poptimists | The History Of Jop Part 13 aka It's fun to lose and to pretend

Back after a short absence it's the Pazz and Jop poll for 1991 - a particular blockbuster of a poll this with TEN ticks to be shared between 28 singles (would have been 29 but for C&C Music Factory cropping up last year too).

There's a fair bit of ground to cover in the comments boxes, I'm thinking!

[Poll #845917]

1990: Time For The (Poptimist) Guru

1. Groove Is In The Heart (48 votes)
2. Vogue (42)
3. Nothing Compares 2 U (34)
4. Gonna Make You Sweat (28)
5. Been Caught Stealin (26)
6. Justify My Love (25)
7. Hold On (24)
8. Kool Thing (21)
9. Epic (19)
10=. Welcome To The Terrordome (18)
10=. 911 Is A Joke (18)

Note very rapid drop off in vote totals from 1-3 down.

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I bought this from Rough Trade on 10" at the time. (The MM "Single of the Week" review more than a little responsible for this purchase.) I liked it then. I knew it had something special about it, as did the rest of the EP. But I ranked "Super-Electric" way down in my songs list for 1991 (a lowly #70). Just one of many indie-noise-pop singles and EPs that were knocking around at the time.

It was not until I saw the groop play live for the first time in 1992 that my (still-ongoing) obsession with them really took off.

The History Of Jop Part 13 aka It's fun to lose and to pretend

Super-electric