20 Underrated 1990s Albums!
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Hey Dillon, I’m 14 from Cape Town, South Africa. I just want to thank you for introducing me to such amazing music. You introduced me to The Stooges, King Crimson, the MC5 (My now favourite bands) and many more. I’ve decided I want to become a professional musician (I play guitar) and it is because of you. Thank you so much!
Wow, that means a lot! I wish I knew all that at 14!
Go for your goals dude you got this 😊
Yeah buddy that’s awesome!
A few of my underrated favorites:
Screaming Trees - Dust
David Baerwald - Bedtime Stories
Izzy Stradlin and the Juju Hounds
Warren Haynes - Tales of Ordinary Madness
Dada - Puzzle
Wow! That list of five is perfect! Really love every one of those albums and so cool to see Dada in there! Amazing musicians and so much more than just big hit Disneyland (forgot how they spelled it on the album!) Michael Hurley is top shelf guitarist and the three guys have insane chemistry! Got every album they made - dig em' all!
Screaming Trees was another great band that should be talked about more.
Absolutly. One of my favorite all time. So underrated. Rip mark lanegan. At least I got to see him solo once. ✌️
@@MAX_BRENDO lucky man.
Agreed 150%. Lanegan's solo records as well.
first band i thought of when I clicked on the video
Came on here to mention Dust!
Faith No More- Angel Dust!
Great album. Love it front to back!
Great album, but not underrated!
the first music i bought with my own money, still love it
Greatest album of the 1990s!
How is this underrated?
Toadies record Rubberneck is killer front to back. Starts with the instrumental "Mexican Hairless" to get you pumped and then finishes with an incredible acoustic guitar driven, melodic anthem that kicks in with the drums and distortion, epic track, "I Burn" also has the hit Possum Kingdom. But man so many good songs, Tyler, Away, Backslider, I Come from The Water... top 3 favorite albums of the 90's. Also Local H with either "As Good as Dead" or "Pack up The Cats" classic 90's rock. The production value on Pack Up The Cats really ramped up from As Good As Dead. Each song flows into the next. Incredible albums and I never hear/see anyone talk about them.
If you haven't check them out, you shan't be disappointed :)
Toadies - Rubberneck
Local H - As Good as Dead
Pack Up The Cats
Couldn't agree with you more! Rubberneck is a banger from nose to tail!
It's a classic
Not underrated
Local H is the most underrated/least talked about band when you look at their entire body of work. Most ppl haven't listened to them past the 90s, but they're putting out crazy good albums in the past decade. Hey Killer and Hallelujah I'm A Bum are classics, at least in my house. When I want to get someone into them, I play songs 1-6 on Hey Killer and that usually hooks em if they're fans of grunge/rock.
Yeah, couldn’t agree more. That’s an awesome album. I do wish it had better cover art, but the music is far more important.
Catherine Wheel's record Chrome. That band made such a beautiful noise.
Came here for this!
I have the limited edition CD where the whole CD package is chrome.
@claymccoy Same! It’s awesome.
Urge Overkill - Saturation. Album of the '90s for my money. I can listen to it endlessly. Though I'm guessing it's impossible to find vinyl with "Operation Kissinger" on it.
The Sister Havana video had me hooked on their sound. GREAT album. Exit the dragon was great as well
The Sugarcubes from Iceland had some amazing 90s music.
Leash called love!
Corrosion of Conformity "Wiseblood" is highly underrated
Kyuss- Sky Valley, 1994. The greatest album of all time,
And the circus leaves town…
My top 4 are all from 1993, great alternative rock.
The Catherine Wheel - Chrome (part UK shoegaze, part american alternative, with a sprinkle of grunginess)
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head (influenced by The Stooges, Husker Du, Sonic Youth)
Adorable - Against Perfection (UK alternative/shoegaze on Creation Records)
Seam - The Problem With Me (alternative rock from Chicago)
Sunshine Smile!!!!
