Dave’s Faves: #1 Albums in the 1990s

Dave’s Faves: #1’s: 1990-1999

These were my personal #1 albums during the 1990s. Check out my #1 albums from other decades here. 1990: Jan. 6: Hooters Zig Zag (2 weeks) Jan. 20: Animal Logic Animal Logic (2 weeks) Feb. 3: Fish Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (5 weeks) Mar. 10: David Bowie ChangesBowie (2 weeks) Mar. 24: Robert Plant Manic Nirvana (2 weeks) Apr. 7: Sinéad O’Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (4 weeks) May 5: Lou Reed & John Cale Songs for Drella (4 weeks) June 2: Madonna I’m Breathless soundtrack (3 weeks) June 23: David Baerwald Bedtime Stories (4 weeks) July 21: Roger Waters with various artists The Wall: Live in Berlin (3 weeks) Aug. 11: Various Artists Nobody’s Child (2 weeks) Aug. 25: Asia Then & Now (compilation) (1 week) Sept. 1: Toy Matinee Toy Matinee (3 weeks) Sept. 15: Indigo Girls Nomads Indians Saints (1 week) Sept. 29: Various Artists Red Hot + Blue (4 weeks) Oct. 27: Styx Edge of the Century (3 weeks) Nov. 17: Eric Woolfson Freudiana (3 weeks) Dec. 8: The Rainmakers Live (1 week) Dec. 15: Various Artists Harry Chapin Tribute (1 week) Dec. 22: Enigma mcmxc a.d. (5 weeks) 1991: Jan. 26: Sting The Soul Cages (4 weeks) Feb. 23: Split Enz History Never Repeats: The Best of (3 weeks) Mar. 16: R.E.M. Out of Time (3 weeks) Apr. 6: Faith No More Live at Brixton Academy (1 week) Apr. 13: Crash Test Dummies The Ghosts That Haunt Me (1 week) Apr. 20: Simple Minds Real Life (1 week) Apr. 27: Various Artists Deadicated (2 weeks) May 11: The Williams Brothers The Williams Brothers (4 weeks) June 8: Seal Seal (I) (4 weeks) June 29: Marillion Holidays in Eden (3 weeks) July 20: Crowded House Woodface (3 weeks) Aug. 10: Toni Childs House of Hope (1 week) Aug. 17: Animal Logic Animal Logic II (1 week) Aug. 24: The Commitments The Commitments (1 week) Aug. 31: Pearl Jam Ten (2 weeks) Sept. 14: Dire Straits On Every Street (1 week) Sept. 21: Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion II (2 weeks) Oct. 5: Nirvana Nevermind (4 weeks) Nov. 2: Fish Internal Exile (2 weeks) Nov. 16: Queen Greatest Hits 2 (1 week) Nov. 23: Various Artists Two Rooms (2 weeks) Dec. 7: U2 Achtung Baby (3 weeks) Dec. 28: Metallica Metallica (aka ‘The Black Album’) (3 weeks) 1992: Jan. 18: Various Artists I’m Your Fan (1 week) Jan. 25: Tori Amos Little Earthquakes (7 weeks) Mar. 14: Tears for Fears Tears Roll Down: 1982-1992 (2 weeks) Mar. 28: The Commitments The Commitments, Volume 2 (1 week) Apr. 4: Bruce Springsteen Human Touch (1 week) Apr. 11: Melissa Etheridge Never Enough (2 weeks) Apr. 25: Lyle Lovett Joshua Judges Ruth (3 weeks) May 16: Temple of the Dog Temple of the Dog (3 weeks) May 30: Indigo Girls Rites of Passage (1 week) June 6: Del Amitri Change Everything (1 week) June 13: Marillion Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other (2 weeks) June 27: Elvis Presley The King of Rock and Roll: The Complete ‘50s Masters (1 week) July 4: Faith No More Angel Dust (1 week) July 11: Queen with various artists A Concert for Life (3 weeks) Aug. 1: Singles soundtrack (2 weeks) Aug. 15: Lou Reed Between Thought and Expression (2 weeks) Aug. 29: Eric Clapton Unplugged (3 weeks) Sept. 19: Various Artists