"Save us, Cat Man!" (part 2)

[fallencathedral]

Okay, now we come to the conclusion of my little music project: the 90s and 00s. As I grew closer to the present day it became harder to use influence as a determining factor so popularity and personal preference become a little more useful. I suspect that if I were to redo the 00s five years from now my choices would be slightly different. But

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[her_whispers]

Violator - Depeche Mode - One of my all time favorites to this day

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[fallencathedral]

Violator actually isn't my favorite Depeche Mode album. I've always preferred Some Great Reward.

Metallica's black album has been a major point of contention for fans over the years but I think it was the album that saved metal.

I've always seen Wish by The Cure as the conclusion of a three album cycle that started with Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Disintegration. Put together they make a stellar series.

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was the first CD I ever owned and I even got it autographed.

Haunted is one of my favorite albums. It was a massive step forward from Hello

2006-Goldfrapp actually came up on the shortlist later for Seventh Tree. When it comes to Tool I really think their earlier albums were stronger.

All in all, it seems like we have very similar taste in music.

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[her_whispers]

i agree about tool, but it became harder and harder for me to find good albums as the years progressed. Undertow will probably always be my favorite album of theirs, having loved it long before Sober hit the airwaves and became "mainstream"

i purchased several cds when i first got a cd player. they were Pearl Jam's "ten," Nine Inch Nails "Pretty Hate Machine," Jane's Addiction's "Ritual," the cure's "Disintegration" and Pantera's "Cowboys" - All albums I'd had on tape already

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[fallencathedral]

When Metallica's black album came out metal had become outdated as the hyperrealism of grunge turned a spotlight on the ridiculousness of grown men with long, well groomed hair parading around in spandex. Metallica took a bold step forward by cutting their hair and producing a radio friendly album that didn't compromise the intensity or theatric of metal. In essence they managed to make metal real enough to compete with grunge. That's the main reason that they were one of the only metal bands to not only survive the arrival of grunge but thrive and find a new audience.

[momoneechan]

That's it--I'm buying you more LEGOs.

[jezebel_haddo]

The Fragile is a runner up to Baby One More Time?! Well, I never! Granted it's not Trenty's best work, but still... Then again you have the Ramones only earning a runner up, too. *can hear Joey's ghost crying*

[fallencathedral]

While I greatly preferred The Fragile to damn near anything that came out that year I had to factor in influence as well. Besides I gave Trent his due for Pretty Hate Machine in 1989. As for The Ramones, it was just their bad luck that Bowie released his greatest album of all time the same year.

[jezebel_haddo]

What about all the other Ramones albums?!

Um, okay. But Trenty deserved it for The Downward Spiral. Though I suppose Courtney Love was more influential... *gags*

[fallencathedral]

The Ramones first album was the best they put out.

As for The Downward Spiral, it really felt like more of a continuation of what he started on Pretty Hate Machine. It wouldn't be until The Fragile they he really began to grow as an artist. And don't knock Hole. Live Through This was a damn powerful post-punk album that was highly influential in evolving the riot grrl genre into something more commercially viable. Plus it influenced some of my favourite bands of the late 90s (like Jack Off Jill).