The Best Albums Of 1996

Top 50

1. House of GVSB - GIRLS AGAINST BOYS
2. White light white heat white trash - SOCIAL DISTORTION
3. In the long still night - GALLON DRUNK
4. Black love - THE AFGHAN WHIGS
5. Dust - SCREAMING TREES
6. New adventures in hi-fi - R.E.M.
7. Tales of Great Neck glory - SAMMY
8. Limbo - THROWING MUSES
9. The light user syndrome - THE FALL
10. Electriclarryland - BUTTHOLE SURFERS
11. Murder ballads - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
12. Interpreter - JULIAN COPE
13. C'mon kids - THE BOO RADLEYS
14. All eyez on me - 2PAC
15. Second toughest in the infants - UNDERWORLD
16. Now I got worry - THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
17. Conquistador - 13 ENGINES
18. It was written - NAS
19. Pre-millennium tension - TRICKY
20. Fever in fever out - LUSCIOUS JACKSON
21. Rubbing doesn't help - MAGNAPOP
22. Reject all American - BIKINI KILL
23. So wound - JALE
24. Sackcloth 'n' ashes - 16 HORSEPOWER
25. Harmacy - SEBADOH
26. Placebo - PLACEBO
27. Odelay - BECK
28. Ironman - GHOSTFACE KILLAH
29. Autobiography of Mistachuck - CHUCK D
30. Endtroducing - DJ SHADOW
31. Secret swingers - VERSUS
32. We are puppets - TIGER
33. Blastronaut - THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD BAND
34. Melting in the dark - STEVE WYNN
35. Good god's urge - PORNO FOR PYROS
36. Dance hall at Louse point - J. PARISH & P.J. HARVEY
37. Emperor tomato ketchup - STEREOLAB
38. Lovelife - LUSH
39. Snow job - JACK FROST
40. Amazing disgrace - THE POSIES
41. Shot - THE JESUS LIZARD
42. Call the doctor - SLEATER-KINNEY
43. Now we're even - SMART WENT CRAZY
44. Karate - KARATE
45. I am beautiful - JUNE
46. Devil's road - THE WALKABOUTS
47. Frontierland - ED KUEPPER
48. In a bar, under the sea - DEUS
49. Darling's out of cocktail - MR. GLORIA'S HEAD
50. Infliction - SCHEER

Also recommended:

