Wow at Erotica's high placement. Ouutside of a coupl;e gay-themed labums lists and Q citing it as one of 10 "Flawed Classics," this is its only all-time list appearance among AM-eligible features/lists.
40. Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted
39. De La Soul, De La Soul Is Dead
38. Hole, Live Through This
37. Depeche Mode, Violator
36. Erykah Badu, Baduizm
35. Weezer, Weezer
34. Primal Scream, Screamadelica
33. Dr. Dre, The Chronic
32. The Roots, Things Fall Apart
31. OutKast, Aquemini
30. Moby, Play
29. Björk, Debut
28. Madonna, Erotica
27. Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream
26. The Chemical Brothers, Dig Your Own Hole
25. PJ Harvey, Rid of Me
24. Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
23. The Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die
22. Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville
21. Radiohead, The Bends
Fiona Apple put all of her 90s record inside of the top 100 and after seeing Is This Desire, Dig Me Out and Dilate, you know this is not going to be your average 90s list.
Mariah Carey's and Sheryl Crow's chances were killed after they didn't make the top 75. I hope Harvey's To Bring You My Love make the list, it's being totally forgotten by music critics alike who are placing Rid of Me inside the lists instead. Bjork might have the #2 and #1 of the list, since the artist who has the former, topped it 2 years later. This list is totally not as rock influenced as other lists, so i'm not betting on seeing a lot of underrated alternative rock albums, only sure shots like Nirvana's Nevermind and In Utero, Radiohead's OK Computer, My Bloody Valentine's Loveless and R.E.M.'s Automatic. It's still a big question if Pearl Jam, Alanis Morissette and Oasis will make this list. I guess Dummy will possibly reach the top 10.
20. PJ Harvey, To Bring You My Love
19. Missy Elliott, Supa Dupa Fly
18. Fugees, The Score
17. Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
16. Daft Punk, Homework
15. A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory
14. Massive Attack, Blue Lines
13. Nas, Illmatic
12. Nirvana, In Utero
11. My Bloody Valentine, Loveless
10. DJ Shadow, Endtroducing...
9. Public Enemy, Fear of a Black Planet
8. Portishead, Dummy
7. Jeff Buckley, Grace
6. R.E.M., Automatic for the People
5. Beck, Odelay
4. Nirvana, Nevermind
3. Radiohead, OK Computer
2. Björk, Post
1. Björk, Homogenic
Together, these 20 acts account for 46% of the top 100. (if I missed any, let me know)
4 Albums
Beck
3 Albums
Bjork
Madonna
Nirvana
PJ Harvey
2 Albums
Tori Amos
Fiona Apple
Beastie Boys
The Chemical Brothers
Deee-Lite
Janet Jackson
Massive Attack
Outkast
Pavement
Portishead
Radiohead
R.E.M.
Smashing Pumpkins
A Tribe Called Quest
Weezer
94. Prince and the New Power Generation, Love Symbol Album
I hadn't seen this before. Hooray for Prince! Symbol is indeed a great album, and a good pick for a Prince 90s album. I'd go with The Gold Experience as his best of the 90s, but Symbol isn't far behind and it was a lot more popular, so it makes sense.