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Countdown commentary
The KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991
Ranking |
Artist Name |
Song Title |
Album Title |
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1. |
R.E.M. |
Losing My Religion |
Out Of Time |
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2. |
Nirvana |
Smells Like Teen Spirit |
Nevermind |
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3. |
Jesus Jones |
Right Here, Right Now |
Doubt |
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4. |
EMF |
Unbelievable |
Schubert
Dip |
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5. |
Siouxsie and the Banshees |
Kiss Them for Me |
Superstition |
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for sample |
6. |
Seal |
Crazy |
Seal |
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7. |
Big Audio Dynamite II |
Rush |
The Globe |
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8. |
R.E.M. |
Shiny Happy People |
Out Of Time |
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9. |
Morrissey |
Sing Your Life (Live) |
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10. |
U2 |
Mysterious Ways |
Achtung Baby |
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11. |
Sting |
All This Time |
The Soul Cages |
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12. |
School of Fish |
Three Strange Days |
School of Fish |
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13. |
The Psychedelic Furs |
Until She Comes |
World Outside |
- |
14. |
Too Much Joy |
Crush Story |
- |
- |
15. |
Simple Minds |
See the Lights |
Real Life |
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16. |
Electronic |
Get the Message |
Electronic |
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17. |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Give it Away |
Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
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18. |
The La's |
There She Goes |
- |
- |
19. |
Alison Moyet |
It Won't Be Long |
- |
- |
20. |
Blur |
There's No Other Way |
Leisure |
- |
21. |
OMD |
Pandora's Box (It's a Long,
Long Way) |
Sugar Tax |
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22. |
Material Issue |
Valerie Loves Me |
International Pop Overthrow |
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23. |
Erasure |
Chorus |
Chorus |
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24. |
Northside |
Take 5 |
- |
- |
25. |
The Divinyls |
I Touch Myself |
- |
- |
26. |
The Farm |
All Together Now |
- |
- |
27. |
R.E.M. |
Radio Song |
Out Of Time |
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28. |
Robin Hitchcock |
So You Think You're in Love |
- |
- |
29. |
The Shamen |
Move Any Mountain |
- |
- |
30. |
The Wonder Stuff |
Caught in My Shadow |
- |
- |
31. |
Morrissey |
That's Entertainment |
- |
- |
32. |
U2 |
The Fly |
Achtung Baby |
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33. |
Ride |
Vapour Trail |
- |
- |
34. |
Jesus Jones |
Real, Real, Real |
Doubt |
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35. |
Crowded House |
It's Only Natural |
- |
- |
36. |
Dramarama |
Haven't Got a Clue |
- |
- |
37. |
Big Audio Dynamite II |
The Globe |
The Globe |
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38. |
Voice of the Beehive |
Monsters and Angels |
- |
- |
39. |
Violent Femmes |
American Music |
- |
- |
40. |
Electronic |
Feel Every Beat |
Electronic |
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41. |
Chapterhouse |
Pearl |
- |
- |
42. |
The Cult |
Wild Hearted Son |
Ceremony |
- |
43. |
Jellyfish |
That is Why |
- |
- |
44. |
EMF |
Lies |
Schubert
Dip |
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45. |
R.E.M. |
Texarkana |
Out Of Time |
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46. |
Lush |
De-Luxe |
- |
- |
47. |
Seal |
Future Love Paradise |
Seal |
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48. |
Billy Bragg |
Sexuality |
- |
- |
49. |
The Candyskins |
For What It's Worth |
- |
- |
50. |
The Farm |
Groovy Train |
- |
- |
51. |
Too Much Joy |
Long Haired Guys from England |
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- |
52. |
Morrissey |
My Love Life |
- |
- |
53. |
Ned's Atomic Dustbin |
Grey Cell Green |
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- |
54. |
OMD |
Sailing on the Seven Seas |
Sugar Tax |
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55. |
Jesus Jones |
International Bright Young
Thing |
Doubt |
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56. |
R.E.M. |
Near Wild Heaven |
Out Of Time |
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57. |
Gary Clail |
Human Nature |
