Screamadelica was also released in 91

'88

comment by Pineapple Chunks (U1449)
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Screamadelica was also released in 91
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Out of Time is one of REM 's worst albums in my opinion. In fact after they signed for a major, most of their output was pretty patchy.

Chilli Peppers first album too I think

comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 1 minute ago
Out of Time is one of REM 's worst albums in my opinion. In fact after they signed for a major, most of their output was pretty patchy.
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Fun fact - Kurt Cobain was one of their biggest fans and loved their output and considered Michael Stipe a close friend

Was it the best year or was it a year that sits right in the sweet spot of formative musical experiences for people of a certain age (which is incidentally my age too)?

I reckon there would be some strong contenders in the 60s and 70s when you e.g. get a bit of golden age Stevie Wonder, Led Zep and everything in between, but I wasn't alive to have them in my personal timeline.

PS I know many disagree but I always found Primal Scream massively schiit.

Cobain died in 1994, thus avoiding much of REM's steep artistic decline...

'PS I know many disagree but I always found Primal Scream massively schiit.'

Not me. Awful band, fronted by a pretentious nobber.

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comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 1 minute ago
Out of Time is one of REM 's worst albums in my opinion. In fact after they signed for a major, most of their output was pretty patchy.
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Fun fact - Kurt Cobain was one of their biggest fans and loved their output and considered Michael Stipe a close friend
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Was just talking about that in our office yesterday. Someone was playing Nirvana's Unplugged album and I started musing about what Kurt would have done with the rest of his career if he hadn't looked down the barrel of that shotgun. He was supposedly planning a collaboration with Michael Stipe (and maybe that influence would have saved REM from its increasing irrelevance). I reckon he'd have gone down a less grungy path, maybe with the folk-rock tinges you get in some of the covers in Unplugged.

Screaming Trees -Uncle Anesthesia - 1991

I saw an interview with Kurt Cobain where he said he was considering leaving Nirvana and joining Hole with Courtney. Along with the REM thing it would have been interesting seeing where his career went

73 was a good year for creativity

Quadrophenia
Dark side
Tubular bells

Gish was also released in 91

1977

Talking Heads : 77
Shex Pistols - Never mind the bollox
Slowhand - Clapton
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Bowie - Heroes

comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 7 minutes ago
Cobain died in 1994, thus avoiding much of REM's steep artistic decline...
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Up (1998) and Reveal (2001) are truly wonderful albums, to name but two. They really did not decline artistically in any serious way, though one might say that they peaked in the early 1990s. No shame in that, when your peak was as high as Automatic For The People.

comment by Pineapple Chunks (U1449)
posted 1 minute ago
73 was a good year for creativity

Quadrophenia
Dark side
Tubular bells
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You're not allowed to talk about 1973 without mentioning Innervisions, Stevie's masterpiece.

According to Google, also David Bowie's Aladdin Sane and a presumably very bad Elvis release entitled 'Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite' (which I'd like to check out).

2000

Dre - 2001
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish & Hotdog Flavoured Water
Coldplay - Parachutes
Stankonia - Outkast






And 7 by S Club 7

1969.
Beatles, Abbey Road.
Rolling Stones, Let it Bleed
David Bowie, Space Oddity
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II.
Nick Drake, 5 leaves left.
The Who, Tommy.
Zappa, Hot Rats.

1994 was another decent year:

Parklife - Blur
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Dog Man Star - Suede
Music for the Jilted Generation - Prodigy

Talk Talk 'Laughing Stock' - Even better than Spirit Of Eden

My Bloody Valentine 'Loveless' - Not as good as Isn't Anything, but still great nonetheless

Slint 'Spiderland' - Post-rock goodliness

Massive Attack 'Blue Lines' - Bit up and down, but when it's on it, it really is on it...

1995


Pulp Different class was released. A gem.

comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 28 minutes ago
Out of Time is one of REM 's worst albums in my opinion. In fact after they signed for a major, most of their output was pretty patchy.
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Thought their best album was in 1992

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Also Achtung Baby was in 1991.