Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 by desh79

Had I known that 1993 would be my last full year in Hamburg (before ensuing upon my 16-year-long stint in good old Blighty), I would have spent more time enjoying the sights and sounds of this wonderful city, instead of sitting in my bedroom wallowing in teenage self-pity whilst listening to hours upon hours of music, but at least I got a fairly decent Besteveralbums list out of it, didn't I. So, small mercies and all that.

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In Utero 

 Nirvana

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At the time, the fact that this was obviously the work of a very troubled individual (QED, alas) completely passed me by, but notwithstanding, I still love this angry, magnificent monster of an album. [First added to this chart: 05/06/2017]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,701 charts

Rank Score:

18,948

Rank in 1993:

2

Rank in 1990s:

10

Overall Rank:

60

Average Rating:

 84 (2,608 votes)

Comments:

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The First Tindersticks Album 

 Tindersticks

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Now here's an album that isn't particularly loud or angry, at least on the surface - it's more a brooding Heathcliffe of a record, quietly sitting by the bar with red rimmed eyes while slowly sipping its third Old Fashioned of the evening and wondering where it all went wrong. Sometimes a forlorn sigh can be just as visceral as a scream. [First added to this chart: 05/06/2017]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

167 charts

Rank Score:

1,098

Rank in 1993:

26

Rank in 1990s:

294

Overall Rank:

1,568

Average Rating:

 79 (184 votes)

Comments:

12

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Suede 

 Suede

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Suede's debut is widely regarded as Britpop's zero hour (either that or Spike Island - it depends on who you ask), but it's debatable whether this album - and, in fact, the band - were actually helped by being lumped in with the "Go home yanks!"-crowd. Such was the sheer desperation of the British music press to have a homegrown musical movement to rival the grunge tsunami of 1992, coupled with a hefty dose of good old-fashioned jingoism, but Suede and their first album were so unbelievably bloody good that this kind of assistance probably wasn't required.

All the cultural baggage aside, this is a great debut album (for the record, So Young is one of my favourite album openers of all-time) and easily one of the musical highlights of the early 90s. [First added to this chart: 05/06/2017]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

389 charts

Rank Score:

2,983

Rank in 1993:

8

Rank in 1990s:

101

Overall Rank:

592

Average Rating:

 78 (514 votes)

Comments:

19

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Siamese Dream 

 The Smashing Pumpkins

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When we moved to England in March/April 1994, we basically lived in an empty house for a couple of days before our furniture was shipped over. All I had was a portable stereo and a couple of CDs, including this one. Thus Cherub Rock was the first song I ever heard in my new home in England, and it's probably for that reason that it remains my favourite Pumpkins song to this day (even though Tonight Tonight keeps giving it a really really close run for its money, as well it should).

That aside, what sets Siamese Dream apart from its alt-rock contemporaries is that it's technically so astute, I can still discover new things or still wonder what instruments I am actually listening to here (the first 15 seconds of Hummer - what is that? Seriously, what the fuck is that? What am I listening to?). Siamese Dream still gives me the same sense of wonder I had when I was 12 and listened to Sgt. Pepper for the very first time. A lot of hard work went into this album, but it's also a lot of FUN! to listen to - something that actually applies to most Pumpkins releases. [First added to this chart: 05/06/2017]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

1,556 charts

Rank Score:

19,456

Rank in 1993:

1

Rank in 1990s:

8

Overall Rank:

54

Average Rating:

 85 (1,888 votes)

Comments:

149

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New Wave 

 The Auteurs

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Luke Haines is a strange man. I shudder to think what going for a pint with him would be like. Chances are he would stare at me for two hours over his pint of Murphy's - not blinking once - before abruptly and suddenly leaving without having said a single word or taken a sip from his finest of Irish ales. And yet I would still feel like I have just been in the presence of a demi-God, solely on account of this wonderful album here. The lyrics to Bailed Out? Valet Parking? That marvellous scathing wit so glaringly obvious in every single song here? Oscar Wilde is a mere amateur in comparison. [First added to this chart: 05/06/2017]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

531

Rank in 1993:

48

Rank in 1990s:

510

Overall Rank:

2,874

Average Rating:

 77 (97 votes)

Comments:

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Vs. 

 Pearl Jam

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It's easy to forget what a huge deal this album was when it came out. Vs was the fastest-selling album EVER at the time, which I guess means that Pearl Jam were the Adele of their day. Seriously, if you'd told someone in, say, 1988 that five years in the future a quasi-punk genre called grunge would conquer the globe and an album that didn't have a single or a music video (and some highly politicised lyrics for good measure) would sell in the millions, you probably would've been sectioned. Nowhere near as good as Ten, but then not many albums are. Back in 1993 the only Christmas present I really wanted. [First added to this chart: 05/06/2017]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

659 charts

Rank Score:

5,509

Rank in 1993:

5

Rank in 1990s:

62

Overall Rank:

328

Average Rating:

 80 (985 votes)

Comments:

61

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Songs Of Faith And Devotion 

 Depeche Mode

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I'm still proud as punch that this was recorded in my home town of Hamburg. [First added to this chart: 05/06/2017]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

303 charts

Rank Score:

2,016

Rank in 1993:

17

Rank in 1990s:

168

Overall Rank:

891

Average Rating:

 77 (431 votes)

Comments:

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8. (13) 5

Souvlaki 

 Slowdive

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[First added to this chart: 05/06/2017]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

883 charts

Rank Score:

12,300

Rank in 1993:

4

Rank in 1990s:

22

Overall Rank:

116

Average Rating:

 85 (978 votes)

Comments:

76

9. (8) 1

Orbital (1993) 

 Orbital

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IDM's zero hour? Quite possibly hyperbole on my behalf, but sometime in the early 90s, the baton initially carried by the likes of Kraftwerk, Front 242 and Göttsching (not all at the same time, mind) was taken on almost exclusively by British electronic musicians like FSOL, Aphex Twin, and, lo and behold, the Hartnoll brothers. [First added to this chart: 05/06/2017]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

114 charts

Rank Score:

465

Rank in 1993:

54

Rank in 1990s:

558

Overall Rank:

3,185

Average Rating:

 77 (127 votes)

Comments:

5

10. (9) 1

Zooropa 

 U2

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I remember being really excited about this album in '93, but critics really seemed to hate it at the time. It was derided for all sorts of reasons, though chances are that it simply suffered from over-arching expectations following the massive success of Achtung Baby. In any case, the negative reception was probably what ensured that Zooropa would be U2's last foray into art rock, and their last genuine attempt at trying something innovative and zeitgeisty with the rock genre. [First added to this chart: 05/06/2017]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

279 charts

Rank Score:

1,516

Rank in 1993:

19

Rank in 1990s:

221

Overall Rank:

1,172

Average Rating:

 70 (607 votes)

Comments:

30

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Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Suede	1	1%
Tears For Fears	1	1%
The Sabres Of Paradise	1	1%
New Order	1	1%
Sting	1	1%
Urge Overkill	1	1%
Salt-N-Pepa	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	42	42%
	37	37%
	9	9%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 chart changes

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Up 5 from 13th to 8th Souvlaki by Slowdive

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 11th to 13th So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star
Down 1 from 8th to 9th Orbital (1993) by Orbital
Down 1 from 9th to 10th Zooropa by U2

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