I had this set as well and wore it out. There was rarely a mix tape without 'Travelling Riverside Blues'.

Love this.


Hate this.

In fact I hate it so much that it almost ruins this whole year.

probably my most played of '90, along with that lloyd cole and:



+1's on the clean, galaxie 500, the house of love, james, pixies, public enemy, sonic youth, uncle tupelo AND yo la tengo

a couple more i discovered post-1990:

It used to be that Replacements record was totally underrated. But now, i think that enough folks have discovered how great it is that it no longer qualifies.
Still... I love that record.

And that Yo La Tengo record is one of my favorites of theirs.

Also, I don't think that I saw this one yet:

You're crazy. It's worn out it's welcome for sure but this was great. I still enjoy the cold atmosphere of "Policy of Truth".

I even hated the singles from it when I was a kid.

I don't know, though, I just do not get Depeche Mode at all. Synth pop started to get pretty cheesy in the late '80s, but they're just the worst.

I was coming to post Violater, House of Love, Goo so I will offer these:

I might be thinking of someone else, but didn't Some Great Reward used to appear in your NP lists pretty frequently? Did you not like that record?

I still love Violator. Might be the history I have with it, I don't know. I can understand if someone over the age of 15 might feel a disconnect lyrically since it's essentially gloomy high school poetry. But sonically, I put that thing at the top of the heap in regard to electronic music in general, not just synth pop.

Also, +1 on Pixies, La's, John Doe, and Concrete Blonde. I kind of like that Ween too.

I tried with it for a while, yeah. I sort of like the first song on that record, "Something to Do", but that's it. I think I eventually gave my copy to alongwaltz or somebody in a trade.

I've listened to that Reverend Horton Heat album a ridiculous number of times. I get sick of it now and then, but eventually always come back around to it.

Another Badalamenti entry from 1990. Also, one of the funniest, most violent, sexy films ever made.


Composer of the all the Warner Bros cartoons from the 30's and on. Genius talent..



SF quartet and friends from other bands previous to Jellyfish. A good power pop record.


+ 1 on the following :
Uncle Tupelo - no depression
The LA's - s/t
John Doe - meet john doe
The Replacements - all shook down
Angelo Badalamenti - twin peaks soundtrack

i'm a big fan of a lot of the synth pop bands, but agree...DM just lost me. blech.

Maybe the best record of the year.
Love this one.

This is a really good one, too:

This is the best thing they ever did, and my favourite industrial record, for whatever that's worth.



1990 was the year I left my (small) home town and started college, so needless to say it was a year of musical discovery. A girl I liked introduced me to Depeche Mode and bands like them. I do think it's a great record, especially the previously mentioned "Policy Of Truth", but I doubt I would have become a fan if I discovered it any other way.

a few more...


Bitch Magnet - Ben Hur
I think this is the best thing they put out.


Fugazi - Repeater
Come on, how has no one mentioned this? Not my favorite Fugazi, but still great.


Cows - Effete and Impudent Snobs
One of their best. I actually like this and Peacetika more than Cunning Stunts


John Zorn - Naked City
The beginning of his Naked City project. Pretty great!


Codeine - Frigid Stars
This has grown on me slowly over the last year. It's super dry and maybe a little overly dramatic, but it's got that slowcore wallowing appeal.

I think Radcliffe mentioned the Fugazi early on.

The Naked City mention reminded me that this one came out in 1990, too.

Has (then) current Elektra artists covering songs from past artists on the label. Of course, not all of it was successful, but there were some pretty cool things that came out of it.

