512: Eponymous

Put on your best shaggy flannel, because it’s time to go back to the ’90s for another album draft! In this episode Jason is joined by a decade’s worth of panelists to choose our favorite music albums from the 1990s. And yet, somehow, some of our panelists were born in that very decade! Isn’t it ironic?

1990s album draft

Jason Snell with Antony Johnston, Brian Hamilton, Erika Ensign, James Thomson, Monty Ashley, Quinn Rose, Sarah Gardner, Shelly Brisbin, Steve Lutz and Tiff Arment

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Show Notes & Links

Edited by Brian Hamilton.

Our Picks

1. Brian: If You’re Feeling Sinister / Belle & Sebastian
2. Quinn: Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette
3. Sarah: Exile in Guyville / Liz Phair
4. James: The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld / The Orb
5. Erika: Tomorrow the Green Grass / The Jayhawks
6. Tiff: Stunt / Barenaked Ladies
7. Shelly: Relish / Joan Osborne
8. Antony: Violator / Depeche Mode
9. Steve: Different Class / Pulp
10. Monty: 4 Track Demos / PJ Harvey
11. Jason: Fountains of Wayne (self-titled)
12. Brian: The Fragile / Nine Inch Nails
13. Quinn: Flood / They Might Be Giants
14. Sarah: Last Splash / The Breeders
15. James: Slipstream / Cold Storage (But really the soundtrack for the game Wipeout)
16. Erika: Jar of Flies-Sap EP compilation / Alice in Chains
17. Tiff: Blue Album / Weezer
18. Shelly: The Northeast Kingdom / Cheri Knight
19. Antony: Dummy / Portishead
20. Steve: Whirlpool / Chapterhouse
21. Monty: 20 More Explosive Fantastic Rockin’ Mega Smash Hit Explosions! / Various Artists
22. Jason: Achtung Baby / U2
23. Brian: Elliott Smith (self-titled)
24. Quinn: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea / Neutral Milk Hotel
25. Sarah: Red Medicine / Fugazi
26. James: The White Room (bootleg) / The KLF
27. Erika: Dulcinea / Toad the Wet Sprocket
28. Tiff: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory / Oasis
29. Shelly: Living With Ghosts / Patty Griffin
30. Antony: Apocalypse ‘91… The Enemy Strikes Black / Public Enemy
31. Steve: Eccsame the Photon Band / Lilys
32. Monty: Celebrity Skin / Hole
33. Jason: Us / Peter Gabriel

Bring Out Your Dead

Brian

• They Might Be Giants - Flood
• Weezer - Blue
• U2 - Achtung Baby
• Oasis - What’s the Story Morning Glory?
• Pearl Jam - Ten
• Radiohead - OK Computer
• Nirvana - Nevermind
• Green Day - Dookie
• Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
• Soundgarden - Superunknown
• Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
• Weezer - Pinkerton
• Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
• Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off
• Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
• Reservoir Dogs Soundtrack
• Pulp Fiction Soundtrack
• Rent OBST
• Sublime - Sublime
• Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
• The White Stripes - The White Stripes
• Slipknot - Slipknot

Quinn

• Nimrod - Green Day
• Fashion Nugget - Cake
• …Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
• Rent Original Broadway Cast Recording

Sarah

• The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
• Superchunk - No Pocky for Kitty
• Luna - Penthouse
• Helium - The Dirt of Luck
• Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
• that dog. - Totally Crushed Out!
• Matthew Sweet - In Reverse
• Bjork - Homogenic
• The Lemonheads - Come On Feel
• Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

James

• Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
• Metallica - Metallica (1991)
• Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992)
• Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (1992)
• The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
• Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
• DJ Shadow - …End-troducing (1996)
• Daft Punk - Homework (1997)
• The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)
• Fatboy Slim - You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
• Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998)
• Air - Moon Safari (1998)
• Moby - Play (1999)

Erika

• Hollywood Town Hall - The Jayhawks
• Countdown to Extinction - Megadeth
• Facelift - Alice in Chains
• Nevermind - Nirvana
• Ten - Pearl Jam
• Fly - Dixie Chicks
• Feelin’ Strangely Fine - Semisonic
• Sister Sweetly - Big Head Todd and the Monsters
• Fumbling Toward Ecstasy - Sarah McLachlan
• Deluxe - Better than Ezra
• Pretty Hate Machine - NIN
• The Downward Spiral - NIN
• Pinkerton - Weezer
• Core - Stone Temple Pilots
• Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
• No Prayer for the Dying - Iron Maiden
• Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
• Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrisette (sniped)
• Temple of the Dog
• Singles Soundtrack
• Dookie - Green Day
• Insomniac - Green Day
• Desire Walks On - Heart

Tiff

• Alanis Morsette- Jagged Little Pill (95)
• Ben Folds 5-Whatever and Ever Amen (97)
• The Presidents of the United States of America- The Presidents of the United States of America (95)
• Stroke 9- Nasty Little Thoughts (99)
• Green Day- Dookie (94)
• Counting Crows- August and Everything After (93)
• Live- Throwing Copper (94)
• Collective Soul- Collective Soul (95)
• Tonic- Lemon Parade (96)
• Dave Matthews Band- Under The Table and Dreaming (94)

