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    Posted: June 11 2023 at 05:31

I guess Grunge is the most significant of the 1990s Rock genres. 
 It's also one I'm quite fond of, and my favourite albums are:

1. Babes in Toyland - Fontanelle (1992)
2. Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
3. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (1991)
4. Alice in Chains - Dirt (1992)
5. Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)
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My list is boring...

Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Nevermind
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

In Utero and Dirt would be in my next 5 with Live Through This, Siamese Dream, and Bricks Are Heavy.
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Nirvana - Bleach
Melvins - Ozma (or Houdini or Stoner Witch)
Tad - 8-way Santa
Mudhoney - Piece of Cake
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy 
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I'm no expert at all. But I think these albums hold up excellently:

1. Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia (1991)
4. Alice in Chains - Dirt (1992)
3. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (1991)
4. Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
... and it really depends where you draw the line:
5. Sonic Youth -  Dirty (1992)
...as the NY "noise rock veterans" were kind of lumped into Grunge in the early 90's, along with Smashing Pumpkins (and a few more). A little like our Dutch, Belgian, French and Italian Canterbury Scene-bands:)
-alternatively I'll go for Babes in Toyland - Fontanelle (1992) too.
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Originally posted by mathman0806 mathman0806 wrote:

My list is boring...

Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Nevermind
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

In Utero and Dirt would be in my next 5 with Live Through This, Siamese Dream, and Bricks Are Heavy.

I wouldn't say so. Smile
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

..... - alternatively I'll go for Babes in Toyland - Fontanelle (1992) too.

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some hot stuff
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Despite loving Nirvana, I just about get a top 5 list together, and this has RYM's no. 1, 2, 3, and 5 plus the Neil Young album that they surprisingly tagged as grunge. Gotta avoid Soundgarden, they never did anything for me.

This is the list to beat when it comes to "boring"...
1 Nirvana - Nevermind
2 Nirvana - In Utero
3 Alice in Chains - Dirt
4 Pearl Jam - Ten
5 Neil Young - Mirror Ball

But still, 5 albums that I like, an honest list...
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Originally posted by mathman0806 mathman0806 wrote:

My list is boring...

Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Nevermind
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger



Replace Sweet Oblivion (don’t know it) with Plush (Stone Temple Pilots) and that’s my boring five!

Temple Of The Dog is an incredible album😎
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Grunge brought me back (at least partly) to rock music in the very early 90's, because I'd spent most of the late 80's into Jazz and JR/F, mainly because I destested most "rock" and the 80's production values. But I must say that Grunge never became a vein that I investigated deeply. I mainly skimmed the surface 

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Despite loving Nirvana, I just about get a top 5 list together, and this has RYM's no. 1, 2, 3, and 5 plus the Neil Young album that they surprisingly tagged as grunge. Gotta avoid Soundgarden, they never did anything for me.

This is the list to beat when it comes to "boring"...
1 Nirvana - Nevermind
2 Nirvana - In Utero
3 Alice in Chains - Dirt
4 Pearl Jam - Ten
5 Neil Young - Mirror Ball

But still, 5 albums that I like, an honest list...

2.5 out of five (I'd go for Ragged Glory rather than Mirror Ball) and the other two (three) would be in a top 15 Clap

I know they're not really tagged as Grunge, but close enough for me (West Coast bands), but RHCP's BSSM and RATM's debut rank right up there as  my top "grungy" releases.

Bubbling under would be Superunknown or Badmotorfinger, Dirt, Mad Season, Vitalogy, In Utero, Mirror Ball, etc...


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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Grunge brought me back (at least partly) to rock music in the very early 90's, because I'd spent most of the late 80's into Jazz and JR/F, mainly because I destested most "rock" and the 80's production values. But I must say that Grunge never became a vein that I investigated deeply. I mainly skimmed the surface 

In my case, Grunge didn't say me much in the '90s and actually, I didn't get into it before the mid-2010s when I had become more fond of Metal, and maybe Punk too.
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All I can manage

Rush - Test For Echo
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Nevermind

almost tempted to put in King Crimson - Red to make a 5 but I guess I'm inviting enough controversy by including Rush as it is!
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

All I can manage

Rush - Test For Echo
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Nevermind

almost tempted to put in King Crimson - Red to make a 5 but I guess I'm inviting enough controversy by including Rush as it is!

Test for Echo is not grunge. Confused
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Alice in Chains - Dirt
Soundgarden - Superunknown
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
Nirvana - In Utero
Local H - As Good as Dead 

Other excellent releases:

Hole - Live Through This
Alice in Chains - Facelift, s/t, Black Gives Way to Blue
Pearl Jam - Ten, Vs
Nirvana - Nevermind, Bleach
L7 - Hungry for Stink, Smell the Magic
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger, Louder Than Love, Down on the Upside
Stone Temple Pilots - Core, Purple
Mother Love Bone - Apple
Mad Season - Above
Temple of the Dog - s/t
7 Year Bitch - Viva Zapata!

Lots of great stuff to choose from Smile


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According to RYM, the album The Rite of Spring (2016) by the Chinese Jajatao is one of the most popular and high-rated 
in a grungy "new wave". Big smile
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

All I can manage

Rush - Test For Echo
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Nevermind

almost tempted to put in King Crimson - Red to make a 5 but I guess I'm inviting enough controversy by including Rush as it is!

Well, Test For Echo is probably closer to a grunge album than Counterparts. 
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