My favourite albums from 1993

1. 31

   Elements

   Atheist

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Green
   2. Water
   3. Samba Briza
   4. Air
   5. Displacement
   6. Animal
   7. Mineral
   8. Fire
   9. Fractal Point
   10. Earth
   11. See You Again
   12. Elements ●

   Genres

   • Progressive metal
   • Technical death metal
   • Jazz fusion

2. 30

   Introspection

   Greg Howe

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Jump Start
   2. Button up ●
   3. Come and Get It
   4. In Step
   5. Desiderata
   6. No Place Like Home
   7. Direct Injection
   8. Pay as You Go

   Genres

   • Jazz fusion
   • Progressive rock

3. 29

   Pork Soda

   Primus

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Pork Chop's Little Ditty
   2. My Name Is Mud ●
   3. Welcome to This World
   4. Bob
   5. DMV
   6. The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon (Fisherman's Chronicles, Part 3)
   7. Nature Boy
   8. Wounded Knee
   9. Pork Soda
   10. The PRessman
   11. Mr. Krinkle
   12. The Air Is Getting Slippery
   13. Hamburger Train
   14. Pork Chop's Little Ditty
   15. Hail Santa

   Genres

   • Funk metal
   • Avant-garde metal

4. 28

   Fuzzy

   Grant Lee Buffalo

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. The Shining Hour
   2. Jupiter and Teardrop
   3. Fuzzy ●
   4. Wish You Well
   5. The Hook
   6. Soft Wolf Tread
   7. Stars 'n' Stripes
   8. Dizie Drug Store
   9. America Snoring
   10. Grace
   11. You Just Have to Be Crazy

   Genres

   • Alternative country
   • Gothic americana

5. 27

   River Runs Red

   Life of Agony

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. This Time
   2. Underground
   3. Monday
   4. River Runs Red
   5. Through and Through ●
   6. Words and Music
   7. Thursday
   8. Bad Seed
   9. My Eyes
   10. Respect
   11. Method of Groove
   12. The Stain Remains
   13. Friday

   Genres

   • Alternative metal
   • Hardcore punk

6. 26

   Earth 2

   Earth

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Seven Angels ●
   2. Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine
   3. Like Gold and Faceted

   Genres

   • Drone

7. 25

   The Ethereal Mirror

   Cathedral

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Violet Vortex
   2. Ride ●
   3. Enter the Worms
   4. Midnight Mountain
   5. Fountain of Innocence
   6. Grim Luxuria
   7. Jaded Entity
   8. Ashes You Leave
   9. Phantasmagoria
   10. Imprisoned in Flesh

   Genres

   • Doom metal
   • Stoner metal

8. 24

   Grin

   Coroner

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Dream Path
   2. The Lethargic Age
   3. Internal Conflicts
   4. Caveat (to the Coming)
   5. Serpent Moves ●
   6. Status: Still Thinking
   7. Theme for Silence
   8. Paralyzed, Mesmerized
   9. Grin (Nails Hurt)
   10. Host

   Genres

   • Progressive metal
   • Avant-garde metal

9. 23

   Houdini

   Melvins

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Hooch
   2. Night Goat
   3. Lizzy ●
   4. Goin' Blind
   5. Honey Bucket
   6. Hag Me
   7. Set Me Straight
   8. Sky Pop
   9. Joan of Arc
   10. Teet
   11. Copache
   12. Pearl Bomb
   13. Spread Eagle Beagle

   Genres

   • Sludge metal

10. 22

    Enemy of the Sun

    Neurosis

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Lost
    2. Raze the Stray ●
    3. Burning Flesh in Year of Pig
    4. Cold Ascending
    5. Lexicon
    6. Enemy of the Sun
    7. The Time of the Beasts
    8. Cleanse

    Genres

    • Sludge metal
    • Post-metal

11. 21

    Songs of Faith and Devotion

    Depeche Mode

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. I Feel You ●
    2. Walking in My Shoes
    3. Condemnation
    4. Mercy in You
    5. Judas
    6. In Your Room
    7. Get Right with Me
    8. Rush
    9. One Caress
    10. Higher Love

