1991 BEST YEAR EVER

nlgbbbblth

Got the Carwash Hair 7" for 50p in Virgin Tallaght on a freezing cold January day in 1992. Funny the things you remember. They played the Rock Garden around the same time. I picked up Yerself Is Steam a few weeks afterwards.

mosstin

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Got the Carwash Hair 7" for 50p in Virgin Tallaght on a freezing cold January day in 1992. Funny the things you remember. They played the Rock Garden around the same time. I picked up Yerself Is Steam a few weeks afterwards.

I bought it solely based on a Chris Roberts' review in Melody Maker. Wasn't disappointed.

julio_iglayzis

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Got the Carwash Hair 7" for 50p in Virgin Tallaght on a freezing cold January day in 1992. Funny the things you remember. They played the Rock Garden around the same time. I picked up Yerself Is Steam a few weeks afterwards.

Was that the gig where David Baker stage dived and the crowd parted like the red sea?

1991 really was an incredible year. I was 14 and only really starting to listen to music properly, I got to see the Pixies, Sonic Youth, Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr in the space of a few months. I'd give my left nutsack to see that SY/Nirvana gig in the Top Hat again.
Great albums released in 1991 that are worth mentioning too are Whipping Boy's Submarine*, Smashing Pumpkins Gish and The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld.
* I know this was recorded in 91 but it may not have been released until 92

AhrSkidar

Hadn't really thought about how good 1991 was until I started reading this.

To Mercury Rev, Talk Talk and Slint, I'd add two others.

For some reason Michael Gira seems to have effectively disowned "White Light from the Mouth of Infinity", but for me it's the best Swans' album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-e1feSOuP8

Also, given my username, I have to give a shout out to Thin White Rope's studio swansong "The Ruby Sea". Probably not their very best, but it does have Hunter's Moon on it.

1991 was also the year I saw Jane's Addiction in the Brixton Academy. A gig against which all others are still judged.

duckysauce

julio_iglayzis wrote: »

Was that the gig where David Baker stage dived and the crowd parted like the red sea?

1991 really was an incredible year. I was 14 and only really starting to listen to music properly, I got to see the Pixies, Sonic Youth, Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr in the space of a few months. I'd give my left nutsack to see that SY/Nirvana gig in the Top Hat again.
Great albums released in 1991 that are worth mentioning too are Whipping Boy's Submarine*, Smashing Pumpkins Gish and The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld.
* I know this was recorded in 91 but it may not have been released until 92

SY/Nirvana gig in the Top Hat that was some gig , Pure noise by Nirvana and then magic by Sonic Youth--- F*** Me

julio_iglayzis

AhrSkidar wrote: »

For some reason Michael Gira seems to have effectively disowned "White Light from the Mouth of Infinity", but for me it's the best Swans' album.

Forgot about this one - yeah, I agree with you, it's a fantastic album. This and Love of Life are their two best albums, I can't fathom why he's written them out of their history.

Prettyblack

1995 was great too:

Red House Painters - Ocean Beach
Neil Young - Mirror Ball
Foo Fighters' first album (the only one I ever bought)
Supergrass - I Should Coco
Bjork - Post
Oasis - Morning Glory
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie
Beatles - Anthology (yup)
Passengers - Original Soundtracks Vol 1
Tricky - Maxinquaye
King Crimson - Thrak

The Britpop thing as well was taking off which was initially very exciting, plus the club scene was exploding and there were great compilations like Renaissance coming out.

Prettyblack

SilverScreen wrote: »

I actually think 1993 was the best year of the 90's. You are spoiled for choice when it comes to great albums:

The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
The Auteurs - New Wave
The Breeders - Last Splash
Suede - Suede
Yo La Tengo - Painful
Tiger Trap - Tiger Trap
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)

and many, many more.

May I add:

Bjork - Debut
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
Nirvana - In Utero
Pearl Jam - Vs
Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth
Belly - Star
Frank Black - Frank Black
U2 - Zooropa
Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads

Goolay

1994 will always be my fav year in music. It was the year I discovered music really, and had all of these bad boys on cassette

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Blur - Parklife
Beck - Mellow Gold
Nirvana - Unplugged in NY
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Pavement - Crooked Rain
Portishead - Dummy
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In

Prettyblack

Goolay wrote: »

1994 will always be my fav year in music. It was the year I discovered music really, and had all of these bad boys on cassette

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Blur - Parklife
Beck - Mellow Gold
Nirvana - Unplugged in NY
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Pavement - Crooked Rain
Portishead - Dummy
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In

Ahem, may I add:

Charlatans - Up To Our Hips
Ride - Carnival Of Light
Jamiroquai - Return Of The Space Cowboy
Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister
STP - Purple
Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes
Frank Black - Teenager Of The Year
Weezer - Weezer
Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Stone Roses - Second Coming
Massive Attack - Protection

What a year! What a decade really, if you think about it!

Shakespeare's Sister

Yep, 1991 is my favourite musical year ever!

So many greats already mentioned.

I'd add:

Babes In Toyland - To Mother
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish

1992, 1993 and 1998 were also the biz.

mosstin

Dear other years during the 90s that weren't 1991,
**** off and get your own thread.
All the best.