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Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

This is the second part of the best albums and songs of the 1990s poll, which is described here.

You are welcome to list and discuss your favorite albums and/or songs of 1991 in this thread. List(s) need to be posted before the end of February to be included in the calculation of the combined top 10 albums and top 10 songs of 1991.

Albums and songs listed under 1991 at Acclaimed Music will only be counted in the forum poll if they are included in this month's ballots. So please have a look at the 1991 album and song lists before voting.

Please include at least 5 albums/songs. The scoring system is as follows for both albums and songs.

1. 50
2. 40
3. 35
4. 30
5. 25
6. 20
7. 18
8. 16
9. 14
10. 12
11. 10
12. 9
13. 8
14. 7
15. 6
16. 5
17. 4
18. 3
19. 2
20. 1

The scoring system has changed for songs because I didn't have time to make a summary spreadsheet of all individual top 50 lists. With top 20 lists for both albums and songs I think this could be done. But you are of course still welcome to post your 50 favorite songs.

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

I couldn't resist! I was already putting together my 1991 lists before the end of last month!

Just albums for now:

1. Frank Zappa - Make a Jazz Noise Here (this was a recording of a 1988 live show but the record was released in 1991)
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
3. Pearl Jam - Ten
4. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
5. U2 - Achtung Baby
6. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
7. MC 900 Ft Jesus - Welcome to My Dream
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

A:
01. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk
02. Spiderland - Slint
03. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
04. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
05. Screamadelica - Primal Scream
06. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
07. Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev
08. Trompe Le Monde - Pixies
09. Apocalypse ‘91... The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy
10. Goat - Jesus Lizard
11. III - Sebadoh
12. Bertie's Brochures - Fatima Mansions
13. Quality Street - World Of Twist
14. Dreamy - Beat Happening
15. Career In Rock - Volcano Suns
16. Whirlpool - Chapterhouse
17. Steady Diet Of Nothing - Fugazi
18. Pioughd - Butthole Surfers
19. Sailing The Seas Of Cheese - Primus
20. Forbidden Places - Meat Puppets


S:
01. You Got The Love - The Source/Candi Staton
02. Higher Than The Sun - Primal Scream
03. Pearl - Chapterhouse
04. Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
05. A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain... - The Orb
06. Only Shallow - My Bloody Valentine
07. Apparently Nothin' - Young Disciples
08. Get The Message - Electronic
09. Justified & Ancient - The KLF
10. Planet Of Sound - Pixies
11. Check The Rhime - A Tribe Called Quest
12. How I Could Just Kill A Man - Cypress Hill
13. What Evil Lurks - The Prodigy
14. Gett Off - Prince & The NPG
15. O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature
16. Shut 'Em Down - Public Enemy
17. Don't Fight It, Feel It - Primal Scream
18. The Fly - U2
19. There's No Other Way - Blur
20. Pop Goes The Weasel - 3rd Bass
21. It Ain't Over ‘Til It's Over - Lenny Kravitz
22. Who Stole My Last Piece Of Chicken - Organized Konfusion
23. Sometimes - My Bloody Valentine
24. My Brother's A Basehead - De La Soul
25. Teenage Whore - Hole
26. New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme) - Ice-T
27. Buggin' Out - A Tribe Called Quest
28. Hunted - Pale Saints
29. There's Nothing Like This - Omar
30. Sexuality - Billy Bragg

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Alright! Now this is gonna get interesting!!!

Albums:
1) Nirvana - Nevermind
2) U2 - Achtung Baby
3) Pearl Jam - Ten
4) Massive Attack - Blue Lines
5) A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Thoery
6) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
7) Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
8) Metallica - Metallica [The Black Album]
9) Maldita Vencindad - El Circo
10) Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
11) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
12) Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
13) Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
14) Ice Cube - Death Certificate
15) Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91
16) Primal Scream - Screamadelica
17) Smashing Pumpkins - Gish

Songs
1) R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
2) Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
3) Massive Attack - Safe From Harm
4) U2 - One
5) My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
6) Pavement - Summer Babe
7) Nirvana - In Bloom
8) Matthew Sweet - I’ve Been Waiting
9) Pearl Jam - Even Flow
10) Metallica - Enter Sandman
11) Public Enemy - Can’t Truss It
12) Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
13) Maldita Velcindad - Pachuco
14) Pearl Jam - Jeremy
15) A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime
16) Nirvana - Come As You Are
17) U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing
18) Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
19) Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
20) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
21) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
22) U2 - Mysterious Ways
23) Nirvana - Lithium
24) A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario
25) Prince & The New Power Generation - Gett Off
26)Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me
27) Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
28) Pearl Jam - Black
29) Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose
30) Mariah Carey - Emotions

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

MY Songs:

1) U2 "One"
2) R.E.M. "Losing My Religion"
3) Queen "The Show Must Go On"
4) Public Enemy "Shut 'em Down"
5) Nirvana "Lithium"
6) Bad Religion "21st Century Digital Boy"
7) A Tribe Called Quest "Scenario"
8) Guns 'N' Roses "You Could Be Mine"
9) Massive Attack "Unfinished Sympathy"
10) Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
11) Metallica "Enter Sandman"
12) U2 The Fly
13) Cypress Hill "How I Could Just Kill A Man"
14) Public Enemy "Can't Truss It"
15) Pearl Jam "Jeremy"
16) Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under The Bridge"
17) Blumfeld "Ghettowelt"
18) The KLF "3 A.M. Eternal"
19) Red Hot Chili Peppers "Give It Away"
20) Del Tha Funky Homosapien "Mistadobalina"

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

My Albums:

1) Metallica "Metallica"
2) Public Enemy "Apocalypse 91"
3) Nirvana "Nevermind"
4) Element Of Crime "Damals Hinterm Mond"
5) A Tribe Called Quest "The Low End Theory"
6) U2 "Achtung Baby"
7) Guns 'n' Roses "Use Your Illusion II"
8) Pearl Jam "Ten"
9) Hole "Pretty On The Inside"
10)Red Hot Chili Peppers "Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
11)Guns 'n' Roses "Use Your Illusion I"
12)R.E.M. "Out Of Time"
13)Massive Attack "Blue Lines"
14)Gang Starr "Step In The Arena"
15)Ice T "O.G."
16)Cypress Hill "Cypress Hill"
17)The KLF "The White Room"
18)2Pac "2Pacalypse Now"
19)Leaders of the New School "A Future Without A Past"
20)Michael Jackson "Dangerous"

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Probably the best year of the decade. It contains four of my six favorite tracks of the '90s.

50. Jermey- Pearl Jam
49. Breed- Nirvana
48. Motownphilly- Boyz II Men
47. Lounge Act- Nirvana
46. Broken Arrow- Rod Stewart
45. Don't Rock the Jukebox- Alan Jackson
44. Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World- U2
43. Jam- Michael Jackson
42. I Can't Make You Love Me- Bonnie Raitt
41. Mad About You- Sting

40. Where the Streets Have No Name- Pet Shop Boys
39. Only Shallow- My Bloody Valentine
38. Zoo Station- U2
37. Low- R.E.M.
36. The Fly- U2
35. Near Wild Heaven- R.E.M.
34. Enter Sandman- Metallica
33. Daddy Pop- Prince
32. Who Is It?- Michael Jackson
31. Cream- Prince

30. Drain You- Nirvana
29. Set Adrift on Memory Bliss- PM Dawn
28. Polly- Nirvana
27. Half a World Away- R.E.M.
26. In the Closet- Michael Jackson
25. So Cruel- R.E.M.
24. In Bloom- Nirvana
23. Why Should I Cry for You?- Sting
22. Get a Leg Up- John Mellencamp
21. I Touch Myself- The Divinyls

20. Country Feedback- R.E.M.
19. Even Flow- Pearl Jam
18. Under the Bridge- Red Hot Chili Peppers
17. Gett Off- Prince
16. Suck My Kiss- Red Hot Chili Peppers
15. Remember the Time- Michael Jackson
14. It Ain't Over Till It's Over- Lenny Kravitz
13. On a Plain- Nirvana
12. Unfinished Sympathy- Massive Attack
11. Girlfriend- Matthew Sweet

