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Quiz about Pitchforks Top Rated Albums of the 1990s by Year

Pitchfork's Top Rated Albums of the 1990s by Year Quiz

Pitchfork has been a preeminent indie/alternative website for a quarter of a century. This quiz relates to their highest rated albums in each year from 1990 to 1999.

A multiple-choice quiz by balkerwack. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
balkerwack

Time
3 mins

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Multiple Choice

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416,622

Updated
Jun 04 24

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Question 1 of 10

1. In 1990, the Scottish dream pop band The Cocteau Twins conjured up Pitchfork's highest rated album with a title asking this eternal question. Hint

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Purgatory Or Paradise

Where Have All The Flowers Gone

How Soon Is Now

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Question 2 of 10

2. These chatty British fellows produced Pitchfork's 1991 best album, the under recognized post-rock classic, "Laughing Stock". Hint

The Mermen

Talk Talk

Pixies

The Field Mice

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Question 3 of 10

3. This Pitchfork top rated 1992 album by Dr. Dre is named after a slang term for "marijuana." Hint

The Chronic

Dope!

The Weed Wagon

Mary Jane's Last Dance

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Question 4 of 10

4. Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" was the number one rated album according to Pitchfork in 1993. From which New York City borough does the musical collective hail? Hint

The Bronx

Staten Island

Brooklyn

Queens

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Question 5 of 10

5. The electronic artist Richard David James' "Selected Ambient Works Volume II" headlines Pitchfork's 1994 albums list. Under what moniker does James release his music? Hint

The Notorious B.I.G.

Tricky

Portishead

Aphex Twin

6. On her second solo album, "Post", this ex-Sugarcube creates a sound somewhere between industrial-disco, ambient-trance, and synth pop.

This highest rated album of 1995 according to Pitchfork was created by which artist? Hint

Kristin Hersh

Tori Amos

Bj�rk

Maria Carey

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Question 7 of 10

7. Two turntables and a microphone were all this "Where It's At" singer needed to top the Pitchfork list of highest rated LPs for 1996. Hint

Beck

Hole

Nas

Blur

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Question 8 of 10

8. Pitchfork issued multiple perfect 10s for albums in 1997 but only this alternative juggernaut would go on to top their original Best Albums of the 90s list as well. Which artist and album is recognized for this distinction? Hint

Sleater-Kinney, "Dig Me Out"

Bj�rk, "Homogenic"

Radiohead, "Ok Computer"

Yo La Tengo, "I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One"

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 1998, the band Neutral Milk Hotel released its final album, considered a stone cold indie rock classic. It is the top Pitchfork rated album of that year. What is its high flying title? Hint

Rocket To The Moon

Blimps Go 90

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Up, Up and Away

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Question 10 of 10

10. The 2002 album "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" was The Flaming Lips' commercially most successful album, but this 1999 release which scored a perfect 10 from Pitchfork is considered by many critics as its creative peak. Hint

Keep It Like a Secret

Clouds Taste Metallic

The Soft Bulletin

Lip Service

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 1990, the Scottish dream pop band The Cocteau Twins conjured up Pitchfork's highest rated album with a title asking this eternal question.

Answer: Heaven Or Las Vegas

"Heaven or Las Vegas" was the band's most commercially successful album, selling 235,000 units by 1996. Pitchfork ranks it as the best Dream Pop album in its top 30 list while Rolling Stone has it at Number 245 in its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

2. These chatty British fellows produced Pitchfork's 1991 best album, the under recognized post-rock classic, "Laughing Stock".

Answer: Talk Talk

Talk Talk released such early 80s new wave hits like "It's My Life" before veering into more experimental pop albums beginning with 1986's "The Colour of Spring".

3. This Pitchfork top rated 1992 album by Dr. Dre is named after a slang term for "marijuana."

Answer: The Chronic

According to lore, Dr. Dre has never smoked marijuana.

4. Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" was the number one rated album according to Pitchfork in 1993. From which New York City borough does the musical collective hail?

Answer: Staten Island

The "36 Chambers" represent the four chambers of the heart multiplied by the nine members of the band but is also likely a reference to "The 36th Chamber of Shaolin", a 1978 Hong Kong kung fu film.

5. The electronic artist Richard David James' "Selected Ambient Works Volume II" headlines Pitchfork's 1994 albums list. Under what moniker does James release his music?

Answer: Aphex Twin

Richard James was also the name of an older brother who died in childbirth and the "twin" referenced in the name he records under.

6. On her second solo album, "Post", this ex-Sugarcube creates a sound somewhere between industrial-disco, ambient-trance, and synth pop. This highest rated album of 1995 according to Pitchfork was created by which artist?

Answer: Bj�rk

Bj�rk chose the name "Post" because all the songs were written after she moved to England, while the songs on "Debut" were songs written about life while still living in Iceland.

7. Two turntables and a microphone were all this "Where It's At" singer needed to top the Pitchfork list of highest rated LPs for 1996.

Answer: Beck

The 1996 album was "Odelay" which won a Grammy for Alternative Album of the Year. It was also Rolling Stone's Album Of The Year and is listed as its 306th Greatest Album of All-Time in 2013 only to be dropped to 404th in its 2020 reappraisal.

Answer: Radiohead, "Ok Computer"

"Ok Computer" won the Grammy for Best Alternative Album in 1998 and went on to rank 42nd on Rolling Stone's 2023 list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time. Pitchfork has it ranked as the third Best Album of the 1990s.

9. In 1998, the band Neutral Milk Hotel released its final album, considered a stone cold indie rock classic. It is the top Pitchfork rated album of that year. What is its high flying title?

Answer: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

It is widely known that many of the songs written by Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum on "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" were inspired by his fascination with "The Diary Of Anne Frank".

Answer: The Soft Bulletin

Originally pegged as the third best album of the 90s according to Pitchfork in 2003, its 2022 reranking of 90s albums dropped it precipitously to 99th.

Source: Author balkerwack

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