I liked Catherine Wheel. Amazing vocals
Good call on Seam. I also loved those Van Pelt records in the 90s. Pretty sure they were fans of Seam
Catherine Wheel had like 4 great albums in the 90’s. Ferment is so good.
Came to post this band but you beat me to it ❤
The Melvins, Sonic Youth, Silverchair, Babes In Toyland, Mudhoney
yeah I don't think you get the premise
Helmet was and is still great. Loved them being on The Crow soundtrack. Come to think of it, that whole soundtrack is pretty damn good!
Some other 90’s bands/albums I still listen to that some people may have forgot: Stabbing Westward (Wither Blister Burn + Peel), Rollins Band (End of Silence), Faith No More (King for a Day), Afghan Whigs (Gentlemen), The Verve (Urban Hymns), and Nada Surf (High/Low).
Monster Magnet - "Dopes to Infinity" is one of the greatest 90's album ever!
Catherine Wheel-Chrome
Built to Spill-Keep it Like a Secret
Old 97’s-Too Far to Care
Luna-Bewitched
Bad Religion-Stranger than Fiction
Social Distortion-Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
Pixies-Bossanova
Keep it like a secret is the bomb
If you like those, give Neutral Milk Hotel or Hum a listen too (sorry if you know them already!)
Perfect from now on is game changing!
@@elsewherehouse indeed it is. Tbh there isn’t one blemish in their discography. Dugs the best. My favorite band easily
@@elsewherehouse Choosing between Perfect from now on and Keep it Like a Secret is like choosing between The Cult’s Love and Electric.
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
I have a soft spot for the Mental Jewelry album by Live. This album often gets overshadowed by their more successful record, Throwing Copper, which is also excellent. The earlier demo that they recorded as "Public Affection" was pretty good too, unfortunately it's only available on cassette tape, as far as I know.
One of my favorite albums still to this day!
Delighted to see you include PJ Harvey’s Dry. Recorded in Yeovil in the UK and where I grew up up - saw her pay as part of Automatic Dlamini at Yeovil College in 89/90. Glorious 🙌
I use to listen to a lot of Monster Magnet, Helmet, and Down. Sonic Youth and Fugazi should be in your list. I also have love Battery cds seen them live back in the day. Great Video!
Bailterspace from New Zealand ❤ One of many amazing bands from NZ
2:41 Bardo Pond, love them. Missed in the 90s. Sounds like Mazzy Star meets Jesus & Mary Chain. Thanks Dillon!
Shudder to Think’s Pony Express Record is always at the top of my list of underrated 90s records
Saw them for that tour- Brainiac opened for them, Shudder to think were really good.
Agreed. Same with Lungfish....all of their albums.
No history of 90’s grunge is complete without Mother Love Bone - Apple
The posies….Frosting on the beater.
Great 90’s indie rock
Criminally underrated.
I was going to say the same thing.
Thanks for the suggestions! I’m taking notes for when I go out hunting for vinyl 😊
As a teen in the 90s one I always loved was Handsome. They were sort of a mix of members of Helmet and Quicksand (also could be on your list). Handsome had really accessible catchy tracks that I still come back to.
That album is incredible, still sounds so fresh today
👍This is still one of my favourites.
Beginning to end, it is an absolute gem.
I rediscovered Quicksand recently and can't get enough of their albums Slip. I loved it at the time and if anything enjoy it even more now. It was great for being an angry teenager, and now it's perfect for running.
Great list. Love that you included Paw and Jon Spencer. Some of my favourite 90's albums
Great call out on PJ Harvey. She gets overlooked alot. Love her stuff. A few not so uncommon but I like are Portishead, Barkmarket, Butthole Surfers, Tragic Mulatto, I am Spoonbender and anything involving Jay Munly ( solo or with Slim Cessna Auto Club ) . Just found your channel and enjoying the back catalog of videos. Keep up the good work
Great episode! Gonna check a few of these out! Love that Veruca Salt album. Do you have The Gits - Frenching The Bully in your collection?
Amazing to see you show PAW! Band from my college town that i had the fortune of seeing live many timesand watching them grow. I agree with everything you said about them.
