Mr. Fithen you keep outdoing yourself. This is an Epic ranking rants included. I checked out Kik Tracee and can't stop laughing. Man is that bad! Your opinions are GOLD.
Great video ! A lot of these selections were serious memories of browsing through cut-out cassette sections from 92-3 (saw plenty of the Squeeze and Foreigner albums there). They deserved to be there, too. Looking forward to the next round.
LMAO love it man! as always..But gotta tell ya though, Throwing Copper was played ALL.THE.TIME. at parties around when I graduated HS (94) so it kinda holds that special place within me (unfortunately!)
1991 I married a woman that poisoned me in 1996, and friends I survived and can tell you about some albums. I'm high as a kite and just started the video. I think you secretly love Toad, Robert 😂 My goodness this is the best thing I'll see all day. Keep on rockin!
Dear Robert, does that also mean that we can expect xxx Albums From 1992 Ranked!! next year? ;-) Thank you as always. Can't wait to see the other parts.
When i first subcribed to columbia house the first cd i got was union. Needless to say i was not happy. Lol Great video as always cannot wait for the rest! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
--- I just bought Fig Dish's new LP off Bandcamp because of your shirt --- kinda forgot about them but always dug 'em --- new LP is solid. --- Keep rockin',
I didn't even know they were still around. They are more 1995, but the closest I had for the video. I do have a '91 shirt that's more appropriate, but didn't want to give the ending away. lol
regarding kik tracee: the drummer johnny douglas went on to be a drum tech , artist and created many custom drum kits for legendary bands like: zz top, rhcp, aerosmith, van halen and more. he also filled in on drums for aerosmith when the band and joey kramer had a "dispute".
Man, I always WANTED to like B.A.D. because I loved the Clash so much, but--- nope. I actually kind of enjoyed "The Globe" when it came out, compared to the previous albums, but geez, I haven't pulled out that CD and listened to it in at least 20 years (which means it's not very good). I've been thinking about albums from '91 and looking forward to seeing where you rank them!
Don't hold your breath! 🤣 But at least it's not albums from the 1970s like those other out-of-touch old farts on other channels. It's an improvement and I'm here for it, why not.
Yes' Union is a sad story, it's got a lot of session musicians replacing most Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman's original parts and a lot of the haphazard sound comes from the ABWH material being edited down. I learned this from hearing bootlegs of the original ABWH rehearsals with them actually playing all the parts and bootlegs of unedited promo mixes. I do like Without Hope and Take The Water to the Mountain in their unedited promo versions, on the originals Without Hope has a middle section cut from the released version and Take The Water has a whole second half that is completely cut out of the official version. One of the best songs ABWH had, Make Believe never made the finished album at all. As for the Rabin/ Squire "Yes West" stuff the chorus of Lift Me Up sounds like a ripoff of Living After Midnight, Miracle of Life is okay but sounds like a bit of a Boston ripoff to me but I do like The More We Live Let Go.
Imagine saying you're a fan of "Toad and The Wet Sprocket".. No offense to those that like em. different strokes w/e but hot damn.. That is bottom of the barrel S*it..
A whole 140 records from 1991 revisited?!? That's awesome! I'm not sure I even have that many but definitely around a 100 (being very close to your age), so I'll be very interested in seeing which ones you cover... will it include a Family Stand record? I actually like Toad the Wet Sprocket (esp. Dulcinea from 1994) and Drivin' 'n' Cryin' actually... 🤣Nevermind, 🙄you can totally rip them apart if you like. The song Hold Her Down was intended to make you feel uncomfortable, I could very obviously point out but hey... they would rub you the wrong way if you find them rather effete. The good news is that the Singles compilation by OMD has the Seven Seas song and not the rest of Sugar Tax!
I've got to confess something. Being British, I always am fascinated at hearing Robert talk about albums or groups I'm unaware of. But the real meat of what I enjoy is hearing Robert go off on some absolutely shit band and I go and immediately check it out. Fuck it makes me laugh because he's spot on. Great comment about Big Audio Dynamite - Mick Jones didn't have to be like the Clash again, but he could have chosen anything that was well, good.
