Top Albums of 1993
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
1
96
 Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Boom Bap, Hardcore Hip Hop
2
100
 Nirvana In Utero Grunge
3
141
 Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream Alternative Rock
4
159
 Björk Debut Alternative Dance, Art Pop
5
200
 Liz Phair Exile in Guyville Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock
6
330
 PJ Harvey Rid of Me Alternative Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
7
478
 The Breeders Last Splash Alternative Rock
8
525
 Snoop Doggy Dogg Doggystyle G-Funk, Gangsta Rap
9
532
 Suede Suede Britpop
10
621
 A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders Boom Bap, Jazz Rap
11
695
 The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen Alternative Rock
12
707
 Pearl Jam Vs. Grunge
13
819
 Orbital Orbital ["The Brown Album"] Techno
14
947
 The Boo Radleys Giant Steps Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
15
993
 Pet Shop Boys Very Synthpop
16
1021
 Tindersticks Tindersticks Chamber Pop
17
1331
 Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Pop, Singer/Songwriter
18
1345
 Uncle Tupelo Anodyne Alt-Country, Americana
19
1384
 Blur Modern Life Is Rubbish Britpop
20
1402
 Cypress Hill Black Sunday Gangsta Rap
21
1425
 Palace Brothers There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You Alt-Country, Indie Folk
22
1484
 Fugazi In On the Kill Taker Post-Hardcore
23
1538
 Cassandra Wilson Blue Light 'Til Dawn Vocal Jazz
24
1549
 Red House Painters Red House Painters [Rollercoaster] Slowcore
25
1554
 Stereolab Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements Experimental Rock, Noise Pop
26
1606
 Counting Crows August and Everything After Alternative Rock, Folk Rock
27
1643
 Paul Weller Wild Wood Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
28
1658
 Yo La Tengo Painful Indie Rock, Noise Pop
29
1699
 Mazzy Star So Tonight That I Might See Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
30
1705
 The Auteurs New Wave Britpop, Indie Pop
31
1733
 Grant Lee Buffalo Fuzzy Alt-Country, Americana, Indie Rock
32
1809
 Morphine Cure for Pain Alternative Rock, Jazz-Rock
33
1861
 U2 Zooropa Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
34
1895
 Black Dog Productions Bytes IDM
35
1988
 Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
36
2043
 Slowdive Souvlaki Dream Pop, Shoegaze
37
2061
 Janet Jackson janet. Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
38
2205
 Autechre Incunabula Ambient Techno, IDM
39
2263
 The Cranberries Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
40
2271
 Dinosaur Jr. Where You Been Alternative Rock
41
2432
 Element of Crime Weißes Papier Indie Pop, Liedermacher
42
2490
 Aimee Mann Whatever Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
43
2586
 Urge Overkill Saturation Alternative Rock
44
2623
 Sepultura Chaos A.D. Groove Metal, Thrash Metal
45
2711
 Melvins Houdini Sludge Metal
46
2827
 Eric's Trip Love Tara Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
47
2845
 Archers of Loaf Icky Mettle Indie Rock, Noise Pop
48
2858
 The Divine Comedy Liberation Chamber Pop
49
2886
 Blue Rodeo Five Days in July Alt-Country, Country Rock
50
2998
 Motorpsycho Demon Box Alternative Rock

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Jamiroquai Emergency on Planet Earth Acid Jazz, Funk
Sting Ten Summoner's Tales Adult Contemporary, Pop Rock, Sophisti-Pop
Depeche Mode Songs of Faith and Devotion Alternative Rock
De La Soul Buhloone Mind State Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
Blues Explosion Extra Width Garage Rock, Punk Blues
R. Kelly 12 Play Contemporary R&B
Frank Black Frank Black Alternative Rock
Guru Jazzmatazz Jazz Rap
Family [Spain] Un soplo en el corazón Indie Pop, Indietronica
The Lemonheads Come On Feel the Lemonheads Alternative Rock, Power Pop
One Dove Morning Dove White Ambient Dub, Ambient House
Entombed Wolverine Blues Death 'n' Roll
Type O Negative Bloody Kisses Gothic Metal
Saint Etienne So Tough Alternative Dance, Indie Pop, Indietronica
The Flaming Lips Transmissions from the Satellite Heart Noise Pop
New Order Republic Alternative Dance, Dance-Pop, Synthpop
The Posies Frosting on the Beater Alternative Rock, Power Pop
New Bomb Turks !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!! Garage Punk
Mercury Rev Boces Neo-Psychedelia, Noise Pop
Plastikman Sheet One Acid Techno, Minimal Techno
Lenny Kravitz Are You Gonna Go My Way Rock
The Wildhearts Earth Vs. The Wildhearts Hard Rock
Souls of Mischief 93 'Til Infinity Boom Bap, Jazz Rap
Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Contemporary R&B, Smooth Soul
American Music Club Mercury Singer/Songwriter, Slowcore
Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil Tropicalia 2 Tropicália
Crowded House Together Alone Pop Rock
Jane Siberry When I Was a Boy Art Pop
Tool Undertow Alternative Metal
Digable Planets Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) Jazz Rap
Belly Star Dream Pop, Indie Rock
Neil Young Unplugged Acoustic Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Tony Toni Toné Sons of Soul New Jack Swing
Wynton Marsalis Citi Movement Jazz
Swervedriver Mezcal Head Shoegaze
KRS-One Return of the Boom Bap Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop, Political Hip Hop
Altan Island Angel Irish Folk Music
The Verve A Storm in Heaven Neo-Psychedelia, Shoegaze
Bill Frisell Have a Little Faith Jazz Fusion
Mick Jagger Wandering Spirit Rock
Jellyfish Spilt Milk Art Pop, Power Pop
Smog Julius Caesar Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Bikini Kill Pussy Whipped Riot Grrrl
Transglobal Underground Dream of 100 Nations Downtempo
Willie Nelson Across the Borderline Country
Paul Westerberg 14 Songs Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Primus Pork Soda Alternative Rock, Funk Metal, Funk Rock
His Name Is Alive Mouth by Mouth Art Rock, Dream Pop
Sugar Beaster Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Black Moon Enta Da Stage Boom Bap, Hardcore Hip Hop
Frank Zappa/Ensemble Modern The Yellow Shark Modern Classical
Nanci Griffith Other Voices, Other Rooms Contemporary Folk, Country, Singer/Songwriter
The The Dusk Alternative Rock, Art Pop, Pop Rock
Seam The Problem with Me Indie Rock
P.M. Dawn The Bliss Album...? Conscious Hip Hop, Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap
The Sabres of Paradise Sabresonic Ambient Techno, IDM
John Zorn Kristallnacht Avant-Garde Jazz
Joshua Redman Wish Jazz
Brad Shame Grunge
The God Machine Scenes from the Second Storey Alternative Rock, Post-Hardcore
Bernhard Günter Un Peu de Neige Salie Lowercase, Microsound
Manic Street Preachers Gold Against the Soul Alternative Rock, Hard Rock
Dwight Yoakam This Time Country
Labradford Prazision LP Ambient, Post-Rock
M People Elegant Slumming Dance-Pop, House
The Fall The Infotainment Scan Indie Rock, Post-Punk
Carcass Heartwork Melodic Death Metal
The Walkabouts Satisfied Mind Alt-Country, Americana
Buffalo Tom Big Red Letter Day Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Teenage Fanclub Thirteen Jangle Pop, Power Pop
John Coltrane Newport '63 Post-Bop