BBC Radio 6 (UK) - "defining albums by year" lists

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BBC Radio 6 (UK) - "defining albums by year" lists

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I posted the 1992 list before, but here are the rest of them (as far as I can tell). All unranked.

9 Classic Albums That Define 1989 (2022)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articl ... efine-1989
1. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
2. The Cure - Disintegration
3. Faith No More - The Real Thing
4. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
5. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
6. Pixies - Doolittle
7. New Order - Technique
8. Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One
9. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

19 Albums That Define 1991 (2022)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articl ... efine-1991
Nirvana - Nevermind
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
Prince & The New Power Generation – Diamonds and Pearls
Hole – Pretty On The Inside
Massive Attack – Blue Lines
My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
R.E.M. – Out of Time
Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
808 State – ex:el
Blur – Leisure
Pearl Jam – Ten
Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill
Throwing Muses – The Real Ramona
De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead
The Orb – Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
Orbital – Orbital
The KLF – The White Room

11 Classic Albums That Defined 1994 (2022)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articl ... fined-1994
Blur - Parklife
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Nas - Illmatic
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Orbital - Snivilisation
Portishead - Dummy
The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
Suede - Dog Man Star
Tori Amos - Under The Pink
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman

15 Albums That Define 1995 (2022)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articl ... efine-1995
Björk - 'Post'
Blur - 'The Great Escape'
The Chemical Brothers - 'Exit Planet Dust'
D'Angelo - 'Brown Sugar'
Elastica - 'Elastica'
Garbage - Garbage
Goldie - 'Timeless'
Leftfield - 'Leftism'
Oasis - '(What’s The Story) Morning Glory'
Pavement - 'Wowee Zowee'
PJ Harvey - 'To Bring You My Love'
Pulp - 'Different Class'
Radiohead - 'The Bends'
Tricky - 'Maxinquaye'
Various - 'The Help Album'

And 20 more honorable mentions:
Autechre - ‘Tri Repetae’
Black Grape - ‘It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah!’
The Cardigans - ‘Life’
The Charlatans - ‘The Charlatans’
Echobelly - ‘On’
Elliott Smith - ‘Elliott Smith’
Fugazi - ‘Red Medicine’
Genius / GZA - ‘Liquid Swords’
Massive Attack V Mad Professor - ‘No Protection’
Mobb Deep - ‘The Infamous’
Method Man - ‘Tical’
Paul Weller - ‘Stanley Road’
Raekwon - ‘Only Built For Cuban Linx’
Sleater-Kinney - ‘Sleater-Kinney’
Sleeper - ‘Smart’
The Smashing Pumpkins - ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’
Sonic Youth - ‘Washing Machine’
Supergrass - ‘I Should Coco’
Teenage Fanclub - ‘Grand Prix’
The Verve - ‘A Northern Soul’

15 Albums That Define 1997 (2022)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articl ... efine-1997
Radiohead - OK Computer
Björk - Homogenic
Blur - Blur
The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
Daft Punk - Homework
Erykah Badu - Baduizm
Missy Elliot - Supa Dupa Fly
Mogwai - Mogwai Young Team
Portishead - Portishead
The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
The Verve - Urban Hymns
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu Tang Forever

19 Albums That Define 1999 (2019)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articl ... efine-1999
The Chemical Brothers – Surrender
The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
Kelis – Kaleidoscope
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
Suede - Head Music
Blur – 13
Missy Elliott – Da Real World
The Roots – Things Fall Apart
Death in Vegas – The Contino Sessions
Underworld – Beaucoup Fish
Leftfield – Rhythm and Stealth
Basement Jaxx – Remedy
Mogwai – Come On Die Young
Sleater-Kinney – The Hot Rock
The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
Tom Waits – Mule Variations
Dr. Dre – 2001
Beth Orton – Central Reservation
Beck – Midnite Vultures
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand - Sir Duke (1976)
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