10. Money Don't Matter 2 Night- Prince
09. Even Better Than the Real Thing- U2
08. Come as You Are- Nirvana
07. Give It Away- Red Hot Chili Peppers
06. All This Time- Sting
05. Lithium- Nirvana
04. Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
03. Losing My Religion- R.E.M.
02. Mysterious Ways- U2
01. One- U2

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

1. Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
2. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
3. Frank Zappa - Make A Jass Noise Here
4. Nirvana - Nevermind


1. Pixies - Palace Of The Brine
2. Frank Zappa - Strictly Genteel
3. Nirvana - In Bloom
4. Geto Boys - My Mind Playing Tricks On Me
5. Manic Street Preachers - You Love Us
6. Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
7. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express (91 mix)
8. Ratcat - Skin
9. Slint - Breadcrumb Trail
0. Pixies - Alec Eiffel
11. Primal Scream - Come Together
12. My Bloody Valentine - Honey Power
13. Divinyls - Lay Your Body Down
14. Frank Zappa - Cruisin' For Burgers
15. Pixies - Motorway To Roswell
16. Teenage Fanclub - December
17. St. Etienne -Only Love Can Break Your Heart
18. Smells Like Teen Spirit
19. Wonder Stuff - Size Of A Cow

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Sorry, Henrik, I've carelessly overseen ‘91's... well ...

A:
01. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk
02. Spiderland - Slint
03. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
04. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
05. Screamadelica - Primal Scream
06. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
07. Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev
08. Trompe Le Monde - Pixies
09. Apocalypse ‘91... The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy
10. Goat - Jesus Lizard
11. III - Sebadoh
12. Bertie's Brochures - Fatima Mansions
13. Quality Street - World Of Twist
((14. A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING - BLACK SHEEP))
15. Dreamy - Beat Happening
16. Career In Rock - Volcano Suns
17. Whirlpool - Chapterhouse
18. Steady Diet Of Nothing - Fugazi
19. Pioughd - Butthole Surfers
20. Sailing The Seas Of Cheese - Primus


S (unaltered):
01. You Got The Love - The Source/Candi Staton
02. Higher Than The Sun - Primal Scream
03. Pearl - Chapterhouse
04. Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
05. A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain... - The Orb
06. Only Shallow - My Bloody Valentine
07. Apparently Nothin' - Young Disciples
08. Get The Message - Electronic
09. Justified & Ancient - The KLF
10. Planet Of Sound - Pixies
11. Check The Rhime - A Tribe Called Quest
12. How I Could Just Kill A Man - Cypress Hill
13. What Evil Lurks - The Prodigy
14. Gett Off - Prince & The NPG
15. O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature
16. Shut 'Em Down - Public Enemy
17. Don't Fight It, Feel It - Primal Scream
18. The Fly - U2
19. There's No Other Way - Blur
20. Pop Goes The Weasel - 3rd Bass
21. It Ain't Over ‘Til It's Over - Lenny Kravitz
22. Who Stole My Last Piece Of Chicken - Organized Konfusion
23. Sometimes - My Bloody Valentine
24. My Brother's A Basehead - De La Soul
25. Teenage Whore - Hole
26. New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme) - Ice-T
27. Buggin' Out - A Tribe Called Quest
28. Hunted - Pale Saints
29. There's Nothing Like This - Omar
30. Sexuality - Billy Bragg

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Top Albums of 1991

10) Blood Sugar Sex Majak- Red Hot Chili Peppers
09) The Low-End Theory- A Tribe Called Quest
08) Loveless- My Bloody Valentine
07) Girlfriend- Matthew Sweet
06) Diamonds and Pearls- Prince
05) Ten- Pearl Jam
04) The Soul Cages- Sting
03) Out of Time- R.E.M.
02) Achtung Baby- U2
01) Nevermind- Nirvana

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Albums:

1. Nevermind - Nirvana
2. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
3. Achtung Baby - U2
4. Ten - Pearl Jam
5. Out of Time - R.E.M.
6. Woodface - Crowded House
7. Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
8. Trompe le Monde - Pixies
9. Watershed - G.W. McLennan
10. The Globe - Big Audio Dynamite II
11. Still Feel Gone - Uncle Tupelo
12. Doughboy Hollow - Died Pretty
13. Mr. Lucky - John Lee Hooker
14. Tribal Voice - Yothu Yindi
15. Jack Frost - Jack Frost

Songs:

1. Black - Pearl Jam
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
3. Lithium - Nirvana
4. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
5. Sometimes - My Bloody Valentine
6. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos
7. Mysterious Ways - U2
8. Alive - Pearl Jam
9. I Only Said - My Bloody Valentine
10. Territorial Pissings - Nirvana
11. Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
12. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - U2
13. Near Wild Heaven - R.E.M.
14. Rhinoceros - Smashing Pumpkins
15. Rush - Big Audio Dynamite
16. Fall at Your Feet - Crowded House
17. Come As You Are - Nirvana
18. Miss Freelove '69 - Hoodoo Gurus
19. Unbelievable - EMF
20. You Could Be Mine - Guns N' Roses

One very great year indeed !!!

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

I love the tastes of you guys? FZ's live album makes another appearance and praise for early Pearl Jam.

Here are my songs, which came out to a nice even 30.


1. Pearl Jam - Black
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Rhinocerous
3. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
4. MC 900 Ft. Jesus - Killer Inside Me
5. U2 - Mysterious Ways
6. U2 - One
7. Pearl Jam - Jeremy
8. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
9. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
10. Nirvana - In Bloom
11. U2 - Even Better Than the Real Thing
12. My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Breaking the Girl
14. Matthew Sweet- Girlfriend
15. MC 900 ft. Jesus - Adventures in Failure
16. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
17. Smashing Pumpkins - Siva
18. Pearl Jam - Evenflow
19. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
20. Guns N' Roses - Estranged
21. Nirvana - Lithium
22. Massive Attack - Safe From Harm
23. U2 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
24. Massive Attack - Hymn of the Big Wheel
25. Massive Attack - One Love
26. The KLF - Justified and Ancient
27. Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now
28. Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
29. Prince - Diamonds and Pearls
30. Naughty by Nature - O.P.P.

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Albums:

1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
3. My Bloody valentine - Loveless
4. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
5. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
6. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
7. Slint - Spiderland
8. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
9. Melvins - Bullhead
10. Ice-T - Original Gangster
11. Sebadoh - III
12. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
13. Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind
14. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
15. Monster Magnet - Spine Of God
16. Sepultura - Arise
17. A Tribe called Quest - The Low End Theory
18. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
19. Elvis Costello - Mighty Like A Rose
20. Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped

Songs:

1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
3. Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me
4. De La Soul - Millie Pulled A Gun On Santa
5. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
6. Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun
7. PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
8. Massive Attack - Hymn Of The Big Wheel
9. Talk Talk - Ascension Day
10. Naughty By Nature - OPP
11. Nirvana - Lithium
12. Prince - Diamnonds And Pearls
13. Metallica - Enter Sandman
14. Ice-T - Original Gangster
15. Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours
16. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge
17. Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
18. Teenage Fanclub - The Concept
19. Ice Cube - Steady Mobbin'
20. Michael Jackson - Who Is It
21. Elvis Costello - How To Be Dumb
22. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - The Wacky World Of Rapid Transit
23. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
24. De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Called Saturdays
25. Anthrax w/Chuck D - Bring The Noise
26. Elvis Costello - So Like Candy
27. Sebadoh - The Freed Pig
28. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man
29. Fishbone - Sunless Saturday
30. Prince - Cream

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

albums 1991 :

