im just finding myself staying in this thread and hitting refresh every 2 seconds :uhoh: thanks alot nik :wacko:

^ haha i can't seem to refresh the page quick enough :stunned:

#34 should be a disappointment for many of you, too, i think...

 

#34 is often described as "the best album of 90s"

 

...

 

Don't make me slap you.

34. Nirvana - Nevermind

 

 

Year: 1991

 

RateYourMusic status: 4.08 (1991: #9 / all-time: #466)

 

3285 points

10 votes

highest rank: #3 - Areej, #8 - Rad-Cold

 

Nevermind is the seminal second studio album from the American rock band Nirvana. The band's major label debut' date=' it was released on September 24, 1991 by Geffen Records. Nevermind was a surprise success when it was released in the fall of 1991; by January of 1992 it had knocked superstar Michael Jackson's album Dangerous out of the top spot on the Billboard charts. Nevermind not only popularized the Seattle grunge movement, but brought alternative rock as a whole into the mainstream, establishing its commercial and cultural viability.[1'] It is one of the best selling albums of all time[2] and is consistently acclaimed as one of the greatest albums ever released.

 

Nevermind was never meant to change the world' date=' but you can never predict when the zeitgeist will hit, and Nirvana's second album turned out to be the place where alternative rock crashed into the mainstream. This wasn't entirely an accident, either, since Nirvana did sign with a major label, and they did release a record with a shiny surface, no matter how humongous the guitars sounded. And, yes, Nevermind is probably a little shinier than it should be, positively glistening with echo and fuzz-box distortion, especially when compared with the black-and-white murk of Bleach. This doesn't discount the record, since it's not only much harder than any mainstream rock of 1991, its character isn't on the surface, it's in the exhilaratingly raw music and haunting songs. Kurt Cobain's personal problems and subsequent suicide naturally deepens the dark undercurrents, but no matter how much anguish there is on Nevermind, it's bracing because he exorcises those demons through his evocative wordplay and mangled screams -- and because the band has a tremendous, unbridled power that transcends the pain, turning into pure catharsis. And, that's as key to the record's success as Cobain's songwriting, since Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl help turn this into music that is gripping, powerful, and even fun (and, really, there's no other way to characterize "Territorial Pissings" or the surging "Breed"). In retrospect, Nevermind may seem a little too unassuming for its mythic status -- it's simply a great modern punk record -- but even though it may no longer seem life-changing, it is certainly life-affirming, which may just be better.[/quote']

 

The Highlight

 

"Come As You Are"

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aNqAyIijj-Y

I knew it! awwwww

NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!

 

This is wrong!!

 

Ahhh!! I'm so fucking angry!! Nevermind 34!

to be Honest ; " Ten " by Pearl Jam is better than " Nevermind " thats what i think

Muwhahaha I'm glad Nirvana didn't make the top-20.

#34 is often described as "the best album of 90s"...

 

that's gave it away. it had to be nirvana, it's been described that way ever since i can remember.

Disappointing but not heartbreaking.

 

*Eases hand downwards*

Lera!!!!!

oh sigh.. it wasnt AFTP :D

Lera!!!!!

 

hahahahahahah

Lera!!!!!

 

Haha well look I'm sorry but I just don't get Nirvana. They're overrated, they're boring, they're all the same. That's what I think :tongue:

 

But I know many people love them so I don't usually speak my mind about them :p

33. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

 

 

Year: 2004

 

RateYourMusic status: 3.70 (2004: #156 / all-time: #4844)

 

3445 points

11 votes

highest rank: #8 - soufianemac2

 

Franz Ferdinand is the debut album by British indie rock band Franz Ferdinand' date=' released in early 2004. It debuted at number three on the UK album charts in February 2004 and contains three top ten singles in the UK in "Take Me Out", "This Fire" (on the download chart) and "The Dark of the Matinée" or "Matinée". Franz Ferdinand won the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. The album has since sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.[/quote']

 

Franz Ferdinand's album arrives packed not just with fizzing guitars' date=' disco-influenced drums and intriguing shifts in tempo, but also memorable songs, laden with hooklines and startling riffs.[/quote']

 

The Highlight

 

"Take Me Out"

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=x_9GR9kdZ3o

FF beats two '91 classics

 

discuss...

Seing FF thirty places higher than Either/Or is just wrong...

its sad. what is there more to say?

This is starting to be kind of annoying, I respect people who respect other people's type of music and the bands they listen to. This is supposed to be a countdown, not a "Lets Critisize Each Band and Piss Other People Who Enjoy That Band Off"

 

Anyways, I don't mean to insult you in any way at all Lera, you have amazing taste in music, but please keep the Nirvana critisizing to yourself.

:uhoh:

I never really understood the hype about Franz Ferdinand. I have that album and Take Me Out is the only really good song. The rest are a bit meh.

i'm not a huge fan of FF. thb i'm not a fan at all. it's not because i just don't like them but mainly because i haven't heard much from them. all i can say is i'm surprised they were made the list twice.

This is starting to be kind of annoying, I respect people who respect other people's type of music and the bands they listen to. This is supposed to be a countdown, not a "Lets Critisize Each Band and Piss Other People Who Enjoy That Band Off"

 

Anyways, I don't mean to insult you in any way at all Lera, you have amazing taste in music, but please keep the Nirvana critisizing to yourself.

 

Haha why? It's a free world and I can say whatever I want to until it's not a racist remark.

Nik....Don't Show " Hot Fuss " now lool

 

Wow. Franz Ferdinand ahead of The Beatles, Elliott Smith and Nirvana. Interesting to say the least.