Retro Albums of the Year 2010's: 2020

[Zoom E]

1990

Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Queensryche - Empire
Black Sabbath - Tyr
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Sacnctuary - Into the Mirror Black
Alice in Chains - Facelift
Anthrax - Persistence of Time
Trouble - Trouble
Jellyfish - Bellybutton
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Death Angel - Act III
Primus - Frizzle Fry
Flotsam and Jetsam - When the Storm Comes Down
Jane’s Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
Mind Over Four - The Goddess
Living Color - Time’s Up
Mother Love Bone - Apple
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss

[TAC]

Flotsam and Jetsam - When the Storm Comes Down

I'm going to do my list in a bit, but this is one of my all time favorite albums.

[Zoom E]

Flotsam and Jetsam - When the Storm Comes Down

I'm going to do my list in a bit, but this is one of my all time favorite albums.

One of their best...I just wish the production was better.

[TAC]

Flotsam and Jetsam - When the Storm Comes Down

I'm going to do my list in a bit, but this is one of my all time favorite albums.

One of their best...I just wish the production was better.

Yeah, that's fair, but it has a bad ass snare drum.

[TAC]

I graduated college in 1990..

Started working 2 weeks later and am still there!

What I had..
Flotsam & Jetsam-When The Storm Comes Down
Gary Moore-Still Got The Blues
Dio-Lock Up The Wolves
Anthrax-Persistence Of Time
Bruce Dickinson-Tattooed Millionaire
Slayer-Seasons In The Abyss
Megadeth-Rust In Peace
Judas Priest-Painkiller
Queensryche-Empire
Iron Maiden-No Prayer For The Dying
Tesla-Five Man Acoustical Jam
Scorpions-Crazy World
Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker
Alice In Chains-Facelift
AC/DC-The Razors Edge


After the fact..

Riot-Privilege Of Power
Testament-Souls Of Black


My concerts for 1990..

1990..2/18..Ace Frehley,Icon.. The Living Room Providence
1990..3/15..Alice Cooper, The Front..Paramount Theater Springfield MA
1990..5/17..Rush, Mr. Big.. Providence Civic Center
1990..6/29..Kiss, Slaughter, Little Caesar..Great Woods Mansfield MA
1990..7/16..Flotsam & Jetsam.. The Living Room Providence
1990..7/22..Bruce Dickinson.. The Living Room Providence
1990..8/5..Dio, Yngwie Malmsteen..Providence Civic Center
1990..9/12..Slayer, Meliah Rage..The Channel Boston
1990..11/2..AC/DC, Love Hate, Worcester Centrum
1990..11/27..The Black Crowes..The Campus Club Providence
1990..12/7..Judas Priest, Megadeth, Testament..Worcester Centrum

[Volante99]

Rust in Peace is easily the best album of 1990 for me. It represents the apex of the thrash metal genre, and dare I say the high water mark of the “popular” metal movement.

Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation- just a head banger from start to finish. This album makes me question what the hell Im doing with my life and why haven’t I traded in my Camry for a Harley and some turquoise jewelry yet

Queensryche - Empire - basically to prog metal what Rust in Peace is to thrash metal

Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare - simply the best instrumental guitar album ever recorded. Period. Vai could have easily been a casualty of the 80s but he had the foresight to break free of his guitar-for-hire past and Zappa-wannabe tendencies creating his OWN voice

Honorable mention:
Ratt - Detonator - speaking of casualties of the 80s- hair metal’s last stand, a surprisingly good swan song for a band that was seemingly doomed from the start, would have been huge had it been released 2-3 years prior.

[ariich]

1. Depeche Mode - Violator
2. Queensr˙che - Empire
3. Extreme - II Pornograffitti
4. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
5. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
6. Alan Parsons - Freudiana
7. Living Colour - Time's Up
8. Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
9. Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Black
10. Blind Guardian - Tales From the Twilight World
11. Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying
12. Bad Religion - Against the Grain
13. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
14. Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Ferociously Stoned
15. Cowboy Junkies - The Caution Horses

Other decent-to-good albums:
Eric Clapton - Story
Johnny Van Zant - Brickyard Road
Warrior Soul - Last Decade Dead Century
Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire
Gamma Ray - Heading for Tomorrow

[nick_z]

1990...not quite as a great of a year compared to what's coming (in my book at least), but some amazing stuff, for sure:

Top albums (again, ranking is somewhat fluid...)

