Your favourite number 1 of 1991

1991 was a great year. I'm into hip-hop and R&B, and that year saw the rise of the West Coast (solo Ice Cube; DJ Quik; Cypress Hill; Del the Funky Homosapien)plus a lot of NYC classics.

De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Called Saturdays
A Tribe Called Quest - EVERYTHING on The Low End Theory :cool:
Black Sheep - The Choice is Yours; Flavor of the Month
Naughty by Nature - OPP
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Boyz II Men - Motownphilly; It's So Hard to Say Goodbye
Chubb Rock - Just the Two of Us; Treat 'em Right
Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks on Me
2Pac - Brenda's got a Baby; If my Homies Call
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Summertime
Jodeci - Forever my Lady
Tony! Toni! Tone! - Whatever you want
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Let the Beat Hit 'Em
And everyone's guilty pleasure: C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

I also think that MTV was at its peak then - it still had a cool 'downtown kids' vibe, they actually showed videos, and they were in the midst of the fight against HIV/AIDS. I also remember that there was a lot of cross-genre fandom: the same kids who listened to De La Soul liked Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The early 1990s Lollapalooza lineups were incredible.

(yes I am a total child of the 90s - you young 'uns missed out!)

It was a staggeringly woeful year for chart music. I like alternative and whatnot but also really like good pop music, and 1991 sucked so badly in that regard. I distinctly remember that about the year, and how much it contrasted with only the previous year, which featured absolute belters of pop songs (e.g. Groove Is In The Heart, Dub Be Good To Me, The Power). I wasn't "getting old" either as I was 13. That Bryan Adams song made me want to have my ears amputated. Started secondary school during its eternal number 1 stint, and all the girls were mad about it. They just saw me as "the one who likes that pure weird music." :pac:
However 1991 is one of the best years ever for indie, dance and hip-hop. And possibly the best year (in my lifetime anyway) for albums. As per below:

pedanticpat wrote: »

No, it was awesome, probably the best year of your lifetime.

Ten
Nevermind
Out of Time
Achtung Baby
Loveless
Use Your Illusions I and II
Blood Sugar sex Magik
Metallica
Dangerous
Screamadelica
Blue Lines
Trompe Le Monde
Gish

Not into all of them but love the vast majority.

Looking at the shelves. Here's some compilations purchased in 1991

Deep Heat 10
Deep Heat 11
Thin Ice
Thin Ice 2
Now Dance 91
Now 19
Now 20
Smash Hits 1991
Greatest Hits of 1991
The Hits Album (Volume 14)

Yah Wobble & Sinead O'Connor.

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Is that as old as 1991?! :eek:

Apparently!

None of the number ones really stand out for me, but it was a great year for music.

Top songs for me.

Letter to Memphis - Pixies
Catch The Breeze - Slowdive
Spoiled - Sebadoh
Good Morning, Captain - Slint

Frank Garrett wrote: »

Sadeness - Enigma was in 1990, I remember seeing it on reeling in the years when the Pope died or something. I was too young to remember, but I watched that episode to see the World Cup '90 coverage recently.

Reeling In The Years sometimes makes mistakes with the years of songs though. Sadeness was definitely out in 1991. Early 1991 though, so may have been released in Europe in late 1990.

I'm such a loser - can remember the months that particular songs were out.

Topically, there was a huge ESB strike in about March 1991. I was such a music fanatic at the time and it massively sucked not being able to play tunes. The way the strike was done was: two hours of no power in the morning, again in the afternoon, again in the evening. Something like that. It was horrible in fairness. And it wasn't even winter.

Most number 1s are awful but there was some great tunes further down the list. Massive Attack had their first album out with this memorable video for Unfinished Sympathy.

Blur had their first album out.

The 'madchester' scene was still going strong with The La's, The Farm, Jesus Jones, James, and brother Vic getting dizzy with the Wonder Stuff.

Acid house scene was moving into the rave era with early Prodigy, Moby, 808 State and Orbital tracks.

Late 80s stalwarts like Madonna, Tina Turner, Eurythmics, Pet Shop Boys, Queen and Elton John were releasing Best of compilations as that decade faded away.

Unfortunately we had to suffer Chesney Hawkes, Jason Donovan and that Bryan Adams dross too. And Vanilla Ice...

Edit: The Enigma album MCMXC meaning 1990 in Roman numerals was released that year but the track Sadness (Part 1) reached no. 1 in Jan '91 in the UK and Ireland and the video was heavily played on MTV throughout '91.

uch wrote: »

I was off me tits most of the late 80's early 90's so cant really remember any music

That's so 1960's

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Reeling In The Years sometimes makes mistakes with the years of songs though. Sadeness was definitely out in 1991. Early 1991 though, so may have been released in Europe in late 1990.

I'm such a loser - can remember the months that particular songs were out.
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Don't be negative. I'm proud to remember stuff like that.