The Cure's Disintegration won 1989. Let's see who wins 1990. Billboard chart-topping albums of 1990: Phil Collins - But Seriously (cont. from '89) Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True (cont. from '89) Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (cont. from '88) Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time (cont. from '89) Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em New Kids on the Block - Step by Step Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme Billboard chart-topping singles of 1990: Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise (cont. from '89) Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You (cont. from '89) Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract (cont. from '89) Janet Jackson - Escapade (cont. from '89) Alannah Myles - Black Velvet (cont. from '89) Taylor Dayne - Love Will Lead You Back (cont. from '89) Tommy Page - I'll Be Your Everything Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U Madonna - Vogue Wilson Phillips - Hold On Roxette - It Must Have Been Love New Kids on the Block - Step by Step Glenn Medeiros - She Ain't Worth It Mariah Carey - Vision of Love Sweet Sensation - If Wishes Came True Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory Wilson Phillips - Release Me Nelson - Can't Live Without Your Love and Affection Maxi Priest - Close to You George Michael - Praying for Time James Ingram - I Don't Have the Heart Janet Jackson - Black Cat Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight Stevie B - Because I Love You What are your top three albums for 1990? We will keep a running tally and eventually have some sort of bracket. For me it would be: 1. Ride - Nowhere 2. Sonic Youth - Goo 3. Entombed - Left Hand Path What are some of the forgotten gems from the year? What is overrated? What did you discover at a young age and what did you discover later? YEARS IN MUSIC • forum.chorus.fm
rest of the top 10: 4. uncle tupelo - no depression 5. pixies - bossanova 6. the breeders - pod 7. fugazi - repeater 8. the la's - the la's 9. jane's addiction - ritual de lo habitual 10. alice in chains - facelift other honorable mentions: afghan whigs - up in it bad religion - against the grain black crowes - shake your money maker bob mould - black sheets of rain danzig - ii galaxie 500 - this is our music helmet - strap it on judas priest - painkiller mark lanegan - the winding sheet megadeth - rust in peace mother love bone - apple the replacements - all shook down slayer - seasons in the abyss superchunk - superchunk stuff to check out: cocteau twins - heaven or las vegas cowboy junkies - caution horses depeche mode - violator eric b and rakim - let the rhythm hit em goo goo dolls - hold me up ice cube - amerikkka’s most wanted jeff lynne - armchair theatre living colour - time’s up mazzy star - she hangs brightly mc hammer - please hammer, don’t hurt ‘em nick cave - the good son prefab sprout - jordan: the comeback public enemy - fear of a black planet rosanne cash - interiors sinead o’connor - i do not want what i haven’t got suicidal tendencies - lights camera revolution teenage fan club - a catholic education a tribe called quest - people’s instinctive travels and paths of rhythm the waterboys - room to roam yo la tengo - fakebook
Zero records from this year I’ve spent a lot of time with (which is odd, since it’s my birth year). Going to have to do some serious exploring!
craig you’d love nowhere. andy (one of the singers and guitarists) played bass for oasis from heathen chemistry on and wrote a handful of songs on those handful of albums
1. Depeche Mode - Violator 2. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out 3. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
1. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt 2. Sonic Youth - Goo 3. Fugazi - Repeater I can't remember where I heard Mustt Mustt the first time, but it absolutely blew me away. Nusrat is a Pakistani musician who makes Qawwali music. This record is an accessible fusion record with sharp production and 4 minute songs instead of 20. His voice is incredible, an absolute force, really remarkable. Goo is my favourite Sonic Youth album, a perfect blend of their chaotic nature, with a bigger recording budget and slightly poppier sensibilities. Opener Dirty Boots is one of the all time great album openers, and Kim Gordon's tracks are the best she ever wrote. Killer album cover too. Repeater is the first "proper" Fugazi record, and just absolutely brilliant and consistent from start to finish. It's complicated, jagged punk that really helped move punk / emo / post hardcore into new and interesting directions. Honourable mentions; Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas: Cocteau Twins are probably the best discovery or new artist I've heard in the last couple of years - hadn't heard them until relatively recently, like ~2018 or something, and now I'm a huge fan. This was the first record of theirs I heard, and I love the whole atmosphere of it. Beautiful, shimmering songs. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet: Public Enemy's follow up to It Takes a Nation of Millions, and this is a fantastic, incendiary album, that's hugely political (obviously), but great songwriting. Burn Hollywood Burn is one of the best PE tracks. Paul Simon - The Rhythm Of the Saints: Simon following up Graceland with an album of samba-infused folk music, featuring musicians from Brazil and South America. Great fun. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm: I often get these and De La Soul muddled in my head, and this is a lovely golden age era hip-hop record, laid back and positive. Jawbreaker - Unfun: Actually quite fun. Jawbreaker's debit, and while they'd do better pretty quickly after, this shows their potential and talent in hook filled pop punk, with introspective lyrics. Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar - Gling Glo: Try pronouncing that... This is Bjork's jazz standards album, sung in Icelandic. Not one on regular rotation, but the production is great, and Bjork sounds great. Icelandic is a fun language to listen to, too. Bad Religion - Against The Grain: Just a great, classic Bad Religion album. Gray Matter - Food for Thought: A fantastic proto sort of emo band, making Dischord emotional post-hardcore music, that you'd hear throughout the mid 90s. (Edit - this was actually released in 1985, they were way ahead of their time!)