Auscultate - SALT, Please kill yourself so I can rock - LOVE 666, Animal's rights - MOBY, Reasonable doubt - JAY-Z, VI : Return of the real - ICE T, Scared straight - NEW BOMB TURKS, The cult of Ray - FRANK BLACK, Car button cloth - THE LEMONHEADS, Start packing - RUN ON, Store in a cool place - ABLE TASMANS, Among my swan - MAZZY STAR, Myra Lee - CAT POWER, This is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about - MODEST MOUSE, Telephono - SPOON, Under the bushes under the stars - GUIDED BY VOICES, Welcome to the infant freebase - THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES, Looking in the shadows - THE RAINCOATS, Black eye - FLUFFY, Year of the rat - NY LOOSE, This world and body - MARION, Tha Doggfather - SNOOP DOGGY DOGG, Filth pig - MINISTRY, Gato negro - 7 YEAR BITCH, Near life experience - COME, Sunburnt - MARTIN PHILLIPPS AND THE CHILLS, 60 watt silver lining - MARK EITZEL, The conqueror worm - X-TAL, 1977 - ASH, All the nations airports - ARCHERS OF LOAF, An instinct for detection - LIONROCK, Dead cities - THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON, Hissing prigs in static couture - BRAINIAC, Party store - 10 HIGH, Bob Mould - BOB MOULD, English and French - HOPPER, Gilded stars and zealous hearts - VELOCITY GIRL, Pinkerton - WEEZER, Electric juices - FUZZY, Don't tell me now - THE HALO BENDERS, The natural bridge - SILVER JEWS, Massachusetts - SCUD MOUNTAIN BOYS, On Avery Island - NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, Dusk at cubist castle - THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL, Quickspace - QUICKSPACE, We are Urusei Yatsura - URUSEI YATSURA, Destination love: Live! At Cold Rice - MAKE UP, Paris in April - APRIL MARCH, Crash landing in teen heaven - SlNCOLA, If you're feeling sinister / Tigermilk - BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, The week never starts round here - ARAB STRAP, Arise therefore - PALACE MUSIC, The doctor came at dawn - SMOG, How I quit smoking - LAMBCHOP, The curtain hits the cast - LOW, Being there - WILCO, The golden age - CRACKER, Get off the cross...We need the wood for the fire - FIREWATER, Not in my airforce - ROBERT POLLARD, Take it from the man! / Their satanic majesties' second request - THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, They spent their wild youthful days in the glittering world of the salons - SWIRLIES, Exploded drawing - POLVO, Jawbox - JAWBOX, Firewater - SILKWORM, Dilate - ANI DIFRANCO, ATLiens - OUTKAST, Richard D. James - APHEX TWIN, Feed me weird things - SQUAREPUSHER, Prince Blimey - RED SNAPPER, Trans Am - TRANS AM, Horse stories - DIRTY THREE, Beautiful freak - EELS, Radar Bros. - RADAR BROS., Soundtracks for the blind - SWANS, Amanita - BARDO POND, Hang to dry - A SUBTLE PLAGUE, Floored - PUSHERMAN, Seasick - IMPERIAL TEEN, Flash - RED FIVE, No room for humans - SERVOTRON, Experiment zero - MAN OR ASTRO-MAN?, I was the king, I really was the king - ANIMALS THAT SWIM, Between the 1 and the 9 - PATTY ROTHBERG, The burdens of being upright - TRACY BONHAM, Jitter juice - 12 ROUNDS, Keen - SOUNDS FROM THE GROUND, Voices from the new music - TELSTAR PONIES, Off speed and in there - DRAIN, Blue one - MAKE BELIEVE, Burn mother burn - SUICIDAL FLOWERS, Wrath of the math - JERU THE DAMAJA, The Don Killuminati: The 7 day theory - MAKAVELI, Illadelph halflife - THE ROOTS, In sides - ORBITAL, Londinium - ARCHIVE, Gravity kills - GRAVITY KILLS, Load - METALLICA, Down on the upside - SOUNDGARDEN, Tiny music - STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, Aenima - TOOL, No code - PEARL JAM, The gray race - BAD RELIGION, Sublime - SUBLIME, Oedipus scmoedipus - BARRY ADAMSON, Star maps - POSSUM DIXON, Everything I long for - HAYDEN, Scars from falling down - STEEL POLE BATH TUB, Millions now living will never die - TORTOISE, Scaramanga - HEAVE, Strand - THE SPINANES, Ain't my lookout - THE GRIFTERS, Naughty little doggie - IGGY POP, Gone again - PATTI SMITH, The love show - AN MAGNUSON, The score - FUGEES, Evil empire - RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, Valentino - LONG FIN KILLIE, Kontrapunkt - DONE LYING DOWN, Fuzzy logic - SUPER FURRY ANIMALS, Your world against fire - TORCHER, Copperopolis - GRANT LEE BUFFALO, Defenders of the universe - DIG, Pioneer soundtracks - JACK, Go to the sugar altar - THE KELLEY DEAL 6000, Free peace sweet - DODGY, Stakes is high - DE LA SOUL, Beats, rhymes and life - A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Trip 66 - TRIP 66, Weasels - ALCOHOL FUNNYCAR, Saturnalia - THE WEDDING PRESENT, Everything must go - MANIC STREET PREACHERS, Coming up - SUEDE, Tarantula - RIDE, So far - ALEX REECE, Hell on earth - MOBB DEEP, High/low - NADA SURF, A taste for bitters - CHOKEBORE, Better can't make your life better - LILYS, Bender - CRAZY ALICE, Expecting to fly - THE BLUETONES, Ugly/Beautiful - BABY BIRD, Paradise don't come cheap - NEW KINGDOM, Way beyond blue - CATATONIA, Nightclub - THE YUMMY FUR, Casanova - THE DIVINE COMEDY, Night of the wolverine - DAVE GRANEY & THE CORAL SNAKES, Music for Egon Schiele - RACHEL'S, ADM - SNAPPER, In search of... - FU MANCHU, Stag - MELVINS, Destruction by definition - THE SUICIDE MACHINES, One chord to another - SLOAN, Mic city sons - HEATMISER, After murder park - THE AUTEURS, Songs for a blue guitar - RED HOUSE PAINTERS, Return of the frog queen - JEREMY ENIGK, Beheaded - BEDHEAD, Who can you trust? - MORCHEEBA, Trailer park - BETH ORTON, About to choke - VIC CHESNUTT, Son of Walter - THE BEVIS FROND, Hourly, daily - YOU AM I, Backyard barbecue broadcast - GIANT SAND, The herd - WIPERS, From the muddy banks of the Wishkah - NIRVANA, Sinister waltz - THE FALL

The Best Albums Of 1995

Top 50

1. Deadsexy - SCARCE
2. University - THROWING MUSES
3. Scream, dracula, scream / Hot charity - ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT
4. No joke! - MEAT PUPPETS
5. Mellon collie and the infinite sadness - THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
6. My brother the cow - MUDHONEY
7. Garbage - GARBAGE
8. To bring you my love - P.J. HARVEY
9. Foo Fighters - FOO FIGHTERS
10. Sleepy eyed - BUFFALO TOM
11. Boss Hog - BOSS HOG
12. Lost somewhere between the earth and my home - THE GERALDINE FIBBERS
13. Washing machine - SONIC YOUTH
14. Nobody 's cool - LOTION
15. Exit the dragon - URGE OVERKILL
16. Burned - ELECTRAFIXION
17. Hormone hotel - BANDIT QUEEN
18. Elastica - ELASTICA
19. Only everything - JULIANA HATFIELD
20. Dopes to infinity - MONSTER MAGNET
21. King - BELLY
22. Dreamette - CROWSDELL
23. Cerebral caustic - THE FALL
24. Maxinquaye - TRICKY
25. (What 's the story) Morning glory? - OASIS
26. Straight freak ticket - LOVE BATTERY
27. The dirt of luck - HELIUM
28. Pacer - THE AMPS
29. Liquid swords - GENIUS/GZA
30. Only built 4 Cuban linx - RAEKWON
31. Sacrilicious - SUPERSUCKERS
32. Infernal love - THERAPY?
33. Junior citizen - POSTER CHILDREN
34. Thank you - ROYAL TRUX
35. Viva last blues - PALACE MUSIC
36. Five ways of disappearing - KENDRA SMITH
37. Here comes success - BAND OF SUSANS
38. Leftism - LEFTFIELD
39. III (Temples of boom) - CYPRESS HILL
40. 20 mothers - JULIAN COPE
41. Lick - HARDCANDY
42. Are you going to eat that - HAZEL
43. Wowee zowee - PAVEMENT
44. Different class - PULP
45. Electr-o-pura - YO LA TENGO
46. Red medicine - FUGAZI
47. Dandys rule OK? - THE DANDY WARHOLS
48. I should coco - SUPERGRASS
49. The great escape - BLUR
50. Wake up! - BOO RADLEYS

