Nevermind by Nirvana
Buy Nevermind I was born on the same day in February 1991 that Kurt Cobain, the lead singer, guitarist, and principle songwriter for Nirvana, celebrated his twenty fifth birthday. Later that same year, […]
1991 Albums
Metallica (Black Album) by Metallica
Buy Metallica After four studio albums and ever-building popularity in the 1980s, heavy metal band Metallica felt they were poised for their artistic breakthrough. During the summer of 1990, the band got together […]
Mama Said by Lenny Kravitz
Buy Mama Said Lenny Kravitz followed up his brilliant 1989 debut, Let Love Rule with Mama Said two years later. Although many critics thought this sophomore effort paled in comparison, Mama Said was […]
Luck of the Draw by Bonnie Raitt
Buy Luck of the Draw It had taken nearly two decades for Bonnie Raitt to achieve the commercial success that critics had long felt she would achieve. That success came with Raitt’s 1989 […]
Into the Great Wide Open by
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Buy Into the Great Wide Open Tom Petty continued his impressive commercial success as a new decade unfolded with Into the Great Wide Open, the eighth studio album by Petty and The Heartbreakers. […]
Gish by The Smashing Pumpkins
Buy Gish Gish is the debut album by alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins, released independently in 1991. The album was co-produced by Butch Vig and recorded in his studio in Madison, Wisconsin. The […]
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Buy Blood Sugar Sex Magik Just as the Red Hot Chili peppers were starting to break out in the late 1980s, two of the band’s members were struggling mightily with drug abuse. One […]
Badmotofinger by Soundgarden
Buy Badmotofinger Laying the sonic foundation for their most successful run as a band, Soundgarden delivered their first of a trio of critically acclaimed albums with 1991’s Badmotofinger. The third studio release by […]
Achtung Baby by U2
Buy Achtung Baby “The sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree.” This is how lead singer and lyricist Bono described the radical new approach that the established and successful band U2 […]