Queensryche - Empire
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Annihilator - Never, Neverland (the riffs and the solos on this one!! Nobody else...?)
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Death Angel - Act III
Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twilight World
The Mission UK - Carved in Sand (probably my favorite of theirs overall. Perfect combo of their "goth" and "pop" sides)
Heroes Del Silencio - Senderos De Traicion (Band from Spain, singing in Spanish...they were pretty huge in Europe at some point. Check out the opener "Entre Dos Tierras" if don't know them and you are curious. Absolutely killer song  )
Judas Priest - Painkiller

Honorable mentions (in alphabetical order):

Accept - Staying a Life
Alice in Chains - Facelift
The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
Dead Can Dance - Aion
Danzig - Danzig II: Lucifuge
Depeche Mode - Violator
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Extreme - Pornograffiti
Fish - Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
Gamma Ray - Heading for Tomorrow
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
King's X - Faith Hope Love
Kreator - Coma of Souls
Living Colour - Time's Up
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining
Chris Poland - Return to Metalopolis
Prong -  Beg to Differ
Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace
Rage - Reflections of a Shadow
Suicidal Tendencies - Lights...Camera...Revolution!
Thunder - Backstreet Symphony
Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
Vicious Rumors - Vicious Rumors
Warrior Soul - Last Decade Dead Century

[TAC]

Staying A Life is amazing!!

[nick_z]

Flotsam and Jetsam - When the Storm Comes Down

I'm going to do my list in a bit, but this is one of my all time favorite albums.

You know, I have never checked this one out. I have Doomsday, No Place for Disgrace and then skip to Cuatro and the rest...looks like it's not an easy one to track down. Clearly, I should... 

[TAC]

Flotsam and Jetsam - When the Storm Comes Down

I'm going to do my list in a bit, but this is one of my all time favorite albums.

You know, I have never checked this one out. I have Doomsday, No Place for Disgrace and then skip to Cuatro and the rest...looks like it's not an easy one to track down. Clearly, I should... 

That doesn't even make sense!

[nick_z]

Staying A Life is amazing!!

Indeed! They are on fire on that one...

[TAC]

Staying A Life is amazing!!

Indeed! They are on fire on that one...

I love Metal Heart, and Accept turned in a Top 5 all time opening set when I saw them open for Iron Maiden in 1985. They were INCREDIBLE!

[nick_z]

I love Metal Heart, and Accept turned in a Top 5 all time opening set when I saw them open for Iron Maiden in 1985. They were INCREDIBLE!

What's your favorite Accept? My vote goes to Restless and Wild...

[TAC]

I love Metal Heart, and Accept turned in a Top 5 all time opening set when I saw them open for Iron Maiden in 1985. They were INCREDIBLE!

What's your favorite Accept? My vote goes to Restless and Wild...

Definitely Metal Heart.

The next tier is tough to pick. I'm a big Russian Roulette guy, and I think I like Restless And Wild and Balls To The Wall fairly equally.

I would also say that Objection Overruled is often overlooked. That instrumental break during Slaves To Metal is the ultimate rollyourwindowsdownandcrankitup part.


I was in on them pretty early. So they were a big part of my high school music experience. Wolf Hoffman's tone still gives me goosebumps, even on the Tornillo albums.

[nick_z]

I was in on them pretty early. So they were a big part of my high school music experience. Wolf Hoffman's tone still gives me goosebumps, even on the Tornillo albums.

Yes - and I'd add Blood of the Nations stands pretty tall next to the classics with Udo for me. A tad overlong, maybe, but what an album. I overall enjoyed what came after too, but not as much. Especially with the last two, it all starts to blur a bit.

[TAC]

I love their new album. Feels really old school to me. I know it's only Wolf left, but that's how it feels. They're all good though.

