I did this same thread with 2016-2020, and I thought it'd be interesting to look at the half decade before rap really took off.

Mine:

1. The Cure - Disintegration
2. Fugazi - Repeater
3. Pixies - Doolittle
4. NoMeansNo - Wrong
5. Big Black - Atomizer

HM:
New Order - Substance
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Alice in Chains - Facelift
Depeche Mode - Violator
New Order - Technique
The Blue Nile - Hats
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Big Black - Songs About F***ing
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Tinderbox

just top 5 of those 5 years combined, not one from each year

cocteau twins - victorialand
siouxsie and the banshees - tinderbox
my bloody valentine - isn’t anything
a tribe called quest - people’s instictive..
metallica - master of puppets

hm:
the cure - disintegration
cocteau twins - heaven or las vegas
NWA - straight outta compton
metallica - ...and justice for all
nirvana - bleach
the smiths - strangeways, here we come

i have no f***ing clue lmao

i have no list to offer but i loved looking through the last thread so im bookmarking this one too

sad, its a great period of music

not that i'm dissing it at all i mean like i have no clue what to pick lol
first things that came to mind were no one can do it better and doolittle tho

I can’t rank things like this theres still too much that I haven’t heard, impossible to condense

had a hard time choosing between doolittle and surfer rosa tbh

for me its definitely doolittle tbh
songs are way stronger for me doolittle is like a greatest hits album

surfer rosa has my favorite pixies track in Where is My Mind? and the other tracks are just as good. But yeah, Doolittle is incredibly consistent

Prince - Sign O' The Times
Nick Cave - The Good Son
The Stone Roses - s/t
The Cure - Disintegration
Galaxie 500 - On Fire

Sign o the Times
Surfer Rosa
It Takes a Nation of Millions
Fear of a Black Planet (love public enemy, couldn’t take only one)
People’s Instinctive Travels (Tribe)

I don’t know a lot of albums pre-90s but here’s some I like:

The Cure - Disintegration
Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
Faith No More - The Real Thing
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Pixies - Surfer Rosa

The Good Son is so dope. I like how Cave went full piano for an entire album, it was a turn I wasn't expecting at all.

Shout out to No One Can Do It Better, was almost in my list but I had to be honest I listen to N.W.A. more

• Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

• Pixies - Doolittle

• Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814

• Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions..

• Jane Siberry - The Walking

Bad
Rhythm Nation
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Master Of Puppets
3 Feet High And Rising

havent heard of the last one, what genre is it?

eric b. & rakim - paid in full
janet jackson - control
teena marie - emerald city
depeche mode - violator

i only have 4 i think

Pretty artsy pop

Ill give it a listen

One from each year or too 5 period

just top 5 of those 5 years combined, not one from each year

Amazing album and great idea for a thread! Highkey struggled with this one cuz I know for sure I'm forgetting some great albums from that era, like the fact theres Daydream Nation, Goo, Peoples Instinctive Travels, It Takes a Nation, Pauls Boutique, Floating into the Night, Heaven or Las Vegas, etc. is just nuts lmao