1991: A Great Year in Rock Music

[MrPryck2U]

I used to gobble up cassette singles like crazy! My cheesiest one was Everybody Everybody by Black Box. I used to be a guido from 1989-1991. I had Gonna Make You Sweat by C+C Music Factory too.

 

[Canadiens1131]

A truly great year indeed. However, nowhere near the best.

I'd throw my two cents in and say 1969

Abbey Road
Led Zeppelin
Hot Rats
Willy and the Poor Boys
Let It Bleed, and
Bitches Brew

all came out that year.

 

[agentorange]

the wonder stuff - never loved elvis
blur - leisure
teenage fanclub - bandwagonesque
ned's atomic dustbin - god fodder

Man, you guys have to go draggin' out my junior and senior years in high school. I still have a Ned's guilty pleasure occasionally

There was so much great music that came out within a two year period that I still haven't gotten out of my system.

Pearl Jam's Ten is one of those landmark albums, alongside the Joshua Tree and Counting Crows' August and Everything After, that marks a musical watershed in my life... one of those albums that makes the hair on your neck stand up, and you know you're not gonna be the same ever again.

Here's a few more of 1991's gems that still hold up, at least for me:

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
The La's
The Ocean Blue - Cerulean. By far the best from one of my favorite bands.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Leisure is, 'Sing' and 'There's No Other Way Apart', unlistenable to me.

But yeah 1991.

Screamadelica
Blue Lines

Good stuff.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

God and Foxbase Alpha. Sarah Cracknell. Nothing can stop us now.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I used to gobble up cassette singles like crazy! My cheesiest one was Everybody Everybody by Black Box. I used to be a guido from 1989-1991. I had Gonna Make You Sweat by C+C Music Factory too.

I had their entire tape. Things That Make You Go Hmmmm

I should dig through mine tonight and find my cheesiest one.

 

[MrPryck2U]

I also had The Power by Snap. I loved that song. The cassette single had a cool instrumental of it too.
1991 was great year in music, but of course there were other great years like 1967-69 and 1987.

 

[Zoots]

OMG you guys are killing me with nostalgia here...

 

[namkcuR]

1994 was a HELL of a year too:

Green Day - Dookie
Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies EP
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Seal - Seal(II)
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Weezer - Weezer(Blue)
Tori Amos - Under The Pink
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Jeff Buckley - Grace

 

[U2Girl416]

Pearl Jam- Ten
Ned's Atomic Dustbin- Godfodder LOVE this cd!!!


I was gonna add STP's Core album but then I realized that was 1992, but that one is right up there for me as well

 

[Zoots]

1994 was a HELL of a year too:

Green Day - Dookie
Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies EP
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Seal - Seal(II)
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Weezer - Weezer(Blue)
Tori Amos - Under The Pink
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Jeff Buckley - Grace

You forgot REM's Monster.

 

[MrPryck2U]

You.re right, 1994 was a great year for music as well! STP came out with Purple that year.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I miss the early nineties.

 

[Zoots]

I miss the early nineties.

I think about the early 90s every few days.

 

[U2inUtah]

How bout Fear by Toad The Wet Sprocket.
That was a 1991 release I believe, and the best album of an underrated band.

 

[Zoots]

How bout Fear by Toad The Wet Sprocket.
That was a 1991 release I believe, and the best album of an underrated band.

Oh yesss! I haven't heard the whole album but do know the singles All I Want and Walk On The Ocean.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Yes, the Toad album came out in August of 1991, but the single All I Want didn't hit the charts until late 1992.

 

[Zoots]

1992

I like 1992 even more than 1991 cos many of those albums that came out in '91 had singles out on MTV in '92. So it was a joygasm everyday for a wide eyed MTV kid like me.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

1992

I like 1992 even more than 1991 cos many of those albums that came out in '91 had singles out on MTV in '92. So it was a joygasm everyday for a wide eyed MTV kid like me.

Hells yes!

That summer was one of my best.

 

[Zoots]

That summer was one of my best.

Oh the memories!

nostalgia

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I'm a sucker for it.

I never did go through all my old CS.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Yes, there were many great singles in 1992 from albums that were released in 1991. Jeremy, Under the Bridge and One are a few that come to mind.