1990: Was it really that bad of a year for music?

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Phenomenal year.

Matt DC, Thursday, 26 March 2020 13:58 (four years ago) link

The slate from yesterday and this morning...

Was (Not Was) - Are You Okay?
Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff
Will to Power - Journey Home
Wilson Phillips - s/t

...has been fine I guess, fair-to-middlin', not many album tracks exceeding the better singles that I already knew, occasionally real bad (about half of that WNW album...sheesh), mostly making me wonder how inclined I am to continue with this project.

But hey whattayaknow, listening to Salt-N-Pepa's Black's Magic rn and it's real effing good. Which may be news to precisely no one but me.

Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Thursday, 26 March 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link

was some sort of unfortunate outlier from this era, but there are tracks exactly like it on the Was (Not Was) and Will to Power albums from '90. WTF was happening.

Bands just felt really compelled to do an updated 90s take on Eric Burdon and War's "Spill The Wine".

MarkoP, Thursday, 26 March 2020 15:33 (four years ago) link

These songs are a much different animal (no pun intended). It makes me wonder if Joe Frank just started to blow up around then.

Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Thursday, 26 March 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link

I heard punk broke, not sure if anybody fixed it.

Stevolende, Thursday, 26 March 2020 15:37 (four years ago) link

A corporation did

Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 26 March 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link

I'm sorry to have to report that it died

Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 26 March 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link


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