Also recommended:

Grand prix - TEENAGE FANCLUB, The second Tindersticks album - TINDERSTICKS, Exit planet dust - CHEMICAL BROTHERS, Post - BJORK, Salt Peter - RUBY, Psychic hearts - THURSTON MOORE, Anything near water - CHOKEBORE, Sparkle and fade - EVERCLEAR, Rough music - THE BLUE AEROPLANES, I hope you're sitting down (Jack's tulips) - LAMBCHOP, Wasps' nests - THE 6THS, Alien lanes - GUIDED BY VOICES, Fully loaded - MORNING GLORIES, Nemesisters - BABES IN TOYLAND, Smart - SLEEPER, Sophie magic - ANGEL CAGE, Drink me - SALAD, Tical - METHOD MAN, Return to the 36 Chambers: The dirty version - OL' DIRTY BASTARD, Dogg food - THA DOGG POUND, Voodoo-U - LORDS OF ACID, …And the circus leaves town - KYUSS, Vee vee - ARCHERS OF LOAF, BackSaturday - PROLAPSE, The practice of joy before death - POND, The devil may care - THE PSYCLONE RANGERS, Intoxicated man - MICK HARVEY, Dapper snappings - PLASTICLAND, You'd prefer an astronaut - HUM, Somebody spoke - THE HARDSHIP POST, Weasel - GUTTERBALL, Life full of holes - CHRIS AND CARLA, For richer, for poorer - MY DAD IS DEAD, Ejector seat reservation - SWERVEDRIVER, Bonsai superstar - BRAINIAC, A king in the kindness room - ED KUEPPER, Ball-hog or tugboat? - MIKE WATT, Juvenilia - LIZ PHAIR, Let it come down - ST. JOHNNY, Fast stories…from Kid Coma - TRULY, La mia vita violenta / Blonde Redhead - BLONDE REDHEAD, Dear Sir - CAT POWER, Wild love - SMOG, Clouds taste metallic - THE FLAMING LIPS, Pure phase - SPIRITUALIZED ELECTRIC MAINLINE, Here's where the strings come in - SUPERCHUNK, Long division - LOW, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot - SPARKLEHORSE, Providence - MERCY RULE, Mysteries of inner beauty - MUDWIMIN, Possum trot plant - NUMBER ONE CUP, American revolution - LOVE 666, One track mind - RAILROAD JERK, Ragged soul - LAZY COWGIRLS, Self totaled - COSMIC PSYCHOS, Spanaway - SEAWEED, Life was better - MAGIC DIRT, Net - SANDRA BELL, Rope-a-dope - ANTIETAM, Music for the amorphous body study center - STEREOLAB, See you on the other side - MERCURY REV, The bends - RADIOHEAD, Stanley road - PAUL WELLER, Totally crushed out! - THAT DOG, Truth walks in sleepy shadows - S.F. SEALS, It 's heavy in here - ERIC MATTHEWS, 100 % fun - MATTHEW SWEET, Playground - MAKE BELIEVE, Inzombia - SLANT 6, The pink album - TUSCADERO, Home - SEX POD, A northern soul - THE VERVE, Bwyd time - GORGY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI, Houdini - LONG FIN KILLIE, Happy days - CATHERINE WHEEL, I was born a man - BABYBIRD, Drugstore - DRUGSTORE, Not a pretty girl - ANI DIFRANCO, Couchmaster - THE BATS, Modern rock - THE CLEAN, Wammo - BAILTER SPACE, Three legged dog - THE CRUEL SEA, Penthouse - LUNA, A.M. - WILCO, Trace - SON VOLT, Faithless street - WHISKEYTOWN, New improved pain - CHRIS CACAVAS AND JUNK YARD LOVE, Mirror ball - NEIL YOUNG, Tales from the punchbowl - PRIMUS, Yes - MORPHINE, I was a mod before you was a mod - TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, Woman's gotta have it - CORNERSHOP, Methodrone - THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, Dear you - JAWBREAKER, Scattered, smothered and covered - UNSANE, The future of what - UNWOUND, Nervous sooner changes - DEAD MOON, Intravenous television continuum / Project infinity - MAN OR ASTRO-MAN?, Scratch or stitch! - MELT-BANANA, Bunny gets paid - RED RED MEAT, Beast of dreams - PAIN TEENS, Realistic - IVY, Get lost - THE MAGNETIC FIELDS, Pygmalion - SLOWDIVE, Ocean beach - RED HOUSE PAINTERS, The blue moods of Spain - SPAIN, Tilt - SCOTT WALKER, Is the actor happy? - VIC CHESNUTT, Sunny Day Real Estate - SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, Look what the rookie did - ZUMPANO, Venus with arms - BLAG DAHLIA, Me, me, me - AIR MIAMI, Timeless - GOLDIE, Everything is wrong - MOBY, One hot minute - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, Insomniac - GREEN DAY, Astro creep 2000 - WHITE ZOMBIE, Above - MAD SEASON, ...And out come the wolves - RANCID, Short bus - FILTER, Jagged little pill - ALANIS MORISSETTE, The Presidents of the U.S.A. - THE PRESIDENTS OF THE U.S.A., Me against the world - 2PAC, The infamous... - MOBB DEEP, Soul food - GOODIE MOB, Labcabincalifornia - THE PHARCYDE, Doe or die - AZ, KRS One - KRS ONE, Do you want more?!!!??! - THE ROOTS, Mack 10 - MACK 10, Mark's keyboard repair - MONEY MARK, The Charlatans - THE CHARLATANS, It's great when you're straight…yeah - BLACK GRAPE, Southpaw grammar - MORRISSEY, Do you like my tight sweater? - MOLOKO, This film's crap, let's slash the seats - DAVID HOLMES, Clear - BOMB THE BASS, Throbbing pouch - WAGON CHRIST, Iaora Tahiti - MOUSE ON MARS, Nassau - THE SEA AND CAKE, The great annihilator - SWANS, Desiccated soup - POTHEAD, What the nothinghead said - SINCOLA, Nature - THE MUTTON BIRDS, Refried ectoplasm - STEREOLAB, The 27 points - THE FALL

