Yeah, the back half hits some snags, but there are some great songs on there (and not just the singles either). Interestingly, the follow-up (2000's The Harsh Light of Day) is a better and more consistent record. It got basically no airplay at all, but it's a truly forgotten gem from that era.
That's interesting. Yeah, I don't remember that one. I think they play shows again now haha. I've contended for a while that if Throwing Copper came out 2 years later it would have been bigger. That record was too early and we are all worse off for it.
Yeah for sure. That's a good song to cover too because you can totally slow it down or speed it up and it would still work. Very good pop rock song.
I contend Third Eye Blind, Blue, Dizzy Up The Girl, and Everything You Want as four of my favorite late 90's pop rock records. Tiny Music was a very alternative/pop record, and a solid one at that too.
Love, love, love Toad! Fear & Dulcinea were two phenomenal back to back releases from them. Those two albums basically contain all the Toad songs you'd want plus a ton of real underrated or overlooked album tracks. (Windmills and Inside, particularly) Those are two records that I'd kill to see reissued on vinyl, as the existing ones now sell for >$200 on eBay! But I've heard there's some dumb label dispute that is likely blocking any progress on that front.
These were all huge albums for me in the 90s Weezer - Blue Album Hanson - Middle of Nowhere Blink-182 - Dude Ranch Blink-182 - Enema of the State Lit - A Place In The Sun Green Day - Dookie Bush - Sixteen Stone Everclear - Sparkle & Fade Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It Donna Lewis - Now In A Minute Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl Collective Soul - Disciplined Breakdown Nirvana - Nevermind
I just recently revisited Tiny Music and realized that album didn't get the love & attention it probably deserved back in the day.
If we're doing all time favorite 90's albums, Filter - Title of Record and STP - Purple are records I will always spin.
fear is incredible. def check it out i have a soft spot for coil myself. have you heard any of their music this decade? apparently theyve put out a couple albums. maaaaaan that sucks
fav 90s records Weezer-Pinkerton A Tribe Called Quest-Low End Theory Third Eye Blind-S/T Neutral Milk Hotel-In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Jimmy Eat World-Clarity Saves The Day-Through Being Cool Nirvana-In Utero Nas-Illmatic Liz Phair-Exile In Guyville Counting Crows-August And Everything After Mineral-Endserenading Radiohead-OK Computer the 90s were rad
i would definitely add those 3 to my list, if i got into them when they first came out. same with American Football, of course.
My 90s top five: 1. August and Everything After 2. Bringing Down the Horse 3. Third Eye Blind 4. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 5. Yourself or Someone Like You
Man this thread has gone some places. Are we really lumping Everclear in with the rest of the 90s gems? Always found them fairly trash. My late 90s playlist consisted of Third Eye Blind, VH's Everything You Want, Incubus' Make Yourself, Deftones' White Pony, and the Now! 4 compilation album featuring prime hits like Bawitdaba and Blue Monday by Orgy. Then in 2002 I discovered Jimmy Eat World, 2003 I discovered Coheed and Cambria, and it's never been the same.
Everclear was the first rock band that I fell in love with and became a super fanboy for. I went from Hanson fanboy to Everclear fanboy to Blink-182 fanboy.