30 years ago tomorrow 'Nevermind' was released.....

[Zero000]

I introduced it to a good friend who said "there's just something about it' after incessantly listening to it over many months. So well said, I think.

Listen to it and form your own opinions.

At the end of the day it is just music. And there's not much we can do about it apart from like the stuff we like until we drop dead.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

I always play this game with the youngins.
Make a list of all the great bands post 1980 and I ll make a list of the same before 1980. The results are startling. Post is very very few

me too.

i think if you were to go back to 1980 or 1981 forward, "Nevermind" would still be the most impactful although maybe 'Thriller' might be a contender for the music business side of the impact question. but creatively Thriller did not change the course of music in that same way. but it was significant.

i'm no great fan of Michael Jackson or Thriller for that matter, but can't argue with the impact.

prior to 1980 there were a number of very impactful albums. but let someone start another thread about that.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

I introduced it to a good friend who said "there's just something about it' after incessantly listening to it over many months. So well said, I think.

Listen to it and form your own opinions.

At the end of the day it is just music. And there's not much we can do about it apart from like the stuff we like until we drop dead.

i will investigate it and see what i think.

thanks.

 

[XV-1]

Nevermind back in 1991 was absolutely awesome.
I had tickets to see Nirvana in Sydney at their 2nd gig at a pub close to where I lived. They played their first concert, then the album went to #1 overnight in the USA. Kurt then claimed he had a bad throat, cancelled the 2nd gig and flew back to the states.
Not happy I missed out!!

1991 was a superb year for music
For me Primal Scream - Screamadelica and Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque were more important albums to me.

More amazing albums from 1991
Smashing Pumpkins Gish
My Bloody Valentine Loveless
St Etienne - Fox base Alpha
The Psychedelic Furs World Outside
Red Hot Chilli Pepper BSSM

And of course one of the most influential albums
Massive Attack Blue Lines

 

[Mike]

Nevermind back in 1991 was absolutely awesome.
I had tickets to see Nirvana in Sydney at their 2nd gig at a pub close to where I lived. They played their first concert, then the album went to #1 overnight in the USA. Kurt then claimed he had a bad throat, cancelled the 2nd gig and flew back to the states.
Not happy I missed out!!

1991 was a superb year for music
For me Primal Scream - Screamadelica and Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque were more important albums to me.

More amazing albums from 1991
Smashing Pumpkins Gish
My Bloody Valentine Loveless
St Etienne - Fox base Alpha
The Psychedelic Furs World Outside
Red Hot Chilli Pepper BSSM

And of course one of the most influential albums
Massive Attack Blue Lines

Primal Scream and Teenage Fanclub - 2 good Glasgow bands.

 

[dan31]

Nevermind back in 1991 was absolutely awesome.
I had tickets to see Nirvana in Sydney at their 2nd gig at a pub close to where I lived. They played their first concert, then the album went to #1 overnight in the USA. Kurt then claimed he had a bad throat, cancelled the 2nd gig and flew back to the states.
Not happy I missed out!!

1991 was a superb year for music
For me Primal Scream - Screamadelica and Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque were more important albums to me.

More amazing albums from 1991
Smashing Pumpkins Gish
My Bloody Valentine Loveless
St Etienne - Fox base Alpha
The Psychedelic Furs World Outside
Red Hot Chilli Pepper BSSM

And of course one of the most influential albums
Massive Attack Blue Lines

Fox Base Alpha is a favorite

 

[XV-1]

Fox Base Alpha is a favorite

Agree, the Neil Young cover is magical

 

[Zero000]

MTV Unplugged was the best thing Nirvana ever did I think when it really boils down to it.

 

[rando]

MTV Unplugged was the best thing Nirvana ever did I think when it really boils down to it.

I would be overjoyed to read as extensive of a fan treatise on this as you are willing to pen.

 

[Addicted to hifi]

A classic album that I have in my collection.

 

[Addicted to hifi]

Cart believe it’s 30 years since this album was released.

 

[Chop]

fair enough.

name a more musically impactful Album since 1991?

i realize that a question like that is completely a matter of opinion. but throw one out there.

How about Radiohead's OK Computer?

 

[Mike Lavigne]

How about Radiohead's OK Computer?

it seems certainly a standout of the 90's. significant. widespread popularity for sure. level of actual impact? not in the realm of Nevermind to the music trends, music business, or culture. maybe in GB it was? i don't have that sense.

did it define an era and did the young listeners identify with it? not really at all like Nevermind. 25 years from now which one will people remember?

30 years from it's release i guess we observe how the popular press reacts. what did they say at 25 years? if they said anything i missed it.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

MTV Unplugged was the best thing Nirvana ever did I think when it really boils down to it.

this is in my frequent rotation. heartfelt.

 

[Chop]

it seems certainly a standout of the 90's. significant. widespread popularity for sure. level of actual impact? not in the realm of Nevermind to the music trends, music business, or culture. maybe in GB it was? i don't have that sense.

did it define an era and did the young listeners identify with it? not really at all like Nevermind. 25 years from now which one will people remember?

30 years from it's release i guess we observe how the popular press reacts. what did they say at 25 years? if they said anything i missed it.

Well, over here people certainly seem to regard OK Computer as defining an era and people of that generation identified with that sense of alienation. I would suggest that OKC is as important as Nevermind here, but that might just be me. Completely different music!
FWIW, OKC is consistently considered to be the best album of the 90's (though I appreciate "best" isn't quite what you are saying..

 

[dminches]

I would put Alanis Morrisette’s “Jagged Little Pill” in the upper echelon of impact for that era. More than “Nevermind”? I can’t say.

 

[KeithR]

Well, over here people certainly seem to regard OK Computer as defining an era and people of that generation identified with that sense of alienation. I would suggest that OKC is as important as Nevermind here, but that might just be me. Completely different music!
FWIW, OKC is consistently considered to be the best album of the 90's (though I appreciate "best" isn't quite what you are saying..

Late the show here but my 2 cents-

Radiohead is prob equivalent to the Beatles of our time. Creep was as big a hit during the grunge years as other songs. OKC and Kid A are genre defining albums. Kid A probably has more of an effect than any album since. In Rainbows later was downloadable for free, becoming the first big album to break the record company monopoly. Again, before streaming etc. It also topped the charts.

Love Nirvana and Nevermind on cassette was on repeat as a teenager, but have to say now Radiohead did more for music.

 

[benito]

77s UK punk had more impact on music than 91s Seattle grunge. How many world top bands showed off after the grunge, not a lot. For the 77s UK punk : The Police (Sting), Joe Jackson, The Cure, Elvis Costello, Joy Division among others.

The UK punk can be resumed to the Sex Pistols, the first The Clash and The Stranglers albums was not as good and with out the Never Mind The Bollocks, they have been dissapered.

The Clash created latter one of the more iconical rock album: London Calling.

I was a teen when UK punk showed off, never heard before. I was influenced by my older brothers ans sister music (Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Led Zep, Beatles, Dylan, Neil Young, ...). I switched immediately. I still have some albums that I bought late 70's or early 80's. I was not so impressed by Nirvana's Nivermind when it has been released mainly because I knew the UK punk.