Shelly

• Julie Miller: Broken Things
• Toni Price: Swim Away
• The Naughty Ones: I Dig Your Voodoo
• REM: Automatic for the People
• Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions
• Mary Chapin Carpenter: Shooting Straight in the Dark]
• Mary Chapin Carpenter Come On, Come On
• Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World
• Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a GravelRoad
• Cheryl Wheeler: Driving Home
• Parry Larkin: A Gogo
• Dar Williams: Mortal City
• Old 97’s: Too Far To Care
• Old 97’s: Wreck Your Life
• Sam Phillips: Martinis & Bikinis
• Guster: Parachute
• John Gorka: Temporary Road
• Richard Shindell: Sparrow’s Point
• The Nields: Gotta Get Over Great
• Antones Women: Bringing You the Best in Blues

Antony

• Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works, Vols 1 & 2
• Art of Noise - The Seduction of Claude Debussy
• Atari Teenage Riot - Delete Yourself!
• Autechre - Incunabula
• B-52’s - Good Stuff
• Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
• Billy Joel - River of Dreams
• Björk - Post
• Black Tape for a Blue Girl - This Lush Garden Within
• The Cassandra Complex - Cyberpunx
• Covenant - Europa
• David Bowie - 1. Outside
• Dead Can Dance - Aion
• Daft Punk - Homework
• Jim Kirkwood - Where Shadows Lie
• Higher Intelligence Agency - Freefloater
• Ice-T - OG: Original Gangster
• Lamb - Lamb
• The Levellers - Levelling the Land
• Madonna - Ray of Light
• Massive Attack - Mezzanine
• Moby - Play
• NASA - Symphonies of the Planets
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
• Nirvana - Nevermind
• Prodigy - Fat of the Land
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
• Lou Reed/John Cale - Songs For Drella
• Lou Reed - Magic and Loss
• Shamen - Boss Drum
• Soundgarden - Superunknown
• Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
• Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
• Yanni - Live at the Acropolis

Steve

• Slowdive - Souvlaki
• Ride - Going Blank Again
• Tripping Daisy - Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb
• The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
• Curve - Doppelganger
• Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
• The Breeders - Last Splash
• Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
• Jane’s Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
• The Judybats - Down in the Shacks Where the Satellite Dishes Grow
• Radiohead - OK Computer
• Prolapse - The Italian Flag
• Supergrass - I Should Coco
• Happy Mondays - Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches
• Jesus Jones - Doubt
• Morrissey - Bona Drag
• Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
• Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla
• Cake - Fashion Nugget
• Belly - Star
• Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
• Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet
• The Beta Band - The Three EPs
• Blur - The Great Escape
• Elastica - Elastica
• Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci - Barafundle
• Belle and Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
• The Apples in Stereo - Her Wallpaper Reverie
• Smash Mouth - Astro Lounge

Monty

• The Velvet Underground, Live MCMXCIII
• REM: (Out of Time, Automatic for the People), Monster, New Adventures in Hi-Fi
• Sonic Youth: Goo
• The Muffs: The Muffs
• Jane’s Addiction got sniped Porno for Pyros: Porno for Pyros
• Heather Alexander: Wanderlust and Midsummer
• Big Daddy, Cutting Their Own Groove and Sgt. Pepper’s
• Concrete Blonde: Bloodletting
• Sisters of Mercy: Vision Thing
• Belly: Star was sniped by Steve, so I will say Ween: Pure Guava
• Eve 6: Eve 6
• They Might Be Giants: Apollo 18
• No Doubt: Tragic Kingdom
• GnR: Use Your Illusion I & II
• Nightmare Before Christmas
• Pi (essentially “The soundtrack to an audiobook of a William Gibson novel”)
• The Matrix
• Hackers (THREE soundtrack albums!)
• Saturday Morning Cartoons
• Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation
• Star Power
• Tom’s Album
• Spike and Co., Do it A Cappella
• Ethno Punk
• Jock Jams vol. 4
• Surprise Your Pig

Jason

• OK Computer / Radiohead
• John Henry / TMBG
• Try Whistling This / Neil Finn
• Listen Without Prejudice / George Michael
• Apartment Life / Ivy
• Irresistible Bliss / Soul Coughing
• Nevermind / Nirvana
• Northern Star / Melanie C
• A Night on the Town / Bruce Hornsby & The Range
• Pinkerton / Weezer
• Rumor and Sigh / Richard Thompson
• Storyville / Robbie Robertson
• Thirteen / Teenage Fanclub
• Tuesday Night Music Club / Sheryl Crow
• Ten / Pearl Jam
• 100% Fun - Blue Sky on Mars / Matthew Sweet
• Life’s Too Short / Marshall Crenshaw
• Ben Folds Five / Whatever and Ever Amen
• Counting Crows / August and Everything After

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