35. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eePRkP1HMYQ An astonishingly ambitious album, Mellon Collie is both confusing and mesmerizing. Bouncing from genre to genre, the Pumpkins bring everything from grand orchestration to trippy psychedelia to mosh pit rockers. Spanning two extensive discs, the Pumpkins experimented with a variety of unique instruments and styles and it turned out marvellously. At times an exhausting album, as it wrenches you in different directions, Mellon Collie is a truly unique experience worth every minute. 34. Green Day - Dookie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac4IspQiJ0k Three snotty punk brats from California captured the world's ear, bringing the Cali-punk revival and bursting it upon the rest of the world. Led by furious guitars and Billie Joe's combination of teen angst and jerk-off humour, Dookie put pop punk back on the map. Backed by some seriously groovy beats and choruses that hooked you in, Green Day never sounded looser or more fun than on Dookie, the perfect combination of their lackadaisical attitudes and musical ambition. 33. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU6X_Vy_TlI After seven roller-coaster years filled with drug issues and personnel changes, the Chili Peppers finally nailed their sound on Blood Sugar Sex Magic. Perfectly blending funky raps with banging rockers, the Peppers sounded reinvigorated as a band. They also discovered their incredible ability to turn things down, delivering a powerful ballad in "Under The Bridge." The highs and lows of this album exquisitely match the lives of the Peppers, as they battled their own demons and excesses, pushing their troubles aside to record this exquisite gem. 32. Metallica - Metallica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcbAibPA2yY The album that alienated some of their most hardcore speed metal fans, was also the sound of Metallica maturing as artists. Their sound had evolved, from the furious noisy licks they originally blasted together, to more well-rounded songwriting. The album was still filled with signature Metallica style, the pounding tribal force of Lars Ulrich's drums and Kirk Hammett's ferocious guitar magic, but featured more effective use of dynamics. One of the finest moments may have been the most powerful of power ballads metal had ever seen, as James Hetfield growls over beautiful guitars and strings on "Nothing Else Matters" before also ripping into a thrilling solo, reminding everyone that they are still Metallica. 31. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXa8WuhMMIM The brain-damaged rhymes of a lower class white kid - a self-proclaimed class clown - were filled with dirty humour, fat jokes, drug abuse and poverty stricken depression. Eminem burst onto the scene and brought a new angle to rap music, skipping over the popular gangster stylings and opting to go with his own crazy geek imagery. Slim Shady finds Eminem at his most desperate time, desperate to succeed, drowning in debt, and he nails it at every turn. Whether it's rapping about his mom's drug use, or watching a girl OD, Eminem is constantly backed by some excellent beats, produced by the West Coast legend Dr. Dre.