Alternative Press is a nationwide music magazine based  in the United States that sits on most newstands next to Spin and Rolling Stone. It's popularity could be compared to that of the now sadly defunct Option. AP's main offices are in Cleveland, Ohio. http://www.altpress.com.     Top 99 1985 to 1995 Top 90 of the 90's Top 50 Albums of 2000

Alternative Press (10th Anniversary Issue) July 95

Thanks to Christophe Gourraud of The Pixies Home Page for compililing this list for me .

Top 99 Of '85 to '95

1. Nirvana: Nevermind
2. The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead
3. Sonic Youth: Sister
4. The Replacements: Tim
5. Dinosaur Jr.: You're Living All Over Me
6. Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
7. Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine
8. Hüsker Dü: New Day Rising
9. Bad Brains: I Against I
10. Jesus And Mary Chain: Psychocandy
11. Big Black: Atomizer
12. Ministry: The Land Of Rape & Honey
13. Pixies: Doolittle
14. My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
15. Mekons: The Mekons Rock''n'roll
16. Pavement: Slanted And Enchanted
17. Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff
18. The Wedding Present: Seamonsters
19. Pj Harvey: Rid Of Me
20. Einstürzende Neubauten: Strategies Against Architecture
21. Cocteau Twins: Heaven Or Las Vegas
22. Pussy Galore: Dial M For Motherfucker
23. Beastie Boys: Check Your Head
24. Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral
25. Helmet: Strap It On
26. Sick Of It All: Blood, Sweat, And No Tears
27. Tackhead: Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System
28. Butthole Surfers: Locust Abortion Technician
29. Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel: Nail
30. Meat Puppets: Up On The Sun
31. Spacemen 3: The Perfect Prescription
32. The Flaming Lips: Oh My Gawd!!!...The Flaming Lips
33. The Fall: This Nation's Saving Grace
34. Godflesh: Streetcleaner
35. Naked City: Torture Garden
36. Love And Rockets: Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven
37. Lou Reed: New York
38. Firehose: Ragin', Full-On
39. The Breeders: Pod
40. Sebadoh: Iii
41. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead
42. Sonic Youth: Bad Moon Rising
43. Sisters Of Mercy: Floodland
44. Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love
45. Nwa: Straight Outta Compton
46. My Bloody Valentine: Isn't Anything
47. Rem: Fables Of Reconstruction
48. Elvis Costello And The Attractions: Blood & Chocolate
49. Stone Roses: Stone Roses
50. Fugazi: Repeater
51. Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
52. Beat Happening: Jamboree
53. Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians: Element Of Light
54. Laibach: Opus Dei
55. Swans: Children Of God
56. The Jesus Lizard: Goat
57. Tom Waits: Frank's Wild Years
58. Gories: Houserockin'
59. Loop: Heaven's End
60. Galaxie 500: Today
61. Slint: Spiderland
62. Royal Trux: Twin Infinitives
63. Napalm Death: Scum
64. The Accused: The Return Of Martha Splatterhead
65. All: Allroy Sez...
66. Fastbacks: Very, Very Powerful Motor
67. Morrissey: Your Arsenal
68. Hugo Largo: Mettle
69. Giant Sand: Ramp
70. Superchunk: On The Mouth
71. Blur: Parklife
72. Throwing Muses: House Tornado
73. Lazy Cowgirls: Radio Cowgirl
74. Hole: Pretty On The Inside
75. Yo La Tengo: Painful
76. Youth Of Today: We're Not In This Alone
77. Didjits: Hornet Pinata
78. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Mustt Mustt
79. The Pogues: Rum Sodomy & The Lash
80. Embrace: Embrace
81. Teenage Fanclub: Bandwagonesque
82. Boredoms: Onanie Bomb Meets The Sex Pistols
83. Liz Phair: Exile In Guyville
84. Pet Shop Boys: Please
85. Mercury Rev: Yerself Is Steam
86. Thee Headcoats: The Kids Are All Square - This Is Hip
87. Halo Of Flies: Music For Insect Minds
88. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Extra Width
89. World Domination Enterprises: Let's Play Domination
90. Swervedriver: Mezcal Head
91. Hafler Trio: Masturbatorium
92. Dwarves: Blood, Guts And Pussy
93. Massive Attack: Protection
94. Suede: Suede
95. Moonshake: Eva Luna
96. Ween: Godweensatan: The Oneness
97. Ice: Under The Skin
98. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282: Lovelyville
99. His Name Is Alive: Mouth By Mouth

The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s

(From the December 1998 issue of Alternative Press)

Big thanks to Mary for supplying this list.

