Urban75 Album of the Year 1993
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Steel Icarus
we move
No EPs, says in the OP, but I'd argue it's a mini-album
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
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Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
See, now, this kind of fuckery drives me mad -fuck you Discogs and Wikipedia (same issue)
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
this gets on my list purely for Lemon Meringue
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
and this album can bring me to tears
I mean
'Start Choppin' '
Fuck. Me!
I mean
'Start Choppin' '
Fuck. Me!
ska invita
back on the other side
Used to play this a lot, the fugees debut..doesn't hold up that well tbh, but the Lauryn Hill solo track was my favourite then and still great now
they blew up after this
they blew up after this
ska invita
back on the other side
stethascope flags up this
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all kind of experimental proto junglism but produced some classic pirate anthems (Anything, 28 Gun Bad Boy, Sunshine and Like A Drug)
talking of jungle, when i think 93 i think of tunes like this DJ Hype madnes
A Guy Called Gerald - 28 Gun Bad Boy
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talking of jungle, when i think 93 i think of tunes like this DJ Hype madnes
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
1992...
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Aphex Twin - AFX - Analogue Bubblebath Vol3 - released as an ep but the CD has 13 tracks and is more than 50 mins long so well within definition of an album.
Aphex Twin - On - 4track ep & then a 4 track remix ep -lump them together and you can make an album out of it as someone's done here, although they've missed off the Reload and μ-Ziq remixes.
Mike Paradinas' first LP, µ-Ziq - Tango N' Vectif
fav track = Iesope
Aphex Twin - On - 4track ep & then a 4 track remix ep -lump them together and you can make an album out of it as someone's done here, although they've missed off the Reload and μ-Ziq remixes.
Mike Paradinas' first LP, µ-Ziq - Tango N' Vectif
fav track = Iesope
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
removed
ska invita
back on the other side
with Bjork I knew about the sugar cubes but not any of this:
Well known for her creative compositional style and distinct singing, Björk's recording career began in 1977 at the age of 11, when she released (as Björk Guðmundsdóttir) her first album, while studying piano and flute at music school. Although the album became platinum, she refused to make another disco-folk follow-up and, at the age of 13, formed her first short-lived punk band, all-girl alliance Spit and Snot (Saliva and Phlegm), where she played the drums. Later on she was involved in projects such as Exodus and Jam 80, all of which without known record releases.
In 1982 she launched punk-pop Tappi Tíkarrass (Cork The Bitch's Arse), releasing an EP and a LP, before she turned into a "serious" rebel by joining forces of the political "existential jazz-punk" of Kukl (Witchcraft), releasing three records. While Björk's vocal expression had matured in Kukl, she attracted worldwide prominence for the first time as one of the lead vocalists of the avant-pop Icelandic sextet The Sugarcubes.
Well known for her creative compositional style and distinct singing, Björk's recording career began in 1977 at the age of 11, when she released (as Björk Guðmundsdóttir) her first album, while studying piano and flute at music school. Although the album became platinum, she refused to make another disco-folk follow-up and, at the age of 13, formed her first short-lived punk band, all-girl alliance Spit and Snot (Saliva and Phlegm), where she played the drums. Later on she was involved in projects such as Exodus and Jam 80, all of which without known record releases.
In 1982 she launched punk-pop Tappi Tíkarrass (Cork The Bitch's Arse), releasing an EP and a LP, before she turned into a "serious" rebel by joining forces of the political "existential jazz-punk" of Kukl (Witchcraft), releasing three records. While Björk's vocal expression had matured in Kukl, she attracted worldwide prominence for the first time as one of the lead vocalists of the avant-pop Icelandic sextet The Sugarcubes.
Wikipedia says it was recorded in 1993, but released in May 1994.
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
out of contention then - thank you
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
Front 242 were in an awkward position In 1993. The EBM scene they'd pioneered in the 80s had gone off in different directions - the dancing people had disappeared to the world of raves, and a whole new style of industrial dance rock led by Ministry, Wax Trax and NIN had pushed them to the back of the pack.
