1993 was a Most Excellent Year
02/11/24 14:31 Filed in: music
On Bluesky a couple three weeks ago I saw one of those ‘Post 20 albums/books/films/cheeses/bus routes that you were kinda into.’ I eschewed the cheese one (for now) and went for the album one. Twenty albums is damn difficult. Could have swapped a few, but I’m happy with my list: even if I went for a few Greatest Hits ones (earlier REM, Status Quo, and Queen). To be fair they were played to destruction (Queen in my early teens and REM in my later ones).
Well to cut to the chase these were my twenty albums covers in the order they were released. There really could and should have been some more blues and Motown albums (Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, the Temptations and Four Tops, then there’s Pink Floyd, Teenage Fanclub etc). Maybe I’ll make it 40 rather than twenty. We’ll see.
Beatles - ‘Rubber Soul’ (1965)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - ‘Are You Experienced’ (1967)
Rolling Stones - ‘Exile on Main Street’ (1972)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ (1979)
Status Quo - ‘12 Gold Bars’ (1980)
Queen - ‘Greatest Hits’ (1981)
Dire Straits - ‘Alchemy - Live’ (1984)
Robert Cray - ‘Strong Persuader’ (1986)
REM - ‘Eponymous’ (1988)
The Waterboys - ‘Fisherman’s Blues’ (1988)
The Stone Roses (1989)
Counting Crows - ‘August and Everything After’ (1993)
Cracker - ‘Kerosene Hat’ (1993)
Chuck Prophet - ‘Balinese Dancer’ (1993)
Radiohead - ‘The Bends’ (1995)
Ryan Adams - ‘Heartbreaker’ (2000)
Wilco - ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ (2002)
The Jayhawks - ‘Rainy Day Music’ (2003)
Frank Turner - ‘England Keep My Bones’ (2011)
The Decemberists - ‘The King is Dead’ (2011)
Not a bad listening list I reckon—and 1993 was definitely a most excellent year.
Well to cut to the chase these were my twenty albums covers in the order they were released. There really could and should have been some more blues and Motown albums (Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, the Temptations and Four Tops, then there’s Pink Floyd, Teenage Fanclub etc). Maybe I’ll make it 40 rather than twenty. We’ll see.
Beatles - ‘Rubber Soul’ (1965)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - ‘Are You Experienced’ (1967)
Rolling Stones - ‘Exile on Main Street’ (1972)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ (1979)
Status Quo - ‘12 Gold Bars’ (1980)
Queen - ‘Greatest Hits’ (1981)
Dire Straits - ‘Alchemy - Live’ (1984)
Robert Cray - ‘Strong Persuader’ (1986)
REM - ‘Eponymous’ (1988)
The Waterboys - ‘Fisherman’s Blues’ (1988)
The Stone Roses (1989)
Counting Crows - ‘August and Everything After’ (1993)
Cracker - ‘Kerosene Hat’ (1993)
Chuck Prophet - ‘Balinese Dancer’ (1993)
Radiohead - ‘The Bends’ (1995)
Ryan Adams - ‘Heartbreaker’ (2000)
Wilco - ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ (2002)
The Jayhawks - ‘Rainy Day Music’ (2003)
Frank Turner - ‘England Keep My Bones’ (2011)
The Decemberists - ‘The King is Dead’ (2011)
Not a bad listening list I reckon—and 1993 was definitely a most excellent year.
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