1- Nirvana Nevermind
2- Massive Attack Blue Lines
3- Primal Scream Screamadelica
4- U2 Achtung, Baby
5- My Bloody Valentine Loveless
6- Matthew Sweet Girlfriend
7- Mercury Rev Yerself Is Steam
8- Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik
9- R.E.M. Out of Time
10- Pearl Jam Ten
11- Metallica Metallica ("The Black Album")
12- Crowded House Woodface
13- Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque
14- Guns 'n' Roses Use Your Illusion II
15- Pixies Trompe le Monde

songs 1991

1- Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
2- Massive Unfinished Sympathy
3- R.E.M. Losing My Religion
4- Crowded House Weather with You
5- Metallica nothing else matters
6- De La Soul ring ring ring
7- Red Hot Chili Peppers Under the Bridge
8- U2 One
9- Nirvana Come As You Are
10- Matthew Sweet I've Been Waiting
11- Mano Negra out of time man
12- Extreme more than words
13- Guns 'n' Roses don't cry
14- Pavement Summer Babe
15- Billy Bragg Sexuality
16- Metallica the unforgiven
17- PM Dawn Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
18- R.E.M. Shiny Happy People
19- Guns 'n' Roses November Rain
20- U2 Mysterious Ways
21- Nirvana Lithium
22- Material Issue Valerie Loves Me
23- Massive Attack Be Thankful for What You Got
24- Prince and The New Power Generation Cream
25- Ce Ce Peniston Finally
26- Pearl Jam Jeremy
27- Primal Scream Movin' On Up
28- Alain Bashung osez joséphine
29- Mano Negra King Of Bongo
30- Lenny Kravitz It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
31- Crowded House Fall At Your Feet
32- Teenage Fanclub The Concept
33- Rembrandts just the way it is baby
34- U2 The Fly
35- The KLF Justified and Ancient
36- Enya Carribean Blue
37- Robyn Hitchcock So You Think You're In Love
38- My Bloody Valentine When You Sleep
39- Silencers hey mr bank manager
40- Soup Dragons i'm free
41- Stephan Eicher déjeuner en paix
42- Spin Doctors two princes
43- Scorpions wind of change
44- Matthew Sweet Girlfriend
45- Teenage Fanclub What You Do to Me
46- Julian Cope If You Loved Me At All
47- Flowered Up It's On
48- Siouxsie & The Banshees Kiss Them For Me
49- Nirvana Polly
50- Lloyd Cole she's a girl, i'm a man

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Albums :

1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. The Godfathers - Unreal World
3. U2 - Achtung Baby
4. The Blue Aeroplanes - Beatsongs
5. Swell - Swell
6. Mano Negra - King of Bongo
7. R.E.M. - Out Of Time
8. Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
9. Tom Petty - Into The Great Wide Open
10. Alain Bashung - Osez Joséphine
11. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
12. Slint - Spiderland
13. Psychedelic Furs - World Outside
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
15. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
16. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
17. Pixies - Trompe le Monde


Songs :

1. Nirvana - Dumb
2. Nirvana - On a plain
3. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
4. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
5. The Godfathers - Unreal World
6. U2 - One
7. Pavement - Summer Babe
8. Mano Negra - Out of time man
9. Swell - Dan, a Son of God
10. The Blue Aeroplanes - Huh!
11. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
12. Psychedelic Furs - Until she comes
13. U2 - The Fly
14. The Blue Aeroplanes - Yr own world
15. Throwing Muses - Counting backwards
16. Tom Petty - Learning to fly
17. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it away
18. Throwing Muses - Amazing grace
19. Alain Bashung - Volutes
20. Nirvana - Polly

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Top 10 albums of 1991

01) MY BLOODY VALENTINE Loveless
02) A TRIBE CALLED QUEST The low end theory
03) TALK TALK Laughing stock
04) THE ORB The Orb's adventures beyond the ultraworld
05) THE WEDDING PRESENT Seamonsters
06) SLINT Spiderland
07) THE KLF The white room
08) MASSIVE ATTACK Blue lines
09) NIRVANA Nevermind
10) PRIMAL SCREAM Screamadelica


Top 25 songs of 1991

01) THE ORB A huge ever growing pulsating brain...
02) MASSIVE ATTACK Unfinished sympathy
03) MY BLOODY VALENTINE Sometimes
04) PAVEMENT Summer babe
05) THE PRODIGY Charly
06) 808 STATE In yer face
07) MY BLOODY VALENTINE Only shallow
08) THE WEDDING PRESENT Lovenest
09) RIDE Today
10) MY BLOODY VALENTINE To here knows when

11) PRIMAL SCREAM Higher than the sun
12) MY BLOODY VALENTINE Honey power
13) U2 Zoostation
14) CHAPTERHOUSE Pearl
15) DE LA SOUL A roller skating jam named 'Saturdays'
16) KLF 3 A.M. Eternal
17) NIRVANA Smells like teen spirit
18) METALLICA Enter sandman
19) A TRIBE CALLED QUEST Butter
20) MY BLOODY VALENTINE Swallow
21) R.E.M. Country feedback
22) NIRVANA Come as you are
23) A TRIBE CALLED QUEST Scenario
24) MASSIVE ATTACK Safe from harm
25) R.E.M. Losing my religion

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

My birthyear were indeed one of the best.

Albums:
1. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
2. R.E.M - Out Of Time
3. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
4. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
5. U2 - Achtung, Baby

Songs:
1. R.E.M - Losing My Religion
2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
3. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
4. Pavement - Summer Babe
5. Massive Attack - Undfinished Sympathy

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Oops, my song #1 was a big mistake !
My top 20 songs finally becomes :

Songs :

1. Nirvana - On a plain
2. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
3. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
4. The Godfathers - Unreal World
5. U2 - One
6. Pavement - Summer Babe
7. Mano Negra - Out of time man
8. Swell - Dan, a Son of God
9. The Blue Aeroplanes - Huh!
10. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
11. Psychedelic Furs - Until she comes
12. U2 - The Fly
13. The Blue Aeroplanes - Yr own world
14. Throwing Muses - Counting backwards
15. Tom Petty - Learning to fly
16. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it away
17. Throwing Muses - Amazing grace
18. Alain Bashung - Volutes
19. Nirvana - Polly
20. The Godfathers - This is War

Sorry...

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Here's my 1991 list
Enjoy

1 nirvana smells like teen spirit
2 massive attack unfinished sympathy
3 la's there she goes
4 this mortal coil you and your sister
5 orb little fluffy clouds
6 mark cohn walking in memphis
7 rem losing my religion
8 k.l.f./tammy wynette justified and ancient
9 moby go
10 seal crazy
11 dela soul a roller skating jam named saturdays
12 red hot chili peppers give it away
13 massive attack safe from harm
14 u2 mysterious ways
15 nirvana in bloom
16 metallica enter sandman
17 massive attack be thankful for what you got
18 black crowes jealous again
19 prince get off
20 tom petty into the great wide open
21 scene iedereen is van de wereld
22 prince cream
23 pogues a rainy night in soho
24 violent femmes add it up
25 scene blauw
26 k.l.f. last train to transcentral
27 james sit down
28 electronic get the message
29 primal scream don't fight it, feel it
30 crystal waters gypsy woman
31 joey beltram energy flash
32 k.l.f. 3 a.m. eternal
33 farm all together now
34 incognito always there
35 queensryche silent lucidity
36 teenage fanclub starsign
37 violent femmes blister in the sun
38 naughty by nature o.p.p.
39 lenny kravitz stand by your woman
40 nirvana polly
41 bomb the bass winter in july
42 ronettes you came you saw you conquered
43 feelies time for a witness
44 nirvana territorial pissings
45 primus tommy the cat
46 primal scream higher than the sun
47 p.m. dawn set a drift on memory bliss
48 jesus jones right here, right now
49 blur she's so high
50 matthew sweet girlfriend

