The best year ever for music? Okay, maybe not. The list below certainly won’t argue that case, but if you look a little closer, you’ll notice a trend. Debut records. So many great new bands offering their first songs in 1993. Here are just a few of the bands who debuted in 1993: Radiohead; PJ Harvey; Snoop Doggy Dogg; Wu-Tang Clan; Built to Spill; Counting Crows; Palace (Will Oldham); Porno for Pyros; Smog; Dave Matthews and many others. Additionally, a number of artists had their solo debuts in 1993, including Frank Black, Paul Westerberg, Bjork and Liz Phair.
Great year for artists, so-so year for actual records. Mostly, 1993 was a year for hip-hop. Maybe even the best year for hip-hop yet.
50. Guns N’ Roses – The Spaghetti Incident?
49. Jodeci – Diary of a Mad Band
48. Lords of the Underground – Here Come the Lords
47. PJ Harvey – 4-Track Demos
46. Digital Underground – The Body-Hat Syndrome
45. Bob Dylan – World Gone Wrong
44. Smog – Julius Caesar
43. Tom Waits – The Black Rider
42. Sarah McLachlan – Fumbling Toward Ecstasy
41. Primus – Pork Soda
40. Pearl Jam – Vs.
39. Tupac – Strictly 5 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
38. LL Cool J – 14 Shots to the Dome
37. Paul Weller – Wild Wood
36. Bjork – Debut
35. Fugazi – In on the Kill Taker
34. Cypress Hill – Black Sunday
33. Bikini Kill – Pussy Whipped
32. Cracker – Kerosene Hat
31. Porno for Pyros – Porno for Pyros
30. Mazzy Star – So Tonight That I Might See
29. Suede – Suede
28. Digable Planets – Reachin’
27. Dave Matthews Band – Remember Two Things
26. Palace Brothers – There Is No-One
25. Stereolab – Transient Random
24. Ice Cube – Lethal Injection
23. The Breeders – Last Splash
22. Frank Black – Frank Black
21. Radiohead – Pablo Honey
20. Blur – Modern Life is Rubbish
19. Counting Crows – August and Everything After
18. Eric’s Trip – Love Tara
17. Dinosaur Jr. – Where You Been
16. U2 – Zooropa
15. Red House Painters – Red House Painters
14. Built to Spill – Ultimate Alternative Wavers
13. The Flaming Lips – Transmissions From the Satellite Heart
12. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
11. Paul Westerberg – 14 Songs
10. Yo La Tengo – Painful
9. Souls of Mischief – 93 ‘til Infinity
8. Nirvana – In Utero
7. The Lemonheads – Come On Feel The Lemonheads
6. The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
5. The Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
4. Uncle Tupelo – Anodyne
3. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
2. Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
1. A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders
