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09-15-2009, 10:45 AM | #31 (permalink) |
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1987-1991
I could write so much about these 5 years... so much was happening with the music I love. These five years included major developments in alternative, indie rock, rap, and shoegaze. Actually, a huge chunk of my favorite albums come from this small time. In just these five years, so much happened. I could ramble on all day about these 5 years, but here's what I consider the highlights: The Pixies released all 4 of their albums plus Come On Pilgrim, Operation Ivy lived out it's career, Sonic Youth released Sister and Daydream Nation (their greatest work) before signing to a major label and getting worse, Dinosaur Jr. released possibly the greatest album of all time as well as Bug and Green Mind, Nirvana was created and brought grunge and alternative to the masses. Jane's Addiction's early career played out (through the first break up, their greatest work), My Bloody Valentine released both of their only albums, Green Day formed (and they were good back then), The Stone Roses released their self titled album, Fugazi released 13 Songs and their first 2 proper albums, Galaxie 500 lived out their full career, Slint released both of their albums, The Flaming Lips began to get good (their very early stuff sucked, imo), music from the Cocteau Twins, Primal Scream, The Boo Radleys, Lowlife. Husker Du released their final album Warehouse, Guns N' Roses released their debut album Appetite for Destruction, Slayer brought us fantastic thrash with South of Heaven and Seasons in the Abyss, Metallica released their final good album And Justice For All..., Public Enemy debuted and released their classics It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet, NWA brought us Straight Outta Compton Eazy-E released his debut, A Tribe Called Quest brought popularity to jazz rap with People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm and The Low End Theory. Basically, if you don't want to read that orgy of musical happenings that randomly came to me as I was writing, the reason I chose these years is that it signified a lot. You could just start to see alternative music (college rock and the likes) gaining popularity at the start of this time period, and by the end it had simply exploded with the release of Document, Loveless, Nevermind, and a whole host of other music. These were, in my opinion, also the essential years of shoegaze, a genre I always enjoy. In addition, electronic music (outside of the dance genres, think Aphex Twin) was just beginning at the end of this time, as artists like Aphex Twin and DJ Shadow started experimenting a bit more. Rap and hip hop essentially were laid out here, with bands like N.W.A. and Public Enemy forming what would become the popular side of rap and A Tribe Called Quest hinting at the underground scene that would spring up with artists like DOOM and Danger Mouse. Basically, these years were hugely influential on all of the music that most of us listen to since then, and contain more of my favorite albums than any other 5 year period, no contest. 1987 also marks a pivotal year for me in terms of diversity; after this time a much wider range of genres became popular as opposed to earlier times. And 1991 was a perfect year to stop, as it leads into the 90s and the explosion of indie rock (Pavement, Flaming Lips, etc) rap, electronica, and alternative that was about to break through. |
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09-15-2009, 01:15 PM | #34 (permalink) |
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1977-1980 is a pretty good one. I know, just four years, but I don't like much of anything that was released in either 1976 or 81.
1977 The Clash - The Clash David Bowie - Heroes David Bowie - Low Elvis Costello - My Aim is True Iggy Pop - The Idiot Iggy Pop - Lust For Life The Jam - The Modern World The Jam - In The City Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols 1978 The Clash - Give 'em Enough Rope Elvis Costello - This Year's Model The Jam - All The Mod Cons The Who - Who Are You 1979 Buzz****s - Singles Going Steady (comp album, I know, but meh) The Clash - London Calling The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys The Jam - Setting Sons Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Pink Floyd - The Wall The Specials - Specials 1980 The Clash - Sandinista! The Jam - Sound Affects Joy Division - Closer Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine |
09-15-2009, 04:54 PM | #36 (permalink) |
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Oh, but 1981 had the crucial album "Red" by Black Uhuru, one of the best reggae albums ever. Not to mention Talking Heads' "The Name of this Band is Talking Heads" live double album, Kraftwerk's "Computer World" and Rush's "Moving Pictures."
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09-15-2009, 07:09 PM | #37 (permalink) | |
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09-16-2009, 08:11 AM | #38 (permalink) |
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Thanks Engine! To be honest, I don't think there's really been a five year period that didn't have all sorts of amazing things going on musically, so I'm probably going to do another one soon that is closer to the present. I'm disappointed almost everyone is doing the 60s and 70s and think more current times certainly deserve a mention.
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09-16-2009, 08:26 AM | #39 (permalink) | |
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Hey, I did 86-90 a couple pages ago. Didn't get much of a response though but it was followed by two posts covering pretty much the exact same era. |
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09-16-2009, 08:31 AM | #40 (permalink) |
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Sorry Janszoon, I meant almost everyone except you and me, I think those are the only two that haven't been from then. I don't like goth/industrial music that much and I this may be my favorite 5 year period, so I felt I needed to cover shoegaze and alternative a bit more. Didn't mean to steal away from your post. Just giving an alternate view.
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