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- |
58. |
Siouxsie and the Banshees |
Shadowtime |
Superstition |
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59. |
EMF |
Children |
Schubert
Dip |
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60. |
Nirvana |
Come As You Are |
Nevermind |
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61. |
OMD |
Call My Name |
Sugar Tax |
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62. |
Nine Inch Nails |
Down in It |
Pretty Hate Machine |
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63. |
Blue Train |
All I Need Is You |
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- |
64. |
The Smashing Pumpkins |
Rhinoceros |
Gish |
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65. |
Elvis Costello |
The Other Side of Summer |
Mighty Like A Rose |
- |
66. |
Primus |
Jerry Was a Racecar Driver |
Sailing The Seas Of Cheese |
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67. |
Erasure |
Love To Hate You |
Chorus |
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68. |
Electronic |
Tighten Up |
Electronic |
- |
69. |
Ned's Atomic Dustbin |
Happy |
- |
- |
70. |
U2 |
One |
Achtung Baby |
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71. |
Sting |
The Soul Cages |
The Soul Cages |
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72. |
School of Fish |
Wrong |
- |
- |
73. |
Morrissey |
Our Frank |
Kill Uncle |
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74. |
My Life with the Thrill Kill
Kult |
Sex On Wheelz |
- |
- |
75. |
UB40 |
Groovin' |
Labour of Love II |
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76. |
The Wonder Stuff |
Size of a Cow |
- |
- |
77. |
Right Said Fred |
I'm Too Sexy |
- |
- |
78. |
Hoodoo Gurus |
Miss Freelove '69 |
- |
- |
79. |
The Ocean Blue |
Ballerina Out of Control |
Cerulean |
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80. |
The Psychedelic Furs |
Don't Be a Girl |
World Outside |
- |
81. |
This Picture |
Naked Rain |
- |
- |
82. |
Mary's Danish |
Julie's Blanket |
- |
- |
83. |
Mock Turtles |
Can You Dig It |
- |
- |
84. |
Siouxsie and the Banshees |
Fear (of the Unknown) |
Superstition |
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85. |
Kirsty Maccoll |
Walking Down Madison |
- |
- |
86. |
Jesus Jones |
Welcome Back Victoria |
Doubt |
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87. |
Fishbone |
Sunless Saturday |
The Reality Of My Surroundings |
- |
88. |
Lloyd Cole |
She's a Girl, I'm a Man |
- |
- |
89. |
Daniel Ash |
This Love |
- |
- |
90. |
INXS |
Bitter Tears |
X |
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91. |
Enya |
Caribbean Blue |
- |
- |
92. |
EMF |
I Believe |
Schubert
Dip |
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93. |
The Golden Palaminos |
Alive and Living Now |
- |
- |
94. |
Transvision Vamp |
If Looks Could Kill |
- |
- |
95. |
Depeche Mode |
Death's Door |
- |
- |
96. |
Anthrax w/ Public Enemy |
Bring the Noise |
- |
- |
97. |
Talking Heads |
Sax and Violins |
- |
- |
98. |
The Orb |
Little Fluffy Clouds |
- |
- |
99. |
Primal Scream |
Movin' On Up |
- |
- |
100. |
Squeeze |
Satisfied |
Play |
- |
101. |
Happy Mondays |
Bob's Yer Uncle |
- |
- |
102. |
Candyland |
Fountain O' Youth |
- |
- |
103. |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Breaking the Girl |
Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
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104. |
St. Etienne |
Only Love Can Break Your Heart |
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- |
105. |
The Divinyls |
Make Out Alright |
- |
- |
106. |
Pearl Jam |
Alive |
Ten |
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106.7. |
John Frost |
Mr. TV's Turbo Round |
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Commentary
| Was this an amazing year or what? I would say about half of my top
ten albums of the 90s came out in this one year. Two great veteran
bands--U2 and R.E.M., came out with arguably their best albums, the Red Hot
Chili Peppers came out with an album that I don't think anybody thought they
were capable of, and then Nirvana and Pearl Jam released the albums that
launched the grunge phenomenon and put alternative on the map. The peak
for Pearl Jam's Ten came later--only Alive made the list, and that was only at
#106. |
| To me the Nirvana explosion marked a turning point for KROQ and similar
stations--there is the pre-Nirvana era and the post-Nirvana era, and the two
are quite different. The Roq of the 80s new wave stuff was out, and a
more...I dunno...ironic, self-conscious, dark, more "real", whatever...music
style was in. |
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