by Pitchfork Staff
November 17, 2003
It's been just over four years since Pitchfork published its first-ever Top 100 feature, Pitchfork's Top 100 Favorite Albums of the 1990s , and looking back at that list a lot has changed: our perceptions of the decade are different now, our personal tastes have expanded, our knowledge of the music has deepened, and excepting myself, Mark Richardson and Brent DiCrescenzo, the staff has turned over twice. It got me to thinking about how the musical landscape, too, continually changes. Revisionism ushers in new classics which had simply been forgotten, or altogether undiscovered, and while most truly essential albums will always be represented on these types of lists, even their relevance can be dictated by current trends.
It occurred to me that, since we have the means, it might be worthwhile to revisit these lists every few years and see how they change. So, over the past few months, the current Pitchfork staff convened to tabulate their revised individual lists, with the ultimate goal of presenting an updated list of 1990s records that have remained essential into the first part of the new decade.
A big surprise for me was just how different this new list is from the old one, and how many more albums we all felt deserved inclusion that, unfortunately, a list of only 100 records could not encompass. Among the casualties were Sleater-Kinney, Cat Power, Chavez, The Wrens, Throwing Muses, Spoon, The Roots, Mos Def, Happy Mondays, Archers of Loaf, Amon Tobin, Jay-Z, XTC, Morphine, Royal Trux, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Drive Like Jehu, Orbital, Super Furry Animals, Sunny Day Real Estate, Sebadoh, Snoop Dogg, Method Man, Mobb Deep, Low, Codeine, Flying Saucer Attack, The Sea & Cake, Underworld, Polvo, Shudder to Think, Trail of Dead, Cornershop, Shellac, Gang Starr, Gastr del Sol, John Zorn, Coil, Jawbreaker, Autechre, and countless others. But something we could all agree on were that the albums that did make the list belonged there.
001: Radiohead
[Capitol; 1997]
Loveless
[Creation; 1991]
The Soft Bulletin
[Warner Bros; 1999]
004: Neutral Milk Hotel
[Merge; 1998]
005: Pavement
[Matador; 1992]
006: Nirvana
[DGC; 1991]
...Endtroducing
[Mo'Wax; 1996]
008: Pavement
[Matador; 1994]
009: Bonnie "Prince" Billy
[Palace; 1999]
010: Guided by Voices
[Scat; 1994]
Laughing Stock
[Polydor; 1991]
012: Slint
Spiderland
[Touch & Go; 1991]
013: Nirvana
In Utero
[DGC; 1993]
014: Belle & Sebastian
If You're Feeling Sinister
[The Enclave; 1996]
015: Radiohead
The Bends
[Capitol; 1995]
016: The Dismemberment Plan
Emergency & I
[DeSoto; 1999]
017: Public Enemy
Fear of a Black Planet
[Def Jam; 1990]
018: Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream
[Virgin; 1993]
019: Beck
Odelay
[DGC; 1996]
020: Björk
Post
[Elektra; 1995]
021: Björk
Homogenic
[Elektra; 1997]
022: Built to Spill
Perfect from Now On
[Warner Bros; 1997]
023: The Beta Band
The Three EPs
[Astralwerks; 1999]
024: Built to Spill
There's Nothing Wrong with Love
[Up; 1994]
025: Yo La Tengo
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
[Matador; 1997]
026: Weezer
Weezer
[DGC; 1994]
027: Guided by Voices
Alien Lanes
[Matador; 1995]
028: Pixies
Bossanova
[4AD; 1990]
029: Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West
[Up; 1997]
030: Liz Phair
Exile in Guyville
[Matador; 1993]
031: Wilco
Summerteeth
[Reprise; 1999]
032: The Notorious B.I.G.
Ready to Die
[Bad Boy; 1994]
033: Nas
Illmatic
[Columbia; 1994]
034: Beastie Boys
Check Your Head
[Grand Royal; 1992]
035: Boards of Canada
Music Has the Right to Children
[Warp; 1998]
036: Wu-Tang Clan
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
[Loud; 1993]
037: Magnetic Fields
69 Love Songs
[Merge; 1999]
038: The Jesus Lizard
Goat
[Touch & Go; 1991]
039: Olivia Tremor Control
Dusk at Cubist Castle
[Flydaddy; 1996]
040: Aphex Twin
The Richard D. James Album
[Warp; 1996]
041: Yo La Tengo
Painful
[Matador; 1993]
042: Fugazi
Red Medicine
[Dischord; 1995]
043: R.E.M.
