Popular: The 90s

I voted for 1996 based on the number 1s – the rise of the Spice Girls, the mainstream success of the Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers and a pleasing variety of musics from the UK and USA

1996, for the reasons lonepilgrim gave, as well as for being the year of Everything Must Go, Odelay, 1977 and especially Coming Up.

For some reason when I click through to vote, it says I’ve already voted for 1990. I wanted to vote for 1995…

1991 for me. Nevermind, Loveless, Achtung Baby, Foxbase Alpha, Spiderland, Blue Lines, Gish, Ten, Blood Sugar.., Badmotorfinger, Diamonds and Pearls, Out Of Time. Awesome year.

1999, followed by 1996, then 1991, then 1995.

Sad to see my choice so low but it’s expected with all the Steps/Vengaboys style kiddie pop which isn’t going to endear many who were over the age of about 13 at the time. 1996 is deservedly doing brilliantly though.

8: You can add Screamadelica, Electronic, The White Room, Metallica, the Use Your Illusions to that.

1991 was an interesting interregnum for the indie world, it could’ve gone a number of ways from there. It was my first year too; I thought every year would be like that.

I voted for 1995, though I’m slightly biased as it was quite an exciting year for meteorology geeks like me. Not just the heatwave but the insane big freeze at the end (though it made my family’s water mains explode; no humans were harmed – in my sister’s room, plenty of Goosebumps books and Fluppets certainly were.)

The years’ scores almost directly correlate with the weather quality of the (British) summers.

Are you going to do this for the 70’s 60’s & 50’s Tom?
Look forward to it if you do.