The number one album of every year of the 1990s, according to Billboard Year-End Pop charts, by album cover.

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naamingebruik@reddit

I saw Alanis live at a rock festival in my country in 1996

I forgot Hootie and the blowfish existed. So tonight will end up in a youtube or spotify rabbit hole

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doobette@reddit

This album is flawless from beginning to end. Not a single skippable track on it. It remains an all-time favorite to this day.

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doobette@reddit

Rhythm Nation 1814. I'm talking about the picture displayed in the post.

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epidemicsaints@reddit

Nuts that Ace of Base was #1. I was a huge fan but almost nobody I meet in real life knows the album tracks and only remember them as a one hit wonder.

Whole album is really unique for the time. A lot like Deee-Lite with a moody bent to it almost like New Order. Such an excellent, new, brave sound at the time unlike anything else and purely electronic without just being cheesy eurodance. I still listen to it regularly.

It was a real life self-made effort too. I don't know how many people truly appreciate what that was and how it happened. How many self-produced electronic bands have made it to #1 in the US? Probably nothing else.

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three-sense@reddit

I had classmates that would sing I Saw the Sign.... like EVERY day in fifth and sixth grade

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

Ace of Base is part of a direct musical lineage that stretches from ABBA to Britney Spears, thanks to a network of influential producers and songwriters, most notably Max Martin. Martin contributed to Ace of Base’s second album and later wrote Baby One More Time for Britney Spears—a song that not only launched her career but also reshaped pop music. Max Martin went on to become one of the most successful songwriters in music history, solidifying his place in this evolutionary chain of pop.

So while Ace of Base may not have stood the test of time, they played a pivotal role in the transition of music from the grunge and R&B-dominated era to the landscape we see today. Baby One More Time leaned more into pop with R&B and electronic influences, setting the stage for Britney’s later, more EDM-driven work. This groundwork helped pave the way for the genre-blending sound we now hear across all music, where electronic dance music elements have become central to nearly every genre.

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epidemicsaints@reddit

It's been really interesting in our lifetime seeing not only electronic music, but any element of it whatsoever, go from being so deeply stigmatized to absolutely ubiquitous.

I've always been an electronic fan, it's in my blood.

What's funny is your perspective here reminds me of a bit I read in Entertainment Weekly or something that DEEPLY offended and confused me at the time, I will never forget hearing these three put together... someone from MTV was quoted as saying they were moving away from grunge and rap to focus on electronic music like The Chemical Brothers, The Spice Girls, and Britney Spears. I was like WHAT???????? but looking back, you are so right. It was a huge shift and it started right at that moment.

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

I remember the kids I hung out with at the smoking section, with their puke green hair, chipped nails, and chipped teeth, clutching that Spice Girls album like it was gold. They were so obsessed, constantly talking about how they couldn’t stop listening to them. I somehow ended up with a copy without buying it—probably borrowed someone’s CD or tape—and felt nothing at first. But there was a shift, something primal, or maybe it was just the timing. Pop music’s natural rhythm was ready for something new.

Now, I’m a huge fan of early electronic music, with Moog and synths and artists experimenting with them and teaching the world how to use them before those artists became obsolete and we don’t even know who they are. It makes me think about the Black artists who invented rock ‘n’ roll and how they were robbed of credit. Hardly anyone knows who Sister Rosetta Tharpe is, and it just reminds me that ‘success’ often means you just screwed over the most people to get there.

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epidemicsaints@reddit

Puke green hair is sending me. My affection for the Spice Girls took hold when Spice World came out. I always thought they were a manufactured, auditioned product like a boy band but turns out it was more like Color Me Badd. They fought for it. I eventually gained a type of respect for the moment they created even tho I only like a few songs.

There is a music history Youtuber about ten years younger than us that is pretty great at what he does Todd In the Shadows... but he covered The Human League and talked about Dare like it was some half assed gimmicky low tech flash in the pan that was not worth listening to. It physically hurt me to hear. I get from today's perspective it might be an acquired taste for casual music listeners, but I was shocked he wasn't able to place its importance on sight.

Thanks for starting this thread btw, made my day.

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

Lol, it’s so true though! I don’t even know how they achieved those hair colors—everyone back then had a hair color mixologist. I knew this girl who in high school bleached her hair in the bathroom and sat through an entire class like that. Then she went back to the bathroom to wash it off, and somehow, her hair was totally fine! She was from Modesto, and I swear someone reading this will know who I’m talking about because she was kind of legendary in the Northern California punk scene.

