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My Favourite Album From Every Year I’ve Been Alive (Part Three: 1989–1998)
The wonder years. I’m so glad I lived through this!
Welcome to Part Three in a series of stories about my favourite records. If you’ve just joined us for the journey, you can find out more in Part One, or check out the story from Paul Combs who set this behemoth task.
A lot happened in this ten-year period. I completed a degree, did some post-grad study, moved interstate for a job, met some wonderful people and did some incredible things, met the love of my life, and got engaged.
So much amazing music was released during this particular time frame and I was totally immersed in it. I bought countless records and CDs. I also went to hundreds of shows, from mega festivals to watching a favourite band play to just ten people in a tiny club.
Each of the decades of my life has featured brilliant music that means a lot to me for multiple reasons. However, I think the early to mid-1990s period was the best. The great albums just kept coming! It was so overwhelming, I missed a bunch of things at the time, and am still discovering albums to this day. Because of the sheer volume of high quality material, I name quite a few runners-up in the list below. But if I had to live with just the ten listed as favourites I’d be a…
