Albums from from the 90's you rate better than BoC releases.

hexagon son · Post by **hexagon son** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:41 pm

Goldie : Timeless
FSOL : Lifeforms

That is just a start. I don't mean they are better, per say, maybe just had more of an influence on your musical tastes. I am 34, so that does have an influence. Both albums were mid 90's and I hadn't heard Twoism at that point.

Post by **Aesthetics** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:29 pm

Reload - A collection of Short Stories (
Future Sound of London - Lifeforms
Jean Michel Jarre - Revolution (although released in the 80s I'd only discovered him in the early 90s)
Autechre - Incunabula
Daft Punk - Homework
Orbital - In Sides

All have made a huge impact on my current taste.

*High five to granddaddy Steward for FSOL!*

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:42 pm

just 90's? and are we putting these up directly against MHTRTC or anything in the BoC catalog? the question's a tad vague.

I made a recent list of best albums of all time (very quick mind you) and this is what made it above Geogaddi (that was before MHTRTC) from the 90's

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Stereolab - Dots & Loops
GZA - Liquid Swords
Beck - Odelay
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Beck - Mellow Gold (1994)

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:00 am

Loads, to be honest. I'm a similar age to Hexagon Son (I'm 33), so the 90s really were my formative era in terms of discovering music (and how that then fitted in with my own identity). A few off the top of my head:

Sprirtualized - Ladies & Gentlemen...

Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Primal Scream - Vanishing Point

Radiohead - OK Computer

MBV - Loveless

Supergrass - In It For The Money (odd choice? Trust me; it's one of the best albums ever.)

Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs

The Verve - A Northern Soul (recognise the name

)

I could go on!

I was also going to put Beck's Odelay too, but I really don't think it has stood up very well, oddly enough.

Beacon · Post by **Beacon** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:04 pm

All 90s Aphex Twin. I am lame

I like a lot of 90s music but nothing else surpasses BoC for me.

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:29 pm

I'm only 26, so my 'formative years' were in the early 2000's, but even then most of what I was obsessed with was 90's electronica (and film music, but that's a bit of a dirty secret

).

My list:

Aphex Twin: SAW 85-92, SAW 2... the list goes on. What can I say? RDJ is the master.
Autechre: Tri Repetae++, Chiastic Slide
Beck: Mutations
FSOL: Lifeforms (2nded!)

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:45 pm

Loveless - MBV

Illmatic - Nas

Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu Tang Clan

Spiderland - Slint

Mezzanine - Massive Attack

Kamas009 · Post by **Kamas009** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:01 pm

Glad to see all the Beck love in this thread.

Mellow Gold is one absolutely amazing album.

Negamuse · Post by **Negamuse** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:44 pm

Loving some of the albums in this thread. Aesthetics, so glad to see Reload get a mention. I don't know if I could choose between Collection... or some of their Global Communication stuff, 76:14, Pentamerous... Each of them blew me away in their own way and I obsessed about all of them.

Lifeforms for what it made me think about sampling and sound design. Just an absolute refusal to play by the rules as they were at the time.

Autechre, Beck... so much good stuff.

Gotta add, Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion in this too. Obvious reasons.

louise · Post by **louise** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:53 pm

unkle - psyence fiction
prefuse 73 - one word extinguisher
dj shadow - entroducing

theyre in a diffferent category to boc though, so id not necessarily say better...

Torn n Frayed · Post by **Torn n Frayed** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:21 pm

Leftism-Leftfield
Rhythm and the Stealth-Leftfield
Most anything by Underworld.
A Northern Soul-the Verve
A Storm in Heaven-Verve
Lazer Guided Melodies-Spiritualized

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:06 pm

^ bloody hell, Leftism!

Stunning album.

Torn n Frayed · Post by **Torn n Frayed** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:28 am

A_Northern_Soul wrote:^ bloody hell, Leftism!

Stunning album.

That one really started it all didn't it, all of the 90's progressive dance music owes something to that lp.

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:36 am

louise wrote:unkle - psyence fiction

Bloodstain.

louise · Post by **louise** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:53 am

^ tuuuuuuuune

God I love that album.

Negamuse · Post by **Negamuse** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:58 am

310 - The Dirty Rope http://theleaflabel.net/buy/the-dirty-rope/
EBN - Telecommunication Breakdown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQZsKWV4mDo

saurus · Post by **saurus** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:02 pm

Kamas009 wrote:Glad to see all the Beck love in this thread.

Mellow Gold is one absolutely amazing album.

Agreed! I recorded a cover or that album onto tape a couple of years back.

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:21 pm

saurus wrote:
Kamas009 wrote:Glad to see all the Beck love in this thread.

Mellow Gold is one absolutely amazing album.
Agreed! I recorded a cover or that album onto tape a couple of years back.

Let's hear it!

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:20 pm

I love Mellow Gold. It sounds a lot fresher than Odelay now.

Beavercanoe · Post by **Beavercanoe** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:31 am

louise wrote:unkle - psyence fiction
prefuse 73 - one word extinguisher
dj shadow - entroducing

theyre in a diffferent category to boc though, so id not necessarily say better...

Psyence Fiction is gold.