Skinner, that's incredible!!! Failure are so amazing. I would add to the 90s list:
Shudder to Think - Pony Express Record
American Football (Self-titled)
Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
Squarepusher- Hard Normal Daddy
The Verve - Urban Hymns (deserves its praise)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Jawbox- for your own special Sweetheart
Tricky- Pre-millenium Tension
Mr. Bungle - California
Faith No More- Album of the Year
Unfortunately, the 90s were also when radio slim-lined its playlist and great bands started to go ignored in favour of repeating the same songs a hundred times a day. More bands + more labels = (somehow) less selection