Best Album of...1991

Might not be able to put this up tomorrow so I'll do it tonight. Stone Roses were the clear winners in the 1989 poll (probably shouldn't have even bothered with a poll to be honest :p), but the 1990 poll is looking slightly unpredictable. Anyway here are you picks for 1991, usual rule of posting who you are voting for if you vote other applies. As two new features I'm gonna include a youtube video of each nominated artist/group and some music news from that year. If you're nominating someone not on the list and want to throw up a youtube video to try and garner more votes for your chosen group than limit it to one video for the artist.

Hard cuts to make this year. Some of the albums that nearly made it were Red Hot Chilli Peppers BloodSugarSexMagik, Smashing Pumpkins Gish, Lenny Kravitz Mama Said, Michael Jackson Dangerous, Guns N Roses Use Your Illusions 1+2, Soundgarden Badmotorfinger and Bonnie Raitt Luck of the Draw. Blur also made their debut this year. Very interesting times in music

Nirvana - Nevermind - Smells Like Teen Spirit



My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - When You Sleep



Pearl Jam - Ten -Jeremy



MUSIC NEWS

Jan 18th: Three people are crushed to death during an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City, Utah when audience members rushed the stage.

February 27: James Brown is granted an early parole and released from jail. Brown had been arrested after leading police on a high speed chase through two states in 1989.

March 11: Janet Jackson signs a $30 million (US) contract with Virgin Records, making her the highest paid female recording artist ever.

March 20 : Michael Jackson signs a $1 billion contract with Sony.

U2 - Achtung Baby - Mysterious Ways



Massive Attack - Blue Lines - Unfinished Symphany



REM - Out of Time - Losing My Religion



MUSIC NEWS

March 27: New Kids on the Block's Donnie Wahlberg is arrested in Louisville, Kentucky for allegedly setting his hotel room on fire.

May 7:In Macon, Georgia, a judge dismisses a wrongful death lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne. The suit was filed by a local couple that believed their son was inspired to attempt suicide by Osbourne's music.

September 17: Guns N' Roses release the albums Use Your Illusion I & II which debut at the two highest spots on the Billboard 200, the first such feat for a rock act.

Metallica - Metallica - Enter Sandman



Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory - Butter



Primal Scream - Screamadelica - Come Together



MUSIC NEWS

September 24: Nirvana releases Nevermind, debuting at #144 on the Billboard 200.

September: Tupac Shakur's solo career begins with his first album, 2Pacalypse Now, however it does not do well. 6 year old Qa'id Walker is shot dead by a stray bullet during a confrontation between Tupac's entourage and a rival group.

November 24: Lead Singer of Queen, Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS at 45, just one day after he announces he has the disease.

Pearl Jam - Ten

quite possibly one of the best debut albums ever (right up there with Stone Roses actually)... each track is a classic.

Neds Atomic Dustbin - God Fodder - pure class.

Just realised what a great year for music 91' was and ended up voting for MBV.

Ice Cube - Death Certificate

One of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. His masterpiece, imo.

"True To The Game"

Fantastic year - probably the year a young Gav took notice of music. Went with Nirvana.

While I'm not that keen on the recorded version I do love this live one (Love Is Blindness from Achtung Baby)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8oy0nR1Nhw

some nice sounds in there, for example from 4:25 - 5:00

Normally, Pixies' Trompe Le Monde album (very underrated) would be my choice but since that it's unlikely to garner any other votes I'll go for Pearl Jam's Ten. A great album, if not their best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X8Ic...eature=related

Hmm - tough one. I'm really torn here. Top 4 albums of 91 for me:

Crowded House - Woodface
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
Elvis Costello - Mighty Like Rose
Billy Bragg - Don't Try This At Home.

I'll go with Teenage Fanclub. Just.

Have to go with Nevermind, before that I was listening to whatever drivel Atlantic 252 spewed out 3 times an hour. That all changed the first time I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Nevermind just about got my vote.

I played Blur's "Leisure" to death that Summer.

Other favourites from 1991:

Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Screamadelica - Primal Scream
Trompe Le Monde - The Pixies

Again like some above I'd forgotten how good 1991 was for albums: Bandwagonesque, Nevermind, Screamadelica, Blue Lines, all could have won other years, there's also 'Spiderland' by Slint and 'Yerself Is Steam' by Mercury Rev, and I really really wanted to go for PM Dawn's 'Of The Heart, Of The Soul, Of The Cross... The Utopian Experience', but picked Loveless in the end, it's just genius.

Very tough choice this year, but in the end went with Nevermind. The first poll of death. :D

Went for Nirvana. Purely because that was the first real album I got into. It also changed my outlook on music. Was listening to purely whatever sh!te was on the radio round about that time. Music for me changed forever once I listened to it. Got into Screamedelica relatively late as with Blue Lines and Gish, a very close call, hence my vote is Nevermind. Poll of Death is right!

*Slaps head* How did I forget Bandwagonesque!!!! :(

And as if it wasn't group of Death enough, nobody has mentioned The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld yet.
Honourable mention also to Mudhoney's Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, and Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona.

I'm surprised Nevermind has built such a strong early lead to be honest, I've always thought of Nirvana as a very over-rated band and actually had high hopes for them getting shown up here by the likes of Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine

I was never the kid with the Kurt Cobain poster on my wall and Nirvana biro'd onto my schoolbag, but it is just a great album.

It is starting to romp it alright. Seven votes already; that's usually enough to win, isn't it?

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I'm surprised Nevermind has built such a strong early lead to be honest, I've always thought of Nirvana as a very over-rated band and actually had high hopes for them getting shown up here by the likes of Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine

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See that's what happens when you let the public vote on anything!