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kahmeal@reddit

I just have to say that this conversation was a treat I did not expect. I didn't grow up with as intimate of a relationship with music, but your writing styles are an absolute pleasure and kept me reading regardless.

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Stormy261@reddit

I've always been eclectic when it comes to music. But there are a few songs that I adored, and few have ever heard of it that might fit in the "techo" genre. I've always been dissed for my musical choices, and it can suck. Not a Swiftie, but shake it off applies to all the haters. Again, I don't even know what genre they would technically fit in, but a few of my lesser known favorites are:

Castles in the sky Jump mfers Percolator (might not count) 20 fingers almost every song(also might not count)

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Old-Piece-3438@reddit

That was the first album I ever bought (I actually got the cassette, hopefully that still counts, so I could play it on my Walkman).

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

I listened to every song on that . Young and proud is still my jam lol. Wheel of fortune too.

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epidemicsaints@reddit

One of my favorite lines is in "Waiting for the Magic" when she sings "Kiss me baby, I'm attractive baby." Absolutely kills me. The voice saying the title of the song through a vocoder also sounds like "24 Virgins." You can't unhear it.

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

Lol... I'm snow-white sleeping in a coffin ...

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epidemicsaints@reddit

"I'm a turtle lying in a coffin" EXCUSE ME?

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traveleditLAX@reddit

It’s crazy that Alanis debuted with what feels like a greatest hits album.

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Shotgun_Kid@reddit

Oh we already knew her here in Canada.

Alanis - Too Hot

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three-sense@reddit

you oughta know

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HookersForJebus@reddit

That’s definitely a “turn it on and let it play through” kind of album.

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wonderfulworld2024@reddit

On that label. She had two other albums with a Canadian label before JLP.

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lwarzy@reddit

I really, REALLY miss movie soundtracks being a thing. Not these ones in particular, but they were like professional mixtapes that introduced me to so many artists I’d never heard of before. There are quite a few that left a lasting impact on my musical tastes and that I still go back and listen to fondly.

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bemoreoh@reddit

Until the End of the World was one of those great soundtracks I owned but never seen the movie. Same with Killing Fields, Replacements.

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

Remember the Now and Then and That Thing You Do soundtracks? A recent soundtrack that really curated amazing music was randomly the Cruella soundtrack.

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Sanchastayswoke@reddit

Omg That Thing You Do. AMAZING soundtrack!

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orangepaperlantern@reddit

I’ve heard songs from That Thing You Do in the grocery store - love it.

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iknowiknowwhereiam@reddit

Both Singles and The Crow had soundtracks that were top tier

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TheDracula666@reddit

Yeah I was going to say The Crow and also Takes from the Crypt: Demon Knight were two of my absolute favorites growing up. Oh also Judgement Night!

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Glasseyeroses@reddit

Dazed and Confused had an excellent soundtrack, too!

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blove135@reddit

I remember Forrest Gump had a good soundtrack. Introduced me to some good classic rock songs. Also remember a few people with the Pulp Fiction soundtrack

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Sanchastayswoke@reddit

Yess I loved the Forrest Gump soundtrack too!

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thagrrrl79@reddit

Both these tapes were on high rotation in my car, as well as various '70s rock compilations my friends and I had acquired from our parents.

1978 tan, four-door Plymouth Volare, all the windows down, 4-7 people in the car (could legally have six, so not toooo bad 🤣), music cranked both because "louder the better" but also because the only working speakers were in the back window so the only way anyone in the front seat could hear the music was if it was cranked up, all of us singing and laughing.

Fuck. The sheer amount of people in these memories only being memories now is making me choke up.

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rentreag@reddit

Absolutely love the Singles soundtrack, just listened to it a couple weeks ago.

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Opening_Success@reddit

Trainspotting as well. Born Slippy was my jam!

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Revolutionary-Wash88@reddit

Mortal Kombat, Beavis and Butthead Do America, Empire Records

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Sanchastayswoke@reddit

I loved the Sleepless in Seattle soundtrack, and Reality Bites. Reality Bites has this world party song that I’d kill for it to be on Spotify, but of course it isn’t. I could listen to it on repeat for hours!

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yoshilurker@reddit

Batman Forever started the long slog of awful post-Burton pre-Nolan Batman movies. But its soundtrack was fantastic and made Seal famous and gave Kiss from a Rose the exposure it needed to become a 90s classic. It also also had U2’s Hold Me Thrill Me Miss Me Kill Me.