[wolfking]

Judas Priest - Painkiller
Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying
Black Sabbath - Tyr
King Diamond - The Eye
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Y&T - Ten
Queensryche - Empire
UDO - Faceless World
Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
Yngwie Malmsteen - Eclipse
Riot - The Privilege of Power
Death - Spiritual Healing
Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues
Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire
Don Dokken - Up From the Ashes
Dio - Lock Up the Wolves
Gamma Ray - Heading For Tomorrow
Winger - In the Heart of the Young
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Talisman - Talisman
Annihilator - Never, Neverland

[WildRanger]

1. Depeche Mode - Violator
2. Queensr˙che - Empire
3. Extreme - II Pornograffitti
4. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
5. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
6. Alan Parsons - Freudiana
7. Living Colour - Time's Up
8. Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
9. Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Black
10. Blind Guardian - Tales From the Twilight World
11. Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying
12. Bad Religion - Against the Grain
13. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
14. Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Ferociously Stoned
15. Cowboy Junkies - The Caution Horses

You have No Prayer for the Dying on your list, but not Painkiller? 

[SoundscapeMN]

1991

write up/reaction to 2 podcasts about the year 1991 (and how GRUNGE broke, and my take on it)
http://allmediareviews.blogspot.com/2016/03/react-to-sound-opinions-velocities-in.html

So I started this entry with the intent of just reacting to these 2 podcasts analysis and praise of Grunge and the new music coming out/buzzing in 1991. Which of course it now being 2016, it has been 25 years, for what that is worth.

I guess I can say a few things about grunge and that period of time.

I was never all that into it, save for a few songs and albums I suppose, especially at-that-time when it was happening. In 1991 I was amidst the process of getting into Classic Rock. Led Zeppelin, Boston, Derek and the Dominoes/Eric Clapton Journey, Jimi Hendrix and a lot of others. Crosby, Stills Nash and Young, Steve Miller Band. And of course after Zeppelin, Rush (and Pink Floyd, although I became much more into them a couple of years later).

And while I did love that stuff I was being introduced to, all those bands were older. I couldn't help but worry or yearn for there to be a band who was new, modern, etc that I was into; even close to my age.

But the modern music I was hearing was grunge and the "college" (or "alternative," alternative to what?) rock. I basically felt it wasn't doing that much for me, especially compared to the Classic Rock I heard on KQRS for example.

It really was not until discovering Dream Theater 4 years later (although I heard "Pull Me Under" just the next year or 2 I recall), that I finally found a new, younger, modern band who I latched on to. And I guess I always saw Dream Theater as the band to combat all the grunge and alternative (college) rock bands being shoved down mine and everyone else's ears.

But I guess the guys in Velocities in Music made a good point about what Grunge and the music from 1991 and that period did to influence so many bands later. Some good, some not so good. But I suppose what I call and love in being the "college prog" stuff of the 2000's and 2010's likely owe something to the grunge bands to an extent (although they also owe a lot more to the classic rock and progressive rock bands of the 70's especially, still).

So what I decided to do in-reaction to these podcasts and thinking about 1991, is to revisit the Retro Favorite Albums from 1991 just to look at the albums I consider the best or at least good from 1991 below. And I'll admit, I did include some of the grunge and alternative (college) rock bands in that some of their music I do like, especially more now, than back then.

As far the Retro Favorite Albums, I would like to do more of these again, eventually trying to post an entry from every Calendar year. But not doing them in chronological order. And while I didn't exactly do what I meant, I can foresee including albums in there, but maybe based on reputation or just knowing-of but not knowing a ton about it. A blurb may just include the simple," it's an album I don't know but know belongs here" (which also may suggest changing the name from Retro Favorite Albums, to something like "Favorites and Recognizable/Respectable/Vaguely Aquainted Albums from [insert year]")

And lastly, I will reiterate (not in this entry necessarily, but in general) that bands like Galactic Cowboys and especially King's X were a LOT BETTER in my mind than the assortment of bands that got all the fame, credit, etc. Of course King's X predated ALL OF THEM, including that band Mudhoney who years ago I got in some silly debate about who was the 1st grunge band, etc. While King's X may have not been the 1st grunge band, invented grunge per say, nor actually were/are an actual *grunge* band who had the *grunge* sound overall. The fact is they were around before all of them technically since their formation dates back to the early 1980's if memory serves. And maybe more importantly, they were cited multiple times from the likes of Alice in Chains and Soundgarden especially as being a big influence. Pearl Jam? I'm not sure, but likely as well. Maybe the biggest thing in their influence was their use of the Drop-D tuning. And of course they never really found even a fraction of the audience those bands did, despite their even playing at Woodstock in 1994 and live on MTV in front of hundreds of thousands of people.

