What is your favorite alternative rock album from 1991?

sidewinder · 02-19-2010, 05:44 PM

I don't think every thread has to be master-planned. An idea came about from another thread, a new thread was started and it's a worthy discussion. Done.

Engine · 02-19-2010, 06:12 PM

I was 16 in 1991 and I was into the usual alternative rock bands at the time. I won't choose a favorite but I can make a list of favorites from a year of so many good albums. And I'll even limit this to favorite albums that I was actually listening to in 1991:

Loveless by MBV
Sebadoh III
The Pod by Ween
Gish by Smashing Pumpkins
Trompe le Monde by Pixies
and, yes, Nevermind by Nirvana

Anteater · 02-19-2010, 06:14 PM

Some of my favorite albums from '91 with Alt. Rock elements-

Nine Black Poppies · 02-19-2010, 06:56 PM

Awesome albums from '91 (my version):

American Music Club - Everclear
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind
The Field Mice - For Keeps
Guns n Roses - Use Your Illusion
Jesus Lizard - Goat
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Metallica - Metallica
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Nirvana - Nevermind
The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pooh Sticks - The Great White Wonder
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
REM - Out of Time
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Sebadoh - III
Slint - Spiderland
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Superchunk - No Pocky for Kitty
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
U2 - Achtung Baby [the only U2 album I really like as a whole]

**Janszoon** · 02-19-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

I'm trying to add a poll with 25 albums I came up with, but I didn't finish it within 5 minutes of my post so things are on hold for now. I PMed a mod so hopefully I'll get this straightened out...

I'll be happy to do it if you'll give me the list of bands.

Unless of course you want me to make up my own list.

boo boo · 02-19-2010, 10:17 PM

In order.

Not much to say, I just adore this album and I know that contradicts my passionate hatred for everything indie but whatever.

Not as big of a Nirvana nut as a used to be, a few years ago and this would have been number one.

Urban and Right Track deserve the credit for getting me interested in this album, an genius mix of house, psychedelia and Sticky Fingers era Stones. A very unique band for sure.

A band everyone loves to hate, I dunno why, even if you don't like Pearl Jam, they have always struck me as a band that genuinely love what they do and have a strong connection enough connection with their fans they don't feel the need to promote themselves the way most bands do, doing music videos, commercials and what not. They have retained their dignity much longer than other bands from their era, that's worth something. Anyway, they have a lot of good albums but this will always be their peak for me.

Violent & Funky · 02-19-2010, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I'll be happy to do it if you'll give me the list of bands.

Unless of course you want me to make up my own list.

Well, this was the list but I don't know if a poll is necessary. I'll let you decide.

The list:

Achtung Baby - U2
Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge - Mudhoney
Gish - Smashing Pumpkins
Goat - The Jesus Lizard
Green Mind - Dinosaur Jr.
Leisure - Blur
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Mental Jewelry - Live
Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
My Brain Hurts - Screeching Weasel
Nevermind - Nirvana
No Pocky for Kitty - Superchunk
Out of Time - R.E.M.
Pocket Full of Kryptonite - Spin Doctors
The Reality of my Surroundings - Fishbone
Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus
Screamadelica - Primal Scream
Steady Diet of Nothing - Fugazi
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Ten - Pearl Jam
Trompe Le Monde - Pixies
Wretch - Kyuss

I'd say I made a pretty good list...

Rickenbacker · 02-20-2010, 12:21 PM

Some of those are pretty meh, honestly... Spin Doctors? Live? No real sense including them imo.

TheBig3 · 02-20-2010, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickenbacker

Some of those are pretty meh, honestly... Spin Doctors? Live? No real sense including them imo.

PFoK was a pretty good album. I thought any how.

Rickenbacker · 02-20-2010, 03:10 PM

It came off as pretty soulless funk/rock to me. Especially the singles.

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Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	I was 16 in 1991 and I was into the usual alternative rock bands at the time. I won't choose a favorite but I can make a list of favorites from a year of so many good albums. And I'll even limit this to favorite albums that I was actually listening to in 1991: Loveless by MBV Sebadoh III The Pod by Ween Gish by Smashing Pumpkins Trompe le Monde by Pixies and, yes, Nevermind by Nirvana __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.

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Nine Black Poppies Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: A State of Denial Posts: 357	Awesome albums from '91 (my version): American Music Club - Everclear Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind The Field Mice - For Keeps Guns n Roses - Use Your Illusion Jesus Lizard - Goat Massive Attack - Blue Lines Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend Metallica - Metallica Michael Jackson - Dangerous My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Nirvana - Nevermind The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld Pearl Jam - Ten Pooh Sticks - The Great White Wonder Primal Scream - Screamadelica Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese REM - Out of Time Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik Sebadoh - III Slint - Spiderland Smashing Pumpkins - Gish Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger Superchunk - No Pocky for Kitty Talk Talk - Laughing Stock Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona U2 - Achtung Baby [the only U2 album I really like as a whole] __________________ Like carnivores to carnal pleasures, so were we to desperate measures...

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Rickenbacker / Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Conn Posts: 1,338	It came off as pretty soulless funk/rock to me. Especially the singles. __________________ last.fm rym Talk About the Passion - R.E.M.'s Discography Reviewed