What a weird time.

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Sanchastayswoke@reddit

I looved that U2 song

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Reasonable-HB678@reddit

Was that the first instance of a soundtrack of "music inspired by" a movie? Because I remember having the Men in Black soundtrack, other than the title track, I didn't recognize any song that was in the movie.

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

My sister and I would listen to that cd all day. Nobody lives without love was my favorite.

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TheBigBangClock@reddit

The Hackers soundtrack was so good it got a sequel even though the movie didn't.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

Compilations were the lifeblood of 90s music discovery. Best soundtrack of the 90s? This one

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MadDogTannen@reddit

I had the Angus soundtrack, DGC Rarities, and the Mallrats soundtrack because I wanted all the Weezer tracks. DGC Rarities was awesome because it also had Einstein on the Beach by Counting Crows.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

same! also got all the Blue and Pinkerton singles. I have a 90s alternative radio show and played "Devotion" in an episode a couple years ago.

DGC Rarities was revelatory for me, too. that dog become one of my favorite bands because of it

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MadDogTannen@reddit

I found That Dog through The Rentals who I obviously found through Weezer. I listened to Retreat From The Sun so much. Also, it's crazy that Maya Rudolph from SNL was actually in The Rentals.

Another band that I loved that would occasionally show up on these compilations was Belly. King and Star were in regular rotation for me.

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HighOnGoofballs@reddit

We just don’t need mixtapes to hear various artists now with streaming. Back then that was the only way to hear it all

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lwarzy@reddit

College radio was really great for this back in the day, but streaming services just don't do it for me. There's just something special about human curation that makes a playlist that much better IMO. There's a few folks on Spotify that I follow religiously just for their sets and playlists.

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Texas_Crazy_Curls@reddit

Agree 100%. Menace II Society, Friday, Garden State, The Commitments, Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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cuentaderedd@reddit

Oof just remembered how obsessed I was with the Garden State soundtrack

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CerberusC24@reddit

Queen of the Damned had a soundtrack that really defined my music taste at 13

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BobRoberts01@reddit

The Big Chill and Forrest Gump soundtracks were both nonstop great songs.

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Aggravating_Yam2501@reddit

There are a few more "modern" movie soundtracks that I absolutely adore.

-"O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" -All of the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtracks -"Thor: Love & Thunder" -"8 Mile" (kinda cheating, but whatever) -"Moulin Rouge!" -"The Prince of Eygpt" (no one can tell me otherwise)

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tjdux@reddit

Skateboarding movie "grind" I feel fits nice with these.

Also if you're adding prince of Egypt I would say "frozen" and more so "Moana"

And similar to 8 mile, the "sing" and "trolls" films also.

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happyhippy27@reddit

Lost highway soundtrack, amazing, the movie gave me vertigo not unlike Blair Witch ;)

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peritonlogon@reddit

My first tape was the GhostBusters soundtrack.

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Ricky_Rollin@reddit

Eight-year-old me had no idea what the Mortal Kombat soundtrack was going to do to me.

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Maanzacorian@reddit

Movie soundtracks and samplers from inside magazines were the two biggest gateways for music in my life.

the Mortal Kombat soundtrack is singlehandedly responsible for opening the door to extreme metal, where I've happily resided for the last 29 years. Lost Highway, Spawn, and Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight were also huge for me.

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yoshilurker@reddit

Batman Forever started the long slog of awful Batman movies but its soundtrack gave Kiss from a Rose the exposure it needed to become a 90s classic.

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Aggravating-Ad-4238@reddit

I agree with this. Some of my favorite albums are soundtracks - lots of known artists with some random songs you might never have heard on the radio but damn good.

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dreamyduskywing@reddit

A good reminder that people have awful taste.

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Sanchastayswoke@reddit

You’re so cool, with your special unique music taste. How does it feel to be so far above us, looking down? lol

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

Well, let’s unpack that. Pop music, by definition, is “popular” music, meaning it’s what most people choose to listen to and, back in the day, would go out and buy from record stores. However, when you consider that 50% of the population falls below average intelligence, you start to get a sense of the demographic we’re up against. The reasons people might like or listen to certain music could be as basic as, “everyone else is doing it.”

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DownVegasBlvd@reddit

LMAO, well said.

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v0t3p3dr0@reddit

Surprised to not see Nevermind or Dookie.

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Sanchastayswoke@reddit

Idk…my girlfriend and I WORE out her Dookie tape. And also Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream.