TRACKLISTING
Disc 1:
1. Hello, I Love You - The Cure
2. House of the Rising Sun - Tracy Chapman
3. Seven & Seven Is - Billy Bragg
4. I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - Jevetta Steele
5. Hotel California - Gipsy Kings
6. Werewolves of London - The Black Velvet Band
7. Motorcycle Mama - The Sugarcubes
8. One Meatball - Shinehead
9. Bottle of Wine - Havalinas
10. Born in Chicago - Pixies
11. You're So Vain - Faster Pussycat
12. Marquee Moon - The Kronos Quartet
13. Get Ourselves Together - Phoebe Snow
14. Tokoloshe Man - Happy Mondays
15. Let's Go - Ernie Isley
16. Going Down - Lynch Mob
17. Little Bit of Rain - Ambitious Lovers
18. You Belong to Me - Anita Baker
19. Road to Cairo - Howard Jones

Disc 2:
1. Kick Out the Jams - The Big F
2. Almost Saturday Night / Rockin' All Over the World - The Georgia Satellites
3. Hello I Am Your Heart - Sara Hickman
4. Make It With You - Teddy Pendergrass
5. Blacksmith - Linda Ronstadt
6. Going Going Gone - Bill Frisell
7. First Girl I Loved - Jackson Browne
8. These Days - 10,000 Maniacs
9. Stone Cold Crazy - Metallica
10. Apricot Brandy - Danny Gatton
11. Union Man - Shaking Family
12. One More Parade - They Might Be Giants
13. I Can't Tell You Why - Howard Hewett
14. Mt. Airy Groove - Leaders of the New School
15. You Brought the Sunshine - Shirley Murdock
16. Inbetween Days - John Eddie
17. Love Wars - The Beautiful South
18. Both Sides Now - Michael Feinstein
19. T.V. Eye - John Zorn
20. Hello, I Love You (Slight Return) - The Cure

Yeah I see that now.

Well, it deserves a little more of a proper mention, I guess, even though it's something that presumably just about everybody has heard.

Oh, and apparently this Los Lobos album ALSO came out in 1990. Helluva year for The Wolves:

All Spanish-language stuff, and all Mexican folk tunes, with one original done in the same style. The original holds up beautifully against all the classic stuff and is maybe the best song on there.

Gibson Bros/Workdogs - Punk Rock Truck Drivin' Song of a Gun

Quote:

The last stand of the original Gibson Bros lineup was on 1990's Punk Rock Truck Drivin' Song of a Gun, a casually well executed collaboration with kindred spirits Workdogs, the New York-area duo of bassist/singer Rob Kennedy and drummer Scott Jarvis (who'd previously worked on their own and with Half Japanese, the Velvet Monkeys, Tav Falco's Panther Burns and Purple Geezus). Their rhythmic skills manage to make the Gibsons sound almost professional for the first (and only) time in their existence. Gathering up enough 18-wheeler songs to justify the album title, the Gibdogs also rev up a version of "Shakin' All Over" and such originals as "Talk Italian to Me."

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Flat Duo Jets - S/t

Agreed. Not only do I think I think this is the best record of 1990 but it's my favorite album that either Eno or Cale have been involved with. And yes, I know that means that I like it more than any VU, Cale or Eno solo, Roxy Music, or Talking Heads album.

+1's:

Lloyd Cole
Pixies
Trash Can Sinatras
Happy Mondays
Mark Lanegan
Uncle Tupelo
Jazz Butcher
Nick Lowe
Sonic Youth
Sinead O'Connor
Paul Simon
Social Distortion
Midnight Oil
Ride
Charlatans UK
Replacements
House of Love
Art Bergmann
World Party

I'll add:













O Positive - Toyboattoyboattoyboat
Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella
Prefab Sprout - Jordan the Comeback
The Sundays - Reading, Writing & Arithmetic
Ultra Vivid Scene - Joy 1967-1990
Bob Mould - Black Sheets of Rain
Blake Babies - Sunburn
The Origin - S/T
Darden Smith - Trouble No More
Big Dipper - Slam
The Servants - Disinterest (featuring Luke Haines pre-Auteurs)
Blue Aeroplanes - Swagger
Blue Aeroplanes - World View Blue
The Church - Gold Afternoon Fix
The Railway Children - Native Place
The Lilac Time - And Love For All...
Peter Murphy - Deep
Kitchens of Distinction - Strange Free World
The Wild Swans - Space Flower
The Lightning Seeds - Cloudcuckooland (this one is dated in sound for sure and probably doesn't hold up but I played the crap out of it in 1990 and still have some sentimental feelings for it.)