Pearl Jam’s Ten is one of the perfect 10/10 albums for me.
What a crazy few months to be alive and into music.
For real, this picture did a good job of showing the evolution of the direction music would go on to follow into the 90s too. From metal to grunge.
I listen to Black by Pearl Jam on occasion. It’s the only song that has ever made me tear up.
I go years between listening to Nevermind and then wonder why I wait so long.
I owned Use Your Illusion I ended up giving them away because they really couldn’t stand up to Appetite For Destruction. There’s some great songs on there but then there’s some filler that ruins the whole thing.
Never was a Soundgarden fan. But I did see them open for some band called Nine Inch Nails and realized that I know a lot more Soundgarden songs than I thought I did.
I had Blood Sugar Sex Magic. It started to great on my nerves. It wasn’t as good as their earlier albums. Not enough funk. Too quiet. Mother’s Milk also started to go sour on me.
And of course there’s The Black album by Metallica. I was a huge metallic fan. And this album really ruined it. Some of the songs individually were good but as an album it couldn’t live up Justice For All. The songs were shorter, less classical in their orchestration, All the last messages of Cliff having a hand in the composition were gone. And probably worst of all someone thought they could teach Kirk how to sing. He’s a shouter, not a singer. Someone stole the tape from me about a month after I got it and I didn’t feel any sense of loss.
Other albums released in that time frame:
Psalm 69 by Ministry.
Shorty the Pimp by Too Short.
Dirty by Sonic Youth.
Soul Of A New Machine by Fear Factory.
Dirt by Alice In Chains.Some of these have stuck with me a lot more than some of those.
Thank you for this little writeup, it was a nice read
Use your illusion is amazing
Plus, that was during the Golden Age of Hip-Hop.
So much good music!
I wanted this to be true but apparently it’s not.
… they were released within 44 days of one another!
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/44-days-7-legendary-90s-rock-albums/
Both can be true. It’s also true they were released within 1000 years of each other.
Another message brought to you by Captain Pendandic!
I sense a trap but… Don’t you mean Captain Pedantic?
I see your pedantry is as big as mine!
This is approximately what I was afraid of.
You two should open a pedantry pantry
Suspended from a crane, or a pedantry pantry gantry.
Captian? Of what?
I don’t see your ship.
Actually it’s a rank in the Pedantry. You should join, and work your way up like I have.
God, being young in the 90s really gave me some warped expectations. Oh, everyone has a house and culture-defining music drops regularly? Sweet, can’t wait to grow up!
I still listen to all of them regularly.
Pearl jam and soundgarden are on rotation regularly at my house.
Now do 1986
must have been some bad shit on the street at that time