Best Album of 1993

Very interesting battle going on in the 1992 poll between REM and Rage Against The Machine, probably the most exciting we've had to date. The poll remains open for another few days so vote if you haven't already. Anyway here's the picks for the 1993 poll,

Well this ain't getting any easier anyway. I love the Tindersticks album, think the Bjork album probably sounds the best today, prefer In Utero to Nevermind, and I love both PJ Harvey and Liz Phair, but it came down to a choice between Blur and the Pumpkins for me, with Blur winning because that band meant more to me than the Smashing Pumpkins

Liz Phair - Never Said - Exile In Guyville



Nirvana - Rape Me - In Utero



Bjork - Big Time Sensuality - Debut

PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me - Rid Of Me



Blur - Chemical World - Modern Life Is Rubbish



Smashing Pumpkins - Today - Siamese Dream

Snoop Dogg - Who Am I - Doggystyle



Tindersticks - Can We Start Again - Tindersticks 1



Radiohead - Creep - Pablohoney

very close between Siamese Dream and Pablo Honey - 2 amazing albums in their own right. I went with Siamese Dreams because i listen to more songs today from that album than i do from Pablo Honey... honourable mention to Blur and Tindersticks.

While I like the Snoop Dogg one, I'm going for a different hip hop album from '93.

Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)

One of the finest East Coast hip hop albums and one of the best debuts ever. Protect Ya Neck was their debut single.

The video's a bit odd. All curses are censored, except the n-word. :confused:

Has to be Siamese Dream, very tough decision. Mayonnaise one of my favourite songs of all time. Closely followed by Blur and Nirvana.

An odd year for me, this, obviously, as every single one of the albums I thought about picking are missing from the poll!
Belly - 'Star', Underworld - 'Dubnobasswithmyheadman', and The Breeders - 'Last Splash' (which I'd think should garner a few votes) all conspicuous by their absence.
A more obscure treasure was Transglobal Underground's debut, and still best effort, 'Dream of 100 Nations', a gorgeous album.
But as one I haven't stopped listening to since it came out, and still as fresh as ever, my vote is for Utah Saints' self-titled album. Was originally released in the US in late '92 but not here or the UK (with the blue cover) until '93.

Had to vote other, and go with the home town vote
The Cranberries - Everyone else is doing it, so why can't we?

also, some albums that aren't on the list, but should be
No Cure For Cancer - Denis Leary (ok, not technically an "album" but worthy of inclusion IMO)
Happy Nation - Ace of Base (crap now, but many fond memories of listening to them)
Emergency On Planet Earth - Jamiroquai (not as good as their later stuff, but still well worth a listen)
Zooropa - U2 (In general, not their best, but has my favorite U2 track ever - Stay (Faraway, so close!))
God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies
VS - Pearl Jam
Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell - Meatloaf

I'll try and keep the Pumpkins ahead on this one though it was actually well into 94 before I started listening to Siamese Dream.

Some good calls from Stann on Belly and Breeders.

Onto the list of commendations I'd like to add...

*Thirteen by Teenage Fanclub
*Chaos AD by Sepultura
*This Leaden Pall by Half Man Half Biscuit
*Big Red Letter Day by Buffalo Tom

It was a year I was often afraid to go near a radio or TV set most of the time. I didn't get the whole Bjork thing AT ALL. Though it was the likes of the ****ing Beloved who really had me diving for cover. They were everywhere. Music to shop to. Instant mash set to audio. Actually that's not fair ...quite like instant mash.

Voted other Cypress Hill-Black Sunday classic hip-hop album, with Pearl Jam Vs a close 2nd.

As jebus is probably sick of doing it, I'll put a reminder in to people who vote 'Other' to let him know what that other is, or your vote is worth f*** all.
Specially in this case as it's quite possible it may be for an album that might challenge for the honour.
Not looking at anyone in particular Dodge and The Optimist. :)

Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle easily the best album of 93

Sweet Jebus, 1993 was a **** year for music.

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Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon

Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle easily the best album of 93

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Its not even the best hip-hop album of 1993.
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday & Wu-tang Clan- Enter the wu-tang easily beat it

The best album of 1993, in fact one of my main contenders for number one album of the last twenty years, is "I've Seen Everything" by the Trashcan Sinatras. They are sublime and it's an immaculate album. This is the gospel according to me.