The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (2 weeks) Oct. 3: Roger Waters Amused to Death (1 week) Oct. 10: Peter Gabriel Us (1 week) Oct. 17: David Baerwald Triage (2 weeks) Oct. 31: Simple Minds Glittering Prize 81-92 (1 week) Nov. 7: Various Artists Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 (1 week) Nov. 14: R.E.M. Automatic for the People (2 weeks) Nov. 28: Shawn Colvin Fat City (2 weeks) Dec. 12: Various Artists A Very Special Christmas 2 (3 weeks) 1993: Jan. 2: Journey Time 3 (2 weeks) Jan. 16: Toys soundtrack (3 weeks) Feb. 6: Fish Songs from the Mirror (5 weeks) Mar. 13: Sting Ten Summoner’s Tales (6 weeks) Apr. 24: David Bowie Black Tie White Noise (3 weeks) May 15: Terence Trent D’Arby Symphony or Damn (2 weeks) May 29: Robert Plant Fate of Nations (1 wk) June 5: Tears for Fears Elemental (4 weeks) July 3: R.E.M. This Is It! live (2 weeks) July 17: U2 Zooropa (4 weeks) Aug. 14: Billy Joel River of Dreams (2 weeks) Aug. 28: Various Artists Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (3 weeks) Sept. 18: Prince The Hits/The B Sides (2 weeks) Oct. 2: The Police Message in a Box (1 week) Oct. 9: John Mellencamp Human Wheels (3 weeks) Oct. 30: The Williams Brothers Harmony Hotel (3 weeks) Nov. 20: Crowded House Together Alone (3 weeks) Dec. 11: Pearl Jam Vs. (3 weeks) 1994: Jan. 1: Various Artists Common Thread (2 weeks) Jan. 15: Philadelphia soundtrack (3 weeks) Feb. 5: Tori Amos Under the Pink (3 weeks) Feb. 26: Marillion Brave (2 weeks) Mar. 12: Valley Girl soundtrack (1 week) Mar. 19: Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club (3 weeks) Apr. 9: Pink Floyd The Division Bell (2 weeks) Apr. 16: Fish Suits (1 week) Apr. 30: Live Throwing Copper (3 weeks) May 21: Indigo Girls Swamp Ophelia (1 week) May 28: Toni Childs The Woman’s Boat (2 weeks) June 11: Seal Seal (II) (3 weeks) July 2: John Mellencamp Dance Naked (3 weeks) July 23: The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge (2 weeks) Aug. 6: Dennis DeYoung 10 on Broadway (2 weeks) Aug. 20: The Rainmakers Flirting with the Universe (3 weeks) Sept. 10: Shawn Colvin Cover Girl (2 weeks) Sept. 24: Eric Clapton From the Cradle (1 week) Oct. 1: Lyle Lovett I Love Everybody (3 weeks) Oct. 22: R.E.M. Monster (2 weeks) Nov. 5: Aerosmith Big Ones (1 week) Nov. 12: Eagles Hell Freezes Over (4 weeks) Dec. 10: Sting Fields of Gold – The Best of (1 week) Dec. 17: Pearl Jam Vitalogy (3 weeks) 1995: Jan. 7: Tom Petty Wildflowers (2 weeks) Jan. 21: Bush Sixteen Stone (3 weeks) Feb. 11: Simple Minds Good News from the Next World (3 weeks) Mar. 4: Bruce Springsteen Greatest Hits (2 weeks) Mar. 18: Del Amitri Twisted (3 weeks) Apr. 8: Faith No More King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime (2 weeks) Apr. 22: Kevin Gilbert Thud (5 weeks) May 27: Corey Stevens Blue Drops of Rain (2 weeks) June 10: Terence Trent D’Arby Vibrator (2 weeks) June 24: Michael Jackson HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book 1 (2 weeks) July 8: Marillion Afraid of Sunlight (2 weeks) July 22: Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (8 weeks) Aug. 26: Styx Greatest Hits (1 week) Sept. 23: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Ledbetter Heights (1 week) Sept. 30: Velvet Underground Peel Slowly and