a tribe called quest : the low end theory
animal logic : animal logic ii
breathless : between happiness and heartache
chapterhouse : whirlpool
charlottes : things come apart
cranes : wings of joy
doubting thomas : the infidel eleventh dream day : lived to tell
innocence mission : umbrella
levellers : levelling the land
live : mental jewelry
massive attack : blue lines
mercury rev : yerself is steam
my bloody valentine : loveless
ocean blue : cerulean
slowdive : just for a day
talk talk : laughing stock
this mortal coil : blood
tuxedomoon : the ghost sonata
u2 : achtung baby
What's the significance of the 8 you have in bold?
the list is alphabetized by artist. the bold ones represent my top 5 albums from 1991. thank you for asking. _________________ follow me on the bandcamp.
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This already proves to be a very interesting topic because I was very much intrigued by one of the albums mentioned by purplepash: The King by Teenage Fanclub. I discovered Bandwagonesque in 1991 and it is still one of my favorite albums and then I went back to A Catholic Education but I had never heard of The King also from 1991.
I looked for it and at first couldn't even find it until I discovered a wikipedia entry on it and it seems this was an album they contractually had to do on Matador before they went to Geffen and it seems the album was taken off the market on the day it was released.
Luckily you can still find it on Youtube and I'm listening to Interstellar Overdrive (yes the Pink Floyd song) as I type this and very much like it. There's even a cover of Like A Virgin on it.
I don't know if it's the quality of the recording itself or the quality on Youtube but the overall sound quality is very bad but that doesn't matter. This is a very guitar heavy album with lots of screaming (Robot Love) which already has the roots of the brilliant Bandwagonesque but not quite.
Maybe not something I would put in my top charts but overall an interesting discovery, thx Purplehpash.
Interesting info Dihansse. I never knew any of this, All I knew is back in '91 my housemate and best mate had this on vinyl (as well as A Catholic Education) before Bandwagonesque came out and we listened to it a lot. So it must have been available in Australia at the time. I am sure he still has it. So maybe some nostalgia factor at play here but then again I relistened to it a few times a couple of years ago and despite a bit of criticism that is around for this record I still loved it. Great description mate. It is a fascinating record. Also worth mentioning is their having fun with grunge instrumental Mudhoney.
1. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
2. Nevermind by Nirvana
3. Blue Lines by Massive Attack
4. Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden
5. Spiderland by Slint
6. Ten by Pearl Jam
7. Achtung Baby by U2
Stuff 'n nonsense. Personally I can't think of many better. In fact when we last had a best year tourney on BEA it was my pick.
Hey Jimmy,
If you still have your write- ups and choices handy from that tourney can you post them here? I'd love to see them, and it would cool to have that stuff included on this thread for others to check out as well.
Currently listening to that Spacemen 3 comp of alternate mixes and of course it's amazing.
Loveless- MBV
Spiderland- Slint
Nevermind- Nirvana
Low End Theory- ATCQ
Badmotorfinger- Soundgarden
The Greatest Gift- Scratch Acid
We Cant Be Stopped- Geto Boys
Goat- Jesus Lizard
Step In the Arena- Gang Starr
Bullhead- Melvins
Orbital 1- Orbital
Sailing the Seas of Cheese- Primus
Breaking Atoms- Main Source
Gish- Smashing Pumpkins
Grippe- Jawbox
No Pocky for Kitty- Superchunk
Rain Tree Crow- Rain Tree Crow
Unsane- Unsane
Just For A Day- Slowdive
Whirlpool- Chapterhouse
Fuck me! These lists are incredibly good. I honestly wasn't expecting so many kickass lists. So I'll probably take two months to comb through these. Just too much awesomeness. Thanks, guys!!! 😁
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