This is a topic that I've seen shared on Facebook and thought would be serving the same purpose as the albums that "rocked my world" that I had been thinking about. The following albums will be ones that were influential to me in my teens. First of all, my teens were were Nov. 1993-Nov. 2000. Most of the albums that most influenced me at this time will have been released during my teen years with a couple of older ones that I was discovering or playing a lot. Further, influential means they had an impact on me and aren't necessarily the best ones of the decade. Also, they're albums so they have to be more than two listenable tracks deep. The older ones were most likely discovered by going through my dad's vinyl collection. The ones that were from the teen years were most likely purchased by me. We had just gotten a cd player and I was snatching up cds via Columbia House! I'm also going to stick to the rule of one album per artist for this list.
Here's my top 30 influences in my teens:
Cracked Rear View - Hootie & the Blowfish
Pinkerton - Weezer
Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
Dookie - Green Day
American Standard - Seven Mary Three
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
Superunknown - Soundgarden
2001 - Dr. Dre
The Colour & the Shape - Foo Fighters
Innocent Man - Billy Joel
Get A Grip - Aerosmith
Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister
Sixteen Stone - Bush
Throwing Copper - Live
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
Yourself or Someone Like You - Matchbox 20
Eve 6 - Eve 6
Sehnsucht - Rammstein
Straight On Till Morning - Blues Traveler
February Son - Oleander
Chamber Music - Coal Chamber
Make Yourself - Incubus
Enema of the State - Blink 182
Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
II - Boys II Men
Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life - Jay Z
Follow the Leader - Korn
Better Life - 3 Doors Down
All of these were influential for one reason or another and many of them I still play today. If you want to know more about how they were influential or to share stories about bands on this list, please comment and let me know. After my teens my music taste and library was expanding exponentially! The two main reasons for this was Napster and my college friend Bill Bottino. Bill introduced me to a lot of nu-metal bands like Deftones, Papa Roach, Staind, etc. and took me to my first concert. After that I was hooked! 120 concerts later, I'm still going to a handful of shows a year. Keep on rockin!
