List of grunge albums explained
This article is a list of grunge albums and EPs with articles on English Wikipedia. They appear on at least one cited album list and are described as "grunge" by AllMusic (http://www.allmusic.com). Although citations could be found describing each of these as "grunge", in some cases the designation would be controversial, particularly for those bands that are considered Post-grunge.
In addition, several artists not typically associated with grunge music have released albums displaying a grunge sound, including Manic Street Preachers with Gold Against the Soul (1993),[1] R.E.M. with Monster (1994),[2] and Def Leppard with Slang (1996).[3]
List of albums
| Artist/Band | Title | Label | Notes |
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| 1985 |
| Green River | Come On Down | Homestead | Debut release |
| Various artists | Deep Six | C/Z Records | Compilation album |
| 1986 |
| Melvins | Melvins | C/Z Records | Debut release |
| Screaming Trees | Other Worlds | Velvetone | Debut release |
| Screaming Trees | Clairvoyance | Velvetone | |
| 1987 |
| Skin Yard | Skin Yard | C/Z Records | Debut release |
| Screaming Trees | Even If and Especially When | SST | |
| Melvins | Gluey Porch Treatments | Alchemy | |
| Green River | Dry As a Bone | Sub Pop | |
| Soundgarden | Screaming Life | Sub Pop | Debut release |
| 1988 |
| Green River | Rehab Doll | Sub Pop | Final studio album |
| Screaming Trees | Invisible Lantern | SST | |
| Soundgarden | Fopp | Sub Pop | |
| Skin Yard | Hallowed Ground | Toxic Shock | |
| Mudhoney | Superfuzz Bigmuff | Sub Pop | |
| Soundgarden | Ultramega OK | SST | |
| Various artists | Sub Pop 200 | Sub Pop | Compilation album |
| Blood Circus | Primal Rock Therapy | Sub Pop | |
| 1989 |
| Tad | God's Balls | Sub Pop | |
| Mother Love Bone | Shine | Mercury | Debut release |
| Screaming Trees | Buzz Factory | SST | |
| Nirvana | Bleach | Sub Pop | |
| Soundgarden | Louder Than Love | A&M | |
| Mudhoney | Mudhoney | Sub Pop | |
| Various Artists | Another Pyrrhic Victory | C/Z Records | Compilation album |
| Melvins | Ozma | Boner | |
| 1990 |
| Alice in Chains | We Die Young | Columbia | Debut release |
| Facelift | Columbia | Mainstream hit |
| Babes in Toyland | Spanking Machine | Twin/Tone | Debut release |
| Green River | Dry As a Bone/Rehab Doll | Sub Pop | Compilation album |
| Gruntruck | Inside Yours | eMpTy | Debut release |
| L7 | Smell the Magic | Sub Pop | |
| Apple | Mercury | Final studio album |
| Mudhoney | Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles | Sub Pop | Compilation album |
| Screaming Trees | Change Has Come | Sub Pop | |
| Screaming Trees | Something About Today | Epic | |
| Skin Yard | Fist Sized Chunks | Cruz | |
| Soundgarden | Screaming Life/Fopp | Sub Pop | Compilation album |
| Tad | Salt Lick/God's Balls | Sub Pop | Compilation album |
| Solomon Grundy | Solomon Grundy | New Alliance Records | Debut release |
| Various artists | Fuck Me I'm Rich | Waterfront Records | Compilation album |
| 1991 |
| Babes in Toyland | To Mother | Twin/Tone | |
| Skin Yard | 1000 Smiling Knuckles | Cruz | |
| Hammerbox | Hammerbox | C/Z Records | Debut release |
| Hole | Pretty on the Inside | Caroline | Debut release |
| Melvins | Bullhead | Boner | |
| Melvins | Eggnog | Boner | |
| Mudhoney | Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge | Sub Pop | |
| Nirvana | Nevermind | DGC | Mainstream hit |