The Best Albums Of 1994

Top 50

1. Live through this - HOLE
2. Too high to die - MEAT PUPPETS
3. Definitely maybe - OASIS
4. At Action Park - SHELLAC
5. Bakesale - SEBADOH
6. Unplugged in New York - NIRVANA
7. Let love in - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
8. Middle class revolt - THE FALL
9. Cruise yourself - GIRLS AGAINST BOYS
10. Hungry for stink - L7
11. Full Isaac - LOTION
12. File Under : Easy Listening - SUGAR
13. Perpetual motion machine - 13 ENGINES
14. San Francisco - AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB
15. Crooked rain, crooked rain - PAVEMENT
16. Debut album - SAMMY
17. Teenager of the year - FRANK BLACK
18. Orange - THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
19. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers) - WU-TANG CLAN
20. Smash - OFFSPRING
21. Weight - ROLLINS BAND
22. Crunt - CRUNT
23. Viva Zapata - 7 YEAR BITCH
24. Strawberry stone - 360's
25. Revolution on ice - GUMBALL
26. Troublegum - THERAPY?
27. Down - THE JESUS LIZARD
28. Monster - R.E.M.
29. Hips and makers - KRISTIN HERSH
30. Natural ingredients - LUSCIOUS JACKSON
31. Ill communication - BEASTIE BOYS
32. Illmatic - NAS
33. Experimental jet set, trash and no star - SONIC YOUTH
34. Don't ask, don't tell - COME
35. Release - COP SHOOT COP
36. Setting the woods on fire - THE WALKABOUTS
37. Character assassination - ED KUEPPER
38. Milky juicy - TINY LIGHTS
39. Whip smart - LIZ PHAIR
40. American thighs - VERUCA SALT
41. Second coming - THE STONE ROSES
42. Park life - BLUR
43. Howyoudoin? - RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE
44. Dubnobasswithmyheadman - UNDERWOLD
45. Dummy - PORTISHEAD
46. Mars audiac quintet - STEREOLAB
47. Whiskey for the Holy Ghost - MARK LANEGAN
48. Yank crime - DRIVE LIKE JEHU
49. Without a sound - DINOSAUR JR.
50. Dookie - GREEN DAY

Also recommended:

