Urban75 Album of the Year 1993

[hitmouse]

KRS-One, Nirvana, Harvey?

 

[AverageJoe]

I absolutely love Slowdive and Souvlaki is my favorite Slowdive. That do?

When The Sun Hits is a banger

 

[Knotted]

KRS-One, Nirvana, Harvey?

One black

 

[Knotted]

No.1 is going to be a bit of surprise for some I think.

 

[marty21]

By the way, somebody say something nice about Souvlaki. I feel it's the type of thing you could really get into if you're going through a dark patch.

I wasn't aware of them at the time , the shoe gaze-y stuff was something I was aware of but didn't listen to much , but I have got into it lately , and Slowdive have been a big listening pleasure .

 

[marty21]

I'm fearing that my number one is not appreciated by urban will reveal afterwards.

 

[Knotted]

Let's do the lonely number 1's. All in at joint 32.

µ-Ziq - Tango N' Vectif



Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy


Townes Van Zandt - Rear View Mirror



Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra - Soundtrack to the Film Space Is the Place

 

[Knotted]

Sorry marty21

 

[Knotted]

3 - Orbital



Techno. Techno that is techno (with a nod to Steve Reich).

 

[ska invita]

Polygon

 

[Knotted]

2 - Nirvana - In Utero



It had to be up there and a fraction of a smidgen off the top spot.

 

[Knotted]

1 - Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves



Aphex Twin makes it to the top spot this time.

 

[Knotted]

Belboid scoring puts Nirvana at no.1

1 Nirvana - In Utero
2 Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves
3 B12 - Electro-Soma
4 Gunshot - Patriot Games
5 Orbital - Orbital 2
6 Autechre - Incunabula
7= Slowdive - Souvlaki
7= Björk - Debut
9 Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
10 Suede - Suede
11 Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
12 The Breeders - Last Splash
13 Pet Shop Boys - Very
14 Stereolab - Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements
15 Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Galaxy 2 Galaxy
16= One Dove - Morning Dove White
16= Bratmobile - Pottymouth
18 Superchunk - On the Mouth
19 Arleta - Meta Timis
20= Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
20= Dub Syndicate - Echomania

By number of votes:

6 votes:

1 Nirvana - In Utero

5 votes:

2= Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves
2= B12 - Electro-Soma
2= Gunshot - Patriot Games
2= Orbital - Orbital 2
2= Slowdive - Souvlaki
2= Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
2= Suede - Suede
2= The Breeders - Last Splash

4 votes

10= Autechre - Incunabula
10= Björk - Debut

3 votes

12= Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
12= Pet Shop Boys - Very
12= Stereolab - Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements
12= Dub Syndicate - Echomania
12= Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
12= Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker
12= The Sabres Of Paradise - Sabresonic

And Gunshot's Patriot Games was the only album to get 2 no. 1 spots.

 

[Knotted]

Here's my weirdo list if anyone cares.

Sun Ra - Soundtrack to Space is the Place
The Ex + Tom Cora - And the Weathermen Shrugged their Shoulders
Stereolab - Transient blah
Anekdoten - Vemod
Cukor Bila Smert' [Цукор Біла Смерть] - Selo
Sergey Kuryokhin [Сергей Курёхин] - Sparrow Oratorium [Воробьиная оратория]
Tipographica - Tipographica
John Zorn - Kristallnacht
Kampec Dolores - Tű fokán: Eye of the Needle
Kontroll Csoport - 1983
Už Jsme Doma - Hollywood
Horațiu Rădulescu - Dizzy Divinity; Byzantine Prayer; Frenetico il longing di amare; Capricorn's Nostalgic Crickets II
Labradford - Prazision LP
Kaija Saariaho - Du cristal; …à la fumée; Nymphea
Merzbow - Metalvelodrome: Exposition of Electro-Vivisection
Anthony Braxton - 4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992
Lindsay Cooper - Sahara Dust
Marc Ribot - Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus
Skullflower - Obsidian Shaking Codex

 

[hitmouse]

Did anyone at all vote for Infotainment Scan?

Anyway, my objectively correct list was:

Gunshot - Patriot Games
Tiger Trap - S/T
Superchunk - On the Mouth
Born Against - Battle Hymns of the Race War
Eyehategod - Take as Needed for Pain
Bratmobile - Pottymouth
Nirvana - In Utero
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon
Cows - Sexy Pee Story
KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bap
Rancid - S/T
Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker
New Bomb Turks - !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!!
Leaders of the New School - T.I.M.E.
Mobb Deep - Juvenile Hell
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against the Soul
KMFDM - Angst
Suede - S/T
Melvins - Houdini
Red Aunts - Drag
Poison Idea - We Must Burn

(Pointless trivia: The Superchunk, Darkthrone, Cows, LONS, Mobb Deep and Poison Idea albums are ones I'd not listened to before this thread, so thanks to chilango and ska invita for introducing me to/reminding me of the existence of Superchunk and LONS. Also wouldn't have guessed that New Bomb Turks album was 1993 without prompting. Had completely not realised that Pablo Honey was 1993 either, probably could've done with voting for Radiohead and/or Blur cos they're probably both better than that fairly weak Poison Idea album.)

 

[Knotted]

Did anyone at all vote for Infotainment Scan?

One person had in at 19. Not their best but probably a bit underrated. But Fall Mafiah routed.

 

[AverageJoe]

Thanks Knotted.

Best thread on Urban75

 

[marty21]

My list , all bar Slowdive were what I was listening to at the time.

 

[Fez909]

My list. Possibly would've been different if I wasn't so busy this month so could've done more research and re-listening.

