I feel we're missing some Japanoise on this thread. Here's some Violent Onsen Geisha to rectify that.
Urban75 Album of the Year 1991
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hitmouse
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Sainte Etienne are one of those ones who've been on my longlist for ages but I've never really got around to listening to. Are they as good as the Aldi knockoff Stella? Also in what I vaguely think of as being that sort of thing, Stereolab didn't do an album till 92 but they did do a few singles, including one called Stunning Debut Album:
Oh, and Generation Terrorists was early 1992 but Manics had a run of good singles then, and the Richey 4Real incident was 1991.
Oh, and Generation Terrorists was early 1992 but Manics had a run of good singles then, and the Richey 4Real incident was 1991.
I'm not on the same page as the RYM crowd, but I must admit that when it gets to about 1978 or so and beyond I'm at a complete loss as to what the canon actually is anymore. In 91 there's Nevermind and that fluffy clouds album from The Orb but aside from that I'm totally clueless as to what hip people were listening to.
hitmouse
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I dunno if it makes sense to think of it as being one singular canon? Like, as well Public Enemy, there's releases by a fair few of the big names of West Coast hip-hop (Ices both Cube and T, plus the Cube-less NWA album), those are certainly part of a canon?
I feel this was a good time for noise. Here's Ákos Rózmann with Images of the Dream and Death Part I & II. Electro-acoustic noise composition. Get your teeth stuck into that!
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
This Mortal Coil- Blood, The last in the trilogy of innovative interpretations of songs , some of them known but some ironically better known after being covered by TMC. I love all three albums , very distinctive 4 AD sound , late night melancholy, achingly romantic in places, strings, synths, and almost ambient. Quite unique and rarely bettered.
It's not really hip people who make the canon though is it? It's bands that have a wider appeal beyond the hip - there was huge albums by Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pearl Jam, Guns & Roses, Metallica - none of them appeal to me very much, but they're definitely Rock Canon albums, and albums which were similarly successful from bands at similar points in their careers in previous eras would be much further up the rankings than they are in 1991
Oh yes of course. I wasn't into hip hop at the time. Much more open to it now though. Hip hop me up, please!
hitmouse
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Listening to this now and it's a lot of fun, it's just horny disco music for people who like satan a bit. Not something I'd want to listen to all day every day but definitely has its place as part of a balanced diet.
Oh yes. The Black Album was hugely popular with my mates and to a lesser extent that socks on their willies Red Hot Chilli Peppers album.
they're totally wrong on Lulu thoughRYM are getting one thing right wrt Metallica massive dip in the ratings when it comes to the black album.
have a break from '91 and stick it on nowI knew you were going to say that
hitmouse
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The Public Enemy/Anthrax collaboration is perhaps regrettable for helping to set in motion a chain of events that would eventually lead to nu-metal, but it's thrilling in its way:
And Lost at Birth is excellent imo:
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
Wonder Stuff were, are and always will be total dogshit. My best mate's girlfriend copped off with Miles Hunt at Reading '92. These two facts are entirely unrelated.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Very good record
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
As is this - not considered up to the standards of other Pixies records but Trompe le monde is bloody brilliant IMO
hitmouse
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Just listened to it again, can confirm this is definitely the best song of 1991 if not the entire twentieth century, Nirvana wish they could've written this:
Also, suppose 1991 was a big year for Shonen Knife, turns out they had an album then called 712 which I also don't know. But maybe it's in somebody's top 10? Might well have been in Kurt's?
ska invita
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Biggest hiphop album of 91 IMO is Step in the Arena - Gang Starr. Wouldve voted for it in 1990 but the ruling was made based on this from wiki
"Step in the Arena is the second studio album by hip hop duo Gang Starr, printed as a 1990 release,[4] and commercially released on January 15, 1991"
...so 1991
Followed by the Tribe Called Quest LP and I loved the Black Sheep record too, not sure how that holds up though
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"Step in the Arena is the second studio album by hip hop duo Gang Starr, printed as a 1990 release,[4] and commercially released on January 15, 1991"
...so 1991
Followed by the Tribe Called Quest LP and I loved the Black Sheep record too, not sure how that holds up though
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belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Not sure about his top ten, but his favourite album of the year was that sublime mixture of Byrdsian melodies, Big Stars power pop and Stooges noise, Bandwagonesque.
(Liam Gallagher agreed, but we’ll skip over that)
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Maybe not….I always bracket them with Skinny Puppy tho, just noise (bloody glorious noise)
ska invita
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This was a big dance LP on Warp
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this is also a classic - solid album
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my impression is no one on Urban likes Primus but this is them at their best - silly album name, great music
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love all of those
MBV at #1 for me though for sure
Ive never heard but am curious to check
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Human Resource – Dominating The World
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this is also a classic - solid album
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my impression is no one on Urban likes Primus but this is them at their best - silly album name, great music
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love all of those
MBV at #1 for me though for sure
Ive never heard but am curious to check
The Future Sound Of London – Accelerator
Human Resource – Dominating The World
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