And with Galactic Cowboys, they should have been signed to Geffen records, likely instead of Nirvana, except for 1 big issue being Geffen liked the name "Nirvana" more and felt it was more marketable. And as I've also posted-as-a-paraphrase previously Cobain was quoted as saying "I don't know why they chose us instead of that band Galactic Cowboys, after all, they can actually sing."

edit: Galactic Cowboys were actually signed to Geffen, but NOT PROMOTED like Nirvana. The context of that citation, is either abridged from where I read/heard about it, or the account of that showcase was not fully accurate. But the lack of visibility and interest in them historically with those 1st 2 albums, speaks for itself. And they were at the same showcase or whatever it was, as Nirvana was.

And of course with both of these podcasts, they failed to mention Galactic Cowboys and King's X, which tells me even with history, they are still being ignored, lol. Maybe that won't always be the case.

I will say I was glad that Jane's Addiction was mentioned, as I am a fan, but at the same time I don't consider them Grunge nor even part of that scene really. They were as much an art rock band, than even "alternative" and "college rock." Three Days = prog more or less. At the same time The Smashing Pumpkins, I would associate with that scene, but per a user on YouTube, I guess Corgan never considered them Grunge really either. But they came around at the same exact time and shared some similarities. Although maybe a lot of differences (and Billy Corgan's love of Rush?).

1. Fates Warning - Parallels
2. Marillion - Holidays in Eden
3. U2 - Achtung Baby
4. Galactic Cowboys - Galactic Cowboys
5. Sting - The Soul Cages
6. Queen - Innuendo
7. Rush - Roll the Bones
8. Saigon Kick - Saigon Kick
9. Ozric Tentacles - Strangeitude
10. Pearl Jam - Ten
11. R.E.M. - Out of Time
12. Fish - Internal Exile
13. Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
14. The Tea Party - The Tea Party
15. Various Artists - Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Soundtrack
16. Live - Mental Jewelry
17. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
18. Michael Jackson - Dangerous
19. Voivod - Angel Rat
20. Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
21. Crimson Glory - The Strange and the Beautiful
22. Mr.Bungle - Mr.Bungle
23. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
24. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II

[ReaperKK]

1991:

1. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Into The Great Wide Open - 4.5/5
2. Metallica - Metallica - 4.5/5
3. Dire Straits - On Every Street - 4.5/5
4. Queen - Innuendo - 3.5/5
5. Nirvana - Nevermind - 3.5/5
6. Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog - 3/5
7. Tina Turner - Simply The Best - 3/5
8. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I - 2.5/5
9. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II - 2.5/5
10. Stevie Ray Vaughn And Double Trouble - The Sky Is Crying - 2.5/5
11. Live - Mental Jewelry - 2.5/5
12. Massive Attack - Blue Lines - 2/5
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik - 2/5
14. 2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now - 2/5
15. Rush - Roll The Bones - 1/5

A really solid year for music. I think the only real blemish is Roll The Bones which IMO is the worst Rush album by a long shot.

[jingle.boy]

In '91, I was still fortunately only about 5-years in to my rock/metal discovery, so I was still lapping up discoveries from the 70s and 80s.  Grunge/alt-rock did very little for me, so I just kept on discovering from the prior 25 years.  Some glam/hair-metal bands were still trying to buck the grunge trend, and some would hang on for dear life for a couple of years at least.  Looking back now, there are some pretty good gems in there that I could've/should've been adding to my inventory.  Oh well, time corrects all errors.... or something like that.

