Post subject: Best Year For Music-Semifinals: Part 2- 90's, 00's, 10's
After 50 (!) votes in the most recent poll, we finally have 4 final round spots filled. 1967, 1969, 1971, and 1977.
Here in the second part of the semifinals, we'll see the winners of the 90's, 00's, and 2010's polls compete for the final 3 spots. This poll will last for another 7 days before we will have our final round. The final round will be a based on a points system and not a poll which I can't wait for.
Here are the choices for the most recent three decades. Happy voting!
1991
-Nevermind- Nirvana, Loveless- My Bloody Valentine, Ten- Pearl Jam, Achtung Baby- U2, Blood Sugar Sex Magik- Red Hot Chili Peppers, Spiderland- Slint, Metallica (s/t), The Low End Theory- A Tribe Called Quest, Laughing Stock- Talk Talk, Screamadelica- Primal Scream
1994
- Grace- Jeff Buckley, Weezer (The Blue Album), Definitely Maybe- Oasis, Dummy- Portishead, Illmatic- Nas, MTV Unplugged- Nirvana, Dookie- Green Day, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain- Pavement, Parklife- Blur, The Downward Spiral- Nine Inch Nails
1997
- OK Computer- Radiohead, Homogenic- Bjork, Either/Or- Elliot Smith, The Lonesome Crowded West- Modest Mouse, Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space- Spiritualized, Urban Hymns- The Verve, The Colour and the Shape- Foo Fighters, F#A#∞- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Perfect From Now On- Built To Spill, The Boatman's Call- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2001
-Is This It- The Strokes, Amensiac- Radiohead, Origin of Symmetry- Muse, Discovery- Daft Punk, Lateralus- Tool, White Blood Cells- The White Stripes, Toxicity- System of a Down, The Glow Pt. 2- The Microphones, Vespertine- Bjork, Oh, Inverted World- The Shins
2006
-Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not- Arctic Monkeys, Black Holes and Revelations- Muse, Ys- Joanna Newsom, Back To Black- Amy Winehouse, The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me- Brand New, Sam's Town- The Killers, The Black Parade- My Chemical Romance, Sadium Arcadium- Red Hot Chili Peppers, 10,000 Days- Tool, The Eraser- Thom Yorke
2007
-In Rainbows- Radiohead, For Emma, Forever Ago- Bon Iver, Neon Bible- Arcade Fire, Sound of Silver- LCD Soundsystem, Boxer- The National, Favourite Worst Nightmare- Arctic Monkeys, Oracular Spectacular- MGMT, Person Pitch- Panda Bear, Strawberry Jam- Animal Collective, Untrue- Burial
2010
-The Suburbs- Arcade Fire, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West, High Violet- The National, Teen Dream- Beach House, This Is Happening- LCD Soundsystem, Brothers- The Black Keys, Halcyon Digest- Deerhunter, Plastic Beach- Gorillaz, The Age of Adz- Sufjan Stevens, Innerspeaker- Tame Impala
2016
-A Moon Shaped Pool- Radiohead, Blackstar- David Bowie, Blonde- Frank Ocean, Teens Of Denial- Car Seat Headrest, Atrocity Exhibition- Danny Brown, 22, A Million- Bon Iver, Skeleton Tree- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Lemonade- Beyonce, We Got It From Here....Thank You 4 Your Service- A Tribe Called Quest, Untitled Unmastered.- Kendrick Lamar _________________ Attention all planets of the solar federation: We have assumed control.
2001 has more than a few fantastic releases, but 1991 wins it for me. A few of my favourites:
The Cult - Ceremony (UNDERRATED)
Death - Human
Metallica - The Black Album
Motorhead - 1916
Nirvana - Nevermind
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
Porcupine Tree - On The Sunday Of Life...
Primus - Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Rush - Roll The Bones (UNDERRATED)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
U2 - Achtung Baby
One of the strongest years generally, the year alternative music and grunge broke and so many great bands released diverse albums. _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
2001 has more than a few fantastic releases, but 1991 wins it for me. A few of my favourites:
The Cult - Ceremony (UNDERRATED)
Death - Human
Metallica - The Black Album
Motorhead - 1916
Nirvana - Nevermind
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
Porcupine Tree - On The Sunday Of Life...
