I know that most of you won’t rate these, but here you go. Have included HMs, but only where I haven’t seen them mentioned earlier. (Yes, Nevermind would get a HM, but there’s no point listing it) In 1995 my HMs ran to about 10 albums so I just left it out. This is my list, and some of these albums I can’t listen to, except for a shot of nostalgia in 2025, but at the time they were meaningful, while others I have grown to love now. There is no rhyme nor reason as to why I’ve listed albums from either side of that divide. Anyway, here you go …
1990
3 – They Might be Giants - Flood
2- The Breeders - Pod
1 – Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining
1991
3 – Clouds - Penny Century
2- REM - Out of Time
1 – Frente – Whirled (EP)
HM: Headless Chickens - Body Blow (although I have the 93 version), Yothu Yindi – Tribal Voice
1992
3 – PJ Harvey - Dry
2- Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
1 – Frente - Marvin
1993
3 – The Breeders - Last Splash
2- PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
1 – Belly - Star
HM: Bjork – Debut
1994
3 – Pavement - Crooked rain crooked rain
2- Portishead - Dummy
1 – Liz Phair - Whip-Smart
HM: The Simpletons EPs Smother & Nod had enough good tracks to make a great album
1995
3 – PJ Harvey – To Bring You my Love
2- Tricky – Maxinquaye
1 – Garbage – Garbage
HM: too many to list
1996
3 – Sleater Kinney – Call the Doctor
2- Beck - Odelay
1 – Fiona Apple - Tidal
HM: DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
1997
3 – Ani DiFranco – Living in Clip (Live)
2- Ben Harper – The Will to Live
1 – The Lucksmiths – A Good Kind of Nervous
1998
3 – Ani DiFranco – Little Plastic Castle
2- Billy Bragg and Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
1 – Belle and Sebastian – The Boy with the Arab Strap
HM : Air - Moon Safari, Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Cat Power - Moon Pix, Ping - abcde
1999
3 – Fiona Apple – When the Pawn…
2- Lamb – Fear of Fours
1 – Sleater Kinney – The Hot Rock