Not mentioned yet (* - discovered years later):

Aldo Nova - Blood on the Bricks
Axel Rudi Pell - Nasty Reputation*
Big House - Big House
Blind Guardian - Tales From the Twilight World*
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbours
Chrissy Steele - Magnet to Steele
Conception - Last Sunset*
David Lee Roth - A Lil Ain't Enough
Europe - Prisoner's In Paradise
Firehouse - Firehouse
Four Horsemen - Nobody Said It Was Easy
Heart - Rock This House Live!
Mr. Big - Lean Into It
Ozzy - No More Tears
Poison - Swallow This Live (hated it originally; have grown to like it)
Queensryche - Operation:Livecrime
RTZ - Return To Zero
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Tesla - Psychotic Supper
White Lion - Mane Attraction

Phew!  Glad I got in here before Paul.   

[nick_z]

1991...some iconic releases for the metal/rock genre, whether we like it or not 

Favorite albums, as usual with somewhat fluid ranking:

Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
Fates Warning - Parallels
Metallica - Metallica
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Pearl Jam - Ten
U2 - Achtung Baby
Coroner - Mental Vortex
Death - Human
Rush - Roll the Bones
Voivod - Angel Rat
Marillion - Holidays in Eden
Paradise Lost - Gothic
Sepultura - Arise
Armored Saint - Symbol of Salvation

Honorable mentions:

Bad English - Backlash
Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
Carcass - Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious
Corrosion of Conformity - Blind
Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal
Entombed - Clandestine
Fish - Internal Exile
Galactic Cowboys - Galactic Cowboys
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I and II
Metal Church - The Human Factor
Mind Funk - Mind Funk
Mr Big - Lean Into It
Motorhead - 1916
Nirvana - Nevermind
Overkill - Horrorscope
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Queen - Innuendo
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Saigon Kick - Saigon Kick
Sieges Even - A Sense of Change
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Tesla - Psychotic Supper
Tribe After Tribe - Tribe After Tribe
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Vicious Rumors - Welcome to the Ball

[HOF]

1991 might be my deepest year yet, though it's a bit light on albums I would consider the very best by a lot of these bands.

1. Marillion - Holidays in Eden
2. U2 - Achtung Baby
3. Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
4. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear
5. Rush - Roll the Bones
6. Genesis - We Can't Dance
7. Crowded House - Woodface
8. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
9. Mr. Big - Lean Into It
10. Pearl Jam - Ten
11. Camel - Dust and Dreams
12. REM - Out of Time
13. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (should mention the EP Lull as well)
14. The Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite
15. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend

Not sure soundtracks do/should count, but need to give a shout out to the Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack.

[cfmoran13]

1991, the end of my senior year in high school and beginning of freshman year in college.  All in all, a pretty awesome year music-wise.  At the beginning of college, I can remember walking to the campus CD store (freshmen couldn't have a car on campus) virtually every Monday night for their Midnight Madness sales where they'd reopen at midnight Monday night/ Tuesday morning for people to buy that week's new releases.

Eric Clapton - 24 Nights
Guns N’ Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said
Live - Mental Jewelry
Metallica - Metallica
Mr. Big - Lean Into It
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Pearl Jam - Ten
Queen - Innuendo
Queensr˙che - Operation: Livecrime
Seal - Seal
Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
Tesla - Psychotic Supper
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

[ariich]

Blind Guardian - Tales From the Twilight World*

That came out in 1990.


Anyway 1991 was another solid year, with one absolute classic.

1. Queen - Innuendo
2. Metallica - Metallica
3. Loreena McKennitt - The Visit
4. Nirvana - Nevermind
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
6. Abel Ganz - The Dangers of Strangers
7. Fates Warning - Parallels
8. Sting - The Soul Cages
9. Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black
10. The Sixteen - A Traditional Christmas Collection
11. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
12. Michael Jackson - Dangerous
13. Sarah McLachlan - Solace
14. Guns n' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
15. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle

Other decent albums:
Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
Rush - Roll the Bones
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Anyway 1991 was another solid year, with one absolute classic.

1. Queen - Innuendo
2. Metallica - Metallica
3. Loreena McKennitt - The Visit
4. Nirvana - Nevermind

Innuendo, Metallica, and Nevermind all in the top 5...huh 



Anyway, 1991 was a year with a lot of great albums, but not a lot of Masterpieces. None in fact, for me.