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quarterman5050@reddit

Nirvana and Green Day were more popular with a younger demographic that was into grunge/pop-punk and didn't have as much universal appeal.

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sweat-it-all-out@reddit

Janet's Rhythm Nation came out in 1989 but she released 8 singles which is unheard of today.

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What_the_8@reddit

Any idea what the 1814 number is about?

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Sanchastayswoke@reddit

R is the 18th letter of the alphabet. N is the 14th

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Soj_Sojington@reddit

Also R is the 18th letter in the alphabet, N the 14th.

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missklopek@reddit

I remember her saying in an interview back in the day, that’s what it stood for and nothing deeper.

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sweat-it-all-out@reddit

The year the Star-Spangled Banner was written. It was a concept album with an opening pledge of sorts....

"We are a nation with no geographic boundaries, bound together through our beliefs. We are like-minded individuals, sharing a common vision, pushing toward a world rid of color-lines."

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BatFancy321go@reddit

a nation of people connected through music, dance, and creativity

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What_the_8@reddit

Thanks!

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Mudcreek47@reddit

I remember knowing back in the day but I've long since forgotten now.

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Deep-Interest9947@reddit

The first CD I bought. Had so many great songs!

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Sanchastayswoke@reddit

It is such a good album!

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HighOnGoofballs@reddit

There was a post recently about the number one songs throughout some year around this time (89) and what struck me most was how there were like 47 different number one songs. Milli vanilli had three in three months or so

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HotTubSexVirgin22@reddit

Wikipedia says it was 7 singles, but I'm not here to correct as much as I am to say that 7 of the singles on that 14-song album made it to Top 5 on the charts.

The only other person to come close was her brother Michael. 7 of the singles off of Thriller (an album that only has 9 songs) made it to the Top 10, but didn't all make it in the top 5...

Unbelievable.

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ScreenTricky4257@reddit

Those singles were only a part of the Rhythm Nation.

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

And No doubt had seven singles off of Tragic Kingdom. Actually, Chappell Roan has that same number and her album came out in August 2023 and nobody heard any of it until probably March of this year. But I can’t think of anyone else in recent history to do that.

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

And not all of Chappell Roan singles are off of Pink Pony Club

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Colossus-of-Roads@reddit

I kept thinking these all seemed a year behind but it makes sense, peak album sales lag the release.

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honeybadger1984@reddit

Where are the bodies, Garth?

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red286@reddit

I was watching a video just a couple of days ago that was counting down the number 1 song of each month of the 90s.

Got about 3 minutes in and I was like "I don't recall there being this much techno on the charts in the 90s..." and then a couple minutes later I realized it was based on European charts.

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Darth-Hipster@reddit

Those last three 🫤

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ailish@reddit

All the great music out of the 90s and this is what was considered number 1?

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Ohbilly902@reddit

Jagged little pill is a great album

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minkrogers@reddit

I was listening to this today! Certain songs give me nostalgia bumps.

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Resident-Device-2814@reddit

I own a copy of every one of those albums on CD. Many of them probably came from Columbia House.

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Resident-Device-2814@reddit

So also I mass accumulated CD's in the 90's not just from Columbia House / BMG, but also two other ways:

Two different times during high school, I worked for a local pawn shop. Got paid like $5 or $6 an hour under the table. The owner would pawn or buy CD's from people that weren't scratched for $1 each, then tried to sell them for a couple bucks more beyond that. The problem is that it was mostly older stuff, you didn't get a lot of folks trying to pawn new releases or anything, so they hardly ever sold. Folks at that time just weren't headed to this pawn shop for their CD shopping. So the owner made a deal with me that he'd either pay me cash or 5 CD's per hour worked. So like the first paycheck where he made that offer he basically paid me out in CD's. But after that everything he had was stuff I wasn't into, so maybe once a month or so I'd take that offer for one or maybe two hours of work.

I also worked for a small hyper regional CD store about a year after high school graduation when I moved home because my dad was dying. The owners there would let you accumulate a stack behind the counter of CD's and they sold both new and used. New CD's we could buy at their cost, and used for like $1 or $2 each. So at any given time I had a stack of 10-20 CD's behind the counter and they'd usually just cash my paycheck out and I'd take a portion of that stack plus what I needed for gas and smokes for the week, since that's really all I needed the money for.

