MeggaMusic : Best Albums of 1991
In alphabetical order, not in order of preference.
- 808 State - Ex:El (ZTT)
- Al Gromer Khan - The God Perfume II (Bluestar Communicate) ▶
- All About Eve - Touched By Jesus (Vertigo)
- Altern 8 - Activ 8 (Come With Me) / Frequency (mixes) (Network)
- And One - Anguish (Machinery)
- Banco de Gaia - Medium (World Bank)
- Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo (Warner Bros.)
- Bernd Kistenmacher - Outlines (Musique Intemporelle)
- Bomb The Bass - Unknown Territory / Winter In July (mixes) (Rhythm King / Epic) ▶
- Blur - Leisure (Food)
- Cardiacs - Songs For Ships And Irons (The Alphabet Business Concern)
- Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - 30 Something (Rough Trade)
- Chapterhouse - Whirlpool (Dedicated / RCA)
- Chris & Cosey - Pagan Tango (PIAS / Wax Trax!)
- Christopher Franke - Pacific Coast Highway (Virgin)
- Clock DVA - Man-Amplified (Contempo)
- Cocteau Twins - Cocteau Twins Singles Collection (4AD)
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- Cocteau Twins - The Forgotten 4AD Tracks (4AD/Bootleg)
- Coil - Love's Secret Domain / The Snow Remixes (Torso / Wax Trax!)
- Cranes - Wings of Joy (Dedicated) ▶
- D'Cuckoo - D'Cückoo (Aisle Of Women Productions)
- DarXtar - DarXtar (Garageland)
- David Borden & Mother Mallard - The Continuing Story Of Counterpoint Parts 1-4+8 (Cuneiform)
- David Parsons - Tibetan Plateau + Sounds Of The Mothership (Fortuna)
- Dead Can Dance - A Passage in Time (4AD / Rykodisc) ▶
- Definition Of Sound - Love And Life / Now Is Tomorrow (Circa / Virgin)
- Deine Lakaien - Dark Star (classX) ▶
- Delerium - Spiritual Archives (Dossier)
- Delerium - Stone Tower (Dossier)
- Diatribe - Therapy EP (COP International) ▶
- Djam Karet - Burning The Hard City (HC Productions)
- Djam Karet - Suspension & Displacement (HC Productions)
- Dub Syndicate - Classic Selection Volume 2 (On-U Sound)
- Dub Syndicate - Stoned Immaculate (On-U Sound) ▶
- Durutti Column - Lips That Would Kiss (Factory)
- EMF - Schubert Dip + Unbelievable EP/Remixes (Parlophone)
- Enya - Shepherd Moons (WEA)
- F/i - Blue Star / Merge Parlour (RRRecords)
- Front 242 - Tyranny >For You< (Red Rhino / Epic)
- Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors - Waves (Raven)
- Gary Clail & On-U Sound System - The Emotional Hooligan (On-U Sound) ▶
- G.G.F.H. (Global Genocide Forget Heaven) - Eclipse (Dreamtime)
- Happy Mondays - Step On (EPs / Mixes) (Elektra / Asylum)
- Harold Budd - By The Dawn's Early Light (Opal / Warner Bros.)