1. Nevermind - Nirvana [DGC, 1991]
2. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails [Nothing/Interscope/TVT, 1994]
3. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys [Grand Royal/Capitol, 1992]
4. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins [Virgin, 1993]
5. Odelay - Beck [Bong Load/DGC, 1996]
6. Rid of Me - PJ Harvey [Island, 1993]
7. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine [Creation/Sire/Warner Bros., 1991]
8. Dummy - Portishead [Go! Discs/London, 1994]
9. Urban Hymns - The Verve [Virgin/Hut, 1997]
10. Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction [Warner Bros., 1990]

11. Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair [Matador, 1993]
12. Strap It On - Helmet [Amphetamine Reptile, 1990; Interscope, 1992]
13. OK Computer - Radiohead [Capitol, 1997]
14. Gentlemen - The Afghan Whigs [Sub Pop/Elektra, 1994]
15. Celebrity Skin - Hole [DGC, 1998]
16. KoRn - KoRn [Immortal/Epic, 1994]
17. Selected Ambient Works Volume II - Aphex Twin [Warp/Sire, 1994]
18. Superunknown - Soundgarden [A&M, 1994]
19. Screamadelica - Primal Scream [Sire/Warner Bros., 1991]
20. Red House Painters - Red House Painters [4AD, 1993]

21. AEnima - Tool [Zoo, 1996]
22. Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement [Matador, 1992]
23. Repeater - Fugazi [Dischord, 1990]
24. Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy [Def Jam/Columbia, 1990]
25. Goat - The Jesus Lizard [Touch And Go, 1991]
26. From the Choirgirl Hotel - Tori Amos [Atlantic, 1998]
27. Parklife - Blur [Food/SBK, 1994]
28. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine [Epic, 1992]
29. Extra Width - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion [Matador, 1993]
30. Against the Sun - Bad Religion [Epitaph, 1990]

31. Debut - Bjork [Elektra, 1993]
32. Goo - Sonic Youth [Geffen, 1990]
33. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis [Epic, 1995]
34. Spiderland - Slint [Touch and Go, 1991]
35. Last Splash - Breeders [4AD/Elektra, 1993]
36. The Good Son - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds [Mute/Elektra, 1990]
37. Dog Man Star - London Suede [Nude/Columbia, 1994]
38. For Your Own Special Sweetheart - Jawbox [Atlantic, 1994]
39. Mezcal Head - Swervedriver [A&M, 1993]
40. Your Arsenal - Morrissey [Sire/Reprise, 1992]

41. Ruby Vroom - Soul Coughing [Slash, 1994]
42. Bullhead - Melvins [Boner, 1990]
43. Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet [Zoo, 1991]
44. The Freed Weed - Sebadoh [Homestead, 1990]
45. 99% - Meat Beat Manifesto [Mute, 1990]
46. Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized [Dedicated/RCA, 1992]
47. Elastica - Elastica [DGC, 1995]
48. Dig Your Own Hole - Chemical Brothers [Astralwerks, 1998]
49. The CD Version of the First Two Records - Bikini Kill [Kill Rock Stars, 1993]
50. Out of Time - R.E.M. [Warner Bros., 1991]

51. Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab [Elektra, 1996]
52. The Destroyer - Alec Empire [Digital Hardcore/Elektra, 1998]
53. Cruise Yourself - Girls Against Boys [Touch and Go, 1994]
54. No Pocky for Kitty - Superchunk [Matador, 1991]
55. Daily Operation - Gang Starr [Chrysalis, 1992]
56. Mezzanine - Massive Attack [Virgin, 1998]
57. Hard Normal Daddy - Squarepusher [Warp, 1997]
58. Last Rites - Skinny Puppy [Nettwerk/Capitol, 1992]
59. Frigid Stars LP - Codeine [1990; Sub Pop, 1991]
60. The La's - The La's [Go! Discs, 1990; London, 1991]