Grant used to come in to the restaurant I managed on Mass street, and I was lucky enough to see the reunion show at the Bottleneck
@@patrickthompson990 Man, I used to love this album and did not know of anyone else in to it during the 90s. So cool to read both of you and @prossart35 talk about them!
Awesome to see Love Battery mentioned. Was a favorite of my friends and I growing up. Got to see them on the Far Gone tour and hung out with them afterwards. I looked for years for an original Dayglo and tracked one down with my friend a few years back at a tourist record store at the beach of all places but gave it to my friend who’s a huge fan. Finally managed to snag an OG for myself last year and grabbed the reissue on pink. Such an incredible album.
Great list and very cool records!
I saw Daniel Johnston in concert many many years ago, and he was great. It’s a sentimental memory for me now because the person I attended it with has since passed away, so I can’t help but think of my friend when I listen to Daniel Johnston, and it brings me great joy to think of her.
And yes, more people need Paw Dragline in their life!
Super cool stuff as always. Giving out so much homework!
So glad you mentioned the Mazzy Star record. I’d heard and loved “fade into you”, but that was the only song I ever really heard. Might’ve dipped in once or twice on spotify and nothing really grabbed me. This album has some twang to it and a Neko Case vibe. Love it.
Laughing Stock by Talk Talk is what first came to mind for me. Such a beautiful album that should really be talked about more
Somehow missed this back in the day. Unbelievable it was never more popular. Massive album! The two albums before it are also excellent.
Love your list! Great recommendations. I would add The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies self-titled record to this list. Amazing 90's southern rock from start to finish. Also, in the blues category, Little Jimmy King, "Something Inside Me" has got to be one of my favorite records of the 90's. Keep up the great work!
Very cool to see the Wheelies get mentioned. They're as good as it gets.
Jay from France here.
Great video, man ! Usually in this kind of videos, it always end up with the same albums.
I only know half of those you selected, which is a surprise. And these records beins great, I can only suppose that the others are great as well, so i'm gonna have a try right now !
Thanks for these suggestions !
Thanks for the recommendations!
Was hoping to see August and Everything After :)
It’s hard to call Duster underrated now since there’s been such a big re-appreciation of Stratosphere recently, but for the longest time it was such an underrated record. Brothas Doobie by Funkdoobiest is one of my other favourite 90s records that I don’t think gets enough love
The 90s were such a plentiful time for music. It was hard to listen to everything. Great content. Thanks
Thanks for the new ones and reminders.
As per usual, your choices reflect that of a true music obsessive - actually got amped up seeing some of your picks! Every time I watch your channel I pick up on something obscure and AWESOME! We'd never fight over the stereo selections.......NEVER! Zep is my holy Grail of music as well! "Great Minds......
Cheers for shouting out Down- Nola. Amazing UNDERATED album!
Nola is one of the best albums ever made!
Killer Album!!
Not underrated. Just not well known.
Holy cow! I thought I was the only one who remembered Paw! Failure's Fantastic Planet was released on vinyl a year or two ago and I missed it; hoping to own that grail one day.
Everclear's Sparkle and Fade practically gave me a mantra for the late 90s: "Don't fall down now, you will never give up".
Sunny Day Real Estate's Diary also reshaped emo.
I Mother Earth-Dig
Fantastic debut album
HELLO, DAVE!
Saw them live it was awesome.
Great picks!
There are some i haven't heard so im going to check them out.
Bardo Pond Lapsed is an amazing record. Was huge for me when I heard it in HS
Toad the wet sprocket and monster magnet...those albums bring me back to high-school...awesome video thanks
White Zombie's La Sexorcisto was a heavy rotation back then for me, along with early Clutch stuff, and the mighty Fudge Tunnel!! I saw L7 play at a small club around 95 or 96 and that was a blast. Still have the T shirt i cant wear to work lol. And cont forget the first QOTSA album probably have listened to that a million times. Cheers.
