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Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
November 9, 1993
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Boom Bap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
100
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2
.
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
May 4, 1993
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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3
.
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
October 5, 1993
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Slowcore
Score
94
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4
.
µ-Ziq - Tango n' Vectif
November 0, 1993
IDM
Score
94
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5
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Quicksand - Slip
February 9, 1993
Post-Hardcore
,
Alternative Metal
Score
93
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6
.
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
July 27, 1993
Alternative Rock
Score
91
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7
.
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
September 21, 1993
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
91
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8
.
Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots
April 28, 1993
Abstract Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
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Amazon
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Spotify
9
.
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)
May 24, 1993
Slowcore
Score
90
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10
.
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
August 17, 1993
Gothic Metal
Score
87
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11
.
Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
February 9, 1993
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
87
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12
.
Stereolab - The Groop Played "Space Age Batchelor Pad Music"
March 0, 1993
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
87
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Amazon
13
.
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker
June 30, 1993
Post-Hardcore
Score
86
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Amazon
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14
.
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
March 1, 1993
Dream Pop
,
Alternative Rock
Score
85
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
The Spinanes - Manos
October 26, 1993
Score
85
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Amazon
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Spotify
16
.
Salt-n-Pepa - Very Necessary
October 12, 1993
Hip Hop
,
Pop Rap
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
85
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Amazon
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Spotify
17
.
U2 - Zooropa
July 5, 1993
Alternative Rock
,
Art Pop
Score
84
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Spotify
18
.
Stereolab - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
August 10, 1993
Noise Pop
,
Space Rock Revival
,
Post-Rock
Score
83
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19
.
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
October 22, 1993
Singer-Songwriter
,
Pop Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
82
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Amazon
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Spotify
20
.
Autechre - Incunabula
November 29, 1993
IDM
,
Ambient Techno
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Global Communication - Pentamerous Metamorphosis
December 1, 1993
Score
82
Source →
Amazon
22
.
Acetone - Cindy
October 4, 1993
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Slowcore
Score
81
Source →
Amazon
23
.
Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Café
November 1, 1993
Dream Pop
Score
81
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify
24
.
Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves
January 11, 1993
IDM
,
Techno
Score
81
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Medicine - The Buried Life
October 12, 1993
Noise Pop
,
Shoegaze
Score
81
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 1993.
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