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Albums

1.VAN MORRISON: HYMNS TO THE SILENCE
2.REM: OUT OF TIME
3.RICHARD THOMPSON: RUMOR AND SIGH
4.MASSIVE ATTACK: BLUE LINES
5.NIRVANA: NEVERMIND
6.NEIL YOUNG: WELD
7.TEENAGE FANCLUB: BANDWAGONESQUE
8.PERE UBU: WORLDS IN COLLISION
9.CROWDED HOUSE: WOODFACE
10.JULIAN COPE: PEGGY SUICIDE
11.VARIOUS ARTISTS: UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (SOUNDTRACK)
12.PAUL SIMON: PAUL SIMON'S CONCERT IN THE PARK


Songs

1.VAN MORRISON: PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY
2.RICHARD THOMPSON: I FEEL SO GOOD
3.REM: SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE
4.NIRVANA: SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
5.MASSIVE ATTACK: UNFINISHED SYMPATHY
6.PERE UBU: OH CATHERINE
7.MASSIVE ATTACK SAFE FROM HARM
8.REM: NEAR WILD HEAVEN
9.JULIAN COPE: BEAUTIFUL LOVE
10.NIRVANA: POLLY
11.CROWDED HOUSE: WEATHER WITH YOU
12.VAN MORRISON: I’M NOT FEELING IT ANYMORE
13.RICHARD THOMPSON: KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
14.VAN MORRISON: VILLAGE IDIOT
15.NIRVANA: COME AS YOU ARE
16.VAN MORRISON: BY HIS GRACE
17.RICHARD THOMPSON: 1952 VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING
18.REM: LOSING MY RELIGION
19.CROWDED HOUSE: FOUR SEASONS IN ONE DAY
20.TEENAGE FANCLUB: THE CONCEPT

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Oh my, forgot all about Richard Thompson. "I Feel So Good" would definitely place among my top 20 songs of the year had i remembered. Top tune, and nice choice Miguel!

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Albums:

1. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
3. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
4. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
5. The Wedding Present - Seamonsters
6. Slint - Spiderland
7. Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
8. R.E.M. - Out Of Time
9. Grant McLennan - Watershed
10. EMF - Schubert Dip

Songs:

1. My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
2. Teenage Fanclub - Alcoholiday
3. Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
4. Pavement - Summer Babe
5. Slint - Good Morning Captain
6. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
7. De La Soul - A Rollerskating Jam Named 'Saturdays'
8. Crowded House - Weather With You
9. U2 - Acrobat
10. Blur - There's No Other Way

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Albums:
1. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
2. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
3. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
4. U2 - Achtung Baby
5. R.E.M. - Out of Time
6. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
7. Slint - Spiderland
8. The Magnetic Fields - The Wayward Bus
9. Nirvana - Nevermind
10. Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha

Songs:
1. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
2. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
3. Pavement - Summer Babe
4. Crowded House - Weather with You
5. Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
6. Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
7. Divinyls - I Touch Myself
8. U2 - One
9. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
10. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

A good year for albums, an average one for songs. N°s 8--10 are great, but I've heard them one time too many.

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1 My Bloody Valentine Loveless
2 Dinosaur Jr Green Mind
3 Nirvana Nevermind
4 Pixies Trompe le Monde
5 Sebadoh III
6 The Feelies Time For Witness
7 Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque
8 Superchunk No Pocky for Kitty
9 Swervedriver Raise
10 American Music Club Everclear
11 Slint Spiderland
12 Talk Talk Laughing Stock
13 The Wedding Present Seamonsters
14 Morrissey Kill Uncle
15 Massive Attack Blue Lines

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Oh, now you come to mention it, i don't own many albums from 1991, but "Spiderland" by Slint is my favourite from that year if it matters

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Top Albums of 1991:

1. Nirvana- Nevermind
2. Pearl Jam- Ten
3. My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
4. U2- Achtung Baby
5. Slint- Spiderland
6. Mudhoney- Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
7. Primal Scream- Screamadelica
8. Teenage Fanclub- Bandwagonesque
9. Talk Talk- Laughing Stock
10. Pixies- Trompe Le Monde
11. Smashing Pumpkins- Gish
12. REM- Out of Time
13. Massive Attack- Blue Lines
14. Sebadoh- III
15. Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger
16. Blur- Liesure
17. Jesus Lizard- Goat
18. Chapterhouse- Whirlpool
19. Dinosaur Jr.- Greenmind
20. Mercury Rev- Yerself is Steam

Top Singles of 1991:

1. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Pearl Jam- Black
3. U2- One
4. Pearl Jam- Jeremy
5. REM- Losing My Religion
6. Nirvana- Come As You Are
7. My Bloody Valentine- Only Shallow
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Under the Bridge
9. Smashing Pumpkins- Rinoceros
10. Blur- There's No Other Way
11. Pearl Jam- Alive
12. Nirvana- On a Plain
13. U2- Mysterious Ways
14. Pixies- Motorway To Roswell
15. REM- Country Feedback
16. Slint- Breadcrumb Trail
17. My Bloody Valentine- Sometimes
18. Nirvana- Lithium
19. Pearl Jam- Evenflow
20. Soundgarden- Outshined
21. Primal Scream- Higher than the Sun
22. Teenage Fanclub- The Concept
23. Pavement- Summer Babe
24. Siouxie and the Banchees- Kiss them For Me
25. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Breaking the Girl
26. U2- Even Better Than the Real Thing
27. Soundgarden- Jesus Christ Pose
28. Screaming Trees- Bed of Roses
29. Mudhoney- Let It Slide
30. Material Issue- Valerie Loves Me
31. Sebadoh- The Freed Pig
32. Smashing Pumpkins- Siva
33. Lenny Kravitz- It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
34. EMF- Unbelievable
35. Moby- Go
36. Massive Attack- Unfinished Symphony
37. U2- Until the End of the World
38. Chapterhouse- Pearl
39. Dinosaur Jr.- The Wagon
40. Morrissey- Our Frank
41. Slint- Good Morning, Captain
42. Talk Talk- Ascension Day
43. Jesus Jones- Right Here, Right Now
44. Mudhoney- Don't Fade IV
45. A Tribe Called Quest- Scenario
46. Melvins- It's Shoved
47. Screaming Trees- Lay Your Head Down
48. School of Fish- Three Strange Days
49. Matthew Sweet- Girlfriend
50. Divinyls- I Touch Myself

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1 ) Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide
2 ) Jimmie Dale Gilmore - After Awhile
3 ) The Pooh Sticks - The Great White Wonder
4 ) Coil - Love's Secret Domain
5 ) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
6 ) Sebadoh - III
7 ) Slint - Spiderland
8 ) Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
9 ) Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
10 ) Grant McLennan - Watershed
11 ) Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind
12 ) Primal Scream - Screamadelica
13 ) Chapterhouse - Whirlpool
14 ) American Music Club - Everclear
15 ) Prong - Prove You Wrong
16 ) Kraftwerk - The Mix
17 ) The Fall - Shiftwork
18 ) The Feelies - Time For A Witness
19 ) Joni Mitchell - Night Ride Home
20 ) Sam Phillips - Cruel Inventions


1 ) Negativeland - U2
2 ) My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When
3 ) Dinosaur Jr - The Wagon
4 ) KLF - Three AM Eternal
5 ) Metallica - Enter Sandman
6 ) Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
7 ) Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You
8 ) Pavement - Summer Babe
9 ) Prince - Money Don't Matter Tonight
10 ) Matthew Sweet - I Wanted to Tell You
11 ) KLF - Justified and Ancient
12 ) Michael Jackson - Black or White
13 ) My Bloody Valentine - Swallow
14 ) Coil - Windowpane
15 ) Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Don't Be a Stranger To Your Heart
16 ) KLF - What Time Is Love
17 ) Massive Attack - Daydreaming
18 ) American Music Club - The Dead Part of You
19 ) Julian Cope - Beautiful Love
20 ) Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

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Albums:

