffeine and sugar

well that was me in 1995 so yeah

the first POTUSA record was the first CD i owned when i was a kid iirc

I went to a PUSA show two years ago and literally everyone I saw was in their mid-20's. "People born in 1986" is basically their whole audience.

i'm just going to remove neil entirely then cuz broken arrow has great stuff but he kind of stopped being "alternative" after mirror ball, imo.

― da croupier, Thursday, May 3, 2012 4:57 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

i'm pretty sure i saw the "This Town" video on 120 Minutes. i'm also pretty sure it's the single worst song on any of these albums.

i had 17 of these

yeah, Neil was still headlining horde and doing crazy, post-sonic youth versions of "Like A Hurricane" in Jim Jarmusch directed footage, but if I was going to put a song from Broken Arrow on this it would be "Big Time" or "Music Arcade" and neither have anything to do with the other shit on the playlist while "I'm The Ocean" at least has Pearl Jam on it.

I'll rep for No Code start to finish -- still my favorite PJ album

yeah yeah yeah, shocking right

oh man i never realized how much of a "Purple Rain" lift "Hey Jupiter" is until just now

Three Snakes & One Charm is great too, Johnny Fever otm

re: Factory Showroom, I pretty much only know the 3 songs they did on their live album a year or 2 later, but "SEXXY" "XTC Vs. Adam Ant" and "Til My Head Falls Off" are all decent IMO

I forget which one of those Neil records had slap bass

wtf why I am listening to WMS

"Strange Attraction" is so terrible, I wish I had back the time I wasted trying to convince myself I liked it

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:41 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I keep forgetting that song exists!

xpost to alfred

Mirror Ball, thank Jeff Ament on "Scenery"

a friend of mine said that Mint Car was her favorite Cure song

I'm still debating whether or not this proves or disproves that she likes the Cure at all

a friend of mine said that Mint Car was her favorite Cure song

I'm still debating whether or not this proves or disproves that she likes the Cure at all

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, May 3, 2012 9:08 PM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well, it is possible to like both 'Mint Car' and 'Cold', y'know.

YEAH, sarkozy in a shoopie doopie doop............................ow!

her FAVORITE song?

I'd be more worried if 'Strange Attraction', 'Club America' or 'Bananafishbones' was her favourite Cure song, really.

perhaps she's never heard "push"?

'Bananafishbones'

hey now

Trying to figure out what percentage of '90s alt albums are in any way defensible once you've read the lyrics.

bananafishbones is fucking awesome i will kill u xposts

bananafishbones is fucking awesome i will kill u xposts

― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, May 3, 2012 9:17 PM (56 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I suppose that would ensure that I'd never get to listen to it again, so I'd treat it as a mercy killing :P

hahaha

can I just say that I still hate Bush with every fiber of my being

http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/18/1870/JJX8D00Z.jpg

gah depressing. That headline!

and "The Orange County Scene"

and "The Orange County Scene"

It was the '90s - "The Orange" and "County Scene" might well have been two separate bands.

I'm trying to figure out what year that RS could've possibly been issued.

did belly have something out in early 95?

yeah King joins Exit The Dragon on the 1995 list

the only thing i could see normal people recognizing on that cover is "Slash"

april 10 1995, apparently

reportedly the lowest selling RS ever

no reflection on King, an awesome album I'm listening to now.

reportedly the lowest selling RS ever

i'm surprised, as the orb has always been a popular type of sphere

Tanya D is still (sorta) doin' it, too. I really dig her recent, country-ish solo stuff.

Afghan Whigs - Black Love
I think most bands would have a hard time following up on Gentleman, which was excellent but also not a hit. Record is way dark and some of the lyrics might push it, but it’s Dulli, that guy isn’t exactly subtle. Definitely not one of the records for someone to check out first, but if you like the Whigs, you pretty much end up liking them all.

The Black Crowes - Three Snakes And One Charm
I definitely give a longer look to these guys than many on ILX, where this band is pretty damn well hated by some. That said, this one isn’t nearly as good as the three before it even if you dig their shtick.

Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
Killer sound, but the tunes are not as catchy. Never ‘owned’ this one, but I had roommates and if you turned on an “X” station you couldn’t really avoid them.

Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites
Kind of see above, as you could hear them around. I kind of like some of their mopey popular tunes like “A Long December”.

The Cure - Wild Mood Swings
This is the last Cure CD I bought and I don’t remember it much at all.

Metallica - Load
This thing makes the black album seem like Masters of Reality. Heard it and thought it sucked. To me a big difference is that it didn’t sound like a band in a room, it had that real tight ass sound with all of the freaking life sucked out of.

Ministry - Filth Pig
It’s way different than what Ministry had been doing, as I think they got over the whole speed thing and tried to go a different way and some of the fans just didn’t dig it. I kind of remember digging this one more than popular opinion which thought it was total crap. It wasn’t nearly as catchy as their last two records either, which didn’t help. My CD disappeared years ago though and I haven’t got it back. Probably could get this for a buck out some CD bins.

Neil Young - Broken Arrow
Tunes on this one are just not that great or memorable. This is a big shake above say Landing on Water and sounds a heck of a lot cooler, but after a few listens it is still on my shelf and I haven’t probably heard it in 15 years.

Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge
This band just pretty much sucked.

R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
I kind of which I had this CD, as borrowed it a long while after it came out and kind of dug it. Last REM I bought new was Out of Time.

Screaming Trees - Dust
Cool and unique album and it caught on with like 150 people in the whole country.

Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
Like all of their A&M albums, they would probably make better 40 minute CDs instead of the long ones they did. I liked it, but definitely some of the indie rawk purists I knew f’in hated them.

Weezer – Pinkerton
I’ve only heard this one in passing. I heard their first one a ton and the one that came a couple years later from roommates a bunch.