Automatic for the People
[Warner Bros; 1992]
044: Boredoms
Super Ae
[Birdman; 1998]
045: Godspeed You Black Emperor!
F# A# Infinity
[Kranky; 1998]
046: Air
Moon Safari
[Astralwerks; 1998]
047: Oval
94diskont
[Thrill Jockey; 1995]
048: Portishead
Dummy
[Go! Discs; 1994]
049: Tom Waits
Bone Machine
[Island; 1992]
050: Outkast
Aquemini
[LaFace; 1998]
051: Stereolab
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
[Elektra; 1996]
052: PJ Harvey
Rid of Me
[Island; 1993]
053: Weezer
Pinkerton
[DGC; 1991]
054: Blur
Parklife
[SBK; 1994]
055: Spiritualized
Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space
[Dedicated; 1997]
056: A Tribe Called Quest
The Low-End Theory
[Jive; 1991]
057: Brainiac
Bonsai Superstar
[Grass; 1994]
058: Jesus Lizard
Liar
[Touch & Go; 1992]
059: Elliott Smith
Either/Or
[Kill Rock Stars; 1997]
060: Palace Music
Viva Last Blues
[Drag City; 1995]
061: Pulp
Different Class
[Island; 1995]
062: Aphex Twin
Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II
[Warp; 1994]
063: De La Soul
De La Soul Is Dead
[Tommy Boy; 1991]
064: The Breeders
Last Splash
[4AD; 1993]
065: Daft Punk
Homework
[Virgin; 1997]
066: Tricky
Maxinquaye
[Island; 1995]
067: Mouse on Mars
Iaora Tahiti
[Too Pure; 1995]
068: Elliott Smith
XO
[Dreamworks; 1998]
069: Jeff Buckley
Grace
[Columbia; 1994]
070: Jawbox
For Your Own Special Sweetheart
[Atlantic; 1994]
071: Dr. Octagon
Octagonecologyst
[Dreamworks; 1996]
072: Silver Jews
American Water
[Drag City; 1998]
073: Brainiac
Hissing Prigs in Static Couture
[Touch & Go; 1996]
074: Ride
Nowhere
[Sire; 1990]
075: A Tribe Called Quest
Midnight Marauders
[Jive; 1993]
076: Mercury Rev
Deserter's Songs
[V2; 1998]
077: Primal Scream
Screamadelica
[Sire; 1991]
078: Stereolab
Mars Audiac Quintet
[Elektra; 1994]
079: Dr. Dre
The Chronic
[Death Row; 1992]
080: The Pharcyde
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
[Delicious Vinyl; 1992]
081: The Breeders
Pod
[4AD; 1990]
082: Sonic Youth
Goo
[DGC; 1990]
083: Pixies
Trompe le Monde
[4AD; 1991]
084: Company Flow
Funcrusher Plus
[Rawkus; 1997]
085: Massive Attack
Blue Lines
[Virgin; 1991]
086: Destroyer
City of Daughters
[Triple Crown; 1998]
087: GZA/Genius
Liquid Swords
[Geffen; 1995]
088: Wilco
Being There
[Reprise; 1996]
089: Squarepusher
Music Is Rotted One Note
[Warp; 1999]
090: Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas
[4AD; 1990]
091: Tortoise
TNT
[Thrill Jockey; 1998]
092: Scott Walker
Tilt
[Drag City; 1995]
093: Bob Dylan
Time Out of Mind
[Columbia; 1997]
094: Frank Black
Teenager of the Year
[4AD; 1994]
095: Massive Attack
Mezzanine
[Virgin; 1998]
096: Herbert
Around the House
[!K7; 1998]
097: Mogwai
Young Team
[Jetset; 1997]
098: KMD
Mr. Hood
[Asylum; 1991]
099: Raekwon
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
[Loud; 1995]
100: The Orb
The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
[Big Life; 1991]
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