61. Twin Infinitives - Royal Trux [Drag City, 1990]
62. Lunapark - Luna [Elektra, 1992]
63. Bee Thousand - Guided by Voices [Scat, 1994]
64. Tortoise - Tortoise [Thrill Jockey, 1993]
65. Tri Repetae++ - Autechre [Warp/TVT, 1996]
66. Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev [Columbia, 1991]
67. Pre-Millenium Tension - Tricky [Island, 1996]
68. UFOrb - The Orb [Mercury/Big Life, 1992]
69. Hit to Death in the Future Head - The Flaming Lips [Warner Bros.,1992]
70. How It Feels to be Something On - Sunny Day Real Estate [Sub Pop,1998]

71. Chill Out - The KLF [Wax Trax!/TVT, 1990]
72. Chocolate Synthesizer - Boredoms [1994; Reprise, 1995]
73. Imperial F.F.R.R. - Unrest [TeenBeat/No. 6, 1992]
74. !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!! - New Bomb Turks [Crypt, 1992]
75. 13-Point Program to Destroy America - The Nation of Ulysses
[Dischord, 1991]
76. Upgrade & Afterlife - Gastr Del Sol [Drag City, 1996]
77. Eva Luna - Moonshake [Too Pure/Matador/Atlantic, 1993]
78. Viva Last Blues - Palace Music [Drag City, 1995]
79. Streetcleaner - Godflesh [Earache/Combat, 1990]
80. Julius Caesar - Smog [Drag City, 1993]

81. Seamonsters - The Wedding Present [1991; Manifesto, 1996]
82. Evanescence - Scorn [Earache, 1994]
83. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk [Polydor, 1991]
84. Under the Skin - Ice [Pathological/ Revolver, 1993]
85. Long Hair in Three Stages - U.S. Maple [Skin Graft, 1995]
86. Hissing Prigs in Static Couture - Brainiac
87. Rural Psychedelia - Flying Saucer Attack [VHF, 1993]
88. One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying - The God Machine [Fiction/Polydor U.K., 1994]
89. Let Them Eat . . . The Monorchid - The Monorchid [Lovitt/Simple Machines/Dischord, 1997]
90. Prick - Prick [Nothing, 1995]

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Alternative Press 50 Best Albums of 2000

 

1. Primal Scream – Exterminator
2. Deftones – White Pony
3. Outkast – Stankonia
4. At The Drive-In – Relationship of Command
5. PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
6. David Holmes – Bow Down To The Exit Sign
7. Mr. Oizo – Analog Worms Attack
8. Broadcast – The Noise Made By People
9. Kid606 – Down With The Scene
10. The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemian
11. Cristian Voguel – Rescate 137
12. Medesky Martín & Wood – The Dropper
13. Live Human – Elefish Jellyphant
14. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
15. Two Lone Swordsmen – Tiny Reminders
16. A Perfect Circle – Mer De Noms
17. Saint Etienne – Sound Of Water
18. The Twilight Singers – Twilight As Played By The Twilight Singers
19. U2 – All You Can’t Leave Behind
20. Elastica – The Menace
21. Vast – Music For People
22. Belle & Sebastian – Fold Your Hand Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
23. Chicks On Speed – Chick On Speed Will Save Us All
24. Sigur Rós – Agaetis Byrjun
25. Orgy – Vapor Transmission
26. The Damage Manual – The  Damage Manual
27. Funkstorung – Apètite For Disctruction
28. Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
29. Laika – Good Looking Blues
30. Jurassic 5 – Quality Control
31. Speedball Baby – Uptight!
32. Datach’I – We are Always Well Thank You
33. Poem Rocket – Psychogeography
34. 7 Hurtz – Audiophiliac
35. Schema – Schema
36. Trans Am – Red Line
37. Smog – Dongs Of Sevotion
38. Anti-Pop Consortium – Tragic Epilogue
39. Red Paley – Revival
40. Skull Kontrol – Zzzzz…
41. Jega – Geometry
42. Jucifer – Calling All Cars On The Sunset Strip
43. Plastilina Mosh – Juan Manuel
44. Amon Tobin – Supermodified
45. Ass Ponys – Some Stupid With A Flare Gun
46. Tosca – Suzuki
47. Air – Virgin Suicides
48. Morphine – The Night
49. Señor Coconut – El Bailen Aleman
50. Panther Burns – Phanter Burns

 

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