[Eee Pee]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_in_music
 
I have two from 1993 that take me down a great memory lane.  Best of '93?  Not sure, but for me, they were great.
 
Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream and Primus' Pork Soda.  If I could only choose one, I'd ask if I could split those two albums in half to create one super album.  I was 18 and just bought my first car and rocked out to both on my way to college.
 
I have 30 of the albums on the list.

 

[MorbidToaster]

My tops for that year is easily Tool's Undertow. Probably still my favorite Tool album. Lots of good stuff this year though...
 
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Dark Tranquility - Skydancer
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth
KMFDM - Angst
10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged
Wu-Tang - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
 
All good. Probably my top 3 are Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, and Dead Can Dance.

 

[ferday]

HUGE year for music, but there's not a sliver of doubt for me
 
Nirvana - In Utero
 
easy second place
Wu Tang Enter the 36 Chambers
 
a ton of really great music in '93...

 

[StratocasterMan]

In no particular order:
 

 
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been
 

 
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
 

 
Counting Crows - August And Everything After
 

 
Nirvana - In Utero

 

[TexasBuck]

Top 5:
 
Pearl Jam - VS.
Catherine Wheel - Chrome
Nirvana - In Utero
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion
Tool - Undertow.

 

[MorbidToaster]

Top 5:

Pearl Jam - VS.
Catherine Wheel - Chrome
Nirvana - In Utero
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion
Tool - Undertow.

Not sure if you were on my PM list or not but we're planning the big meet for next year now.

 

[Vuroth]

Between
August and Everything After, Counting Crows
Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins
Vs, Pearl Jam
 
Notable mentions:
I Mother Earth, Dig
Melissa Etheridge, Yes I am
 
I'll go with Counting Crows, becuase honestly, I listened it the most of anything from 1993

 

[metalsonata]

Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins.
 
Runners up would be:
 
Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the Wu-Tang Clan
Red House Painters: Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)
Slowdive: Souvlaki
Bjork: Debut
Earth: Earth 2

 

[Eee Pee]

I pretty much only listened to my original Siamese Dream record yesterday between Formula 1 and UFC stuff.  Before I went to bed I ordered the reissue on vinyl.  Really good stuff.  Typical story too, 
 
 
Quote:

 The immense pressure to succeed intensified an already problematic situation: drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was undergoing an increasingly severe addiction to heroin, guitarist James Iha and bassist D'arcy Wretzky had recently ended their romantic relationship and Corgan, aside from battles with weight gain and suicidal depression,^[6] was suffering from his worst-ever bout of writer's block.

 
Guess that what makes good music!
 
I remember when that Cypress Hill came out, everyone was like, "Meh, not as good as the first one."  Oh yeah, and Wu-Tang.  Classic.
 
 

 

[samsquanch]

So I made a short list of what I think are the best albums from 1993:
 
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
Nirvana - In Utero
Earth - Earth 2
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been?
Tool - Undertow
Primus - Pork Soda
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers
 
 
It's pretty tough to decide which is the best, all solid albums, so the only way for me to label one as the best, is to go for the one I still listen to the most, which makes the winner:
 

 
Great album, solid start to finish.  Saw them on their reunion tour earlier this year, still amazing.

 

[Dillont3]

So many good albums from the early 90's. Hard to pick just 10 from 1993. My ten in no particular order
 
 
Dinosaur Jr, - Where You Been
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Butthole Surfers- Independent Worm Saloon
Pearl Jam - VS.
Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
The Coup- Kill my landlord
The Flaming Lips- Transmission from the Satellite Heart
KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bap
A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders
Wu-Tang- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

 

[Dutchi MerenGue]

Quote:

So many good albums from the early 90's. Hard to pick just 10 from 1993. My ten in no particular order
 
 
Dinosaur Jr, - Where You Been
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Butthole Surfers- Independent Worm Saloon
Pearl Jam - VS.
Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
The Coup- Kill my landlord
The Flaming Lips- Transmission from the Satellite Heart
KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bap
A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders
Wu-Tang- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

 
thank you. thank you. thank you.
 
also want to add
lords of the underground - here come the lords
black moon - enta da stage (stated earlier)
snoop dogg - doggystyle
onyx - baccdafucup
diggable planets - reachin

 

[jeromium]

Good choices so far. Definitely an awesome year for music, I was 17. My top two hands down were:
 
Tool - Undertow
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
 
A short list of other greats from 1993 that I didn't hear until a bit later:
 
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Melvins - Houdini
Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton
 
There's at least another two dozen great albums from this year - that I was into at the time or learned about later.

 

[SkinnyPuppy]

Quote:

KMFDM - Angst

Came here to post this. My favorite album of all time.

 

[jeromium]

Quote:

Quote:

KMFDM - Angst

Came here to post this. My favorite album of all time.

A great one, I saw them on that tour. I hardly ever (ok never) listen to them anymore though.
 
Nice username!