1. MASSIVE ATTACK “Blue Lines”
2. NIRVANA “Nevermind”
3. R.E.M. “Out of Time”
4. TEENAGE FANCLUB “Bandwagonesque”
5. PRIMAL SCREAM “Screamadelica”
6. TALK TALK “Laughing Stock”
7. THE PIXIES “Trompe le Monde”
8. MERCURY REV “Yerself Is Steam”
9. MATTHEW SWEET “Girlfriend”
10. VAN MORRISON “Hymns to the Silence”
11. METALLICA “Metallica”
12. U2 “Achtung Baby”
13. A TRIBE CALLED QUEST “The Low End Theory”
14. PRINCE “Diamonds and Pearls”
15. MANO NEGRA “King of Bongo”
16. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”
17. RICHARD THOMPSON “Rumor and Sigh”
18. SAINT ETIENNE “Foxbase Alpha”
19. RAY HEREDIA “Quien no corre vuela”
20. PEARL JAM “Ten”
21. VARIOUS “Until the End of the World OST”
22. GUNS’N’ROSES “Use Your Illusion II”
23. ANTONIO VEGA “No me iré mañana”
24. THE KLF “The White Room”
25. SLINT “Spiderland”

Songs:
1. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion”
2. MASSIVE ATTACK “Unfinished Sympathy”
3. NIRVANA “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
4. THE PIXIES “Alec Eiffel”
5. ELVIS COSTELLO “So Like Candy”
6. R.E.M. “Near Wild Heaven”
7. METALLICA “Enter Sandman”
8. TEENAGE FANCLUB “What You Do to Me”
9. PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION “Gett Off”
10. U2 “One”
11. MASSIVE ATTACK “Safe From Harm”
12. PRIMAL SCREAM “Higher Than the Sun”
13. ANTONIO VEGA “Se dejaba llevar por ti”
14. NIRVANA “Polly”
15. GUNS ‘N’ ROSES “You Could Be Mine”
16. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS “Give It Away”
17. TEENAGE FANCLUB “Star Sign”
18. MY BLOODY VALENTINE “When You Sleep”
19. THE PIXIES “Motorway to Roswell”
20. R.E.M. “Country Feedback”
21. LLUÍS LLACH “Roda”
22. VAN MORRISON “I’m Not Feeling It Anymore”
23. U2 “The Fly”
24. RAY HEREDIA “Alegría de vivir”
25. PM DAWN “Paper Doll”
26. MICHAEL JACKSON “Black or White”
27. PAVEMENT “Summer Babe”
28. NIRVANA “Come As You Are”
29. TALK TALK “After the Flood”
30. THE KLF “3 A.M. Eternal”
31. 091 “La vida qué mala es”
32. MATTHEW SWEET “I’ve Been Waiting”
33. BILLY BRAGG “Sexuality”
34. JULEE CRUISE “Summer Kisses, Winter Tears”
35. MANO NEGRA “King of Bongo”
36. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS “Under the Bridge”
37. MASSIVE ATTACK “One Love”
38. A TRIBE CALLED QUEST “Check the Rhime”
39. R.E.M. “Shiny Happy People”
40. RICHARD THOMPSON “I Feel So Good”
41. PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION “Diamonds and Pearls”
42. PRIMAL SCREAM “Movin’ on Up”
43. RUBÉN BLADES “Camaleón”
44. SPIN DOCTORS “Two Princess”
45. SLINT “Good Morning Captain”
46. PERICLES CAVALCANTI “Blues da passagem”
47. LENNY KRAVITZ “It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over”
48. CROWDED HOUSE “Weather With You”
49. PEARL JAM “Jeremy”
50. HOLE “Teenage Whore”

Favourite Compilation of the Year: PHIL SPECTOR “Back to Mono (1958-1969)”

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Albums:
1. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
3. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
4. U2 - Achtung Baby
5. Pixies - Trompe le Monde
6. Nirvana - Nevermind
7. Slint - Spiderland
8. Pearl Jam - Ten
9. The Jesus Lizard - Goat
10. Metallica - Metallica

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Albums

1 ) Bandwagonesque
2 ) Blue Lines
3 ) Loveless
4 ) Screamadelica
5 ) Laughing Stock
6 ) Achtung, Baby
7 ) Foxbase Alpha
8 ) Seamonsters
9 ) The White Room
10 ) Nevermind
11 ) The Low End Theoroy
12 ) The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
13 ) Trompe Le Monde
14 ) Whirlpool
15 ) Green Mind
16 ) Electronic
17 ) O.G. - Original Gangster
18 ) Weld
19 ) Yerself Is Steam
20 ) Lesiure




Songs

50 ) Ce Ce Peniston " Finally "
49 ) Chapterhouse " Falling Down "
48 ) Dinosaur Jr. " The Wagon "
47 ) Stereolab " Superelectric "
46 ) Nirvana " In Bloom "
45 ) R.E.M. " Losing My Religion "
44 ) Chapterhouse " Pearl "
43 ) Manic Street Preachers " You Love Us "
42 ) Mercury Rev " Carwash Hair "
41 ) Spiritualized " Feel So Sad "
40 ) Teenage Fanclub " Star Sign "
39 ) Talk Talk " Ascension Day "
38 ) Right Said Fred " I'm Too Sexy "
37 ) Nirvana " Polly "
36 ) The Wonder Stuff " Dizzy "
35 ) Massive Attack " Safe from Harm "
34 ) U2 " The Fly "
33 ) Primal Scream " Movin' On Up "
32 ) Pet Shop Boys " Where The Streets Have No Name - Can't Take My Eyes Off You "
31 ) Morrissey " Mute Witness "
30 ) Moby " Go "
29 ) Crystal Waters " Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) "
28 ) Catherine Wheel " Black Metallic "
27 ) My Bloody Valentine " To Here Knows When "
26 ) Massive Attack " Be Thankful For What You Got "
25 ) Zoe " Sunshine On A Rainy Day "
24 ) U2 " Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses "
23 ) Teenage Fanclub " The Concept "
22 ) Prodigy " Charly "
21 ) Getto Boys " Mind Playing Tricks On Me "
20 ) PM Dawn " Set Adrift on Memory Bliss "
19 ) Orbital " Satan "
18 ) Field Mice " Missing On The Moon "
17 ) The Wedding Present " Dalliance "
16 ) Blur " Sing "
15 ) Saint Etienne " London Belongs To Me "
14 ) The Orb " A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld "
13 ) The Source Feat. Candi Staton " You Got the Love "
12 ) Nirvana " Lithium "
11 ) Teenage Fanclub " What You Do To Me "
10 ) U2 " One "
9 ) Pixies " Planet Of Sound "
8 ) Electronic " Get the Message "
7 ) Talk Talk " New Grass "
6 ) The KLF " Justified and Ancient "
5 ) Pavement " Summer Babe "
4 ) My Bloody Valentine " Sometimes "
3 ) Teenage Fanclub " Is This Music? "
2 ) Massive " Unfinished Sympathy "
1 ) Primal Scream " Higher Than the Sun "

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Forget "Losing My Religion" above, can I sub it for "Country Feedback"

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ALBUMS

1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. U2 - Achtung Baby
3. Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
4. R.E.M. - Out of Time
5. Metallica - Metallica
6. The Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
7. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
8. Pearl Jam - Ten
9. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
10. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
11. Ice-T - OG Original Gangster
12. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
13. Robyn Hitchcock - Perspex Island
14. Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
15. Public Enemy - Apocalypse '91
16. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
17. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
18. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Suger Sex Magik
19. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
20. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish

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ALBUMS

1. PRIMAL SCREAM - Screamadelica
2. NIRVANA - Nevermind
3. PEARL JAM - Ten
4. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Blood sugar sex magik
5. GUNS N'ROSES - Use your illusion II
6. U2 - Achtung baby
7. GUNS N'ROSES - Use your illusion I