So they released two albums and an hour long, 9 track remix 'single', getting increasingly experimental and diverse as the year went on.
First up was 06:21:03:11 Up Evil, aiming at the NIN crowd with treated guitars and moody songs added to the EBM. It hits its target bullseye, but didn't seem to win them many new fans and alienated some of the old ones.
Next up was 05:22:09:12 Off, which pulled in all kinds of directions trying out new things - female vocalists, dance tracks, heavy industrial rock songs, some wildly different versions of tracks from Up Evil. There's good stuff, an interesting yet incoherent album.
Then came the 'single' 00:00:02:42 Angels Versus Animals with nine wildly different versions of tracks from Off: metal! techno! opera! 10 minutes of siren noises! The KMFDM remix sounds pedestrian compared with everything else going on.
And after that they didn't release any new music for a decade.
So they released two albums and an hour long, 9 track remix 'single', getting increasingly experimental and diverse as the year went on.
First up was 06:21:03:11 Up Evil, aiming at the NIN crowd with treated guitars and moody songs added to the EBM. It hits its target bullseye, but didn't seem to win them many new fans and alienated some of the old ones.
Next up was 05:22:09:12 Off, which pulled in all kinds of directions trying out new things - female vocalists, dance tracks, heavy industrial rock songs, some wildly different versions of tracks from Up Evil. There's good stuff, an interesting yet incoherent album.
Then came the 'single' 00:00:02:42 Angels Versus Animals with nine wildly different versions of tracks from Off: metal! techno! opera! 10 minutes of siren noises! The KMFDM remix sounds pedestrian compared with everything else going on.
And after that they didn't release any new music for a decade.
AverageJoe
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Not surprised.
NIN released The Downward Spiral in 1994. Any industrial band would have taken a few years out after hearing that, knowing they couldn't beat it.
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hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Got around to listening to most of it now, it's a fun early 90s hiphop album but it's no Infamous.
Skim
Well-Known Member
Thanks for that list… bringing back fond memories of completely rinsing my Trance Europe Express and Illegal Pirate Radio CDs….
braindancer
not for long
A few metal classics which I've not seen mentioned yet:
Carcass - Heartwork
Melodic death-metal masterpiece. I came to it a bit later and have gone back to it a lot recently. Incredible.
Paradise Lost - Icon
I've recently been working my way through the extensive Paradise Lost back catalogue. I played this one to death as a 15 year old in '93 and I still love it...
Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
I nearly shat myself when my mate played me this. It was the heaviest thing I'd ever heard at the time. I've not listened to it for years but I've just popped it on and am having a delightful trip down memory lane...
Carcass - Heartwork
Melodic death-metal masterpiece. I came to it a bit later and have gone back to it a lot recently. Incredible.
Paradise Lost - Icon
I've recently been working my way through the extensive Paradise Lost back catalogue. I played this one to death as a 15 year old in '93 and I still love it...
Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
I nearly shat myself when my mate played me this. It was the heaviest thing I'd ever heard at the time. I've not listened to it for years but I've just popped it on and am having a delightful trip down memory lane...
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
Y'know what I love? Jam & Spoon's Tripomatic Fairytales 2001.
After defining the early sound of trance with Stella (which is on this album) and their remix of Age of Love (which isn't) they released this varied bunch of tracks, with some bizarre skit/interludes, which could have been a mess but somehow all comes together. Odyssey to Anyoona might just be the best trance track by anyone ever:
And then there's commercial euro-dance bomb Right in the Night:
As it says on the back:
After defining the early sound of trance with Stella (which is on this album) and their remix of Age of Love (which isn't) they released this varied bunch of tracks, with some bizarre skit/interludes, which could have been a mess but somehow all comes together. Odyssey to Anyoona might just be the best trance track by anyone ever:
And then there's commercial euro-dance bomb Right in the Night:
As it says on the back:
