For me 1991
Nevermind- Nirvana
Ten - Pearl Jam
Use Your Illusion 1&2 - Guns and Roses
Blood Sugar - RHCP
Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden
Out of Time - REM
Death Certificate - Ice Cube
Metallica - The Black Album
Dangerous - Michael Jackson
Screamadelica- Primal Scream
Amongst others
Any other contenders?
Best year for album releases?
posted on 15/8/19
Saw Radiohead once at The Greek in 98. It was so amazing that Ive refused to see them since because I don't feel it can be topped and want to keep that forever.
Destroyer, during their Poison Season tour, changed my life. Just too damn good.
posted on 15/8/19
comment by Pineapple Chunks (U1449)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by Robb - Steve Smith = Legend ππ (U21234)
posted 38 seconds ago
Just listening to Black by Pearl Jam. What a song to just sink into a bean bag and forget the world.
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Du u du doo du du doo
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No, that’s Drive by Incubus.
posted on 15/8/19
1969
There was this festival called Woodstock. Landmark releases from The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Jackson 5, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Neil Young (with Crazy Horse) and The Who. Led Zeppelin released its first two albums. Releases of “In the Court of the Crimson King,” possibly the greatest progressive rock album of its era, along with live albums from Johnny Cash, Grateful Dead and Elvis. David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” came out in time for the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Stooges and MC5 laid the groundwork for punk rock. Creedence Clearwater Revival released three albums.
Notable albums:
Led Zeppelin – "Led Zeppelin"/Led Zeppelin II"
The Beatles – "Abbey Road;"
The Rolling Stones – "Let It Bleed;"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Green River;"
The Who – "Tommy;"
King Crimson – "In the Court of the Crimson King;"
Captain Beefheart – "Trout Mask Replica;"
Neil Young – "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere;"
Isaac Hayes – "Hot Buttered Soul;"
Dusty Springfield – "Dusty in Memphis;"
MC5 – "Kick Out The Jams;"
Santana – "Santana;"
The Stooges – "The Stooges;" "
Bob Dylan – "Nashville Sky"
posted on 15/8/19
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1994 was a strong year
Oasis Defintely Maybe
Blur Parklife
Prodigy Music for the Jilted Generation
Nirvana Unplugged in New York
MSP Holy Bible
Portishead Dummy
Stone Roses Second Coming
Jeff Buckley Grace
Suede Dog Man Star
R.E.M. Monster
Plus others
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The Holy Bible is probably the Manics at their best, though it’s pretty dark stuff. Monster is vastly underrated. Dummy is incredible.
Been listening to Grace again recently. What a cover of Hallelujah.
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I'm a big fan of the Manics. The Holy Bible is pretty bleak but is a sensational album IMO.
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Years ago, I worked with a guy who loved Generation Terrorists but said the Manics sold out with Gold Against the Soul. No matter how much I told him that The Holy Bible made Generation Terrorists sound like a boyband in comparison, he wouldn’t listen to it. I wonder how many others felt the same.
Though I said The Holy Bible was probably their best work, I always go back to Everything Must Go as the defining Manics album.
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Always felt that everything must go was over produced, too heavy on the strings, not a great fun of that one.
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When you listen really hard to that album and the strings they are really beautiful IMO. I do prefer them more raw though.
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My favourite Manics songs are Enola/Alone and She is Suffering and they sort of capture the spirit of Everything Must Go and The Holy Bible respectively.
But I think Everything Must Go has great variety - pure rock and roll with Elvis Impersonator, the deliberately Nirvana-esque Removables and then, at the other end of the scale, Small Black Flowers with the exotic harp. Beautiful, era-defining album. The Holy Bible is raw black jagged energy and anger, but very insular. You’ve got to be in the right mood.
posted on 15/8/19
Clockwork. EMG introduced me to the Manics so it's always an album I go back to. Funnily enough Enola/Alone is the song I most remember from aeeing them at the Nynex in 97. It is a great album. Like you though it seems I too have to be in the mood to listen to a particular album and my favourite can change from time to time. At present it's Generation Terrorists but next month it could be GATS or SATG.
posted on 15/8/19
1977
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Seconds Out - Genesis
Gone to Earth - Barclay James Harvest
A Farrwell to Kings - Rush
Going for the One - Yes
Animals - Pink Floyd
Out of the Blue - ELO
Little Queen - Heart
posted on 15/8/19
1915
Don't Take My Darling Boy Away
posted on 15/8/19
comment by High Fist (U1097)
posted 3 hours, 46 minutes ago
Saw Radiohead once at The Greek in 98. It was so amazing that Ive refused to see them since because I don't feel it can be topped and want to keep that forever
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They had a similar effect on me. For years afterwards, I would listen to a new album and think: “Yeah, but it’s no OK Computer.” God knows how many decent bands I never really got to know because my standards had been set so high
They are just that good. Like I said above, I’d genuinely class them as one if the most underrated bands, despite all the acclaim.
posted on 16/8/19
comment by Yoda's big brother Hulk (U1250)
posted 3 hours, 50 minutes ago
1969
There was this festival called Woodstock. Landmark releases from The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Jackson 5, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Neil Young (with Crazy Horse) and The Who. Led Zeppelin released its first two albums. Releases of “In the Court of the Crimson King,” possibly the greatest progressive rock album of its era, along with live albums from Johnny Cash, Grateful Dead and Elvis. David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” came out in time for the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Stooges and MC5 laid the groundwork for punk rock. Creedence Clearwater Revival released three albums.
Notable albums:
Led Zeppelin – "Led Zeppelin"/Led Zeppelin II"
The Beatles – "Abbey Road;"
The Rolling Stones – "Let It Bleed;"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Green River;"
The Who – "Tommy;"
King Crimson – "In the Court of the Crimson King;"
Captain Beefheart – "Trout Mask Replica;"
Neil Young – "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere;"
Isaac Hayes – "Hot Buttered Soul;"
Dusty Springfield – "Dusty in Memphis;"
MC5 – "Kick Out The Jams;"
Santana – "Santana;"
The Stooges – "The Stooges;" "
Bob Dylan – "Nashville Sky"
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Some great stuff there cloggy.
posted on 16/8/19