Glum - GIANT SAND, Pointless walks to dismal places - PROLAPSE, Nova Mob - NOVA MOB, Sky valley - KYUSS, Flamejob - THE CRAMPS, Vitalogy - PEARL JAM, Weezer - WEEZER, Muse sick'n'hour mess age - PUBLIC ENEMY, The diary - SCARFACE, Smack bunny baby - BRAINIAC, Time to make the donuts - ALCOHOL FUNNYCAR, Platinum jive - BIG CHIEF, King Missile - KING MISSILE, Living room - CELL, Mayday - X-TAL, 41 - SWELL, Split - LUSH, Dreamcake - JALE, Panic on - MADDER ROSE, Brutal youth - ELVIS COSTELLO, Stoned and dethroned - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, Devil hopping - INSPIRAL CARPETS, Magic happens - THE FAMILY CAT, Life model - THE BLUE AEROPLANES, Watusi - THE WEDDING PRESENT, John Austin Rutledge - DONE LYING DOWN, Business of punishment - CONSOLIDATED, Born dead - BODY COUNT, Speed is dreaming - ST. JOHNNY, Foolish - SUPERCHUNK, Hot boxing - MAGNAPOP, Comforter - COMPULSION, Autogeddon - JULIAN COPE, Carnival of light - RIDE, The music of your life - ZUZU'S PETALS, Fluorescent - STEVE WYNN, Red - SCARCE, Pirate prude - HELIUM, Simpatico - VELOCITY GIRL, If I don't six - MULE, Bee thousand - GUIDED BY VOICES, Ursa major - ELEVENTH DREAM DAY, Sangria - THRONEBERRY, Pony express record - SHUDDER TO THINK, Done - 18TH DYE, Fuzzy - FUZZY, Grace - JEFF BUCKLEY, There's nothing wrong with love - BUILT TO SPILL, God don't make no junk - THE HALO BENDERS, The stars are insane - VERSUS, Vauxhall and I - MORRISSEY, Silver apples of the moon - LAIKA, Protection - MASSIVE ATTACK, Ready to die - THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G., Hard to earn - GANG STARR, Blow out comb - DIGABLE PLANETS, Lost in the former west - THE FATIMA MANSIONS, His 'n' hers - PULP, Now I'm a cowboy - THE AUTEURS, Mobile safari - THE PASTELS, Starlite walker - SILVER JEWS, Days in the wake - PALACE BROTHERS, I could live in hope - LOW, The white birch - CODEINE, Tortoise - TORTOISE, Dirty Three - DIRTY THREE, Diary - SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, Celebrate the new dark age - POLVO, Calculated - HEAVENS TO BETSY, Motionless - CHOKEBORE, Cop and speeder - HEATMISER, Roman candle - ELLIOTT SMITH, Horsebreaker star - GRANT McLENNAN, I had a New York girlfriend - ROBERT FORSTER, Mighty Joe Moon - GRANT LEE BUFFALO, Pale blonde hell - CHRIS CACAVAS AND JUNK YARD LOVE, Bewitched - LUNA, Sprawl - THE BEVIS FROND, Destroy all Astro-Men!! - MAN OR ASTRO-MAN?, Crack in the system - DEAD MOON, La mano cornuda - SUPERSUCKERS, Information highway revisited - NEW BOMB TURKS, 24 hour revenge therapy - JAWBREAKER, For your own special sweetheart - JAWBOX, Soda pop rip off - SLANT 6, Out of range - ANI DIFRANCO, Oyster - HEATHER NOVA, Pure - THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS, My field trip to Planet 9 - JUSTIN WARFIELD, 6 feet deep (Niggamortis) - GRAVEDIGGAZ, Guerrilla funk - PARIS, The main ingredient - PETE ROCK AND CL SMOOTH, Music for the jilted generation - PRODIGY, Snivilisation - ORBITAL, What a mangled web we live - SKATENIGS, Perfect sex - PINK TURNS BLUE, One last laugh in a place of dying - THE GOD MACHINE, Horsemountain - WHIPPED CREAM, Manilow - SMUDGE, Mellow gold / One foot in the grave - BECK, Hold on, it hurts - CORNERSHOP, Mary Queen of Scots - EUGENIUS, Trace - DIED PRETTY, Spaceman in a satin suit - CELIBATE RIFLES, Subliminal - THE LAST DRIVE, Ασύρματος κόσμος - ΣΤΕΡΕΟ ΝΟΒΑ, Rumble city, LaLa land - 22-PISTEPIRKKO, Worst case scenario - dEUS, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - OUTKAST, The sun rises in the east - JERU THE DAMAJA, Stress: The extinction agenda - ORGANIZED KONFUSION, Word...life - O.C., Resurrection - COMMON SENSE, Selected ambient works volume II - APHEX TWIN, Lifeforms - THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON, Haunted dancehall - THE SABRES OF PARADISE, Amber - AUTECHRE, Vulvaland - MOUSE ON MARS, The downward spiral - NINE INCH NAILS, American recordings - JOHNNY CASH, Sleeps with angels - NEIL YOUNG, Superunknown - SOUNDGARDEN, Stoner witch - MELVINS, Betty - HELMET, Timothy's monster - MOTORPSYCHO, Twice removed - SLOAN, Forever again - ERIC'S TRIP, Jimmy wine majestic - RED RED MEAT, Crappin' you negative - THE GRIFTERS, Shimmer - SURGERY, Willpower - TODAY IS THE DAY, Total destruction - UNSANE, New plastic ideas - UNWOUND, Uncompromising war on art under the dictatorship of the proletariat - KILLDOZER, Speak squeak creak - MELT-BANANA, Vortura - BAILTER SPACE, 3 EPs - TALL DWARFS, Lamprey - BETTIE SERVEERT, Geek the girl - LISA GERMANO, Mute - CATCHERS, Homegrown - DODGY, Cowboys and aliens - KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION, New clear child - AR KANE, Retreat from Memphis - MEKONS, Yougli - LINUS, 8 Storey Window - 8 STOREY WINDOW, Giving birth to a stone - PEACH, Lately - IVY, Holiday / The charm of the highway strip - THE MAGNETIC FIELDS, The Holy Bible - MANIC STREET PREACHERS, Dog man star - SUEDE, Up to our hips - THE CHARLATANS, Gorgeous George - EDWYN COLLINS, Workshy - ANIMALS THAT SWIM, Teenage symphonies to God - VELVET CRUSH, Highs, lows and heavenly blows - SPECTRUM, The Sea And Cake - THE SEA AND CAKE, The sound your eyes can follow - MOONSHAKE, Stacked up - SENSER, Regulate... G Funk era - WARREN G, Give out but don't give up - PRIMAL SCREAM, Anarchy - CHUMBAWAMBA, Stranger than fiction - BAD RELIGION, Punk in drublic - NOFX, Change giver - SHED SEVEN, Everyone's got one - ECHOBELLY, The decline and fall of Heavenly - HEAVENLY, Striving for the lazy perfection - THE ORCHIDS, Withdrawal method - DIE MONSTER DIE, Cosmovalidator - PONY