| Pearl Jam | Ten | Epic | Debut release; Mainstream hit |
| Screaming Trees | Uncle Anesthesia | Epic | |
| Screaming Trees | | SST | Compilation album |
| Soundgarden | Badmotorfinger | A&M | Mainstream hit |
| Tad | 8-Way Santa | Sub Pop | |
| Temple of the Dog | Temple of the Dog | A&M | Sole release |
| Various Artists | The Grunge Years | Sub Pop | Compilation album |
| Earth | Extra-Capsular Extraction | Sub Pop | Debut release |
| 1992 |
| 7 Year Bitch | Sick 'Em | C/Z Records | Debut release |
| Alice in Chains | Sap | Columbia | |
| Alice in Chains | Dirt | Columbia | Mainstream hit |
| Babes in Toyland | Fontanelle | Reprise | |
| Gruntruck | Push | Roadrunner | |
| L7 | Bricks Are Heavy | Slash | Mainstream hit |
| Late! | Pocketwatch | | Simple Machines | Sole release |
| Love Battery | Between the Eyes | Sub Pop | Debut release |
| Love Battery | Dayglo | Sub Pop | |
| Melvins | King Buzzo | Boner | |
| Melvins | Dale Crover | Boner | |
| Melvins | Joe Preston | Boner | |
| Melvins | Lysol | Boner | |
| Mother Love Bone | Mercury | Compilation album |
| Mudhoney | Piece of Cake | Reprise | |
| Nirvana | Incesticide | DGC | Mainstream hit |
| Screaming Trees | Sweet Oblivion | Epic | |
| Stone Temple Pilots | Core | Atlantic | Debut release; Mainstream hit |
| Willard | Steel Mill | Roadracer Records/Roadrunner Records | |
| Various artists | | Epic | Soundtrack album |
| 1993 |
| Earth | Earth 2 | Sub Pop | |
| Everclear | World of Noise | Tim/Kerr | Debut release |
| Hammerbox | Numb | A&M | Final studio album |
| Hater | Hater | A&M | Debut release |
| Manic Street Preachers | Gold Against the Soul | Columbia | |
| Melvins | Houdini | Atlantic | |
| Mudhoney | Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew | Reprise | |
| Nirvana | In Utero | DGC | Final studio album; Mainstream hit |
| Pearl Jam | Vs. | Epic | Mainstream hit |
| Radiohead | Pablo Honey | EMI | Debut studio album |
| Skin Yard | Inside the Eye | Cruz | |
| Tad | Inhaler | Warner Bros. | |
| 1994 |
| 7 Year Bitch | ¡Viva Zapata! | C/Z Records | |
| Alice in Chains | Jar of Flies | Columbia | Mainstream hit |
| Bush | Sixteen Stone | Trauma Records | Debut release; Mainstream hit |
| Hole | Live Through This | DGC | Mainstream hit |
| L7 | Hungry for Stink | Slash | |
| Melvins | Stoner Witch | Atlantic | |
| Moist | Silver | EMI | Debut release; Mainstream hit |
| Mötley Crüe | Mötley Crüe | Elektra | John Corabi as lead singer |
| Nirvana | MTV Unplugged in New York | DGC | Live album; Mainstream hit |
| Pearl Jam | Vitalogy | Epic | Mainstream hit |
| R.E.M. | Monster | Warner Bros. | Mainstream hit |
| Soundgarden | Superunknown | A&M | Mainstream hit |
| Stone Temple Pilots | Purple | Atlantic | Mainstream hit |
| Tad | Live Alien Broadcasts | Futurist | Live album |
| 1995 |
| Earth | | Sub Pop | |
| Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains | Columbia | Mainstream hit |
| Mint 400 | Murmur | Debut release |
| Babes in Toyland | Nemesisters | Reprise | Final studio album |
| Foo Fighters | Foo Fighters | Capitol/Roswell Records | | Debut release; Mainstream hit |
| Hole | Ask for It | Caroline | |
| Mad Season | Above | Columbia | Sole release |
| Malfunkshun | Return to Olympus | Loosegroove | Sole release |
| Mudhoney | My Brother the Cow | Reprise | |
| Pearl Jam | Merkin Ball | Epic | |
| The Presidents of the United States of America | The Presidents of the United States of America | PopLlama | Debut release; Mainstream hit |
