I turned ten years old this year. The big event I remember from this year was performing a Tim McGraw song in the elementary school talent show with my friend.
Albums
I was still listening to country music for a few years after, but this is the last time a country album is likely to show up on these lists.
Rank | Album | Artist | Title | Label | Impression |
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1 | Rancid | …And Out Come the Wolves | Epitaph | Easily the best Rancid album, and one of the best punk albums of all time. So many classics from this album. Wikipedia |
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2 | Slapstick | Lookit! | Dill Records | Classic Chicago ska punk band with members of Alkaline Trio and The Lawrence Arms. Wikipedia |
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3 | Less Than Jake | Pezcore | Dill Records | Less Than Jake's first album is not their best, but still has some songs I like to revist. Wikipedia |
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4 | Lifetime | Hello Basterds | Jade Tree | Clasic Jade Tree melodic hardcore album from Jersey's best dancers, Lifetime. Wikipedia |
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5 | Great Big Sea | Up | Warner Music Canada | Newfoundland's biggest musical exports with songs everyone from the Maritimes knows. Wikipedia |
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6 | MxPx | Teenage Politics | Tooth & Nail | Teenage politics still too confusing. Wikipedia |
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7 | The Rankin Family | Endless Season | EMI | Sorry Stan Rogers and Barrett's Privateers but for me You Feel the Same Way Too is the anthem of Nova Scotia. Wikipedia |
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8 | Garth Brooks | Fresh Horses | Capitol Nashville | The second to last album of Garth Brooks's phenomenal 90's country album streak, before he did that weird Chris Gaines thing and I stopped listening. This one has The Beaches of Cheyenne which still gets me. Wikipedia |
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9 | The Gone Jackals | Bone to Pick | Blue/Black Records | The soundtrack to Full Throttle with Legacy featured in one of the most epic game intros of all time. Wikipedia |
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10 | Tim McGraw | All I Want | Curb | I Like it, I Love itis the song I performed in the talent show and I don't think it holds up outside of nostalgia. Wikipedia |
Books
Rank | Book | Title | Author | Impression |
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1 | Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway | Steve Purcell | A collection of all the original Sam & Max comics, that captures all the humor of the games and TV show. Wikipedia |
Movies
Rank | Movie | Title | Impression |
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1 | Before Sunrise | The first film in the Before Trilogy spanning 18 years and following a day in the life of one couple Jesse and Céline. Wikipedia |
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2 | 12 Monkeys | a great post-apolacyptic time travel movie based on a french short film La Jetée. Wikipedia |
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3 | Seven | A great year for Brad Pitt between this move and 12 Monkeys. Wikipedia |
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4 | Ghost in the Shell | Anime cyberpunk classic, watch this instead of the Scarlett Johansson version. Wikipedia |
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5 | Heat | Now we're getting into where the 90's shined with serious, but still compelling thrilers like this. Wikipedia |
Video Games
Rank | Game | Title | Developer | Impression |
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1 | Full Throttle | LucasArts | A short, but sweet adventure game with one of my favorite settings and soundtracks. Wikipedia |
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2 | The Dig | LucasArts | More serious than other LucasArts adventure games, but exploring the alien asteroid made for a great science-fiction story. Wikipedia |
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3 | Chrono Trigger | Squaresoft | Widely considered one of the greatest JRPGs with a great time-travel mechanic, soundtrack, setting and battle system that still holds up. Wikipedia |
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4 | Earthbound | Nintendo | This game stinks, just kidding, it's awesome. Wikipedia |
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5 | Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within | Sierra On-Line | More mid90's FMV that's actually good, with Gariel's adventures in Germany. Bavaria, King Luwig II, the lost opera of Wagner and werewolves, Jane Jensen is a master of supernatural historical fiction. Wikipedia |
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6 | Star Wars: Dark Forces | LucasArts | LucasArts Star Wars games are the best Star Wars media of the 90's and way better than the prequels. Wikipedia |
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7 | Descent | Parallax Software | The first first person shooter featuring six degrees of freedom movement with great level design. Wikipedia |