25 1991 to 1988 Album Releases

Once again I request:

Logan wrote: This is a multiple vote poll, please vote for up to five that you like of the total, or more if you really want to and mention those in a post. And again, feel free to mention any others. Please indicate if only mentioning others if none of the choices are known or liked. That helps me to better grok where you are coming from when mentioning other choices (gives me some more context).

I am very happy to hear about others as long as there is some commentary on the list even if it is that you know none, or you know such-and-such but it it is not to your taste. I can understand how that might not seem like big deal to others, but it's something I've been trying to get across for many years here. I find it very alienating when people just mention others without trying to say something about what is on offer, and also it can be confusing because sometimes I have known people liked things from the list but would still insist on just mentioning their own choices. I'd respond to them and get no response back. The cold-shoulder or just not noticed, ignored or missed, I had no idea. Something for the future and this is something I will try to make clearer still in the next poll. The poll question should make that clear, not just the OP, so I hope to do better next time in having that expectation come through. No acrimony, no hard feelings, no thinking ill intent, I just want to try to make it clear to all. Thanks. :)

Mellotron Storm wrote: ...90 This might be my least favourite year in music....

One of the first 1990 albums that I loved, and actually one of the first post-classic era prog ones that I discovered and loved (in Avant Prog and released by Cuneiform) is U Totem's self-titled.

https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/u-totem

Edited by Logan - 6 hours 22 minutes ago at 02:10

Mellotron Storm wrote: A tough 4 years for our music. Some of my favourites.

While I partly agree, I've always liked "non-progressive" Thrash/Death Metal and Alternative Rock/Pop (+ classic Hip-Hop), so I won't have a problem coming up with twenty or so favorites - even for 1990.

If you don't know Rabih Abou-Khalil, placed in Prog Folk at PA where his Arabic Jazz do not fit in at all imo. He's got much more in common with Andre Fertier's Clivage, Codona and Vasant Rai in Indo Raga. Anyway, he released his strongest albums in this period.

Bukra,1989, Roots & Sprouts, 1990 and Al-Jadida (الجديدة) from 1991 in particular are just as great as his only ever mentioned album: Blue Camel from the year after (1992).

Mellotron Storm wrote: Laughing Stock Violator In This Life The Serpent's Egg A tough 4 years for our music. Some of my favourites. 91 Echolyn- s/t      Sonny Sharrock- Ask The Ages      Dunaj- Rosol 90 This might be my least favourite year in music. 89 Fates Warning- Perfect Symmetry      Marillion- Season's End 88 Iron Maiden- Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son      Dark- Tamna Voda (David Torn on guitar and loops and L. Shankar on double violin)

Yes it was. 1990 was particularly bad, although Bela Fleck and the Flecktones released their debut album which, was a strong release. Steve Morse had two good albums during this period. High Tension Wires (89) and Southern Steel (91). ABWH self titled album was released in 89 that was pretty good. Already mentioned Toy Matinee in an above post.

I have always liked Classical music and I would say I listened to more Classical music during this period than any other time thus far in my life.

1991 Laughing Stock
1990 Violator
1989 Disintegration
1988 Symphonic Suite AKIRA

Too many favourites here. Cardiacs and Talk Talk will have to make do with one vote each although all five of theirs are super voteworthy.

Edited by Lewian - 22 hours 22 minutes ago at 10:10

* = Voted for. Would gladly have voted for the additional albums I kept, if I could.

1991

1. Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity *
2. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock *

1990

1. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (not in PA) *
2. Depeche Mode - Violator (not in PA)

1989

1. The Cure - Disintegration (not in PA) *
2. After Dinner - Paradise of Replica

1988

1. Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg *
2. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
3. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Peepshow (not in PA)
4. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll (not in PA)

Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg

Thinking Plague! The floor is warm with nose hairs.

^ Thanks Paul, and others, like your list/s

Big Sky wrote: Logan, I know in general our tastes don't often align and the same can be said here with the exception of Toy Matinee. I really enjoyed that album. Some very notable session musicians comprised this band and Kevin Gilbert was a first rate talent. Unfortunately he never achieved the success he deserved and his death was tragic. In turn, that makes me think of Sheryl Crow, which only pisses me off.... Not a fan of hers. We will leave it there.

I don't like Sheryl Crow either, Jeff. Our distastes are aligning there, not for me because of any relationship with Kevin Gilbert, just generally. It is very sad about Kevin Gilbert, and while I have not listened to it in considerable years (almost 20) I have enjoyed The Shaming of the True. We had a member called the Progtologist who was a huge fan of it as I recall (something for the old-school PA members to reminisce about).

Logan,

I know in general our tastes don't often align and the same can be said here with the exception of Toy Matinee. I really enjoyed that album. Some very notable session musicians comprised this band and Kevin Gilbert was a first rate talent. Unfortunately he never achieved the success he deserved and his death was tragic. In turn, that makes me think of Sheryl Crow, which only pisses me off.... Not a fan of hers. We will leave it there.