But then I got married in '98 and had a kid in '99, and disposable income went kaput, so my CD buying tendencies dropped significantly. But I still have many many Case Logic binders full of alphabetized albums separated by genre. At one time I had every one of them ripped in a lossless format on an external HDD, but about 9 years ago right after finishing up a party playlist with a buddy the drive got dropped and ruined. Nowdays computers don't seem to come with optical drives standard, and I bought one but haven't taken the time or effort to re-rip everything becuase it's basically all on Apple Music or Spotify so why bother? The CD's are just relics and nostalgia at this point.

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HomsarWasRight@reddit

Oh man, if you used it right Columbia House felt like you were getting off like a bandit.

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Resident-Device-2814@reddit

I never paid them beyond the penny, so I figure I did it correctly!

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kheinrychk@reddit

I was a Hootie guy, can’t lie.

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ShortBrownAndUgly@reddit

I used to think something might be wrong with me because I could not get into this band and everyone else seemed to love it. Dave Matthew’s too

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HookersForJebus@reddit

Never been a Dave fun. I like Hootie though

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BobRoberts01@reddit

I prefer The Blowfish myself.

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HomsarWasRight@reddit

We all were, man. We all were.

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joshhupp@reddit

That album was chock full of bops...then they really fell down on their next release

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King_of_Lunch223@reddit

I am a Hootie guy...

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kapitaalH@reddit

If it is true that you can't lie, tell me your thoughts on big butts

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kheinrychk@reddit

Can’t trust a big butt and a smile

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Electrical-Can6645@reddit

I like the red album with Nasty Boys best. ❤️

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BatFancy321go@reddit

this the second pop album ("cool music" as opposed to kid music or mom music) I owned after Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl and the first one i bought with my own money. My brother and I bought the casette together with birthday money (I think he had a paper route? we were so little) and since he paid a little more, I got the copied casette.

It has been 35 years since that day and I still can't spell caset casette cassett casete

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mallarme1@reddit

Makes you realize just how long rock has been declining as popular music.

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honeybadgergrrl@reddit

That Garth Brooks album got me through some shit growing up. There is not a bad song on it. It's an absolute classic, even if you're not a country fan.

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waywardviking208@reddit

Ace of bass is decent house cleaning music

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

That Mariah cassette was my favorite. As well as ace of base, backstreet boys, spice girls, the titanic soundtrack lol.

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

I never had the Janet album but I still listen to black cat and love will never do without you often

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HicJacetMelilla@reddit

What’s also amazing is that her music videos were so well done and well loved, that I can’t read these song names without flashing back to scenes from these videos and their immaculate respective vibes.

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

If was a good one and her outfit. I miss the 90s for real. 'Again' as well.

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Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit

The Diversity! Now everything is either Taylor/Billie, Trap, or EDM 🥱

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Coyotesamigo@reddit

I hated all of this music in the 90s and I still hate it

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LeopardDue1112@reddit

Yup, pop still ruled the charts, even during the grunge era. There was no escaping artists like Whitney, Mariah, or Garth Brooks.

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OctoWings13@reddit

For all the amazing music and artists of the 90's, the grunge era...what a pile of absolute shit bag of number 1 albums lol

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UTALR1@reddit

Yeah, 80's music was better.

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Zealousideal_Sir_264@reddit

Rhythm Nation is an industrial record and you can't convince me otherwise.

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Holmes221bBSt@reddit

Wow. Memories unlocked. I still love Rhythm Nation. Such a fun song

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Autumn_Forest_Mist@reddit

Rhythm Nation was EVERYWHERE!

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pinkstrawberrycandy@reddit

I had all of these except Garth Brooks

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BBallsagna@reddit

I don’t remember anything about the Garth Brooks record. Maybe it’s because I am from the New York City area and country wasn’t very big. But I remember vividly all the others

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LilMoWithTheGimpyLeg@reddit

Isn't there a theory it's due to Wal-Mart? Like, they didn't stock anything with bad words, so it was mostly country. And what with so many people shopping at Wal-Mart, that why country was in the charts so much.

Or something like that. Probably a load of bullshit, but everyone loves a good conspiracy.

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dreamyduskywing@reddit

New York City?! Get a rope…

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cheerful_cynic@reddit

Literally every time I say "New York City" in my head, it's in the precise drawl of this cowboy

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NightCheeseNinja@reddit

Just like country music is apparently having a comeback right now, Garth Brooks made it main stream around '93-'94 especially in the midwest. It was almost whiplash going from #1 on Top 40 being country to #1 being Gangsta's Paradise. These days it seems to be a rap/country combo that's popular.

