Rage Against the Machine's self-titled debut won 1992. Let's see who wins 1993. Billboard chart-topping albums of 1993: Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard (cont. from 1992) Eric Clapton - Unplugged (cont. from 1992) Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion Aerosmith - Get a Grip Janet Jackson - Janet Barbara Streisand - Back to Broadway U2 - Zooropa Cypress Hill - Black Sunday Soundtrack - Sleepless in Seattle Billy Joel - River of Dreams Garth Brooks - In Pieces Nirvana - In Utero Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell II Pearl Jam - Vs. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle Mariah Carey - Music Box Billboard chart-topping singles of 1993: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (cont. from 1992) Peabo Bryson - A Whole New World (cont. from 1992) Snow - Informer (cont. from 1992) Silk - Freak Me Janet Jackson - That's the Way Love Goes SWV - Weak UB40 - Can't Help Falling in Love Mariah Carey - Dreamlover Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything for Love Janet Jackson - Again Mariah Carey - Hero What are your top three albums for 1993? We will keep a running tally and eventually have some sort of bracket. For me it would be: 1. Nirvana - In Utero 2. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 3. Pearl Jam - Vs. What are some of the forgotten gems from the year? What is overrated? What did you discover at a young age and what did you discover later? YEARS IN MUSIC • forum.chorus.fm
others in the top 15: 4. counting crows - august and everything after 5. quicksand - slip 6. a tribe called quest - midnight marauders 7. fugazi - in on the kill taker 8. dinosaur jr. - where you been 9. the verve - a storm in heaven 10. uncle tupelo - anodyne 11. slowdive - souvlaki 12. entombed - wolverine blues 13. the breeders - last splash 14. unwound - fake train 15. archers of loaf - icky mettle honorable mentions: afghan whigs - gentlemen built to spill - ultimate alternative wavers dark throne - under a funeral moon garth brooks - in pieces guided by voices - vampire on titus hum - electra 2000 neurosis - enemy of the sun primus - pork soda radiohead - pablo honey sebadoh - bubble and scrape sugar - beaster superchunk - on the mouth the the - dusk tool - undertow stuff to check out: billy joel - river of dreams bjork - debut cypress hill - black sunday de la soul - buhloone mindstate depeche mode - songs of faith and devotion earth - ii frank black - frank black goo goo dolls - superstar car wash lenny kravitz - are you gonna go my way liz fair - exile in guyville manic street preachers - gold against the soul mariah carey - music box matthew sweet - altered beast mazzy star - so tonight that i might see the roots - organix! shaquille o’neal - shaq diesel snoop dogg - doggystyle wu tang clan - enter the wu tang (36 chambers) yo la tengo - painful
1. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 2. Nirvana - In Utero 3. Breeders - Last Splash From here out will be crazy hard for me. Following this exercise has really made me realize some of my blindspots, and as someone pretty well versed in the 60s but with only select favorites from the 70s and 80s, it's been a pretty long stretch where I haven't had what feels like an educated opinion outside of Pixies good and Loveless GOAT. 1993, in which I turned 5 years old, kind of feels like it marks the start of the music of my conscious lifetime. Still thinking about the 60 songs that explain the 90s episode about SP where Bill Simmons said it should have ended with Silverfuck. Sweet Sweet forever.
1. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 2. Pearl Jam - Vs. 3. 311 - Music ------------------------------------ 4. Nirvana - In Utero 5. Tool - Undertow 6. Radiohead - Pablo Honey 7. Tears For Fears - Elemental 8. Counting Crows - August And Everything After 9. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 10. Quicksand - Slip 11. Guided By Voices - Vampire On Titus 12. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders 13. Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker 14. Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion 15. The Cranberries - Everyone Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? 16. Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales 17. Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish 18. Clutch - Transnational Speedway League: Anthems, Anecdotes and Undeniable Truths 19. Teenage Fanclub - Thirteen 20. Rancid - Rancid Honorable Mention: The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen Bad Religion - Recipe For Hate The Breeders - Last Splash Candlebox - Candlebox Collective Soul - Hints, Allegations, & Things Left Unsaid Cracker - Kerosene Hat David Bowie - Black Tie White Noise Duran Duran - Duran Duran Goo Goo Dolls - Superstar Car Wash The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way Porno For Pyros - Porno For Pyros Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club Slowdive - Souvlaki Suede - Suede Sugar - Beaster U2 - Zooropa Yo La Tengo - Painful Checking out full album for the first time: Aerosmith - Get A Grip Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle Belly - Star Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Sister Sweetly Billy Joel - River Of Dreams Bjork - Debut Built To Spill - Ultimate Alternative Wavers Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart Hum - Electra2000 James - Laid Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against The Soul Matthew Sweet - Altered Beast Monster Magnet - Superjudge Paul McCartney - Off The Ground Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs Phish - Rift Primus - Pork Soda Superchunk - On The Mouth Trashcan Sinatras - I've Seen Everything Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne Urge Overkill - Saturation The Verve - A Storm in Heaven
The importance of those Top 4 records on my formative years is absolutely immeasurable. They are all such classics and the order could switch any day depending on my mood. My other hot take is that I would potentially take Vs. and In Utero over Ten and Nevermind. But fortunately, we don't have to choose, we can keep them all!
Alright, let's see what we have this year.... 1. Björk - Debut 2. Tool - Undertow 3. Janet Jackson - janet. 4. Nirvana - In Utero 5. Radiohead - Pablo Honey 6. Jellyfish - Spilt Milk 7. Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish 8. Aerosmith - Get A Grip 9. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle 10. The Flaming Lips - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart 11. Pearl Jam - Vs. 12. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 13. Counting Crows - August and Everything After 14. Billy Joel - River of Dreams 15. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders I also dug Porno for Pyros - Porno for Pyros, but only have heard it once
1. Bjork - Debut 2. Kate Bush - The Red Shoes 3. Counting Crows - August and Everything After Number one was the easiest choice, Bjork's debut, and one of the most playful, spontaneous and just downright joyful albums ever made. It's an album that's greater than the sum of its parts, as it occasionally doesn't work on an individual song level - but as a whole 50 minute piece of music, and a debut release, announcing herself as a solo artist, it's just wonderful. The best bits are when you can hear her smiling as she sings. Make sure you check out bonus track Play Dead too - one of her absolute best. The Red Shoes is my favourite Kate Bush album, and sort of the opposite (ish) of the Bjork album, where it's incredibly strong on an individual song level, and on a song-for-song basis is better than anything Kate Bush released previously. It's not as ambitious or as wild as something like Hounds of Love or The Dreaming, but it certainly goes underrated in her catalogue, as every single song on here is pretty close to perfect. Third was a lot more competition, but went for August and Everything After as just a beautiful collection of folky alternative rock tracks, and Counting Crows at their best. Pretty much all my favourite songs of theirs appear here. Honourable mentions; Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker: Just another remarkably good Fugazi album, it's sort of hard when all their albums are so consistently great for one to stand head and shoulders above the other, but everything is always worth listening to. Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy: A fantastic bit of pop-punk / early emo, and the record that made people think Jawbreaker could be the next Green Day. They obviously weren't, but their "independent" records are just as good as Green Day's. Nirvana - In Utero: Maybe their best album? Darker and rougher than Nevermind, but from a pure songwriting perspective, they're at their best here. Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers): An absolute all time great ensemble hip-hop album, with a dozen or however many distinctive voices climbing over each other on this - and elevating each other's parts. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders: Not much of a change from Tribe's previous records, but a bit like Fugazi, they were just so consistently good. NOFX - White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean: Just very dumb, classic NOFX stuff, showing their great ear for melody and propensity to be really annoying.
I am the only vote for arguably the greatest hip hop album ever and you’re going on about In Utero????
Definitely a big big blind spot for me - but I really enjoyed The Sugarcubes album from '92 that I checked out last week, so I'd imagine I will be a fan of this as well.
I think you are in for a treat. All of her albums are varying levels of awesome, but the first 5 are pretty much untouchable
both can be done lol, we are talking about two of the best albums in their respective genres i love pearl jam but it shouldn’t be the third placed album right now, even though i contributed lol
honestly i suspect counting crows will make a late push as well. it’s hard to get too mad about any of these, lots of good albums this year but it’s in utero, cmon!