Melody Maker Best Albums of 1993
by Melody Maker (1993)

Melody Maker was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies. These are their best albums of 1993.

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1.

The First Tindersticks Album 

 Tindersticks

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

174 charts

Rank Score:

1,059

Rank in 1993:

26

Rank in 1990s:

295

Overall Rank:

1,607

Average Rating:

 79 (187 votes)

Comments:

12

2.

Gentlemen 

 The Afghan Whigs

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

227 charts

Rank Score:

1,297

Rank in 1993:

23

Rank in 1990s:

246

Overall Rank:

1,331

Average Rating:

 77 (271 votes)

Comments:

10

3.

Star 

 Belly (US)

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

113 charts

Rank Score:

390

Rank in 1993:

62

Rank in 1990s:

623

Overall Rank:

3,719

Average Rating:

 76 (112 votes)

Comments:

6

4.

Vs. 

 Pearl Jam

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

684 charts

Rank Score:

5,209

Rank in 1993:

6

Rank in 1990s:

65

Overall Rank:

332

Average Rating:

 80 (1,009 votes)

Comments:

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5.

Suede 

 Suede

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

416 charts

Rank Score:

3,137

Rank in 1993:

8

Rank in 1990s:

96

Overall Rank:

559

Average Rating:

 78 (539 votes)

Comments:

21

6.

Debut 

 Björk

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

768 charts

Rank Score:

5,320

Rank in 1993:

5

Rank in 1990s:

61

Overall Rank:

325

Average Rating:

 80 (1,052 votes)

Comments:

51

7.

Where You Been 

 Dinosaur Jr.

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

203 charts

Rank Score:

1,026

Rank in 1993:

27

Rank in 1990s:

305

Overall Rank:

1,654

Average Rating:

 78 (221 votes)

Comments:

8

8.

Bring It Down 

 Madder Rose

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

30

Rank in 1993:

447

Rank in 1990s:

4,509

Overall Rank:

28,786

Average Rating:

 74 (12 votes)

Comments:

1

9.

Fuzzy 

 Grant Lee Buffalo

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Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

697

Rank in 1993:

38

Rank in 1990s:

403

Overall Rank:

2,295

Average Rating:

 75 (128 votes)

Comments:

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10.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 

 Aphex Twin

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Year of Release:

1992*

Appears in:

695 charts

Rank Score:

6,696

Rank in 1992:

5

Rank in 1990s:

50

Overall Rank:

244

Average Rating:

 83 (892 votes)

Comments:

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Melody Maker Best Albums of 1993 composition

Artist	Albums	%
PJ Harvey	2	5%
Madder Rose	1	3%
The Auteurs	1	3%
The Boo Radleys	1	3%
Grant Lee Buffalo	1	3%
New Order	1	3%
The Smashing Pumpkins	1	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	21	53%
	17	43%
	1	3%
	1	3%

Melody Maker Best Albums of 1993 similarity to your chart(s)

Other 1993 year charts

Listed below are 26 charts from recognised sources for 1993. There are also 441 user submitted charts covering this period.

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Canadian Critics Poll 1993	Eye Weekly	1993 year chart	1993
Recordings Of The Year 1993	The Face	1993 year chart	1993
Best Albums 1993	Fast 'n' Bulbous	1993 year chart	1993
fRoots Album Of The Year 1993	fRoots	1993 year chart	1993
Top 40 Hip Hop Albums 1993	HipHopGoldenAge	1993 year chart	2020
Albums Of The Year 1993	Iguana	1993 year chart	1993
Les Inrocks Albums of the Year 1993	Les Inrocks	1993 year chart	1993
Kerrang!'s Albums Of 1993	Kerrang!	1993 year chart	1993
Best Of 1993: 30 Jahre, 30 Alben	laut	1993 year chart	2023
Best Albums 1993	Magnet	1993 year chart	1993
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1993	Melody Maker	1993 year chart	1993
The 50 Best Albums of 1993	Musikexpress.de	1993 year chart	1993
NME Albums Of The Year 1993	New Music Express	1993 year chart	2016
Jaarlijst Oor 1993	OOR	1993 year chart	1993
The Best Albums of 1993	Paste	1993 year chart	1993
Best Albums 1993	Rock Sound (France)	1993 year chart	1993
RockdeLux Discos internacionales 1993	Rockdelux	1993 year chart	1993
Albums Of The Year 1993	Select	1993 year chart	1993
The 10 Best Albums of 1993	Slant Magazine	1993 year chart	2017
The 35 Best Albums of 1993	Spex	1993 year chart	1993
20 Best Albums of 1993	Spin	1993 year chart	1993
The Best Albums of 1993	uDiscoverMusic	1993 year chart	2023
Village Voice Albums of the Year 1993	Village Voice	1993 year chart	1993
Albums of the Year 1993	Vox Magazine	1993 year chart	1993
Top Albums of 1993	The Wire	1993 year chart	1993
Best Of 1993	WOXY.com	1993 year chart	1993

Other charts by Melody Maker

Year charts

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Melody Maker Best Albums of 2000	Melody Maker	2000 year chart	2000
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Melody Maker Best Albums of 1996	Melody Maker	1996 year chart	1996
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1995	Melody Maker	1995 year chart	1995
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1994	Melody Maker	1994 year chart	1994
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1993	Melody Maker	1993 year chart	1993
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1992	Melody Maker	1992 year chart	1992
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1991	Melody Maker	1991 year chart	1991
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1990	Melody Maker	1990 year chart	1990
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1989	Melody Maker	1989 year chart	1989
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1988	Melody Maker	1988 year chart	1988
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1987	Melody Maker	1987 year chart	1987
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1986	Melody Maker	1986 year chart	1986
End Of Year Critic Lists - 1984	Melody Maker	1984 year chart	1984
Melody Maker Best Albums of 1979	Melody Maker	1979 year chart	1979

Decade charts

Overall charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	Melody Maker	Overall chart	2000

[Melody Maker was founded in 1926 and disbanded in 2000.]

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80/100	01/22/2025 17:37	Johnnyo	2,525	80/100
80/100	01/03/2017 16:41	desh79	1,278	93/100

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From desh79 01/03/2017 16:41

A good list, slightly idiosyncratic (Afghan Whigs? Belly?), but from a period when Melody Maker was still worth taking seriously. Unfortunately the magazine started seriously losing the plot shortly thereafter (Menswear, Romo, etc).

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