1991

Dance Pop 

A Future Love Paradise: Seal at 30

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 T.A. Inskeep 3 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Acid House, Adamski, Crazy, Future Love Paradise, George Michael, Killer, Seal, Sire, Trevor Horn, Violet

His debut is still a stunner three decades later, and still the best Seal album

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Funk jazz Pop Soul 

Aaron Neville: Warming Hearts In Crescent City

June 30, 2021January 8, 2023 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, A&M Records, Aaron Neville, Bo Diddley, Bobby Blue BLand, Everybody Plays The Fool, Fats Domino, Linda Ronstadt, New Orleans, Roy Orbison, Tipitina’s, Warm Your Heart

Looking back at the New Orleans icon’s epic 1991 LP

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Folk Rock 

I’m Gonna Break Somebody’s Heart Tonight: Rumor and Sigh at 30

June 29, 2021March 24, 2022 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, 1991, 30th Anniversary, Alternative Rock, Capitol, Fairport Convention, Mitchell Froom, MTV, Richard Thompson, Rumor and Sigh

Richard Thompson’s opening salvo for the 1990s remains one of the best works in the English guitar maverick’s extensive catalog

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Hip Hop Rap 

How’d You Get My Name and Number?: De La Soul Is Dead at 30

May 20, 2021September 25, 2023 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, De La Soul, De La Soul Is Dead, Long Island, Maseo, Plug 1, Plug 2, Plug 3, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, Tom Waits, Tommy Boy, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove

Still unavailable on streaming services, the second De La Soul albums nevertheless remains a high-water mark in hip-hop creativity

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Rock 

The Enduring Heartbreak of Temple Of The Dog

May 3, 2021March 24, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 3 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Hunger Strike, L, Mike McCready, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Seattle, Temple of the Dog

How an album put together by members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden as a tribute to Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew Wood took on new meaning five years after the passing of Chris Cornell

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Alternative Rock Funk Ska 

Fight The Youth: 30 Years of a Fishbone Masterpiece

April 24, 2021April 24, 2021 Jason Webber 2 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Angelo Moore, Fishbone, Nevermind, Nirvana, Norwood Fisher, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Reality of My Surroundings

The Reality of My Surroundings once got me in trouble; it was worth it

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Alternative Rock Pop Rock 

Near Wild Heaven: Out Of Time Turns 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Losing My Religion, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Near Wild Heaven, Out Of Time, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott Litt, Shiny Happy People

Was the biggest R.E.M. album also their best?

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adblock Alternative Rock Indie Rock Power Pop Punk 

Crush Story: Cereal Killers at 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Blink-182, Cereal Killers, CHEAP TRICK, Giant Records, Martha Quinn, MTV, Sandy Smallens, The Who, Tim Quirk, Too Much Joy

Three decades on, Too Much Joy look back on the album that almost murdered their cult status

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adblock Alternative Rock Punk 

Whatever’s Cool With Mascis: Green Mind at 30

February 24, 2021February 19, 2023 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1991, Bug, Dinosaur Jr., Green Mind, J Mascis, Lou Barlow, Murph, The Wagon, You’re Living All Over Me

How the first Dinosaur Jr. LP without Lou Barlow still resonates today

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jazz Pop Progressive Rock 

How Sting Built The Soul Cages 30 Years Ago

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1991, A&M Records, All This Time, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Sting, The Last Ship, The Police, The Soul Cages

Looking back at the Policeman’s understated triumph as songpoet and stealth-progger

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Alternative Rock Power Pop 

It’s an International Pop…OVER-Throw!

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 David Bash 4 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, International Pop Overthrow, International Pop Overthrow 2019, International Pop Overthrow festival, Jim Ellison, Material Issue, Mercury Records

Celebrating 30 years of Material Issue’s power pop masterpiece

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Rock 

“The Last”

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Eric Davidson 1 Comment 1991, The Replacements

The last song on the last Replacements album on the last day of the year

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