Noice.
hey mate…wiki shows this as being released in October 97…please amend
So many classic lines on this… Richie’s roll-call of the commentators gets me every time… “hey, hey, hey… let’s work as a team and do it my way”. Should be my current boss’ tagline…
Do you mean Earth and Son and Moon which was released in 93 (Breathe was 96 and you’ve got it for that year as well)
Oils fans all over Stuka
I thought you loved Neutral Milk Hotel?!

I thought you loved Neutral Milk Hotel?!
30 albums to choose from…and you nailed it
1990
3 - midnight oil - blue sky mining
2- a tribe called quest - people’s instinctive travels and the paths of rhythm
1 - megadeth - rust in peace
1991
3 - a tribe called quest - the low end theory
2- u2 - achtung baby
1 - metallica - metallica
1992
3 - hunters & collectors - cut
2- dr dre - the chronic
1 - rage against the machine - rage against the machine
1993
3 - pearl jam - vs
2- a tribe called quest - midnight marauders
1 - wu tang clan - enter the wu-tang (36 chambers)
1994
3 - nas - illmatic
2- green day - dookie
1 - weezer - blue album
1995
3 - you am i - hi-fi way
2- tism - machiavelli and the four seasons
1 - radiohead - the bends
1996
3 - cake - fashion nugget
2- you am i - hourly daily
1 - rage against the machine - evil empire
1997
3 - jebediah - slightly odway
2- regurgitator - unit
1 - foo fighters - the color and the shape
1998
3 - fatboy slim - you’ve come a long way baby
2- the living end - the living end
1 - catatonia - international velvet
1999
3 - blink 182 - enema of the state
2- chemical brothers - surrender
1 - moby - play
tried to go for roughly equal weighting of how much i loved at the time vs what i still love today. which made the temptation to put limp bizkit’s significant other or the guido hatzis album in the 99 list almost overwhelming
-edit- now for the waiting game of lists getting posted that make me go “…fk!”
1990
3 Fugazi - Repeater (+ 3 songs)
2 Bad Religion - Against the Grain
1 Sonic Youth - Goo
1991
3 Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
2 Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
1 Nirvana - Nevermind
1992 - this was probably the hardest of all years
3 Helmet - Meantime
2 Mudhoney - Piece of Cake
1 Cosmic Psychos - Blokes You Can Trust
1993
3 No Use For A Name - The Daily The Grind
2 New Bomb Turks - Destroy Oh Boy
1 Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon
1994
3 New Bomb Turks - Information Highway Revisited
2 No Fun At All - No Straight Angles
1 Powder Monkeys - Smashed on a Knee
1995
3 One Inch Punch (Mid Youth Crisis) - Lost In What We Lack
2 No Use For A Name - !Leche Con Carne!
1 Spiderbait - Unfinished Spanish Galleon
1996
3 Bodyjar - Rimshot
2 Strung Out - Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues
1 Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
I struggled from here onwards. Probably due to the fact that I was backpacking across the globe and had no money, a Walkman with one cassette, and Spotify hadn’t been invented.
1997
3 Pennywise - Full Circle
2 Prodigy - Fat of The Land
1 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet’s Back
1998
3 Bodyjar - No Touch Red
2 Living End - The Living End
1 Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
1999
3 Fugazi - Instrument Soundtrack
2 Rage Against The Machine - Battle of Los Angeles
1 White Stripes White Stripes
I think we can all agree 91-94 is the high watermark.
1990
3 - Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining
2- Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues
1 - Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
1991
3 - Pearl Jam - Ten
2 - Metallica - Metallica
1 - Joe Jackson - Laughter and Lust
1992
3 - Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
2- Stone Temple Pilots - Core
1 - REM - Automatic For The People
1993
3 - The Tea Party - Splendor Solis
2 - Sting - Ten Summoner’s Tales
1 - Counting Crows - August And Everything After
1994
3 - Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
2 - Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
1 - Live - Throwing Copper
1995
3 - Garbage - Garbage
2 - Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy
1 - Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory
1996
3 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
2 - Porcupine Tree - Signify
1 - Theatre of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
1997
3 - Live - Secret Samadhi
2- Radiohead - OK Computer
1 - The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
1998
3 - Page & Plant - Walking Into Clarksdale
2 - The Feelers - Supersystem
1 - Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
1999
3 - Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
2 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
1 - Anathema - Judgement

1 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet’s Back
Damn I forgot Regurgitator, I should have put Unit in.
I swear…for every fist pump there is a thumbs down.

1997 (#1 album ever for me + some formative Aus Gold)
3 - OK Computer - Radiohead
2 - Slightly Odway - Jebediah
1 - Tu Plang - Regurgitator
Tu Plang was released in 1996
Unit was released in 1997
Please let me know if you want me to swap them or if you want to opt for a new 3rd option for 1997.
Cheers
Easy swap.
Less commenting…more voting from you

I swear…for every fist pump there is a thumbs down.
I’m afraid to ask

1 - Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting

3 - The Tea Party - Splendor Solis

3 - Garbage - Garbage
Some excellent calls by @swoodley here.
Going ‘95 next.
Way easier.