ride is the poppiest/most brit-pop of the big shoegaze bands for sure, unless you consider the verve for the one album they did shoegaze
I can tell immediately from track 1 why Liam and Noel were eventually like "Yeah, let's call that guy."
that one was actually sang by the group’s other singer haha. but yeah, he’s one of the main songwriters. it became more even on other albums but the guy who joined oasis sang tracks 7 and 8 (the single)
1. Ice Cube - Amerikkka’s Most Wanted 2. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas 3. Entombed - Left Hand Path
1. Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo habitual 2. Jellyfish - Bellybutton 3. Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips 4. Depeche Mode - Violator 5. Beats International - Let Them Eat Bingo 6. Paul Simon - The Rhythm of the Saints 7. Prince - Graffiti Bridge 8. Styx - Edge of the Century 9. George Michael - Life Without Prejudice Vol. 1 10. Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 11. Fleetwood Mac - Behind The Mask
1. Mary Chapin Carpenter - Shooting Straight in the Dark 2. Heart - Brigade 3. Ride - Nowhere Others I love: Bruce Hornsby and The Range - A Night on the Town Goo Goo Dolls - Hold Me Up Garth Brooks - No Fences Good ones: Megadeth - Rust in Peace Dwight Yoakam - If There Was a Way Prince - Graffiti Bridge Black Box - Dreamland George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 Dan Fogelberg - The Wild Places Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet Depeche Mode - Violator AC/DC - The Razor's Edge Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted The Replacements - All Shook Down Hindu Love Gods - Hindu Love Gods Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight Steve Winwood - Refugees of the Heart Alice in Chains - Facelift Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips Joshua Bell - Presenting Joshua Bell The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic Blake Babies - Sunburn Archival releases that would make the list: Bix Biederbecke - Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings Targets for Listening: Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey The Lemonheads - Lovey The Black Crowes - Shake Your Moneymaker Dee-Lite - World Clique Digital Underground - Sex Packets Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches Jane's Addiction - Ritual de Lo Habitual The La's - The La's LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out Pixies - Bossanova Shamen - En-tacts A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm The Allman Brothers Band - Seven Turns MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em Paul Simon - The Rhythm of the Saints Damn Yankees - Damn Yankees Fugazi - Repeater Pantera - Cowboys from Hell Lou Reed and John Cale - Songs for Drella Uncle Tupelo - No Depression Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theatre Brand Nubian - One for All Cinderella - Heartbreak Station Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass - Passages Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys - Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys Living Colour - Time's Up Roseanne Cash - Interiors The Shillls - Submarine Bells Lisa Stansfield - Affection Robin Holcomb - Robin Holcomb Texas Tornadoes - Texas Tornadoes Nusrat Fatteh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt
You magnificent unicorn of a man. I don't even love Wilson Phillips, but I love it getting a vote. How's that Styx album?
Honestly, I didn't even grow up with Wilson Phillips other than Hold On which is a magnificent song, but the whole album is actually really good, like shockingly so. I've never heard anything else from them, but I definitely dig it. As for Styx, I don't even remember why this album was one of the two I have heard in full (the other is Paradise Theater), but it's pretty good cheese rock. Definitely fits a certain mood well
Nice! This one features one of my picks for underrated gem of this year. So much childhood nostalgia for me on this one, and what a beautiful voice she has.
This is my other pick for underrated, oft-forgotten gem. Anyone else recall this song? I don't really know too much about the band other than that this is from their debut record, which I plan on checking out this week. Also may be a bit of a stretch here but I can't help but hear a bit of this song in The 1975's "Me & You Together Song", particularly the jangly guitars. Love it.