July 17, 20213 yr This is in no way a final tracklist Colm (nor have I got any kind of sequencing sorted) - but I wanted to play around with a few ideas. This is idea 1 ! Apols for the lack of formatting, I did this all in Paintbrush on my Mac. :lol: Wish I could do stuff like this! :( 6 chart-toppers for me in that 40, I lean more to CD 1 than 2 which has stuff I don't know on it. I can't do my top 40 of 1991 because I've never sorted my "sales" for 1991 through 1993 (work in progress, half-way through 1991) but if I were picking Most-Important tracks of 1991, it would be hard to omit Nirvana, REM, Massive Attack, KLF (Justified & Ancient), Utah Saints, Shamen, The Source/Candi staton. Beyond that I'd prob plump for personal faves, so that'd be OMD's Pandora's Box, Bomb The Bass, Electronic, PM Dawn, Ce Ce, Rozalla, Pet Shop Boys' Streets, Madonna Rescue Me, Kirsty MacColl's Madison, Cathy Dennis, Banderas, Marc Almond's My hand Over My Heart and some others a bit more borderline.
July 17, 20213 yr Author 15 is a good match Colm, I didn't expect that much of a crossover between our tastes. *.* Oh yeah CD2 is dropping more BANGAHs than a clumsy butcher. I love the font you're using. It's close enough to the font they used on some of the 1993 annual series.
July 17, 20213 yr You can!!! well, I prob could have a go if I buy myself a decent PC - I nearly did it today but PC World had bloody sold out of the one I've had my eyes on for 2 years, and won't be restocking. There's a moral there... :lol:
July 17, 20213 yr Am I being stupid or should I know what the 59 means in this entry? 3 1 59 RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins Sorry missed the reply to this, yes, it's as Alex says, Weeks on chart following on from chart peak. I charted songs for over a year long before downloading and streaming made it an actual regular thing :lol:
July 17, 20213 yr Author well, I prob could have a go if I buy myself a decent PC - I nearly did it today but PC World had bloody sold out of the one I've had my eyes on for 2 years, and won't be restocking. There's a moral there... :lol: I understand.
July 18, 20213 yr I love the font you're using. It's close enough to the font they used on some of the 1993 annual series. It's the font from Now! 30 - which is the earliest Now! that I own and therefore the closest match I could find to 1991 : )
July 29, 20213 yr Have you got a tracklist sorted Colm? I'd be interested to see what kind of things you've included that I haven't. Expect The Pixies “Planet of Sound” is there?
July 29, 20213 yr Author I haven't looked at it in a few weeks. Sequencing is tricky. Edited July 30, 20213 yr by Colm
July 30, 20213 yr Author This is what I have so far (alphabetic by song title) I haven't done a review of the 1991 charts yet so I am probably be missing stuff. Activ 8 - Altern 8 Blue Hotel - Chris Isaac Can you dig it? - Mock Turtles Charly - The Prodigy Crazy - Seal Everybody's Free - Rozalla Fall At Your Feet - Crowded House Higher than the Sun - Primal Scream Human Nature - Gary Clail on U Sound Hyperreal - The Shamen I Like I - DJH feat Stefi Innuendo - Queen It's Grim Up North The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu Jealousy - Pet Shop Boys Last Train to Trancentral - KLF Losing My Religion - REM Monsters and Angels - Voice of the Beehive Planet of Sound - Pixies Quadrophonia - Quadrophonia Sailing on the Seven Seas - OMD Set Adrift on Memory Bliss - PM Dawn Such a Feeling - Bizarre Inc The Fly - U2 Things That Make You Go Hmmmm - C+C Music Factory Thinking About Your Love - Kenny Thomas Word of Mouth - Mike and the Mechanics You Got the Love - The Source feat. Candi Staton. I'm confident that this is going to be the second half of disc 2 - this is the sequencing that I'm happy with at the moment. Caribbean Blue - Enya Sadness Part 1 - Enigma Only You - Praise Winter in July - Bomb the Bass Safe From Harm - Massive Attack It's Too Late - Quartz feat. Dina Carroll Get Here - Oleta Adams Promise me - Beverly Craven Silent All These Years - Tori Amos This House - Alison Moyet Mine seems a lot less exciting than yours. I do applaud your second disc. I may steal some of them when I put some time into listening to your selections. There's a case to be made for creating Now Dance 1991 (and 1992, of course too :D ) Edited July 30, 20213 yr by Colm