The Best Albums Of 1993

Top 50

1. Rid of me - P.J. HARVEY
2. Siamese dream - SMASHING PUMPKINS
3. New west motel - THE WALKABOUTS
4. Saturation - URGE OVERKILL
5. Independent worm saloon - BUTTHOLE SURFERS
6. Gentlemen - THE AFGHAN WHIGS
7. In utero - NIRVANA
8. Volume war - TRASH CAN SCHOOL
9. The infotainment scan - THE FALL
10. Giant steps - THE BOO RADLEYS
11. Superjudge - MONSTER MAGNET
12. Big red letter day - BUFFALO TOM
13. Come on feel the Lemonheads - THE LEMONHEADS
14. Star - BELLY
15. Fireproof - THAT PETROL EMOTION
16. Pond - POND
17. In on the kill taker - FUGAZI
18. Venus luxure No. 1 baby - GIRLS AGAINST BOYS
19. Supertasty - GUMBALL
20. Black Sunday - CYPRESS HILL
21. Bring it down - MADDER ROSE
22. Frank Black - FRANK BLACK
23. Where you been - DINOSAUR JR
24. Beaster - SUGAR
25. Serene machine - ED KUEPPER
26. Exile in Guyville - LIZ PHAIR
27. The Breeders' last splash - THE BREEDERS
28. Toreador of love - HAZEL
29. Ask questions later - COP SHOOT COP
30. Home invasion - ICE T
31. Purplemetalflakemusic - THE FLUID
32. Icky mettle - ARCHERS OF LOAF
33. Tricks of the shade - THE GOATS
34. Lethal injection - ICE CUBE
35. Porno for Pyros - PORNO FOR PYROS
36. Fuzzy - GRANT LEE BUFFALO
37. Mercury - AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB
38. So tonight that I might see - MAZZY STAR
39. Modern life is rubbish - BLUR
40. Phaseshifter - REDD KROSS
41. Circa, now! - ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT
42. From the heart of town - GALLON DRUNK
43. Boces - MERCURY REV
44. On the mouth - SUPERCHUNK
45. Bubble and scrape - SEBADOH
46. Tindersticks - TINDERSTICKS
47. Sunrise on the sufferbus - MASTERS OF REALITY
48. Sand Rubies - SAND RUBIES
49. Rage against the machine - RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
50. Debut - BJORK

Also recommended:

Cuckoo - CURVE, Mezcal head - SWERVEDRIVER, Imaginary friend - TH' FAITH HEALERS, Transmissions from the satellite heart - THE FLAMING LIPS, Extra width - THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION, Pablum - CLAW HAMMER, Nail hole - VERTIGO, Steal it - HELL TO PAY, Far gone - LOVE BATTERY, New wave - THE AUTEURS, Vertical smile - THE HEART THROBS, 13 - TEENAGE FANCLUB, Reachin' (a new refutation of time and space) - DIGABLE PLANETS, Become what you are - THE JULIANA HATFIELD 3, El moodio - ELEVENTH DREAM DAY, Happy hour - KING MISSILE, Republic - NEW ORDER, Bleeding star - JPS EXPERIENCE, Purrrr - HOLLY FAITH, Anger - UNDERNATION, Post historic monsters - CARTER THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE, Sulk - MOLLY HALF HEAD, Uncut - SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS, Lucky Jim - THE GUN CLUB, True zero hook - SMALL 23, Pussy whipped - BIKINI KILL, In search of Manny - LUSCIOUS JACKSON, Big good angel - MOONSHAKE, Five dollar Bob's mock cooter stew - MUDHONEY, Painful - YO LA TENGO, A storm in heaven - VERVE, Scenes from the second storey - THE GOD MACHINE, Suede - SUEDE, Pablo honey - RADIOHEAD, Veil - BAND OF SUSANS, American grafishy - FLIPPER, Numb - HAMMERBOX, Blow - STRAIGHT JACKET FITS, When no one's looking - ZUZU'S PETALS, I'm scared - JACOB'S MOUSE, Violent sentimental - BREED, Velvet hammer - SCRAWL, Mr. Machinery Operator - FIREHOSE, Electra 2000 - HUM, Life's too long - MIDWAY STILL, Against perfection - ADORABLE, Empire of the senseless - SENSELESS THINGS, Core - STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, Shoulder voices - ROLLERSKATE SKINNY, Cindy - ACETONE, Yeah, yeah.../...Our troubled youth - BIKINI KILL / HUGGY BEAR, God protects fools - MERCY RULE, Construction for the modern idiot - WONDER STUFF, Epicure - EAT, Smeared - SLOAN, There is no one what will take care of you - PALACE BROTHERS, Dig - DIG, Glamourpuss - SORT SOL, Dirty pearl - ANITA LANE, Transient random noise bursts with announcements / The groop played "Space age batchelor pad music" - STEREOLAB, Satisfied mind - THE WALKABOUTS, Wild wood - PAUL WELLER, 93 'til infinity - SOULS OF MISCHIEF, Tool of man - POSTER CHILDREN, Silverbeet - THE BATS, Sexy pee story - COWS, Big metal birds - JANITOR JOE, Inhaler - TAD, Toast - TAR, Vortex - CHRISTMAS, No stone unturned - GRAVEL, Chrome - CATHERINE WHEEL, Fuckhead entropy - THE LAST DRIVE, Take it to the vertical - DENIZ TEK, The honeymoon is over - THE CRUEL SEA, Frosting on the bitter - THE POSIES, Flippin' out - GIGOLO AUNTS, Hi-fi Sci-fi - DRAMARAMA, Blonder tongue audio baton - SWIRLIES, Cats and dogs - ROYAL TRUX, Destroy-Oh-Boy - THE NEW BOMB TURKS, Houdini - MELVINS, Vs. - PEARL JAM, Slip - QUICKSAND, Ultimate alternative wavers - BUILT TO SPILL, 14 songs - PAUL WESTERBERG, Love of will - DAVID McCOMB, Fireboy - GRANT McLENNAN, Calling from a country phone - ROBERT FORSTER, Sin factory - KIM SALMON & THE SURREALISTS, Julius Caesar - SMOG, Vampire on Titus - GUIDED BY VOICES, Today's active lifestyles - POLVO, Robot world - BAILTER SPACE, The Venus trail - 3Ds, Manos - THE SPINANES, Copacetic - VELOCITY GIRL, Mule - MULE, The miracle of sound in motion - STEEL POLE BATH TUB, Enter: The conquering chicken - THE GITS, Is It... - MAN OR ASTRO-MAN?, Mack avenue skull game - BIG CHIEF, Midnight marauders - A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Return of the boom bap - KRS ONE, Doggystyle - SNOOP DOGGY DOGG, The world is yours - SCARFACE, The four horsemen - ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S, Here come the Lords - LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND, Dream of 100 nations - TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND, Orbital (The brown album) - ORBITAL, Ντισκολάτα - ΣΤΕΡΕΟ ΝΟΒΑ, 9 πληρωμένα τραγούδια - ΤΡΥΠΕΣ, Cure for pain - MORPHINE, Anodyne - UNCLE TUPELO, The full custom gospel sounds of The Reverend Horton Heat - THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT, Kerosene hat - CRACKER, Mexican moon - CONCRETE BLONDE, Blow - HEATHER NOVA, Puddle dive - ANI DIFRANCO, I (Love) Mekons - MEKONS, One sock missing - THE GRIFTERS, Love Tara - ERIC'S TRIP, Perfect teeth - UNREST, Why do they call me Mr. Happy? - NOMEANSNO, Let's knife - SHONEN KNIFE, Pottymouth - BRATMOBILE, Souvlaki - SLOWDIVE, Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - RED HOUSE PAINTERS, Forever - CRANES, Liberation - DIVINE COMEDY, The Dodgy album - DODGY, Songs of faith and devotion - DEPECHE MODE, Tabula Rasa - EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN, Undertow - TOOL, Spasm smash XXXOXOX Ox and ass / Godspeed the punchline - TRUMANS WATER, Flying Saucer Attack - FLYING SAUCER ATTACK, Rainbows from atoms - LUNGFISH, Solid brass - CIRCUS LUPUS, The Muffs - THE MUFFS, That Dog - THAT DOG, The buried life - MEDICINE, Cavale - SHRIMP BOAT

