It would be nearly impossible to follow up the massive success of his solo album, Full Moon Fever, but Tom Petty came mighty close with the 1991 album Into the Great Wide Open.įeaturing a daring cover of Neil Young’s “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” Saint Etienne’s debut album infused their love of 60s pop with clubby beats and clever samples.
One massive, continuous composition spread across a double album, The Orb’s debut acts like a mind-bending psychedelic trip in audio form.Ģ6: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Into the Great Wide Open Originally intended to be a soundtrack to a scrapped film of the same name, The White Room is a subtly cinematic dose of electronic music and one of the best albums of 1991.Ģ7: The Orb – The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld Still, the album feels effortless, proving its creators are among the best hip-hop groups in history.įeaturing songs like “Jerry Was a Racecar Driver” and “Tommy the Cat,” Sailing the Seas of Cheese showcased new possibilities for the electric bass in rock. The material that Public Enemy had been working on for years was stolen. One of the biggest-selling rock albums in Mexican history, El Circo helped to bring the burgeoning Rock En Espanol movement to the Engish speaking world.Ĥ8: Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes BlackĪpocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black was recorded on very short notice. Garth Brooks’ third album was also the first country album to top the Billboard 200, proving that country music had appeal far beyond its genre. While it’s often overlooked in the band’s history, Fugazi’s second album cemented the group as legends of the post-hardcore movement. The first album to feature Prince’s new backing band, The New Power Generation, Diamonds and Pearls saw the funk icon creating more indelible tunes like “Gett Off,” “Cream,” and more. 52: Prince & The New Power Generation – Diamonds and Pearls
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