The Best Rock Albums of 1991

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1991

(Compiled by Mauro Bondoni based on my ratings)
  1. Slint: Spiderland (Touch & Go) (9)
  2. My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (Sire) (9)
  3. Type O Negative: Slow Deep And Hard (Roadrunner) (9)
  4. Mercury Rev: Yerself Is Steam (Rough Trade) (9)
  5. Dogbowl: Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain (Shimmy Disc) (8.5)
  6. Unsane (Matador) (8)
  7. Jesus Lizard: Goat (Touch & Go) (8)
  8. Lida Husik: Bozo (Shimmy Disc) (8)
  9. Honeymoon Killers: Hung Far Low (Fistpuppet) (8)
  10. Slowdive: Just For A Day (Creation) (8)
  11. Barkmarket: Vegas Throat (Triple X) (8)
  12. Pegboy: Strong Reaction (Quarterstick) (8)
  13. Codeine: Frigid Stars (SubPop) (8)
  14. Eden: Gateway To The Mystery (Third Mind) (8)
  15. Swans: White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity (Young God) (7.5)
  16. Cop Shoot Cop: White Noise (Big Cat) (7.5)
  17. Will: Pearl Of Great Price (Third Mind) (7.5)
  18. Peter Jefferies: The Last Great Challenge In A Dull World (Xpressway) (7.5)
  19. Ed Hall: Gloryhole (Trance) (7.5)
  20. Delerium: Spiritual Archives (Dossier) (7.5)
  21. Screeching Weasel: My Brain Hurts (Lookout) (7.5)
  22. Steroid Maximus: Quilombo (Big Cat) (7.5)
  23. Fugazi: Steady Diet Of Nothing (Dischord) (7.5)
  24. Fishbone: Reality Of My Surroundings (Columbia) (7.5)
  25. American Music Club: Everclear (Alias) (7.5)
  26. Ozric Tentacles: Strangeitude (Demi Monde) (7.5)
  27. Nirvana: Nevermind (Geffen) (7)
  28. Primus: Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (Interscope) (7)
  29. Primal Scream: Screamadelica (Sire) (7)
  30. Joni Mitchell: Night Ride Home (Geffen) (7)
  31. Talk Talk: Laughing Stock (Verve) (7)
  32. Drunk Tank (Radial) (7)
  33. Lycia: Ionia (Projekt) (7)
  34. Dwarves: Thank Heaven For Little Girls (SubPop) (7)
  35. Pixies: Trompe Le Monde (Elektra) (7)
  36. White Heaven: Out (PFS) (7)
  37. Sebadoh: III (Homestead) (7)
  38. Gas Huffer: Janitors Of Tomorrow (Empty) (7)
  39. Metallica: self-titled (Elektra) (7)
  40. Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend (Zoo) (7)
  41. Orbital: Yellow (Ffrr) (7)
  42. Levitation: Coterie (Capitol) (7)
  43. 808 State: Ex:el (ZTT) (7)
  44. Orb: Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (Big Life) (7)
  45. Guns And Roses: Use Your Illusion (Geffen) (7)
  46. Helios Creed: Lactating Purple (Amphetamine Reptile) (7)
  47. Djam Karet: Burning The Hard City (HC Productions) (7)
  48. Hole: Pretty On The Inside (Caroline) (7)
  49. Mudhoney: Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (SubPop) (7)
  50. Eric Andersen: Stages (Columbia) (7)
  51. Superchunk: No Pocky For Kitty (Matador) (7)
  52. Blackgirls: Happy (Mammoth) (7)
  53. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282: Lovelyville (Matador) (7)
  54. Melvins: Bullhead (Boner) (7)
  55. Julian Cope: Peggy Suicide (Island) (7)
  56. Tumor Circus: self-titled (Alternative Tentacles) (7)
  57. Pearl Jam: Ten (Epic) (7)
  58. Ambitious Lovers: Lust (Elektra) (7)
  59. Enya: Shepherd Moons (Warner Bros) (7)
  60. Ghost: Ghost (PSF) (7)
  61. Spectrum: Soul Kiss (Silvertone) (7)
  62. Saint Etienne: Foxbase Alpha (Warner Brothers) (7)
  63. Trespassers W: Roots And Locations (TW) (7)
  64. Monster Magnet: Spine Of God (Primo Scree) (7)
  65. Cathedral: Forest Of Equilibrium (Earache) (7)
  66. Ice-T: Original Gangster (Sire) (7)
  67. Neil Young: Arc (Reprise) (7)
  68. Seam: Headsparks (Homestead) (7)
  69. Steve Hillage: System 7 (Ten Dix) (7)
  70. Sarah McLachlan: Solace (Nettwerk) (7)
  71. Primal Scream: Screamadelica (Creation) (7)
  72. Stetsasonic: Blood, Sweat & No Tears (1991) (7)
  73. Bikini Kill: Revolution Girl Style Now (K Records) (7)
  74. Rocket From The Crypt: Paint As A Fragrance (Headhunter) (7)
  75. Drive Like Jehu: self-titled (Headhunter) (7)
  76. Terminal Cheesecake: Angels In Pigtails (Pathological) (7)
  77. Windbreakers: Electric Landlady (DB) (7)
  78. Victor DeLorenzo: Peter Corey Sent Me (Dali) (7)
  79. Sting: The Soul Cages (A&M) (7)
  80. Mr Bungle (Slash) (7)
  81. Toad The Wet Sprocket: Fear (Columbia) (7)
  82. Big Chief: Drive It Off (Get Hip) (7)
  83. Plaid: Mbuki Mvuki (BDP) (7)
  84. Lords Of Acid: Lust (Caroline) (7)
  85. Savatage: Streets (1991) (7)

Playlist
  1. Heavenly: Wrap My Arms Around You
  2. Plaid: Summit
Extended tracks
  1. Talk Talk: After The Flood

Songwriters
  1. Lida Husik: Bozo (Shimmy Disc)
  2. Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend (Zoo)
  3. Eric Andersen: Stages (Columbia)
  4. Victor DeLorenzo: Peter Corey Sent Me (Dali)
  5. Julian Cope: Peggy Suicide (Island)
  6. Jah Wobble: Rising Above Bedlam (Atlantic)
  7. Enya: Shepherd Moons (Warner Bros)
  8. Sarah McLachlan: Solace (Nettwerk)

Hardcore
  1. Nation Of Ulysses: 13-Point Program To Destroy America (Dischord)
  2. Pegboy: Strong Reaction (Quarterstick)
  3. Dwarves: Thank Heaven For Little Girls (SubPop)
  4. Screeching Weasel: My Brain Hurts (Lookout)
  5. Fugazi: Steady Diet Of Nothing (Dischord)
  6. Creamers: Stick It In Your Ear (Triple X)
  7. Hole: Pretty On The Inside (Caroline)
  8. Tumor Circus: self-titled (Alternative Tentacles>

Industrial

Electronica

Gothic

Heavy rock

Psychedelia

Instrumental

Progressive

Britain

Germany

Japan

France & Belgium

Australia

Canada

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