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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
What a lot of people don't remember is what was playing on the radio and topping the charts right before Nirvana broke. You had steady doses of MJ, Whitney Houston, Boys to Men, and lots of other artists that were far from being considered rock.
Nevermind broke big on the strength of those singles and ultimately knocked Michael Jackson out of the #1 spot on the Billboard album charts.
All of a sudden crunchy guitars and heavy drums were mainstream again once the grunge bandwagon gained full speed.
To me that is Nirvana's legacy. They were the ones that busted down the R&B, pop, and ballad dominance of the airwaves.
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People talk about how
"Nevermind" revolutionized the 90s.
Electric Warrior had as much influence on 90s music and that was recorded two decades earlier. There were college radio bands like REM and U2 that were crossing over to household name fame, some felt they sold out by then but at least they were doing something other than what you mention (i.e. MJ, Whitney Houston, Boys to Men stuff). Whether you like them or not they were pushing what became known as Alternative Rock to the public's conscience well before
Nevermind. And don't forget people like Bob Mould and Ian MacKaye with with their sweat and bare hands literally paved the way for bands like Nirvana. Smashing Pumpkins had Gish out on May 28, 1991 months ahead of
Nevermind and
Gish is 10 times better.
Pennywise (album) and
Girlfriend were also ten times better, and they only came out almost a month later.
I don't get it and I never will. I think the OP is right.
A list of a few albums release in 1991, regardless of genre, better than Nirvana's
Nevermind:
- blur - Leisure
- Chapterhouse - Whirlpool
- Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
- Enya - Shepherd Moons <-
- Kitchens Of Distinction - Strange Free World
- LFO - Frequencies
- Mr. Big - Lean into It
- Pennywise - Pennywise
- Primus - Sailing the Sea of Cheese
- School Of Fish - School Of Fish
- Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia
- Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
- Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
- Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
- SRV (and Double Trouble) The Sky is Crying
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