Nirvana - Nevermind
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Nirvana – Nevermind

Nirvana’s Nevermind didn’t just shift rock—it detonated it. A fuzz-soaked, angst-fueled revolution that shattered glam and made raw emotion the new anthem. Loud, messy, unforgettable—it changed everything, and still sounds like it might again.

Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)
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Pearl Jam – Ten

Ten burst out of Seattle like a molotov cocktail lit with raw nerve. Every track pulses with honesty, tension, and emotional weight. Pearl Jam forged something that still echoes decades later: an album that punches, aches, and refuses to sit quietly.

Pixies - Bossanova (1990)
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Pixies – Bossanova

Bossanova floats in on feedback and leaves a burn mark across the sky. It’s the Pixies playing space rock with a beach blanket in tow—spare, strange, and oddly hypnotic. It doesn’t demand attention, but it sure rewards it.

Sonic Youth - Goo (1990)
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Sonic Youth – Goo

Sonic Youth’s major-label debut blew the doors off what “alternative” meant before Nirvana rewrote the rulebook. The band sharpened their noise into something hook-adjacent, wrangled chaos into melody, and something approaching pop that still has the sound of guitars bleeding.