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

Nice I moved from New York City after 20 years four years ago. I grew up in northern California and I do remember that album but mainly the cover and specifically the shirt he’s wearing. Which I guess speaks to the power and importance of visuals.

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Cyddakeed@reddit

I was born in 98 and don't belong here but I will say this album is an absolute slapper

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metrorhymes@reddit

This is a great example of how average people have the shittiest taste in music.

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FickleHoney2622@reddit

did she ever disclose what the reference to 1814 was?

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pilates_mama@reddit

Janet, Mariah and Alanis. Love to see that.

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yourlocal90skid@reddit

I mean, Whitney was no slouch either 😂

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pilates_mama@reddit

Agreed!

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MasChingonNoHay@reddit

That’s some terrible music

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Anonymous_person13@reddit

One of the first albums I bought.

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Any-Opposite-5117@reddit

But my bros, Ace of Base is a Nazi band, probably named after a Nazi stronghold. This can't change their sales history but seems like we should probably deal with that.

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

I'm pretty sure this has been debunked? The rumor was it was the girls' brother,,not the whole band.

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Any-Opposite-5117@reddit

Not quite either. One of the founder's side project was an aggressively racist punk band. It's true that 1 in 4 doesn't make them all Nazis, but it makes them all people who are comfortable working with a committed Nazi.

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

It’s very unsettling the way Nazis impacted American popular culture and science.

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Any-Opposite-5117@reddit

Yeah, it really is. When you get the scope of Paperclip and the vast talent, material and funding upgrades the postwar era gave our tame Nazis you realize that it seems like that very small, specific group reaped the benefits of winning the war. Modern information theory, aerospace, digital computing, behavioral and genetic science, post classical mathematics, quantum science, communications and more were perfected by Paperclip Nazis.

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

I even saw somewhere that the tile mural inside the castle in Disney World was made by a Nazi.

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_shaftpunk@reddit

That’s a lot of stuff I hated.

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bamalama@reddit

I see nirvana T-shirts all the time, but I never see any of the above.

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

I literally just saw a millennium tshirt yesterday lol. But most band t-shirts are alternative or rock, not pop.

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LiteNite9@reddit

I remember people getting pissed about the shirts because they couldn't find them anymore until after Kurt was gone.

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happyhippy27@reddit

This is a sad representation of 90s music, minus rhythm nation of course

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remoteworker9@reddit

I only had Alanis’ album out of all of these.

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ScreenTricky4257@reddit

What's Whitney Houston's favorite kind of coordination?

HAND-EYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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Clevergirlphysicist@reddit

I got all 10 for a penny 😆

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StaceyPfan@reddit

I only had 3 of them.

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rman18@reddit

It got worse and worse as the years went on

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GM_Nate@reddit

What are you talking about, my favorites were at the end.

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StaceyPfan@reddit

pOp iS tRaSh

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

Yeah, there are different ways to measure the number one album of a year. I went with this one since it has its own Wikipedia page but you can check out some other lists that make you feel a little bit better about the 90s lol

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Spectre_Mountain@reddit

Titanic is clearly the best one of these options.

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Fit-Accountant-157@reddit

Omg so many good memories attached to almost all these albums lol 🥰

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OllieFromCairo@reddit

Rhythm nation will cause certain (now very ancient) Dell laptops to crash because the low E is pitched up slightly to the resonant frequency of the drive.

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ModBabboo@reddit

It's weird to think of a soundtrack sweeping the collective consciousness these days but you COULD NOT escape the Bodyguard soundtrack. It was a typhoon.

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yoshilurker@reddit

I bet Kevin Costner listens to that song all the time.

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

That I will always love you came on the radio the other day and it paralyzed me with nostalgia and sadness

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Outside_Wrongdoer340@reddit

This was my first concert. I recently found a vintage Rhythm Nation t-shirt at a flea market and it was $300. Not spending that on a shirt but would have loved to have it.

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BrontosaurusB@reddit

I still play Alanis and Ace of Base.

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RedditGotSoulDoubt@reddit

Crazy that none of it is the rock music I liked. I guess more adults were buying Garth Brooks and not Nirvana.

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BoringExperience5345@reddit (OP)

Yeah, this might not be the ‘coolest’ list—we could all come up with our own version and probably agree it’s ‘better.’ But it’s still interesting to remember the less glamorous parts of living in the 90s, like the Gulf War and the whole ‘Proud To Be An American’ phase. I can’t help but associate Garth Brooks with that, even though he did a lot to evolve beyond it later.

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