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Released in 1991, Ten is Pearl Jam's debut studio album. Following the dissolution of their previous band Mother Love Bone, bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard began rehearsing with new guitarist Mike McCready.
"Release" was one of the first songs Eddie wrote with the band, and it's one that helped them find common ground. "We were strangers, but we were coming from a similar place," said Vedder. - bit.ly
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Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Out of Time is the seventh studio album by R.E.M., released in 1991.
Michael actually recorded the vocals for "Belong" in a garage at Prince's Paisley Park Studio in Minneapolis, which was where we mixed Out of Time was mixed. - bit.ly
Celebrating 1991 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Drive that Fast is a 1991 EP by the UK alternative rock group Kitchens of Distinction. The title track later appeared on the full-length album Strange Free World.
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The opening track and second single from My Bloody Valentine’s legendary album 'Loveless.' Released in 1991, Loveless was the band's second studio album and has gone down in music history as not only being their masterpiece, but also being the record that nearly bankrupted Creation Records. Over the course of three years, Shields went through dozens of engineers and set up shop in 19 different studios in an attempt to craft a perfect album. Label owner Alan McGee recalled to Spin in 1999: "I could see my label slipping away. I'd even mortgaged my own house. In the end, I had to emotionally blackmail Kevin to get him to finish." - bit.ly
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Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Spiderland is Slint's second and final studio album, released in 1991.
Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
The Smashing Pumpkins play Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday, Nov 12th! - smashingpumpkins.com
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Gish is the debut studio album by Smashing Pumpkins, released in 1991.
Happy 1991 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
This is the first track on Achtung Baby, U2's seventh studio album, released in 1991.
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Foxbase Alpha is the debut studio album by English band Saint Etienne, released in 1991.
Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Whirlpool is the debut studio album by English shoegaze band Chapterhouse, released in 1991.
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"Kiss Them For Me" is a tribute to the '50s and '60s blonde bombshell actress Jayne Mansfield, and includes Manfield's famous catch phrase "divoon."
This song is the opening track of Superstition, the 10th studio album by Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1991.
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This was P.M. Dawn's only #1 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100. The track is well-known for the prominent sample of Spandau Ballet's "True" -- that band's lead singer, Tony Hadley, appears near the end of the music video for "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss". Official Video: youtu.be
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Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience is the debut album by American hip hop group P.M. Dawn, released in 1991.
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Leisure is the debut studio album by Blur, released in 1991.
Kurt Cobain told NME that "There's No Other Way" was his favorite British song of 1991.
Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Doubt is the second album by Jesus Jones, released in 1991.
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Inspired by Prince's "Sign of the Times". While singer Mike Edwards listened to the music, he watched the Berlin Wall coming down on television. - bit.ly
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Schubert Dip is the debut album by British rock band EMF, released in 1991.
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God Fodder is the debut studio album by English rock band Ned's Atomic Dustbin, released in 1991.
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Badmotorfinger is the third studio album by Soundgarden, released in 1991.
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From Nirvana's second studio album, released in 1991.
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge is the second studio album by Mudhoney, recorded in 1991.
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By request!
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Temple of the Dog is the only studio album by the Seattle supergroup Temple of the Dog, released in 1991. It is a tribute to Andrew Wood, the former lead singer of Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone, who died on March 19, 1990, of a heroin overdose.
Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of music on KEXP! - www.kexp.org
This is a long shot considering the parental advisory label (aka the way my friends and I knew an album was good), but Hole's Pretty on the Inside really got me through those nasty junior high years. Any chance you can find something radio friendly on it to play this morning? Thanks! Stephanie in Seattle
Greg in WSEA: came out in 1991. Could you please play the song "Runaway Return" or anything else Fugazi's album Steady Diet of Nothing? The whole thing is amazing.
When this song was released in 1991, Arizona and New Hampshire were the only states that did not recognize the Martin Luther King holiday.
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black is the fourth studio album by Public Enemy, released in 1991.
Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
The White Room is the fourth and final studio album by British electronic music group The KLF, released in 1991.
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"Papua New Guinea" is a 1991 song by the electronic music group Future Sound of London. It was the group's debut single and later appeared on their full-length album Accelerator.
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Released in 1991, Moby's breakthrough hit, "Go" started out as a minimal techno track and originally appeared on the B-side to his debut single, "Mobility," in 1990. The following year, he released a reworked version that borrowed string samples from Angelo Badalamenti's "Laura Palmer's Theme" from Moby's favorite TV show, Twin Peaks. - bit.ly
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Happy 1991 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
The Low End Theory is the second studio album by A Tribe Called Quest, released in 1991.
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Released in 1991, The Globe is the fifth album by Big Audio Dynamite II, their second album credited under that name instead of Big Audio Dynamite.
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The Real Ramona is a studio album by Throwing Muses, released in 1991.
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A reference to Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, who designed... the Eiffel Tower!
Trompe le Monde is the fourth studio album by Pixies, released in 1991.
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Mary Beth in New Orleans: Good morning, all! Loving the 1991 playlist today. Today is my 36th birthday - if you have not already played anything from Dinosaur Jr yet could you please play "I Live for That Look" off of Green Mind? Thanks for all you do and for making this a lovely birthday morn! 🖤
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Hey John,
Maybe you could play "I Live For That Look" from Dinosaur Jr. From their album "green mind". If I'm not mistaken is this album released in the year 1991.
Greetings,
Bert
No Pocky for Kitty is the second studio album by Superchunk, released in 1991.
Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Here is Superchunk performing "Skip Steps 1 & 3" Live On KEXP in the Bumbershoot Music Lounge in 2013 - www.youtube.com
School of Fish, the debut studio album by the band of the same name, was released in 1991.
Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
"Girlfriend" is a 1991 single by American power pop musician Matthew Sweet, released as the lead single from his third album, Girlfriend.
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"Beautiful Love" by Julian Cope is the first single released in support of his 1991 album Peggy Suicide, and also 1991 Beautiful Love EP.
Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Released in 1991, Diamonds and Pearls is Prince's thirteenth studio album, and the first with his new backing band The New Power Generation.
Celebrating 50 years of music on KEXP! - and the year 1991! - www.kexp.org
Mama Said is the second studio album by Lenny Kravitz, released in 1991. Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash co-wrote and played on the song "Always on the Run".
Celebrating 50 years of music on KEXP! - and the year 1991! - www.kexp.org
"Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" by Primus was released as the first single from their 1991 album Sailing the Seas of Cheese.
Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Released in 1991 as the first single from their fifth studio album, Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs.
Celebrating 50 years of music on KEXP! - and the year 1991! - www.kexp.org
Nirvana released their sophomore classic, 'Nevermind' in 1991. Kurt Cobain's first suggestion to name this record was 'Sheep'.
Celebrating the music of 1991 & 50 years of music on KEXP! www.kexp.org
Hammerbox by request!
Happy 1991 & 50 years of KEXP!
Carrie Akre performs with Danny Newcomb on Saturday, June 11 at The Tractor Tavern - tractortavern.com
The song tells the story of a guy named Eddie who moves to Los Angeles, meets a girl and becomes a rock star. While the future is wide open, Petty, who knows a thing or two about record company machinations, leaves it to the listener to decide what happens next. There's a good chance it doesn't go so well. - bit.ly
Celebrating 50 years of KEXP with a journey back to 1991! kexp.org