Top 91 Music Albums of 1993
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1993 – LONDON
Produced By STEWART LEVINE
1. This Is It (Your Soul)
2. One Tongue
3. An Emotional Time
4. Be Good
5. Good For You
6. Isn’t It Amazing
7. Thing Of Beauty
8. Your Nature
9. Spirit Of The Land
10. Gypsy Fair
11. Stand Beside Me
The 1988 debut album from Hothouse Flowers is the most successful 1st effort in Irish history. They were discovered by Bono, and “Don’t Go” was a massive hit. Their second disc, Home, was also a big hit for them. Songs From The Rain was their third and final number one album in Ireland, and
marks their transition from being one of that country’s most promising bands to simply being bland and ordinary. It didn’t help that after touring for Songs From The Rain, the band took five years off. And that was pretty much the last gasp of fame for Hothouse Flowers. There was still hope for them in 1993, however, and there are some moments that flash to the enormous potential that they had shown earlier. But those moments were becoming fewer and fewer rather quickly.
The best track on Songs From The Rain is “Thing Of Beauty”, a fine pop song with layers of gospel vocals and a nifty guitar hook. “This Is It (Your Soul)” is not far behind, and “An Emotional Time” is very good. But there is also a lot of very bland music here…the songwriting from this band was beginning to flatline, and at times it’s almost painful to hear. In the end, Songs From The Rain is a sometimes pretty, and sometimes dull album that is, as a whole, average at best. They’ve made only three albums since this one, all of which are lacking great songwriting. The first two from this group are the ones to have. You might enjoy this one as well, but it’s not up to their earlier standard, and is pretty clearly the beginning of the end for a once very promising band. [First added to this chart: 11/06/2022]
Produced By STEWART LEVINE
1. This Is It (Your Soul)
2. One Tongue
3. An Emotional Time
4. Be Good
5. Good For You
6. Isn’t It Amazing
7. Thing Of Beauty
8. Your Nature
9. Spirit Of The Land
10. Gypsy Fair
11. Stand Beside Me
The 1988 debut album from Hothouse Flowers is the most successful 1st effort in Irish history. They were discovered by Bono, and “Don’t Go” was a massive hit. Their second disc, Home, was also a big hit for them. Songs From The Rain was their third and final number one album in Ireland, and
marks their transition from being one of that country’s most promising bands to simply being bland and ordinary. It didn’t help that after touring for Songs From The Rain, the band took five years off. And that was pretty much the last gasp of fame for Hothouse Flowers. There was still hope for them in 1993, however, and there are some moments that flash to the enormous potential that they had shown earlier. But those moments were becoming fewer and fewer rather quickly.
The best track on Songs From The Rain is “Thing Of Beauty”, a fine pop song with layers of gospel vocals and a nifty guitar hook. “This Is It (Your Soul)” is not far behind, and “An Emotional Time” is very good. But there is also a lot of very bland music here…the songwriting from this band was beginning to flatline, and at times it’s almost painful to hear. In the end, Songs From The Rain is a sometimes pretty, and sometimes dull album that is, as a whole, average at best. They’ve made only three albums since this one, all of which are lacking great songwriting. The first two from this group are the ones to have. You might enjoy this one as well, but it’s not up to their earlier standard, and is pretty clearly the beginning of the end for a once very promising band. [First added to this chart: 11/06/2022]
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1993 – ISLAND
Produced By STEPHEN STREET
1. I Still Do
2. Dreams
3. Sunday
4. Pretty
5. Waltzing Back
6. Not Sorry
7. Linger
8. Wanted
9. Still Can’t…
10. I Will Always
11. How
12. Put Me Down
There are two interesting things about The Cranberries. One is that their original name was The Cranberry Saw Us. The other is their lead singer, Dolores O’Riordan. As a band, the rest of the Berries don’t stand out much…they play a kind of dreamy pop that fades pretty quickly into the background. What gives life to the band is O’Riordan and her alternately powerful and sweet vocals. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We is their debut album, and brought them instant success on the strength of the singles “Dreams” and “Linger”. The high points here may be “Still Can’t…” and “How”, which forgoe the sweet mellowness and actually rock a bit, giving a glimpse of what O’Riordan and the rest of the Berries are capable of when they wake up and get things moving, an unfortunate rarity for them. They did this to greater effect on the big hit from the next album, “Zombie”. There should be more moments like these here, but there aren’t.