Dulcinea is a good album, The Clash stunk and their after birth stunk worse, Live's lead singer told Marilyn Manson he should leave a festival because no one wanted him there - before he sold out two talks he was giving - I think it was SXSW.
Great so far. In those days I craved new music. A lot of these albums i was excited when they came out and... Wha wha whaaahh. Turned out, they sucked. No one describes the experience like you Mr. Fithen.
Same here. I was ready to set out on my own and needed new music to help cast my identity as a man. Plus, in a couple years, I'd be working in college radio and exposed to much of this stuff. One of the reasons I chose 1991 for these videos.
I’ll definitely keep watching this series, Robert. Like you, I was 17-18 years old in ‘91. It’s a year that I look back on with a lot of nostalgia. Everything about Toad the Wet Sprocket has always gotten on my nerves too. I honestly thought the songs from that album were released closer to the mid 90s. Either way, it’s shit.
I know you haven’t posted the rest, but here are my 10 for 1991 1. Screeching Weasel “My Brain Hurts” 2. Morrissey “Kill Uncle” 3. Green Day “Kerplunk” 4. NOFX “Ribbed” 5. Earth “Extra Capsular Extraction” 6. Born Against “Nine Patriotic Hymns For Children” 7. Chapterhouse “Whirlpool” 8. My Bloody Valentine “Loveless” 9. Sludgeworth “What’s This” 10. Heroin “All About Heroin”
Promotional shirt I got in 1995. It doesn't really go exactly with the 1991 theme, but my '91 shirt would give away the ending. I always liked the toaster.
How many times in your life have you heard that you remind people of Rick Dees? I've wondered for a while, just didn't want to be another one if you've heard it a lot. 🤷♂️✌🏽
wow... this was a marathon view... and I can only imagine how bad these albums were/are. Thankfully your opinions on them made me soldier on... the only one I'd actually heard was the Yes album. Perhaps if it were indeed called Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen it would have got a higher ranking. Anyways...looking forward to the next segment.
Luckily nearly all of these albums passed me by in ‘91. Not going to play cool poser and say I was into Bandwagonesque, MBV or Slint because it was all about the grunge at this time for me. Nirvana was king right beside Alice In Chains with Achtung Baby slipping in there at times. I will admit to playing that placenta song live from Throwing Copper. That wasn’t a cool line? :(
Yeah, that Live album is so bad. I don’t get how that band ever got big, and Joe and Jason of the Tastes Like Music channel love them! But yeah, I don’t. Both Mental Jewelry and Throwing Copper suck ass!
You have a great talent for telling a story. Its easy to follow and youre entertaining ass hell.
Thanks! I appreciate that.
Mr. Fithen you keep outdoing yourself. This is an Epic ranking rants included. I checked out Kik Tracee and can't stop laughing. Man is that bad! Your opinions are GOLD.
Thanks!! I wanted to do something over-the-top for the end of the year.
Hearing about the bad is always more entertaining than hearing about the great😅 That was awesome, can't wait for part 2!
Thanks!! Part 2 has some bad stuff too. lol
@RobertFithen keep on trashing, it's greatness! Been laughing hard at the Beach Boys Sir. Excellent criticism
Great video ! A lot of these selections were serious memories of browsing through cut-out cassette sections from 92-3 (saw plenty of the Squeeze and Foreigner albums there). They deserved to be there, too. Looking forward to the next round.
LOVE THIS! You and I are the same age. We even worked for the same company, at the same time, "flipping those burgers". Keep up the great work!
Thanks! This was the era where they had fried chicken.
LMAO love it man! as always..But gotta tell ya though, Throwing Copper was played ALL.THE.TIME. at parties around when I graduated HS (94) so it kinda holds that special place within me (unfortunately!)
Thanks! I can understand that.
1991 I married a woman that poisoned me in 1996, and friends I survived and can tell you about some albums. I'm high as a kite and just started the video. I think you secretly love Toad, Robert 😂
My goodness this is the best thing I'll see all day. Keep on rockin!
Thanks!! I do love that the album is so awful, it gave me something to talk about.
Dear Robert, does that also mean that we can expect xxx Albums From 1992 Ranked!! next year? ;-)
Thank you as always.
Can't wait to see the other parts.
Hilarious, brilliant reviews as always - "why am I apologising?" Ha! Ha!