SONGS

1. PRIMAL SCREAM - Higher than the sun
2. NIRVANA - Come as you are
3. NIRVANA - Smells like teen spirit
4. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Give it away
5. PRIMAL SCREAM - Inner flight
6. GUNS N'ROSES - November rain
7. QUEEN - Innuendo
8. U2 - One
9. NIRVANA - Lithium
10.RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Under the bridge
11.PEARL JAM - Once
12.PRIMAL SCREAM - Movin' on up
13.CRYSTAL WATERS - Gypsy woman (She's homeless)
14.PRIMAL SCREAM - Slip inside this house
15.R.E.M. - Shiny happy people
16.PEARL JAM - Alive
17.PEARL JAM - Even flow
18.RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Breaking the girl
19.R.E.M. - Losing my religion
20.CROWDED HOUSE - Fall at your feet
21.PEARL JAM - Jeremy
22.DE LA SOUL - Ring ring ring (Ha ha hey)
23.GUNS N'ROSES - Knockin' on heaven's door
24.PEARL JAM - Black
25.NIRVANA - Breed
26.CROWDED HOUSE - Weather with you
27.GUNS N'ROSES - Estranged
28.TOM PETTY - Learning to fly
29.EXTREME - More than words
30.NIRVANA - In bloom

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Albums:

1. Nirvana – Nevermind
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
3. R.E.M. – Out Of Time
4. U2 – Achtung Baby
5. Massive Attack – Blue Lines

Songs:

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge
2. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers – I Could Have Lied
4. Nirvana – In Bloom
5. R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People
6. U2 – One
7. Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
8. Nirvana – Lounge Act
9. Naughty By Nature – O.P.P.
10. Divinyls – I Touch Myself
11. Nirvana – Lithium
12. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give It Away
13. Blur – There’s No Other Way
14. Pavement – Summer Babe
15. R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
16. Nirvana – Something In The Way
17. Bad Religion – 21st Century Digital Boy
18. Pearl Jam – Jeremy
19. My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow
20. Nirvana – Polly

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ALBUMS
01 SLINT Spiderland
02 MY BLOODY VALENTINE Loveless
03 MERCURY REV Yerself Is Steam
04 ALI FARKA TOURE The Source
05 TALK TALK Laughing Stock
06 DOGBOWL Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain
07 PRIMAL SCREAM Screamadelica
08 DE LA SOUL De La Soul Is Dead
09 MAIN SOURCE Breaking Atoms
10 THE ORB The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
11 JESUS LIZARD Goat
12 BEAT HAPPENNING Dreamy
13 LOS TRES Los Tres
14 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST The Low End Theory
15 DIAMANDA GALAS Plague Mass
16 ROBERT WYATT Dondestan
17 THE FIELD MICE For Keeps
18 FUGAZI Steady Diet of Nothing
19 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Gish
20 DANIEL JOHNSTON Artistic Vice

SONGS
01 LOS TRES Flores Secas
02 SLINT Good Morning Captain
03 PRIMAL SCREAM Slip Inside This House
04 REM Losing My Religion
05 NIRVANA Come As You Are
06 DE LA SOUL A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
07 PJ HARVEY Dress
08 MERCURY REV Chasing a Bee
09 LOREENA MCKENNITT All Souls Night
10 MASSIVE ATTACK Unfinished Sympathy
11 MY BLOODY VALENTINE When You Sleep
12 PUBLIC ENEMY Can't Truss It
13 SPIRITUALIZED Feel So Sad
14 DOGBOWL Swan
15 ALI FARKA TOURE Cinquante Six
16 SEBADOH Gimme Indie Rock
17 DISCO INFERNO Entertainment
18 ANTHRAX Bring the Noise
19 PIXIES Planet of Sound
20 PEARL JAM Oceans
21 PAVEMENT Summer Babe
22 MANO NEGRA King of Bongo
23 THE KLF 3 AM Eternal
24 BILLY BRAGG Sexuality
25 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Rhinocerous

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Albums:
1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Savatage - Streets
3. Pearl Jam - Ten
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
5. Death - Human
6. Metallica - Metallica
7. Public Enemy - Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black
8. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
9. U2 - Achtung Baby
10. Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
11. X Japan - Jealousy
12. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
13. Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
14. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
15. REM - Out of Time
16. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
17. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
18. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
19. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
20. Monster Magnet - Spine of God

I've found out that I kind of put some songs in the 1990 list is at the wrong year, if you don't mind can you make the ones in the right year and make that count. Because I was screwed up because of the years of the albums that came out.

Songs
1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. REM - Losing My Religion
3. Pearl Jam - Jeremy
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
5. Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
6. Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike
7. Ice-T - New Jack Hustler
8. Primus - Tommy the Cat
9. Metallica - Enter Sandman
10. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
11. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill a Man
12. Anthrax feat Chuck D - Bring The Noise
13. Guns N' Roses - November Rain
14. Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein
15. Prince - Gett Off
16. Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
17. U2 - One
18. 3rd Base - Pop Goes the Weasel
19. Michael Jackson - Black and White
20. X Japan - Say Anything

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Wow what a great year for music. Here's my picks, thanks alot!:

Albums

1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Suger Sex magic
4. U2 - Actung baby
5. R.E.M. - Out of Time
6. Pearl jam - Ten
7. Public Enemy - Apocalypse '91
8. Metallica - Metallica
9. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
10. A Tribe Called Quest - Low end Theory
11. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
12. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
13. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
14. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
15. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
16. Thowing Muses - The Real Ramona
17. The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
18. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
19. Queen - Innuendo
20. Sepultura - Arise


Songs

1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Pearl jam - Alive
3. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
4. Guns N' Roses - November Rain
5. U2 - One
6. Metallica - Enter Sandman
7. U2 - Mysterious Ways
8. Nirvana - In Bloom
9. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
10. Nirvana - Come as You Are
12. Naughy by nature - O.P.P.
12. Red Hot Chili peppers - Under the Bridge
13. Pearl jam - Black
14. Massive Attack - Safe from harm
15. PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
16. Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike
17. Pearl jam - Jeremy
18. Lenny - It ain't over till it's over
19. Divinyls - I Touch Myself
20. Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign

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Albums:
1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Pearl Jam - Ten
3. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
4. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
5. Metallica - Black Album
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
7. Michael Jackson - Dangerous

Songs:
1. Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
2. Pearl Jam - Black
3. Nirvana - Something in the way
4. Primal Scream - Movin on up
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
6. Nirvana - Lithium
7. Metallica - Sad but true
8. Massive Attack - Safe from harm
9. Massive Attack - One Love
10. Nirvana - Come as you are
11. U2 - Mysterious Ways
12. Michael Jackson - Black or White
13. Pearl Jam - Alive
14. Primal Scream - Come together
15. Guns n' roses - november rain
16. Nirvana - lounge act
17. Red hot chili peppers - give it away
18. REM - Losing my religion
19. Massive attack - unfinished sympathy
20. Primal scream - higher than the sun
21. Nirvana - Polly
22. U2 - One
23. Pearl Jam - Jeremy
24. Pearl Jam - Garden
25. Nirvana - in bloom
26. My bloody valentine - only shallow
27. REM - shiny happy people
28. Nirvana - on a plain
29. Metallica - nothing else matters
30. Metallica - the god that failed

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Albums:
1. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
2. R.E.M. - Out of Time
3. Nirvana - Nevermind
4. Slint - Spiderland
5. Pearl Jam - Ten
6. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
7. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
8. U2 - Achtung, Baby
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
10. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Songs:

1. U2 - One
2. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
3. Pearl Jam - Jeremy
4. Nirvana - Lithium
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
6. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
7. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
8. Nirvana - Come As You Are
9. Pearl Jam - Black
10. Primal Scream - Higher Than the Sun
11. R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People
12. Metallica - Enter Sandman
13. Queen - Innuendo
14. Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign
15. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
16. R.E.M. - Near Wild Heaven
17. Nirvana - Polly
18. Billy Bragg - Sexuality
19. Massive Attack - Safe from Harm
20. Crowded House - Weather with You

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ALBUMS
1. Nirvana, NEVERMIND
2. U2, ACHTUNG BABY
3. Matthew Sweet, GIRLFRIEND
4. R.E.M., OUT OF TIME
5. My Bloody Valentine, LOVELESS
6. Slint, SPIDERLAND
7. Teenage Fanclub, BANDWAGONESQUE
8. Massive Attack, BLUE LINES
9. Pearl Jam, TEN
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers, BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK

SONGS
1. Nirvana, “Lithium”
2. U2, “One”
3. R.E.M., “Losing My Religion”
4. Pearl Jam, “Alive”
5. Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
6. Metallica, “Enter Sandman”
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Under the Bridge”
8. My Bloody Valentine, “Only Shallow”
9. Matthew Sweet, “Girlfriend”
10. Nirvana, “In Bloom”

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Damn! I forgot Michael Jackson - Will you be there... Could you stick that in my top 10, Henrik?
Sorry

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

OK, David.