| Silverchair | Frogstomp | Murmur/Epic | Debut release; Mainstream hit |
| Tad | Infrared Riding Hood | East West/Elektra | Final studio album |
| Truly | Fast Stories... from Kid Coma | Capitol | |
| Soundgarden | Songs from the Superunknown | A&M | |
| 1996 |
| Earth | | Sub Pop | |
| 7 Year Bitch | Gato Negro | Atlantic | Final studio album |
| Alice in Chains | Unplugged | Columbia | Live album |
| Bush | Razorblade Suitcase | Trauma/Interscope | Produced by Steve Albini |
| Melvins | Stag | Atlantic | |
| Moist | Creature | EMI | Mainstream hit |
| Def Leppard | Slang | Mercury | Gold in UK and US |
| Nirvana | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | DGC | Live album |
| Pearl Jam | No Code | Epic | |
| The Presidents of the United States of America | II | Columbia | Mainstream hit |
| Screaming Trees | Dust | Epic | |
| Soundgarden | Down on the Upside | A&M | |
| Stone Temple Pilots | Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop | Atlantic | |
| Various artists | Hype! | Sub Pop | Soundtrack album |
| 1997 |
| Bush | Deconstructed | Trauma/Interscope | Remix album; Mainstream hit |
| Hole | The First Session | Sympathy for the Record Industry | |
| Hole | My Body, the Hand Grenade | City Slang | Compilation album |
| Kiss | | Mercury | |
| L7 | | Slash | |
| Melvins | Honky | Atlantic | |
| The Presidents of the United States of America | Rarities | Sony Music Japan | Compilation album |
| Silverchair | Freak Show | Murmur | Mainstream hit |
| Soundgarden | A-Sides | A&M | Compilation album |
| Truly | Feeling You Up | Capitol | |
| 1998 |
| Eleventh Avenue | Murmur | Final studio album |
| Hole | Celebrity Skin | Geffen | Mainstream hit |
| Jerry Cantrell | Boggy Depot | Columbia | Debut release |
| L7 | | Man's Ruin | Live album |
| Mudhoney | Tomorrow Hit Today | Reprise | |
| Pearl Jam | Yield | Epic | |
| Pearl Jam | Live on Two Legs | Epic | Live album |
| The Presidents of the United States of America | Pure Frosting | Columbia | Compilation album |
| 1999 |
| Alice in Chains | | Columbia | Compilation album |
| Alice in Chains | Music Bank | Columbia | Box set |
| Bush | The Science of Things | Trauma/Interscope | Mainstream hit |
| L7 | Slap-Happy | Bong Load Custom | Final studio album |
| Love Battery | Confusion Au Go Go | C/Z Records | Final studio album |
| Melvins | The Maggot | Ipecac | |
| Melvins | The Bootlicker | Ipecac | |
| Stone Temple Pilots | No. 4 | Atlantic | |
| 2000 |
| Alice in Chains | Live | Columbia | Live album |
| Babes in Toyland | Lived, Devil, Viled | Almafame | Compilation album |
| L7 | The Slash Years | Slash | Compilation album |
| Melvins | The Crybaby | Ipecac | |
| Mudhoney | March to Fuzz | Sub Pop | Compilation album |
| Mudhoney | | Sub Pop | Compilation album |
| Pearl Jam | Binaural | Epic | |
| Truly | Twilight Curtains | Capitol | |
| 2001 |
| Alice in Chains | Greatest Hits | Columbia | Compilation album |
| Screaming Trees | Nearly Lost You | Epic | Compilation album |
| Stone Temple Pilots | Shangri-La Dee Da | Atlantic | |
| 2002 |
| Jerry Cantrell | Degradation Trip | Roadrunner | |
| Mudhoney | Since We've Become Translucent | Sub Pop | |
| Nirvana | Nirvana | DGC | Compilation album |
| Pearl Jam | Riot Act | Epic | |
| 2003 |
| Pearl Jam | Lost Dogs | Epic | Compilation album |
| Stone Temple Pilots | Thank You | Atlantic | Compilation album |