Here for ALL the 1991 hate. I knew this would be good when Toad the Wet Sprocket came in at the very bottom.
Yep! It’s so bad
Will you be here later for the love, though. lol
When i first subcribed to columbia house the first cd i got was union. Needless to say i was not happy. Lol
Great video as always cannot wait for the rest! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks! At least it was only a fraction of a penny.
--- I just bought Fig Dish's new LP off Bandcamp because of your shirt --- kinda forgot about them but always dug 'em --- new LP is solid. --- Keep rockin',
I didn't even know they were still around. They are more 1995, but the closest I had for the video. I do have a '91 shirt that's more appropriate, but didn't want to give the ending away. lol
24:58 Caused me to laugh out a toke...
regarding kik tracee: the drummer johnny douglas went on to be a drum tech , artist and created many custom drum kits for legendary bands like: zz top, rhcp, aerosmith, van halen and more. he also filled in on drums for aerosmith when the band and joey kramer had a "dispute".
Man, I always WANTED to like B.A.D. because I loved the Clash so much, but--- nope. I actually kind of enjoyed "The Globe" when it came out, compared to the previous albums, but geez, I haven't pulled out that CD and listened to it in at least 20 years (which means it's not very good). I've been thinking about albums from '91 and looking forward to seeing where you rank them!
I wanted to like it, too. Got the CD without knowing much about it.
2024 albums for 2024
How about 4
Don't hold your breath! 🤣 But at least it's not albums from the 1970s like those other out-of-touch old farts on other channels. It's an improvement and I'm here for it, why not.
Sweet Christmas! He'd have to go to every genre. Fun though!
Lol i used t0 make fun of Wet the Toad schrocket the same way. And I'd turn the channel
Man, i probably haven’t thought about Kik Tracee since 1991 😂. I love this idea and can’t wait for part two
I hadn't either. lol
Looking forward to this one.
In regards to “Selling The Drama” and “Lightning Crashes”… did we even listen to the same songs? Because I think they’re both good songs.
Big Audio Dynamite , OMD & Squeeze successful 80's acts becoming irrelevant in the 90's.
There are more of those coming in part 2.
Yes' Union is a sad story, it's got a lot of session musicians replacing most Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman's original parts and a lot of the haphazard sound comes from the ABWH material being edited down. I learned this from hearing bootlegs of the original ABWH rehearsals with them actually playing all the parts and bootlegs of unedited promo mixes. I do like Without Hope and Take The Water to the Mountain in their unedited promo versions, on the originals Without Hope has a middle section cut from the released version and Take The Water has a whole second half that is completely cut out of the official version. One of the best songs ABWH had, Make Believe never made the finished album at all. As for the Rabin/ Squire "Yes West" stuff the chorus of Lift Me Up sounds like a ripoff of Living After Midnight, Miracle of Life is okay but sounds like a bit of a Boston ripoff to me but I do like The More We Live Let Go.
Imagine saying you're a fan of "Toad and The Wet Sprocket".. No offense to those that like em. different strokes w/e but hot damn.. That is bottom of the barrel S*it..
A whole 140 records from 1991 revisited?!? That's awesome! I'm not sure I even have that many but definitely around a 100 (being very close to your age), so I'll be very interested in seeing which ones you cover... will it include a Family Stand record?
I actually like Toad the Wet Sprocket (esp. Dulcinea from 1994) and Drivin' 'n' Cryin' actually... 🤣Nevermind, 🙄you can totally rip them apart if you like. The song Hold Her Down was intended to make you feel uncomfortable, I could very obviously point out but hey... they would rub you the wrong way if you find them rather effete.
The good news is that the Singles compilation by OMD has the Seven Seas song and not the rest of Sugar Tax!
I've got to confess something.
Being British, I always am fascinated at hearing Robert talk about albums or groups I'm unaware of. But the real meat of what I enjoy is hearing Robert go off on some absolutely shit band and I go and immediately check it out.
Fuck it makes me laugh because he's spot on.
Great comment about Big Audio Dynamite - Mick Jones didn't have to be like the Clash again, but he could have chosen anything that was well, good.
Thanks! Exactly about Mick Jones. The Clash still sound timeless, whereas Big Audio Dynamite sounds hopelessly dated.