    Genres

    • Alternative rock
    • Synth pop

12. 20

    Covenant

    Morbid Angel

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Rapture
    2. Pain Divine
    3. World of Shit (The Promised Land)
    4. Vengeance Is Mine
    5. Lions Den
    6. Blood on My Hands
    7. Angel of Disease ●
    8. Sworn to the Black
    9. Nar Mattaru
    10. God of Emptiness

    Genres

    • Death metal

13. 19

    August and Everything After

    Counting Crows

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Round Here
    2. Omaha
    3. Mr. Jones
    4. Perfect Blue Buildings
    5. Anna Begins ●
    6. Time and Time Again
    7. Rain King
    8. Sullivan Street
    9. Ghost Train
    10. Raining in Baltimore
    11. A Murder of One

    Genres

    • Alternative rock

14. 18

    Focus

    Cynic

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Veil of Maya ●
    2. Celestial Voyage
    3. The Eagle Nature
    4. Sentiment
    5. I'm but a Wave to ...
    6. Uroboric Forms
    7. Textures
    8. How Could I

    Genres

    • Progressive metal
    • Technical death metal

15. 17

    Slip

    Quicksand

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Fazer ●
    2. Head to Wall
    3. Dine Alone
    4. Slip
    5. Freezing Process
    6. Lie and Wait
    7. Unfulfilled
    8. Can Opener
    9. Omission
    10. Baphomet
    11. Too Official
    12. Transparent

    Genres

    • Post-hardcore
    • Alternative metal

16. 16

    Individual Thought Patterns

    Death

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Overactive Imagination
    2. In Human Form
    3. Jealousy
    4. Trapped in a Corner
    5. Nothing Is Everything
    6. Mentally Blind
    7. Individual Thought Patterns
    8. Destiny
    9. Out of Touch
    10. The Philosopher ●

    Genres

    • Technical death metal
    • Progressive death metal

17. 15

    The Battle Rages on ...

    Deep Purple

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. The Battle Rages on
    2. Lick It up
    3. Anya
    4. Talk About Love
    5. Time to Kill
    6. Ramshackle Man
    7. A Twist in the Tale
    8. Nasty Piece of Work ●
    9. Solitaire
    10. One Man's Meat

    Genres

    • Hard rock

18. 14

    Transnational Speedway League: Anthems, Anecdotes and Undeniable Truths

    Clutch

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. A Shotgun Named Marcus
    2. El Jefe Speaks
    3. Binge and Purge ●
    4. 12 Ounce Epilogue
    5. Bacchanal
    6. Milk of Human Kindness
    7. Rats
    8. Earthworm
    9. Heirloom 13
    10. Walking in the Great Shining Path of Monster Trucks
    11. Effigy

    Genres

    • Stoner rock
    • Post-hardcore

19. 13

    Edge of Thorns

    Savatage

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Edge of Thorns ●
    2. He Carves His Stone
    3. Lights out
    4. Skraggy's Tomb
    5. Labyrinths
    6. Follow Me
    7. Exit Music
    8. Degrees of Sanity
    9. All That I Bleed
    10. Damien
    11. Miles Away
    12. Sleep

    Genres

    • Heavy metal

20. 12

    Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

    The Cranberries

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. I Still Do
    2. Dreams
    3. Sunday ●
    4. Pretty
    5. Waltzing Back
    6. Not Sorry
    7. Linger
    8. Wanted
    9. Still Can't ...
    10. I Will Always
    11. How
    12. Put Me Down

    Genres

    • Alternative rock
    • Jangle pop

21. 11

    Rid of Me

    PJ Harvey

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Rid of Me
    2. Missed
    3. Legs
    4. Rub 'till It Bleeds
    5. Hook
    6. Man-Sized Sextet
    7. Highway 61 Revisited
    8. 50ft Queenie ●
    9. Yuri-G
    10. Man-Size
    11. Dry
    12. Me-Jane
    13. Snake
    14. Ecstasy

