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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 8, 2018 21:22:15 GMT 10
Honestly, i'm surprised that we haven't already got a thread based on discussing the worst '90s year for music. I thought it would be a good idea to create one.  What is your least favourite '90s year for music and why?
I would have voted for 1990 in the past, but after studying the charts from the Early '90s, I would now personally consider 1991 to be the worst '90s year for music. The year was mostly defined by dull adult contemporary music, house music, remnants of '80s pop and cheesy hair-metal. 1991 may have seen the release of Nevermind, Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Ten and Badmotorfinger, but as great as three of those albums are, they shouldn't be used to define the music scene of the time, as they were not as influential to the charts from 1991 as what is often to led to believe. Besides the albums I mentioned (with the exception of BSSM), there's actually very little in the way of music that I actually like from 1991. I do really like Ratcat's (an Australian alt-rock band who were responsible for introducing the genre to the mainstream) three big-hits from that year, as well as "Joyride" by Roxette. There's a few other songs that I don't mind listening to as well, but I don't like them as much as the albums/songs that have already been mentioned.
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Post by #Infinity on Nov 9, 2018 0:29:58 GMT 10
Yep, 1991 is the weakest. Too much popular music from that year feels insincerely peppy. House and pop rap were big at the time, but writers and producers did not yet know how to ground those young genres with depth or feeling.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2018 1:31:02 GMT 10
All of them!
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 9, 2018 10:39:35 GMT 10
Yep, 1991 is the weakest. Too much popular music from that year feels insincerely peppy. House and pop rap were big at the time, but writers and producers did not yet know how to ground those young genres with depth or feeling. I agree. Many artists and music producers at the time were still too caught up in the hype generated by how new the two genres were.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 17, 2019 21:19:07 GMT 10
Thought I would revive this thread as I think it would be interesting to hear other people's opinions on this. This is just a random tidbit, but I think it's interesting how a lot of people consider 1999 to be the worst year for music of the '90s. I know teen-pop was huge at the time, but the charts were still diverse with a wide variety of different genres and there were some great songs released that year as well. It's definitely not as bad as many people make it out to be.
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Post by John Titor on Feb 18, 2019 3:16:48 GMT 10
scratch that
1992
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 24, 2019 12:25:53 GMT 10
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Post by John Titor on Feb 24, 2019 13:16:49 GMT 10
didn't really stick out to me as much as 93 and 94 did
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Post by Telso on Feb 26, 2019 9:37:18 GMT 10
1990 is easily the worst, not even close. Pop music sounded so unpleasantly wooden and mechanical that year, the ruling Pop Rap and Hip House acts were rather lame and the Glam Metalheads were phoning it at this point and throwing limp ballads at the charts instead.
Obviously like any year, it still has a couple of highlights though. It's the year were the classics "Vision of Love" and "Nothing Compares 2 U" came out, R.E.M. and Depeche Mode both released fantastic albums and Janet killed it that year (although I don't like "Escapade" that much since it represents the general problem of harsh productions that year).
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 26, 2019 11:22:32 GMT 10
1990 is easily the worst, not even close. Pop music sounded so unpleasantly wooden and mechanical that year, the ruling Pop Rap and Hip House acts were rather lame and the Glam Metalheads were phoning it at this point and throwing limp ballads at the charts instead. Obviously like any year, it still has a couple of highlights though. It's the year were the classics "Vision of Love" and "Nothing Compares 2 U" came out, R.E.M. and Depeche Mode both released fantastic albums and Janet killed it that year (although I don't like "Escapade" that much since it represents the general problem of harsh productions that year). Just out of curiosity, what is your opinion of 1991? I personally think 1991 is the worst '90s year for music with 1990 a close-second, although I can definitely see how someone could consider 1990 to be the worst.
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Post by Telso on Feb 26, 2019 21:35:22 GMT 10
Just out of curiosity, what is your opinion of 1991? I personally think 1991 is the worst '90s year for music with 1990 a close-second, although I can definitely see how someone could consider 1990 to be the worst. 1991 wasn't that much better honestly. The adult contemporary/soft rock obsession of the late 80s has gotten out of hand by then ("(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" which has basically become the symbol of the genre) and even more stale. I'd say though that 1991 was a more solid year overall for musical releases, with obviously the Grunge icons, "Loveless", the first Massive Attack album, the Metallica's black album, Ice Cube's "Death Certificate" being a Gangsta Rap classic and so on. As well as some really good hits in "The Fly", "Unbelievable", "Emotions", "Losing My Religion", "Tom's Dinner (Remix)", "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" and "O.P.P.", and guilty pleasures like "Joyride" and "Good Vibrations" which overall improve my perception on 1991 compared to 1990 or even 1992.