Dulcinea is a good album, The Clash stunk and their after birth stunk worse, Live's lead singer told Marilyn Manson he should leave a festival because no one wanted him there - before he sold out two talks he was giving - I think it was SXSW.
Only in a Robert Fithen video will you hear a Frank-N-Furter quote used in a review of a Live album.
I see your FNM- I can tell from the color of the spines.
Great so far. In those days I craved new music. A lot of these albums i was excited when they came out and... Wha wha whaaahh. Turned out, they sucked. No one describes the experience like you Mr. Fithen.
Same here. I was ready to set out on my own and needed new music to help cast my identity as a man. Plus, in a couple years, I'd be working in college radio and exposed to much of this stuff. One of the reasons I chose 1991 for these videos.
I’ll definitely keep watching this series, Robert. Like you, I was 17-18 years old in ‘91. It’s a year that I look back on with a lot of nostalgia.
Everything about Toad the Wet Sprocket has always gotten on my nerves too. I honestly thought the songs from that album were released closer to the mid 90s. Either way, it’s shit.
Unfortunately, a lot of the mid-90's sounds similar to Toad the Wet Sprocket.
I struggled to think of 10 records I like from 1991
I know you haven’t posted the rest, but here are my 10 for 1991
1. Screeching Weasel “My Brain Hurts”
2. Morrissey “Kill Uncle”
3. Green Day “Kerplunk”
4. NOFX “Ribbed”
5. Earth “Extra Capsular Extraction”
6. Born Against “Nine Patriotic Hymns For Children”
7. Chapterhouse “Whirlpool”
8. My Bloody Valentine “Loveless”
9. Sludgeworth “What’s This”
10. Heroin “All About Heroin”
Can we get an explanation of the tee shirt please?
fig dish was a band in the 90's. that shirt has the classic toaster logo and is very hard to find.
Promotional shirt I got in 1995. It doesn't really go exactly with the 1991 theme, but my '91 shirt would give away the ending. I always liked the toaster.
Jawbox is an off shoot band of Government Issue which was an awesome Washington DC hardcore band.. Greetings from New Jersey.. )^_-)/
I like the later Jawbox much more.
Im not here for the albums ❤
How many times in your life have you heard that you remind people of Rick Dees? I've wondered for a while, just didn't want to be another one if you've heard it a lot. 🤷♂️✌🏽
I've never heard that before. Rick Dees has a somewhat pukey radio delivery like the typical Top 40 DJ. He was early on that sound back in the 1970's.
wow... this was a marathon view... and I can only imagine how bad these albums were/are. Thankfully your opinions on them made me soldier on... the only one I'd actually heard was the Yes album. Perhaps if it were indeed called Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen it would have got a higher ranking. Anyways...looking forward to the next segment.
Thanks! It was quite a marathon of listening and critiquing.
Enuff Z'Nuff "Strength" is from 1991. 🤞
Yes, it is. I think that one is in part 3.
Luckily nearly all of these albums passed me by in ‘91. Not going to play cool poser and say I was into Bandwagonesque, MBV or Slint because it was all about the grunge at this time for me. Nirvana was king right beside Alice In Chains with Achtung Baby slipping in there at times. I will admit to playing that placenta song live from Throwing Copper. That wasn’t a cool line? :(
I had definitely heard Teenage Fanclub, they were on MTV. My Bloody Valentine I had only read about. Slint I didn't know until college.
I knew this would be good hahahahaha
I like Jawbox but I agree Grippe pretty meh
I like their later stuff better.
I would include here Uriah Heep’s 1991 album Different World. Absolute garbage.
I didn't do that one. I haven't heard it.
Ummm. You put one of my favorite albums right at #140. I can't watch your videos anymore.
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Great !! Hope "Good" by Morphine are going to be in the Top 10 !!
I have that as being from 1992. Only the demo tape was released in 1991, according to Discogs.
Yeah, that Live album is so bad. I don’t get how that band ever got big, and Joe and Jason of the Tastes Like Music channel love them! But yeah, I don’t. Both Mental Jewelry and Throwing Copper suck ass!
I think they must have had some serious industry backing. A major clue is their debut is produced by Jerry Harrison.