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69 Love Songs
69 Love Songs is a 1999 triple album by The Magnetic Fields on Merge Records: 69 Stephin Merritt love songs across three CDs, about 2 hours 52 minutes, written in New York bars and critically acclaimed.
Are You Gonna Go My Way
Are You Gonna Go My Way: Lenny Kravitz's third studio album and its title track, released March 9, 1993 on Virgin Records. Recorded analog at Waterfront Studios, Hoboken; sold over four million copies, hit number 1 on Billboard Album Rock Tracks, and earned 1994 Grammy nominations.
August and Everything After
August and Everything After: Counting Crows' debut studio album, released September 14, 1993 on Geffen, produced by T Bone Burnett. Eleven folk-rock tracks incl. "Mr. Jones"; 7x Platinum in the US.
Automatic for the People
Automatic for the People is R.E.M.'s eighth studio album, released October 5, 1992 on Warner Bros. A quiet, mortality-themed record with John Paul Jones string arrangements, it sold 18 million copies and is regarded as the band's finest album.
Badmotorfinger
Badmotorfinger (1991) is Soundgarden's third album, released on A&M the same day as Nirvana's Nevermind. Produced by Terry Date, first with bassist Ben Shepherd, it sold over two million copies and was Grammy-nominated for Best Metal Performance.
Before These Crowded Streets
Before These Crowded Streets is the third studio album by the Dave Matthews Band, released in 1998, produced by Steve Lillywhite, and considered the band's most experimental album.
Bossanova (Pixies album)
Bossanova (Pixies album): third studio album by Pixies, released August 13, 1990 on 4AD; surf rock and space rock sound with alien and UFO themes; mixed reviews, later reissued with unreleased tracks.
Celebrity Skin
Celebrity Skin is Hole's third studio album (DGC, September 8, 1998), produced by Michael Beinhorn with Billy Corgan co-writing five tracks; it debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, went Platinum, and earned four Grammy nominations.
Chocolate and Cheese
Chocolate and Cheese: fourth album by Ween (Aaron Freeman, Mickey Melchiondo), released September 27, 1994 on Elektra; 16 tracks, first professional-studio Ween record, with 2024 30th-anniversary deluxe reissue.
Congratulations I'm Sorry
Congratulations I'm Sorry is the Gin Blossoms' third studio album, released February 13, 1996 on A&M Records. Produced with John Hampton, it peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, went platinum, and yielded the Top 10 hit "Follow You Down".
Cracked Rear View
Cracked Rear View is the 1994 debut album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on Atlantic Records and produced by Don Gehman. It topped the US chart five times in 1995, was RIAA-certified 21x Platinum, and yielded the hits Hold My Hand, Let Her Cry, Only Wanna Be with You, and Time.
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994) is the second studio album by American indie rock band Pavement, released on Matador Records. Also known for the 2004 reissue LA's Desert Origins, it features "Cut Your Hair", "Gold Soundz", and "Range Life" and peaked at #121 on the US chart.
Dirt (Alice in Chains album)
Dirt is Alice in Chains' second studio album, released September 29, 1992 on Columbia Records, produced by Dave Jerden, known for Rooster, Would?, its bleak addiction themes, and six-track layered guitar sound.
Dizzy Up the Girl
Dizzy Up the Girl (女の子をめまいさせる) is the Goo Goo Dolls' sixth studio album, released September 22, 1998 on Warner Bros., produced by Rob Cavallo, home of "Iris" and "Slide," quadruple platinum.
Down on the Upside
Down on the Upside, Soundgarden's fifth studio album (A&M, May 21, 1996), self-produced with Adam Kasper in Seattle; number two on the Billboard 200, platinum, the band's last album before the 1997 breakup.
Either/Or (album)
Either/Or is Elliott Smith's third studio album (Kill Rock Stars, 1997), recorded alone in Portland homes on a Tascam 38 with double-tracked vocals, his best-selling album, boosted by Good Will Hunting and reissued in 2017 as an Expanded Edition.
Elliott Smith (album)
Elliott Smith (1995) is the American singer-songwriter's self-titled second solo album, released July 1995 on Kill Rock Stars (KRS246). Recorded DIY on 8-track in friends' Portland homes, ignored by press at release, now a landmark indie-folk record reissued in 2020.
F♯ A♯ ∞
F♯ A♯ ∞ is the 1997 debut album by Montreal post-rock collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on Constellation vinyl (500 copies) and reworked for the 1998 Kranky CD; its locked groove repeats indefinitely.
Foo Fighters (album)
Foo Fighters (1995) is the self-titled debut album by Foo Fighters, recorded solo by Dave Grohl in a week at Robert Lang Studios, released July 4, 1995 on Roswell/Capitol, platinum in the US.
Fountains of Wayne (album)
Fountains of Wayne is the American power pop band's 1996 self-titled debut album on Atlantic/TAG: 12 songs, 36 minutes, written and recorded in about two weeks by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger, with singles Radiation Vibe and Sink to the Bottom.
Garbage (album)
Garbage (1995) is the self-titled debut album by the band Garbage, recorded at Smart Studios, Madison, by Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Shirley Manson; released August 15, 1995 on Almo Sounds, it sold about four million copies.
Gish
Gish is the 1991 debut studio album by The Smashing Pumpkins, released May 28, 1991 on Caroline Records; produced by Butch Vig at Smart Studios, Madison, about 300,000 copies sold, reissued remastered in 2026.
Goo (album)
Goo (1990) is Sonic Youth's sixth studio album and first for Geffen's DGC, produced with Nick Sansano and Ron Saint Germain, with a Raymond Pettibon cover, the single Kool Thing, and the band's highest chart position.
Grace (Jeff Buckley album)
Grace (1994) is Jeff Buckley's debut and only completed studio album, recorded at Bearsville Studios with producer Andy Wallace, featuring Hallelujah, Last Goodbye, and Lover, You Should've Come Over.
Grassroots (album)
Grassroots (album): second studio album by American rock band 311, released July 12, 1994 on Capricorn Records; 14 rap-rock, funk, and reggae tracks produced by Eddie Offord, distinct from albums of the same title by Pothead and Andrew Hill.
Hoist (album)
Hoist is Phish's fifth studio album, released on Elektra in March 1994. Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Paul Fox, it featured guests Béla Fleck, Alison Krauss, Tower of Power, and Jonathan Frakes, and the single Down with Disease.
Human Touch
Human Touch is Bruce Springsteen's ninth studio album, released March 31, 1992 on Columbia alongside Lucky Town. His first album without the E Street Band, recorded with Roy Bittan, Jeff Porcaro, and Randy Jackson; title track hit number 16 in the US.
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel's second album (Merge, February 10, 1998), produced by Robert Schneider and inspired by Anne Frank's diary, became a cult classic after a lukewarm 1998 reception.
Jagged Little Pill
Jagged Little Pill (1995), Alanis Morissette's third studio album and first international release, co-written with Glen Ballard; 33 million copies sold, 1996 Grammys including Album of the Year, and a 15-Tony-nomination Broadway musical adaptation.
Make Yourself
Make Yourself is Incubus's third studio album, released October 26, 1999 on Epic/Immortal. Produced by Scott Litt, it went double platinum on the singles Pardon Me, Stellar, and Drive, with Drive topping Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.