REM for me. I still enjoy every piece of that album.. I used to love RATM but you do tend to grow out of all the anger.
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REM for me. I still enjoy every piece of that album.. I used to love RATM but you do tend to grow out of all the anger.
Ooh, a two horse race. This could be interesting.
Just read on wiki that REM lifted no less than six singles from that album. I must admit I find that a little ...repugnant.
Though I also have to admit I was not a fan in that era. I only like the last two songs on it -Find the River and Nightswimming.
Other! Other! Other! :D
Tempted to go with Little Earthquakes (staggeringly good album), but Other because Another Day Another Riot by Toasted Heretic is the best album of the decade.
As you all already know...
I'd go with REM out of the selction above, but my actual favourite album at the time was The Prodigy - Experience :)
I think there was such a weight of expectation it got panned as a result when it didn't live up to it. A bit like the Roses "Second Coming".Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Sunshine and Love is a cracking tune.
That said - nothing could salvage the dirge "Monkey in the Family" on that album.
Apparently, Shaun Ryder was so wasted all the time - the production team had to resort to the "Cut up" method of lyric writing that was pioneered by Bowie and Eno in the 70's for more lofty means.
Not for "Art" this time - just sheer desperation!! :D
Some great stories from the recording of yes please, Bez writing off hired jeeps, selling furniture from the studio to local dealers for crack (although Shaun claimed the couches were meant as a gift to brighten the dealers crack den up a little!!), Shaun & Bez using the sunbeds from around the pool to build their own poolside crack den!!
Pi$$ poor record in comparrison to the 2 that went before it unfortunately and effectively the end of the Mondays as a creative force.
For the Mondays, but then Ryder came back with Black Grape and It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah. Actually, Radiator by Big Arm (Paul Ryder) was also pretty good.Quote:
Originally Posted by endabob1
I'll agree it's not up to the incredible standard of their first five albums, but it's their last decent album. I went with it, just edging Shame About Ray. Was also a fan of Copper Blue at the time, but I haven't heard that in ages. Nothing else comes to mind for me from that year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
I know I'm in the minority here, but 'Dirt' by Alice in Chains gets my vote. I'm a big grunge fan, and while Nirvana seem to get all the acclaim from that era, AIC, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Mark Lanegan, Stone Temple Pilots and especially Soundgarden seem to be overlooked. Rage were great, but then so were Tool, Kyuss, Pumpkins, Primus, Mudhoney, etc, at the same time. Looking back, the period 1989-1996 was fantastic for heavy rock.
It's disappointing that modern rock music hasn't taken anything from any of the above bands, given that they were themselves influenced by Led Zep, Black Sabbath and other pioneers of heavy rock. I'm sick of British art-school indie bands!
I acknowledge your frustration SF but some of those acts you list there aged and dated very quickly. I remember Stone Temple Pilots particularly playing a very, very, cynical, corporate grunge. Saw them in Holland too in 1993 and I recall thinking if the gig had been taking place just three or four years earlier they'd all have had poodle perms and would've sounded like Poison. It seemed that contrived.
Interesting tie situation. Will there be a casting vote from someone?
I'd hazard a guess that there will be and it will be me :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pauro 76
You're not to give it to Richard Marx are you!?!?!Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Voted for REM for a number of reasons but one of them was how great the video of the album was as a babysitter for my lil sister. She was almost a year old when it came out. Anytime she was whingy and not able to settle down I would put the video on and she would be alseep by the time Shiny Happy People came on (the only song of REM's that I despise btw). It soothed her soul. She has never been a fan of theirs but she watched them with me at Oxegen and really enjoyed them.
Another honourable mention should go to Utah Saints. Only sayin that coz am having a somewhat of a re-aquaintance with them lately and they were stunning live.
And REM nick it at the finish line! :)