Primus - Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Rush - Roll The Bones (UNDERRATED)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
U2 - Achtung Baby
One of the strongest years generally, the year alternative music and grunge broke and so many great bands released diverse albums.
A great list of records right there. I'd add A Tribe Called Quest's Low End Theory and the Guns N Roses Use Your Illusion albums simply because there are a few songs on each of them (Coma, Estranged, etc.) that I'm constantly blown away by. I would also put an (UNDERRATED) next to Primus's Sailing the Seas of Cheese. I think that's a great record to listen to and to figure out how to play. I think it's rated as 75/100 on this site. To me that's very underrated. _________________ Attention all planets of the solar federation: We have assumed control.
A great list of records right there. I'd add A Tribe Called Quest's Low End Theory and the Guns N Roses Use Your Illusion albums simply because there are a few songs on each of them (Coma, Estranged, etc.) that I'm constantly blown away by. I would also put an (UNDERRATED) next to Primus's Sailing the Seas of Cheese. I think that's a great record to listen to and to figure out how to play. I think it's rated as 75/100 on this site. To me that's very underrated.
Agreed with both. Now you've reminded of another underrated album, Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black by Public Enemy. It's their third best imo. Such a great year _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
For me it came down to a showdown between 1991 and 1994.
Year of grunge vs year of Britpop.
I prefer Britpop to grunge generally but in the end I came down on the side of 1991.
Some of my favourite '91 albums:
Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide
KLF - White Room
REM - Out of Time
Orb - Orb's Adventures Beyond The Underworld
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - God Fodder
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
NWA - Efil4Zaggin
Kirsty MacColl - Electric Landlady
Crowded House - Woodface
PM Dawn - That Cross album with Set Adrift.. on it
James - James
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Pearl Jam - Ten
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbours
RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magick
Nirvana - Nevermind
Orbital - Orbital
Simply Red - Stars
Prince and NPG - Diamonds and Pearls
Neil Young - Weld
Queen - Innuendo/Greatest Hits 2
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Enya - Shepherd Moons
2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now
U2 - Achtung Baby
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Runrig - The Big Wheel
Inspiral Carpets - The Beast Inside
The Commitments Soundtrack
Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha
John Lee Hooker - Mr Lucky
Joan Osborne - Live album
1994 had a tonne of good albums too but I feel 1991 had more. And more of quality.
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2001 has more than a few fantastic releases, but 1991 wins it for me. A few of my favourites:
The Cult - Ceremony (UNDERRATED)
Death - Human
Metallica - The Black Album
Motorhead - 1916
Nirvana - Nevermind
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
Porcupine Tree - On The Sunday Of Life...
Primus - Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Rush - Roll The Bones (UNDERRATED)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
U2 - Achtung Baby
One of the strongest years generally, the year alternative music and grunge broke and so many great bands released diverse albums.
Great job giving props to the badly underrated Ceremony!
'97 and '01 are part of the bottom of the tub in my catalog. Neither has a chance on my list.
Nice recovery by '06 and '07 with even better results in '10 and off another cliff in '16.
'94 was the last truly great year for a long time, but in the end, I stick with '91.
Here's a few highlights not generally mentioned:
Parallels - the best album by progressive metal masters Fates Warning
The badly overlooked Roll the Bones by Rush.
Buddy Guy's scorching Damn Right I Got the Blues
Soundgarden's BEST--Badmotorfinger!
The inexplicably obscure but totally captivating Turbulence by Yes' axe slinger Steve Howe
5 time Guitarist of the Year Steve Morse's Southern Steel
The haunting and beautiful The Visit by Canadian Celtic/World Music Queen Loreena McKinnett
Underrated bluesman Son Seals' best album, Living in the Danger Zone
Brilliant New Age/Jazz crossover Acoustic Alchemy's best album, Back on the Case
Jazz Banjoist Bela Fleck's totally awesome Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
Danny Gatton's way too much fun 88 Elmira Street
Another wicked good blues outing in Albert Collins' Ice Man.
Yep, definitely 1991, in spite of all that horribly overrated grunge (Badmotorfinger excepted, of course).
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