And here's my lists.

Albums
1. U2 - Achtung, Baby
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. Slint - Spiderland
4. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
5. The KLF - The White Room
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
7. Crowded House - Woodface
8. Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said
9. The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
10. Element of Crime - Damals Hinterm Mond
11. R.E.M. - Out of Time
12. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
13. Simply Red - Stars
14. Pearl Jam - Ten
15. Metallica - Metallica
16. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
17. Stina Nordenstam - Memories of a Color
18. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
19. Anouar Brahem - Barzakh
20. Michael Jackson - Dangerous

Songs
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
2. U2 - One
3. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
4. Massive Attack - Safe from Harm
5. Massive Attack - One Love
6. Nirvana - Stay Away
7. Nirvana - Something in the Way
8. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
9. The KLF - 3 AM Eternal
10. Primal Scream - Movin' on Up
11. PJ Harvey - Dress
12. Slint - Good Morning, Captain
13. U2 - The Fly
14. Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)
15. Metallica - Enter Sandman
16. R.E.M. - Low
17. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
18. My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
19. Pearl Jam - Jeremy
20. Nirvana - Lithium

'91: The Year Of The Rose

Albums:

1. Elvis Costello - Mighty Like A Rose
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
4. U2 - Achtung Baby
5. N.W.A. - Elif4Zaggin
6. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
7. Gang Starr - Step In The Arena
8. Black Sheep - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
9. R.E.M. - Out Of Time
10. Ice Cube - Death Certificate
11. Del Tha Funky Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
12. Pearl Jam - Ten
13. Morrissey - "Kill Uncle"
14. Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
15. Blur - Leisure
16. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
17. Metallica - The Black Album
18. Crash Test Dummies - The Ghosts That Haunt Me
19. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
20. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

Songs:

1. Guns N' Roses - "November Rain"
2. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
3. U2 - "One"
4. Blur - "Sing"
5. R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion"
6. Primal Scream - "Movin' On Up"
7. Pixies - "U-Mass"
8. Guns N' Roses - "Don't Cry"
9. Elvis Costello - "How To Be Dumb"
10. Nirvana - "Lithium"
11. Elvis Costello - "All Grown Up"
12. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Under The Bridge"
13. Nirvana - "Drain You"
14. Elvis Costello - "Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)"
15. Primal Scream - "Loaded"
16. Nirvana - "Breed"
17. Elvis Costello - "The Other Side Of Summer"
18. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Give It Away"
19. Pixies - "Planet Of Sound"
20. Blur - "There's No Other Way"

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Albums:

01. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk
02. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
03. Screamadelica - Primal Scream
04. Out Of Time - R.E.M.
05. Blue Lines - Massive Attack

Songs:

01. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
02. Summer Babe - Pavement
03. Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
04. Only Shallow - My Bloody Valentine
05. Higher Than The Sun - Primal Scream
06. Movin' On Up - Primal Scream
07. Safe From Harm - Massive Attack
08. One - U2
09. Come As You Are - Nirvana
10. It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over - Lenny Kravitz

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

One of the best year's in modern music history (mostly because of Nevermind):

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana - Best song of the decade)
2. Lithium (Nirvana)
3. Losing My Religion (REM)
4. Unfinished Sympathy (Massive Attack)
5. One (U2)
6. In Bloom (Nirvana)
7. Alive (Pearl Jam)
8. Enter Sandman (Metallica)
9. I Touch Myself (Divinyls)
10. Come As You Are (Nirvana)
11. I'm Too Sexy (Right Said Fred)
12. Under the Bridge (RHCP)
13. Jeremy (Pearl Jam)
14. Mysterious Ways (U2)

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

One more day to vote!

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

ALBUMS

1. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
2. R.E.M. - Out Of Time
3. U2 - Achtung, Baby
4. Nirvana - Nevermind
5. Pearl Jam - Ten
6. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
7. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
8. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
9. Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic


SONGS

1. This Mortal Coil - You And Your Sister
2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
3. U2 - One
4. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
5. Pavement - Summer Babe
6. My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
7. Prince - Get Off
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
9. My Bloody Valentine - Swallow
10. Prince - Cream
11. KLF - Justified And Ancient
12. The Psychedelic Furs - Until She Comes
13. Nirvana - Come As You Are
14. R.E.M. - Near WIld Heaven
15. U2 - The Fly
16. Pearl Jam - Jeremy
17. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
18. Nirvana - Lithium
19. R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People
20. Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Till It's Over
21. Pixies - Motorway To Roswell
22. U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing
23. My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When
24. My Bloody Valentine - I Only Said25. U2 - Mysterious Ways
26. U2 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
27. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
28. Talk Talk - Ascension Day
29. Spin Doctors - Two Princess
30. Pearl Jam - Alive
31. Electronic - Get The Message
32. Pearl Jam - Black
33. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kiss Them For Me
34. Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun
35. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
36. Metallica - Enter Sandman
37. R.E.M. - Country Feedback
38. Massive Attack - Safe From Harm
39. No 5 Divinyls - I Touch Myself
40. Guns And Roses - November Rain
41. Nirvana - In Bloom
42. Prince - Money Don't Matter 2Nite
43. Primal Scream - Movin'On Up
44. Sting - Mad About You
45. Ce Ce Peniston - Finally
46. Blur - There's No Other Way
47. Michael Jackson - Black Or White
48. Candi Staton - You've Got The Love
49. Manic Street Preachers - Motown Junk
50. Throwing Muses - Counting Backwards

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

1 U2-Achtung Baby
2 Pearl Jam-Ten
3 Nirvana-Nevermind
4 Primal Scream-Screamadelica
5 Red Hot Chili Peppers-Blood Sugar Sex Magik
6 My Bloody Valentine-Loveless
7 Metallica-Black Album
8 Public Enemy-Apocolypse 91....
9 R.E.M.-Out Of Time
10 Ned's Atomic Dustbin-Godfodder
11 Massive Attack-Blue Lines
12 Smashing Pumpkins-Gish
13 Guns 'n Roses- Illusion II
14 John Mellencamp-Whenever We Wanted
15 Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger


1 U2-One
2 Pearl Jam-Alive
3 Nirvana-In Bloom
4 Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit
5 School Of Fish-3 Strange Days
6 My Bloody Valentine-Only Shallow
7 R.E.M.-Losing My Religion
8 Pavement-Summer Babe
9 Metallica-Enter Sandman
10 Red Hot Chili Peppers-Suck My Kiss
11 U2-The Fly
12 Catherine Wheel-Black Metallic
13 U2-Ultraviolet (Light My Way...)
14 Red Hot Chili Peppers-Under the Bridge
15 Pearl Jam-Jeremy
16 Ned's Atomic Dustbin-Grey Cell Green
17 Matthew Sweet- Girlfriend
18 Massive Attack-Unfinished Sympathy
19 Anthrax/PE- Bring the Noise
20 Nirvana-On A Plain
21 Prince-Gett Off
22 Pearl Jam-Alive
23 U2-Until The End Of The World
24 Cypress Hill-How I Could Just Kill a Man
25 Lenny Kravitz-It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
26 Soundgarden-Outshined
27 Nirvana-Come As You Are
28 Primal Scream-Movin' On Up
29 Pearl Jam-Even Flow
30 Public Enemy-By The Time I Get To Arizona
31 U2-Mysterious Ways
32 Jesus Jones-Right Here Right Now
33 R.E.M.-Texarkana
34 My Bloody Valentine-I Only Said
35 Red Hot Chili Peppers-Power Of Equality
36 John Mellencamp-Love And Happiness
37 Metallica-The Unforgiven
38 Nirvana-Lithium
39 Pearl Jam- Black
40 Smashing Pumpkins-Rhinoceros
41 Massive Attack-Safe from Harm
42 My Bloody Valentine-Come In Alone
43 John Mellencamp-Get A Leg Up
44 U2- Even Better Than the Real Thing
45 Metallica-Sad But True
46 R.E.M.-Half A World Away
47 Cypress Hill-Psycobetabuckdown
48 Guns 'n Roses-Civil War
49 Lenny Kravitz-Always On The Run
50 Ned's Atomic Dustbin-Kill Your Television