| 2004 |
| Moist | | EMI | Compilation album |
| Nirvana | With the Lights Out | DGC | Box set |
| Pearl Jam | Live at Benaroya Hall | BMG | Live album |
| Pearl Jam | Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003) | Epic | Compilation album |
| 2005 |
| Earth | Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method | Southern Lord Records | |
| Bush | The Best of '94–'99 | SPV GmbH | Compilation album |
| Bush | Zen X Four | Kirtland | Live album |
| Hammerbox | Live EMP Skychurch, Seattle, WA | Kufala | Live album |
| Nirvana | | DGC | Compilation album |
| Screaming Trees | | Epic | Compilation album |
| 2006 |
| Alice in Chains | The Essential Alice in Chains | Columbia | Compilation album |
| Mudhoney | Under a Billion Suns | Sub Pop | |
| Pearl Jam | Pearl Jam | J | |
| 2007 |
| Pearl Jam | Live at the Gorge 05/06 | Rhino/WEA | Box set |
| 2008 |
| Earth | The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull | Southern Lord Records | |
| Mudhoney | The Lucky Ones | Sub Pop | |
| 2009< | --NOTE TO EDITORS: Please do not add Alice in Chains album Black Gives Way to Blue, or any subsequent non compilation albums. The album is not listed as grunge on allmusic, or on the albums wiki page, and there is a consensus not to tag any of Alice in Chains post Staley material as grunge. If you disagree see relevant related project talk pages.--> |
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| Alice in Chains | Black Gives Way To Blue | EMI |
| Nirvana | Live At Reading | Geffen | Live album |
| 2010 |
| Hole | Nobody's Daughter | Mercury | |
| Stone Temple Pilots | Stone Temple Pilots | Atlantic | |
| Soundgarden | Telephantasm | A&M Records | Compilation album |
| 2011 |
| Earth | Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I | Southern Lord Records | |
| Soundgarden | Live on I-5 | A&M Records | Live album |
| Screaming Trees | | Sunyata Productions | Post-breakup album |
| 2012 |
| Earth | Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II | Southern Lord Records | |
| Soundgarden | King Animal | Seven Four Entertainment/Republic Records | Final studio album |
| 2013 |
| Alice in Chains | The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here | Capitol |
| Pearl Jam | Lightning Bolt | Monkeywrench Records | |
| 2014 |
| Earth | Primitive and Deadly | Southern Lord Records | |
| The Presidents of the United States of America | Kudos to You! | PUSA Inc. | Final studio album |
| Soundgarden | | A&M Records | Compilation album |
| 2015 |
| Kid Cudi | Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven | Wicked Awesome/Republic | |
| 2018 |
| Alice in Chains | Rainier Fog | BMG |
| Mudhoney | Digital Garbage | Sub Pop |
| 2019 |
| Earth | Full upon Her Burning Lips | Sargent House | |
| 2020 |
| Bush | The Kingdom | BMG | |
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Notes and References
- Book: Martin, Jose Luis. Leyendas Urbanas del Rock. 29 July 2019. Ma Non Troppo. 978-84-9917-574-4. es. 27 June 2020.
- Web site: Timothy and Elizabeth Bracy . Stereogum . Stereogum . 2012-07-20 . 2016-11-13.
- Def Leppard Embrace Grunge. Alternative Rock Recoils. There's nothing like selling squillions of records to induce a mid-life crisis. Hence Def Leppard's decision in 1996 to get down with the kids, hire a villa in Spain and, rather belatedly, go grunge for their sixth album, Slang. . Q. 63. John. Aizlewood. August 2012.
