A Century of Music

World Party - Goodbye Jumbo (1990)
Sonic Youth - Goo (1990)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Path of Rhythm (1990)

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Years back at the ol' MG, we had a series where everyone named an album from a certain year (without duplicates), and my choice was Goodbye Jumbo, an album at the time I had only heard a couple of times but just really grabbed me. I wind up losing my copy in a hard drive disaster, then it was not readily available streaming for years, and I just kind of forgot about it. So I was delighted to see when I was choosing albums that it was available on Apple Music now. Just a great vibe, a great listen, and an album that most have sadly forgotten about today

Haven't spun Goo in awhile. Is this @Unsomnambulist fave Sonic Youth album, I wonder

So begin the first in a long series of Nick Cave listens (actually a little embarrassed not to hit a couple of his late 80s albums). Discovered him late (about 10 years ago) but he's emerged as an artist that I consistently enjoy. Didn't see him at cursory glance on the Rolling Stone list, and, if so, such an oversight.

As I mentioned above, though I don't feel 1990 overall is a tremendously strong year musically, it's a tremendous year for hip hop including the debut of A Tribe Called Quest. Given the popularity of gangsta rap, you just knew with a title like People's Instinctive Travels and the Path of Rhythm, you were dealing with something very different - love ATCQ's first three albums, great sampling, chill vibe, nice stuff
 
A couple more today:
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)
Depeche Mode - Violator (1990)

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As much a Neil Young fan as I am, gotta confess - I got Ragged Glory in 1990 as part of my, what, six free albums on Columbia House and have listened to the album probably twice since. Well, glad I spun it today because it's a fantastic album, great grungy, garage sound - though I appreciate some late-career directions, is this Neil's last truly great album?
 
A couple more today:
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory (1990)
Depeche Mode - Violator (1990)

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As much a Neil Young fan as I am, gotta confess - I got Ragged Glory in 1990 as part of my, what, six free albums on Columbia House and have listened to the album probably twice since. Well, glad I spun it today because it's a fantastic album, great grungy, garage sound - though I appreciate some late-career directions, is this Neil's last truly great album?

Psychedelic Pill (2012) is a great album.
 
LL Cool J - Mamma Said Knock You Out (1990)
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990)
The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (1990)

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Finishing up some 1990 listening today (may do a couple more this weekend)
 
Ugh what a busy past 10 days - I know you've been wondering - what happened? Did he give up his series? ;)
Now I did listen to the tremendous year that was 1991 last week
For completion sake going to post the albums I spun. Have moved on to 1992 this week
Just have been really busy sadly.

Started last week with the usual 1991 playlist then moved on to albums - quite the year - Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, etc. Even the sprawling, excessive GNR albums released this year, I feel, are pretty solid and underrated (though should've been streamlined)
Here's some albums:

Nirvana - Nevermind
Pearl Jam - Ten
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
U2 - Achtung Baby

A nude infant swimming in blue tinted water toward a dollar bill which is attached to a fishhook on a string.
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The four band members' faces with elongated tongues that wrap around a rose.
A square montage of square photographs arranged in a 4 by 4 grid. The photographs are mostly blue and red in tint, but some are monochrome. They are candid in nature and mostly show four men in various locations, including in an empty street, a crowded festival, under a bridge, in a car, and standing on sand. One photograph is a close-up of a man's hand wearing two rings bearing the characters U and 2.
 
So yesterday, listened to a 1992 playlist (and if some time on my hand later can post more on this)
Then today started (slowly, again schedule not as conducive to music over the past couple of weeks :( ) albums of 1992 with:

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People (1992)
The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall (1992)

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Back to some Century of Music series listening and hoping to wrap up 1992 over the next few days

Alice in Chains - Dirty (1992)
The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray (1992)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream (1992)

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Vacation and a busy schedule (not to mention some diverting 60s music listening) has me off schedule from my typical Monday playlist but oh well...whaddya gonna do :shrug:

So today I'm playing a playlist of songs from 1993 including:

"Loser" by Beck
"Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows
"For Tomorrow", "Advert" by Blue
"All I Wanna Do", "Strong Enough" by Sheryl Crow
"Gin and Juice" by Snoop Doggy Dogg
"Today", "Disarm" by Smashing Pumpkins
"Heart Shaped Box", "All Apologies", "Dumb", "Pennyroyal Tea" by Nirvana
"Animal Nitrate" by Suede
"What Is Love" by Haddaway
"C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan
"Dreamlover", "Hero by Mariah Carey
"That's The Way Love Goes", "If" by Janet Jackson
"Linger" by The Cranberries
"Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen
"Insane In the Brain" by Cyprus Hill
"Cryin'", "Crazy" by Aerosmith
"Keep Ya Head Up", "I Get Around by 2Pac
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz
"Shine" by Collective Soul
"Award Tour" by A Tribe Called Quest
"Daughter" by Pearl Jam
"Sober" by Tool
"Whatta Man" by En Vogue & Salt-N-Pepper
"Bump n' Grind" by R. Kelly
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Cannonball" by The Breeders
"The Power of Love" by Celine Dion
"Rid of Me" by PJ Harvey
"No Rain" by Blind Melon
"The Sign", "All That She Wants" by Ace of Bace
"Shoop" by Salt-N-Pepa
"The River of Dreams" by Billy Joel
"Fade Into You" by Mazzy Star
"Breathe Again", "Another Sad Love Song" by Toni Braxton
"Fuck and Run" by Liz Phair
"Ordinary World" by Duran Duran
"Come to My Window" by Melissa Etheridge
"Creep" by Radiohead
"Fuzzy" by Grant Lee Buffalo
"Wild Wood" by Paul Weller
"Lately" by Jodecai
"If Ever I Lose My Faith In You" by Sting
"Boom! Shake the Room" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
"Stutter" by Elastica
"Rebel Girl" by Bikini Kill
"Human Behavior" by Bjork
"Laid" by James
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something
"Gentlemen" by The Afghan Wings
 
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