Oct 23, 2009

The Best Albums Of 1991

Top 50



  1. Nevermind - NIRVANA
  2. Swift-work - THE FALL
  3. Trompe le monde - THE PIXIES
  4. Every good boy deserves fudge - MUDHONEY
  5. Uncle Anesthesia - SCREAMING TREES
  6. The real Ramona - THROWING MUSES
  7. Blast the human flower - DANIELLE DAX
  8. Apocalypse 1991...The enemy strikes black - PUBLIC ENEMY
  9. Pretty on the inside - HOLE
  10. 30 something - CARTER THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE
  11. Beat songs - THE BLUE AEROPLANES
  12. O.G. Original Gangster - ICE T
  13. Forbidden places - MEAT PUPPETS
  14. Bandwagonesque - TEENAGE FANCLUB
  15. The ruby sea - THIN WHITE ROPE
  16. Peggy Suicide - JULIAN COPE
  17. Loveless - MY BLOODY VALENTINE
  18. Out of time - R.E.M.
  19. Lived to tell - ELEVENTH DREAM DAY
  20. Ramp - GIANT SAND
  21. Scavenger - THE WALKABOUTS
  22. Everclear - AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB
  23. Gish - SMASHING PUMPKINS
  24. Green mind - DINOSAUR JR
  25. Blood sugar sex magic - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
  26. Nymphs - NYMPHS
  27. Moontime - ANASTASIA SCREAMED
  28. Starcaster - HEAD CANDY
  29. Friendly fascism - CONSOLIDATED
  30. Blue lines - MASSIVE ATTACK
  31. Whirlpool - CHAPTERHOUSE
  32. The low end theory - A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
  33. Derelicts of dialect - 3RD BASS
  34. Never loved Elvis - WONDER STUFF
  35. Steady diet of nothing - FUGAZI
  36. Dragstrip riot - THE FLESH EATERS
  37. Ascension - THE AINTS
  38. Babyteeth - THERAPY?
  39. To mother - BABES IN TOYLAND
  40. Blokes you can trust - COSMIC PSYCHOS
  41. Spiderland - SLINT
  42. Life ’n’ perspectives of a genuine crossover - URBAN DANCE SQUAD
  43. Godfodder - NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN
  44. The beast inside - INSPIRAL CARPETS
  45. Foxbase Alpha - SAINT ETIENNE
  46. Piouhgd - BUTTHOLE SURFERS
  47. Mush - LEATHERFACE
  48. The last days of Pompeii - NOVA MOB
  49. Flyin’ the flannel - FIREHOSE
  50. Leisure - BLUR
Also recommended:

I am the greatest - A HOUSE, Screamadelica - PRIMAL SCREAM, Step in the arena - GANG STARR, The way to salvation - KING MISSILE, 8 way Santa - TAD, Looser illusion pt. 0 / Sleeping underwater survivors - THE LEAVING TRAINS, Seaweed - SEAWEED, The history of dogs - PAUL LEARY, Watershed - G. W. McLENNAN, Superstition - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, Time for a witness - THE FEELIES, III - SEBADOH, Why do birds sing? - VIOLENT FEMMES, Unreal world - THE GODFATHERS, Queer - WOLFGANG PRESS, Wings of joy - CRANES, Strange free world - KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION, Raise - SWERVEDRIVER, The first of too many - SENSELESS THINGS, The great white wonder - POOH STICKS, Sea monsters - THE WEDDING PRESENT, Efil 4 Zaggin - N.W.A, And now the legacy begins - DREAM WARRIORS, Bed - FIVE THIRTY, Things come apart - THE CHARLOTTES, The world and the flesh - BAND OF SUSANS, Yerself is steam - MERCURY REV, Mighty like a rose - ELVIS COSTELLO, Powerstance - FLESHTONES, Incision - VENUS BEADS, Illuminated - 360s, Crammed into infinity - TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, Supersonic storybook - URGE OVERKILL, Cypress Hill - CYPRESS HILL, Death certificate - ICE CUBE, A blur to me now - 13 ENGINES, Drive Like Jehu - DRIVE LIKE JEHU, Goat - THE JESUS LIZARD, Ten - PEARL JAM, Achtung baby - U2, Despise - SEAWEED, Vinyl - DRAMARAMA, New river head - BEVIS FROND, Nice job Einstein - HARM FARM, Kill uncle - MORRISSEY, Dreamy - BEAT HAPPENING, Guerrilla love inn - DROOGS, Face - BIG CHIEF, Hovering - HP ZINGER, Bertie’s brochures - FATIMA MANSIONS, Don’t try this at home - BILLY BRAGG, Ex:El - 808 STATE, Eat yourself whole - KINGMAKER, In the presence of greatness - VELVET CRUSH, Recurring - SPACEMEN 3, 13-point program to destroy America - NATION OF ULYSSES, Fillet show - HUM, Doughboy hollow - DIED PRETTY, The power of pussy - BONGWATER, White noise - COP SHOOT COP, Paint as a fragrance - ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT, Wretch - KYUSS, Stranded in the mystery zone - DEAD MOON, From influence to ignorance - UNION CARBIDE PRODUCTIONS, Birdland - BIRDLAND, This is not the way home - THE CRUEL SEA, Jack Frost - JACK FROST, Body blow - HEADLESS CHICKENS, One perfect green blanket - BARBARA MANNING, Still feel gone - UNCLE TUPELO, The curse of the Mekons - MEKONS, Just for a day - SLOWDIVE, Heavenly vs. Satan - HEAVENLY, White light from the mouth of infinity - SWANS, Look mom, no head! - THE CRAMPS, Braindrops - THE FUZZTONES, Headcoatitude / W.O.A.H. Bo in thee garage - THEE HEADCOATS, Girlsville - THEE HEADCOATEES, Unsane - UNSANE, Bullhead - MELVINS, The sky is falling and I want my mommy - JELLO BIAFRA & NOMEANSNO, Thank heaven for little girls - DWARVES, Grippe - JAWBOX, Peacetika - COWS, Nationwide - SURGERY, 1000 smiling knuckles - SKIN YARD, Tulip - STEEL POLE BATH TUB, Funeral at the movies - SHUDDER TO THINK, 2Pacalypse Now - 2PAC, Mr. Scarface is back - SCARFACE, We can't be stopped - GETO BOYS, Naughty By Nature - NAUGHTY BY NATURE, De La Soul is dead - DE LA SOUL, I wish my brother George was here - DEL THA FUNKEE HOMOSAPIEN, Organized Konfusion - ORGANIZED KONFUSION, Frequencies - LFO, Orbital (Green album) - ORBITAL, The Orb's adventures beyond the Ultraworld - THE ORB, Accelerator - THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON, Electronic - ELECTRONIC, Coterie - LEVITATION, For keeps - THE FIELD MICE, Unholy soul - THE ORCHIDS, Chicken rhythms - NORTHSIDE, Quality Street - WORLD OF TWIST, Honey lingers - VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE, Rain Tree Crow - RAIN TREE CROW, West of Rome - VIC CHESNUTT, Fork songs - TALL DWARFS, Prove you wrong - PRONG, Shotgun wedding - LYDIA LUNCH & ROWLAND S. HOWARD, Plague mass - DIAMANDA GALAS, Artistic vice - DANIEL JOHNSTON, Squatter’s rights - THIN WHITE ROPE, Bleach - BLEACH