Coleman's 1990's; Part seven - 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Oh boy, nearly five months? Really? No wonder I can hardly remember how to type and where to find all the Blogger's features. Well, what can I say... There were things to do, money to be earned, offspring to be looked after. Which, thankfully, only turned into a gap but by no means an end. So here I am, resurrected in the spring, with all the  little antsies, beesies and flowersies to bring some more happy, jolly and uplifting music. This time I've decided to roll the remaining years into one post, there are not that many of them left to give them separate entries. And here they are:

Coleman's 1990's; Part six - 1995

Wow. Two months? Really? And a half? And it only feels like three...

Lame jokes aside, the summer break (not that there was supposed to be any summer break) is over and more than ever it feels that I'm just left on my own on this project. Which beats the point in a way but I'm reluctant somehow to switch off the lights just yet. Who knows, maybe the prospects of fame, money and occasional pint of gratitude are not completely lost yet. Besides, it's only 1995, can't give up before the end of the decade!

Of which '95 was just another year full of fantastic music. Something, you should be well used to by now... Have a little look then.

Coleman's 1990's; Part five - 1994

Since waiting for others to catch up (or even start for that matter) may result in me getting much to old to type, I think I'll just carry on regardless. Turns out the 1994 was again a little bit on a short side. But should you conclude from this fact that it had to be some bad year in music, don't let the numbers fool you. It may fall short on quantity but the quality is simply unparalleled. It may only be five songs but in terms of importance four of those five could be made of pure uranium. Or something even heavier. For very personal reasons, of course, but not without critical merit. Read on to find out why.

Coleman's 1990's; Part four - 1993

Wow. It feels like on this blog all years go pass like weeks. We've only just started and it's 1993 already (or again, depending how you're going to look at it). And it looks like for me things got a little bit heavier. They actually got far, far heavier than this selection shows as one of my friends at that time was a very dedicated metal fan (a doctor nod to Seba) and I would borrow a lot of music from him to have a try. I got introduced to bands like Samael, Paradise Lost, Cathedral, Moonspell, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Sepultura and god knows what else. Some of them, I go back to now and again but as you can tell, none of them made it to my very top of the 'most important' pile. But fear not, there is still plenty of good music to go round. Now, I don't really want to make anyone upset or cause any metal heart a torrent of rusty tears, but I would probably go as far as to say that there is still plenty of MUCH BETTER music to go round. And the best examples await you just after the jump.

Coleman's 1990's; Part three - 1992

Since 1991 was such a short year in music (only 2 songs worth remembering, huh?) it seems that the 1992 was trying hard to make up for it and then some. I've just had a quick peek - ten songs and artists varying from Bel Canto to Laibach, from Alice in Chains to Leonard Cohen. Wow, I must have been taking a lot in that year. To think of it, it was still my first year at secondary school (the old system in Poland was completely different with 8 years of primary and 4 for secondary), still surrounded by fairly new people, and still clinging to a bunch of the old ones. And some of that bridging seems to be present in my music choice of that year. Let's see how many memories I'm going to be able to dig up then.

Coleman's 1990's; Part two - 1991

Time to carry on the preview of the Nineties to keep the blog alive. You wouldn't believe that at this stage it has 4 (FOUR) contributing authors out of whom some didn't even bother to read what's been posted so far. Well, time (and blog) waits for no one. 1991 is here and it seems to have been a very brief year indeed.

Coleman's 1990's; Part one - 1990

There is no doubt that the Nineties were the busiest decade for me, music-wise. I've entered my Sturm und Drang teens and for the first time became properly music aware. Then, (seems today-) just as suddenly I've waved goodbye those teens and welcomed my twenties. Since I was blessed with a good handful of friends with original and eclectic musical tastes, something new and exciting was always just round the corner. We've had the classical one (aka Ciupi), the punk one (aka Adasiek), the Rush-and-everything-six-string-bass-else and me (aka Misiek), and a vampire for dummies (not known as anything particular to my frustration). It was the golden age of discovery, broadening horizons, the time of listening to albums (although on cassettes) late at night, with the headphones on. You know, those most fantastic years of your life, as you remember them :) And it all (chronologically) started like this:

Coleman's 1990s - The tracklist

Let's kick off with a list of my favourites of the Nineties. As dates in brackets indicate, they're organised chronologically as putting them into worst-to-best (or other way round) order would simply be impossible. Even the whole selection, should I be doing it today, would most likely look a little bit different, let alone picking that best of the best. So, have a look at the running order, the detailed descriptions and explanations of choices will follow very shortly.


Find the full list after the break: