What is your ultimate 90's album?

[tunstall birdman]

Voted for Screamadelica. There are 6 or 7 others that were close. It would have been "Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space" had it been listed.

This for me anarl like!! It is a truly outstanding LP!!

 

[Barnacle Boy]

A Northern Soul not on the list?

Farcical

 

[joemcdokes]

@fyl2u the Leftfield story is quite sad.
I was surprised at how much Liam Howlett was worth yesterday, it's probably down to using so many samples.
If you can create so many great tracks, it baffles me why they couldn't spend a bit of time creating their own stuff.
However, just remixing a track these days takes someone from the bedroom to international DJ and a wealth unimaginable to anyone in the 90's.

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Voted for Screamadelica. There are 6 or 7 others that were close. It would have been "Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space" had it been listed.

Totally forgot about that! The title track is stunning.

 

[Arkle]

@fyl2u the Leftfield story is quite sad.
I was surprised at how much Liam Howlett was worth yesterday, it's probably down to using so many samples.
If you can create so many great tracks, it baffles me why they couldn't spend a bit of time creating their own stuff.
However, just remixing a track these days takes someone from the bedroom to international DJ and a wealth unimaginable to anyone in the 90's.

What's Liam Howlett got to do with Leftfield?

 

[Big Jeff]

Now thats what I call music

 

[joemcdokes]

What's Liam Howlett got to do with Leftfield?

In that he used loads of samples.
Maybes that's why he's not worth anywhere like I think he would be.

 

[Arkle]

In that he used loads of samples.
Maybes that's why he's not worth anywhere like I think he would be.

I get that, just not sure why it relates to Leftfield, when he's the main man in The Prodigy. For the most part, they seem happy enough living comfortably from three albums that sold well and a Guinness ad.

 

[joemcdokes]

I get that, just not sure why it relates to Leftfield, when he's the main man in The Prodigy. For the most part, they seem happy enough living comfortably from three albums that sold well and a Guinness ad.

SAMPLES.
Get it now?

“‘Leftism’ and ‘Rhythm & Stealth’ have got a lot of samples in them, hidden in there and buried within them. Chopped up samples, we didn’t use samples like the Chemical Brothers did; big samples, where whole tracks were sampled, we didn’t do that, but a lot of influences and stuff come from breakbeats and you can’t use them anymore because you’d get sued.”

That's a quote.

 

[Arkle]

SAMPLES.
Get it now?

Early on, for The Prodigy, that was true but not on later albums. I'm not sure it holds true of Leftfield at all, they used guest vocalists as much as anything, similar to The Chemical Brothers.

 

[joemcdokes]

Early on, for The Prodigy, that was true but not on later albums. I'm not sure it holds true of Leftfield at all, they used guest vocalists as much as anything, similar to The Chemical Brothers.

That quote is from Neil Barnes, they only did two albums.

 

[Arkle]

That's a quote.

So, they pay a fee, usually pre-agreed. Samples become an issue when they're not approved.

That quote is from Neil Barnes, they only did two albums.

That's the crux of why they're not wealthier, they weren't prolific. The Chemical Brothers and Underworld had similar profiles but released albums regularly. Still not sure why you mentioned Liam Howlett BTW.

 

[The Exile]

I'd have Modern Life Is Rubbish and Blur ahead of Parklife.
His 'N' Hers ahead of Different Class.

Can't believe Vauxhall And I isn't on that list.

No Suede or Supergrass either, unbelievable.

 

[Bob Fleming]

Jeff Buckley Grace
Black Crowes Southern Harmony
Teenage Fanclub Grand Prix
KISS Unplugged
Manics The Holy Bible
Cheap Trick 97
Laughing Len Cohen The Future

A very underrated band I reckon. I know everyone else seems to rate Holy Bible as the best but I prefer both Gold against the soul and Generation terrorists. And Everything must go come to think of it.

 

[joemcdokes]

So, they pay a fee, usually pre-agreed. Samples become an issue when they're not approved.

and don't make as much money.
As my original post was related to.
The Firestarter video was black and white due to blowing the budget on something Howlett just binned.

 

[Arkle]

and don't make as much money.
As my original post was related to.
The Firestarter video was black and white due to blowing the budget on something Howlett just binned.

The Firestarter video would have been awful in colour TBH.

 

[joemcdokes]

The Firestarter video would have been awful in colour TBH.

Not the reason it was though.
Erm, I meant wasn't.

 

[muggboots]

ultimate 90s - Google Shopping

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[SAFCOldie]

Of those

Ok Computer
Nevermind
Different Class
Debut
Automatic for the People

I'd be getting a bit of help mate

 

[Hammer]

Off that list OK Computer but actually:

Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish
Deftones - Adrenaline
At the Drive-In - in/CASINO/OUT
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
Manics - The Holy Bible
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Fugazi - End Hits
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Alice In Chains - Dirt

A very underrated band I reckon. I know everyone else seems to rate Holy Bible as the best but I prefer both Gold against the soul and Generation terrorists. And Everything must go come to think of it.

You're wrong but they're all great albums. I think some of the later stuff is unfairly maligned as well; everyone seems to assume everything they've done since Know Your Enemy and Lifeblood (which were awful) is just as bad but there's some decent stuff amongst it.