Following his selection of seventy British album titles of the 1970s, and eighty from the 1980s, ALWYN TURNER chooses ninety of the best/worst titles of the 1990s.
Electric Landlady (1991) – Kirsty MacColl
Free Peace Sweet (1996) – Dodgy
Stranglers in the Night (1992) – The Stranglers
Troublegum (1994) – Therapy?
Schubert Dip (1991) – EMF
Avant Hard (1999) – Add N to (X)
Let Us Play! (1997) – Coldcut
Mourning Has Broken (1991) – Sabbat
Praise the Lard (1991) – Pig
The Holy Bible (1994) – Manic Street Preachers
Come My Fanatics (1997) – Electric Wizard
Breaking God’s Heart (1998) – Hefner
Heavenly vs Satan (1991) – Heavenly
Jehovahkill (1992) – Julian Cope
Laughing on Judgement Day (1992) – Thunder
Happy in Hell (1992) – The Christians
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh (1994) – Cradle of Filth
Sex and Travel (1993) – Right Said Fred
Sex and Misery (1996) – Voice of the Beehive
Sex and Death (1994) – The Durutti Column
Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches (1990) – Happy Mondays
Decksandrumsandrockandroll (1998) – Propellerheads
Safe Sex, Designer Drugs and the Death of Rock ’n’ Roll (1994) – Baby Chaos
Wheelers, Dealers, Christine Keelers (1993) – S*M*A*S*H/These Animal Men
Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions (1990) – Killing Joke
Fear, Emptiness, Despair (1994) – Napalm Death
Suits (1994) – Fish
Fake (1994) – Adorable
Fun? (1993) – The Candyskins
Cake (1990) – Trashcan Sinatras
Bang! (1993) – World Party
Laugh (1997) – Terry Hall
Stoosh (1996) – Skunk Anansie
Anarchy (1994) – Chumbawamba
Let Them Eat Bingo (1990) – Beats International
Middle Class Revolt (1994) – The Fall
Beat the Bastards (1996) – The Exploited
Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today (1990) – McCarthy
I Blame the Government (1998) – Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
F-Punk (1995) – Big Audio Dynamite
Cyberpunk (1993) – Billy Idol
Freek Funk (1997) – Luke Slater
Skunkworks (1996) – Bruce Dickinson
P.H.U.Q. (1995) – The Wildhearts
Snivilisation (1994) – Orbital
Orblivion (1997) – The Orb
Ozzmosis (1995) – Ozzy Osbourne
Sabresonic (1993) – The Sabres of Paradise
Headcoatitude (1991) – Thee Headcoats
Strangeitude (1991) – Ozric Tentacles
Schizophonic (1999) – Geri Halliwell
Screamadelica (1991) – Primal Scream
Psychedelicatessen (1994) – Threshold
Incunabula (1993) – Autechre
Dehumanizer (1992) – Black Sabbath
Jugulator (1997) – Judas Priest
Philophobia (1998) – Arab Strap
Boomania (1990) – Betty Boo
Oomalama (1992) – Eugenius
Feed Me Weird Things (1996) – Squarepusher
Barafundle (1997) – Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
Fat Bob’s Feet (1991) – The Toy Dolls
Kamikaze Shirt (1993) – Fischer-Z
Subliminal Sandwich (1996) – Meat Beat Manifesto
Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) – Stereolab
Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts (1999) – Kula Shaker
Motor Driven Bimbo (1999) – Rockbitch
Do You Like My Tight Sweater? (1995) – Moloko
Never Mind the Methadone (1997) – Sheep on Drugs
Daddy Always Wanted Me to Grow a Pair of Wings (1995) – Credit to the Nation
The Stars Are So Big, The Earth Is So Small… Stay as You Are (1993) – Pram
Voyage to the Bottom of the Road (1997) – Half Man Half Biscuit
Lovegod (1990) – The Soup Dragons
Naughty (1992) – Adamski
Erotica (1992) – The Darling Buds
Toolbox (1990) – Ian Gillan
Cleopatra Grip (1990) – The Heart Throbs
Shaving Peaches (1998) – Terrorvision
Throbbing Pouch (1995) – Wagon Christ
Gush (1995) – Lowlife
Queer (1991) – Thompson Twins
Your Arsenal (1992) – Morrissey
Bilingual (1996) – Pet Shop Boys
Bastards (1993) – Motörhead
It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous (1993) – Hawkwind
Pre-Millennium Tension (1996) – Tricky
Millennium Fever (1995) – Apollo 440
pitchshifter.com (1998) – Pitchshifter
marillion.com (1999) – Marillion
J-Tull Dot Com (1999) – Jethro Tull
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