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Re: Timeless Albums.. post-1990
everyone knows the basics, pre-'90....
rules:
1. released after 1989
2. no guns n' roses, fanboys/girls
3. ...and why?
i'll start it off with a not-so obvious one
Down... NOLA
while over the under is great...classic even, 13 years after it's release, NOLA still sounds like it was made last year. and NONE of the songs ever get old IMO....and OTU doesn't even come close to matching the energy level and tightness of that record...
phil was still speaking in complete sentences... and when he spoke, he sounded like one of us.. not the one word per minute- pontificating "metal god" he would ultimately become.. that record has the best elements of all it's parts... coc's sabbathy riffola.. the crowbar sludge and the half scream-half singing phil in ALL his glory... catchy, heavy, and timeless... 
- Communist China
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Re: Timeless Albums.. post-1990
Faith No More - Angel Dust
In a lot of ways I don't believe in timeless music but Angel Dust doesn't fit in any one time period yet sounds fantastic all the way through. Songs written from fortune cookies and Scientology tests to Shostakovich samples to all the other weird but perfect stuff on it, it isn't dated in any way.
Re: Timeless Albums.. post-1990
Soundgarden- Down on the Upside
This album could be released today and it wouldn't feel out of place. While we could argue til the cows come home on what their best album is, the band's rightful place in history, and how a lot of that grunge era material IS dated, there's really no denying the beauty, complexity, and just overall crispness of this record.
I am a huge Soundgarden fan and I never really fully dove into this record until earlier this year. It literally blew me away. I never really understood why people lumped them in with the likes of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. While you could make a case for some of Superunknown being 'grungy', that's more of a retroactive look at it because it was the last big album of the grunge era. Down on the Upside was their first album in the post grunge era, and this album is so amazing its only fitting it was also their last. They had ambition in spades during the recording of this. Its almost laughable that Thayil was pushed aside creatively for this album.
Hell, listen to Overfloater, Ty Cobb, Applebite, Bootcamp, Blow Up the Outside World, and An Unkind. These songs smoke Chinese Democracy and sound a million times fresher, and this album was released in 1996.
Re: Timeless Albums.. post-1990
Gonna give an honorable mention to Lisa Germano's Geek the Girl. I posted a youtube link to the track 'A psychopath' in strato's recommendation thread, and if you listen to that(and the whole album) without knowing anything about her, you wouldn't even be able to guess which year that was released in.
It was released in 1994. Definitely an obscure gem of that decade.
Re: Timeless Albums.. post-1990
STP Core
Blind Melon S/T
Pearl Jam Vs
Ozzy No More Tears
APC Mer De Noms
Nirvana In Utero
Metallica Black
BLS Mafia
Down Nola
Pantera Cowboys from Hell
U2 Actung Baby
Megadeth Countdown to extinction
is that enough? even though i'm sure some will disagree 
- Locomotive98
- Rep: 17
Re: Timeless Albums.. post-1990
Tool - Aenima
Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies/Sap
Down - NOLA
Slayer - Seasons in The Abyss
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Faith No More - Angel Dust
These albums ruled my life in the 90's and I still listen to them on a regular basis - Listening to Jar of Flies now in fact. These all have everything you could want from a perfect album and showcase the very best of the bands mentioned IMO.
Re: Timeless Albums.. post-1990
good call james.. "switch opens" still gives me goose bumps...
and.. um...strat0...wolfmother?
i won't pass judgement.. but we may wanna give that a couple o' more years...
here's one i may catch some shit for:
Motley Crue-Motley Crue...
the one record without vince neil carved a nice little spot in my permanent playlist...
I think it never really got the credit it deserved for being the heaviest and most diverse(by far) motley record ever... it truly was a testament to their diversity..
There were dark moments..."uncle Jack"..."til death.."... and tender moments.."loveshine" "drift away"... and even a track that vince coulda sung and it woulda been able to hang with Dr feelgood... "poison apples".. it never got a fair shake because of the corabi thing, which is a shame, because he's such a versitile vocalist.. they coulda done ANYTHING after this record, and they caved to the reunion pressure...in all honesty, they shoulda never called it motley crue...oops.. kinda sounds familiar