- Hawkwind - Palace Springs (GWR / Roadracer / Roadrunner) ▶
- Helios Creed - Lactating Purple (Amphetamine Reptile)
- Hemisphere - Liquid Mirror (Musique Intemporelle / Groove Unlimited) ▶
- His Name Is Alive - Home Is In Your Head (4AD)
- Jah Shaka - Commandments Of Dub Chapter 10: Africa Drum Beats (Jah Shaka Music)
- Jah Shaka & Twinkle Brothers - Rasta Surface (Jah Shaka Music)
- Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart - Rising Above Bedlam (Oval) ▶
- James - James (Fontana)
- Jim Kirkwood - Master Of Dragons (Stained Glass) ▶
- Jim Kirkwood - Souls That Dance On The Edge Of A Sword (Kirkwood)
- Jim Kirkwood - Tales From A Melnibone Tavern (Kirkwood) ▶
- Joost Egelie - The Foray (Sensory++) ⓘ
- Kitchens Of Distinction - Strange Free World (One Little Indian) ▶
- Klaus Wiese & Ted De Jong - Mystic Landscapes (Edition Akasha) ▶
- Klaus Wiese & Ted De Jong - Tariqa (Edition Akasha) ▶
- Kraftwerk - The Mix (EMI / Kling Klang) ▶
- Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Black Ark in Dub (Esoldun / Lagoon)
- LFO - Frequencies (Warp) ▶
- Lisa Germano - On The Way Down From The Moon Palace (Major Bill)
- Lords Of Acid - Lust (Complete Chaos / Caroline Records)
- Loreena McKennitt - The Visit (WEA / Quinlan Road) ▶
- Lou Harrison - Chamber and Gamelan Works (New World)
- Love Is Colder Than Death - Teignmouth (Hyperium / Semantic)
- Lush - Spooky (4AD)
- Lycia - Ionia (Projekt) ▶
- Mad Professor - Dub Me Crazy Part 11: Hi-Jacked To Xaymaca (Ariwa)
- Manuel Göttsching - Dream & Desire (Musique Intemporelle / Spalax) ▶
- Mark Dwane - Angels, Aliens & Archetypes (Orbian) ▶
- Massive Attack - Blue Lines (Circa / Virgin / Wild Bunch) ▶| ▶
- Massive Attack - Safe From Harm / Unfinished Sympathy (mixes) (Wild Bunch / Circa) ▶
- Medwyn Goodall - The Way Of The Dolphin (New World Music)
- Metallica - Black Album (Elektra) ▶| ▶
- Michael Garrison - The Rhythm Of Life (Windspell)
- Michael Jackson - Dangerous (Epic)
- Mickey Hart - Planet Drum (Rykodisc)
- Monster Magnet - Spine Of God (Sub Pop / Glitterhouse)
- Mudhoney - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (Sub Pop)
- Muslimgauze - Bhutto EP/Mixes (Extreme) ▶
- Muslimgauze - United States Of Islam (Extreme)
- My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (Creation / Sire) ▶
- N-Joi - Adrenalin / Anthem / Malfunction / Mindflux EPs (Deconstruction)
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Weld (Reprise)
- Nik Tyndall - Silvermoon (Sky)
- Nirvana - Nevermind (DGC / Sub Pop) ▶
- No-Man - Days In The Trees EP (One Little Indian)
- Nodens Ictus - Live 1989-91 Vol. 1 - 3 (Ozrics) ▶
- Nodens Ictus - Live at the Brixton Fridge (bootleg) ⓘ
- O Yuki Conjugate - Peyote (Multimood) ▶
- Ole Lukkøye - Dream Of The Wind (1989-1991) (Ole Lukkøye / Lollipop Shop)
- Orbital - Orbital (FFRR) ▶
- Outback - Dance the Devil Away (Hannibal)
- Ozric Tentacles - Strangeitude (Dovetail / I.R.S.) ▶
- Pablo's Eye - Barcelona: Architects Of (Celsius Blanco)
- Painkiller - Guts of a Virgin (Earache)
- Patrick Kosmos - Best Of, Vols. 1-3: Cosmic Resonance // Planet News // Comet's Tale (Innovative Communication)
- Paul Chain - Whited Sepulchres (Minotauro)
- Paul Ellis - Secret Fire (New Weave)
- Pearl Jam - Ten (Epic)
- Peter Mergener - Passage in Time (Cue)
- Phil Thornton - Fire Queen (New World Music)
- Pixies - Trompe Le Monde (4AD)
- Popol Vuh - For You And Me (Milan) ▶
- Primal Scream - Screamadelica (Creation / Sire) ▶
- Primus - Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (Interscope)
- Prince Far I - Dubwise (Virgin / Front Line)
- Pyramid Peak - Explorer (Invisible Shadows)
- R.E.M. - Out Of Time (Warner Bros.) ▶
- Rain Tree Crow - Rain Tree Crow (Virgin)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Warner Bros.) ▶| ▶
- Richard Thompson - Rumor And Sigh (Capitol)
- Robert Fox - Asfafa: A Journey (FX Music)
- Robert Rich - Gaudi (Hearts Of Space)
- Robert Wyatt - Dondestan (Rough Trade)
- Ron Boots - Ghost Of A Mist (Cue)
- Rush - Roll The Bones (Anthem / Atlantic)
- Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha (Heavenly / Warner Bros.) ▶
- Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia (Epic)
- Seal - Seal (ZTT / Sire)
- Sebadoh - III (Homestead / Domino)
- Siouxsie & The Banshees - Superstition (Wonderland / Polydor / Geffen) ▶
- Slint - Spiderland (Touch And Go)
- Slowdive - Just For A Day (Creation) ▶
- Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (Caroline / Hut) ▶
- Sonny Sharrock - Ask The Ages (Axiom)
- Sonny Sharrock + Nicky Skopelitis - Faith Moves (CMP)
- Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild: A Retrospective (MCA)
- Steve Gorn - Luminous Ragas (Interworld) ▶
- Steven Halpern - Higher Ground (Sound Rx) ▶
- Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - The Sky Is Crying (Epic)
- Sun Dial - Other Way Out (UFO Records / Relapse) ▶
- Suns Of Arqa - Land Of A Thousand Churches (Arka Sound) ▶
- Swans - White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity (Young God)
- Swervedriver - Raise (Creation) ▶
- System 7 - Freedom Fighters (MCD: mixes) (10 Records) ▶
- System 7 (777) - System 7 (10 Records / Virgin / Caroline)
- Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (Verve) ▶
- Tangerine Dream - L'Affaire Wallraff (The Man Inside) (EMI)
- Tangerine Dream - The Park is Mine (Silva Screen)
- Terry Oldfield - Zen: The Search For Enlightenment (New World) ▶
- Test Dept. - New World Order / mixes (Ministry Of Power)
- Test Dept. - Pax Britannica (Ministry Of Power / Jungle Records)
- Test Dept. - Proven In Action (Ministry Of Power)
- The Allman Brothers Band - Shades Of Two Worlds (Epic)
- The Blue Aeroplanes - Beatsongs (Chrysalis / Ensign)
- The Boo Radleys - Everything's Alright Forever (Rough Trade / Creation) ▶
- The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (mixes) (Jumpin' & Pumpin') ▶
- The KLF - The White Room (KLF Communications / Arista) ▶| ▶
- The Legendary Pink Dots - Legendary Pink Box (Caciocavallo)
- The Legendary Pink Dots - The Maria Dimension (PIAS) ▶| ▶| ▶
- The Magnetic Fields - Distant Plastic Trees / 100,000 Fireflies (Red Flame) ▶
- The Moles - Untune The Sky LP // Tendrils And Paracetamol EP (Seaside Records, Australia)
- The Ocean Blue - Cerulean (Sire)
- The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (Big Life) ▶
- The Revolutionary Army of The Infant Jesus - Mirror (Probe Plus)
- This Mortal Coil - Blood (4AD) ▶
- Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona (4AD / Sire)
- Thru Black Holes Band - City Of Monsters (Aural Innovations) ⓘ
- Thru Black Holes Band - Flight Of The Bird Of Wire (Aural Innovations)
- Thru Black Holes Band - Mythology (Aural Innovations)
- Thru Black Holes Band - The Psychedelic Journey (Aural Innovations)
- Tim Story - Beguiled (Hearts Of Space) ▶
- Timeshard - Who Pilots The Flying Saucers? (Timeshard Tapes) ▶
- Twinkle Brothers - Old Cuts Dub Pack (Twinkle Music)
- U2 - Achtung Baby (Island)
- Ustad Sultan Khan & Zakir Hussain - Sur Taal: Classical Instrumental (T-Series / SCI) ▶
- Various - A Psychedelic Psauna (In Four Parts) (Delerium)
- Various - Give Peace A Dance, Volume 2 : The Ambient Collection (CND Communications)
- Various - Pay It All Back Vol.3 (On-U Sound)
- Vidna Obmana - Passage In Beauty (Decade Collection)
- X Marks The Pedwalk - Freaks (Zoth Ommog)
- Xorcist - Damned Souls (21st Circuitry)
- Yes - Union (Arista) ▶
What a year that was !
Legend
Format = Artist - Album (Label)
= AOTYC (Album Of The Year Contender)Approximate Genres
Eclectic, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelia, Space Rock, Prog Rock, Art Rock, Shoegaze, Grunge, Post-Punk, Industrial, EBM, Darkwave, Industro-Goth, Krautrock, Berlin-School, World Music, Tribal, Dub, Acid Jazz, Acid-House, Trip-Hop, Fusion, Future/Nu-Jazz, Worldbeat, New-Age, Neofolk, Ethereal, Avantgarde, Neoclassical, Indie/Alternative, Synthpop/Electronica, Techno/IDM, Lounge, Chillout, Ambient, Drone, Head Music, Crossover, Ambi-Cultural-Tribal-Trance™.
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