Although “Zombie” from No Need To Argue may be their best song, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? remains their best and most consistent album. “Linger is still a pretty irresistible single, and O’Riordan’s unique voice is truly the strength of the band…and they know it very well. She’s the centerpiece of every track, as she should be. The Cranberries have, unfortunately, not had a lot of great ideas, but except for a break between 2004 and 2008, they have stayed true to themselves and to their sound. They’ve released only one album in the last 15 years (Roses), but they do continue to tour. O’Riordan has also released some solo albums, but the best place to experience her part yodeling, fully Limerick vocals is on this album. The Cranberries may not be the most exciting band in the world, but, especially here, what they do is quite pretty and worth hearing. (Saw them live at the Whisky in LA before their hiatus…it was not very memorable). [First added to this chart: 10/24/2016]
Produced By STEPHEN STREET
1. I Still Do
2. Dreams
3. Sunday
4. Pretty
5. Waltzing Back
6. Not Sorry
7. Linger
8. Wanted
9. Still Can’t…
10. I Will Always
11. How
12. Put Me Down
There are two interesting things about The Cranberries. One is that their original name was The Cranberry Saw Us. The other is their lead singer, Dolores O’Riordan. As a band, the rest of the Berries don’t stand out much…they play a kind of dreamy pop that fades pretty quickly into the background. What gives life to the band is O’Riordan and her alternately powerful and sweet vocals. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We is their debut album, and brought them instant success on the strength of the singles “Dreams” and “Linger”. The high points here may be “Still Can’t…” and “How”, which forgoe the sweet mellowness and actually rock a bit, giving a glimpse of what O’Riordan and the rest of the Berries are capable of when they wake up and get things moving, an unfortunate rarity for them. They did this to greater effect on the big hit from the next album, “Zombie”. There should be more moments like these here, but there aren’t.
Although “Zombie” from No Need To Argue may be their best song, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? remains their best and most consistent album. “Linger is still a pretty irresistible single, and O’Riordan’s unique voice is truly the strength of the band…and they know it very well. She’s the centerpiece of every track, as she should be. The Cranberries have, unfortunately, not had a lot of great ideas, but except for a break between 2004 and 2008, they have stayed true to themselves and to their sound. They’ve released only one album in the last 15 years (Roses), but they do continue to tour. O’Riordan has also released some solo albums, but the best place to experience her part yodeling, fully Limerick vocals is on this album. The Cranberries may not be the most exciting band in the world, but, especially here, what they do is quite pretty and worth hearing. (Saw them live at the Whisky in LA before their hiatus…it was not very memorable). [First added to this chart: 10/24/2016]
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Top 91 Music Albums of 1993 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Belly (US) | 2 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 2 | 2% | |
| Hothouse Flowers | 1 | 1% | |
| Candlebox | 1 | 1% | |
| John Hiatt | 1 | 1% | |
| The Cranberries | 1 | 1% | |
| Babble | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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65 | 71% | |
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10 | 11% | |
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6 | 7% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 91 Music Albums of 1993 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 31st to 30th Transmissions From The Satellite Heart by The Flaming Lips |
| Up 1 from 30th to 29th Debut by Björk |
| Up 1 from 29th to 28th Recipe For Hate by Bad Religion |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 11 from 20th to 31st Bloody Kisses by Type O Negative |
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From guigs13 01/06/2013 18:14 | #60401
Some really good albums!
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