Yes... he totally missed the opportunity to highlight "Clutch" and the current limited release of "Transnational Speedway," which was never released on vinyl.
hey from brazil!! great selection!!! huge admirer of 90´s alt rock. thanxxxxxxxxxxx
Some excellent choices here Dillon, great to see the shout outs to Bailterspace, Bardo Pond, and Daniel Johnston. And R.I.P. Dexter “Dex” Romweber of the Flat Duo Jets (June 18, 1966 - February 16, 2024)
I'm glad to be living now because we don't miss out on anything and can go back to 100 years of music!
Fudge Tunnel. Some people prefer Creep Diets but I'm a 'The Complicated Futility Of Ignorance' guy.
Sugar's 'Copper Blue' is great and the band Luxurious Bags's 'Frayed Knots' is a stratospheric low-fi classic I will never get tired of. It's such a slacker sounding album, it almost makes J. Mascis seem hyperactive and every song manages to sound different, yet with a character of its own but, at the same time, they all belong together on the same album as it is a very cohesive whole.
At first, when you put it on, you may think 'what's the big deal' but with a little patience, the magic is revealed. I think it was 'Frayed Knots' that came with a statement in the liner notes (or a sticker) that said 'best heard through under-pillow speakers', ha.
Love some of your pic there - also love that you found that first press copy of NOLA - amazing album.
Oh yeah, amazing one! Thanks for watching! 🙏
Beautiful smile, always a pleasure watching. Your happiness is contagious. Thank you
I used to listen to Helmet - Meantime, Paw - Dragline, and L7 - Hungry for Stink A LOT. Haven't thought about those albums in a long time. I think I'll pull them out and give them another listen!
So many great records here! Nice to see Paw mentioned, I saw them with Monster Magnet and Kill Whitey at Lounge Ax here in Chicago in ‘97 and it just about blew the doors off the place
Interesting list -- once again, you presented some stuff that I'd never heard of and will check out.
Just a couple that I can think that I would add to your list is The Olivia Tremor Control -- Music From the Unrealized Film Script: "Dusk at Cubist Castle" (1995). Also, their second one, Black Foliage: Animation Music which was released in 1999.
Also, Bevis Frond - New River Head.
Super interesting watch buddy..!! Instant subscription..!! That Nola album is an absolute monster
Sebadoh III is the lo-fi White Album. To this day a masterpiece and my favourite album.
Good taste!!!
GBV and Pavement get more attention as the lo-fi kings, but a full sit down with III should make anyone reconsider that…
I'm 54. I caught Monster Magnet opening for Soundgarden on the Badmotorfinger tour back in 1992, and picked up the Superjudge CD shortly thereafter. Unlike most people who got into Television due to their first album Marquee Moon, my in-road was on that self-titled you featured. I have a lot of what you featured as well as a lot of 2nd / 3rd tier grunge because I was picking up everything in the era, however, Paw - Dragline (1993) is a new one for me to check out. Thanks!
Some Bangers in here - always loved mazzy starr but never heard anything past 'Fade into you' until you jogged my memory. Great recommendations, lots there that i'd never heard of over here in the UK.
Glad PJ Harvey got a mention, such an amazing back catalogue.
This Daniel Johnston record is amazing. Thank you for the recommendation. Has a very demo tape Violent Femmes feel to it. Just incredible.
Thanks for this! Will check a lot of them out
Good to see toad the wet sprocket get some love. Saw them in concert many times back in the day. Got to meet them a few times. They’re a good bunch of guys. Pale is a great album. Another great band from the 90s nobody talks about is Dada. The albums Puzzle and American Highway Flower are two my favorites. Also the band Morphine, their album Yes came out in 1995, is one of my all-time favorite records.
I love them. Dulcinea and Coil are my favorite albums of them.
Well, I'll agree with you on PJ Harvey's _Dry._
fantastic choices dillon... each and every one is a gem.
one id like to add is THE GOD MACHINE- one last laugh in a place of dying (1994 fiction) a monster of a record which everyone has forgotten about today.
another one is CRUNT (1992 trace syndicate) members of babes in toyland, jon spencer blues explosion and lubricated goat being as cool as hell!
the GOD MACHINE Scenes from the Second Storey just might be the best CD first to last track - amazing
Another really really Goode one..thank you..!!
