Not a list of the best or the biggest released that year (although some of those are included here) but a rundown of some interesting albums, many of which were debuts, some are the artist’s seminal or most controversial release, a few were game changers and some of ‘em just never got the love they deserved. Regardless, you should revisit each and every single one; shame on you if you missed 'em the first time around.
Together, they not only have in common a 25th anniversary in 2018, but can be seen as a clue as to what was in the water in the year of our rock and roll nineteen hundred and ninety-three.
In alphabetical order by artist:
FRANK BLACK self titled [4AD/Elektra]
THE BREEDERS Last Splash [4AD/Elektra]
DEPECHE MODE Songs of Faith and Devotion [Warner Bros]
FIREHOSE Mr. Machinery Operator [Columbia]
FISHBONE Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe [Epic]
CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO self titled [Prawn Song]
JELLYFISH Spilt Milk [Charisma]
LENNY KRAVITZ Are You Gonna Go My Way? [Virgin]
LIVING COLOUR Stain [Epic]
MELVINS Houdini [Atlantic]
MORPHINE Cure for Pain [Rykodisc]
ME’SHELL NDEGEOCELLO Plantation Lullabies [Maverick]
NIRVANA In Utero [DGC]
LIZ PHAIR Exile In Guyville [Matador]
PORNO FOR PYROS self titled [Warner Bros]
THE POSIES Frosting on the Beater [DGC]
SMASHING PUMPKINS Siamese Dream [Virgin]
SNOOP DOGG Doggystyle [Death Row]
TEARS FOR FEARS Elemental [Mercury]
TEENAGE FANCLUB Thirteen [DGC]
VARIOUS ARTISTS Judgment Night soundtrack [Immortal/Epic]
PAUL WELLER Wild Wood [Island]
PAUL WESTERBERG 14 Songs [Sire/Reprise]
WU-TANG CLAN Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) [Loud]
YO LA TENGO Painful [Matador]
