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Highest Rated Albums of 1993
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Alternative Dance
Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Britpop
Dance
Dance-Pop
Dream Pop
East Coast Hip Hop
Electronic
Grunge
Hip Hop
Indie Rock
Jazz Rap
Metal
Neo-Psychedelia
Noise Pop
Pop
Power Pop
Psychedelia
Rock
Shoegaze
Singer-Songwriter
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1
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Bandulu - Guidance
July 8, 1993
Score
90
Amazon
2
.
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes
November 2, 1993
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Sugar - Beaster
April 6, 1993
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Matthew Sweet - Altered Beast
July 13, 1993
Power Pop
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
October 5, 1993
Alt-Country
,
Americana
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Pet Shop Boys - Very
September 27, 1993
Synthpop
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
August 31, 1993
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indie Rock
,
Britpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads
October 12, 1993
Power Pop
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Björk - Debut
July 5, 1993
Art Pop
,
House
,
Dance-Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Mercury Rev - Boces
June 1, 1993
Alternative Rock
,
Noise Pop
,
Psychedelic Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
February 23, 1993
Americana
,
Alt-Country
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Gunshot - Patriot Games
Score
80
Amazon
13
.
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
October 5, 1993
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Slowcore
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
September 27, 1993
Shoegaze
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
The The - Dusk
January 1, 1993
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Morphine - Cure for Pain
September 14, 1993
Alternative Rock
,
Jazz-Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Tom Waits - The Black Rider
September 1, 1993
Experimental Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Café
November 1, 1993
Dream Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
September 21, 1993
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Janet Jackson - janet.
May 18, 1993
Contemporary R&B
,
Dance-Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
The Waterboys - Dream Harder
May 24, 1993
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Yo La Tengo - Painful
October 5, 1993
Noise Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Buffalo Tom - Big Red Letter Day
November 2, 1993
Alternative Rock
,
Power Pop
,
Jangle Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
May 4, 1993
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Verve - A Storm in Heaven
June 21, 1993
Shoegaze
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Space Rock Revival
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 1993.
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