Loved your pick of PAW. I always loved them. Hugely underrated.
Miss daniel.! Good albums man! Pod and Meantime were always regular listens for me💥
Great episode! Love that some British records were in there but having grown up with British 90’s indie music it’s odd to hear that PJ Harvey, Ride and Mazzy Star might be seen as underrated 😉 But if someone discovers great music this way everyone’s a winner! Other must listens from the 90s are Swervedriver’s Raise and the follow up Mezcal Head.
Agreed! Nowhere by Ride is an all time favourite of mine, and good first pressings seem to have shot up in value. I've got Raise (I bought it in HMV for about a fiver, and played it again just this week). Another band that seem to me to be slightly less well known over here than Ride (but are well worth checking out for those not familiar) are Curve. I'd recommend Doppelganger, it'd fit in with this list.
Hey man, great forgotten lineups. I just want to add in a band called Season To Risk. They were freakin killer. I was thrilled when you pulled out the paw dragline album. I still have that CD from way back. My sister used to work at the college radio station at Louisiana Tech back in the 90's and she gave it to me.
So many great selections! I'm tempted to look up the Jackyl song, just for the chainsaw solo. I've heard it before, but I was probably 18. Are you familiar with Alice Donut? They have a song with a hair dryer solo, Thanks, Dillon for your assistance in crate digging.
Hello sir, you just randomly popped up on my feed and I'm glad you did. Had 18 out of 20 of these so I guess I'm biased for saying great list. :) Wanted to throw a few more out there that wouldn't feel out of place in your list. Frogpond count to ten; Quicksand Slip; and Super junky Monkey Parasitic people. You can find them all on youtube for anyone interested.
Some stuff I never heard of in there! I’ve always been a little wary of 90’s rock vinyl because of quality. Are these recommendations good sounding on vinyl (or might CD be better)?
Great video as usual... Bailter Space was essentially reconstituted version of The Gordons, seminal early '80s noise rock band... There is a LOT of great '90s rock that has largely been forgotten, you could do 10 more sets of 20 easy
Long Arm of Coincidence by Jessamine from 1996 on Kranky is a 90’s gem. A mix of Krautrock, shoegaze, drone, space-rock, and experimental electronica. They collaborated with people like Sonic Boom from Spacemen 3 as well. Lead singer and Dawn Smithson has a great voice which works imcredubly well with this music. I guess can mention that she sang on one of my songs called 1000 Year Vacation in the band Sleepyard as well with Mike Garson playing piano on the track.
Love that you had Paw on there. I definitely think they got slept on. Down’s first album was incredible, not just for Phil’s vocals, but they were a super group, guitarists from C.O?C. And Crowbar, drummer from Eyehategod, and Pantera’s bassist. I feel like Blind Melon’s second and third albums could definitely be on there as well. Lots of others. Love the video
Awesome list! One of my favorite 90's albums that I still listen to pretty often is by a band called Dig. The album is also called Dig and their radio hit was called Believe, but the whole album rocks. Screaming Trees is another one still on rotation for me.
Yes! I love both bands. Good stuff!
I think that _Fantastic Planet_ by Failure is an overlooked 90's gem.
Saw Bardo Pond live a few times back then. Dense intense loud wall of sound. They're still going!
I love the fact that i was working in college radio in the Southeast in the 90s - and id say ive heard about no more than HALF of these. That was the best thing about music at this time - you could listen to something 24/7 in one city, then go to another town and hear a COMPLETELY different playlist in the college scene there.
Mike Campbell (guitarist with Tom Petty) has a fantastic surf-rock project called The Blue Stingrays, their album that came out in ‘97 and it’s called the Surf - N - Burn. It had this great fictional story about how it was this long lost album, and no one knew who the band was, etc. Epitaph records put it out, calling themselves Epitone to keep the mystery. Check out the song Brave New World. Anyone who is a fan of Mike Campbell/Tom Petty or surf rock should like it.
