Best rock album of 1991?
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Use Your Illusion I & II - G n' RI voted based on my 18-year self's favorite at the time. Ten and Never Mind are probably tied for 47-year old me.
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Nevermind - Nirvana
I've always felt Pearl Jam was basically grunge packaged for classic rock bros. Alive is basically the Free Bird of the early 90s.Fishpo31 said:Being the Boomer (NOT a sooner, FTG) that I am, I actually spent the early 90’s listening to a lot of jazz and blues...I was over U2, over G n’ R, and never dialed in to the angst and despair of Nirvana and SG, which was not really that different than PJ, but I could understand Kurt’s vocals, Eddie’s not so much. For me, PJ had a little more groove (prolly Cruzen / Abruzzese). Was exposed to Metallica, which is my #2 here. Ten grew on me, as has Nevermind, but Ten had a jump...Blast away!
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Nevermind - Nirvana
Top 40 friendly "grunge". Pearl Jam was the first band from that wave that I thought was ok at the time. That's how I know they suck.YellowSnow said:
I've always felt Pearl Jam was basically grunge packaged for classic rock bros. Alive is basically the Free Bird of the early 90s.Fishpo31 said:Being the Boomer (NOT a sooner, FTG) that I am, I actually spent the early 90’s listening to a lot of jazz and blues...I was over U2, over G n’ R, and never dialed in to the angst and despair of Nirvana and SG, which was not really that different than PJ, but I could understand Kurt’s vocals, Eddie’s not so much. For me, PJ had a little more groove (prolly Cruzen / Abruzzese). Was exposed to Metallica, which is my #2 here. Ten grew on me, as has Nevermind, but Ten had a jump...Blast away!
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Ten - Peal Jam
Spot on...as I have learned over the years of the different likes and influences of the Seattle bands and musicians, PJ’s list is / was probably closest-aligned to my own, certainly in 91...BrahYellowSnow said:
I've always felt Pearl Jam was basically grunge packaged for classic rock bros. Alive is basically the Free Bird of the early 90s.Fishpo31 said:Being the Boomer (NOT a sooner, FTG) that I am, I actually spent the early 90’s listening to a lot of jazz and blues...I was over U2, over G n’ R, and never dialed in to the angst and despair of Nirvana and SG, which was not really that different than PJ, but I could understand Kurt’s vocals, Eddie’s not so much. For me, PJ had a little more groove (prolly Cruzen / Abruzzese). Was exposed to Metallica, which is my #2 here. Ten grew on me, as has Nevermind, but Ten had a jump...Blast away!
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Metallica (Black Album) - MetallicaWas really close. The last good (not great) Metallica album, or the epic from Soundgarden.... went with Metallica because Cornell is a quitter.
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Nevermind - NirvanaHell of a year for rock.
Hard to top this shit though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkcJEvMcnEg
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Metallica (Black Album) - MetallicaThe "Enter Sandman" intro is arguably the best intro of all-time
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Nevermind - Nirvanagreenblood said:
The "Enter Sandman" intro is arguably the best come out of the locker room entrance song of all-time
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Metallica (Black Album) - Metallica
Hell yeah, nothing made you feel more like a bad ass than running out on to the field to that songdnc said:greenblood said:The "Enter Sandman" intro is arguably the best come out of the locker room entrance song of all-time
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Achtung Baby - U2
Oh! If that’s the case than fuck 1991.YellowSnow said:
Yeah, but still it was a mediocre row boat season - ie 4th in the Natty race (Cincinnati regatta since UW still was in IRA hiatus).whlinder said:1991 being without question the greatest year of my life even though I didn't know it at the time (Redskins 14-2, SB Champ, Huskies 12-0, won natty and popped off), I include all of the music I like which was released then. Nevermind, Ten, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, the Black album, I never associate Achtung Baby with that year. I like U2, and I love that album and many of the songs on it, but it's not a 1991 album to me.
Into the Great Wide Open was also 1991, not one of Petty's best but warrants mentioning.