    Genres

    • Alternative rock
    • Punk blues

22. 10

    Heartwork

    Carcass

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Buried Dreams
    2. Carnal Forge ●
    3. No Love Lost
    4. Heartwork
    5. Embodiment
    6. This Mortal Coil
    7. Arbeit Macht Fleisch
    8. Blind Bleeding the Blind
    9. Doctrinal Expletives
    10. Death Certificate

    Genres

    • Melodic death metal

23. 9

    Debut

    Björk

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Human Behaviour ●
    2. Crying
    3. Venus as a Boy
    4. There's More to Life Than This
    5. Like Someone in Love
    6. Big Time Sensuality
    7. One Day
    8. Aeroplane
    9. Come to Me
    10. Violently Happy
    11. The Anchor Song

    Genres

    • Art pop
    • electropop

24. 8

    Recipe for Hate

    Bad Religion

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Recipe for Hate
    2. Keroesene
    3. American Jesus
    4. Portrait of Authority
    5. Man with a Mission
    6. All Good Soldiers
    7. Watch It Die
    8. Struck a Nerve ●
    9. My Poor Friend Me
    10. Lookin' in
    11. Don't Pray on Me
    12. Modern Day Catastrophists
    13. Skyscraper

    Genres

    • Punk rock

25. 7

    Undertow

    Tool

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Intolerance
    2. Prison Sex ●
    3. Sober
    4. Bottom
    5. Crawl Away
    6. Swamp Song
    7. Undertow
    8. 4°
    9. Flood
    10. Disgustipated

    Genres

    • Alternative metal
    • progressive metal

26. 6

    Icon

    Paradise Lost

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Embers Fire ●
    2. Rememberance
    3. Forging Sympathy
    4. Joys of the Emptiness
    5. Dying Freedom
    6. Widow
    7. Colossal Rains
    8. Weeping Words
    9. Poison
    10. True Belief
    11. Shallow Seasons
    12. Christendom
    13. Deus Miseratur

    Genres

    • Gothic metal
    • Gothic rock

27. 5

    Siamese Dream

    The Smashing Pumpkins

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Cherub Rock
    2. Quiet
    3. Today
    4. Hummer
    5. Rocket
    6. Disarm ●
    7. Soma
    8. Geek U.S.A.
    9. Mayonaise
    10. Spaceboy
    11. Silverfuck
    12. Sweet Sweet
    13. Luna

    Genres

    • Alternative rock
    • alternative metal

28. 4

    In Utero

    Nirvana

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Serve the Servants
    2. Scentless Apprentice
    3. Heart-Shaped Box ●
    4. Rape Me
    5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
    6. Dumb
    7. Very Ape
    8. Milk It
    9. Pennyroyal Tea
    10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
    11. Tourette's
    12. All Apologies

    Genres

    • Alternative rock
    • noise rock

29. 3

    Dance of December Souls

    Katatonia

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Seven Dreaming Souls
    2. Gateways of Bereavement
    3. In Silence Enshrined ●
    4. Without god
    5. Elohim Meth
    6. Velvet Thorns (of Drynwhyl)
    7. Tomb of Insomnia
    8. Dancing December

    Genres

    • Death-doom
    • black metal

30. 2

    Chaos A.D.

    Sepultura

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Refuse/Resist
    2. Territory ●
    3. Slave New World
    4. Amen
    5. Kaiowas
    6. Propaganda
    7. Biotech Is Godzilla
    8. Nomad
    9. We Who Are Not as Others
    10. Manifest
    11. The Hunt
    12. Clenched Fist

    Genres

    • Groove metal
    • thrash metal

31. 1

    Vs.

    Pearl Jam

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Go
    2. Animal
    3. Daughter
    4. Glorified G
    5. Dissident
    6. W.M.A.
    7. Blood
    8. Rearviewmirror ●
    9. Rats
    10. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
    11. Leash
    12. Indifference

    Genres

    • Alternative rock
    • hard rock