Noby as a mad Muses fan I wouldn't be too unhappy to see Ramona not here. A great album don't get me wrong but there's three far better ones that were either too early or didn't make previous polls. House Tornado might well have featured in the '88 one but what can you do, not enough people have heard it.

Agreed. That's why they were mere honourable mentions, as opposed to "Why aren't these on the poll?"
See also: Dinosaur Jr., Spacemen 3, EMF to name a few.

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It is starting to romp it alright. Seven votes already; that's usually enough to win, isn't it?

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Seems to be the case alright, Happy Mondays are looking dead certs to take the 1990 poll with 8, and thats with it being a two horse race with the La's. Given the spread of quality albums in this poll it might be hard for one of the others to pick up 5 votes to catch Nevermind, and that would be assuming no-one else votes for it

Voted Other ...and that Other is McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt by Half Man Half Biscuit.

1991 was indeed a very good year for new music. Other quality releases as yet unmentioned (to add to the respectful nods given to Bragg, Fannies, Pumpkins, Neds)....

*Wedding Present -Seamonsters (saw them in May 91 in the Parkway, Limerick with Buffalo Tom playing support). Towering giant of a record.

*Wonderstuff -Never Loved Elvis (features some classic tracks ...Mission Drive, Caught In My Shadow, Size of a Cow, Sleep Alone, Here Comes Everyone) saw them at Feile 91 and it was one of the few things about the entire traumatic experience I actually enjoyed. Great band in their prime.

*Anthrax -The Persistence of Time -great thrash record featuring the Joe Jackson cover 'Got The Time'

*Arise -Sepultura -my first Seps LP.

*The Golden Horde -The Golden Horde still has to fight it out with Whipping Boys Heartworm for LRs coveted Best Irish Album Ever (though usually succumbs during When We Were Young).

*Therapy -Babyteeth an absolutely classic debut spanning punk, indie metal and dance music.

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*Wedding Present -Seamonsters

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*slaps head*. You're not making this any easier for me.

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Normally, Pixies' Trompe Le Monde album (very underrated) would be my choice but since that it's unlikely to garner any other votes I'll go for Pearl Jam's Ten. A great album, if not their best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X8Ic...eature=related

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Ditto on Trompe le Monde and Pearl Jam.

Some very good songs on Pearl Jams Ten but I used always end up wanting to choke the sh1t out of their bass player for using that sad, annoying, over-compressed setting that just screams "look at me -I'm a chicken-necking session muso".

Maybe when times comes for the 25th anniversary re-release they might delete and re-record the bass altogether. ;)

Pearl Jam - Ten
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Primal Scream - Screamadelica

All of above would of got my vote in nearly any other year(Although I did not hear of any of these groups/albums untill several years later) but I voted for Nirvana - Nevermind as it was the album that really started my interest in music

Great year for music and for Galway United, went for Massive Attack - Blue Lines, one of my favourite albums of all time. Any other year Pearl Jam, Metallica, Chilli Peppers or Nirvana would be in with a shout, but it has to be Blue Lines for me.

Ok, bit the bullet; voted for:

Other - Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque.

It was tight between three or four great albums, but Nirvana's imminent romp to victory has made it a little easier on my mind.

1992 will be difficult. Struggling to remember any notable albums from that year but ive chosen a winner. Bring on the poll!

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Originally Posted by Pauro 76

1992 will be difficult. Struggling to remember any notable albums from that year but ive chosen a winner. Bring on the poll!

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The Chronic...

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1992 will be difficult. Struggling to remember any notable albums from that year but ive chosen a winner. Bring on the poll!

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:confused: ahem ...Simply Reds Stars?

Wet Wet Wets High On The Happy Side?

INXS Welcome to Wherever You Are? ...every track a memorable, enduring classic. In fact my INXS tribute band The Hanging Wankies play it from start to finish regularly.

Def Leppards Adrenalize? ...are you seriously saying a rocks out of the question?

Michael Balls eponymously titled opus? High profile releases from 2Unlimited AND Dr. Alban ...I mean what more could you want?

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:confused: ahem ...Simply Reds Stars?

Wet Wet Wets High On The Happy Side?

INXS Welcome to Wherever You Are? ...every track a memorable, enduring classic. In fact my INXS tribute band The Hanging Wankies play it from start to finish regularly.

Def Leppards Adrenalize? ...are you seriously saying a rocks out of the question?

Michael Balls eponymously titled opus? High profile releases from 2Unlimited AND Dr. Alban ...I mean what more could you want?

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Classics one and all!

Was just looking for something to listen to there and found another great 1991 album:
Temple of Dog: Temple of Dog Hungerstrike is one of my fav songs of all time

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Originally Posted by Pauro 76

1992 will be difficult. Struggling to remember any notable albums from that year but ive chosen a winner. Bring on the poll!

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Well if Pavement don't get an option then I'm giving up on this, I really am. :D
And then you have Spiritualized (actually...), Sonic Youth, Jesus & Mary Chain, Sugar, Lemonheads, The Fall, no matter how poor a year seems there's always more than enough to make a decent poll. :)

Exhibit A
Oh, and...
And...
And...
"Ahhhh free range-ahhhhh"
A real shame...
And out.

And yes, yes I am. :)

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1992 will be difficult. Struggling to remember any notable albums from that year but ive chosen a winner. Bring on the poll!

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Generation Terrorists was 1992 wasn't it? Not that it's a great album but I imagine it would garner a few votes.

Yep, another for the vote.

Pardon the pun but have always loved this one. Great statement to make on a debut album. :)

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1992 will be difficult. Struggling to remember any notable albums from that year but ive chosen a winner. Bring on the poll!

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Heres a few gud uns from 1992
Ministry- Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
Disposable heroes of hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy is the greatest luxury
Cypress hill - Cypress hill
Ice cube- The predator
Therapy? - Nurse