See (1 week) Oct. 7: David Bowie Outside (3 weeks) Oct. 28: Tears for Fears Raoul and the Kings of Spain (2 weeks) Nov. 11: The Finn Brothers Finn (2 weeks) Nov. 25: The Beatles Anthology 1 (2 weeks) Dec. 9: Don Henley Actual Miles (1 week) Dec 16: Bruce Springsteen The Ghost of Tom Joad (2 weeks) Dec 30: Tracy Chapman New Beginning (2 weeks) 1996: Jan. 13: Melissa Etheridge Your Little Secret (2 weeks) Jan. 27: Tori Amos Boys for Pele (4 weeks) Feb. 24: Lou Reed Set the Twilight Reeling (3 weeks) Mar. 16: Sting Mercury Falling (4 weeks) Mar. 23: The Beatles Anthology 2 (2 weeks) Apr. 27: Mike + the Mechanics Hits (2 weeks) May 11: Pete Townshend The Best of (coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking) (2 weeks) May 25: Metallica Load (3 weeks) June 15: Styx Greatest Hits Part 2 (2 weeks) June 29: Lyle Lovett The Road to Ensenada (4 weeks) July 27: Crowded House Recurring Dream (3 weeks) Aug. 17: Tears for Fears Saturnine Martial & Lunatic (2 weeks) Aug. 31: Pearl Jam No Code (3 weeks) Sept. 21: John Mellencamp Mr. Happy Go Lucky (2 weeks) Oct. 5: R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (2 weeks) Oct. 19: Alan Parsons On Air (2 weeks) Nov. 2: The Beatles Anthology 3 (1 week) Nov. 9: Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow (4 weeks) Dec. 7: Shawn Colvin A Few Small Repairs (3 weeks) Dec. 28: Journey Trial by Fire (3 weeks) 1997: Jan. 18: Bush Razorblade Suitcase (2 weeks) Feb. 1: Jonny Lang Lie to Me (1 week) Feb. 8: David Bowie Earthling (3 weeks) Mar. 8: Marillion Best of Both Worlds (3 weeks) Mar. 29: U2 Pop (2 weeks) Apr. 12: Live Secret Samadhi (2 weeks) Apr. 26: Marillion This Strange Engine (2 weeks) May 10: Indigo Girls The Shaming of the Sun (1 week) May 17: Styx Return to Paradise (3 weeks) June 7: Jimi Hendrix First Rays of the New Rising Sun (3 weeks) June 28: Fish Sunsets on Empire (1 week) July 5: Faith No More Album of the Year (2 weeks) July 19: Del Amitri Some Other Sucker’s Parade (2 weeks) Aug. 2: Sarah McLachlan Surfacing (3 weeks) Aug. 23: Billy Joel Greatest Hits Vol. III (1 week) Aug. 30: The Rainmakers Skin (5 weeks) Sept. 27: Cream Those Were the Days (1 week) Oct. 11: The Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon (4 weeks) Nov. 8: Elvis Costello Extreme Honey (2 weeks) Nov. 22: Jimi Hendrix South Saturn Delta (3 weeks) Dec. 13: Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind (5 weeks) 1998: Jan. 17: John Mellencamp The Best That I Could Do (2 weeks) Jan. 31: Sinéad O’Connor So Far…the Best of (2 weeks) Feb. 14: Pearl Jam Yield (5 weeks) Mar. 14: Susan Tedeschi Just Won’t Burn (2 weeks) Mar. 28: Eric Clapton Pilgrim (3 weeks) Apr. 18: Simple Minds Neapolis (2 weeks) May 2: Journey Greatest Hits Live (2 weeks) May 16: Robert Plant & Jimmy Page Walking into Clarksdale (2 weeks) May 30: Largo Largo (5 weeks) July 4: Tori Amos From the Choirgirl Hotel (5 weeks) Aug. 8: Neil Finn Try Whistling This (5 weeks) Sept. 12: Alabama For the Record (2 weeks) Sept. 26: Marillion Radiation (2 weeks) Oct. 10: Del Amitri Hatful of Rain/Lousy with Love (1 week) Oct. 17: Lyle Lovett Step Inside This House (3 weeks) Nov. 7: U2 Best of 1980-1990 (1 week) Nov. 14: Bruce Springsteen Tracks (5 weeks) Dec. 19: Steve Perry Greatest Hits + Five