What is your favorite alternative rock album from 1991?

A quick look through my rateourmusic collection has revealed to me that the only album i've rated five stars from 1991 was the underrated and absolutely AMAZING Gish, by the Smashing Pumpkins.

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What a great record! One of my favorites for sure.
 
I played the sh*t outta Nevermind growing up and Blood, Sugar, Sex, Majik wasn't very far behind. Other than that...I've listened to Sailing the Seas of Cheese on occasion, but the rest of what I see people linking I never really got into much, and haven't had any desire to since. :(
 
And my underrated picks include:

1. Goat by The Jesus Lizard
Released: February 21, 1991

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2. No Pocky for Kitty by Superchunk
Released: 1991

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3. My Brain Hurts by Screeching Weasel
Released: 1991

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Oh, definitely spiderland. That album is epic. it started two of my favorite genres, math rock and post rock.
with out slint, there would be no don caballero or battles or mogwai :S
 
I absolutely do want to see your list of favorite alternative rock albums of 1991

I didn't remeraber this is from '91. It goes in my list for sure. All the best alternative/shoegaze/britpop/whatever came out '89 - '92 so it's hard to keep mental track of specific release years.
 
Yea - it's kind of hard to believe. Unless were talking about 'banned from K Mart' or something that album cover is pretty tame compared to a lot of albums released in '91.
 
I still don't get why this really needed it's own thread :confused:

Sure it was a good year for music, but you can just talk about 91 in the album for each year you've been alive thread..

A more interesting thread would be what everyone's favourite year in music was and why, 91 was good, but some might prefer other years.
 
1.Bandwagonesque-Teenage Fanclub
2.Ten-Pearl Jam
3.Dreamy-Beat Happening
4.Loveless-My Bloody Valentine
5.Trompe Le Monde- Pixies

For all that my Top 2 from the year are U2-Achtung Baby and A Tribe Called Quest-The Low End Theory.
 
I came up with this lot for my favourite albums of 1991.

You may argue amongst yourselves as to if any of them quality as 'alternative'...

Current 93 - As the World Disappears
The Fatima Mansions - Berties Brochures
Birdland - Birdland
The Telescopes - Celeste
The Cult - Ceremony
Poison Idea - Dutch Courage
The Field Mice - For Keeps
Thee Headcoatees - Girlsville
PainKiller - Guts of a Virgin
Fudge Tunnel - Hate Songs in E Minor
Heavenly - Heavenly vs. Satan
Lydia Lunch & Rowland S. Howard - Shotgun Wedding
Thee Hypnotics - Soul Glitter & Sin
The Throbs - The Language of Thieves and VagabonRAB
Nova Mob - The Last Days of Pompeii
Tumor Circus - Tumor Circus
Mot
 
Here.., are listed a few of my personal favorite Alternative Rock albums & singles released in 1991, as close to the Aternative Rock, label/genre that Is, of my own opinion & personal taste to preference.

REM-(Out Of Time). YouTube - R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Video) - YouTube - R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People (Video)

Nirvana-(Nevermind). YouTube - Nirvana - Come As You Are - YouTube - Nirvana - In Bloom

U2-(Actung Baby). YouTube - U2 - Mysterious Ways - YouTube - U2 - One

Pearl Jam-(Ten). YouTube - Pearl Jam-Once - YouTube - Pearl Jam - Black (HD High Definition Unplugged)

Sundgarden-(Badmotorfinger). YouTube - Soundgarden - Outshined - YouTube - Soundgarden - Rusty cage
 
Spiderland is without a doubt my favourite from 1991. It was one of those albums that actually changed my life when i heard it.

Loveless and Screamadelica are runners up
 
Definitely an amazing album, and I spent a good portion of 1991 wearing it the **** out.
It reminRAB me in a way of MJ's Off the Wall in that it's the under-appreciated masterpiece that really served as the foundation of one egomaniac's delusions of grandeur and was subsequently followed by a long string of popular and lauded albums that really could not compare.
 
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