Not only did the band possess a lyrical and musical integrity that was frequently and unsuccessfully imitated for over a decade, but its members genuinely meant every word of their politically charged content, having been exposed firsthand to the corruption of the powers that be during their lives. Rage Against the Machine remains one of the only respectable rap-metal groups in existence. Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine (1992) Tracks like “When They Really Get to Know You They Will Run” and “Secret of the Easy Yoke” showcase an exceptional lyricist unafraid to tackle big topics. And with good reason-he recorded pretty much everything besides bass on the album. Pedro the Lion – It’s Hard to Find a Friend (1998)įollowing the band’s debut EP, It’s Hard to Find a Friend introduced a wider audience to David Bazan, the low-register, frank-talking frontman that nowadays is better known by just his last name. Sadly, their efforts weren’t rewarded on the charts, where singles like “Barrel of a Gun” and “Fa Fa” failed to gain much traction, but the album pointed the way toward broader horizons for the band-and it contains a number of tracks that remain highlights of their catalog, including “What You Wish For,” “Either Way,” “Center of Attention” and “Happier.”- Jeff Gilesħ8. Guster – Lost and Gone Forever (1999)Ĭharting the evolution between Lost and Gone Forever and Guster’s previous release, 1997’s Goldfly, is like comparing a snapshot and a finely detailed painting: They were still the same hook-happy pop band with a hand percussionist for a drummer, but with producer Steve Lillywhite at the helm, they used the studio as an instrument, coloring their new songs with layers upon layers of sonic texture. With tracks like his biggest hit “Praise You,” Cook turned repetition into dance-hall hits and gave electronic music just a bit more depth.- Ross Bonaimeħ9.
Even without owning the album, you’ve probably heard every track from You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby in some way or another.
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Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, along with Moby and the Chemical Brothers, dominated the electronic boom of the late ‘90s by throwing their songs into every commercial, TV show and teen rom-com. Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (1998) And the unpretentious array of sampling décor, from creepy Smashing Pumpkins snatch to a Cypress Hill quote (in the relationship song!) to live rock band to the inventory warehouse clang of “Ponderosa” absolves the whole corrupt thing.
Tricky plied Topley-Bird with weed from his advance cash while she humanized his bored perversity. The resulting sex-as-death masterwork perfected the texture-torture album decades before Burial and the Weeknd could get their grubby hands on a sampler. Martina Topley-Bird, then a teenager, read lines like “I’ll fuck you in the ass / Just for a laugh” as the lecher-voiced Tricky, a refugee of Massive Attack at the time, fed them into her ear, likely followed by a neck nibble. Here are the 90 Best Albums of the 1990s.Ī puppet master and his puppet’s verboten relationship has never been more salacious. We asked Paste editors, writers, as well as Twitter followers and Facebook fans what albums from the ’90s still matter to them. Throughout the decade, though, great strides were being made outside the spotlight with the alt-country movement, shoegaze, electronic music and college rock. But it also saw an invasion of Britpop, the popularization of grunge, and “alternative rock” becoming mainstream.
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Musically, the 1990s were full of gangsta rap, mall punk, teen pop and the ascendancy of country radio.
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