Lots of great recommendations in the video and the comments. To add my own: EDC by Satchel. Came out around 93-4 and I still listen to it today.
A couple of underrated classics from here in Ireland to add to the many recommendations in the comments... Horsedrawn Wishes by Rollerskate Skinny - psychedelic layers of driving guitars and weird effects with druggy but very evocative lyrics, it'll steamroll your senses. And Heartworm by Whipping Boy - tight, hard, bruising, supremely melodic indie rock, with confessional lyrics that will often leave you floored. Top video this, great selection, thanks!
Great selection . I saw Veruca Salt live at the Power Sration concert venue in Auckland New Zealand circa 1997
Thank you, those are some interesting suggestions.
Kind of surprised to see down (nola) on the list, didn't know it was underrated. I remember when it came out, everyone who was into pantera, or coc was hooked on it.
Some great albums there: Paw, Toad…, Ride, L7, Veruca Salt, Mazzy Star, Love Battery, The Breeders. And several I’ve never heard of but will now check out. Thanks for the recommendations!
Very solid list man!
What I would add:
Kyuss - Blues for a Red Sun
Live - Mental Jewelry
Kings X - Dogman
Living Colour - Time's up
Expanding Man - Head to the Ground
COC - Deliverance
And the Judgment Night soundtrack
All great records people do not talk about these days
Having also grown up in the 90's, i really loved this video. A few of my favs that werent mentioned are Thrush Hermit - Clayton Park, Treble Charger - Maybe Its Me, Spin Doctors - Pocket Full Of Kryptonite, SNFU - Something Green and Leafy This Way Comes, Dayglo Abortions - Little Man In The Canoe. Some good canadian stuff for you here
Dude…childhood memories…60% of your list were some of my favourite records, still some nice discoveries I didn’t know (PAW). Here’s one for you…Haystack - Slave me. Or Barkmarket - L Ron. Thanks for sharing this. The Nineties were the best.
Daniel Johnston if you get it you get it. If you don’t then you will think it’s terrible. But an amazing song writer. No one wore their heart on their sleeve more than him.
Jon Spencer orange is a great effing album. Helmet meantime is top ten for me for sure
Superjudge is amazing, but dopes to infinity might even be better!
Great video, thanks! Great recommendations.
Im not sure if these fall into the underrated category but some of my favorites (outside the more obvious grunge/rock/metal 90s albums):
NOFX - Ribbed
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Bolt Thrower - For Victory & 4th Crusade
Immortal - At the heart of winter
I have been diving deep into the Shoegaze hole, groups like Ride and Slowdive are so cool but there is so much great new music coming out in this genre. I just found an OG of Pod. I had never heard or seen that Television album. I will have to check that out.
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque was the first underrated album that popped into my head.
Some absolute belters there Sir, bravo! How's about Kyuss "Blues For The Red Sun", Liquid Jesus "Pour In The Sky" and Hater, "Hater".
FINALLY some love for superjudge! Awesome album - everybody here should go crank Twin Earth & Face Down. Not to mention Hungry for Stink, Nowhere, and Meantime. Kudos!
The 90s were my 20s so I ended up listening to a lot of music. I have 75% of the albums you showed, but on CD. Many great albums there. Paw is definitely an album fans need to hear.
Love that Veruca Salt album, the single Seether was huge back in the day in Mtv. Limp Bizkit was here in Bogotá, Colombia in a festival and it was a huge success! I personally like Betty from Helmet more than Meantime, ir comes on a doble 10”lp. The Coverdale Page album is a good one. Hey Dillon, do you know if the Led Zep tribute album Encomium was ever released on vinyl? Cheers! JD
Not that I know of, I’ve never seen a vinyl copy
Failure - Fantastic Planet
Enjoyed the video!!
I kept waiting for this one, though technically not issued in vinyl until 2010. But still worthy of being on the list.
I LOVE that album