90s Classic Albums (Featuring: Matchbox Twenty)

[Mindflux]

their drummer jump shipped and they basically fell into infinity

fixed it

[Calvin6s]

I remember these guys.  One hit wonder, right?  What ever happened to them?

Can of worms opened.  Time to start arguing about what constitutes a hit.

[Zook]

My favorite Dream Theater album, and in my top 3 all time favorite albums.

[Fluffy Lothario]

If I was to hear DT for the first time today, particularly their earlier work, I wouldn’t be able to turn it off fast enough. I never liked WDADU, I don’t like ACOS, and I don’t think I could sit through Awake anymore if I tried.

But I put on IAW a month or so back, and thought, you know what, you are my ugly duckling.

[Sacul]

It's not one of their best albums

Wait Whut?! 

I definitely hold Awake, Scenes From a Memory, 8VM, FII, and Six Degrees higher. I&W would be a solid nr6 though.

FTFM.

[King Postwhore]

I remember these guys.  One hit wonder, right?  What ever happened to them?

Can of worms opened.  Time to start arguing about what constitutes a hit.

DT answered that themselves with t g e greatest hit.

[Calvin6s]

I remember these guys.  One hit wonder, right?  What ever happened to them?

Can of worms opened.  Time to start arguing about what constitutes a hit.

DT answered that themselves with t g e greatest hit.

That's awesome.  I'm going to declare I have two hits.  I'm now officially more awesome than Dream Theatre and their damn squealies. 

[Lynxo]

Prog metal masterpiece. For its time, highly original. It was such a huge influence on me, I left my current band to go find another which "excited me as much as this band does" as I put it.

I cannot write anything objective about it since it's so personal and means so much to me.

[KevShmev]

It's not often that a live album is a true classic, but Eric Clapton's Unplugged certainly fits the bill.  Much of that stems from the emotionally gripping rendition of "Tears in Heaven," while Clapton's reputation as a guitar maestro has a lot to do with it as well.  I have never been that big of a Clapton fan, but I will give him his due, especially in regards to this record.

[erwinrafael]

Tears in Heaven is still playing in FM stations here in the Philippines. We love this song.

[Calvin6s]

I never really got into Clapton.  And being a guitarist, there was a push to get into him.  I get Layla and his guesting on While My Guitar Gently Weeps.  But I was never even slightly in the Tears in Heaven bandwagon.  Didn't touch me at all.

[hefdaddy42]

It's not often that a live album is a true classic, but Eric Clapton's Unplugged certainly fits the bill.  Much of that stems from the emotionally gripping rendition of "Tears in Heaven," while Clapton's reputation as a guitar maestro has a lot to do with it as well.  I have never been that big of a Clapton fan, but I will give him his due, especially in regards to this record.

Definitely one of my favorite Clapton albums.

I love his stuff with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Derek & the Dominoes, but a lot of his later stuff doesn't quite work for me.  This album was a return to greatness for Clapton IMO, and it was a huge hit.  I still listen to every now and then.

I love the new (old) version of Layla, and also Running on Faith.  Great versions of everything on here.

[sneakyblueberry]

This album just seemed to be everywhere when I was younger, guess its testament to how good it is, but I never dug it too much.  I probably prefer younger Clapton, but even then I'm still kind of on the fence.  No denying his talent, or this albums classicity.

[Lolzeez]

I never really got into Clapton.  And being a guitarist, there was a push to get into him.  I get Layla and his guesting on While My Guitar Gently Weeps.  But I was never even slightly in the Tears in Heaven bandwagon.  Didn't touch me at all.

This. I mean Cream is alright but I just never admired Clapton and thought he was one of the greats.

[King Postwhore]

His 80'son output was better than his 90's.  It's weird. I owned all his studio outputs but never bought this album.  I think MTV wore it out for me.

[KevShmev]

I'll admit that I did not care for Nirvana at all when this album dropped and became the rave everywhere, and the constant talk about them being so great made it even more nauseating.  I mean, this is pretty good stuff, but all-time great?  Nah.  I didn't see it then, and I don't see it now.  Nevermind, to me, is a solid record; no more, no less.  I'm sure that some will tell me I am nuts, but that is fine. I never was a big fan of the alt rock and grunge movements of the 90s, and Nirvana was one of the main acts to get that ball rolling, so they are largely responsible for some of the utter shit that came out of that decade.  If that is the impact and influence it left, congratulations.

[jammindude]

Contrary to popular opinion, grunge did not begin here.    Grunge peaked and ended here.    It was all downhill after this. 

[Sacul]

The opener is fantastic, while the rest of the album is pretty mediocre, with weak vocal lines and boring riffs. The drumming is excellent tho.

[Fluffy Lothario]

Smells Like Teen Spirit is a very cool song, but I think In Bloom is much better. And possibly Drain You as well.

The praise for this album has quietened in the last ten years. It was essentially sacrilege to challenge its quality for a long time because of Cobain's suicide. I remember people used to talk about Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Kurt Cobain jamming together in heaven, as if (and I say this as a fan of Nirvana) Cobain deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as those other guitarists.

There are still those to whom this album is one of the holy grails of rock though, my brother being one.

[Outcrier]

Hm, Nevermind... Probably the most praised album that i never cared too much about although i recognize it has some great songs on it but overall, yeah, not my cup of tea.

