Após 25 anos do declínio do grunge, começando a deixar o mainstream em 1994, ano inclusive em que o vocalista do Nirvana, Kurt Cobain se suicidou aos 27 anos de idade, a Rolling Stone elaborou uma lista com os 50 álbuns mais importantes do estilo.
São eles:
50 – Mother Love Bone – “Apple”
49 – Toadies – “Rubberneck”
48 – Fecal Matter – “Illiteracy Will Prevail”
47 – The U-Men – “Step On A Bug”
46 – Veruca Salt – “American Thighs”
45 – The Stooges – “Fun House”
44 – Skin Yard – “Hallowed Ground”
43 – Black Flag – “My War”
42 – Alice In Chains – “Jar Of Flies”
41 – Soundgarden – “Screaming Life”
40 – Mudhoney – “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge”
39 – The Gits – “Enter: The Conquering Chicken”
38 – The Fluid – “Purplemetalflakemusic”
37 – L7 – “Smell The Magic”
36 – Neil Young And Crazy Horse – “Ragged Glory”
35 – Paw – “Dragline”
34 – 7 Year Bitch – “¡Viva Zapata!”
33 – Babes In Toyland – “Fontanelle”
32 – Smashing Pumpkins – “Gish”
31 – Tad – “8-Way Santa”
30 – Wipers – “Youth Of America”
29 – Green River – “Come On Down”
28 – Soundgarden – “Louder Than Love”
27 – Babes In Toyland – “Spanking Machine”
26 – Smashing Pumpkins – “Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness”
25 – Melvins – “Bullhead”
24 – Stone Temple Pilots – “Purple”
23 – Soundgarden – “Ultramega OK”
22 – Various Artists – “Deep Six”
21 – Jerry Cantrell – “Degradation Trip”
20 – Green River – “Dry As A Bone”
19 – Various Artists – “Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
18 – Mad Season – “Above”
17 – Screaming Trees – “Sweet Oblivion”
16 – Melvins – “Houdini”
15 – L7 – “Bricks Are Heavy”
14 – Alice In Chains – “Facelift”
13 – Nirvana – “Bleach”
12 – Smashing Pumpkins – “Siamese Dream”
11 – Stone Temple Pilots – “Core”
10 – Pearl Jam – “Vs -”
09 – Soundgarden – “Superunknown”
08 – Nirvana – “In Utero”
07 – Temple Of The Dog – “Temple Of The Dog”
06 – Alice In Chains – “Dirt”
05 – Mudhoney – “Superfuzz Bigmuff”
04 – Hole – “Live Through This”
03 – Pearl Jam – “Ten”
02 – Soundgarden – “Badmotorfinger”
01 – Nirvana – “Nevermind”
Leia AQUI a justificativa em inglês para cada álbum escolhido.