The Best Albums Of 1992

Top 50

1. Fontanelle - BABES IN TOYLAND
2. Dirty - SONIC YOUTH
3. Hypocrisy is the greatest luxury - DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HIPHOPRISY
4. Copper blue - SUGAR
5. Dry - P.J. HARVEY
6. Jehovahkill - JULIAN COPE
7. Code: Selfish - THE FALL
8. Slanted and enchanted - PAVEMENT
9. Sweet oblivion - SCREAMING TREES
10. Henry’s dream - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
11. Red heaven - THROWING MUSES
12. Skiz - MUDWIMMIN
13. Ventriloquist - VERTIGO
14. Piece of cake - MUDHONEY
15. Furthest from the sun - THE FAMILY CAT
16. Killing time - BLEACH
17. Center of the universe - GIANT SAND
18. Automatic for the people - R.E.M.
19. Honey's dead - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
20. Nurse / Pleasure death - THERAPY?
21. Let me come over - BUFFALO TOM
22. Congregation - THE AFGHAN WHIGS
23. Eleven: Eleven - COME
24. Bricks are heavy - L7
25. The chronic - DR. DRE
26. The predator - ICE CUBE
27. Play more music - CONSOLIDATED
28. Organ fan - SILVERFISH
29. Honey steel's gold / Black ticket day - ED KUEPPER
30. It's a shame about Ray - THE LEMONHEADS
31. Going blank again - RIDE
32. Ritual landscape - THE BADGEMAN
33. Lido - TH' FAITH HEALERS
34. Sick 'em - 7 YEAR BITCH
35. Blues for the red sun - KYUSS
36. Psalm 69 - MINISTRY
37. Stupid people shouldn't breed - SKATENIGS
38. Slo blo - CELL
39. Revenge of the goldfish - INSPIRAL CARPETS
40. Body Count - BODY COUNT
41. The end of silence - ROLLINS BAND
42. The lump in my forehead - THE LEAVING TRAINS
43. Weak - SEAWEED
44. You, the night and the music - GALLON DRUNK
45. Somewhere between heaven and hell - SOCIAL DISTORTION
46. May I sing with me? - YO LA TENGO
47. Soft bomb - THE CHILLS
48. Jubilee twist - THE HEART THROBS
49. Doppelganger - CURVE
50. Spooky - LUSH

Also recommended:

