Favorite 1991 Album? (The Poll)

[buddy]

third times a charm?

edit: obviously the title of the poll is suppose to be "favorite 1991 album?" no favoritism here.

[MassonaBlackEyes]

the other one already has a discussion

no one gives two shits about the poll selection

unless it can be merged

[shoegazer76]

& for the record yes I know Sonic Youth were relevant in 91. I did own Goo & Dirty come the release of Nevermind & much to my elation the SY/Nirvana bond was forged.

[buddy]

merge

[shoegazer76]

Vote other for SY's Dirty.

[miscorrections]

So fucking hard. MBV, Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, Sonic Youth? Man.

[Still-ill]

Oh jesus... Spiderland, too? This is without Laughing Stock in the running.

[shoegazer76]

The more I keep thinking about it there were so many damn good albums in 91.
The Cure released Wish (my fave of the Cure)
I'm sure the Sugarcubes released something that year.
Swervedriver released Raise
Pixies Trompe Le Monde (my fave of the Pixies)
Dinosaur Jr. Green Mind
Soundgarden Badmotorfinger
Rage Against the Machine debut
RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magic
I'm sure I'm missing many more. That was a great year to be 15. I'm glad I was in my teens that year. & thanks dad for taking me & my friends to see the Cure & Sonic Youth that year.

[juloxx]

Cypress Hill, DJ Quik, and 2pacs debut albums were all this year. Good stuff.

[TallGuyCM]

So fucking hard. MBV, Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, Sonic Youth? Man.

What did Sonic Youth put out in 1991?

[ElBlueblazer]

Smashing Pumpkins-Gish 1991

[shoegazer76]

Yup your right Dirty was released in 92 altough I can swear that a single of 100% was around in 91.

[gaypalmsprings]

Nirvana was the one that affected the music scene the most.

[TallGuyCM]

Nirvana was the one that affected the music scene the most.

People will argue against this, but it's true. Hair metal reigned supreme on rock radio until Nevermind came in and blew it all to hell.

[shoegazer76]

They brought alternative music (as it was called then, before indie was really a general term) to the masses & mainstream. Nothing on the charts was evenlly remotely close to what Nirvana sounded like. I get so tired of all the metal gods bitching about how Nirvana dethroned them. When Nirvana came out metal was already dead with the exception of GnR & they were on the way out too. Mainstream music was chock full of R&B groups lame hip hop groups. Exciting things were definately happening in underground rap & hip hop but mainstream music on radio & television was absolutely disgusting. I remember "college radio" music being the term to describe many of the bands we talk about before "alternative" was even a term.

[shoegazer76]

I even remember 120 minutes "on MTV every sunday from 12 a.m.-2a.m.) had the top "college music radio" hits of the week. It was so awesome to have a generic label for underground music. Now we've got all these sub genres & they all make my head spin sometime trying to determine the correct genre(s). I miss the simple days.

[juloxx]

Like when MTV actually played music

[kitt kat]

ughhhh nivana

[Gribbz]

People will argue against this, but it's true. Hair metal reigned supreme on rock radio until Nevermind came in and blew it all to hell.

Fact.

[MarkO]

Achtung Baby for me but I was close to voting for Bandwagonesque.

[Mr. Fuzz]

I was 13 in 91...I was definitely more into Pennywise and NOFX.

[JebusLives]

Smashing Pumpkins - Gish

In retrospect, arguably their best work. Also Sub Pop's first big release (yes, it was released before Nevermind).

[stuporfly]

I went with My Bloody Valentine, though I could have just as easily picked A Tribe Called Quest, Teenage Fanclub or Primal Scream.

[lunatic core]

RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magic.

[TomAz]

People will argue against this, but it's true. Hair metal reigned supreme on rock radio until Nevermind came in and blew it all to hell.

I don't disagree with this. But one could make the argument that GnR softened the enemy positions first.

[donkey sex]

Listen to 'Slip inside this house', then come back and vote.

[mickflyy]

ATCQ, the best Hip Hop act ever. Thats right I said ever, these guy are so underrated it makes me sad.

[JamesMills]

Low End Theory, though Spiderland is close. Can't believe it only got one vote...

[amyzzz]

Catherine Wheel Ferment

[Still-ill]

Low End Theory, though Spiderland is close. Can't believe it only got one vote...

and Ten gets 8.