1. Rush - Roll the Bones
2. Death - Human
3. Fates Warning - Parallels
4. Marillion - Holidays in Eden
5. Solitude Aeturnus - Into the Depths of Sorrow
6. Confessor - Condemned (Surprisc this isn't aon anyone elses list......)
7. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
9. Sieges Even - A Sense of Change
10. Type O Negative - Slow, Deep, and Hard
11. Coroner - Mental Vortex
12. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
13. Pearl Jam - Ten
14. Stvie rat vaiguhan and Doble Torouble - StHe Sky is Crying
15. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
16. Running Wild - Blazon Stone
17. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
18. Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
19. REcd Hot Chili Peppers - Bloosd SUgar Sex maggic
20. Primus - Sailing th e Seas of Cheese
21. Slint - Spiderland
22. Ozric Tentacle - Strangetude
23. Bathory - Twilight of the Gods
24. Ozzy OAsbourne - No More teats
25. Slowdive - Just for a Day
26. Paradise Lost - Gothic
27. Michael Jackson  - Dangerous
28. Queen - Innuendo
29. Galactic Cowboys - Galactic Cowboays.
30 . Voicod - Angel Rat
31. Dinosour Je. - Green mInd
32. Metallica - The blck ALumbnum
33. Nirvana-  Nevermind
34. uns N Roses - Use your Illunsiongg 1
35. Guns N roseeesse - Use You rillusion 2
36. Guns n roSes - Usse your Illiuusion 333
37.            -                   

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Hold on iIII think iII make a atypo in the re somewhrere. I will fix it.

[MirrorMask]

My 1991:

1. Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera

2. Metallica - Metallica
3. Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid

Some very solid runner ups:

Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
Loreena McKennitt - The Visit
Shadow Gallery - Shadow Gallery
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
Queen - Innuendo

[nick_z]

6. Confessor - Condemned (Surprisc this isn't aon anyone elses list......)

I have it...certainly one of a kind...can't say I go back to it very often, though...

[TAC]

6. Confessor - Condemned (Surprisc this isn't aon anyone elses list......)

I have it...certainly one of a kind...can't say I go back to it very often, though...

Never heard of it..

[nick_z]

Not quite sure how to describe it...think of Watchtower (Control and Resistance) playing doom metal, perhaps? Very high-pitched vocals kind of doing their own thing, and extremely intricate drumming.

[Stadler]

'91 was a good year for me.  I lived part of the year in California and was living my best life.  The music is a part of that.

[King Postwhore]

In '91, I was still fortunately only about 5-years in to my rock/metal discovery, so I was still lapping up discoveries from the 70s and 80s.  Grunge/alt-rock did very little for me, so I just kept on discovering from the prior 25 years.  Some glam/hair-metal bands were still trying to buck the grunge trend, and some would hang on for dear life for a couple of years at least.  Looking back now, there are some pretty good gems in there that I could've/should've been adding to my inventory.  Oh well, time corrects all errors.... or something like that.

Not mentioned yet (* - discovered years later):

Aldo Nova - Blood on the Bricks
Axel Rudi Pell - Nasty Reputation*
Big House - Big House
Blind Guardian - Tales From the Twilight World*
Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbours
Chrissy Steele - Magnet to Steele
Conception - Last Sunset*
David Lee Roth - A Lil Ain't Enough
Europe - Prisoner's In Paradise
Firehouse - Firehouse
Four Horsemen - Nobody Said It Was Easy
Heart - Rock This House Live!
Mr. Big - Lean Into It
Ozzy - No More Tears
Poison - Swallow This Live (hated it originally; have grown to like it)
Queensryche - Operation:Livecrime
RTZ - Return To Zero
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Tesla - Psychotic Supper
White Lion - Mane Attraction

Phew!  Glad I got in here before Paul.   

Chad, I was at this show.  It was recorded in Worcester, Ma.

[jingle.boy]

That's wicked cool. 

I've been at a few shows that had a live release (or at least, a portion of it).