Hey babe - JULIANA HATFIELD, No pocky for kitty - SUPERCHUNK, Swandive - BULLET LAVOLTA, Palomine - BETTIE SERVEERT, Peng! - STEREOLAB, Valhalla avenue - THE FATIMA MANSIONS, TV sky - YOUNG GODS, Body exit mind - NEW FAST AUTOMATIC DAFFODILS, The low road - BEASTS OF BOURBON, The smoke of hell - SUPERSUCKERS, Dazzling display - STEVE WYNN, Well? - SWELL, Need for not - LEVITATION, More boy, less friend - SPRINKLER, Oomalama - EUGENIUS, Daisy chain reaction - POSTER CHILDREN, 3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the life of…- ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, Greatest misses - PUBLIC ENEMY, Ferment - CATHERINE WHEEL, Fear of God - THE BATS, Sebastopol rd. - MEGA CITY 4, Dial square - MIDWAY STILL, Lazer guided melodies - SPIRITUALIZED, Stick around for joy - SUGARCUBES, Babe rainbow - HOUSE OF LOVE, Everything's alright for ever - THE BOO RADLEYS, 1992 The love album - CARTER U.S.M., Hit to death in the future head - FLAMING LIPS, Are you normal? - NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN, Rise up - OSMIUM, Dayglo - LOVE BATTERY, Rocking the forest vs. Helmet - SEBADOH, In ribbons - PALE SAINTS, Business never personal - EPMD, Between 10th and 11th - CHARLATANS, Asquarious - CUD, Wheel - CRAZY ALICE, Rise above - EPIC SOUNDTRACKS, Liar - THE JESUS LIZARD, Supernatural - 360's, Sick jokes and wet dreams - TRASHCAN SCHOOL, Sex diary of mister vampire - THE FLESH EATERS, Autocannibalism - THE AINTS, Your arsenal - MORRISSEY, Check your head - BEASTIE BOYS, Mecca and the soul brother - PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH, Daily operation - GANGSTARR, Don't sweat the technique - ERIC B & RAKIM, Sex and violence - BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS, Live and let die - KOOL G RAP & DJ POLO, Bizarre ride II The Pharcyde - THE PHARCYDE, Play with toys - DC BASEHEAD, Eva luna - MOONSHAKE, Bikini Kill EP - BIKINI KILL, Magnapop - MAGNAPOP, You turn me on - BEAT HAPPENING, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION, Clean as a broke-dick dog - THE MONKEYWRENCH, Ramwhale - CLAW HAMMER, Spine of God - MONSTER MAGNET, In the meantime - HELMET, Plays pretty for baby - NATION OF ULYSSES, Propeller - GUIDED BY VOICES, Cunning stunts - COWS, Frenching the bully - THE GITS, Royal Trux (2) - ROYAL TRUX, Wrecker! - THE MONO MEN, Imperial f.f.r.r. - UNREST, The guild of temporal adventurers - KENDRA SMITH, Closer to God - TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, London stone - BEVIS FROND, Strange pray tell - DEAD MOON, I'm never gonna die again - THESE IMMORTAL SOULS, Bone machine - TOM WAITS, Magic and loss - LOU REED, Harvest moon - NEIL YOUNG, Barely real - CODEINE, Sound mind - VIVA SATURN, Road movies - RUSS TOLMAN, Martha Jane Canary - CALAMITY JANE, Push - GRUNTRUCK, Overwhelming color fast - OVERWHELMING COLOR FAST, Theater of gnomes - TUMBLEWEED, Stull EP - URGE OVERKILL, Back in Denim - DENIM, Separations - PULP, …XYZ - MOOSE, Soul kiss (Glide divine) - SPECTRUM, Reflecter - SUN DIAL, Melomania - THE DARKSIDE, The Telescopes - THE TELESCOPES, Nightblooms - NIGHTBLOOMS, Rev - ULTRA VIVID SCENE, Down colorful hill - RED HOUSE PAINTERS, Lunapark - LUNA, Cracker - CRACKER, Good - MORPHINE, Mondo bizzaro - RAMONES, Lysol - MELVINS, Angel dust - FAITH NO MORE, Dirt - ALICE IN CHAINS, The untidy suicides of your degenerate children - ALICE DONUT, Bivouac - JAWBREAKER, Novelty - JAWBOX, Cor-crane secret - POLVO, Tropic of Scorpio - GIRLS AGAINST BOYS, Get your goat - SHUDDER TO THINK, Super genius - CIRCUS LUPUS, Talking songs for walking - LUNGFISH, Kiss to the brain - HELIOS CREED, Generator - BAD RELIGION, Kerplunk - GREEN DAY, Smeared - SLOAN, Television - TELEVISION, Love of life - SWANS, Nonsuch - XTC, Paul Weller - PAUL WELLER, Le jardin de Heavenly - HEAVENLY, Trains, boats and planes - THE FRANK AND WALTERS, Generation terrorists - MANIC STREET PREACHERS, Imperfectly - ANI DIFRANCO, Our time in Eden - 10000 MANIACS, Walking in London - CONCRETE BLONDE, Wish - THE CURE, Seven - JAMES, Soul murder - BARRY ADAMSON, Return of the product - MC SERCH, Guerrillas in tha mist - DA LENCH MOB, Dead serious - DAS EFX, Connected - STEREO MCs, Sleeping with the enemy - PARIS, Funk your head up - ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S, House of Pain - HOUSE OF PAIN, Reel to reel - GRAND PUBA, Moby - MOBY, U.F.Orb - THE ORB, Selected ambient works 85-92 - APHEX TWIN, Satyricon - MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO, Tactical neural implant - FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, The singer - DIAMANDA GALAS, The big sell-out - BONGWATER, Duende - SHRIMP BOAT, More sad hits - DAMON & NAOMI, Deep end - TSUNAMI, I am not this body - GOD IS MY CO-PILOT, Of thick tum - TRUMANS WATER, The Rockingbirds - THE ROCKINGBIRDS, Grave dancers union - SOUL ASYLUM, The southern harmony and musical companion - THE BLACK CROWES, Hollywood town hall - JAYHAWKS, 99.9 F° - SUZANNE VEGA, Ingenue - K.D. LANG, 40 oz. to freedom - SUBLIME, Hit parade 1 / Hit parade 2 - WEDDING PRESENT, Switched on Stereolab - STEREOLAB