Unreleased (1 week) Dec. 26: Shawn Colvin Holiday Songs and Lullabies (1 week) 1999: Jan. 2: Sheryl Crow The Globe Sessions (4 weeks) Jan. 30: Kenny Rogers Through the Years (2 weeks) Feb. 13: Alanis Morissette Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (4 weeks) Mar. 13: Eminem The Slim Shady LP (5 weeks) Mar. 27: Bad Company The Original Bad Company Anthology (1 week) Apr. 24: Fish Raingods with Zippos (4 weeks) May 22: David Baerwald A Fine Mess (6 weeks) July 3: Styx Brave New World (6 weeks) Aug. 14: Santana Supernatural (2 weeks) Aug. 28: Moby Play (4 weeks) Sept. 25: Tori Amos To Venus and Back (1 week) Oct. 2: Alan Parsons The Time Machine (1 week) Oct. 9: Sting Brand New Day (4 weeks) Oct. 16: Eric Clapton Chronicles (1 week) Nov. 13: David Bowie Hours (1 week) Nov. 20: Marillion marillion.com (3 weeks) Dec. 11: Creed Human Clay (3 weeks) First posted 10/3/2020; last updated 6/4/2022

Faith No More “Epic” released

Epic Faith No More

Writer(s): Mike Patton, Billy Gould, Jim Martin, Roddy Bottum, Mike Bordin (see lyrics here) Released: January 29, 1990 First Charted: January 30, 1990 Peak: 9 US, 7 CB, 21 RR, 25 AR, 25 UK, 19 CN, 13 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to singles charts.) Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, 0.2 UK Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 42.07 video, 160.74 streaming

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About the Song: The rock band Faith No More formed in 1979 in San Francisco, California, although they didn’t settle on that name until 1983. The group underwent several lineup changes early on, but bassist Billy Gould, drummer Mike Bordin, and keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Roddy Bottum remained constants since 1983. Singer Chuck Mosley appeared on two albums before replacing him with Mike Patton, who has been with the group ever since. Patton’s first album with the group, 1989’s The Real Thing, was a major breakthrough, giving the group its first charting album (#11 on the Billboard album chart) and a platinum seller. The single “Epic” was the first chart entry for Faith No More in the United States, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. The first single, “From Out of Nowhere,” was such a disappointment to the label that they allowed the group to pick whatever song they wanted for the next single and video. WK The lyrically-enigmatic song, which never uses the word “epic,” is “about sexual frustration,” according to Patton. SF The video was filled with surreal images inspired by Salvador Dali SF combined with performance footage of the band. The video generated controversy because of a shot with a fish out of water that appears to be dying. WK The Philadelphia Daily News hailed the song as “radio-ready” WK while the Los Angeles Times called it “radical,” WK probably for its blend of genres, including funk, rap, heavy metal, and even classical. SF It has been credited as a cornerstone in the formation of nu metal. SF The song has been ranked on VH1’s top 100 lists of the greatest metal songs and best hard-rock songs. Resources: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Faith No More SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 10/1/2022.