Album of 1984 (Round 3) - RESULT

[Muppet the Cat]

The Afghan Whigs ‘Gentlemen’

[Mrs64]

Kate Bush 'The Red Shoes'

[Rook]

Such a great year for albums, and music in general.

[Muppet the Cat]

Early 90s is the worst period for music, for me... 90s the worst decade generally.

Would agree for 1993, very sparse pickings to be had imo

[Mountain]

Wu-Tang Clan 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)'

Oh that will get a lot of points from me. I'll go for another classic ...

A Tribe Called Quest - "Midnight Marauders".

I could listen to Electric Relaxation on repeat every night. It's just perfect mellow jazz hip hop...

https://youtu.be/WHRnvjCkTsw

[White Riot]

Another unexpected winner, hadn't realised Japan were so popular on here. I love David Sylvian's solo works too.

Congrats Leon

David Sylvain has a great voice.

[1964white]

Congrats Leon

David Sylvain has a great voice.

Thanks James, you're so kind.

Sylvian's voice sends shivers down my spine

[White Riot]

For 1993 I'll go with The Modfather

Paul Weller - Wild Wood


Was also tempted by Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion, another great album, which I'm sure someone else will nominate

[White Riot]

Thanks James, you're so kind.

Sylvian's voice sends shivers down my spine

No sweat, kindness is the best way to approach life and others. But on the other hand as I've learned and preach, "Save your good manners for those who deserve them".

I really like this David Sylvain song



I'm rocking out to Avenged Sevenfold lately

Very busy with work and OT to pull the coin in, just passed my Bulgarian driving test last week and we're in the early stages of house hunting here, which will be another journey for us.

So I'm too busy to be on here lately, but shall return and be more frequent when the OT dries up.

Gotta grab it while it's there mate.

[1964white]

No sweat, kindness is the best way to approach life and others. But on the other hand as I've learned and preach, "Save your good manners for those who deserve them".

I really like this David Sylvain song



I'm rocking out to Avenged Sevenfold lately

Very busy with work and OT to pull the coin in, just passed my Bulgarian driving test last week and we're in the early stages of house hunting here, which will be another journey for us.

So I'm too busy to be on here lately, but shall return and be more frequent when the OT dries up.

Gotta grab it while it's there mate.

Congratulations on passing your Bulgarian driving test, James

House moves can be very traumatic mate, good luck.

[Muppet the Cat]

No sweat, kindness is the best way to approach life and others. But on the other hand as I've learned and preach, "Save your good manners for those who deserve them".

I really like this David Sylvain song



I'm rocking out to Avenged Sevenfold lately

Very busy with work and OT to pull the coin in, just passed my Bulgarian driving test last week and we're in the early stages of house hunting here, which will be another journey for us.

So I'm too busy to be on here lately, but shall return and be more frequent when the OT dries up.

Gotta grab it while it's there mate.

Buried Alive from the Nightmare album my favourite track of theirs, Riot

[lufc1304]

Oh that will get a lot of points from me. I'll go for another classic ...

A Tribe Called Quest - "Midnight Marauders".

I could listen to Electric Relaxation on repeat every night. It's just perfect mellow jazz hip hop...

https://youtu.be/WHRnvjCkTsw

I nearly went with ATCQ, it was a flip of the coin. 93 was a good year for hip hop

[White Riot]

Congratulations on passing your Bulgarian driving test, James

House moves can be very traumatic mate, good luck.

Cheers Leon, yes, it'll be another adventure for us

[White Riot]

Buried Alive from the Nightmare album my favourite track of theirs, Riot

Classic mate

I love a lot of their stuff, City of Evil, Nightmare, Hail to the King, Seize the Day .

Awesome guitar work

[Rook]

Early 90s is the worst period for music, for me... 90s the worst decade generally.

You must be a lot older than me because the early 90's music scene to me was awesome.

I was still at school, coming up to leaving and going onto college.

The air was rife with Nirvana,Manic Street Preachers,Sugar, Fugazi, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Pearl Jam,TAD, Pavement, Babes in Toyland, There were loads of exciting bands to my young self.

And MTV was awesome during the early 90's too.

[Mountain]

I guess a lot depends on age. I was 15/16 in 1989/90. And heard 808 State's Pacific. And that was it, I pretty much stopped listening to U2, INXS, Simple Minds, the Smiths etc etc. And house and techno and the whole rave thing was so exciting and happened at exactly the right time. But by the end of the 90s, I didn't like anything, the charts were full of boy bands and garage, the clubs were all playing trance.

[lufc1304]

I guess a lot depends on age. I was 15/16 in 1989/90. And heard 808 State's Pacific. And that was it, I pretty much stopped listening to U2, INXS, Simple Minds, the Smiths etc etc. And house and techno and the whole rave thing was so exciting and happened at exactly the right time. But by the end of the 90s, I didn't like anything, the charts were full of boy bands and garage, the clubs were all playing trance.

I've a couple of years on you, Mountain (I was 20 in '89), but a very similar trajectory. Discovered rave and that was it for a few short, glorious years. And agree, the arse-end of the 90s was f**king grim!!

[onemoreslogan]

I loved the early nineties, and I think 1993 was just about the high-water mark before everything fell away into the late 90's which were a wasteland.

I didn't care much for hip-hop or electronica, but I liked the massive leap in recording technology and sound quality that CDs ushered in at the time. For example, it was interesting to hear the evolution from angry, alienated low-fi Dinosaur Jr on You're Living All Over Me, to J Mascis in the studio with a budget with Where You Been. I always think of Dire Strait's Brothers In Arms as the poster child for digital recording. It was the first record anyone who bought a CD player spun to showcase the technology. By 1993 it was ubiquitous, and we were seeing some interesting results.

This isn't to say I was a huge fan of digital recording. I don't think I had my own CD player until 1994 or so and I still listened to plenty of lo-fi, I know all the lyrics to Guided by Voices' 1993 release, Vampire on Titus, and still remember how to play a few of the tracks from banging around on the guitar while it spun endlessly in my apartment even though it was aggressively low-fi.

Anyway, lots of worthy nominations made in round 1 and so far in round 2. Surprised no one went with the pieces of the Pixies who seem popular on the board. Last Splash and Frank Black were both great records. So were Exile in Guyville, Painful, Anodyne, Saturation, Five Days in July, and On the Mouth.

But I'm gonna go with Kerosene Hat by Cracker. I wasn't sure of the switch from Camper to Cracker at the time. But the sound grew on me and they kept me going through the wasteland of the late 90's.

[The Subhuman]

It's not Frank Black's best solo work imo, but I did consider it. Bluefinger maybe his best solo effort

[Rook]

I was still buying cassette tapes in 1993. I didn't get a CD player until about 1997.