Top 40 '90s albums, #24: Dream Theater — Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
An all-time great progressive metal album
Top 40 '90s albums, #27: Of Montreal — The Gay Parade
A triumph of Of Montreal's sparse indie pop sound
Top 40 '90s albums, #28: Slint — Spiderland
A foundational album in the post-rock and math-rock spheres
Top 40 '90s albums, #29: The Dismemberment Plan — Emergency & I
Anxiety-ridden indie rock that speaks to universal experiences
Top 40 '90s albums, #31: Belle and Sebastian — The Boy With The Arab Strap
Belle and Sebastian at the peak of their early-career songwriting
Top 40 '90s albums, #35: Ben Folds Five — Ben Folds Five
It's a great debut album with truly infectious energy
Top 40 '90s albums, #36: Bright Eyes — Letting off the Happiness (1998)
Dreary or not, this spoke to teenage me
Top 40 '90s albums, #37: Karate — The Bed is in the Ocean (1998)
Jazz chords, slowcore, post-rock — whatever it is, I love it
Top 40 '90s albums, #40: Silver Jews — American Water (1998)
A classic from one of his generation's greatest lyricist