I remember people used to talk about Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Kurt Cobain jamming together in heaven, as if (and I say this as a fan of Nirvana) Cobain deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as those other guitarists.

That used to bug me too, when i saw lists of best guitarists and Kurt Cobain was there at the top. Now i realize that's probably due to his songwriting rather than guitar skills.

[Bolsters]

Nirvana is a band I've just never cared for, and probably never will.

[erwinrafael]

Contrary to popular opinion, grunge did not begin here.    Grunge peaked and ended here.    It was all downhill after this.

It was all downhill from here? I guess Superunknown and Dirt are steps down from Nevermind, huh?

As for those who can not appreciate this album, I think it is a generational thing. Nevermind was like a rallying call against the flamboyance and elitism of 80s rock and metal. It embodies the angst and the attitude of our generation. Just like Jagged Little Pill, if you judge it with 1980s lens, you won't get it.

[bl5150]

I judge everything with an 80's lens mate   I was only 15-16yo at the start of the 90's so it's not like I was "past it" or anything but I spent most of the 90's tracking down the few rare surviving artists that brought together the better elements of the 80's .  The sudden and dramatic change in the "rock" landscape just didn't resonate with me at all.  That generally meant finding bands that sold well in Japanese and Scandi markets.......those that never totally ditched the 80's rock and metal scene.

I said earlier that RHCP drove me nuts around the pool table at college with Under The Bridge on the radio every 10 mins..................well the song they alternated with it was Smells Like Teen Spirit.

If I hadn't heard it to death I may not mind it , but I grew to hate it through massive over exposure and never really checked out the album. 

Oh well - Nevermind 


PS........liked the Clapton album for a relaxing listen.  I grew up on some of his 80's stuff via my Dad.........albums like August and so on where he was touring with Phil Collins in his band etc...   Diehard Clapton fans seem to hate that era but I quite liked it.

[BlobVanDam]

I liked Teen Spirit when I was young as much as anything else, had it taped off TV and used to listen to it a lot. It was right in my era much more than any of the 70s/80s music I listen to now, which I was not exposed to as a kid. But depressing angsty music just does nothing for me. I don't like the "attitude" and the music doesn't interest me.

And it also loses more points for getting a generation of kiddies spelling "never mind" wrong.

[Zook]

I've always hated Nirvana, but "Teen Spirit" was one of their more tolerable songs, although I wouldn't mind never hearing it again. The only good thing out of Nirvana were their cover songs from the unplugged show they did.

Not sure if Heart Shaped Box was one this album, but that and Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun was torture to my ears as a kid. So annoying.

[erwinrafael]

I hope DTF members who like this would show up so that I won't feel alone. 

[Lolzeez]

I hope DTF members who like this would show up so that I won't feel alone. 

Hello. Although I can see how anyone can hate this album due to the overplayed Teen Spirit. But it's a pretty damn good album imo,although In Utero is way better. The songs are really well written but my main problem is the production. It's a little too clean imo and the rawness of In Utero is probably why I prefer it. Also I'm glad this album exists cause it killed the glam/hair metal scene which someone had to do anyways. Also,I prefer Siamese Dream. 

[BlobVanDam]

Also I'm glad this album exists cause it killed the glam/hair metal scene which someone had to do anyways.

No, it didn't. I'd say it was record labels jumping on the fad that killed it.

[King Postwhore]

Some big songs on this album but it just wasn't what I was looking for at the time.

[Lolzeez]

Also I'm glad this album exists cause it killed the glam/hair metal scene which someone had to do anyways.

No, it didn't. I'd say it was record labels jumping on the fad that killed it.

Which fad are we talking about here,grunge or hair metal?

[sneakyblueberry]

Also I'm glad this album exists cause it killed the glam/hair metal scene which someone had to do anyways.

No, it didn't. I'd say it was record labels jumping on the fad that killed it.

that still sounds like the album had a hand in killing the scene. and rightly so. 

I've always hated Nirvana, but "Teen Spirit" was one of their more tolerable songs, although I wouldn't mind never hearing it again. The only good thing out of Nirvana were their cover songs from the unplugged show they did.

Not sure if Heart Shaped Box was one this album, but that and Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun was torture to my ears as a kid. So annoying.

That was on In Utero and these are two fantastic songs. 

Anyways, good album, great songwriting, production is a bit much but I think they corrected that with In Utero a little bit.   

[King Postwhore]

Grunge.  And then it was finding all the female acts that were big.  The things about fads is the great bands last after the fad goes away.

[Bolsters]

Not sure if Heart Shaped Box was one this album, but that and Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun was torture to my ears as a kid. So annoying.

I could probably die a little happier if I never heard Heart-Shaped Box again between now and then.

[BlobVanDam]

Also I'm glad this album exists cause it killed the glam/hair metal scene which someone had to do anyways.

No, it didn't. I'd say it was record labels jumping on the fad that killed it.

Which fad are we talking about here,grunge or hair metal?

Grunge. Rock bands had to either jump on the bandwagon or get rock-blocked. One pop rock got replaced with another.

[Train of Naught]

I don't really care for Nevermind, although I used to like three of four tracks from it, the only song I still like from Nirvana is Heart-Shaped Box from the album In Utero.