B12 - Electro-Soma
Galaxy 2 Galaxy – Galaxy 2 Galaxy
Bjork - Debut
Autechre - Incunabula
Plastikman - Sheet One
Polygon Window - Surfing on Since Waves
Jeff Mills - Waveform Transmission Vol. 1
Aux 88 - Bass Magnetic
Soichi Terrada - Far East Recording
Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Janet Jackson - Janet
Guru - Jazzmatazz
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion

 

[Fez909]

My list , all bar Slowdive were what I was listening to at the time.

I don't think I'd heard of any of mine until at least 10 years later.

 

[chilango]

My list. Could've easily added another 10, maybe 20, albums without running out of good material.The top 10 or so are still amongst my daily listens

1. Bratmobile - Potty mouth
2. Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
3. Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton
4. Superchunk - On the mouth
5. Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
6. Datblygu - Libertino
7. Bikini Kill - Yeah Yeah Yeah
8. Pond - Pond
9. Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been
10. Stereolab - Space Age Bachelor Pad Music
11. Velocity Girl - Copacetic
12. Bad Religion - Recipe for Hate
13. Nirvana - In Utero
14. Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker
15. J Church - Quetzalcoatl
16. The God Machine - Scenes from the Second Story
17. Propaghandi - How to Clean Everything
18. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
19. The Breeders - Last Splash
20. Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

 

[AverageJoe]

Here's my list, compiled in a car whilst at rugby training.

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
U2 - Zooropa
Sabres Of Paradise – Sabresonic
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads
Aerosmith - Get a Grip
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Orbital - Brown Album
WU Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tan
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against The Soul
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
David Bowie - Black Tie White Noise
The Breeders - Last Splash
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
Suede - Suede
Crowded House - Together Alone
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes
Björk - Debut
Tool - Undertow
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Pearl Jam - Vs
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Nirvana - In Utero

Looks like I was the only one who voted for U2 and Crowded House. Both classic albums of their time. And I think there's a few others on there that no-one voted for as well (Manics, Flaming Lips, Tool, Lenny Kravitzl and Kate Bush?)

 

[hitmouse]

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My list , all bar Slowdive were what I was listening to at the time.

The band/album name switcheroo at the end there is a nice touch, got to keep Knotted on his toes.

 

[hitmouse]

Here's my list, compiled in a car whilst at rugby training.

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
U2 - Zooropa
Sabres Of Paradise – Sabresonic
The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads
Aerosmith - Get a Grip
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Orbital - Brown Album
WU Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tan
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against The Soul
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
David Bowie - Black Tie White Noise
The Breeders - Last Splash
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
Suede - Suede
Crowded House - Together Alone
Kate Bush - The Red Shoes
Björk - Debut
Tool - Undertow
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Pearl Jam - Vs
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Nirvana - In Utero

Looks like I was the only one who voted for U2 and Crowded House. Both classic albums of their time. And I think there's a few others on there that no-one voted for as well (Manics, Flaming Lips, Too, Lenny Kravitzl and Kate Bush?)

I voted for Manics, just not that enthusiastically. Take it Nirvana's your #1, not Type O? I had been sort of wondering if Eyehategod might be your cup of tea, but seems not.

 

[Knotted]

Actually most of those got a couple of votes AverageJoe, just not strong enough to get into the top 30.

 

[AverageJoe]

I voted for Manics, just not that enthusiastically. Take it Nirvana's your #1, not Type O? I had been sort of wondering if Eyehategod might be your cup of tea, but seems not.

Yarp. Nirvana moved to #1 as I put RATMs debut top but it was the wrong year by a few weeks.

 

[Knotted]

The band/album name switcheroo at the end there is a nice touch, got to keep Knotted on his toes.

Not the only one!

 

[AverageJoe]

I voted for Manics, just not that enthusiastically. Take it Nirvana's your #1, not Type O? I had been sort of wondering if Eyehategod might be your cup of tea, but seems not.

Yarp. Nirvana moved to #1 as I put RATMs debut top but it was the wrong year

I voted for Manics, just not that enthusiastically. Take it Nirvana's your #1, not Type O? I had been sort of wondering if Eyehategod might be your cup of tea, but seems not.

I thin Eyehategod would be, but I've never come across them enough for me to listen to.

I shall rectify that now.

 

[hitmouse]

I thin Eyehategod would be, but I've never come across them enough for me to listen to.

I shall rectify that now.

Take As Needed... is great imo:

 

[Spandex]

I didn't see Polygon Window getting no. 1 My favourite Aphex Twin album Does that make Quoth song of the year? I remember a review at the time describing it as sounding like an army of Cybermen falling down an endless flight of stairs



Here's my votes:

Orbital - (Brown Album)
Galaxy 2 Galaxy – Galaxy 2 Galaxy
African Head Charge – In Pursuit Of Shashamane Land
The Sabres Of Paradise – Sabresonic
Polygon Window – Surfing On Sine Waves
One Dove - Morning Dove White
Jam & Spoon – Tripomatic Fairytales 2001
Soundclash Republic - The Birth of Shiva Shanti
Cabaret Voltaire – International Language
Stereolab – Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
Plastikman - Sheet One
Spooky – Gargantuan
Dub Syndicate – Echomania
Bandulu – Guidance
Eat Static – Abduction
Gunshot - Patriot Games
Front 242 - 06:21:03:11 Up Evil
Pete Namlook - 4Voice
Fluke - Six Wheels On My Wagon
The Justice League Of Zion – Discoverers (Part 2 Dubwise

Thanks as always Knotted Love these threads.