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Post by EyewitnessTV on Feb 28, 2019 0:04:43 GMT 10
1991 would be second, but I can’t go past 1992. This particular year was for the most part incredibly bland, which is unfortunate I must say!
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Post by John Titor on Feb 28, 2019 9:04:23 GMT 10
90 91 92 had terrible music, shit picked up in 93/94
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Post by RockyMountainExtreme on Feb 28, 2019 9:17:43 GMT 10
1991, like most years, may have been mediocre as far as the mainstream goes, but when you look at all the songs and albums from that year that have stood the test of time (not only the grunge and metal songs, but also Michael Jackson's Dangerous, Garth Brooks Ropin' The Wind, 2Pac's 2pacalypse Now, NWA's Niggaz4Life, and Ice Cube's Death Certificate, plus many others in other genres), 1991 is the hands down best year of the '90s for releases, so I personally believe that calling it the worst for it's more mainstream scene is quite an exaggeration I feel, especially given that the mainstream scene in most other years of the '90s was not much better, if not, worse, and unlike 1991, a lot of those years don't have nearly as many great less-mainstream or underground timeless classics like 1991 had as a redeeming factor.
The worst years of the '90s for music I feel were definitely the border years (1990 and 1999), as the mainstream scene in both years was awful, and there aren't really that many great less-mainstream or underground timeless classics from either year as well, although I'd say 1990 is saved by Alice in Chain's "Man in the Box" alone, so 1999 gets the boot.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 28, 2019 9:59:46 GMT 10
1991, like most years, may have been mediocre as far as the mainstream goes, but when you look at all the songs and albums from that year that have stood the test of time (not only the grunge and metal songs, but also Michael Jackson's Dangerous, Garth Brooks Ropin' The Wind, 2Pac's 2pacalypse Now, NWA's Niggaz4Life, and Ice Cube's Death Certificate, plus many others in other genres), 1991 is the hands down best year of the '90s for releases, so I personally believe that calling it the worst for it's more mainstream scene is quite an exaggeration I feel, especially given that the mainstream scene in most other years of the '90s was not much better, if not, worse, and unlike 1991, a lot of those years don't have nearly as many great less-mainstream or underground timeless classics like 1991 had as a redeeming factor.
The worst years of the '90s for music I feel were definitely the border years (1990 and 1999), as the mainstream scene in both years was awful, and there aren't really that many great less-mainstream or underground timeless classics from either year as well, although I'd say 1990 is saved by Alice in Chain's "Man in the Box" alone, so 1999 gets the boot. The thing is though, the albums you mentioned weren't entirely definitive of the mainstream music scene at the time. They were simply a blip on the countless of other songs/albums that happened to make it onto the Billboard/Top-40 charts that year. So, I think it's somewhat unjustified to refer to 1991 as the "best year of the '90s for releases" based on a small handful of albums, as significant as they may be. Nirvana's Nevermind isn't any less mainstream than something released by MC Hammer, Madonna or Bryan Adams. Besides, I would even argue that 1994 was just as good (if not, better) than 1991 when it comes to album releases. In 1994 alone, you had Nirvana's MTV Unplugged, Green Day's Dookie, Pearl Jam's Vitalogy, Oasis' Definitely Maybe and Bush's Sixteen Stone. 1999 is severely underrated, IMO. I used to have an overall negative opinion of the year as well, but when you dig deeper into what was actually on the charts that year, you'll realise that it's better than most people give it credit for. 1999 wasn't just defined by teen-pop and Latino artists. Alternative-rock was still going strong (particularly in the first-half of the year), especially with great releases such as "Save Tonight", "Malibu", "She's So High", "Lullaby" and "Kiss Me". Silverchair also released their Neon Ballroom album in March of that year and it's an absolute classic. It may not have had a lot of timeless classics in the vein of 1991 or 1994, but the wide variety of different genres/styles that defined the year make up for that.
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