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

1) Tori Amos -Little Earthquakes
2) Red Hot Chili Peppers -Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik
3) U2 -Achtung, Baby
4) the Wedding Present -Seamonsters
5) Nirvana- Nevermind
6) Lush -Gala
7) Primal Scream -Screamadelica
8) Massive Attack -Blue Lines
9) My Bloody Valentine -Loveless
10)the Primitives -Galore

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

1. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
2. Slint - Spiderland
3. U2 - Achtung Baby
4. Nirvana - Nevermind
5. REM - Out Of Time
6. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
7. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
8. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
9. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
10. Neil Young - Weld

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

1 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
2 - Nirvana - Nevermind
3 - Pearl Jam - Ten
4 - Massive Attack - Blue Lines
5 - A Tribe Called Quest - the low end theory
6 - R.E.M - Out of Time
7 - Sebadoh - III
8 - Slint - Spiderland
9 - De la Soul - De la Soul is dead
10 - U2 - Achtung, baby

1 - Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
2 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck my kiss
3 - Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose
4 - Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
5 - U2 - One
6 - Pearl Jam - Alive
7 - Pearl Jam - Jeremy
8 - R.E.M. - Losing my religion
9 - Nirvana - Drain You
10 - RHCP - I Could Have Lied

French albums and songs coming next year

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Albums

1. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
2. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
3. Slint - Spiderland
4. Metallica - Metallica
5. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
6. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
7. Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
8. Nirvana - Nevermind
9. Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
10. Michael Jackson - Dangerous

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

1.) Pearl Jam - Ten
2.) Nirvana - Nevermind
3.) U2 - Achtung Baby
4.) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
5.) REM - Out of Time
6.) Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
7.) Slint - Spiderland
8.) Blur - Liesure
9.) Slowdive - Just For a Day
10.) Dinosaur Jr. - Greenmind

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Here are the 10 albums and 10 songs that made it to the next round in November, when we get to the best of the decade poll.

Albums
1. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
3. U2 - Achtung Baby
4. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
5. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
6. R.E.M. - Out of Time
7. Pearl Jam - Ten
8. Slint - Spiderland
9. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Songs
1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
3. U2 - One
4. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
6. Pavement - Summer Babe
7. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
8. Nirvana - Lithium
9. Primal Scream - Higher Than the Sun
10. Pearl Jam - Black

You could almost say we have a consensus regarding the albums, as no other album was close the top 10. But in the song list we had an extremely tight game between in particular a few Pearl Jam and Nirvana songs. In fact, Pearl Jam's "Black" and Nirvana's "Come As You Are" got the same score. I have decided that the 10th place goes to "Black" since Pearl Jam's "Alive" was closest behind on place 12 (although Nirvana's "In Bloom" ended up on place 13, only 2 points behind "Alive"!). I think it will be interesting to see where an outsider like "Black" will end up in the 90s poll.

All votes can be found in this spreadsheet:

1991 Forum Poll

Thanks everyone for participating!

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1991

Hello,

ALBUM
1) Prince : Diamond and Pearls
2) Robert Wyatt : Dondestan
3) Nirvana : Nevermind
4) Pearl Jam : Ten
5) REM : out of time
6) Red Hot Chili Peppers : Blood Sugar Sex Magic
7) U2 : Achtung Baby

My favorite Spanish song of 1991: Antonio Vega's "Se dejaba llevar por ti"

Antonio Vega was the leader of Nacha Pop, one of the best bands of the “Movida Madrileña” (“Madrid Move”, the Madrid musical scene of the first eighties). But while Nacha Pop shared with other “movida” bands some external aspects (like a vital, fresh and colourful musical approach), at the core there was a reflexive, troubled, intimate and sometimes impenetrable songwriter. Moreover, the fragile health of the singer caused by long-time heroin addiction had received much more attention (an even a premature tribute album aptly called “this sad and lonely boy”) that his music itself. In fact I’ve got knocked by a last year TV appearance of a weary, aged, grey-haired (and toothless!!) Antonio Vega.
But, back in 1991, the first solo album of Antonio Vega “No me iré mañana” (“I Won’t Leave Tomorrow”) balanced between gorgeous pop songs and intimate ballads as “Se dejaba llevar por ti” (“She Let Herself Be Driven by You”) that, in the singer’s own words, “it’s about the feeling I get when nothing ties me”. But let’s hear Diego A Manrique, the pope of Spanish rock critics talking about Vega in 1992: “Antonio Vega was twenty-something when he shook us with “Chica de ayer” (“Yesterday Girl”). That song broke the consensus: we were enjoying the speedy youth of the New Wave and there came a spoilsport, remaining us that not everyone was invited to the party, that life include some dilemmas and agonies too. It was a strong challenge: the Everlasting Orgy had been declared and there came a man with the hangover songbook. A silent guy, of shy looks and heart on the sleeve. An aching heart where Antonio wet his fountain pen. A pen writing from the solitude, from this sublime clairvoyance when the pain provide the necessary words to move away the monster. Antonio Vega never travel the short cuts, never looked for pleasing the audiences. His lyrics contain a magnificent opacity, spirals of personal metaphors, chronics of twilight visions, sparkles of not transferable intuitions. Maybe that’s why the lyrics retain its magnetism along the years: they have the balsamic power of the intense living experience while they keep some clues and revelations for the obsessive listeners”. Well, Diego, it’s impossible to say it better.


SE DEJABA LLEVAR POR TI
Composer and performer: ANTONIO VEGA
First release: 1991 (“No me iré mañana” album)
Length: 4’13”

Azul, líneas en el mar
que profundo y sin domar
acaricia una verdad

Y tú
no lo pienses más,
o te largas de una vez
o no vuelves nunca hacia atrás.

Se dejaba llevar,
se dejaba llevar por ti,
no esperaba jamás
y no espera sino es por ti,
nunca la oyes hablar,
solo habla contigo y nadie más,
nada puede sufrir
que él no sepa solucionar.

Temor,
alcohol de quemar,
pon tus manos a volar
o en tus ojos el terror.

Azul, vuelve a reflejar,
y fundido con el sol
reina un sueño
de sonido a mar.

Se dejaba llevar,
se dejaba llevar por ti,
no esperaba jamás
y no espera sino es por ti,
nunca la oyes hablar,
solo habla contigo y nadie más,
nada puedes sufrir
que ella no sepa solucionar.

Se dejaba llevar...



SHE LET HERSELF BE DRIVEN BY YOU

Blue, lines on the ocean,
That deep and indomitable
Cherish a truth.

And you
Don’t think twice
You can leave now
Or you don’t come back anymore.

She did let herself be driven
She did let herself be driven by you
She did never wait
And she only waits for you
She never talks
She only talks with you and no one else
She can’t suffer
From anything he couldn’t solve.

Fear,
Burning alcohol,
Put your hands to fly
or put the terror in your eyes.

Blue, reflecting again,
And fusing with the sun
A dream reigns
Sounding like the sea.

She did let herself be driven
She did let herself be driven by you
She did never wait
And she only waits for you
She never talks
She only talks with you and no one else
She can’t suffer
From anything he couldn’t solve.

She did let herself be driven…