ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 1993
compiled from the critics' choices in the following publications: Q, Select, Melody Maker and Vox
1
Debut
Björk
2
In Utero
Nirvana
3
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
4
Suede
Suede
5
Republic
New Order
6
Come On Feel The Lemonheads
Lemonheads
7
Siamese Dream
Smashing Pumpkins
8
New Wave
The Auteurs
9
Where You Been?
Dinosaur Jr
10
Star
Belly
11
Selected Ambient Recordings
Aphex Twin
12
Unplugged
Neil Young
13
Giant Steps
Boo Radleys
14
Black Sunday
Cypress Hill
15
Gentlemen
Afghan Whigs
16
Zooropa
U2
17
Very
Pet Shop Boys
18
Morning Dove White
One Dove
19
Beaster
Sugar
20
Thirteen
Teenage Fanclub
21
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
22
Last Splash
The Breeders
23
Whatever
Aimee Mann
24
Mercury
American Music Club
25
Tindersticks
Tindersticks
26
Frosting On The Beater
The Posies
27=
Frank Black
Frank Black
27=
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
29
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
30
Quique
Seefeel
NOTES:
The whole year had been so heavily dominated by Suede that by the end, the critics were getting bored. Meanwhile The Auteurs' debut album promised much, but proved to be their only appearance in one of these charts. This is a disgrace. There have been another three classics since then and they've all missed out.
Missing out this time were Manic Street Preachers, whose Gold Against The Soul was dismissed far too easily and deserved better than #35, The Fall, Sabres of Paradise, Pearl Jam and Sven Vath.