I'm going for Tindersticks début. (Your link, Jebus, is from Simple Pleasures which came out about six years later. What you want is the Jarvis Cocker directed 'City Sickness')

At the time I remember it being a kind of post-grunge pre-brit-pop wishy-washy time, with a few exceptions, then this sprawling album came along, like nothing else around at the time. Sure, I still listen to Star, Last Splash, Siamese Dreams (occasionally), but this is the one I return to most often.

Another one not mentioned yet that deserves to be:
Mazzy Star - So tonight that I might see

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Originally Posted by noby

Another one not mentioned yet that deserves to be:
Mazzy Star - So tonight that I might see

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Great album that wasn't included due to the lack of support I'd imagine it would get, doesn't explain why I put in Liz Phair though :p She Hangs Brightly is Mazzy Stars best work in my book though

Other... The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps

David Gray - A Century Ends & The Cranberries everybody else... were the 2 most listened to at the time & the only 2 that still visit the turntable on a semi regular basis. A pretty poor year in comparrison to the previous 2

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Another one not mentioned yet that deserves to be:
Mazzy Star - So tonight that I might see

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That has a couple of good songs, but it's hardly an album of the year contender.

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Its not even the best hip-hop album of 1993.
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday & Wu-tang Clan- Enter the wu-tang easily beat it

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I'd put Doggystyle ahead of Black Sunday. I would have listened to both of them ad nauseum back in the day, but I reckon Doggystyle has aged better. Never really got into the Wu Tang Clan, too angry for me.

Don't really care that much for the listed albums that I have heard (Siamese Dream was amazing on first listen but I don't like it as much anymore, Pablo Honey is just alright, while In Utero has some brilliant punk tracks as well as All Apologies but I don't listen to it much) so I'm goin to plump for Frank Black's vastly underrated eponymous CD. A load of fantastic poppy songs along with a few other great Pixies-like tracks (Parry The Wind High, Low and Los Angeles, for example) make it one of my favourite albums of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDVgfnyHP0c

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Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon

I'd put Doggystyle ahead of Black Sunday. I would have listened to both of them ad nauseum back in the day, but I reckon Doggystyle has aged better. Never really got into the Wu Tang Clan, too angry for me.

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IMO Snoop Dog isn't a good rapper, alot of his music sounds very similar, these days he is more a pop artist, than hip-hop, and he is a complete and utter scumbag to boot

My significant other is Suede (by Suede.) Melancholy and naive vulnerability which got mistaken for Britpop.

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Originally Posted by Sheridan

My significant other is Suede (by Suede.) Melancholy and naive vulnerability which got mistaken for Britpop.

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Yeah that one slipped the net, great album, prefer Dog Man Star though, which was releaed the next year.

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IMO Snoop Dog isn't a good rapper, alot of his music sounds very similar, these days he is more a pop artist, than hip-hop, and he is a complete and utter scumbag to boot

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I agree, a lot of his latest stuff isn't great but Doggystyle was an absolute cracker of an album. A lot of it was down the Dr Dre's production and the G-funk sound. Snoop's style was something new at the time and with tracks like Gin and juice, Whats My Name and Murder Was the Case, guest performers like Dre and Warren G it was and still is one of the best hip hop albums of all time.

What you think of him personally or what his more recent work is like doesn't come into it.

Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish

Influenced by sentiment here as I was pleasantly surprised at how good this album was on its release and I was quite evangelical on spreading the word of its goodness to anyone who'd listen.

Very few people were interested in the band at the time - they were viewed as "baggy" casualties with no direction.

Little did we know "Parklife" was a year away........................

Amazing how much this album is overlooked. Their best of collection only had one song featured from this. And Parklife was pretty sh!t but hailed as their best by most.

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Originally Posted by Wolfie

Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish

Influenced by sentiment here as I was pleasantly surprised at how good this album was on its release and I was quite evangelical on spreading the word of its goodness to anyone who'd listen.

Very few people were interested in the band at the time - they were viewed as "baggy" casualties with no direction.

Little did we know "Parklife" was a year away........................

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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Had to vote other, and go with the home town vote
The Cranberries - Everyone else is doing it, so why can't we?

also, some albums that aren't on the list, but should be
No Cure For Cancer - Denis Leary (ok, not technically an "album" but worthy of inclusion IMO)
Happy Nation - Ace of Base (crap now, but many fond memories of listening to them)
Emergency On Planet Earth - Jamiroquai (not as good as their later stuff, but still well worth a listen)
Zooropa - U2 (In general, not their best, but has my favorite U2 track ever - Stay (Faraway, so close!))
God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies
VS - Pearl Jam
Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell - Meatloaf

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Cranberries seconded.

I much prefer this selection too - Jebus out :p