10 Amazing Albums Turning 30 In 2021

Despite being a transitionary year for rock music, any real style of rock was fair game to make it on top of the charts in 1991. Aside from the legacy acts trying to hold on for dear life, things were slowly starting to shift in England before the alternative movement kicked into high gear, with the Stone Roses already gaining traction. If you're talking '90s rock though, the shoegaze movement starts here with Loveless.

While most fans of the genre had gotten used to some more trippy albums in the late '80s, My Bloody Valentine hit upon genius on this record, putting together caustic backing tracks with some of the most elegant singing of the modern age from Bilinda Butcher. Drenching each guitar in layers of feedback and echo, the whole record creates a sonic wall of sound in your mind, almost as if you're becoming airborne without ever leaving your seat.

Going forward, this was also pivotal in launching legions of bands, from the boom of shoegaze centric acts to the gluttonous amount of post rock bands still trying to coax off of the goodwill of these instrumentals. The word grunge may have been the order of the day, but if you wanted to know how to really mess with some heads, this is how you do it right.