July 30, 20213 yr Author Dandy*s fourth set (or did Shoat hack your account?) Now That's What Dandy* Calls songs that got played to death by Heart FM and Atlantic 252. No matter which passer-by you pick in the English speaking world there will be songs in this list that they deplore beyond most others. And that same person would also pick a few out and say, with a complete lack of self-awareness that "that's a good pop song". That is the inherent defect of a list of songs that radio played into an early grave in the 90s. They get played because people like them. And continue to get played until people stop liking them. Enough of my ponsy "meta-review". The ones I love first - 10s in bold Cornflake Girl 5:06 Tori Amos 90s XL Pop 0 8 07/11/2020, 15:57 Glorious 3:28 Andreas Johnson 90s XL Pop 0 1 07/11/2020, 21:11 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) 2:35 Green Day 90s XL Pop 0 1 16/11/2020, 21:09 Hazard 5:17 Richard Marx 90s XL Pop 0 4 07/11/2020, 19:34 I Am, I Feel 3:58 Alisha's Attic 90s XL Pop 0 1 16/11/2020, 21:31 Independent Love Song 3:55 Scarlet 90s XL Pop 0 2 10/11/2020, 16:56 Just Another Day 4:18 Jon Secada 90s XL Pop 0 1 16/11/2020, 21:31 Kiss the Rain 4:30 Billie Myers 90s XL Pop 0 5 10/11/2020, 16:55 Losing My Religion 4:29 R.E.M. 90s XL Pop 0 9 07/11/2020, 15:57 Promise Me 3:39 Beverley Craven 90s XL Pop 0 4 07/11/2020, 19:35 Right Beside You 4:47 Sophie B. Hawkins 90s XL Pop 0 3 07/11/2020, 19:39 Rise 3:39 Gabrielle 90s XL Pop 0 6 08/11/2020, 22:16 Sleeping Satellite 4:41 Tasmin Archer 90s XL Pop 0 6 07/11/2020, 19:29 Stay (I Missed You) 3:04 Lisa Loeb 90s XL Pop 0 5 07/11/2020, 19:34 The Drugs Don't Work 5:05 The Verve 90s XL Pop 0 5 15/11/2020, 16:10 Torn 4:06 Natalie Imbruglia 90s XL Pop 0 8 07/11/2020, 19:34 Unforgivable Sinner 4:02 Lene Marlin 90s XL Pop 0 2 10/11/2020, 19:46 The ones I shouldn't like but do High 5:12 Lighthouse Family 90s XL Pop 0 5 07/11/2020, 19:37 When You're Gone 3:25 Bryan Adams & Melanie C 90s XL Pop 0 2 07/11/2020, 19:39 The ones I have no time for AT ALL. Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) 3:24 The Beautiful South 90s XL Pop 0 20 07/11/2020, 19:28 Lovefool 3:18 The Cardigans 90s XL Pop 0 5 07/11/2020, 15:58 You Get What You Give 5:01 New Radicals 90s XL Pop 0 2 07/11/2020, 19:34 I'm not sure I can think of anything that's missing but, having a flick through the Now albums of the 90s kd Lang - Constant Craving Elton John - Sacrifice Annie Leonnox - Why/Lovesong for a Vampire. Sometheing from Crowded House Bee Gees - For Whom the Bell Tolls Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds Various Artists - Perfect Day 1997 Personally, I'd have used Come Undone instead of Ordinary World. Edited July 30, 20213 yr by Colm
July 30, 20213 yr If I had been responsible for that fourth list, there would definitely have been no Sixpence None The Richer or Toploader which is ghastly sugary slop. Or "Here's Where The Story Ends" which I hate not because it's a terrible song, but because it's the most perfectly average 5/10 song I've ever heard in my life, but FM radio had you believe it was the greatest song in the world ever of all-time never to be beaten. But pretty much everything else there is of course INCREDIBLE Edited July 30, 20213 yr by Shoat
August 1, 20213 yr This is what I have so far (alphabetic by song title) There's a case to be made for creating Now Dance 1991 (and 1992, of course too :D ) Oh yes I could deffo make a whole Now Dance 1991 - I mean that is pretty much the basis for my CD2! That's a good list, I'd also considered Seal and “Such A Feeling” over “Playing With Knives”, but I think the latter is so iconic and easier to sequence- I'd probably say that “Such A Feeling” would perhaps fit better on a rave or dance specific compilation.
September 19, 20213 yr An attempt at 1992. CD1 is staying up way past its bedtime and doesn't care about the consequences.. CD2 is all about the start of Britpop with the very first Suede single from May 1992. Not happy at all with the sequencing but wanted to share my initial tracklist with you! Also: many will already know this, but the main vocal hook in “Halcyon” is simply the reversed sampled vocal harmony from “It's A Fine Day” so they are naturally next to each other. *.*
September 20, 20213 yr I wasn't clubbing in 1992 so I was more pop/rock oriented but I'd cherry pick Motorcycle Emptiness, Weirdo, damn!, Utah saints, Snap!, and chuck in some more: Movin' On Up Primal Scream America: What Time Is Love The KLF Am I The Same Girl Swing Out Sister Let's Get Rocked Def Leppard The Days Of Pearly Spencer Marc Almond Hang On In There Baby Curiosity (Killed The Cat) Sense The Lightning Seeds/ Terry Hall Hazard Richard Marx Ain't No Doubt Jimmy Nail Even Better Than The Real Thing/ Remix U2 Sleeping Satellite Tasmin Archer Keep The Faith Bon Jovi End Of The Road BoyzIIMen Deeper And Deeper Madonna Stay Shakespear's Sister :)
September 20, 20213 yr Author Dr. B - I want to have your babies. :heart: Love the inclusion of Weirdo. That's a totally refreshing take on 1992. I've sort of stalled on 1991 because I have a lot going on at the moment. Edited September 20, 20213 yr by Colm
September 24, 20213 yr I wasn't clubbing in 1992 so I was more pop/rock oriented but I'd cherry pick Motorcycle Emptiness, Weirdo, damn!, Utah saints, Snap!, and chuck in some more: Movin' On Up Primal Scream America: What Time Is Love The KLF Am I The Same Girl Swing Out Sister Let's Get Rocked Def Leppard The Days Of Pearly Spencer Marc Almond Hang On In There Baby Curiosity (Killed The Cat) Sense The Lightning Seeds/ Terry Hall Hazard Richard Marx Ain't No Doubt Jimmy Nail Even Better Than The Real Thing/ Remix U2 Sleeping Satellite Tasmin Archer Keep The Faith Bon Jovi End Of The Road BoyzIIMen Deeper And Deeper Madonna Stay Shakespear's Sister :) Oooft, “Sleeping Satellite” - that's a good shout. Tasmin Archer did a Q&A for a music forum that I used to be on back in 2006, and I think the question that I remember someone asking (from a Typical chart loon) was 'When “Sleeping Satellite” entered at number 50 did you think it was going to be a number 1?' :lol: Dr. B - I want to have your babies. :heart: Love the inclusion of Weirdo. That's a totally refreshing take on 1992. I've sort of stalled on 1991 because I have a lot going on at the moment. Thank u! Yeah I've been working on it in the background for some time, gotta say 1992 has always been a soft spot year for me with so many faves, so it came together really easily. “Papua New Guinea” had to lead Disc 1 rly. : )
September 26, 20213 yr Author I'm a big fan of 1992 - dance music was utterly destroying every other genre.
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